The number of book bans in U.S. schools has surged, according to a report by PEN America, with many of the banned books ...

Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes,” a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting ...

National Chemistry Week (NCW) is a public awareness campaign that promotes the value of chemistry in everyday life. ACS members and chemistry enthusiasts celebrate NCW by coordinating events and ...

Some university departments are reverting to pen and paper for their end of year exams because of the difficulty securing digital exams from cheats. Auckland University computer science senior ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows French far-right leader Marine Le Pen during his trial ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen strongly denied committing any wrongdoing at a Paris court hearing on Monday as she and her National Rally party stand trial over the suspected embezzlement ...

If found guilty, Le Pen and her co-defendants could face up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to 1 million euros ($1.1 million) each. Additional penalties, such as the loss of civil rights or ...

Egyptian-British writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named Writer of Courage 2024 by the association of writers, English PEN. The award ... chief of Egyptian news website Mada Masr, accepted ...