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WELCOME TO OUR FIRST/FINAL BOOK CLUB!

Thank you, everyone, for coming to our first/final book-club meeting. Apologies for how long it's taken us to settle on a date, but in between work, kids, and the pretense of joining adult recreational sports leagues, it seems that we all have incredibly busy schedules.

ODD JOBS

\"Severance,\" on Apple TV+.

MAKE HIM LAUGH

How Lorne Michaels's sensibility governs \"Saturday Night Live.\"

TABULA RASA

“Bleb” is worth eight points in Scrabble. Thought you might like to know. I have known the word since Wednesday, June 11, 1958, when I learned it from a company physician at Time Incorporated, in Rockefeller Center. He said I should have been hospitalized four days ago, but there was nothing much to do about it now, go back to work.

ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S CHOSEN PEOPLE

What a long-unpublished novel reveals about her magnificent obsession.

ON A MISSION FROM GOD

Inside the movement to redirect billions of taxpayer dollars to private religious schools.

FEAR AND LOATHING

Are all our arguments really over who's harmed?

THE POISON MACHINE

The talk-show host Yinon Magal's hard-line tactics.

MING HAN ONG

Thadeus had never offered to take Johnny Mac out for a meal before. This is new, Johnny Mac says, grinning. For twenty-five years, Johnny Mac worked as a tenant-rights lawyer. He is a fount of varied and surprising knowledge.

Brother of Slain Leader Seeks to Rebuild Hamas

Hamas suffered a severe blow last fall when Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the group's leader and strategist behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

Forecast For Wind Keeps Fire Threat Very High

California death toll climbs to 24, with the major blazes largely uncontained

As Hegseth Goes Before Senators, Ernst Looms as Key Vote

Pete Hegseth's performance will be closely watched in what is expected to be a contentious confirmation hearing on Tuesday for the defense secretary nominee. But also in the spotlight: Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa), whose support the Trump transition team views as crucial.

Cities Boosted By Free Trade Brace for Shift

Detroit and Laredo, Texas, face uncertain futures as Trump pledges new tariffs

China Export Boom Raises Vulnerability To Trump Tariffs

China's economy is more dependent on exports than it has been for most of the past two decades, leaving it vulnerable to a new broadside on trade from President-elect Donald Trump.

L.A. Officials Race to Fight Rumors, Conspiracy Theories

Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott has one of the most intense jobs in the nation right now: trying to distribute accurate public information during a historically destructive urban fire in America.

Palisades Residents Visit Ruins That Were Once Their Homes

Homeowners want to know the fate of their houses amid concern over looters

Syrians Who Share Assad Sect Fear Discrimination, Attacks

Alawites point to mysterious killings, government raids; 'I don't feel safe'

U.S. Aims to Correct Record on 1921 Tulsa Massacre

In the weeks after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which white mobs burned the Oklahoma city's vibrant Black neighborhood to the ground, a federal agent quickly concluded that the attack that left as many as 300 people dead wasn't motivated by \"racial feeling,\" and its perpetrators hadn't broken any laws.

Border Czar Becomes Face Of Deportation

Tom Homan, a pugnacious cop who will serve as President-elect Donald Trump's border czar, has taken up a surprising mantle for a longtime immigration hard-liner: the realist in the room.

WWE READY TO BEGIN NETFLIX ERA WITH 'MONDAY NIGHT RAW' MOVING TO THE STREAMING PLATFORM

Nick Khan's prediction becomes a reality on Monday night.The World Wrestling Entertainment executive said during earning calls in the past that he saw a day when Netflix would continue to evolve and enter into live programming, much to the consternation of Netflix officials.However, Khan saw the hires that Netflix was making along with the streaming service's offerings that could appeal to all family members.

TIKTOK CREATORS LEFT IN LIMBO WHILE AWAITING DECISION ON POTENTIAL PLATFORM BAN

Will TikTok be banned this month?

A NEW NEUTRINO DETECTOR IN CHINA AIMS TO SPOT MYSTERIOUS GHOST PARTICLES LURKING AROUND US

Underneath a granite hill in southern China, a massive detector is nearly complete that will sniff out the mysterious ghost particles lurking around us.

FUBO COMBINING WITH DISNEY'S HULU + LIVE TV; LAWSUIT AGAINST VENU SPORTS SETTLED

Disney's Hulu + Live TV and sports streaming service Fubo are combining in a deal that will also see the settlement of a lawsuit against the creation of Venu Sports.

AI IS BECOMING INGRAINED IN BUSINESSES ACROSS INDUSTRIES.WHERE IS IT GOING IN 2025?

As artificial intelligence continues to grow at a rapid pace, more and more businesses are grappling with how to adapt both quickly and responsibly.

BIGGEST NVIDIA TAKEAWAYS FROM JENSEN HUANG'S CES 2025 KEYNOTE

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a suite of new products, services and partnerships at CES 2025. In a packed Las Vegas arena, Huang kicked off the CES this week with his vision for how his companies' products will drive gaming, robotics, personal computing and even self-driving vehicles forward.

NEW LABELS WILL HELP PEOPLE PICK DEVICES LESS AT RISK OF HACKING

The federal government is rolling out a consumer labeling system designed to help Americans pick smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking.

IN 2024, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WAS ALL ABOUT PUTTING AI TOOLS TO WORK

If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful without breaking the bank.

PARTICIPATE OR KEEP IT QUIET? RECENT SING-ALONGS TAP INTO LARGER DISCUSSION ON MOVIEGOING ETIQUETTE

As movie theaters worked to entice Americans back into seats after COVID-19 lockdowns and labor strikes, the industry marketed blockbuster films like “Wicked “and the dueling releases of “Barbie “and” Oppenheimer “as no less than cultural events.

AI IS A GAME CHANGER FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.SCHOOLS ARE STILL LEARNING TO HARNESS IT

For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.”

META TRIES LETTING FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE USERS VIEW EBAY LISTINGS AS WAY TO RESOLVE EU CHARGES

Meta said this week that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior that the bloc leveled last year.