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NEW YORK — Roving grown-ups tossing candy at kids waiting on lawns. Drive-thru Halloween haunts. Yard parties instead of block parties and parades. Wider paths through corn mazes.

NEW YORK — Even though Scientific American had never endorsed a presidential candidate in the magazine's 175-year history, its top editor said Tuesday there was little internal debate over a decision to back Democrat Joe Biden.

NEW YORK — Fiction writers Mari Christmas and Yalitza Ferreras and poets Elisa Gonzalez and Charleen McClure are among six winners of Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards, $30,000 prizes for emerging women authors.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Twin boys in Texas say that beginning when they were 13, “Cheer” star Jerry Harris sent them sexually explicit photos and videos of himself, and at one point cornered one boy in a bathroom at a cheer competition and begged for ora

LONDON — A Zimbabwean writer who was arrested during anti-government protests is among six finalists announced Tuesday on a diverse list of contenders for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction.

NEW YORK — The bestselling team behind the “Princess in Black” children's series is looking to an even younger audience for its latest project.

As the COVID-19 pandemic leads banking customers to lean into online technology to manage their money, those trying online banking for the first time may find themselves with questions about how to handle things previously done in person or with pape

NEW YORK — A biopic about Madonna has found a uniquely qualified director: Madonna, herself.

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TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival enlisted the help of some of Hollywood's biggest names to recreate its usual glamour on a virtual stage at a star-studded awards fundraiser Tuesday night.