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Lady Gaga performs during The 59th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 12, 2017

A Day After Coachella Database Is Hacked, Lady Gaga Announced To Replace Beyoncé

Gaga will take over the Saturday night headliner slot at the desert festival.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 officers search the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada after an employee received a suspicious phone call that led about 10 people to evacuate the building on Feb. 27. Jewish institutions across the nation have received more than 120 bomb threats in the past two months

DHS To Help Jewish Community Centers Enhance Security Protocols

Across the nation, Jewish Community Centers have been targeted by threatening calls and vandalism. Now, they may be getting help.

Two mobile launchers landed in South Korea late Monday, part of a missile defense system that the U.S. military says is meant to defend the country against a North Korean attack.

U.S. Sends First Parts Of THAAD Missile Defense System To South Korea

China has opposed the move, which the U.S. is calling a defensive measure against North Korea. Chinese state-run media warned that THAAD's presence will bring an "arms race in the region."

Joey Bada$$ in the video for "Land of the Free," which he co-directed with Nathan R. Smith.

Joey Bada$$, With The Strong 'Land Of The Free,' Finds A Target

The video serves as the most recent example of mainstream rap's potent return to pointed sociopolitical critique.

Judith Ausah (left) and Evelyn Sewodey create solar panels at the Lady Volta Vocational Center for Electricity and Solar Power in Ghana. "At first, I thought it was man's work," says Ausah, whose 2-month-old daughter stays in the school nursery. "But I came here and saw that, yes, women can do it."

Giving Power To Women In Ghana

A school is teaching them to be electrical engineers — and to defy local stereotypes that engineering is a man's job.

A seal at the CIA headquarters, photographed in February 2016. The alleged CIA documents reveal a hacking program that is very different from the one uncovered by Edward Snowden's NSA leak.

The CIA Document Dump Isn't Exactly Snowden 2.0. Here's Why

The alleged CIA documents reveal a hacking program that is very different from the one uncovered by Edward Snowden's NSA leak. One distinction: Mass surveillance vs. targeted attacks.

Mimosa cake is made of layers of sponge cake brushed with citrus liqueur and liberally spread with pastry cream, then topped with small cubes of even more sponge cake that are meant to mimic the small blooms of the mimosa flower. It's the taste of the Festa della Donna, an Italian holiday when women of all ages leave the menfolk behind to celebrate each other.

On Italy's Feminist Holiday, Women Have Their Cake And Eat It, Too

Leave it to the Italians to take a holiday steeped in women's rights and turn it into Festa Della Donna, when women leave menfolk behind to celebrate each other with flowers, wine and above all, cake.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange held a news conference Thursday that was livestreamed from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

Julian Assange Says WikiLeaks Will Share CIA Code With Tech Companies

WikiLeaks on Tuesday disclosed the hacking tools from the so-called Vault 7 series. Now Assange says his group will be working with big manufacturers to develop fixes.

French firefighters and police officers secure Orly airport outside Paris on Saturday following the shooting of a man by French security forces. The attacker was known to French authorities, and his home had been searched following attacks in 2015.

Man Shot Dead At France's Orly Airport After He Attempts To Steal Soldier's Weapon

French officials identified the attacker as a 39-year-old man born in France, whose home had been searched in the aftermath of attacks in Paris in 2015.

Anyone who has read or seen <em></em>Victor Hugo's masterpiece knows the plot of <em>Les Miserables</em> turns on the theft of a simple loaf of bread. There was no sharper barometer of economic status in 19th-century France than bread.

Let Them Eat Bread: The Theft That Helped Inspire 'Les Miserables'

Anyone who has read or seen Victor Hugo's masterpiece knows the plot turns on the theft of a simple loaf of bread. There was no sharper barometer of economic status in 19th-century France than bread.

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