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This is the 101st year of the national spelling competition, and the third time it's been decided by a rapid-fire "spell-off" since the practice was introduced in 2021.

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach is released Tuesday, reportedly incorporating many of the things that made Dungeons & Dragons attractive in the decades before computer games.

Talking Heads co-founder David Byrne has made New York's Battery Maritime Building sing — literally. The once-busy ferry terminal was fitted with wires, hoses and solenoids. This isn't Byrne's exercise in being arty. Anyone can play the building.

Turin gold medal winners Joey Cheek and Chad Hedrick started out as inline skaters before moving to the ice. It's a trend in speed skating these days, but one that wasn't initially welcomed by the sport's traditionalists.

Though the 2026 festival featured less Hollywood razzle-dazzle than in years past, there were still plenty of great films. Most notable: All of a Sudden, from the Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has announced his candidacy for the presidential vote in 2008. Part of Richardson's announcement was in Spanish, as he said, "With pride, I hope to be the first Latino president of the United States." Richardson was born in California, where he made his announcement.

The Senate agrees not to try to pass its own war-spending bill just yet, opting instead to resolve the matter first with the House behind closed doors. The Senate voted 94-1 Thursday to advance a resolution that avoids the funding question and instead pledges to support the troops.

When jazz pianist Bill Charlap and his mother, singer Sandy Stewart, get together in a studio, their harmony is as easy as their affection for each other. The album of 11 jazz standards they recorded together documents their love for each other, and the American songbook.

McKayla Maroney will compete in London despite the lingering effects of a broken toe. Maroney, a gold medal contender, is the reigning world champion in the vault. Early reports suggested that the gymnast broke her toe in London. But it appears that she merely tweaked an earlier injury.

In her new book The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, author Natalie Angier says science doesn't have to be impossible, impenetrable or uncool.

Thanksgiving feasting might slow you down, but if this week's show doesn't make you move, nothing will.

Following the Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act, Republicans have rushed to draw new congressional maps to maintain their grip on Congress.