Meanwhile in Congress, a bipartisan bill introduced by prominent California Democratic Congressman Scott Peters and Arkansas Republican Bruce Westerman to reduce barriers to forest management ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For author Percival Everett, libraries have long been a source of knowledge and discovery and pleasure, even of the forbidden kind. “I remember making friends at age 13 with ...

Newbery Medal for Best Children's Book Is Given to Erin Entrada Kelly's 'The First State of Being' NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly's “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s latest honor comes from the country’s ... “James” was this year’s winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, which includes a $5,000 ...

Immigration policy has often been one of the most entrenched issues in Congress, but a crucial faction of 46 politically vulnerable Democrats joined with Republicans to lift the strict proposal to ...

Canadian speedskater Denny Morrison has given his Olympic silver medal to Gilmore Junio. Junio vacated his spot in the men's 1,000 metres in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, so Morrison ...

Two pieces of numismatic legislation were introduced separately Jan. 15 in the House, one seeking a commemorative coin ...

reintroduced legislation seeking to grant a Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest honor, to Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, an Army officer who helped save the lives of captured Jewish ...

Vanessa Bryant is writing a book highlighting 100-plus murals that honor her husband, Kobe, and daughter, Gianna, who died in a helicopter crash five years ago Sunday. The Daily Pilot’s e ...

Use extra caution. && This Nov. 2024 image provided by RR Auction shows a rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics at the intake office of RR Auction, in Amherst, N.H. (RR Auction via AP ...