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Charles Spencer, younger brother of Princess Diana, is writing a book about his boarding school

NEW YORK (AP) — British author-journalist Charles Spencer is working on a book about his childhood years at the Maidwell Hall boarding school and the painful lessons he endured.
King Charles III to travel to Kenya for state visit full of symbolism

King Charles III to travel to Kenya for state visit full of symbolism

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III will travel to Kenya later this month for a state visit full of symbolism: His mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, learned she had become queen while visiting a game preserve in the East African nation in 1952.
Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He's releasing a memoir about the attack

Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He's releasing a memoir about the attack

NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” will be published April 16.
Music Review: Jamila Woods’ ‘Water Made Us’ showcases what we love, and loathe, about romance

Music Review: Jamila Woods’ ‘Water Made Us’ showcases what we love, and loathe, about romance

Love can bring great joy and great pain; no wonder it is the source material for great art. For Jamila Woods , the Chicago-based neo-soul musician and poet, romantic love is a featured topic on her third studio album, “Water Made Us.
'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' will be a blockbuster - and might shake up the movie business

'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' will be a blockbuster - and might shake up the movie business

NEW YORK (AP) — Greg Marcus has been in the movie business for years but he never expected to be urging moviegoers to take out their phones during a film — let alone to be crafting friendship bracelets in preparation for an opening weekend.

Author and activist Louise Meriwether, who wrote the novel ‘Daddy Was a Number Runner,' dies at 100

NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel "Daddy Was a Number Runner" is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died. She was 100.

Drug dealer in crew blamed for actor Michael K. Williams' overdose death gets 5 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A member of a New York City drug-dealing crew blamed for the fentanyl-laced heroin death of actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison.
Rena Sofer returns to 'General Hospital' as fan favorite Lois after more than 25 years

Rena Sofer returns to 'General Hospital' as fan favorite Lois after more than 25 years

It's been nearly 30 years but Rena Sofer still remembers her line from a classic scene on ABC's “General Hospital” in 1994 when her character jumped out of a cake to surprise her husband and his other wife. “She said, ‘Happy birthday, Mrs.

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Nonfiction 1. Going Infinite by Michael Lewis, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 2. Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, narrated by Jeremy Bobb and the author (Simon & Schuster Audio) 3.
Barry Manilow prepares upcoming Broadway musical 'Harmony,' at long last

Barry Manilow prepares upcoming Broadway musical 'Harmony,' at long last

New York (AP) — More than 30 years after the musical “Harmony” was written, it finally prepares to make its Broadway debut. The show was almost lost to history — like its subject.