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Across six short stories and a 91-page novella, Where Are You Really From bends and blurs genres, offering tender yet unsettling tales about mail-order brides, virtual-reality sex bots, and French ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a man for 2 1/2 years. He’s divorced; I am a widow. We get along well and enjoy many activities together. The problem is his 31-year-old daughter. She is very rude and ...

On the Friday, October 24, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Many of us are yearning for connection. For some, adult sleepaway camps have emerged as a positive, if pricey, way to find it. USA TODAY ...

Harper Lee's best-known work, To Kill A Mockingbird, has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Donald Uhrbrock via Getty Images In 1949, Harper Lee quit law school in Alabama and moved to New ...

As Carson Wentz stood at the podium on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium, the Vikings’ quarterback shook his head as he went over some of his mistakes that cost Minnesota in the 28-22 loss to the ...

Sidikie Kamara stands in front of the Bright Center.(Courtesy Sidikie Kamara/Bright Center) Many states have been tightening Medicaid payouts and one adult day care in Northern Virginia said ...

The Saratoga City Council is considering permitting short-term housing rentals in the city, but expressed concern that residents were not contacted to voice their opinions on the matter. The council ...