NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN political commentator Sally Kohn, who has heard a lot of trash talk in her job, is working on a book about the benefits of civility.　 Algonquin Books, a division of Workman Publishing, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Kohn’s book is tentatively titled, “Mean: How Being Nicer Than Average Can Save Humanity.” Publication is scheduled for spring 2018.Algonquin said Kohn will draw on conversations with a wide range of experts to explore an increasingly nasty culture a

BERLIN (AFP) -- Is it possible to regret becoming a mother? The question first posed by an Israeli researcher has stirred a debate in Germany like in no other country, shattering a long-held taboo.“In Israel, it was settled in a week. In Germany, it has lasted for months,” said sociologist Orna Donath, whose study “Regretting Motherhood” was published in 2015.Tired of hearing that she “would regret” not having a child, the researcher collected testimonies from 23 women who, on the contrary, love

Prosecutors on Tuesday summoned Jung Yong-hwa, the leader of the Korean boy band CNBlue, alleged to be involved in insider trading.He is suspected of having earned some 200 million won ($170,000) last year in illegal use of information on his entertainment agency’s plan for a contract with another celebrity.Jung reportedly bought 21,000 shares of the agency, to which he belongs, before July last year and sold the stocks after the announcement of the contract.He faces charges of violating the law

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Assailants have damaged an ancient Otomi Indian religious site in Mexico, toppling stone structures used as altars, breaking carved stones and scattering offerings of flowers, fruit and paintings at the remote mountain shrine known as Mayonihka or Mexico Chiquito.The attack was unusual in a country where few ancient pre-Hispanic religious sites remain functioning.A researcher who interviewed some of the attackers said they identified themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses and view

NEW YORK (AP) -- If visiting Italy isn’t on your agenda, a 360-degree video installation in New York City of the country’s magnificent landmarks may whet your appetite.Called "Panorama," the wrap-around screen went up in Grand Central Terminal this week.Visitors enter an oval room-like structure in the terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall where they’re enveloped by scenes of Italy. Drones were used to take images of more than 200 locations.The video takes visitors over the Roman Coliseum and through Italy

BOSTON (AP) -- J.K. Rowling's latest tale of wizardry is set atop the mountains in Massachusetts. The second installment in a collection called "Magic in North America" describes a secret wizarding school located at the peak of Mount Greylock in the Berkshires. The story was published Tuesday on Rowling’s Pottermore site.The tale, "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," provides the backstory for the North American school of magic, founded in the 17th century. An orphaned Irish girl sail

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is opening its newly renovated Milestones of Flight gallery to the public.The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/290ZD5f) that starting Tuesday, visitors can see the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall, which now has a huge interactive touch-screen display, revamped artifacts labels, the USS Enterprise from Star Trek and a lunar module like the one in the 1969 moon landing.Space artifacts curator Allan Needell says he hopes the l