“Paper Son” by S.J. Rozan (Pegasus Books) S.J. Rozan’s affinity for little known facts about Chinese culture has fueled exciting thrillers featuring private detectives Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. Memorable plots include a Jewish settlement in China comprised of refugees fleeing Nazi Germany (“The Shanghai Moon”), political art (“Ghost Hero”) and restaurant workers’ union (“A […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 92-year-old had a painful tumor on his tongue, and major surgery was his best chance. Doctors called a timeout when he said he lived alone, in a rural farmhouse, and wanted to keep doing so. “It was ultimately not clear we could get him back there” after such a big operation, […]

“Raised in Captivity” (Penguin Press), by Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman seems like a great hang. He’s the guy at the party who has everyone spitting out their drinks as they laugh while trying to swallow — the one who is never at a loss for words in a game of “Would You Rather?” It’s fun […]

FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county is being sued for wrongful arrest by a woman who was jailed when her cotton candy falsely tested positive for methamphetamine. Dasha Marie Fincher tells WMAZ-TV she was arrested in 2016 when a deputy pulled over and searched the car she was riding in. A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office report […]

A move to a farmhouse six miles from town made us spectators of the neighbor’s visiting peacock. The adventure with the bird was a novelty because we had no prior peacock experience. His peculiar behavior included jumping from our roof to preen himself in the reflection gained from standing on our shiny car. Once on […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — A Native American author whose writings have highlighted his indigenous culture is this year’s winner of a lifetime achievement award celebrating literature’s power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding. Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials selected novelist, poet and essayist N. Scott Momaday for the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. It’s […]