The Justice Department’s legal effort to block the merger of book publishing giants Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster is more than just a showcase for the Biden administration’s tougher approach to corporate consolidation.

Canadian-American writer Ruth Ozeki has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel called “The Book of Form and Emptiness.”.

(CNN) - Marie Kondo rose to fame by urging people to rid their homes of items that don't "spark joy." The star of the Netflix series "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" has launched an online shop on her website, KonMari.com, which carries products that "spark joy for Marie." The opening of the online shop on Monday was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. In an interview with the Journal, Kondo said she is not encouraging "over-purchasing anything." "What's most important to me is that you surround yourself with items that spark joy.

(CNN) - The best thing Marie Kondo reveals in a new profile is that she'll let her own home get a bit unorganized. Kondo "readily admits that the Los Angeles home she shares with her husband, Takumi Kawahara, and their two daughters (ages 3 and 4) isn't always immaculate," according to a new profile on the author and tidying expert by Better Homes & Gardens. The author of "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" and star of Netflix's "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo," said it's mostly due to being busy. She instructs her clients to say goodbye to an item if it no longer serves them. Kondo moved her family to California three years ago to expand her company, KonMari Media.