Miller Sanford (Los Angeles Times) Hardcover fiction 1. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 2. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press: $20) During the 1985 Christmas season, a coal merchant in an Irish village makes a troubling discovery. 3. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus … Read more
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‘Tis the damn season for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to spend Christmas together. The Kansas City Chiefs player revealed his holiday plans on Wednesday’s “New Heights” podcast episode. The athlete, 35, will play the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium. 9Travis Kelce revealed his Christmas plans on “New Heights” Wednesday. AP 9His team, the Kansas … Read more
Why is Russian President Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine? That’s the question on many minds as Russia’s invasion of the former Soviet republic continues. The answer involves a mix of history, geography, and Putin’s desire to return his country to the glory days of Soviet Union superpower. Putin mourns the Soviet Union A former … Read more
The US government is weighing a ban on a popular brand of Chinese-made home-internet routers over fears that their links to cyberattacks pose a national security risk, according to a report. TP-Link, the manufacturer of high-speed cable modems, routers, range extenders and smart home devices that has grabbed a 65% market share in the United … Read more
James Madison head coach Bob Chesney walks onto the field as he disputes a call in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Appalachian State Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C. AP New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through … Read more
Teddy Bridgewater is ready to go from the classroom back to the gridiron after he left the NFL to coach high school football. Bridgewater, 32, told the NFL Network immediately following his state championship victory while coaching his alma mater, Miami Northwestern (Fla.), that he intends to return to the NFL. “We’ll see how [the] … Read more
USA TODAY Sports via Reuters As the Jets play out the string in 2024, it feels as if everyone outside of the team has shifted their focus to 2025. The big questions, of course, are who will be the new general manager and head coach. The Jets have begun the interview process this week for … Read more
After 89-year-old mom is pushed out of apartment, daughter adds accessible ADU About 10 years ago, Julie Zemel started worrying about her mother, Mimi, who lived alone in an apartment in Chicago and often was stuck indoors for months due to the weather. “It was clear she was becoming increasingly fragile, physically and socially isolated, … Read more
Looking back at the absolutely unexpected and totally wild origin of 420 What do the Point Reyes lighthouse, French chemist Louis Pasteur and the Grateful Dead all have in common? Well, they’re all part of the origin story of how 420 methodically worked its way from a secret code to mainstream weed lingo. In 1971, … Read more
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