PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for freedom of expression, says that while the number of book bans in schools is declining, it’s still “rampant.” According to PEN’s report on book bans in ...

Update Published Oct. 2, 2025: This article, originally published in 2024, has been updated to reflect the latest findings in PEN America’s banned books report, “Banned in the U.S.A.” The list at the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Stephen King tops list of most banned authors in U.S. schools, with his books censored 206 times during 2024-25 ...

NEW YORK – A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attempting ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those ...

FBI Director Kash Patel gave "inoperable plastic 3D-printed replica” pistols deemed illegal to possess under New Zealand's gun laws to at least three senior police, security and intelligence officials ...

Footage shows a fisherman prying open freshly harvested pen shells. Russel Del Ayre saw the worker removing the innards of the molluscs with a knife in Bicol. The man then placed the adductor muscle ...

What began as a childhood connection turned into a 51-year friendship and a highly anticipated meeting Courtesy Kimberly Johnson Debbie Houschild from Oceanport, N.J., and Jane Bean from Sittingbourne ...