One morning this summer, a 9-year-old girl from El Salvador picked through colorful markers at a Houston-area shelter for migrant children and crafted a letter to her mom. “I want to be with you already,” the little girl, M.R., wrote in misspelled, unpunctuated Spanish, adding hearts, a rainbow, and a large “I love you” surrounded…
The Golden State Valkyries brought to a conclusion a WNBA season that shattered viewership and attendance records with their first WNBA championship Saturday in a thrilling 68-63 victory over the Atlanta Dream in Game 7. Golden State star Gabby Williams paced the Valkyries with 30 points, 4 blocks and 3 steals in 38 minutes. The…
Alvin Hellerstein, a federal judge who for decades oversaw some of the country’s most high-profile cases, counting among his defendants presidents and CEOs, has died, a spokesperson for the Southern District of New York confirmed Wednesday. He was 92. At the time of his death, he was presiding over the criminal case of one former…
This was actress Parker Posey’s first headshot as a teenager. “How cute is this?” she laughed. Parker Posey It’s been a long time, but I still see this girl. “I’m still that girl, are you kidding?” she said. I met that girl in 1985, when we were both 16, at the North Carolina School of…
Jared Kushner is pushing back on a report involving a hacked iPhone, international spies and billion-dollar transfers from foreign governments. An upcoming book by journalist Matthew Cole claims Kushner, who is President Trump’s son-in-law, had access to more than $2 billion in “slush money funds” from Middle Eastern leaders in an attempt to influence U.S….
Rep. Ilhan Omar said she can’t keep living in the Washington, D.C., home that federal agents searched, because its address is now public and she is facing death threats. The Minnesota Democrat described the search and its aftermath in an interview Wednesday night with MS NOW’s Chris Hayes. She said she is working out where…
Paris — French officials were considering declaring a state of emergency and implementing local curfews Monday as the nation reeled from a weekend of violence. Widespread anti-government protests in many large cities descended into riots, with damage to historic properties and thousands of arrests. In hard-hit Marseille, France’s second-largest city, all large gatherings were banned…
With midterm elections just two weeks away, there are concerns that the federal government’s pressure on election officials is breeding distrust in the system. Federal agents have seized ballots, and voting machines have been examined. The Justice Department is locked in legal battles with states across the country over information about individual voters and this…
In most of the country, autumn is campaign season. But in Michigan it is also cider season. The Franklin Cider Mill is an institution in suburban Detroit that churns out hot donuts and ice-cold cider slushies. Between bites, we asked visitors to assess the state of their wallets three weeks before Election Day. “I would…
Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest shipwreck off the coast of Turkey, dating it to between 4,400 and 4,700 years old. The structure of the ship has not survived the nearly five millennia underwater, but its contents of clay jars have been preserved surprisingly well, with some still containing traces of what they transported over…
