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Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, at 50, is not the average age of a debut author. But the public school teacher describes herself as a “literary debutante” with the October publication of “My Monticello.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/2ZDagH3 via IFTTT

Onstage, the ex-senator and “S.N.L.” star doesn’t exactly address his fall from grace. But he doesn’t not address it either. Asked if he’ll run again, he is noncommittal. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3CXZIR7 via IFTTT

These spyware apps record your conversations, location and everything you type, all while camouflaged as a calculator or calendar. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3iintLW via IFTTT

A key vote on one of the president’s top priorities is approaching, but now members of his own party are threatening to block it. Here’s why. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3AXKH10 via IFTTT

Nonprofit groups supported by The Times’s annual campaign worked to nourish, support and welcome those seeking refuge. “When you’re patient and kind with someone who has left everything behind,” one New Yorker said, “the whole experience will be different.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3AVBwOT via IFTTT

Congress works on passing a funding bill as clock ticks, House to vote on $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and more news to start your Thursday.           from USATODAY - News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3CQuefM via IFTTT

There are new characters available to star in a "Jurassic World" movie, as palaeontologists announced the discovery of two new species of dinosaur.           from USATODAY - News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3zN8tvq via IFTTT

From a chance meeting on the street while busking, Robert Finley's singing career took off.           from USATODAY - News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3AWgz6l via IFTTT

With 105,000 square feet of living space, "The One Bel Air" is a Los Angeles megamansion believed to be the largest modern home in the United States.           from USATODAY - News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3EX9lkZ via IFTTT

The untold story of WLAC, the Nashville radio station that brought soul and R&B music into Black homes across the Deep South in the '50s and '60s.           from USATODAY - News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3A6Ecbf via IFTTT

The Pan American Health Organization hopes to address inequities by securing doses for the region. Beijing will impose tight restrictions on athletes, officials and workers for the 2022 Winter Olympics. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3zXB69f via IFTTT

Intimate partner violence is epidemic in this country. We just don’t always hear about it. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3zYYMtQ via IFTTT

After losing races for president and mayor, he’s back for a third round — with the idea of a new political party. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3D4sdgd via IFTTT

I didn’t divorce my husband because I didn’t love him. I divorced my husband because I loved myself more. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3kSVtQw via IFTTT

As experts hail the AUKUS agreement, the Biden administration should ensure it does not reflect a self-defeating concept of great power competition. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3mcfAbZ via IFTTT

It seems impossible that civilization can regress decades, that your life can collapse before lunch. But it can, and it did as the Taliban took Kabul.           from USATODAY - News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3CTmpWy via IFTTT

Lt. Alex Cornell du Houx has dodged a sniper's aim, rocket fire and a roadside bomb. His greatest challenge? Helping Afghans escape the Taliban.           from USATODAY - News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3mch0TR via IFTTT

Fatema Hosseini faced gunfire, tear gas, whipping and assault to win her freedom. Today she tells her story.           from USATODAY - News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3F7YgNO via IFTTT