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For years, Jack Reacher has been a global literary juggernaut — stoic, intelligent and dangerous in all the right ways. Now, as series originator Lee Child steps back, his brother, ...

Author Roseanna White shares her perspective, through the lens of historical events, on why we should exercise our freedom to read.

Tune into ABC at 10/9c Wednesday for an ABC News special, “Verdict: The Diddy Trial,” on the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial, and streaming next day on Hulu and Disney+. The highly anticipated trial of ...

You have to catch yourself before you lash out or say something inappropriate — and that covers almost anything said in anger.

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As part of National Gun Violence Awareness Month, the Baltimore County Public Library is stepping up to promote safety in the community by giving out free gun safety locks throughout June. All 18 ...

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In Ocean Vuong’s melancholy ‘Emperor of Gladness,’ happiness is elusive and the American Dream out of reach Ocean Vuong’s poetic second novel centers on immigrants struggling to get by.

Bridget Read’s “Little Bosses Everywhere” exposes the deceptions of direct-selling companies that make their profit not off customers but off their own sales force.