National Lifestyle

NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is addressed to his fellow Republicans.

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not easy to put a finger on Janicza Bravo’s cinema.

“Dead by Dawn,” by Paul Doiron (Minotaur) As Mike Bowditch leaves a cluster of mobile homes known as “Pill Hill” and steers down a twisting mountain road in the dark, he is driving straight into an ambush.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Marx likes to gently mess with the minds of whoever comes to see his solo concerts. He'll start playing a Keith Urban or a Lionel Ritchie song and look out to see the reaction.

NEW YORK (AP) — You're at the supermarket and a recipe you're shopping for calls for rutabagas. Don't see any? Can you substitute turnips? While you're thinking about that, you've also been asked to pick up some condensed milk.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s battle to contain the surging COVID-19 delta variant has prompted it to put the United Kingdom on its red list for travel, speed up vaccinations in Lisbon and cancel school classes in the southern Algarve region, it

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 4-10: July 4: Actor Eva Marie Saint is 97. Actor Gina Lollobrigida is 94. Actor Ed Bernard (“Police Woman,” ″White Shadow”) is 82. Actor Karolyn Grimes (Zuzu in “It’s A Wonderful Life”) is 81.

CARAMEL CHICKEN Cooking in Southeast Asia often means incorporating a riot of contrasting flavors and textures, and the classic Vietnamese technique of simmering meat or fish in dark, bittersweet caramel is a great example of this.

A midyear financial review is often a good idea. This year, it’s almost essential.