About 200 students at Cheltenham High School on the outskirts of Philadelphia, about 14 percent of the school’s enrollment, ...

Suzanna Murawski on “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” at the Jewish Museum, New York.

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Kouri Richins is now accused of several financial crimes in addition to poisoning her husband Eric.

Kouri Richins faces multiple new charges, including seven counts of felony money laundering and five counts of felony forgery.

Esther Richman Timmons, 92, of Marion, Iowa, formerly of Columbus Junction, passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at the Mercy Hospice House in Hiawatha.

Esther 10:1-3 reads: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon the isles of the sea.

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The beautifully illustrated picture book set in Louisiana’s Bayou Country, “Crawfish Esther Faye” tells the story of a young crawfish with learning difficulties who is struggling in school ...

Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book The research could have big implications for generative AI copyright lawsuits.

In the biblical story of Esther, the focus of the Jewish holiday Purim, a Persian ruler named King Ahasuerus (whom many Christian readers will know as Xerxes or Artaxerxes) faced a life-or-death ...