Month: August 2022

TOPEKA, KS—As he sat on his couch and watched the tournament on television Wednesday, 39-year-old Joshua Miller admitted he felt ancient upon realizing he was older than everyone playing in the Little League World Series. “God, I never really thought about it, but suddenly you hear that the catcher is turning 11, and…

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This week marks a year since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. But the Taliban hasn’t succeeded in silencing Afghan women, whose voices ring out in two new and powerful collections.

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NEW YORK—In order to help consumers make more informed choices with their money, New York Times product review site Wirecutter unveiled its recommendations Tuesday for the best electric chairs. “As technology has progressed over the past decade, we’ve gotten to the point where there are so many electric chairs on the…

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The writer searched for more than a decade for Susan Lung, who taught him to read and write English when he was a 7-year-old in 1999. On Saturday, she surprised him at one of his book readings.

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It’s a lovely tune, but it didn’t do me much good at a housewarming party where I was completely out of ice.

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with author kids’ book writer Celia C. Pérez about her new book, Tumble. In her work, Pérez writes to challenge assumptions about what it means to grow up Latino.

Schiff reflects on the significance of the top-secret documents seized from Trump’s residence. He led the first impeachment and serves on the House’s committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Barnes’ 25th novel is about the power of influence and obsessions, wrong turns, and the difficulty of pinning down another’s life, whether someone you knew or someone who predated you by centuries.

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