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This image released by WGBH-TV shows Katy Kane, left, as she appraises celebrity chef Carla Hall’s vintage purse collection in an episode of "Antiques Roadshow Celebrity Edition," airing May 10 on PBS. (WGBH/PBS via AP)
'Antique Roadshow' flips the script with celebrity editions

By Mark Kennedy May. 03, 2021 11:33 AM EDT

Books by Steinbeck, Alexie among most objected to in 2020

By Hillel Italie Apr. 05, 2021 08:51 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The closing of physical libraries because of the pandemic has slowed but not stopped patrons and others from calling for books to be banned or...

FILE - Oprah Winfrey arrives for the presentation of Stella McCartney's ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 fashion collection in Paris on March 4, 2019. Winfrey is setting aside her usual book club recommendations and instead citing seven personal favorites ranging from James Baldwin’s landmark essays in “The Fire Next Time” to Mary Oliver’s poetry collection “Devotions.” She is calling her choices “The Books That See Me Through,” works she values for “their ability to comfort, inspire, and enlighten” her. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
`The books that help her through': Winfrey suggests seven

By Hillel Italie Oct. 26, 2020 08:45 AM EDT

FILE - Billy Porter attends the National Board of Review Awards gala in New York on Jan. 8, 2020. Porter narrates “EQUAL,” a new docuseries on HBO Max that traces the history of the gay rights movement through the Stonewall uprising in 1969. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Billy Porter helps examine origins of gay rights movement

By Jocelyn Noveck Oct. 20, 2020 09:33 AM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

Jun. 02, 2020 03:40 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian shares gain on hopes for regional economies reopening TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are higher as...

AM Prep-Cyber Corner

Jun. 02, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
IN THE NEWS: DIGITAL LIBRARY SUED BY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK (AP) — The Internet Archive is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from some...

Market gains...Facebook internal division...Publishers sue Internet Archive

Jun. 01, 2020 05:29 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday after shaking off a wobbly start. The S&P climbed 0.4%. The index is coming off its second month...

Update on the latest in business:

Jun. 01, 2020 01:19 PM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Stocks turn mixed NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are mixed on Wall Street. Investors are balancing...

Kerri Kaplan, a fifth grade teacher, stands next to a small library she has in her front yard in Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday, April 17, 2020. As government orders shuttered public libraries to slow the spread of coronavirus, some have turned to official and unofficial book-sharing means to satisfy their desire for new reading material. (AP Photo/Michelle A. Monroe)
Small free libraries offering solace amid virus shutdowns

By Michelle A. Monroe And Russell Contreras May. 17, 2020 11:52 AM EDT

This cover image released by Triangle Square Press shows "Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU" by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth. The book was among the top 10 challenged books in 2019, according to the American Library Association.. (Triangle Square Press via AP)
`Handmaid's Tale,' Harry Potter on challenged books list

By Hillel Italie Apr. 20, 2020 09:00 AM EDT