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Pico Iyer is the acclaimed and bestselling author of more than a dozen books translated into twenty-three languages, most recently “The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise” and “The Art of Stillness.” His latest, “Aflame,” is an exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat.

Scott Berg’s new book, "The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul" is an account of the fire’s inexorable march and an eye-opening look at its aftermath, telling the story of one of the most infamous calamities in history and the new Chicago it precipitated—a disaster that still shapes American cities to this day.

A fire on Grand Street in Albany’s Mansion neighborhood early Wednesday destroyed four buildings and displaced more than a dozen people.

A fire Sunday in the Washington County village of Greenwich has dealt its downtown area a severe blow.

Troy Foundry Theatre is devising a world-premiere piece of theatre using the city of Troy, NY and its unique history as a narrative backdrop.

The historically large East Mountain Fire is approaching full containment in Northern Berkshire County, but it meant a tense weekend for locals on the…

Massachusetts officials say an ongoing wildland fire in Northern Berkshire County is the state’s largest in over a decade.The East Mountain Fire began as…

Multiple people were displaced and a child was killed by a fire that destroyed homes in the City of Troy Sunday morning. The fire occurred near the corner…

All it took for a hundred people to die during a show by the hair metal band Great White was a sudden burst from four giant sparklers that ignited the…

A Dalton, Massachusetts man was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court Tuesday on a charge of burning personal property after being accused of…