Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life," a biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recognized as one of the best books of 2023. Biographies offer a chance to explore the decision-making and ...

After Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor of The New York Times, died last month, his brother Michael Lelyveld went online to see how he was being remembered. He found obituaries in major news ...

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Jun. 16—Mary Jo Riley, who is senior center supervisor at the Groton Senior Center, was attending a Massachusetts Councils on Aging conference when she saw a series of portraits set up in one room, ...