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Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, by Mary Roach W. W. Norton & Company hide caption

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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Catholic up for re-election this year, was one of the Democrats who spoke out against the White House birth control policy before it was altered. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Former Sen. Joe Manchin reflects on career, state of U.S. politics in new memoir

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Trymaine Lee and his colleagues won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for The Times-Picayune's coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Wayne Lawrence/St. Lawrence Press hide caption

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FA: Trymaine Lee, A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America

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The Library of Congress has named Arthur Sze, seen here on July 18, its 2025-26 poet laureate. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress hide caption

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Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate

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FA: Reality Winner, I am Not Your Enemy

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FA: Book Review: Buckeye

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Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor

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Bob Odenkirk is honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 18, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Jerod Harris/Getty Images hide caption

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New teen thriller 'Sisters in the Wind' finds drama in hidden identities

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PICTURE THIS: THE COUCH IN THE YARD

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The iconic lox bagel — a "Classic with the Works" — prepared at Russ & Daughters. Keren Carrion/NPR hide caption

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Russ & Daughters in NYC celebrates more than 100 years of 'appetizing' and family

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A case against Anthropic AI brought by a group of authors was settled on Friday. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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FA: Sanjay Gupta

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