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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Red Sky Morning” by Jack Carr (Atria) 2. “Swan Song” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 3. “Eruption” by Crichton/Patterson (Little, Brown) 4. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 5. “Middle of the Night” by…

There is a real shift happening at the top of tennis, a youth movement that long seemed inevitable but never actually arrived until now. Play at Wimbledon begins Monday, and Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are the…

A female capybara has arrived at a Florida zoo as part of a breeding program to bolster the population of the large South American rodents. Iyari the 10-month-old capybara went to the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in May from…

North Carolina's contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing are now law after Senate Republicans voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto. The Senate gave its final stamp of approval in a 30-14 override vote along party…

House Republicans have advanced a resolution that would hold President Joe Biden’s ghostwriter in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over records related to the special counsel investigation into Biden’s handling of classified…

As a musician, writer, producer, actor, and activist, Steve Van Zandt has expressed himself artistically in many ways for more than 50 years and now he has his own documentary, “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple.” Despite his head scarves and…

The California Legislature has approved a proposal to remove an exemption for involuntary servitude from the state constitution. The proposal approved Thursday will now head to voters in November. California's state constitution bans…

Kinky Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, has died. Friedman 79, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio, close friend Kent Perkins told…

Fans of Marilyn Monroe have won a battle to preserve her mark on Los Angeles and are a step closer to seeing a towering statue of the silver screen icon remain in Palm Springs. The Los Angeles home where Monroe briefly lived and died in…

Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut will take his hot dog-downing talents to an army base in Texas for America’s Independence Day. That's after a falling out with organizers of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in…

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose 84 cents to $81.74 per barrel Thursday. Brent crude for August delivery rose $1.14 to $86.39 per barrel. Wholesale gasoline for July delivery was unchanged at $2.54 a gallon. July heating…

Homebuilders who bucked the worst of last year's housing slump may be seeing their luck run out. Signs of strength earlier in the year have been replaced by falling sales of new U.S. homes in April and May. Last month’s sales skidded to a…

The Anaheim Ducks are going back to a version of their original logo made famous by Disney's “D2: The Mighty Ducks” movie. The NHL team unveiled an orange-heavy version of the goalie mask in the shape of a duck's face as part of a…

The United States Nordic combined program has lost funding for training and coaching, sending the men and women who compete in the sport scrambling to revive it with a new nonprofit. USA Nordic Sport announced Thursday that it informed its…

The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has rejected an effort to force a recall election of the state’s top Republican after determining that not enough valid signatures were collected. The vote Thursday by three Republican…