A litmus test is an idiom for a challenge. But why? In a 2024 New York Times piece exploring the controversy over married couples in Japan using separate surnames, the Times headline read: "A Litmus ...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Heavily-favored Litmus Test won the $200,500 Los Alamitos Futurity by 1 1/4 lengths Saturday, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his ninth win in the race for ...

The Mets are now in the midst of consecutive weekends in which they will play the Cubs, Yankees and Dodgers. And if this is a nine-game litmus test against fellow major-market powers that will take ...

The road that leads to Kentucky Derby 152 is full of twists and turns. The ability to navigate the highway that ends at the starting gates on the first Saturday in May is a multi-part test. These ...

What’s the best book my child will read this year? If you have not asked your child’s teacher this question, you might be missing one of the simplest — and most telling — tests of a school’s ...