"I have to say it's surprising to me," said Peter Sokolowski, a lexicographer and Merriam-Webster's editor at large, ahead of Tuesday's announcement. "It's a word we all know and love. So many people were talking about this word."
Thousands of people participated, including celebrities, sports stars and politicians - even Donald Trump before his election and cartoon character Homer Simpson. Online videos were viewed millions of times ...
In a trade conducted in Zurich, Switzerland, Iranian officials handed over Chinese-American graduate student Xiyue Wang, detained in Tehran since 2016, for scientist Massoud Soleimani, who had faced a federal trial in Georgia ...
Michael Orlando Clark Jr. had his class join him as he celebrated joining his new family. Each of Clark's classmates introduced themselves and told the judge why they were there. Many expressed their love for Clark ...
The station commander, Italy's Luca Parmitano, used a large robot arm to grab onto the Dragon three days after its launch from Cape Canaveral. The two spacecraft soared 260 miles (420 kilometers) above the South Pacific at the time of capture ...
