National Lifestyle

TORONTO — A marquee list of Canada's best restaurants has returned after a pandemic-induced hiatus, ushering with it what some hope is a revival for fine dining in this country.

MADRID (AP) — Tired of speaking to a machine when you call the bank or power company? Spain’s government wants to end those nerve-shattering, one-sided conversations with a computerized answering service by making it obligatory for companies to offer

“Sparring Partners” by John Grisham (Doubleday) Since bursting on the scene with the runaway hit “A Time to Kill” in 1989, John Grisham has been one of the most reliable fiction writers alive, churning out a bestselling novel almost every year.

We gardeners spend so much time stressing over what our plants need that we often forget they grew just fine for millennia without us.

Street vendors cross East Asia scrunch small pieces of meat onto skewers and baste them over hot coals with a sweet and savory sauce.

“Happy-Go-Lucky,” by David Sedaris (Little, Brown and Company) Almost everyone has a dysfunctional family, but few expose their relatives' funny, embarrassing and even disturbing quirks quite like writer and humorist David Sedaris.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 5-11: June 5: Actor-singer Bill Hayes (“Days of Our Lives,” “Your Show of Shows”) is 97. News correspondent Bill Moyers is 88. Country singer Don Reid of the Statler Brothers is 77.

Buying your first car is already an intimidating experience; in the midst of historic supply shortages, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

LONDON (AP) — After seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II is widely viewed in the U.K. as a rock in turbulent times. But in Britain's former colonies, many see her as an anchor to an imperial past whose damage still lingers. So while the U.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A seven-person civil jury in Virginia will resume deliberations Tuesday in Johnny Depp's libel trial against Amber Heard .