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Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries

Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from school libraries, under a bill Republican Iowa Gov.

Review: 'The 1998 Yankees’ revisits team 25 years later

“The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever,” by Jack Curry (Twelve) Twenty-five years ago this fall, the New York Yankees won the World Series for the 24th time, part of a six-year run in which they won baseball’s champion

Rare James M. Cain story 'Blackmail' published for first time

NEW YORK (AP) — PLEASE SEND FRIDAY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT The characters are pure noir: Pat, a “dark, heavily handsome thick-shouldered" young man; Myra, a “cheesecakey” woman whose “thick blonde hair" fell “off her bare head to brilliant brassy effect.

Publishers Weekly Best-Selling Books

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Happy Place” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 2. “Only the Dead" by Jack Carr (Atria) 3. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) 5.
Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content

Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would set new standards and ratings for sexually explicit material in order to ban books from public and charter school libraries, under a bill given final passage by the state Senate late Tuesday night and sent to Republic
Social media star and influencer Tinx really wants you to take her advice and live your best life

Social media star and influencer Tinx really wants you to take her advice and live your best life

“I need you to not wait three weeks for that loser to text you back when he's not going to,” said Christina Najjar, best-known to her social media followers and podcast listeners as Tinx, in an interview over Zoom. This is classic Tinx.

US-Apple-Books-Top-10

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Only the Dead by Jack Carr - 9781982181727 - (AtriaEmily Bestler Books) 2. Happy Place by Emily Henry - 9780593441206 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 3.

Georgia school's book bans may break civil rights law, federal officials warn

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S.
Book Review: 'V Is For Victory' explores FDR's bid to win public and industry support during WWII

Book Review: 'V Is For Victory' explores FDR's bid to win public and industry support during WWII

“V Is For Victory: Franklin Roosevelt’s American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II” by Craig Nelson (Scribner) There are plenty of battles that were crucial to the Allies' victory in World War II, and even more books chronicling them.
Book Review: In 'Brave the Wild River,' the true story of 2 scientists who explored the Grand Canyon

Book Review: In 'Brave the Wild River,' the true story of 2 scientists who explored the Grand Canyon

PHOENIX (AP) — “Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon” by Melissa L. Sevigny (W. W.
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