Publishing Rights Clash: Penguin India won’t publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir after requested “editorial changes and deletions” were rejected; HarperCollins is reported to be close to taking the India deal for a Nov. 10 release. Crime & Community Safety: A man was held on $1.1M bail after a stabbing outside a Sherman Oaks grocery store; separately, a San Diego police lieutenant was placed on administrative assignment after a Chula Vista domestic battery arrest. Books, Culture & Reading Habits: A new book, The World’s Worst Mom, leans into the messiness of motherhood, while another story spotlights how a reading retreat can help people fall back in love with books. Library Policy & AI: An Elizabethtown Area school board overhauled book access rules tied to explicit sexual content and approved AI rules. Indie/Author Events: Rapides Parish Library will host National Book Award–honored authors Ben Fountain and T. Geronimo Johnson in October. Indigenous Youth Stories: Piñen by Daniela Catrileo uses a river as a living thread through Mapuche girls’ lives in modern Chile.