We have all seen the “With Love, Philly XOXO” billboards and commercials, but this month the hugs and kisses symbols are plastered around Penn Station in New York City hoping that the millions of ...

X and O had a fascinating journey to become the hugs and kisses of today. Here's what medieval blessings, the game of tic/tac/toe and kisses have in common.

(RNS) Despite their relatively recent appearance on Valentine’s Day cards, the “x” long ago shed its religious significance and the “o” likely never had one.

Hugs, kisses and massages improve your health, according to a new study. Researchers have found consensual positive touch reduces pain, tiredness and blood pressure and can help sleep and ...

Handshakes are out. So are hugs and kisses. But fist-bumps may be OK. Travel customs have changed a lot during the pandemic. Now, with the busy spring and summer vacation season just ahead ...

(RNS) When I was a young girl, my mother taught me to add “x” and “o” — a kiss and a hug — after my signature. So deeply embedded was this English-language tradition that it never crossed her mind ...

What better time than Christmas to put aside differences and embrace the spirit of reconciliation? United Unknown, a political satire collective, has gone viral with an AI-generated video of ...

But getting acquired isn’t all hugs and kisses, and this article is going to show you why. What Actually Happens? So what actually happens with mergers and acquisitions?

JACKSON, MI -- The Jackson County Animal Shelter, 3770 Spring Arbor Road, has many pets available for adoption. Here are two of them. Norman is not just a hugger, he also gives kisses. Norman was ...

As Valentine’s Day draws near, candy hearts emblazoned with XOXO, as in “hugs and kisses,” remind us that love is in the air. But why XO? Why not AB? Or XY? It turns out that XO, which has ...