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Percival Everett's 'James' is a finalist for Carnegie Medal for fiction
Percival Everett’s “James” has received yet another literary nominationEntertainment - ABC News - November 12 -
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 - November 12 -
Best books of 2024: Literary non-fiction
Carl Wilkinson selects his must-read titlesBusiness - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
Jordan Chiles breaks silence on bronze medal in first TV interview
Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles opens up to TODAY in her first live TV interview since being stripped of her bronze medal due to a controversial ruling at the Paris Olympics. "I know what the truth ...Top stories - NBC News - November 11 -
Vietnam War-era "Dustoff" crews honored with Congressional Gold Medal
During the Vietnam War, U.S. Army medevac teams flew into hostile combat areas, rescuing an estimated 900,000 wounded soldiers and Vietnamese civilians over the course of 11 years. Nearly 50 years ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president
President Biden awarded on Wednesday the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards, an abortion rights activist and former president of Planned Parenthood. During a private ceremony, Biden ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Shannon Rowbury moves closer to possible 2012 Olympic 1500m medal
Shannon Rowbury was upgraded to third place in the 2012 Olympic women's 1500m, but the bronze medal has not been reallocated yet.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago -
Could Brazil win its first Winter Olympic medals in 2026?
Brazil has podium contenders in two sports and could be the first South American nation to win a Winter Olympic medal.Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday -
Fact or Fiction: Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers are in for a painfully long season
Let's take a deeper dive into one of the league’s biggest storylines this week: a troubling trend for the 2023 MVP.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25 -
Academy Museum adds ‘Pulp Fiction’ script, Miyazaki art to film collection
Quentin Tarantino's handwritten script for “Pulp Fiction” is the stuff of moviemaking legendEntertainment - ABC News - October 31 -
‘Stranger than fiction’: Sunderland doctor Thomas Kwan’s plan for murder
GP in inheritance row aimed to kill his mother’s partner by wearing disguise to administer a fake Covid booster jab. GP who poisoned mother’s partner while disguised as Covid nurse given 31 ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
Trump victory renews interest in 'The Handmaid's Tale' and other fictional dystopias
“The Handmaid’s Tale” is selling againEntertainment - ABC News - November 7 -
Fact or Fiction: Is home-court advantage in the NBA's regular season dead?
Let's take a deeper dive into the decline of home-court advantage in the NBA.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 8 -
Kremlin says reports of Trump-Putin call about Ukraine are ‘pure fiction’
Putin has no specific plan to speak to president-elect, says spokesperson, after reports Trump urged him not to escalate Ukraine war. The Kremlin has denied reports that the Russian president, ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Fact or Fiction: The NBA needs more 3-point specialists
Should sharpshooters be getting more opportunities in the NBA?Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 15 -
Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Fact or Fiction: The NBA's 2024 free-agency class was a dud
Let's take a deeper dive to see if teams are salvaging some value from their underwhelming offseason signings.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 18 hours ago -
Jordan Chiles on campaign to have Olympic bronze medal returned: 'I know we were right'
Jordan Chiles is doubling down on her efforts to reclaim her Olympic gymnastics medal that was stripped after a controversial ruling, saying, "That bronze medal was given to me in the right way."Top stories - NBC News - November 11 -
Dallas Long, who won 2 Olympic medals while dominating the shot put in the 1960s, has died at 84
Dallas Long, a three-time NCAA shot put champion who won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, has diedSports - ABC News - November 12 -
Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn to come out of retirement ahead of 2026 Games
Former Olympic gold medalist and world champion Lindsey Vonn is returning to skiing, she announced Thursday.Top stories - NBC News - November 14 -
Fifth athlete disqualified from one of dirtiest races in Olympic history
Tatyana Tomashova loses London 2012 1500m silver Russian banned for retrospective doping offences The London 2012 race regarded as one of the dirtiest in history has expunged yet another name ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
US runner Shannon Rowbury on course for 2012 Olympic medal after Russian disqualified
The results of the London Olympics are still changing more than 12 years laterSports - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Fictional presidents played by Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman poll best against Harris and Trump: Poll
Some of TV and film's most famous fictional presidents would have a good shot at winning a real-life White House race against former President Trump and Vice President Harris, according to a new ...Politics - The Hill - October 29 -
Fact or Fiction: Under the rise of Evan Mobley, the Cavaliers are contenders again post-LeBron
Let's take a deeper dive into Cleveland's undefeated start to determine whether trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 1 -
British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction
British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fictionEntertainment - ABC News - November 12 -
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 - November 13