The ALA usually features 10 books, but this year has 11, with four tied for eighth place. The list arrives during National Library Week, which runs through April 25.
My friend John died about a year ago, alone in his house.
When will the U.S. government confirm that aliens exist? How many people will fall ill with measles this year? Will President Donald Trump be …
- CHANG-RAN KIM and JOHN GEDDIE Reuters
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents to stay away from coastal areas.
- William Liang, Imagn Images
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Mason Miler joined the Padres in 2025 as part of a six-player trade with the Athletics.
- Nicole Pollack
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The loan would go toward SHINE Technologies’ vast medical isotope production facility in Janesville.
- Jeff Richgels
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Emergency responders were able to free the woman from the propeller, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
- JAMES POWEL, KATE PEREZ, MAKENZIE BOUCHER and CHRISTOPHER CANN USA Today
Eight children were killed in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, that police described as a "tragic domestic violence incident." Here's what we know about the victims.
- Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press
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A Banned Books Week display is at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library in the Bronx borough of New York City on Oct. 7, 2023.
- STEVEN SLOAN and KEN SWEET Associated Press
A confrontation is brewing over online exchanges that allow users to bet on everything from a sports game to when Jesus Christ will return.

