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January 06, 2019

Man charged, detained in Poland escape room game deaths

Prosecutors in northern Poland detained and brought charges Sunday against the man who designed an escape room entertainment ...

January 06, 2019

The Latest: Man hears charges in Poland escape room deaths

The Latest on the Poland escape room deaths (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Prosecutors in Poland have presented charges ...

January 06, 2019

Co-anchors in life: 2 broadcasters announce engagement

Two journalists who co-anchor news broadcasts at a television station in Ohio now plan to also co-anchor a life together as ...

January 05, 2019

Mardi Gras season kicks off with king cake, revelry

As the rest of America winds down from the parties, overeating and merriment of Christmas and New Year's, New Orleans keeps ...

January 04, 2019

Police: 5 teenage girls killed in Poland "Escape Room" fire

A fire broke out at an "Escape Room" game location in northern Poland on Friday, killing five teenage girls and injuring a ...

January 04, 2019

Opera based on Sarah Kane's last play gets US premiere

Depression, rage, suicide: These are the dark ingredients of the last play written by Sarah Kane before she killed herself ...

January 04, 2019

Former NY Times editor says Fox took her book out of context

Jill Abramson, the former editor of The New York Times, said Thursday that Fox News took her criticism of the newspaper's ...

January 03, 2019

Restored Pompeii gladiator building open to public

A 2,000-year-old building where Roman gladiators in Pompeii trained for combat has opened to the public eight years after its ...

January 03, 2019

Women navigate toxicity, other barriers in esports

Susie Kim thinks the women gamers are out there. As general manager for a championship esports team, she would know.

January 02, 2019

'Ear Hustle' host is freed, but prison podcast will go on

In California, inmates typically are granted parole by doing good deeds or showing they have been rehabilitated by becoming ...

January 02, 2019

Uffizi asks to Germany to return painting stolen by Nazis

The director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence is urging Germany to return a Dutch masterpiece stolen by Nazi troops during ...

January 01, 2019

The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks-US

iBook charts for week ending December 30, 2018: (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher : iBooks US Bestseller List ...

January 01, 2019

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending December 30, 2018: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft Mojang 2. Heads Up! ...

January 01, 2019

German-Jewish author Edgar Hilsenrath dies at 92

Edgar Hilsenrath, a German-Jewish writer whose fictional account of the Holocaust from the perspective of a Nazi perpetrator ...

January 01, 2019

US, Israel exit UN cultural agency, claiming bias

The United States and Israel officially quit the U.N.'s educational, scientific and cultural agency at the stroke of ...

January 01, 2019

Fireworks, superstars ring in the new year in Las Vegas

Tens of thousands of people rang in the new year across Las Vegas, watching fireworks launch from the top of some of the ...

January 01, 2019

Hello, 2019: Revelry and reflection greet new year

Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around ...

December 31, 2018

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending December 28: Fiction 1. Christmas Eve, 1914 by Charles Olivier, narrated by Cameron ...

December 31, 2018

Preston and Child's stories are multifaceted and complex

"Verses for the Dead" (Grand Central), by Preston and Child The two authors working together are masters at crafting a story ...