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September 16, 2019

Times faces questions all around for Kavanaugh story

Between an offensive tweet and a significant revision, the New York Times' handling of a new sexual misconduct allegation ...

September 16, 2019

The Latest: GOP stands by Kavanaugh, rips NY Times

The Latest on a new allegation of sexual impropriety against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 5:10 p.

September 16, 2019

Race, family and history converge in 'Heaven, My Home'

"Heaven, My Home" (Mulholland), by Attica Locke Race, family and history converge in Attica Locke's second intense novel ...

September 16, 2019

Atwood's 'The Testaments' takes readers on wild ride

"The Testaments" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), by Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood wrote her much-anticipated sequel to "The ...

September 16, 2019

Young people's longlist announced for National Book Awards

Laurie Halse Anderson, Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander are among the 10 authors on the young people's literature longlist ...

September 16, 2019

Foner writes timely new book on Reconstruction amendments

"The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution" (W.W. Norton and Co.), by Eric Foner It ...

September 16, 2019

Tony-winner and women's health advocate Phyllis Newman dies

Phyllis Newman, a Tony Award-winning Broadway veteran who became the first woman to host "The Tonight Show" before turning ...

September 16, 2019

Dreamy, confident shows mark London Fashion Week

Fashion devotees basked in sunny weather and strong, sometimes whimsical collections as London Fashion Week neared its climax ...

September 15, 2019

Model Naomi Campbell takes spotlight at London Fashion Week

Model Naomi Campbell took center stage at London Fashion Week on Saturday night with a gala charity benefit at the impressive ...

September 14, 2019

Women recreate Homer Simpson's New Orleans gobble tour

Two Swiss women have recreated Homer Simpson's gourmandizing tour of New Orleans, snarf for snarf, finger-wiggle for ...

September 14, 2019

Ohio gamer sentenced to 15 months prison in 'swatting' case

An Ohio gamer upset about a $1.50 bet while playing Call of Duty: WWII online was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for ...

September 14, 2019

Korean-born graduate donates $12 million to Illinois State

An Illinois State University graduate from South Korea who now is an internationally-known artist, and her husband, have ...

September 13, 2019

Gary Owen on Chappelle, Kevin Hart and new comedy special

Gary Owen says his new stand-up, '#DoinWhatIDo' is "the greatest comedy special of all time." The comic also discusses why ...

September 13, 2019

Best-selling Southern author Anne Rivers Siddons dies at 83

Anne Rivers Siddons, a best-selling Southern author known for novels "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Peachtree Road," has died.

September 13, 2019

Museum says not everything glittered in Dutch 'Golden Age'

Not everything glittered in the 17th century when what is now the Netherlands was a mercantile, military and artistic ...

September 13, 2019

Amsterdam museum presents results of 5-year Chagall research

For much of Russian-French Modernist painter Marc Chagall's life, which took him from a tiny village in rural Russia to St.

September 13, 2019

Camila Cabello praises her 'heroic' parents

On the Save the Children gala red carpet, Camila Cabello calls her immigrant parents "the real heroes." (Sept.

September 13, 2019

On This Day:13 September 1996

Rapper Tupac Shakur died in Las Vegas, two days after beign shot.

September 13, 2019

Leguizamo reflects on his 1999 Emmy win and his 2019 nomination

Actor John Leguizamo reflects on his first Emmy win in 1999, and his latest nomination 20 years later.

September 12, 2019

Sales for 'Handmaid's Tale' sequel top 125,000 copies

Sales for Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments," her highly anticipated sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," have already topped ...