Month: July 2021

Katie Kitamura’s new novel follows an unnamed woman working as a translator at The Hague who works with war criminals — but can readers really know a narrator who remains resolutely unknown?

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The disgraced former movie mogul was charged Wednesday with four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault charges in California. He is already serving a 23-year sentence in New York.

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No post today. The real introvert ran out of yeast and flour long ago.

OMAHA, NE—Saying the social media network was the only place he had heard about his purported newborn relative, local man Eric Cruthirds expressed doubt Wednesday as to whether his cousin Audrey had actually given birth to the baby pictured in his Facebook feed. “The story seems plausible enough, but you always have…

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Model and actress Leyna Bloom has made history by becoming the first trans person to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue, the magazine’s most famous and perennially best-selling edition. What do you think?

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TOYKO—Apologizing profusely for the misunderstanding that could potentially end her Olympic career, U.S. sprinter Justine Hayes blamed a positive Covid test Wednesday on a nutritional supplement she didn’t realize contained the novel coronavirus. “While I did not know it at the time, my positive test stemmed from a…

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The Tonight Show music director has been branching out: In addition to buying a farm, he’s making his directorial debut with Summer of Soul, a documentary about a 1969 concert series in Harlem.

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“After Manafort, Stone, Flynn, Bannon, Cohen, Papadopoulos, and the rest, I really thought they’d gotten them all,” one woman said.

Accept the fact that every woman on earth wants you.

MILWAUKEE—Slamming his lack of technique and discipline as he celebrated the victory, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was widely criticized online Tuesday night for his poor footwork while hoisting the Finals MVP trophy. “He’s clearly just relying on his size to lift up the trophy that high, no skill at…

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