A small sampling of items from the Library of Things on display at the Athens Public Library. Sports and exercise equipment ...

A D.C. man says he was taking a Metrobus to the Anacostia Metro Station when a stranger set his shirt on fire. “Crazy, you know,” Eric Walton said. “Like, I never even spoke to that guy.” Walton says ...

The Josephine County Board of Commissioners’ unexpected vote Monday to terminate the lease of the area’s central library has ruffled more than a few pages. Library lovers hit the streets for a rally ...

We spoke with the Poughkeepsie Public Library about some of the services and programs they offer the community.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the curation of a book collection.