Bobby Kennedy, A Raging Spirit by Chris Matthews Published by Simon and Schuster 2017 Pages 377 Price $17 In this powerful yet sensitively written book, Bobby Kennedy comes alive again. From altar boy, to ambassador’s son, to struggling student at Milton Academy and Harvard, he lived in the shadow of his older brothers. After facing […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Gone is the haze of cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke. Gone are the coffee, soda and pizza stains. With only a few exceptions, NASA’s Apollo-era Mission Control has been restored to the way it looked 50 years ago when two men landed on the moon. It gets the stamp of approval from […]

“Big Sky,” by Kate Atkinson (Little Brown) Former soldier and policeman Jackson Brodie, who last appeared nine years ago in “Started Early, Took My Dog,” makes his long-anticipated return in Kate Atkinson’s new novel, “Big Sky.” Although the book is billed as the fifth installment in the Brodie series, the brooding, modern-day white knight isn’t […]

PARIS (AP) — It’s been hanging on people’s walls for almost 170 years without drawing much attention, but a painting showing a group of women has turned out to be more than meets the eye. The most recent owner of the picture, a Parisian woman, has found out that what she has is a long-forgotten […]

“Fleishman Is in Trouble” (Random House), by Taffy Brodesser-Akner There was once a time when becoming a doctor or marrying one was an ideal measure of success. But “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” the new novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, rejects that antiquated notion and several other tired societal tropes, shining a light on how we view […]