AUSTIN, TX—Emphasizing that the state had done nothing so far to merit anything besides the status quo, a new attack ad released Thursday by incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz declared that his challenger, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, was “too good” for Texas. “He’s charismatic, he’s good-looking, he’s clearly a nice guy—and frankly, you…
Canada Starts Legal Marijuana Sales
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‘Melmoth’ Bears Witness To Our Worst, Loneliest Moments
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Melissa McCarthy Plays A Literary Forger In ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
David Greene talks to Melissa McCarthy, who stars as celebrity biographer Lee Israel. When Israel fell out of step with her publisher and couldn’t keep a job, she turned to forging celebrity letters.