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Book excerpt: "Playground" by Richard Powers
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Book excerpt: "Creation Lake" by Rachel Kushner
In this tricky comic thriller, a female American secret agent infiltrates a rural French commune of environmental terrorists who follow a mysterious spiritual leader whose teachings are aimed at ...2 hours ago -
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Book excerpt: "Colored Television" by Danzy Senna
In this satirical novel from the bestselling author of "Caucasia," a writer who can't sell her ambitious book about biracial people in history considers selling out to Hollywood by transforming it ...2 hours ago -
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Book excerpt: "Nexus" by Yuval Noah Harari
The author of the bestseller "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" returns with an examination of the power of intelligence to shape and control civilizations throughout history, and how ...2 hours ago -
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The Supreme Court seems inclined to let Richard Glossip be executed
It had emerged in 2022 that a key item of exculpatory evidence had not been turned over to the defense.1 hour ago -
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Four historic Moroccan riads to book now
Go back in time – and get pampered – from Fes to Essaouira via Tangier and Marrakech10 hours ago -
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Powerful storm knocks out power to 1.6 million in Brazil's largest city
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Powerful storm knocks out power to 1.4 million homes in Brazil's largest city
Around 1.4 million homes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are without power almost 24 hours after a brief but powerful storm swept through South America’s largest city14 hours ago -
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Unbundled from Tom Brady's bid, Richard Seymour's effort to buy piece of Raiders advances
Lost in the reporting regarding the likely approval of Tom Brady's effort to buy a piece of the Raiders is that Richard Seymour's bid in closing on becoming a done deal, too.9 hours ago - NFL -
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China cracks down on Communist party officials for reading banned books
Hillary Clinton and Hannah Arendt thought to be among authors of books procured by officials, as Xi Jinping tightens grip on Communist party. When Lam Wing-kee ran his bookshop in Hong Kong, filled ...16 hours ago - China
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Al Pacino on becoming Al Pacino
One of the greatest actors of all time, Al Pacino's life might have turned out very differently, if not for his mother's determination, the faith of director Francis Ford Coppola, or his success at ...8 minutes ago -
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A Halloween skeleton crew
In Oxford, Ohio, critics have made no bones about their distaste for Bill Pyles' Halloween yard decorations. But when one woman spotted the elaborate dioramas of death on her way to her cancer ...20 minutes ago -
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Preserving Palm Springs modernism
In 1931 the Aluminaire House, designed by architects Albert Frey and Lawrence Kocher and quickly assembled from mostly metal parts, was a sensation when it debuted at New York's Architectural and ...26 minutes ago -
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Biden expected to announce more than $600 million for Milton recovery
President Biden is expected to announce more than $600 million to support damaged electrical grids in a visit to Florida.28 minutes ago - Joe Biden -
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Passage: Remembering Ethel Kennedy
"Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley looks back at the life of Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy.31 minutes ago