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Roger Ebert tackles lowbrow and highbrow topics alike in his memoir; critic John Powers says the chronicle is sunny and hopeful — just like Ebert himself.

Japanese author Takashi Hiraide's The Guest Cat has just been released in English; it's a layered novel within a novel, centered on a workaholic couple who become enraptured by their neighbors' playful little cat. Reviewer Juan Vidal says "even dog lovers will relate" to the story.

Richard Flanagan's new novel follows a Tasmanian-born doctor, captured by the Japanese during WWII, who ends up caring for prisoners of war working on the notorious "Death Railway."

There are plenty of memoirs of China's Cultural Revolution written from the perspective of elite intellectuals. But Hong Ying's story is different; in her youth, the writer was the sixth child in a crushingly poor family. Novelist Karen Ma says Hong Ying's memoir, Daughter of the River is unflinching, unapologetic and incredibly powerful.

Marie Colvin, an American who was the Sunday Times of London's chief war correspondent for a quarter of a century, was killed Wednesday. Colvin was in the embattled Syrian city of Homs and died alongside a French photojournalist and one of Syria's best known citizen journalists. All three died in a district of Homs which has been under bombardment by Syrian government forces since early this month.

In Aurora, officer Nathan Woodyard has been acquitted of all charges in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who died after being put in a carotid hold by police and given ketamine by paramedics.

Many Afghans are ambivalent about the role played by the American forces and diplomats in Afghanistan. But the level of anti-Americanism encountered there depends on where you are in the country.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas appears at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to request an upgrade in the Palestinians' status at the world body.

The smart toy sector is worth close to $17 billion. But some parent and consumer support groups say these tech-driven toys are not safe for play.

The federal tax rate for U.S. corporations is nearly 40 percent, the second-highest among industrialized nations. Critics say the best way to create jobs would be to lower it. But others say various tax breaks, exemptions and deductions have some paying far lower taxes.