The 25% drop comes after years of skyrocketing attempts from conservative movements to ban or restrict access to public library books or programs typically targeting those with LGBTQ or race-related ...

The director of EveryLibrary, which fights for library budgets and against book bans, discusses censorship and those drag-queen story hours.

Zapped Kyren Wilson was on the brink of biting his troublesome cue after the former world champion's problems mounted at the World Snooker Championships. The man who reigned supreme in 2024 has been ...

Does the Taunton Public Library have a public safety problem? It depends on who you ask. For Taunton resident Kathryn Cunningham, who has spoken at multiple Taunton City Council meetings about the ...

A library visitors looks through the Lucky Day books section in the new Cathy Ivey Community Library on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Macon, Georgia. The newest Middle Georgia Regional Library location ...

The UCP says proposed new rules for public libraries do not equate to a book ban and a new federal Conservative ad campaign is showing a less combative version of leader Pierre Poilievre. Chaldeans ...

Before Cormac McCarthy became Cormac McCarthy, the man and the novelist, he was Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr., or Charlie McCarthy for short. He was the third child of six and the oldest son born to an ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Microsoft’s MSFT-0.63%decrease; red down pointing triangle Copilot chatbot has become central to its artificial-intelligence strategy as the company’s close partnership with OpenAI diminishes. But the ...

A vital library in the St. Paul community is set to close at the end of this year for safety renovations, but not everyone is on board with the change. In the 2025 budget, the city council set aside ...