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Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been facing pushback at home. It all escalated with national groups threatening not to support her over her voting rights and filibuster stances.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan says the most remarkable aspect of Colm Toibin's new novel is its heroine, a "plain Jane" Irish immigrant with limited options.

In a new Broadway production of Fences, Oscar winner Denzel Washington plays Troy Maxson, a garbage collector and family man whose life's disappointment was hitting his baseball peak before blacks were allowed into the major leagues. The part was created by James Earl Jones — and the play won writer August Wilson the Pulitzer Prize.

Yes, you read that right. Nick Hornby's charming, light yet thoughtful tale of the creative team behind a fictional BBC sitcom in the 1960s takes the pejorative sting out of the word "heartwarming."

For auto companies, that Environmental Protection Agency-approved MPG sticker on a new car is a high stakes and expensive process. These days it can be damaging to a company's image if customers can't achieve that great fuel economy in their own commutes.

Eighty-seven years after an elaborate hoax on the island of Nantucket, islanders recreated the event. A giant sea monster appeared on the island Monday.

The event and its dance party atmosphere lowered the curtain on successful back-to-back Games that captivated fans. Paris raised the bar high for future host cities, including Los Angeles in 2028.

The award-winning composer and lyricist William Finn died this week. He's best known for "Falsettos" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."

In the new series “La Fortuna” on AMC+, Clarke Peters plays a character whose sense of right and wrong keeps him fighting despite the odds against him. Peters plays attorney Jonas Pierce, who starts working on a case that centers sunken treasure that probably belongs to Spain, but has been found by an American adventurer played by Stanley Tucci: Peters has been acting and directing on stage and screen for decades. He has also appeared in “His Dark Materials,” “The Wire,” “True Detective, “Da 5 Bloods” and many, many more.

An embarrassing snafu for the BBC recently: In a live television interview, a job applicant was mistaken for an expert on Internet music downloads. The BBC's News 24 channel interviewed the man, who looked quite surprised to be on air. The BBC apologized this weekend, saying the wrong person was interviewed. Michele Norris and Melissa Block explain what happened.