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British author Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize with space story
The first book set in space to win, Orbital follows astronauts in the International Space Station.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction
British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space StationEntertainment - ABC News - Yesterday -
British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction
British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space StationWorld - ABC News - Yesterday -
Samantha Harvey’s ‘Orbital’ wins Booker Prize for fiction
Judges praise ‘beautiful and miraculous’ novel that tells the story of astronauts on the International Space StationBusiness - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
Samantha Harvey’s ‘Orbital’ Wins the Booker Prize
Most bets were on Percival Everett’s “James,” but the judges chose Harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, which is set aboard a space station.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey favourites to win 2024 Booker prize
American author Everett and British writer Harvey have been given the shortest odds of winning the £50,000 literary prize but Ladbrokes say the ‘race is wide-open’. Percival Everett and Samantha ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Samantha Harvey’s ‘beautiful and ambitious’ Orbital wins Booker prize 2024
The British author’s novel about astronauts on the International Space Station was chosen unanimously as the winner, says judging chair Edmund de Waal. • ‘This is a book we need now’: Sara Collins ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
‘I’m so not an astronaut!’ Samantha Harvey on her Booker-winning space novel – and the anxiety that drove it
She won the top prize with a time-distorted novel set on the International Space Station. Yet, the writer reveals, Orbital is actually ‘a celebration of Earth’s beauty with a pang of loss’ – ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
'Orbital,' which looks down on Earth in awe, wins the 2024 Booker Prize
"Orbital," by Samantha Harvey, won the 2024 Booker Prize on Tuesday. The book follows a day in the life of six astronauts.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - Yesterday -
Booker prize 2024: and the winner is... you, the reader
The judges have a hard task at this week’s Booker prize ceremony with five of the six shortlisted books worthy winners, though Percival Everett’s James – a retelling of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
London's Elizabeth line wins top architecture prize
The Stirling Prize is normally awarded to a new building, but has gone to the entire train line.Top stories - BBC News - October 16 -
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Booker and Durant lead Suns to 125-1119 comeback win over Clippers
Devin Booker scored 40 points, Kevin Durant added 18, and the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 21-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 125-119Sports - ABC News - November 1 -
Harvey Barnes wraps up Newcastle’s comeback win at Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest are fishing in the waters Newcastle aspire to swim in. Two years ago, it was Eddie Howe’s team breaking up the metropolitan elite. This season, Nuno Espírito Santo’s team have ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Dracula author's lost story unearthed after 134 years
A Bram Stoker fan stumbled upon the short story that evaded scholars and biographers for a century.Top stories - BBC News - October 19 -
American author Joy Williams: ‘The comfy story has got to change’
The novelist and short story writer on her new book about Azrael, the angel of death, her encounters with Raymond Carver and Richard Yates, and why fiction should be uncanny. Joy Williams, 80, has ...World - The Guardian - October 19 -
Lost story by "Dracula" author discovered after over 130 years
"Gibbet Hill" tells of a sailor murdered by three criminals whose bodies were strung up on a hanging gallows on a hill as a ghostly warning to passing travelers.Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
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Spilling the teeWorld - Financial Times - October 31 -
Boeing considers selling storied space business, WSJ reports
A sale would include the troubled Starliner space vehicle and operations supporting the International Space Station, the Wall Street Journal reported.Business - MarketWatch - October 25 -
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Percival Everett's 'James' wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction
Percival Everett’s novel “James" has won a $50,000 prize that continues Everett’s recent wave of literary honorsEntertainment - ABC News - October 16 -
Venezuelan opposition leaders win the EU’s top human rights prize
Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov PrizeWorld - ABC News - October 24 -
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Booker scores 33, Durant adds 30 as the Suns rally for 109-105 win and hand Lakers first loss
Devin Booker scored 33 points, Kevin Durant added 30 and the Phoenix Suns rallied to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 109-105Sports - ABC News - October 29 -
Devin Booker torches Clippers for 40 as Suns overcome 21-point deficit to win
The Clippers start strong before the Phoenix Suns rally back from a 21-point deficit behind Devin Booker's 40-point effort to defeat the Clippers 125-119.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 1 -
'Higher prices, larger deficits': 23 Nobel Prize-winning economists slam Trump agenda, endorse Harris
Experts estimate that Donald Trump's budget plan would expand federal deficits by five times more than Vice President Kamala Harris' proposals.Business - CNBC - October 23 -
Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia win the EU’s top human rights prize
Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia win the EU’s top human rights prizeWorld - ABC News - October 24 -
Paul Lowe, Award-Winning British Photojournalist, Dies at 60
He was killed in a stabbing near Los Angeles, and his 19-year-old son was arrested, the authorities said. Mr. Lowe had earned acclaim for documenting the siege of Sarajevo and other conflicts.Top stories - The New York Times - October 16 -
Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with cancer – reports
Disgraced Hollywood movie producer undergoing treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia in a New York prison, NBC and ABC have reported. Disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
OpenAI’s data scraping wins big as Raw Story’s copyright lawsuit dismissed by NY court
The dismissal of Raw Story’s lawsuit is more than a win for OpenAI—it’s an indicator of how courts may handle similar copyright claims.Tech - VentureBeat - 6 days ago -
Why Sen. Cory Booker supports Harris for president
Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, says Vice President Kamala Harris is the best choice for the White House on Election Day 2024. Booker joined CBS News with more on Harris' campaign and ...Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia: Sources
Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with a form of bone marrow cancer, sources told ABC News.Top stories - ABC News - October 21 -
Harvey Weinstein said to have bone marrow cancer
Disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, according to numerous reports.Top stories - CBS News - October 22 -
Harvey Weinstein's retrial moved to next year, lawyer plans to hire a private investigator
Harvey Weinstein's retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan won't start until next year and a new allegation against the former movie mogul will be included in the caseEntertainment - ABC News - October 23 -
O'Brien and Harvey Share NCAA Player of the Month Honors
Casey O'Brien, Caroline Harvey, and Emilia Kyrkkö earned national honors for their October performances in the NCAA.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 2 -
William announces Earthshot Prize winners
Fifteen finalists, from countries including Kenya, Indonesia, the UK and Nepal, were competing for £1m funding for their environmental initiatives.Top stories - BBC News - November 6
