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Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 21, 2022. Several victims' families successfully sued Jones for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.
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FA: Rhae Lynn Barnes (Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
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Tayari Jones' new novel, Kin, follows two women growing up without their mothers in the 1950s.
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Michael Pollan is the author of A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness.
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FA: Michael Pollan, A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Gisèle Pelicot poses during a photo session in Paris on February 4, 2026.
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Gisèle Pelicot tells her story in 'A Hymn to Life'
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A 'Jane Doe' in the R. Kelly trials reclaims her identity
Dorothy Roberts (left) is the George A. Weiss university professor of law & sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her parents, Robert and Iris, married in the 1950s.
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FA: Dorothy Roberts, Mixed Marriage
FA: Gabriel Sherman, Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dyn
Picture This: The One About the Blackbird
Brooke Nevils is a former producer for the Today Show.
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FA: Brooke Nevils. Brooke Nevils. She was a producer at Today, working with Matt Lauer when, she say
Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026.
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Quiara Alegría Hudes won the Pulitzer Prize for her play Water by the Spoonful.
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Your Truck is the latest board book from Jon Klassen.
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These books for young kids are about what it feels like to own something
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet, novelist and visual artist.
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FA: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Booker Prize-winning novelist Julian Barnes turns 80 on Monday and has been very busy. "I can't remember a period of months when there's been so much going on," he says. He's pictured above in London in 2017.
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A firefighter works as homes burn during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2025.
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FA: Jacob Soboroff, Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster
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When a loved one dies, where do they go? A new kids' book suggests 'They Walk On'
