Williams’ FX/Hulu series follows a woman with terminal cancer who decides to pursue her own sexual pleasure. She says the show is about sex, friendship and “being scared and brave at the same time.”
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The conclave to choose a new pope is about to begin
As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.
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Feeding the hungry will be harder than ever for the world’s largest food aid agency
The World Food Programme, a U.N. agency and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is facing cuts in its budget that experts are describing as “unprecedented.”
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Police found a missing woman 60 years after she disappeared. She wants to stay hidden
Sauk County Sheriff’s Office says Audrey Backeberg, now in her 80s, is living outside of Wisconsin. The detective who managed to track her down says she “had her reasons for leaving” in July 1962.
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Port Sudan was a safe haven in Sudan’s civil war. Now it’s being attacked
The strikes are the first on the de-facto capital along the Red Sea. About a quarter of a million refugees have fled to the state where Port Sudan resides since the civil war erupted two years ago.
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Trump offers $1,000 incentive to migrants who leave the country voluntarily
The Homeland Security Department pitched the monetary incentive as a more “dignified” way to leave the country, while saving taxpayers money.
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5 new books to check out this week — including Isabel Allende’s latest
My Name Is Emilia Del Valle is the newest novel from the prodigious Chilean expat, now in her 80s. Plus, a personal history of the orange, a Josephine Baker history and having kids in the digital age.
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Critics warn DOJ is being politicized despite vows to end its purported weaponization
Critics warn that despite President Trump’s call to end the purported weaponization of the Justice Department, it has become more politicized in the president’s first three months back in office.
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Meet the Florida group chipping away at public benefits one state at a time
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank that’s been working for more than a decade to reshape the nation’s public assistance programs.
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Trump has said Canada should be the 51st state. Today, he meets its prime minister
Prime Minister Mark Carney won the Canadian election vowing to take on President Trump. Tuesday, they meet for the first time in the Oval Office.
