According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous ...

Growing up, Scout Bassett felt like an outsider. Her earliest memories are from an orphanage in China, where she had to ...

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Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie said he would vote to oust Mike Johnson as House Speaker if it came to the floor. He told ...

America began closing mental hospitals. A growing chorus is blaming that for the crisis of mentally ill folks living on our ...

The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff ...

A very sinister thriller with a dash of science-fiction and full of inscrutabilities, Sarah Langan's novel is as entreating ...

Rushdie was onstage at a literary event in 2022 when he was attacked by a man in the audience: "Dying in the company of ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — As Venezuela's authoritarian regime continues to crack down on its opponents, the U.S. government must ...

Passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables as a fire raged through one of ...

Iran says its attack against Israel was a success, despite the fact that 99% of the drones were intercepted. A Sudanese ...

Fentanyl made from Chinese chemicals is killing tens of thousands of Americans. A House committee report found new evidence ...