Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. She previously worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program. Olivia Rinaldi is a White House ...

Dallas ISD trustee Ed Turner answers questions during a meeting on the district's proposed 2026 bond program at Lincoln High School on Dec. 9, 2025, in Dallas. Angela Piazza / Staff Photographer ...

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Plan those Thanksgiving meals accordingly, Green Bay Packers fans. The Packers play the Detroit Lions in the early time slot on Thanksgiving Day at Ford Field. It’s the second time in three years the ...

Like her debut, “The Dive From Clausen’s Pier,” the novelist’s “Some Bright Nowhere” is bound to touch a nerve. That’s fine with her. By Elisabeth Egan It was the biggest moment of Ann Packer’s career ...

Walking around Brooklyn Heights Historic District, flooded with cars and pedestrians spilling over from Downtown Brooklyn, it’s easy to pass one of the most prestigious private schools in the country ...

Need a new novel that'll make you think? Look no further than Oprah Winfrey's latest book club selection, "Some Bright Nowhere" by Ann Packer. Packer, the author of five other works of fiction, ...

It feels fitting, in a way, that so many notable books this week are premised on endings — of lives, relationships, eras, even. After all, Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day — also known as Veterans ...

‘The Emergency’ was published on Nov. 11, 2025, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In the excerpt below, a hospital’s chief surgeon finds himself estranged from his city, his colleagues and his own family, ...

Ann Packer’s latest novel, “Some Bright Nowhere,” explores the unexpected rupture that a terminal cancer diagnosis causes in a long and happy marriage. By Joan Silber Joan Silber’s most recent novels ...

“Some Bright Nowhere” is infuriating, and it’s supposed to be. Ann Packer’s novel is about Claire, who is dying of cancer and who wants to be in charge of that as much as possible. How her ...