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Daily infections continue falling; Gov. offers cash for jobs

By David Sharp And Patrick Whittle Jun. 14, 2021 09:45 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Center for Disease Control reported 13 new COVID-19 infections on Monday — the lowest total since late September — as the...

This May 22, 2020, photo provided by Samuel Slavin shows Slavin an internal medicine resident in Boston. The Library of Congress has acquired a digital archive of the real-time impressions of more than 200 frontline health care workers, including Slavin, documenting the country’s descent into the coronavirus pandemic. Slavin reflected on the “unpredictable way these patients go down fast” and “how this is weighing on us as doctors.” (Samuel Slavin via AP)
Library of Congress gets health workers' audio COVID diaries

By Ashraf Khalil Jun. 08, 2021 12:35 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Akron Beacon Journal. June 6, 2021. Editorial: Taking time to listen is wise move; trying to silence others is not ...

Boston Public Library to reopen next month

May. 27, 2021 09:21 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Public Library is scheduled to reopen next month after being closed to the public for more than a year because of the coronavirus...

West Virginia library honored with top national award

May. 19, 2021 04:38 AM EDT
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A public library in West Virginia was honored as one of six libraries and museums nationwide that made great contributions to their...

The city of Pasadena's historic Central Library stands empty and with gates closed Wednesday, May 5, 2021, after being ordered closed pending further review due to seismic safety concerns. The nearly century-old Mediterranean Revival-style building had just reopened for in-person services following a pandemic closure when the closure order was issued Monday, the city said in a statement. A recent structural assessment revealed that most of the building is constructed with unreinforced masonry bearing walls that support concrete floors and walls. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
Historic Pasadena library closed due to seismic risk

May. 05, 2021 05:23 PM EDT

Lincoln library offers free ticket with proof of vaccination

May. 01, 2021 09:26 AM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is offering free admission to people vaccinated against COVID-19. ...

Books by Steinbeck, Alexie among most objected to in 2020

By Hillel Italie Apr. 05, 2021 08:51 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The closing of physical libraries because of the pandemic has slowed but not stopped patrons and others from calling for books to be banned or...

Emerson Elementary School librarian Lauren Blanford Wednesday Feb. 24, 2021 in Elmhurst, Ill. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald via AP)
Elmhurst school librarian turns page adapting to pandemic

By Katlyn Smith Apr. 04, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

Emory library to host online reading by poet laureate

Mar. 06, 2021 10:41 AM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — The current U.S. poet laureate is set to give a public reading through Emory University that will be open to the public online. ...

FILE - This May 12, 2020 file photo shows David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, closed during COVID-19 lockdown, in New York. Lincoln Center intends to emerge from the novel coronavirus pandemic by creating 10 outdoor stages for performances and rehearsals in New York City to launch starting April 7. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Lincoln Center to emerge from pandemic with outdoor shows

Feb. 25, 2021 03:23 PM EST

Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history

By Susan Montoya Bryan Feb. 09, 2021 03:45 PM EST
Associated Press (AP) — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories...

10 winners announced for I Love My Librarian Award

By Hillel Italie Jan. 11, 2021 10:02 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — In Hayward, California, library director Jayanti Addleman was cited for her “inspiring optimism and extensive expertise” during the ongoing...

FILE - Natalie Portman participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the film "Lucy in the Sky" on Oct. 2, 2019, in New York.The Oscar-winning actress has agreed to serve as honorary chair of National Library Week, the American Library Association announced Monday. National Library Week will run next April 4-10, and Portman will help promote the role libraries have played in their communities during the pandemic. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Bookish: Natalie Portman to chair National Library Week

Dec. 07, 2020 10:02 AM EST

FILE- in the June 2, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden addresses the media in Philadelphia. Biden's comment, "If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black." made during a May 22, 2020 interview at "The Breakfast Club" holds the number seven spot on the Yale Law School librarian's list of the most notable quotes of 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Fauci's plea 'Wear a mask' tops list of 2020 notable quotes

Dec. 07, 2020 12:07 AM EST

N.C. State Archives, library public research centers reopen

Nov. 12, 2020 04:14 AM EST
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's depositories for old government and academic records, maps, books and genealogical materials are reopening to the public...

FILE - In this May 4, 2017 file photo, Irvin Mayfield performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Mayfield and his musical partner, pianist Ronald Markham, each pleaded guilty Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, to a conspiracy to commit fraud charge. The federal charge stemmed from the time the two spent as board members of the charitable New Orleans Public Library Foundation. Prosecutors alleged that they steered more than $1.3 million raised for public libraries to themselves by funneling it through the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, which Mayfield founded. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Musicians Mayfield, Markham plead guilty in fraud case

By Kevin Mcgill Nov. 10, 2020 02:07 PM EST

FILE - In this June 1, 2020 file photo, visitors admire the Sistine Chapel as the Vatican Museum reopened, in Rome. Francis urged people follow recommendations from governments and health authorities to prevent coronavirus infections as on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 he returned to his private library for his general audience amid a surge of infections in Europe, and in another sign that the Vatican was reentering into a semi-lockdown mode again, the Holy See announced that it was shuttering the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel to the public until at least Dec. 3. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)
Pope returns to private library for audience as virus surges

By Nicole Winfield Nov. 04, 2020 04:32 AM EST

Louisiana award goes to writer of books on pandemic, floods

Oct. 31, 2020 12:50 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana author who has written about the 1918 flu pandemic and the 1927 Mississippi River flood is receiving the state's annual...

Cluster tied to bachelorette party; 26 new confirmed deaths

Aug. 26, 2020 10:42 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — A cluster of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts was traced to a bachelorette party in Rhode Island late last month, Gov. Charlie Baker said. ...