Remember "beige flags," "icks" and "situationships"? Well, those terms are so last year. Now, daters are having to deal with "throning," "Banksying" and "ZIP coding." They're also getting "monkey barred" − and no, that one's not as sweet and innocent as it sounds. (Trepany, USA Today)
Read MoreThe announcement, which came with no comment from the justices, indicates there is not an appetite among the high court’s conservative majority to revisit the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, one of the court’s most significant decisions in recent years. June marked the 10-year anniversary of the ruling. (Jouvenal & Berman, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has long been known as boomer mecca, where musicians of the ’60s and ’70s are feted and lionized. But its 2025 induction ceremony made one thing clear: Now, it’s Gen X’s time. (Raftery, The New York Times)
Read MoreCollins Dictionary's word of the year - which is confusingly made up of two words - is the art of making an app or website by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) rather than by writing programming code manually. (Cress, BBC)
Read MoreIt would take the votes of four justices to accept the case. If they decline to hear it, as many legal experts expect, they could announce the denial as soon as Monday. Were the justices to agree to hear the case, a major step, they would likely only do so after considering it in at least two consecutive conferences. (Marimow, The New York Times)
Read MoreAs Christian artists embrace a wider variety of sounds and market songs savvily on social media, they are rapidly widening their reach. Faith-based music can go viral just like rap or pop songs, and it gains an additional boost from its close relationship with country, which currently dominates the charts. (Leight, The Wall Street Journal)
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