During the Battle of Kursk, a breakdown in German defenses allowed a large Soviet armored force to push through a vulnerable ...

“The ship quickly broke into two parts. . . . In an effort to save the trio of men with them who could not swim very well, Higgins and Ordinary Seaman William Burras swam over to a coiled-up ...

Quentin Tarantino isn't holding back about his feelings toward a popular book franchise. The famed director had some choice words about "The Hunger Games" during a recent appearance on the "The Bret ...

The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material. By ...

The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you books our editors love, the best historical fiction of 2025, reissues of classic mystery novels, novels that bring the 17th century to life, our ...

Fewer book challenges have been filed in Iowa schools since Senate File 496 passed, despite the law making it easier for parents to remove books. Challenges have targeted books with LGBTQ+ themes, ...

“What famous inventor did not believe in sign language despite having a deaf wife and mother?” If you’ve read “True Biz” by Sara Nović, as many competitors at this year’s Battle of the Books did, ...

The Battle of Kursk occurred in July 1943 around the Soviet city of Kursk in western Russia, as Germany launched Operation Citadel, Hitler’s response to his devastating defeat by the Soviet Red Army ...

Moscow’s cover-up of the Kursk submarine incident seriously damaged Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prestige—and was even viewed by some as a “turning point” for modern Russia. The Americans almost ...

In the 1920s, scientists discovered that the universe was not static in size, as had previously been assumed, but was expanding in all directions. Galaxies were rushing away from one another as the ...

July 9 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone attack on a beach in the Russian city of Kursk killed three people, including a Russian serviceman engaged in rescue operations, and injured seven, the acting ...