1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (147+ words) NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) " Cooley Dickinson Hospital has been named an "LGBTQ+ Health Care Equality Leader" for the seventh consecutive time by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The Human Rights Campaign recently released the biennial 2026 Health Care Equality Index, which serves…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (396+ words) (The Hill) " A new report shows that the number of nonfiction books banned in U. S. schools doubled in the last academic year. PEN America's report released Thursday called "Facts & Fiction: Stories Stripped Away by Book Bans" found that 3, 743 unique titles were…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (502+ words) RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) " A dispute over children's books in Tennessee is escalating after a library system's director refused to follow a board-approved decision, a move that could now put her job at risk. Rutherford County Library System Director Luanne…...