The travelers left home on schedule, with Edith waving a handkerchief as their carriage descended the hill. Theodore waved back with his hat. Eleven-year-old Quentin, their youngest child, accompanied his father and brother to the Oyster Bay train station, where the travelers did combat with tearfulness. First they said farewell to the horse. Then Kermit, a boy-man of nineteen, boarded the train, slid into a window seat, and turned his wet face away from the other passengers....

His new book, “All My Life for Sale” (Bloomsbury), chronicles one man’s junk-peddling odyssey in which everything had a price–old phone books, used mouthwash, even sideburn clippings in a plastic bag and a set of false teeth that a museum paid $27 for. The tape from Freyer’s answering machine went for $15.50, a handwritten list of phone numbers fetched $14.50 and a brick that was bought for $3 was mailed to London for $35....

Book reviewers, if they’re being paid and if they’re being the least bit fair, finish the books they review. But this creates a strange, maybe unnatural, situation: the very people paid to be objective about a book are also duty bound to finish it, and believe it or not, this warps a lot of peoples’ judgment. Let’s say you read a 900-page novel and you don’t absolutely hate it. You even sort of like it....

So Ayesha Siddiqa surely knew what she was in for when she published “Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy” (292 pages. Oxford University Press Pakistan). And true to form, the authorities halted the book’s official launch at a government-run club last week, though distribution and sales have not been affected. Siddiqa, a leading defense analyst and former director of research for the Pakistani Navy, has written a blunt critique of how the Army has used its political clout to build up an enormous business empire....

Perhaps her decline has been quickened by the stress of watching my 82-year-old father, her husband of 59 years, and himself now victim of a form of dementia. For my sister and me, the essence of our parents, their personalities—the very core of who they were—are gone. Or almost so. As she has retreated within her confused and disordered mind, my mother has come to live almost exclusively in the present....

A turning point came last week at a White House meeting of top officials from the National Security Council, the Defense and State departments, and the CIA. At the meeting, NEWSWEEK has learned, Adm. David Jeremiah, vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered a withering critique of the United Nations’ relief plans. Even if a cease-fire is achieved, Jeremiah said, the recently approved U.N. plan to rely on a 1,100-man symbolic force was dangerously inadequate: it wouldn’t protect relief planes if they were attacked by Serbian antiaircraft and artillery positions in the 4,000-foot-high hills around the Sarajevo airport....

That’s what Boston College’s Noa Merritt did to force a fumble that was recovered by fellow defensive lineman Kevin Kavalec for a touchdown in the third quarter of Monday’s Quick Lane Bowl at Detroit’s Ford Field. MORE: The 10 most important players in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Merritt, a 6-foot, 277-pound junior, blew past Maryland center Brendan Moore as the Terps were in a shotgun formation. Before senior quarterback Perry Hills could hand the ball off to sophomore running back Ty Johnson, Merritt was on top of them....

Austin previously endorsed the decision announced last month to not discipline any of the soldiers involved in the attack that left seven children and three adults dead. His view then was based on a report determining the strike was likely conducted because of miscommunications rather than a larger system of negligence. “The protection of civilians is a strategic & moral imperative. We strive diligently to minimize harm armed conflict visits upon civilian populations, but we can & will improve,” Austin said in a Thursday tweet along with a copy of the memo....

But Mings found a simple solution thanks to the wonderful world of Twitter. Ajax, United tribute to Manchester It all started with a lament from Mings followed by a local man, likely just as a lark, replying with a time and place for a local kickaround. But then something fantastic happened. Mings, who joined Bournemouth in 2015 for a reported £8m, actually said he was going to turn up. And there was visual evidence later that he did in fact drop by....

The syndrome affects a multitude of different body parts, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes and gastrointestinal organs, which can become inflamed, leading to hospitalization and in some cases death. Some children have had to have limbs amputated, as part of their treatment. Zyaire Bell, from Las Vegas, Nevada, tested positive for COVID in September 2021, reported Fox 5 Vegas on February 1. His mother, Sharella Ruffin, took him to hospital when his condition worsened....

Daniesa Murdaugh, 21, one was of thousands of people who attended the Old Timers Day event on July 27 when the shooting occurred around 11 p.m., leaving one person dead and at least 11 others injured. Murdaugh described how she was shot in the back after getting caught up in the fire, but was lucky enough not to escape with more serious injuries after her bra strap managed to stop a bullet hitting her in the spine....

You had to go back more than eight years, to 2005, when Dempsey had long hair and Bradley actually had hair, to find the two facing off. On Saturday in Seattle we saw the two long-time U.S. teammates going at it over and over. Bradley wasn’t about to take it easy on his fellow member of the High-Priced Americans Club, and both players benefited. The level of competitiveness in the Sounders-TFC match brought out the best in Bradley and Dempsey....

Spartans forward Branden Dawson left Wednesday night’s 66-46 win over Eastern Michigan in the second half after spraining his left wrist. He missed nine games last season after breaking his left hand. MORE: Dynamic Dozen | Dawson promises to follow Izzo’s lead | Preseason All-Americans Dawson, a 6-6 senior, leads the 25th-ranked Spartans in rebounding at nearly nine per game and is the team’s third-leading scorer with 11.6 points per game....

Brandon Bernard was executed by lethal injection inside a death chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana, for the slaying of a religious Iowa couple more than two decades ago when Bernard was 18 years old. His case is a rare example of execution for a crime committed while the person was an adolescent. The 40-year-old was the youngest person to receive a death sentence in nearly 70 years for a crime committed as a teen....

WWLTV’s Lyons Yellin was asking Saints safety Jairus Byrd about the crazy Delanie Walker touchdown from early in the game where the ball bounced off of two Saints defenders and into Walker’s hands. The Titans tight end then took the ball for a 62-yard touchdown. PHOTOS: Week 9’s defining images | For Mariota, Titans had to fire Whisenhunt Yellin said Byrd answered his questions, but afterward, Browner started shouting in Yellin’s direction....

MORE: Who to leave off the Super Bowl party guest list Browner was once viewed as one of the top corners in the league during his days in Seattle, but now he’s turning into a journeyman. He played for the Patriots in 2014 and the team decided not to pick up his option for the next season. He then signed with the Saints in the offseason and was named a defensive team captain....

Among them was outspoken Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who, like most people outside the Cowboys’ front office, has seemingly grown tired of Hardy’s antics. MORE: Week 8 Power Rankings “When I look at Greg and how he’s handled himself on the field and in the locker room, I see a guy that is not aware,” Marshall said Tuesday on Showtime’s “Inside the NFL,” via Pro Football Talk. “He does not understand the magnitude of what happened last year, what he did and the atmosphere surrounding the NFL....

There’s no dispute that an older population will profoundly change the country, from sex and family life to work patterns and politics. The good news is that even though people are living longer, studies show that every year more and more old people are able to take care of themselves. The percentage of people with crippling chronic diseases, like high blood pressure and arthritis, has steadily declined. The caregiving industry is sure to boom with the sheer numbers of the elderly, but predictions of overflowing nursing homes draining the nation’s economic health now seem outdated....

The Braves pitcher was hit on his left hand by a comebacker in the second inning of his start against the Dodgers. After being evaluated by team personnel, he was forced to exit the game. The 25-year-old threw just 35 pitches before being replaced by Josh Tomlin. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN The Braves announced that X-rays on Fried’s hand were negative. He is listed as day to day....

As the game begins, analyst Joe Simpson notes that Braves starter Aaron Harang is 4-0 with a 2.12 ERA in his last five starts. “So, he has reason to want to atone for some rough outings against the Miami Marlins in his career — just 5-5 with a 6.25 ERA.” So, before the first pitch is even thrown, there is reason to scratch your head. What connection could there possibly be for Harang between his last five starts in 2014 and 16 previous starts against the Marlins in a career that dates back to 2002?...