Lifestyle
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Review: Rough-start novel with redemptive, touching finish
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - 'œMika in Real Life'ť by Emiko Jean (William Morrow) Mika Suzuki is a directionless, 35-year-old Japanese woman with a big secret: She gave her daughter up for adoption ...
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Review: Slick crime novel 'Heat 2' revisits a classic movie
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - 'œHeat 2: A Novel'ť by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner (William Morrow) Hollywood screenwriter and director Michael Mann and veteran thriller writer Meg Gardiner have achi...
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Review: A hero struggles with a mystery readers can solve
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDo No Harm'ť by Robert Pobi (Minotaur) Lucas Page retired from the FBI more than a decade ago after losing an eye, an arm, and a leg in an explosion. But Lucas is a ma...
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Do spiders sleep? Study suggests they may snooze like humans
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's a question that keeps some scientists awake at night: Do spiders sleep? Daniela Roessler and her colleagues trained cameras on baby jumping spiders ...
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Review: Fake pregnancy transforms lonely salarywoman's life
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDiary of a Void,'ť by Emi Yagi (Viking) Shibata-san, the only woman in her office group, is tired of cleaning up after the men. One day, when her section head asks he...
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Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including m...
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Villa Park charity Friends of Freya gives out tablets to families with autistic kidsAug 08, 2022 6:00 am - Villa Park charity Friends of Freya gives out tablets to families with autistic kids
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New to streaming this week: Netflix's 'Day Shift' and Apple TV+'s 'Five Days at Memorial'
Aug 08, 2022 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies • One o...
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Book review: 'Elsewhere' ponders the meaning of motherhood
Aug 08, 2022 6:00 am - "Elsewhere" by Alexis Schaitkin (Celadon Books) Sometimes it's fun to read something that doesn't fit in any particular category. "Elsewhere," the new novel from Al...
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'We have not told this story correctly': Waubonsie Valley updating its Potawatomi imageryAug 08, 2022 5:30 am - A new day is dawning at Waubonsie Valley High School. For nearly 50 years, the community supporting the Aurora school embraced the Warriors nickname, sometimes awkwardly...