Paul Devlin on “The Life of Herod the Great,” by Zora Neale Hurston.

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Johann Strauss Jr. made his first ISO “Emperor Waltzes” appearance at the Hilbert Circle Theatre as a prelude to the ...

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were ...

"Any child that's lost, the parents are grieving, and they're looking for a place to go to," said Father Anthony Gramlich, ...

The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death, her ...

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Start the year off right by diving into a new book. This curated list offers something for readers of all genres.

Firefighters were called to the home of W. J. Dodds, 607 Maple St., to extinguish a small fire which started in the basement after a torch was used to thaw pipe ...

This unfinished novel about the biblical king argues that we’ve had it all wrong: Herod was not a cartoony villain but a great leader of Judea, one of the few who was determined to better the ...

Her long-unpublished novel was the culmination of a years-long fascination. What does it reveal about her fraught views on civil rights?

When we are too busy, we often lose sight of what is most important in life. It is not easy to let go of the urge to do more, ...