Millions of people visit their libraries every week. What's the draw? Everything. During National Library Week, April 6–12, 2025, take time to discover (or rediscover) what draws people in. This ...

Librarians will continue to go to great lengths to preserve people's access to information, whether they are ancient scrolls ...

The British Museum, renowned for its vast and diverse collection of over eight million artifacts, continues to draw global ...

Consider this entry from the memoirs of the emperor Ashurbanipal following a foray into what is now part of modern-day Iran: “I flattened the land of Elam to its full extent. I deprived its fields of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order about tariffs increase in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President Donald Trump has announced ...

Alongside tariffs, DOGE, and chaos, Trump’s thirst for “critical minerals” has quickly become one of his young administration’s defining features. Even before taking office, Trump floated ...

Iowa cannot, for now, continue to enforce part of its book ban law, a federal judge said Tuesday, giving major publishers that sued the state the second temporary reprieve they requested.

As inflation continues to hit Americans in the pocketbook, many still hope a DOGE dividend is still possible despite the relative lack of new details on the topic. The idea, which was originally ...

We've reached the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament and the field that remains for the regional semifinals is a who's-who of heavy hitters and some of the best teams throughout the season.

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the clay tablets were preserved by the heat. Selena Wisnom's new book reveals more ...