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'Flying Blind' author says Boeing put profit ahead of safety with the 737 MAX

1:44pm November 29, 2021

by Dave Davies

The 737 MAX was grounded in 2019 after two deadly crashes exposed flaws pilots hadn't been told about. Journalist Peter Robison says Boeing cut costs and co-opted regulators in designing the craft.

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Actor Jussie Smollett, center, arriving at Leighton Criminal Court in Chicago in July. at the Building on July 14, 2021, in Chicago.

Jury selection begins today in Jussie Smollett criminal trial

11:43am November 29, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The former Empire actor is accused of lying to Chicago police about being the purported victim of a hate crime in Jan. 2019. He is charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct.

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Harsh Times: A Novel, by Mario Vargas Llosa

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Mario Vargas Llosa explores 1954 Guatemalan coup in new novel

9:37am November 29, 2021

Harsh Times, set in the 1950s, is historical fiction centering on events of a CIA-backed coup to overthrow Guatemala's democratically-elected government led by Jacobo Árbenz.

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'The Ghost Tracks' is heartwarming horror fiction

6:35am November 29, 2021

by Gabino Iglesias

Celso Hurtado's YA horror novel combines a real San Antonio legend with classic elements of YA narratives to tell a story of friendship that explores the possibility of the supernatural.

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'Jade Legacy,' final in the Green Bone Saga trilogy, is about endings

6:35am November 29, 2021

by Jason Sheehan

The Damocles threat Fonda Lee has let dangle over this entire series is that no one in these pages is ever safe — the world she has created is dangerous and everyone in it has a place where they end.

Honored onscreen and in sound, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, a messenger whose time is now

5:01am November 29, 2021

by Allyson McCabe

Beverly Glenn-Copeland is the subject of a recent documentary and a forthcoming tribute album, both paying homage to his artistry and his status as a Black trans elder.

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Kendall (Jeremy Strong) is planning the most ridiculous birthday party in history.

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'Succession' recap, Season 3, Episode 7: A most unhappy birthday

10:10pm November 28, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Roman pushes himself closer to the center of his father's circle, and Kendall's birthday party brings to a head the ugliness that's been roiling among the Roy siblings.

Virgil Abloh was the artistic director for Louis Vuitton menswear and the founder of the label Off-White. He died on Sunday after a private battle with cancer. He was 41.

Renowned fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies at 41 after a private battle with cancer

5:32pm November 28, 2021

by Wynne Davis

Abloh was the artistic director for Louis Vuitton menswear, but the 41-year-old designer had already made a name for himself prior to joining the luxury label.

Stephen Fry poses on stage with a BAFTA mask ahead of the British Academy Film Awards at The Royal Opera House on Feb. 5, 2015 in London.

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'Wait Wait' for Nov. 27, 2021: A Cornucopia of Guests Edition

12:01pm November 27, 2021

It's Thanksgiving! The perfect holiday to gather around the table and enjoy a sandwich made from only the very best Wait Wait leftovers. After all, the show is always better the second time around.

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Bernadette Peters leans forward to discuss the recording of the "Sunday in the Park with George" album with Stephen Sondheim and producer Thomas Z. Shepard in June 1984.

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10 Stephen Sondheim songs we'll never stop listening to

8:34pm November 26, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Stephen Sondheim has died at 91. Pop Culture Happy Hour's Linda Holmes looks back on her favorite Sondheim tunes.