Tom Wolfe

LONDON: Tom Wolfe, the acclaimed American author whose 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' epitomised 80s' excess, has signally failed to make the earth move for anyone in his latest novel.

Wolfe died on Monday of an unspecified infection in a New York City hospital, his agent, Lynn Nesbit, said in a phone interview on Tuesday. Further details were not immediately available.

Raghunandan Yandamuri, 32, in 2014 was given death penalty for kidnapping and killing a 61-year-old elderly Indian woman and her 10-month grand-daughter. It was seen as part of a botched kidnapping-for-ransom plot. Yandamuri's execution date has been set for February 23 by local correctional authorities.

Mark Ruffalo delivered a petition opposing hydraulic fracturing to Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, USA, recently.

Veteran actor Jeff Daniels is set to play the lead role in the upcoming series "A Man in Full", to be directed by Regina King. According to Variety, the drama is based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name.

Actor Lucy Liu will feature alongside Jeff Daniels in the limited series 'A Man in Full'. To be directed by Regina King, the drama is based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name, according to the reports.

Veteran actor Bill Camp has joined the cast of the limited series 'A Man in Full', led by Jeff Daniels. To be directed by Regina King, the drama is based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name, according to the reports.

President Donald Trump's campaign is withdrawing a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help win the White House.

Aneesh Vidyashankar performed for Tom Wolf, the Governor of Pennsylvania, in the US

The musician was invited by the Governor for an intimate performance at the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg for the second time

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden's victory over President Donald Trump and the state's 20 electors are to meet on Dec. 14 to cast their votes for Biden.

Manil Suri has won the annual Bad Sex in Fiction award for a scene in his novel “The City of Devi” describing a sexual encounter in terms of exploding supernovas and streaking superheroes.

Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled, dealing President Donald Trump's campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election. Pennsylvania secretary of state Kathy Boockvar and the seven Biden-majority counties that the campaign sued had argued Trump had previously raised similar claims and lost.

The questions raised by the MPs' were subjects like non-performing assests and the SEBI inquiry into the 2004 stocks crash.

White is the new black when it comes to the latest trends of men's shoes. Popularised way back by celebrities like Fred Astaire, James Brown, Tom Wolfe, and many others, white shoes are now the new age style statement.

A San Francisco woman, Darcie Bell, known for advocating to defund the police, faced online criticism after pleading for help locating her stolen U-Haul truck containing all her possessions. Bell expressed frustration with the police response, despite filing a report as required by U-Haul. She defended her stance while critics highlighted the apparent contradiction in her actions.

Actress Diksha Basu’s rip-roaring comedy of manners The Windfall is a surprising debut novel talking about Delhi’s subcategories of the wealthy and the middle-class.

Britain is to mark the worst example of fictional orgasm and literary wham-bam-bonking on Thursday.

The 10-day book fair has shoppers voting with their feet for the printed word

Pennsylvania is emerging as an exception in America’s education crisis, with students outperforming national averages in reading and math despite pandemic-era setbacks. The state’s renewed funding, reduced class sizes, and investments in STEM and literacy are reshaping classrooms. Yet, stagnant teacher pay remains a pressing challenge, raising the question of whether Pennsylvania’s model can inspire the nation.