The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and ...

The CIA is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual. The agency announced the decision Wednesday but gave no reason for it.

The CIA shut down its World Factbook resource Wednesday, after it spent more than six decades in existence. The agency announced on its website that the World Factbook “has sunset” without providing ...

Taylor Hale was in the middle of teaching a Western geography lesson on Wednesday afternoon when his sixth-grade students informed him that the online reference they usually consulted was gone. He’d ...

The World Factbook's website drew millions of views each year, according to the CIA. It's seen here in an archived version from last month. (CIA World Factbook via Internet Archive/ Screenshot by NPR) ...