Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes, a brilliant idea can begin in an unlikely place. For Shelby Van Pelt, her brilliant idea began by going down "a YouTube ...

Alexa Viscius for The New York Times; mural by Jason Brammer Daniel Dorsa for The New York Times In a market where best sellers are often created by viral TikTok posts and ephemeral genre trends, ...

Ledden and Koji’s sunny representation story sees an octopus carving out a place for itself in books. When beret-wearing octopus Inky laments the lack of books about its kind, avian kerchief-sporting ...

CHICAGO — Shelby Van Pelt lives in Wheaton on an unassuming street, the sort without a gate at the entrance, or fleets of Teslas charging in the driveways, or gaggles of dads jogging in packs. Her ...