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Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth
January 14, 2025 - 6:21 PM

ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his autobiography being released Tuesday that also doubles down on some of his more controversial decisions as pontiff.
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
January 14, 2025 - 3:07 PM

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire last week but suffered “minimal damage,” according to a statement on the cemetery's web site.
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US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming
January 14, 2025 - 9:01 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.
Book Review: Kyle Paoletta’s ‘American Oasis’ offers lessons for a hotter, drier world
January 14, 2025 - 7:54 AM

Albuquerque-born author Kyle Paoletta takes readers on a virtual road trip around his native region, transporting us across hundreds of years and thousands of miles in his new book “American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest.”
Free e-book compiles excerpts from new works by Emma Donoghue, V.E. Schwab and dozens more
January 14, 2025 - 7:32 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — New fiction by such favorites as V.E. Schwab, Emma Donoghue and Maggie Stiefvater will be excerpted in a free e-book compilation highlighting dozens of upcoming books.
Heidi Montag tops iTunes chart after losing house in Los Angeles wildfires
January 13, 2025 - 2:59 PM

Reality television star Heidi Montag's 2010 album “Superficial” has hit No. 1 on iTunes' all-genre songs and albums charts — 15 years after its release and just after Montag and husband Spencer Pratt lost their home in the Palisades Fire.
Anita Bryant, a popular singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, dead at age 84
January 13, 2025 - 11:19 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. She was 84.
3 finalists announced for $20,000 Story Prize for outstanding short fiction
January 13, 2025 - 10:41 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The authors of stories set everywhere from Australia to Central America are nominees for a $20,000 prize for short fiction.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

First stand-alone Taco Bell in BC opens in Vernon
Whether it’s for a quick lunch or a much needed late night burrito after an evening at the bar, folks in Vernon now have the option to visit Taco Bell. The city’s first Taco Bell, and one of the only ones in the B.C. Interior ha

Authorities suspect gang members involved in 7 killings at marijuana grow
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they suspect gang members of Laotian descent were involved in the 2020 shooting deaths of seven people at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a small, rural Southern California town. Rive

2024 worst year for Central Okanagan real estate sales in 12 years
Last year was the worst year for real estate sales in the Central Okanagan for more than a dozen years. While sales in December picked up considerably year-over-year, overall the region saw the lowest number of sales since 2012. Real

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Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth

Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived

US-Apple-Books-Top-10

US-Audiobooks-Top-10

US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming

Book Review: Kyle Paoletta’s ‘American Oasis’ offers lessons for a hotter, drier world

Free e-book compiles excerpts from new works by Emma Donoghue, V.E. Schwab and dozens more

Heidi Montag tops iTunes chart after losing house in Los Angeles wildfires

Anita Bryant, a popular singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, dead at age 84

3 finalists announced for $20,000 Story Prize for outstanding short fiction

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