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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The sun was shining when Kim Williams hopped in her Honda Odyssey to visit a friend at a nursing home. But an unexpected downpour on the drive back left her trapped in a maze of flooded streets.

“What the Fireflies Knew” by Kai Harris (Tiny Reparations Books) One of the joys of reviewing books is reading things you otherwise never would. So let me disclose up front that I chose this book because the title sounded cool.

WASHINGTON (AP) — NBA player Steph Curry and musical artists H.E.R.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

TORONTO — The Canadian Press newswire is making Sony Electronics its exclusive provider of cameras. The deal equips CP's photojournalists and videographers with Sony devices and lenses including the Alpha 1 and Alpha 9 II products.

NEW YORK (AP) — In a powerful new book for children, a little girl looks at a crowd of street protesters and asks: Why are those people marching? A few pages later, a child asks her family: Why are buildings burning? “Why?: A Conversation About Race”

“Black Cake” by Charmaine Wilkerson (Ballantine Books) The debut novel of former journalist and short fiction writer Charmaine Wilkerson opens with a one-paragraph prologue called “Then/1965.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 6-12: Feb. 6: Actor Mamie Van Doren is 91. Actor Mike Farrell is 83. NBC news anchorman Tom Brokaw is 82. Actor Gayle Hunnicutt is 79. Singer Fabian is 79. Actor Michael Tucker (“L.A. Law”) is 77.

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says an investigation is underway into alleged reports that the U.N.

Tamarind remains a bit of a mystery to most cooks in the United States, but its sweet and sour pulp is appreciated by cooks from its native range in tropical Africa to India, Mexico and beyond.