Thomas Pynchon's novel "Shadow Ticket" is set in Depression-era Milwaukee. The novel is filled with comical and serious Milwaukee references, from Billie the Brownie to the Bay View Massacre. The ...

The novelist anticipated our bizarre present. How does his latest book hold up in an age of eroding reality? Credit...Photo illustration by Mike McQuade Supported by By Parul Sehgal In the course of ...

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In an age when audience trust can make or break a media brand’s business model, few legacy publishers have managed to evolve as strategically as Newsweek. Under the leadership of Dev Pragad, the ...

Bari Weiss, a founder of The Free Press, will become editor in chief of CBS News. By Benjamin Mullin Lauren Hirsch and Michael M. Grynbaum The Bari Weiss era at CBS News has begun. In a move that is ...

The Bill Belichick era is off to a messy start at North Carolina. The Tar Heels are 2-3 coming off two blowout losses and things actually sound worse inside the locker room. According to a new report ...

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The good news about Shadow Ticket—the new Thomas Pynchon novel and his first in 12 years—is that it’s one of his private-eye stories. Fictional gumshoes make ideal Pynchon protagonists, guys not in it ...

Dyan Cannon may have plenty of friends, but none with "benefits." The actress caused a stir at the 10th annual Hollywood Beauty Awards in April when she seemingly revealed that, at age 88, she had ...

Mike Dreitzer, the new chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, reflected on the organization’s “north star” Monday morning on a panel at the Global Gaming Conference. That star, he said, is a ...