The Washington Post

Why so few Americans read for pleasure

Fewer Americans than ever before are reading for pleasure, according to a new study released Wednesday, declining 40 percent in the past 20 years. Only 16 percent of Americans age 15 and over read for ...
ABC News

Grand juror in Karen Read case charged with leaking information

Read was acquitted of murder last month in the 2022 death of her boyfriend. A woman who served on the grand jury as part of the high-profile investigation into Karen Read -- who was acquitted of ...
The Patriot Ledger

Karen Read's acquitted in second trial, but she still faces a civil trial

Correction: In the second murder trial for Karen Read, she was found not guilty on charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death. Karen Read may have been ...
USA Today

Karen Read trial: Prosecution rests its case after 6 weeks. What's next in the case?

Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Thursday, May 29. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Friday, May 30. Prosecutors ...
WHDH

Medical examiner outlines findings from John O’Keefe autopsy on the stand in Karen Read murder retrial

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - The medical examiner who performed Boston police officer John O’Keefe’s autopsy took the witness stand Thursday in the Karen Read murder retrial. Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello walked ...
Boston.com

John O’Keefe’s niece’s testimony wasn’t livestreamed due to her age. Here’s what she said.

She said she once overheard O’Keefe talking on the phone with Read, and “you could tell he was frustrated.” She also recalled an argument Read and O’Keefe had during a trip to Aruba over New Year’s ...
The Conversation

Why it’s important to read aloud to your kids – even after they can read themselves

Robyn Cox does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
CNN

A key witness in the Karen Read retrial takes the stand for a second day of testimony. Here’s what we’ve learned so far

A key witness in the retrial of Karen Read returned to the stand Wednesday for a second day of testimony, as she recounted the hours leading up to the death of Read’s boyfriend John O’Keefe — and the ...
Inc

The Neuroscience of Using the Other Person’s First Name: A Simple Way to Make Conversations More Engaging, Impactful, and Memorable

I have a number of hang-ups — to paraphrase Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates, all of us are a little (screwed) up — but one I didn’t realize I had until recently is alexinomia: the fear of ...
Newsweek

Karen Read’s Stunning Court Looks and Haunting Expressions: ‘In a Fishbowl’

Even though Karen Read did not testify in her Massachusetts trial for allegedly killing her boyfriend, her body language and reactions throughout past two months can tell a larger story, according to ...
The New York Times

What We Know About Karen Read’s Retrial

A jury found Ms. Read not guilty of murder and manslaughter on Wednesday in the death of her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, in 2022. Her first trial last year ended in a mistrial. By Michael ...