Entertainment
Reader's Digest US
My Professor, My Mentor, My Rock
Decades after they met in the classroom, a remarkable teacher counsels her student on one of life’s most difficult lessons.
4 min |
April 2017
Reader's Digest US
8 Things You Should Never Do On An Airplane
Flying isn’t always enjoyable,but these tips will help make for a smoother trip.
2 min |
April 2017
Reader's Digest US
50 Everyday Mistakes
And How To Fix Them
10+ min |
April 2017
Reader's Digest US
Pain Relievers
Steven Pete has broken 70 bones—and never felt a thing. Now scientists hope his freak genetic condition will help people with the opposite issue: constant agony.
9 min |
May 2018
Reader's Digest US
She Lifted A Finger
He walks up to her, in dire need of medical attention. She, a young mother, is already feeling overwhelmed. But after she reaches out to this person in need, there is no turning back.
7 min |
May 2018
Reader's Digest US
Basketball Cop
A tense confrontation turns into a game changer for one officer and the teens in the community he serves.
2 min |
April 2018
Reader's Digest US
“The Mountain's On Fire!”
MATTHEW LAYTON was 20 minutes from home in Sevierville, Tennessee, on a cold November night in 2016 when he got a frantic cell phone call from his mother. “The mountain’s on fire,” she screamed, “and Brian’s up there!”
2 min |
April 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Case of the Illegal Vegetable Garden
A Florida town tells a couple to move their crops behind their house. Their reply: Lettuce be.
2 min |
April 2018
Reader's Digest US
Sergeant Turner's Ride Home
S.SGT. JONATHAN TURNER served his country for 17 years, which included seven tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.
1 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
America's Children Need You
The well-being of children shouldn’t be a political issue. Their success needs to be the common commitment of our national life.
4 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
Snap Dynamite Fireworks Photos
An expert’s cell phone camera tips.
2 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
Take Me Out to the Blackberry Patch
A game where the real action took place off the field.
4 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
As American As Apple Pie?
Turns out that none of the ingredients in our favorite dessert are native to the United States. Yet history made it ours. How?
3 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Price Of Freedom
A recovered account of World War II opens a grandson’s eyes to how the sacrifice of one altered the fate of many.
6 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
Giving Care Givers A Vacation
Heather McHugh won $500,000 and had an intelligent idea:
3 min |
September 2016
Reader's Digest US
A Different Kind Of Genius
When I was young, my father was ashamed of his humble factory job. Years later, when I visited his workplace, I discovered pride.
3 min |
September 2016
Reader's Digest US
Folding Like a Genius Will Change Your Life
THE SECRET TO FOLDING CLOTHES is this: Never give up.
1 min |
September 2016
Reader's Digest US
Animal House
AnnMarie Roberts is the last hope for many a friendless beast.
2 min |
May 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Case Of the Facebook Bully
Do rude comments about a high school student qualify as hate speech?
2 min |
May 2017
Reader's Digest US
I've Come To Clean Your Shoes
What does someone who has suffered a sudden trauma and grief most need?
4 min |
May 2017
Reader's Digest US
Sowing Hope
A church community looks to feed itself with the help of an old foe: the land
2 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Hunger App
ON HER FIRST DAY tutoring students from low-income families at an after-school program in New York City, Alyssa Kapasi noticed how many kids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruit in the cafeteria.
1 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Case Of The Wedding Couple Out For Revenge
When they didn’t get their album right away, they trashed the photographer—all over the Internet
2 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
News From The World Of Medicine
News From The World Of Medicine
3 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
Gadzooks! The Surprising Sources Of Great Sayings
WHEN EXACTLY do “the cows come home”? Who was the first person to “steal someone’s thunder”? English is full of colorful expressions that have lost the connection to their delightful origins. That said, when you learn the checkered past of some of these phrases, you might think twice about using them.
2 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Great Forgetting
Our first three years are a blur, and we don’t recall much before the age of seven. It turns out those early memories aren’t merely tucked away.
5 min |
February 2017
Reader's Digest US
Scientists Share 50 Food Facts Live Longer ((And Lose Weight Too)
Scientists Share 50 Food Facts Live Longer ((And Lose Weight Too)
10 min |
February 2017
Reader's Digest US
Sign The Friendly Skies
CLARA DALY was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight en route from Boston to Los Angeles when a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”
1 min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest US
'Breathe For Her'
He was the last person who should have run into a burning building—he has lung disease. But that didn’t stop him.
3 min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest US
Unsolved!
These seven baffling mysteries have obsessed detectives, scholars, and explorers for years. Are the answers out there?
10+ min |