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Category: Current Events
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Maureen Howard, 91, Novelist Who Traced Women’s Challenges, Dies
In well-reviewed works like “Natural History” and “A Lover’s Almanac,” she was intent, a fellow writer said, on “making the novel do and hold more.”
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Afghan Aviators Hide as Taliban Urge Them to Return to Duty
Many former Afghan Air Force members fear they could be killed by the Taliban if they came out of hiding, but others have joined the nascent Taliban air force.
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Stronger Muscles in 3 Seconds a Day
Men and women who briefly contracted their arm muscles as hard as possible once daily increased their biceps strength by up to 12 percent in a month.