Vacation rental with the in-laws — for many, it’s a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang’s “Rental House,” it’s certainly that. It’s also an opportunity for Wang, a wildly gifted writer, to explore the upside […]
Dec. 19 1777: Gen. George Washington led his army of more than 12,000 soldiers to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. 1998: President Bill Clinton was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of […]
Orville and Wilbur Wright test their airplane on a beach near Kitty Hawk. The brothers conducted the first successful manned powered airplane on Dec. 17, 1903. (AP Photo) These transformational events in history happened this […]
New Orleans’ Trombone Shorty is one of many Louisiana natives slated to perform at the Super Bowl pregame in February. (Brett Duke / The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate via AP) LOS ANGELES — […]
American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo) Dec. 5 1848: President James K. Polk sparked the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had […]
Chris Myers recounts his career in broadcasting in “That Deserves a Wow: Untold Stories of Legends and Champions, Their Wins and Heartbreaks.” (William Morrow via AP) There are few sports journalists working today with a […]
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, pictured in 2001, was arrested on Dec.1, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a racially segregated bus in Alabama. (Paul Warner / AP […]
“Lazarus Man” author Richard Price has written award winning screenplays and books. (FSG via AP) Is there a better writer of urban American stories than Richard Price? His resume is hard to beat: To episodes […]
Edward Teach, known as “Blackbeard” the pirate was killed off the coast of N.C. on Nov. 22, 1718. (Johnson, Charles, “Capt. Teach alias Black-Beard” in “A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the […]
Chris Lowe from the ‘Pet Shop Boys’ perform alongside the Manchester Camerata during the MTV European Music Awards in Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (Scott A Garfitt / Invision /AP Photo) MANCHESTER, England — […]
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