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<em>Disenchanted</em> cast members Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Idina Menzel, Gabriella Baldacchino, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Maya Rudolph and Amy Adams appear onstage Friday during the D23 Expo 2022 in Anaheim, Calif.

Disney releases the first looks at 'Disenchanted' and a live-action 'Little Mermaid'

Among the many announcements about upcoming projects at the media giant's D23 Expo were two new trailers for popular film franchises.

'Titanic Awards' Salute Travel's Greatest Failures

Travel writer Doug Lansky sees a disconnect between glossy articles about exotic destinations and the stories he and fellow writers share over beers. In The Titanic Awards, he celebrates the world's worst travel experiences by air, land and sea.

A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 23. British health authorities on Wednesday said they will offer a polio booster dose to children aged 1 to 9 in London, after finding evidence the virus has been spreading in multiple regions of the capital.

Polio vaccine boosters are offered to London children as the virus spreads

Children were made eligible for booster doses after health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple areas of London but found no cases of the paralytic disease in people.

Before setting off on his quest for two-wheeled perfection, author Robert Penn had already logged 25,000 miles biking around the globe.

Bike-Mad Author Finds 'Happiness On Two Wheels'

Lots of guys buy a midlife crisis sports car, but not British author Robert Penn. He set out to build the ultimate bike, one that he could ride every day and grow old with. His search cost him thousands of dollars and took him all over Europe and across the Atlantic.

Collecting Garbage, Memories On Chicago's Streets

In his memoir, Garbio, author Larry VanderLeest recalls his time hanging off the side of a garbage truck and dealing with other people's unwanted refuse as a worker in the Dutch-dominated sanitation industry of 1960s Chicago.

<em>"All over America, people are making kamikaze choices about what to wear. They are misrepresenting the goods. They are letting their clothes write checks that their personalities cannot cash."</em> — Simon Doonan<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/50326.Simon_Doonan"></a>, <em>Eccentric Glamour</em><em> </em>

Simon Doonan: Who Are You Wearing?

We learn a thing or two about fashion when our Mystery Guest joins Ophira to judge some regrettable style choices of the Ask Me Another staff.

Cuba is still working to get to its power back up after Hurricane Ian knocked it out

Cuba is still struggling to get to the electrical supply back up after Hurricane Ian knocked out the island's power supply.

StoryCorps: 'Listening Is an Act of Love'

Since 2003, the StoryCorps project has recorded 15,000 personal conversations between family members and friends. A new book chronicles some of the stories, and two participants describe what it was like to share their private stories with millions of radio listeners.

Weak Housing Market May Not Be Signal to Buy

Real estate has often been referred to as the one of the surest investments, and homeownership has long been part of the American dream. But in a market that seems to be in a freefall, buying may no longer be the safest bet.

French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio gives a news conference in Paris after winning the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy hailed Le Clezio as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization."

French Novelist Wins Nobel Prize In Literature

The Swedish Academy praised Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio for his adventurous novels, essays, non-fiction and children's literature. His work is often about wanderers, people on a quest for meaning and grappling with national histories.

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