In early December 2025, a story about a night janitor, Stanley Okoye, and his "secret tutoring program" helping children learn how to read circulated online. According to social media posts, Okoye's efforts did not come to light until he died. The rumor primarily circulated on Facebook via a post by an account called "Astonishing." It began:

James Dowling, a well-known expert on the Swiss luxury brand, says the book also describes his 40 years as a watch collector.

As the year wraps up, we bring you some final notable titles — including The Sea Captain's Wife and The Rest of Our Lives — publishing before 2025 comes to a close.

From comfort reads to climate fiction, USA TODAY shares the books that defined 2025 and why these stories resonated.

The developers of Genshin Impact have announced that Durin's Story Quest will take five natural days to complete. Furthermore, during parts 4 and 5, the story quest has special choices.

A roundup of good advice from Life Kit's 10 most read stories of 2025. Find out which foods support better sleep, how to be happier and how to graciously accept compliments.

The documentary films and series that captured our attention this year feature famous people and ordinary people, as well as new ideas and perspectives.

Next, the opening. If wrapping is psychologically revealing, whether of nonchalance or perfectionism, unwrapping is more so. Like other hotly anticipated treats (fireworks, cakes), it is always brief, but in degrees. Some people unwrap languidly, kidding themselves they will reuse the paper. Others shred it in a frenzy.

The blonde-haired actor who played wide-eyed 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in “A Christmas Story” has his own naughty Christmas tale to tell — watching his movie at the Playboy Mansion alongside Hugh Hefner and his Bunnies.

Stories are told in the body. It doesn’t seem that way. We tend to think of stories as emerging from consciousness—from dreams or fantasies—and traveling through words or images to other minds. We see them outside of us, on paper or on screen, never ...

A game about skateboarding and everything else, including eating the moon, where you're a demon made of glass - that's Skate Story.