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O'Farrell's 'Hamnet' wins book critics award for fiction

O'Farrell's 'Hamnet' wins book critics award for fiction

NEW YORK — Maggie O'Farrell's “Hamnet,” an imagined take on the death of Shakespeare's son from the bubonic plague, has won the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction.
Impeachment probe to examine COVID tests for Cuomo relatives

Impeachment probe to examine COVID tests for Cuomo relatives

ALBANY, N.Y. — The impeachment investigation into New York Gov.
Carrie Underwood's faith shines through on church hymns

Carrie Underwood's faith shines through on church hymns

NASHVILLE — Don't get her wrong, Carrie Underwood loves to sing about getting revenge on the cheating ex and belting out ballads on award show stages in dazzling gowns. But Underwood's spirituality has always been at her musical core.
Q&A: Artist Beeple on selling NFT collage for a record $70M

Q&A: Artist Beeple on selling NFT collage for a record $70M

LONDON — When digital artist Beeple put an NFT digital artwork up for auction this month, he became instantly famous when it sold for almost $70 million.
In a leaky underwater rail tunnel, workers race against time

In a leaky underwater rail tunnel, workers race against time

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — Seven stories below street level on the edge of the Hudson River, a race against time is being waged, foot by painstaking foot.
China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash

China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash

HONG KONG — H&M disappeared from the internet in China as the government raised pressure on shoe and clothing brands and announced sanctions Friday against British officials in a spiraling fight over complaints of abuses in the Xinjiang region.
Qaumajuq opens doors in Winnipeg, brings Northern art to the south in a new way

Qaumajuq opens doors in Winnipeg, brings Northern art to the south in a new way

WINNIPEG — Qaumajuq, a $65-million Inuit art centre that opens Saturday and is billed as the largest public collection of Inuit art in the world, is not only impressive in scope. It's also something of an immersive experience.
Hands touch: Italy's nursing homes emerge from COVID tunnel

Hands touch: Italy's nursing homes emerge from COVID tunnel

ALZANO LOMBARDO, Italy — Their last hug was through plastic. Palmiro “Mario” Tami knew this was the day he was getting his second coronavirus vaccine shot.
In a nation founded on whiteness, how to really discuss it?

In a nation founded on whiteness, how to really discuss it?

John Bost seems precisely the kind of person that his fellow Americans could have a conversation with — politically moderate, neither an Obama voter nor a Trump one, willing to engage with those both more liberal and more conservative than he is, the
For media, Biden news conference notable for what's missing

For media, Biden news conference notable for what's missing

NEW YORK — Joe Biden's first presidential news conference was notable for what was missing after predecessor Donald Trump: no contentious exchanges with reporters, no Fox News and no questions about COVID-19.
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