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In Abigail Thomas' What Comes Next and How to Like It, the aging process robs the 70-something of beauty and energy. In H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald trains a goshawk after her father dies.

Ken Kalfus' new novel about an astronomer obsessed with attracting the attention of Martians appears at first to be an homage to the scientific romances of H.G. Wells and the lost-world sagas of H. Rider Haggard. As the novel develops, however, its unique social commentaries emerge.

This is the worst outbreak since the H5N2 influenza was first detected in December. The disease has been found in seven other states over the past five months.

Democrats Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and Republicans George H.W. and George W. Bush were on stage in College Station, Texas, to try to unite the country after the recent storms.

After the first manuscript of Thomas Carlyle's French Revolution was accidentally burned, he began again with renewed fervor. Historian H.W. Brands explains why Carlyle's book remains fresh as ever. Have you ever lost your magnum opus to fire or flash drive? Tell us in the comments.

Souter was appointed to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. He retired in 2009.

Last week, Twitter rolled out Twitter Blue allowing users to pay $8 a month to get a blue verification check mark. Previously, that badge was only available to users after the company had verified their identity. The change caused chaos and was put on pause the next day.

Southwest Airlines' operations are getting back to normal at John Glenn International Airport on Tuesday morning after days of disruption. As of Tuesday morning, just one of Southwest's 33 flights into and out of Columbus was canceled.

The school will be demolished so "students and staff will not have to return to the building at the site of the tragedy," the district said.

Whether you're in the mood for some Handel or feeling more like Stravinsky's Firebird would light up your day, Classical 101 has something for everyone…