From Salena Godden to Tina Jackson, Richard Flanagan and Jane Harper This week's best new fiction
Mrs Death, an elderly black woman, is world weary and tired of the invisibility of her job - being death itself. Read more...
Travel Quarantines Enduring the Mundane, One Day at a Time
Running a half-marathon in your hotel room. Hearing the sea, but not seeing it. Fixating on food. Heres how some travelers passed the time during their mandatory quarantines. Read more...
The Vigil Review What Could Go Wrong Watching Over the Dead?
Money pulls in a night watcher, but a malicious spirit gets into his head in this feature debut from Keith Thomas. Read more...
US Navy tests orbiting solar panel that could one day beam power anywhere on Earth
The 12x12 inch panel is an early experiment for a technology that could one day harness solar radiation from the sun and beam it to anywhere on the Earth. Read more...
Tom Jerry Review Chasing the Mouse of Nostalgia
This feature-length expansion of the popular cartoon is too brainless for adults, but its kid-friendly title characters are barely supporting players. Read more...
Senators write to Jeff Bezos to know why Amazon pulled book that 'challenges transgender movement'
GOP Senators Marco Rubio, Mike Braun, Josh Hawley, Mike Lee sent a letter to Amazon's Jeff Bezos after company removed book 'When Harry Became Sally' from the Amazon.com website. Read more...
Video Message From Jailed Egyptian Journalist
Al Jazeera released a brief video message from its detained West Africa correspondent, Abdullah Elshamy, recorded on the 106th day of his hunger strike in an Egyptian jail. Read more...
Alabama girl, 7, sells lemonade at her mom's bakery to pay for her own brain surgeries
Liza Scott set up a stand inside Savage's Bakery in Homewood and has been selling homemade lemonade to drum up funds for her life-saving treatment. Read more...
Bryan Cranston lists his custom eco-friendly beach house in Ventura, California for .995million
The 64-year-old said of the house in a statement 'I put my heart, soul and blood, sweat and often tears into it, and I'm glad because it was such an artistic endeavor, and yet functional.' Read more...
Thin Places review This memoir may speak to an even wider audience than it first imagined
Derry/Londonderry - where even the choice of name reflects 'which foot you kick with' - has a compelling and fractious history. Read more...
Ex-USA Gymnastics coach found dead
John Geddert, who coached the 2012 US Olympic women's gymnastics team, was found dead Thursday after being charged with 24 felonies in connection with the abuse of young gymnasts, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday. Read more...
Xbox Series X and S Review Microsofts New Consoles Are a Good Value. Is That Enough?
Nice hardware? Check. Fair price? Check. Cool, exclusive games? T.B.D. Read more...
Burned by Low Reimbursements, Some Doctors Stop Testing for Covid
Some insurers pay pediatricians less than the cost of the test itself, jeopardizing a tool to help control the pandemic. Read more...
In Superman Lois, the Heroes Face a New Menace Teenagers
In a joint interview, Elizabeth Tulloch and Tyler Hoechlin talk about playing the latest version of the power couple, who in this new CW series are dealing with more relatable threats. Read more...