Starting with the pope.

A 97-year-old woman, Guna Maya Bohara, survived the flash floods and was rescued using an excavator.

Taking inspiration from Dolly Parton and Canada’s Mark Carney

Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.

Two of her defining hits — “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” — were perhaps written in the same day. In different ways, they found sturdy melodies for precarious emotions.

YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin

A brilliant combination of fat (butter), acidity (lemon) and salt (capers), tangy piccata sauce makes an excellent dressing for meaty, earthy mushrooms. Piccata refers to the Italian American dish of thinly sliced meat (typically veal or chicken) that’s dredged in flour, browned and served in a sauce of lemon, butter and capers.

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Trump proved he still has juice with the GOP base, but at what cost?

Officials met Thursday, May 7, to celebrate an amendment to an agreement that allows the Diversion Authority to access $100 million in federal funding early.

Full access to the abortion pill mifepristone, including through telemedicine and the mail, will continue for at least three more days, the high court said on Monday.

Residents of Utqiagvik, the United States' northernmost city, will experience 84 days of midnight sun and uninterrupted daylight.

Join us on YouTube Live to learn about our Get Out the Vote postcard program for the 2026 midterms. We're also excited to share the results of our research measuring the effectiveness of our innovat...

If you’re not critical of Trump’s war in Iran, you probably haven’t been paying attention.

The quake struck between the islands of Manado and Ternate. Tsunami warnings have now been lifted.

Erie County, New York, officials said the cause of death was “complications of a perforated ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration.”

A 7-month-old baby in a stroller was killed by a stray bullet when a man on a moped shot at a group of people on a Brooklyn sidewalk.

Prosecutors in Galveston County say that in the 1980s, a man killed a teenager and helped hide the remains of a woman, two of the dozens of bodies found on land known as the Texas Killing Fields.

Thirty-five countries are set to meet Thursday to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. This vital shipping route has been shut to most traffic by the U.S.

A Trump family grift, a money switcheroo, a sleazy land grab, and shitty AI architecture all rolled into one.

A defence of food writing (and a recipe for rice pudding) as Nigella returns to her alma mater newspaper