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Lily King's latest novel — about a young woman choosing between two loves while trying to live a creative life — proves literature doesn't have to be groundbreaking to be absolutely compelling.

A Black Lady Sketch Show premieres on HBO Friday. The creation of Robin Thede, it brings together a group of talented women to perform sketches about black life which anyone will find funny.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's approach to curbing COVID-19 has slammed the breaks on the economy and caused untold pain for millions Filipinos, with hunger and begging on the rise.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump return to court in Washington, D.C., in another skirmish over procedures in the case that accuses him of trying to overturn the 2020 election.

No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

For decades, sports have led the pack in the trading card market. Now, as celebrities shell out millions for rare game cards, fantasy characters are giving star athletes a run for their money.

After a reversal from state officials over gender and sexual orientation modules, the course can be taught in public high schools. Monroe County will offer an adapted version of the course but Palm Beach County schools will not be implementing it, while Broward and Miami-Dade counties are still evaluating the situation.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Steven Brill, founder of Court TV, why he thinks the 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump should be televised.

Barrier islands like Key Biscayne — vulnerable to sea level rise and tropical storms — are in the eye of the property insurance crisis, with owners seeing huge premium hikes and policy cancelations.

The next hearing in Special Counsel Jack Smith's case against former President Trump, at which a trial date may be set, is Monday.

The case before the court Wednesday comes from South Carolina, where Michael Turner was jailed for a year for failing to pay child support. He argues that he couldn't afford to pay, and that sending indigent parents to jail without providing them with a lawyer is a modern form of debtors' prison.

Wesleyan University will end its practice of legacy admissions, which gives preference to children of alumni. This comes after the Supreme Court's decision to ban race-conscious college admissions.

A photo gallery spans the career of Elizabeth Edwards. She succumbed to cancer at the age 61.

The extreme summer heat impacting millions in the U.S. will likely continue through August. Of all extreme weather conditions - heat is the most deadly.

Researchers from the Video Game History Foundation estimate that 87 percent of classic video games unavailable in official stores.

From urban rooftops to suburban ranches, apiaries are hip. As the ranks of backyard beekeepers grow, they're reporting some mysterious and sometimes disturbing behaviors, including the disappearance of whole hives. And what about the honey? Is it really good medicine, or just a sweet treat?

Holly is a gripping crime novel — one that's very close to the traditional King horror aesthetic. The author hasn't been shy about his politics, but this is one of his most political books to date.

The latest on the U.S. federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic was revealed in an afternoon briefing from the White House.

The country's Supreme Court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women's rights.

Florida residents own rights to decide if 5,000 acres of farmland in Charlotte, Hardee, and Highlands counties will ever be developed as part of the Rural and Family Lands program.

The $201.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be used for repairing and rebuilding homes, fixing damaged infrastructure and assisting business owners affected by the hurricane.

The move comes amid the outlines of a deal after diplomacy between U.S. and Iran via mediators — but nothing is final.

The bond markets are being hit hard by the Fed's aggressive rate hikes and recent events including a downgrade of the country's ratings. These are three ways in which that could impact the U.S.

My Struggle is about Karl Ove Knausgaard's wrangle with his father, with death, with his muse and so on. The 46-year-old Norwegian's pointedly unliterary book has become a literary sensation.

Aline Ohanesian's debut novel attempts to make sense of the events of 100 years ago, when the Ottoman Empire began forcing Armenians out of their homes in Turkey, leaving more than a million dead.