While periods are critical when writing Youth Culture Updates, they might be leaving the wrong impression in text messages. According to researchers from Binghamton University, texts that terminate in a peri...

Though the Netherlands is well known for its tolerant drug policies, electronic cigarettes may push the envelope too far for the country. The government there has outlawed ecigarettes and water pipes for those ...

While Huck Finn may not have been shown a lot of love around Pennsylvania this month, another book—the Bible—is seeing its popularity soar in some very surprising places. The YouVersion Bible app...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain and published in 1885, has long been considered to be a classic, but a controversial one. Its use of the n-word and its portrayal of black characters ...

Five San Francisco teens were rushed to a hospital for overdosing on over-the-counter cough syrup. Experts say the teens likely were trying to get high on Coricidin, which is sometimes used as a hallucinogen. ...

Even when it comes to saying their holy matrimonial vows, many Millennials are opting to do it outside the holy church, according the Public Religion Research Institute. Only about 39 percent of young married ...

VTech, a company that makes baby monitors, children's tablets and other educational toys, revealed recently that data for 5 million customers had been hacked—meaning that cybercriminals had access to kids...

Colleges and universities have been home to increasing unrest during the past several months—sometimes regarding serious issues such as systematic racism and other times for so-called "microaggressions....

A new study from Forrester Research has found that, in addition to cord-cutters—those who quit cable in exchange for streaming services—there's a growing cadre of cord-nevers, people who've never pa...

With activists at colleges campaigning for safe spaces for students, the student newspaper at Claremont McKenna College is taking the trend a step further: offering a safe space on its pages for minorities. ...