Petra Mayer, books editor for National Public Radio, died suddenly at the age of 46. Her death, at Holy Cross Hospital, was confirmed on Sunday by her mother, Elke Mayer. Petra Mayer joined NPR’s books team in 2012 and worked on the culture desk, according to the public radio network. Mayer is remembered for her reporting at Comic-Con and helping put together NPR’s Book Concierge, an annual interactive... 

A ‘race and inclusion’ editor was fired by USA Today after she falsely blamed the Boulder supermarket shooting on white people. “It’s always an angry white man. Always,” tweeted Hemal Jhaveri on Monday evening immediately after news of the shooting broke. The gunman was named the next day as 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, a migrant from Syria. “Hi friends. Some news,” tweeted Jhaveri...