Amid a national push to reduce screen time in schools, elementary and middle school students report less of their free time is spent reading. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

Two events are scheduled for downtown Reading on Friday. The day begins with the annual World War II Mid-Day Parade in the 500 block of Penn Street from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The parade, presented ...

READING, Pa. - Scaffolding is up and construction is underway and on Monday, Reading's historic Pagoda will go dark. Shutting the power off is necessary to upgrade the Pagoda's aging electrical system ...

READING, PA —Every Tuesday night, Anita Evans walks into the basement kitchen of Hope Lutheran Church in Reading with one goal. “I was raised poor and often went hungry,” Evans said. “So, I know what ...

Move over, Lego World Map! The new biggest Lego set in town (by piece count) is now the just-announced Sagrada Familia, an $800 Lego Architecture set that contains over 12,000 pieces. Announced on ...

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Tennessee rolled out its controversial third grade reading law in 2023. The law hinges on a section of the state's standardized test and sets off a fast-moving timeline for students to avoid being ...

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Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent The world’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China ...

Despite being non-venomous, pythons (Pythonidae) are still deadly creatures. They can grow up to 100 pounds and 30 feet long. They use their muscular bodies to constrict prey and cut off its blood ...

The world of Skyrim felt alive when players first ventured into it, and not just because of the graphics and map size; the mountain of discoverable texts gave Bethesda’s fantasy world a level of ...

January 2026 brought us People We Meet on Vacation, and it looks like the next Emily Henry adaptation to take shape will be Beach Read. With the two leads now cast, production on the feature film ...