READING, Pa. – The sounds of Berks Jazz Fest echoed through downtown Reading this weekend, but just before midnight on Saturday, the mood shifted. Reading police responded to a shooting near ...

More information: Sabrina Turker et al, The 'reading' brain: Meta-analytic insight into functional activation during reading in adults, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j ...

Former Wycombe Wanderers owner Rob Couhig has reached an agreement to buy Reading, the English League One club said on Saturday. The 75-year-old American lawyer has a varied investment portfolio ...

Two years ago, toward the end of the 2022-23 academic year, Mayor Adams launched “NYC Reads,” a long-overdue course correction mandating the use of evidence-based, phonics-driven reading ...

More than two-thirds of Maryland students are not reading proficiently, and the progress toward improvement is slow, according to an annual report from an education nonprofit. “We must be blunt ...

You may feel like your coworkers are illiterate, but the reality is that Americans are reading more, not less. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Americans spent 22.9% more money on ...

When was the last time you read a book? According to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, reading is something a majority of Americans enjoy, and want to get better at. But it's nowhere near a top priority.

She is also author of “Bibliotherapy in the Bronx,” a book to be published in April. Reading offers a break from work and caring for other people, she said, and it can also be a way to gain ...

A Reading man was shot by his neighbor who was stabbed in the abdomen when the two fought after a dispute over a car blocking a driveway, city police said. The man who was shot, Jerry C.

READING, Pa. — For cooking fans and foodies, it seemed like a dream, or maybe a "nightmare?" "Excited, I mean I fall asleep watching Kitchen Nightmares sometimes," said Nick Ruffing of Reading.

Those looking to take a bus from Reading to Philadelphia won’t see any disruption in that option. OurBus, a New York company specializing in intercity bus routes, said it will begin operating ...

Consider supporting our stories and becoming a member today. Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned ...