National Lifestyle

Another bestselling thriller by Canadian author Linwood Barclay is about to get the Hollywood treatment.

NEW YORK — A posthumous work by prize-winning historian Robert D. Richardson will come out in 2022. It centres on three major American thinkers he previously wrote books about: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and William James.

NEW YORK — This year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser is going virtual for the first time and The Boss will once again be there. But so will a real prince.

A safe Thanksgiving during a pandemic is possible, but health experts know their advice is as tough to swallow as dry turkey: Stay home. Don’t travel. If you must gather, do it outdoors. With a fall surge of coronavirus infections gripping the U.S.

James Duthie faced a big problem. After conducting dozens of interviews for a compilation of hockey stories — most of them previously known to only a select few — the award-winning broadcaster was stuck. The book needed a name.

NEW YORK — Keith Richards is so old-school that when he does his interviews — he'll do so from a landline. The Rolling Stones icon isn’t a fan of technology. Years ago he admitted to not owning an iPod when the device was most popular.

RIO DE JANEIRO — The sultry heat of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer will soon be rolling into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, the air would whisper into Dr. Wille Baracho's ear: Carnival is coming.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana judge has added two hours to a local rapper's house arrest curfew after he was reported jet skiing and enjoying the beach near his south Florida home.

LOS ANGELES — Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan will be among the entertainers honouring nurses in a star-studded benefit virtual concert on Thanksgiving.

LONDON — Some young children have forgotten how to eat with a knife and fork and others have regressed back into diapers as the coronavirus pandemic and related school closures take a toll on young peoples' learning, the U.K.