TOKYO – Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami hosted a ghost story reading event in Tokyo amid growing attention before the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize in literature, an award he is a perennial favorite to win. Murakami said at Thursday’s reading that he enjoys scary stories and wanted to write more of them. The event … Read more
HONG KONG – In the last few years, China’s government has promoted increasingly conservative social values, encouraging women to focus on raising children. It has cracked down on civil society movements and made laws to drive out foreign influence. So a 75-year-old Japanese feminist scholar who’s not married and does not have children is an … Read more
The XFL has eight teams from Seattle, Washington, to Washington, D.C. The USFL also has eight teams that stretch from New Jersey to Memphis. ARLINGTON, Texas — The XFL and USFL plan to join forces. The spring pro football leagues announced in a statement Thursday they would merge going forward. The statement said details of … Read more
People can bring as many as 20 unloaded weapons to the Alamodome parking lot on Nov. 19 and, depending on the condition and type of firearm, receive between $50 and $300 worth of gift cards per weapon.
The school district says they fired him and are working with police in the ongoing investigation. SEGUIN, Texas — A former Navarro ISD bus driver was arrested and subsequently fired after he was charged with possession of child pornography. Police officials in New Braunfels identified 76-year-old Michael Paul Morrish as the now-former employee of Navarro … Read more
The top-seeded Aces can close out the series when it shifts to Dallas on Friday, Sept. 29 for Game 3. The Wings have shown they have no intention of making it easy. LAS VEGAS — The Dallas Wings fell to the Las Vegas Aces, 84-91 Tuesday night, in Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals. Now, … Read more
While Swift and Kelce have not made their relationship public, reports indicate she plans to attend Sunday’s game against the Jets at MetLife Stadium. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Pop icon Taylor Swift and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce lit the NFL and the entire pop culture landscape on fire last Sunday when Swift attended Kelce’s … Read more