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NEW YORK (AP) — Tess Gunty’s “The Rabbit Hutch,” a sweeping debut novel set in a low-income housing community in Indiana, has won the National Book Award for fiction.

HONG KONG (AP) — American game developer Blizzard Entertainment said Thursday it will suspend most of its game services in mainland China after current licensing agreements with Chinese game company NetEase end, sending NetEase’s shares tumbling.

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbiecore has legs ahead of next year's release of the live-action “Barbie” movie and the 60th anniversary of the old gal's Dreamhouse (the 1979 dwelling was the best). And where there's Barbie, there's pink. Hot pink.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno underwent surgery for serious burns suffered when flames erupted as he worked on a vintage car and remains hospitalized for further treatment, the physician overseeing his care said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Visual artist Divya Mehra has won the $100,000 Sobey Art Award. The Winnipeg-based Mehra was named winner of the prestigious prize at a gala at the National Gallery of Canada.

NEW YORK (AP) — They were supposed to be birthday presents. They were supposed to be Christmas presents. They were supposed to be the most special of special treats for young fans of Taylor Swift .

“The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America,” by H.W. Brands (Doubleday) Though they're mentioned in the subtitle, William Tecumseh Sherman and Geronimo often feel more like supporting players in H.W.

NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one had ever seen before: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats.

MILAN (AP) — Top fashion models are used to having a camera lens trained on them.

TORONTO — Yannick Nézet-Séguin can't choose a favourite among his five Grammy nominations this year, but the recording of a benefit concert for Ukraine carries a certain importance to him as an artist.