Margaret Atwood says success of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is “not due to me or the excellence of the book”

[ad_1] Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” sold more than 10 million copies and spawned an Emmy-winning Hulu series, but the Canadian author dismissed the notion that the dystopian novel is her magnum opus.  The 85-year-old author said she believes that if not for the ongoing rollback of reproductive rights and the overturning of Roe v….

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Typhoon Fung-wong kills at least 6 in Philippines, continues on path toward Taiwan

[ad_1] Manila, Philippines — Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least six people and displacing more than 1.4 million others. Fung-wong lashed the northern Philippines while the country was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi,…

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Trump pardons Giuliani, Meadows, others allegedly involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election results, including “false electors”

[ad_1] President Trump has pardoned dozens of people who allegedly tried to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, including those who were named as alternative state electors to certify the results, according to Ed Martin, a Justice Department attorney whose focus is pardons. He posted what appeared to be the pardons document on…

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