UK scientists have announced what they term a “historic breakthrough,” after the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago was uncovered.

In the early 20th century – a time when men held most positions of authority – Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...

Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple ...

Washington Ensemble Theatre founders are revisiting the viscerally poetic, emotionally vicious play that put the company on ...

He joined his family’s business in 1961 and later, along with his brother, became a major backer of local civic causes ...

Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...

"The price of fire trucks has become bonkers," Ann Arbor Fire Department Chief Mike Kennedy told City Council.

What better way to get people together than to talk about a book, ask organizers of Whatcom READS. For 17 years, the program has connected people across the county for a profound — and fun — ...

In a series on people with special needs in Pittsburgh's workforce, this story looks at the anxiety and importance of disability evaluations.

The two members of what the Cordova Daily Times had once called a “popular young couple” began carving out separate lives.

This is the ninth installment in a series of essays by architecture critic Mark Lamster that tells the history of Dallas ...

Current councilors anticipate appointing a seventh councilor at their Feb. 10 regular meeting. Interviews were set to start ...