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The cultural legacy of OJ Simpson. Ukraine's parliament adopts a law to mobilize hundreds of thousands of new soldiers. The interpreter for the LA Dodgers' star player is charged with bank fraud.
Arts
The cultural legacy of OJ Simpson: football player, actor and murder suspect
OJ Simpson, one of the greatest running backs of all time, has died at 76. His infamous police chase and murder trial changed the media landscape, and accelerated the obsession with celebrity culture.
A Paralympic athlete shares lessons on defying the odds in new book 'Lucky Girl'
Even after she was adopted by a family in the U.S., Scout Bassett felt lost. Then, she found running. Her new book is called Lucky Girl.
In Rwanda, a new sound blends rap beats with traditional music
Loud Sound Studios is home to two of Rwanda's up-and-coming hip-hop acts: Pro-Zed and Kenny K-Shot.
'The Familiar' is a romance, coming-of-age tale, and a story about fighting for more
In her new novel, Leigh Bardugo drags readers into a world of servitude, magic, power struggles, and intrigue — one where there isn't a single character that doesn't have a secret agenda.
Part satire, part tragedy, 'The Sympathizer' will reward your full attention
A new HBO series based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel takes a surreal look at the Vietnam war, the costs of colonialism and the disillusionments of revolution and immigration.
How do you take a video game and turn it into a compelling narrative?
Hollywood long struggled to successfully adapt video games into scripted works. But in recent years, writers seem to have figured out how to create compelling narratives inspired by video games.
So long, skinny jeans. See you in the next cycle
Skinny jeans are out and looser pants are in. But it's so much more than that. This is the logic and life cycle behind fashion trends.
10 writers win 2024 Whiting Awards for emerging authors
Each writer will receive $50,000 to help support their craft — one of largest awards granted to new authors.
An unusual museum heist: A man smuggled a painting into the building
Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne museum announced that it had fired an employee from its technical services team. The man snuck in after hours and hung his own painting.