“The Melville boom,” the critic Van Wyck Brooks wrote in 1921, is “only a question of time.” By the 1930s the prediction had been borne out; after decades of neglect, “Moby-Dick” (1851) was widely ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will kick off its 30th annual Moby-Dick Marathon weekend with the Melville Scholars’ Dinner & Lecture on Jan. 2, in the museum’s Harbor View Gallery, according to a ...

Tim Walz is going away, but the Democratic Party’s Tim Walz crisis isn’t. The Minnesota governor gave up his quest for a third term Monday: Staying out of jail will be challenging enough for him over ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid a fraud scandal that has caught national attention, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Jan. 5 that he is dropping his ...

Amid a fraud scandal that has caught national attention, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Jan. 5 that he is dropping his reelection bid. Goodbye and good riddance to a subpar governor who hiked ...

When it comes to the ins and outs of Hollywood movie investing, Tim Allen knows all too well. During a recent appearance on "Club Random with Bill Maher," the 72-year-old comedian recalled a ...

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The New Bedford Whaling Museum is hosting its 30th annual marathon reading of "Moby-Dick." The live reading of the novel begins at noon on Saturday, Jan. 3. The reading takes about 25 hours, and is ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Guo’s recasting of Ishmaelle is no exception. Orphaned as a teenager in an impoverished fishing village in Kent, ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has dropped his re-election bid this week in the wake of revelations of massive fraud that occurred under his watch — potentially ending the political career of a governor who ...

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is dropping his bid for reelection as he continues to weather heated criticism over a sweeping fraud scandal in his state. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is reportedly ...