They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center diverse and new authors, connect readers to books in a personal ...

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DANBURY — On a given day, school bus drivers report anywhere from five to 10 cars illegally driving past their buses when their red lights are flashing and stop arms are extended. Those are just ...

Many popular self-help books by Western authors draw heavily from Hindu philosophy. Concepts like the Law of Attraction in 'The Secret' and the idea of interconnectedness echo ancient Hindu ...

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From seaside romances to nonfiction survival stories to twisty crime dramas, here are the books USA TODAY is most excited for in summer 2025. Titles are listed in order of anticipated publication ...

A falling tree at Diablo Valley College’s graduation ceremony injured at least a dozen bystanders Friday evening, as crowds gathered to celebrate the Class of 2025, officials said. The incident ...

It is the first Saturday in grey-grim January 1993 and the end of a tempestuous wind-filled week. All evening the enigmatic Montalto Roarer, as we have labelled it, has been whipping up, realising ...

It's a story that began when Michelle Tuplin, owner of Serendipity Books, decided to relocate her business to larger space. "I knew it was going to be great," Tuplin told CBS News. But she didn't ...