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FILE - In this July 24, 2018 file photo, Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman listens to testimony during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing in Washington. Raisman is looking for her beloved dog, who ran away scared during a weekend fireworks show in Boston. "My dog Mylo was terrified of fireworks and ran off," she tweeted Saturday, July 3, 2021, "He has a tag on and a leash. Please let me know if you see him." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Gymnast Aly Raisman reunites with dog who went missing

Jul. 10, 2021 03:34 PM EDT

This image released by Ecco/HarperCollins shows author Jami Attenberg, founder of the 1,000 word challenge, calling for people to write 1,000 words a day for 14 days. The 2021 challenge began May 31 and ends Sunday. (Jami Attenberg via AP)
Fiction, memoirs, poems spring from 1,000-word challenge

By Hillel Italie Jun. 07, 2021 09:25 AM EDT

Copies of Dorah Sitole's cook book "40 Years of Iconic Food", seen at centre, in Exclusive Books in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. South Africa's pioneer Black food writer Sitole, portrait on cover, who quietly defied apartheid to win respect and a readership for African cuisine, died of COVID-19, in Jan. 2021. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
South Africa's trailblazing Black food writer dies of virus

By Mogomotsi Magome Jan. 19, 2021 03:37 AM EST

Actress Daisy Edgar Jones poses for portraits in a north London park, London, Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020. Jones has been named one of The Associated Press' Breakthrough Entertainers of 2020. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Daisy Edgar-Jones helps connect

By Louise Dixon Dec. 16, 2020 10:03 AM EST

FILE - In this May 28, 2015 file photo, attendees at BookExpo America visit the HarperCollins Publishers booth in New York. The annual publishing convention and trade show, a decades-old tradition, may be coming to an end. ReedPop, which has managed BookExpo for a quarter century, announced that it was dropping the event, along with the fan-based BookCon. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Publishing saw upheaval in 2020, but 'books are resilient'

By Hillel Italie Dec. 14, 2020 10:35 AM EST

This image shows a party game focused on Latino pop culture. the Tragos Stay Home Pack and includes such activities as showing off your best moves to Bad Bunny’s Yo Perreo Sola dance and taking your best shot at duplicating Cardi B’s coronavirus howl. Half the proceeds of the set go to The Immigrant Worker Safety Net Fund. Available on TragosGame.com. Options in Spanish and English, both digital and in a box, are now widely available.(Tragos Games LLC via AP)
Gifty new and unusual pandemic-proof games for the holidays

By Leanne Italie Oct. 19, 2020 12:53 PM EDT