World Book Day (April 23) is almost upon us, and what better way to celebrate than to add a few new novels -- and might we suggest titles that have been adapted for Netflix -- to your home library? The streaming platform has been picking up a number of novels and reimagining them into TV series or film adaptations. Some noteworthy projects include You, The Queen's Gambit and Bridgerton, three popular shows that have earned the steaming giant millions of views and have even increased book sales....

The Manhattan district attorney's office announced it will stop prosecuting prostitution and unlicensed massage. Cy Vance, district attorney of New York County, has also requested that a judge dismiss 914 cases involving sex work and an additional 5,080 cases against people charged with "loitering for the purposes of prostitution," a discriminatory law often referred to as the "walking while trans" statute.The DA will continue prosecuting sex trafficking, as well as those who pay for sex -- this...

The Pentagon has confirmed that recently leaked footage of a UFO-like object is indeed real. The videos and photos were captured by a Navy pilot in 2019 and will be examined by the Defense Department's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, which launched in August 2020 to better understand "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP).The footage depicts a flashing, triangle-shaped object moving through the air. Pentagon spokesperson Sue Gough declined to comment any further on the possible UFO sigh...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. The jury serving on Chauvin's trial deliberated for 10 hours, ultimately finding the 45-year-old guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.Chauvin's trial comes to a close after three weeks, which saw prosecutors argue that the ex-officer's use of force -- a knee pressed on Floyd's neck -- ultimately killed Floyd. ...