The best way to learn how to write a successful query is to read one. In this installment, find a query letter for Christine ...

About midway through Christine Murphy’s debut novel, “Notes on Surviving the Fire,” her protagonist, Sarah Common, tells a guy she’s dating that rape-revenge movies don’t work.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the latest book in the series to get the illustrated edition treatment from Scholastic, following 2023’s release of The Prisoner of Azkaban. The newest ...

LOS ANGELES — Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a ...

In ousting Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley Friday, Mayor Karen Bass cited failures of pre-deploying firefighters before the Jan. 7 firestorm began. “We know that 1,000 ...

Portland is no stranger to wildfire smoke drifting from rural blazes, but city officials say a major fire within city limits could be a possibility, and preparation is key. In the aftermath of the ...

Black literature is far too expansive to cover in just a month, especially if you look back through history at the works of luminaries like Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Nikki ...

The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees, with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers ...

That’s where fire starters come in. They’re like hitting the easy button for fire starting, but they’re not all created equal. The best fire starters will light easily and stay lit to ignite your ...

By Mac Barnett For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in Emma Otheguy’s latest novel, the outcome of the American Civil War hangs in the balance. In H.M. Bouwman’s wise and ...