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'Love You Forever' kids book gets roasted on Facebook, debate ensues

The 1986 book by Robert Munsch illustrates a mother/son relationship at various life stages. But some think the wildly popular book is a bit unsettling.

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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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Mychal Threets is an advocate for libraries and literacy, but he's also spoken openly about the importance of mental health and his own struggles.

No shushing here: Librarian spreads a message of love and literacy

Mychal Threets takes to TikTok and other platforms to advocate for libraries. He's also tackling topics such as inclusivity and mental health.

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Author Tom Wolfe, who immortalized America's astronauts in 'The Right Stuff,' died on May 14, 2018 at 88. His many best-sellers include "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." Wolfe also was a chief practitioner of what was called The New Journalism in the 1960s and '70s. Tom Wolfe posed for USA TODAY on Nov. 1, 2004 in New York while promoting his book "I Am Charlotte Simmons."

Remembering Tom Wolfe: 1930-2018

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks ahead of former President Donald Trump during a campaign event outside Wright Bros. Aero Inc. at the Dayton International Airport for U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno on Saturday, March 16, 2024 in Dayton, Ohio.

Who is Gov. Kristi Noem and why did she kill a dog?

South Dakota's governor, Kristi Noem, who is a Trump VP contender, said she killed a dog named Cricket 20 years ago because it was "untrainable."

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Hermione (Emma Watson, from left), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) have a very dangerous second year at Hogwarts in in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."

How many 'Harry Potter' books are there? Full magical series explained

The world met Harry Potter and his magical classmates in 1997 when the first "Harry Potter" book came out. Here's how many others J.K. Rowling wrote.

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In this photo illustration, the logos of social media applications Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Messenger, Hyperlapse and Telegram are displayed on a cellphone screen on April 26, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian justice has temporarily suspend the messaging app Telegram in the middle of an investigation related to neonazi activities on the network. According to the Brazilian authorities, the company has failed to provide data and information on the groups that spread messages of hatred and violence through the platform.

Social media platforms are a market. Guess who's paying.

Yanis Varoufakis' 'Technofeudalism' downplays what makes companies like Apple, Google and Facebook's Meta tick.

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Ngan Nguyen, left, with her parents and siblings in 1976 in a New Orleans neighborhood called Woodlawn, the home of primarily Vietnamese refugees.

We fled Vietnam 49 years ago. I still carry the scars of that history.

April 30 marks 49 years since the fall of Saigon. This is how a Vietnamese air force pilot evacuated his family and two dozen other refugees.

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Married couple Dane and Elizabeth Ferguson operate Ferguson Books & More, an independent bookstore in West Fargo, North Dakota.

Ferguson Books in North Dakota: Go inside the independent bookstore

Opened in 2010, Ferguson Books & More sells new and used books in West Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota.

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GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: Rebel Wilson attends the 2024 AACTA Awards Presented By Foxtel Group at HOTA (Home of the Arts) on February 10, 2024 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI) ORG XMIT: 776097125 ORIG FILE ID: 1999329754

Rebel Wilson's memoir allegation against Sacha Baron Cohen censored in UK

Rebel Wilson's account of workplace misconduct against actor Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly been removed from the U.K. edition of her recent memoir.

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