Readers respond to a librarian who wrote that listening to a book qualifies as reading. To the Editor: Re “Yes, Listening to a Book Counts as Reading,” by Brian Bannon (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 23): ...

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Clarification: A previous version of this story had a different image. It has been updated for clarity. Walk into any kindergarten classroom this fall, and there’s a good chance students will be ...

The Karen Read fallout continues — and its ripple effects are spreading beyond Canton into Boston City Hall. Read’s attorney in a blistering letter to Mayor Michelle Wu is slamming Boston Police ...

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News that Pittsfield native Elizabeth Banks has signed on to star in a Karen Read streaming series, coming on the heels of an announcement that Read has a separate movie deal in the works, is fueling ...

Researchers fear the reading decline reflects how many Americans have less and less leisure time. “Reading for pleasure, among other forms of arts participation, is a health behavior,” said one author ...

Dan Pelzer left behind a handwritten reading list of 3,599 books when he died in July. His family originally wanted to hand out printed copies of the list at his funeral, but each copy would have been ...

Like the common cold, the reading slump and its symptoms will come to us all eventually. The pages don't turn as fast as they used to. The characters don't feel as relatable. The plots don't hit the ...

• Acquitted of murder: Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly striking her off-duty police officer boyfriend and leaving him to die in January 2022, was found guilty of drunk driving ...

As Karen Read awaits a verdict in her second murder trial, the movement proclaiming her innocence has grown, with hundreds showing up outside the courthouse in Massachusetts. On Monday, the second day ...

The judge overseeing the Karen Read trial denied a motion filed by Read’s defense Monday morning to amend the verdict slip given to the jurors. The motion asked Judge Beverly Cannone to give the jury ...