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I'm a student. Lawmakers letting teachers carry guns breaks my heart.

Demonstrators opposed to a bill allowing armed teachers in Tennessee schools stage a lie-in at the state Capitol after the House voted on the measure on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

The chant 'Blood on your hands, Blood on your hands!' filled the echoing room. I was scared.

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USA TODAY Best-selling Booklist

The top-selling titles each week provides book lovers with the most accurate snapshot of what people are reading.

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Frank Sinatra working on his "Magnum P.I." appearance with, Tom Selleck (Thomas Magnum) and Larry Manetti (Rick Wright).

Tom Selleck memoir photos: Hanging with Sinatra on 'Magnum,' partying with Mae West

Tom Selleck talks about life, surprising Hollywood success and "Magnum P.I." in "You Never Know: A Memoir." Here are the best pictures.

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Tom Selleck meets Princess Diana at a White House state dinner in 1985. Selleck refused to cut in on the princess when she was dancing with John Travolta.

Tom Selleck's memoir details top-secret wedding, Princess Diana dance

The "Magnum, P.I." and "Blue Bloods" star discusses losing that Indiana Jones role and his top-secret wedding in his book, "You Never Know: A Memoir."

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Joni Mitchell, left, and Cass Elliot. Mitchell's 1970 album "Ladies of the Canyon" was inspired by Laurel Canyon, a music mecca in the Hollywood Hills during the late '60s and '70s.

Mama Cass' daughter debunks myths, including death by ham sandwich

Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter of The Mamas & The Papas singing star Cass Elliot, dove deep into her family history for 'My Mama, Cass: A Memoir.'

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May 19, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) keeps the ball out of the reach of Los Angeles Sparks guard Jordin Canada (21) in the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

Why you should read Brittney Griner memoir − raw look at fear, despair

The memoir, out Tuesday, is a detailed accounting of WNBA star Brittney Griner's harrowing journey through Russian legal system known for corruption.

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Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate against the war in Gaza at Hunter College in New York on May 6, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2151231511

Met Gala 2024: Gaza protestors picket

Hunter College students protested Israel's war in Gaza a mile away from the Met Gala to call for the university to divest funding.

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Tyla attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York City.

Met Gala big moments: Cardi B stuns, Zendaya's two gowns, Tyla carried

We share the Met Gala's biggest moments, from Sydney Sweeney's new dark hair to the popular body part highlighted by so many gowns.

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Holocaust survivor Fred Kurz admires the Distenfeld-Glick Torah scroll on display in the Esther Raab Holocaust Museum at the Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Holocaust's aging survivors urge the world: Don't let history 'repeat itself'

Holocaust survivors are sharing stories as part of an effort, timed to Holocaust Remembrance Day, to tackle denialism and hate speech.

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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks on the stage ahead on the day she introduces former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to speak at a South Dakota Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

'He underestimated me': Kristi Noem book includes false story about Kim Jong Un

Noem brags in her new book about her experience 'staring down little tyrants' in a meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Her spokesperson called it an error.

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