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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

In this April 21, 2020, photo, a full little free library sits outside of a grocery store in Placitas, N.M. Across the United States, volunteers are reporting a jump in usages of official and unofficial tiny popups known as little free libraries as readers look to pass the time amid COVID-19 health restriction. From the American Southwest to New England, little free libraries made of wood or brick, placed in front of parks or in the trunk of a car, have seen their small spaces overwhelmed with books. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
Albuquerque to encourage 'Little Free Libraries' in city

By Russell Contreras Jul. 02, 2020 12:09 AM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 29, 2010, file photo shows the company logo and view of Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. Netflix's normally lighthearted Twitter account took on a more somber tone on Saturday, May 30, 2020: "To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter. We have a platform, and we have a duty to our Black members, employees, creators and talent to speak up." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Brands weigh in on national protests over police brutality

By Lindsey Bahr And Anne D'innocenzio Jun. 02, 2020 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 29, 2010, file photo shows the company logo and view of Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. Netflix's normally lighthearted Twitter account took on a more somber tone on Saturday, May 30, 2020: "To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter. We have a platform, and we have a duty to our Black members, employees, creators and talent to speak up." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Brands weigh in on national protests over police brutality

By Lindsey Bahr And Anne D'innocenzio Jun. 01, 2020 06:57 PM EDT