A rural metro community is celebrating on President's Day its connection to the nation's first president, George Washington.

In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare ...

After a British attack on Danbury, Connecticut, Washington wrote the loss of supplies was trivial compared to the resistance by local militias.

Eric Puchner’s novel traverses half a century, coalescing into a family history that feels monumental. Maybe it’s not the ...

Julianne Moore said Sunday it was “a great shock” that her 2007 book wound up among those under “compliance review” at schools run by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

Two heads are sometimes better than one as this category in Naperville Public Library’s Amazing Book Challenge — It Takes Two ...

Journalist Sarah Jones chronicles the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic in “Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass ...

The Hawkeyes unleashed a first-half shooting barrage to wipe away five games of frustration and kept it rolling to defeat host Washington, 85-61 ... Olsen would finish with 20 points, three nights ...

Several decades ago, many of us enjoyed watching Robin Leach’s television series “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” and, more recently, we’ve tuned into the 1880s-era series “The Gilded Age” on ...

Fathom is inviting experts to select their three favourite books about a subject. The series began with Sara Hirschhorn on settlements. Here, Gil Troy discusses three books on Zionism. There are many ...