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Saadia Faruqi, a popular young adult author, says her new book, <em>The Strongest Heart</em>, is a book she wished she could have read when she was growing up and coping with her father's mental illness.

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  • Global Health

A young adult book tackles a tough topic: A teen coping with his dad's mental illness

Saadia Faruqi, author of the popular Yasmin book series, has written a new book, The Strongest Heart, that mirrors her own life — growing up with a father who likely had undiagnosed schizophrenia.

March 21, 2025
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  • Malaka Gharib
Mohan (Supriya Ganesh), Javadi (Shabana Azeez), Donnie (Brandon Mendez Homer), and McKay (Fiona Dourif).

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  • TV Reviews

On 'The Pitt,' a mass shooting overwhelms an already exhausted ER

Even though this tragedy was hinted at from the first episode, it's treated with gravity and presented in agonizing detail.

March 20, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Carl Erik Rinsch at an event in Los Angeles in 2015.

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  • Law

Hollywood filmmaker charged with defrauding Netflix of $11 million

Director Carl Erik Rinsch sold Netflix a sci-fi series. Instead of finishing it, prosecutors allege he spent some of the streamer's money on his own investments, luxury rentals, five Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari, and more.

March 20, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Have you seen this toilet?

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  • Strange News

UK court finds men who stole $6 million gold toilet guilty

The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.

March 20, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The Wichita Art Museum in Wichita, Kan., says more young people have been attending exhibitions since it decided to stop charging admissions for its permanent collection in 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

Report: (Smaller) Museums should make admission free

A new study out this week from the museum think tank Remuseum suggests free admission attracts more visitors without increasing costs.

March 20, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
The IMLS offers grant funding to museums and libraries across the country.

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  • Books

Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE

Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.

March 20, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Clockwise, from top left: Donna Summer and Whitney Houston (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons), Lil' Kim and Kate Bush

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  • Music

100 years, 100 moments: How women shaped a century of music

For Women's History Month, World Cafe is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments.

March 20, 2025
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  • Miguel Perez
The boy and bird are, of course, not really flying together. But ... they are both airborne. The child is jumping into the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand, during a heatwave in February 2024. Photographer Andre Malerba notes: "This image recalls the free feeling of leaping from several times one's height into water to escape the heat as friends laugh and cheer you on. A time many of us might remember as when we felt truly whole and at peace, even if life wasn't perfect. It's always worth realizing t…

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  • Global Health

Can you look at these 9 photos and not smile on International Day of Happiness?

March 20 is International Happiness Day — a day that the United Nations had dedicated to the celebration of joy. We asked photographers around the world to share a picture that can bring bliss.

March 20, 2025
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  • Marc Silver and
  • Ben de la Cruz
Yasuke wields a long katana against foes in Assassin's Creed Shadows.

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  • Video Game Reviews

Assassin's Creed Shadows is good, but not great. Is that enough?

Assassin's Creed Shadows, out Thursday, might be big enough to reverse Ubisoft's crumbling fortunes. But the game faces headwinds.

March 20, 2025
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  • James Perkins Mastromarino
Actress Uzo Aduba accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for <em>Orange Is the New Black</em> during the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2015.

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  • Arts & Life

For Uzo Aduba, there's no such thing as 'too late'

Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba says she doesn't believe in destiny. In this week's Wild Card, Aduba opens up about how motherhood shaped her and why she's made peace with mortality.

March 20, 2025
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  • Rachel Martin
Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney's live action remake.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Snow White,' and four more buzzy movies coming to theaters this weekend

An embattled Disney princess, a steroid-addled bodybuilder and a trapped carjacker are all at cineplexes this weekend.

March 20, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello

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  • Mental Health

COMIC: Still cringing about that awkward moment? Here's what to do about it

Experts demystify the science of awkwardness — and explain how to reduce the emotional intensity of mortifying flashbacks (like that one time you called your teacher "Mommy").

March 20, 2025
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  • Andee Tagle and
  • Navied Mahdavian
Micro drama apps such as ReelShort, FlickReels and DramaBox offer short clips that add up to movie-length stories. They're filmed vertically, so you can follow the twisty plotlines without turning your phone. Above, scenes from micro dramas <em>Fake Married to My Billionaire CEO (</em>left), <em>True Heiress vs. Fake Queen Bee </em>and <em>Billionaire CEO's Secret Obsession.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

Told one minute at a time, micro dramas are soap operas designed to fit in your hand

Apps like ReelShort, FlickReels and DramaBox offer short clips that add up to movie-length stories. Plus, they're filmed vertically, so you can follow the twisty plotlines without turning your phone.

March 19, 2025
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  • Kristian Monroe

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  • Book Reviews

Karen Russell's 'The Antidote' is an American epic — and well worth the wait

Russell has published excellent short story collections since her 2011 debut novel Swamplandia!, but this is her first novel in nearly 15 years. It follows a "Prairie Witch" in Dust Bowl-era Nebraska.

March 19, 2025
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Technology

'AI Valley' author worries there's 'so much power in the hands of few people'

Author Gary Rivlin says regulation can help control how AI is used: "AI could be an amazing thing around health, medicine, scientific discoveries, education ... as long as we're deliberate about it."

March 19, 2025
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  • Dave Davies
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