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Lore Segal, esteemed Austrian American writer who fled the Nazis as a child, dies at 96

NEW YORK (AP) — Lore Segal, an esteemed Viennese American author and translator whose gift for words helped her family escape from the Nazis and who later drew upon her experiences as a Jewish refugee and immigrant for such fiction as “Other People's

Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as a punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's internet empire.
Ticketmaster changes Taylor Swift ticket transfer rules amid recent cyber thefts

Ticketmaster changes Taylor Swift ticket transfer rules amid recent cyber thefts

TORONTO — Ticketmaster is enforcing new rules around how fans transfer Taylor Swift tickets amid a surge in reported scams.
Supreme Court rejects appeal from ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli

Supreme Court rejects appeal from ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Martin Shkreli, who was once dubbed “Pharma Bro” after jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug. Shkreli appealed an order to return $64.
Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91

Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, has died. She was 91.
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield on living through 'We Live in Time'

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield on living through 'We Live in Time'

TORONTO (AP) — In “We Live in Time,” Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield act an entire life of a relationship — a gamut of dating, falling in love, having a child and reckoning with cancer.

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide.
Book Review: 'The Book of George' is a witty novel in lively episodes like a first-rate TV sitcom

Book Review: 'The Book of George' is a witty novel in lively episodes like a first-rate TV sitcom

“The Book of George” is a novel of many finely crafted, often funny moments that arrive episodically as the title character grows older. At first he’s a millennial kid, then a college guy as the Twin Towers fall on 9/11.

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from singer R. Kelly, convicted of child sex crimes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly , who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago .
Book Review: Paula Hawkins returns with psychological thriller ’The Blue Hour'

Book Review: Paula Hawkins returns with psychological thriller ’The Blue Hour'

Since bursting on the scene in 2015 with “The Girl on a Train,” Paula Hawkins has established herself as a reliable writer of psychological thrillers set in the U.K.
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