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Fresh Air's book critic says 2023 was an outstanding year for reading. Corrigan shares 10 of her favorite titles – a wide-ranging list of fiction and nonfiction.

Disney's trading card game expansion has keen art and underbaked mechanics, while Descent: The Betrayer's War and Ticket to Ride Legacy offer huge campaigns for invested gamers.

All over San Diego, friends and families are making time in busy schedules to prepare and to gather to celebrate the holidays. To add to the season's joy, we’ve compiled a list of books celebrating our region's rich cultural and religious traditions.

With clothes cheaper than a latte, built for today's microtrends, Shein courts the same young women who launched the renaissance of thrifting and resale. Legal complaints about the company are many.

The first Hong Kong On Screen Film Festival showcases four movies, covering contemporary Hong Kong cinema as well as classics from the 90s. While the small selection does not do justice to the variety in Hong Kong movies, we tried to include the main genres in this film festival. Together they paint a picture of Hong Kong cinema from its heydays to the latest rebound. On May 12 The Sparring Partner: 7:30 p.m. Based on an actual homicide case about the bloody murder of a couple by their son, much of this movie is a courtroom drama on how the jury determines whether the intelligent suspect and his naïve accomplice are guilty. Winner of Best New Director and Best Editing at the 2023 Hong Kong Film Awards On May 13 The Heroic Trio: 3:30 p.m. A sci-fi action movie on how a trio of heroines save the newborn babies in a city against a mysterious villain. Starring Michelle Yeoh (Best Actress at the 95th Academy Awards) and Maggie Cheung (Best Actress at Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals) Far Far Away: 5:25 p.m. A computer nerd dates one attractive woman after another. The only problem is that they all live in remote corners of Hong Kong. This love comedy also presents the beautiful landscape of the outskirts of Hong Kong rarely seen in other movies. Happy Together: 7:45 p.m. A drama about the turbulent relationship between 2 Hong Kongers living in Argentina. This film is regarded as one of the best LGBT movies and won the Best Director award (world acclaimed Wong Kar-Wai) at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. All movies are in Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. For more information please visit: hkonscreen.org

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan says her only frustration with Keegan's work is that she wants more of it. So she was happy to read her nuanced, three-story collection, So Late in the Day.

Kissinger dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China.

California's proposed tax would be 11% if it becomes law. The money would pay for gun violence prevention programs and security improvements at public schools.

In her new graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story, Kurzweil describes how she and her father, famed futurist Ray Kurzweil, harnessed the power of AI to speak with the grandfather she never knew.