Studies show that reading for pleasure boosts cognitive thinking abilities and improves mental health. As reading has fallen ...

New Mexico is among U.S. states with the highest rate of gun suicides by those 70 and older, and more common in rural areas ...

Writer John T. Edge has spent much of his career telling stories about a changing American South filtered through the lens of ...

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each ...

Israel and Hamas took steps toward ending the two-year war that has devastated the Gaza Strip, but hard work lies ahead.

Margaret Randall is a poet, writer, translator, photographer, and activist whose archives are held at the University of New ...

Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor fared through a peak weekend for tourism with the park open, but many facilities inside it unstaffed.

Fall means giant pumpkin contests in some places. At the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts, we meet the next generation of competitors and their mentors.

A group of volunteers in West Virginia makes sure preschoolers in areas with no libraries or bookstores get books to read.

One of New Mexico’s most well-known brewers is seeking Chapter 11 protection after accruing millions in liabilities.

Mills was reportedly recruited by Democratic Senate leaders after her high-profile confrontation with President Donald Trump ...

Mexico has deployed some 10,000 troops in addition to civilian rescue teams. Helicopters have ferried food and water to the ...