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NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning actor and book club impresario Reese Witherspoon is teaming up with her publisher, Hachette Book Group, on a literacy campaign. Starting this fall, new audio books from Nathan Harris, Patricia Cornwell and…

LONDON (AP) — The co-creator of British TV sitcoms “Father Ted" and the "IT Crowd" said he was arrested over a series of posts about transgender people. Graham Linehan, 57, said he was arrested Monday at Heathrow Airport after arriving from…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal grand jurors in the nation's capital have refused to indict two people who were charged separately with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, more evidence of a growing backlash against Trump's law…

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is ending a program that allows members of its Prime membership subscription program to share their free shipping benefits with people who don't have the same primary address. In an update to the customer service…

Let’s talk about cash. It might not be the most exciting part of your portfolio, but it’s absolutely essential. I often find that people either hold too much cash or not nearly enough. Here are four essential rules for effective cash…

The California Supreme Court has handed down two decisions that could impact decades of sentencing enhancements for gang-related offenses and allow thousands of people to petition courts to reexamine their cases. Both rulings turned on a…

Nelly Korda is having a good year according to LPGA statistics. Where she is lacking is the one category that matters. Korda has yet to win this year after taking seven LPGA Tour titles a year ago. She says she's putting in the work on all…

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. The Color of Death by Christopher Greyson & Trey Gowdy (Harper Influence) 2. First Lie Wins: Reese’s Book Club by Ashley Elston (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. Look Again by Lisa Scottoline (St.…

Nonfiction 1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 2. Atomic Habitsby James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the…

Carlos Alcaraz finger-wagged the crowd, beat Jiri Lehecka to the net and cruised his way into the semifinals at the U.S. Open. The second-seeded Spaniard beat Lehecka 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Next up for Alcaraz is four-time U.S.…

Hall of Fame basketball coach George Raveling has died. He was 88. Raveling’s family says he “faced cancer with courage and grace.” He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015 and had a career record of…

Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago. President Donald Trump has seized on crime to justify a greater federal law enforcement role in Chicago. The city persistently…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The military will begin sending groups…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz plans to call a special legislative session to consider tougher gun laws following a shooting last week at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 21 people injured. The…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will top Secretary of State Marco Rubio's agenda this week on…