Joel Embiid signs a 3-year, $193 million contract extension with the 76ers
Already an NBA MVP and an Olympic gold medalist, All-Star center Joel Embiid now has until the end of the decade to try to ...
50 years after ‘The Power Broker,’ Robert Caro’s dreams are still coming true
Robert A. Caro stands between two giant columns in a second-floor library of the New-York Historical Society, looking out on ...
JoJo was a teen sensation. At 33, she’s found her voice again
Joanna Levesque shot to stardom at 13. Two decades later, “JoJo” — as she’s better known — has written a memoir and says the song responsible for her meteoric rise, “Leave (Get Out),” was foreign ...
Arundhati Roy’s first memoir, ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me,’ to be published in September 2025
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s first memoir is coming out next fall, a book inspired by the death of her mother. Scribner announced Friday that the Indian author and ...
Shots fired near Kanawha County elementary school, search underway
There is a heavy police presence in the Cabin Creek area after shots fired was reported near an elementary school. According to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s ...
Tourists can finally visit the Oval Office. A replica is opening near the White House on Monday
Washington is getting a new tourist stop that offers visitors the next best thing to being in the Oval Office: an identical replica of President Joe Biden ‘s office, right ...
The politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That’s where Robert ...
Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years
Chris Knayzeh was in a town overlooking Lebanon’s capital when he heard the rumbling aftershock of the 2020 Beirut port blast ...
Porn-making former University of Wisconsin campus leader argues for keeping his teaching job
In a closely watched First Amendment rights case, a former University of Wisconsin campus chancellor who was fired after ...
Rodgers sparkles in his first home start since his injury to lead Jets to 24-3 win over Patriots
Aaron Rodgers was in total control in a superb homecoming performance that kept the cheers and chants going from the giddy ...
Takeaways from AP’s report on churches starting schools in voucher states
Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses, seeking to give parents more education options that align with religious values. State school voucher programs are not the ...
Ukraine bans Telegram messenger app on state-issued devices because of Russian security threat
Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on ...