Month: December 2025

The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist has been kidnapped and thrown from a car. Still, Addario says, parenting two young kids can be more challenging than war reporting.

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A woman with a terminal diagnosis asks her husband to leave the house in Ann Packer’s new novel. Some Bright Nowhere is an absorbing book about end-of-life care and what the living owe the dying.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces growing scrutiny over an attack on an alleged drug boat. His response included a parody of the kids’ book character Franklin, showing the turtle firing at boats.

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Nobel winners Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke bring us a reissue and a new book respectively this week. Also, a story from a fictional African country and a commentary on beauty.

After a decade of development, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a beautiful but befuddling game full of misguided design decisions and annoying sidekicks.

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Nausea can be a sign that labor is approaching, but it’s also a sign of so many other things—reading the news, for example.