1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1857+ words) Award-winning actress and writer Liza Jessie Peterson performed her one-woman show in dozens of prisons before visiting Louisiana's Angola Prison. Although she had permission to perform and bring a camera crew, authorities at the prison shut down the play in…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (949+ words) Hemorrhoids, leg cramps, sciatica — oh my! Alongside the joy of pregnancy often comes a parade of physical discomfort that can spur the phrase: “Am I supposed to feel like this?” As your body grows and shifts, your body’s internal pressure…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (622+ words) Federal regulators have launched a review of so-called “mention markets” on prediction market sites, where bettors wager millions of dollars on the word choice of everyone from President Trump to soccer sportscasters, according to two people with direct knowledge of…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (158+ words) Tommy John changed baseball with an elbow surgery that bears his name WLIW The major league pitcher Tommy John was the first person to undergo surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow — the procedure that has…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (180+ words) Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, ran an at-times bitter campaign against Rep. Angie Craig. With endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Flanagan was the latest in a series of progressive Democrats to win primaries as the…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (627+ words) President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war — one that has gone on longer than predicted — can reshape a presidency. Behind the scenes and in public remarks, Trump has acknowledged seeking an agreement…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1792+ words) It was one of the worst acts of civilian killing in Russia’s war on Ukraine. The bombing of a theater in Mariupol came to symbolize Ukrainian sacrifice, and revealed Putin’s true intentions. On an encore of Compass Points, Nick Schifrin…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (72+ words) New HBO documentary ‘Monsters of God’ explores the world of illegal reptile smuggling WLIW The lure of exotic reptiles and the illegal industry that it’s fostered are the subjects of the new HBO documentary series “Monsters of God.” The show…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (443+ words) Ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina said she plans to return to her country despite being sentenced to death by a court there during her two-year exile. In her first public address since fleeing to India after a violent crackdown on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (420+ words) Vote counting went through the night and into the morning before the race was decided. Now El-Sayed will face former Rep. Mike Rogers this fall for the Senate seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. The match up is…...