Reading books may have several health benefits. These include strengthening your brain, increasing your ability to empathize, reducing stress, and building your vocabulary. Share on Pinterest ...

The best reading lights and lamps will offer the perfect balance of practicality and design. They create a cosy, well-lit atmosphere for curling up with a book before bed or working late into the ...

Britain’s border security is dependent on the weather, the Home Secretary has admitted. Yvette Cooper said the record small boat crossings so far this year reflected the higher number of days on ...

Partly cloudy with a chance of rain. Chance of precipitation 40%. High temperature around 56F. Dew point will be around 33F with an average humidity of 51%. Winds will be 6 mph from the NW. Partly ...

Staying breezy through the outlook period. Observed at 19:00, Tuesday 1 April Report for Reading, Reading ...

The Festival of Colors celebration will have to wait one more day — the Holi Festival has been moved to 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday but the events will still take place at Repentance Park, at 275 ...

The National Weather Service is reducing the number of weather balloon launches—and thus, the amount of data collected from American skies—following sweeping cuts to the National Oceanic and ...

The Queen has claimed victory over the many “naysayers” who did not believe her online book club would be a success. As she marked the fourth anniversary of The Queen’s Reading Room at a ...

They reflect the effects of soaring temperatures on California, where hotter, drier weather has primed a landscape filled with vast acres of forest and shrubland for explosive fires — even in ...

She is also author of “Bibliotherapy in the Bronx,” a book to be published in April. Reading offers a break from work and caring for other people, she said, and it can also be a way to gain ...