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Writer Judy Blume, author of "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," poses for a portrait at Books and Books, her non-profit bookstore on Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Key West, Fla. (AP Photo/Mary Martin)

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Judy Blume, on top of the world (and her Key West bookstore)
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Fri,04/21/23-8:28AM , 493 Reads
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — At Books & Books, the nonprofit store Judy Blume and her husband have run for the past seven years, you will find her own work in various sections: from general fiction, among the other “B”-named authors, to a shelf dedicated exclusively to her — a name unto herself.
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Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors of MAD Magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011 in Savannah, Ga. Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton, File)

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Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Mon,04/10/23-4:58PM , 698 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," has died. He was 102.
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Irish poet Seamus Heaney, center, displays his Nobel literature prize medal, surrounded by his family, after receiving it from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden on Dec. 10, 1995. Heaney's family are from left: his son Michael, daughter Catherine, his wife Marie and son Christopher. Presidents have long made a point of citing a favorite writer, and for President Joe Biden that often has been Heaney, renowned for what Nobel judges in 1995 called “works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth." (AP Photo/Eric Roxfelt, File)

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Biden and Irish poets: 'Hope and history,' a lifelong love
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Mon,04/10/23-10:08AM , 411 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, confer with top officials on current issues and honor his Irish ancestors.
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President Richard Nixon sits in his White House office, Aug. 16, 1973, as he poses for pictures after delivering a nationwide television address dealing with Watergate. In 1974, Richard Nixon faced possible charges for a wide range of alleged wrongdoing, from bribery to obstruction of justice, when Gerald Ford pardoned him just weeks after he resigned. (AP Photo, File)

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Donald Trump isn't first ex-president to face legal trouble
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Sun,04/02/23-7:04AM , 507 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has made history so many times.
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