Humans have believed in ghosts for thousands of years. Across cultures and centuries, people have told stories about the dead returning to the world of the living, whether as ancestor spirits or unsettling apparitions. But it wasn’t until the Middle Ages that shrouded figures became a familiar way of depicting spirits. (Bennington-Castro, History)
Read MoreIn 2026, partygoers are expected to follow celebrity trends and the most popular series characters, like JLo and Maverick from Amazon Prime's Off Campus, the recently deceased (and always iconic) Dolly Parton, and Bad Bunny's Super Bowl shrubs. (DeLoye, Mental Floss)
Read MoreNavi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote international law as it comes under attack. (Dazio et al., AP News)
Read MoreSuicide is a public health crisis for the country — but that crisis is becoming acute in the Black community. Black suicide rates are climbing, increasing more than 50% over about the past 10 years according to CDC data. (Martin, NPR)
Read MoreTexting has been Americans’ primary source of communication for nearly 20 years. Now, it’s the main way of showing we care about someone else. With a 64 percent average approval among three age groups, Americans chose texting as the preferred method to let someone know they were appreciated. (Barkley, Baptist Press)
Read MoreThe federal government will introduce legislation this fall that will indefinitely extend the ban on access to a medically assisted death for people who are solely suffering from mental illness, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said on Wednesday. (Zimonjic, CBC)
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