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During Saturday Night Live's cold open, the show came off looking a little bit more like Seinfeld. Kate McKinnon and Seinfeld co-creator Larry David faced off in a spoof of Thursday's Democratic debate as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, but one famous fictional New Yorker stole the show with her questions.

Saturday Night Live took on newly enacted laws in North Carolina and Mississippi that allow for anti-LGBT discrimination in the name of religious freedom. Watch their fake movie trailer for a religious baker in a tough predicament. It's wonderfully titled God is a Boob Man.

Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, refused on Fox News Sunday to apologize to former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields after allegedly yanking her at a March campaign event and leaving bruises.

Hillary Clinton isn't bothered by Donald Trump calling her "Crooked Hillary," she said Sunday on ABC's This Week.

The Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 104-78 on Saturday in Game 1 of the first round of the NBA playoffs, but the team's news wasn't all good. In the second quarter, star point guard Steph Curry turned his right ankle and mostly sat out afterward.

Comedian Rosie O'Donnell didn't pull any punches when asked for commentary on Donald Trump, who has bashed her throughout the primary race.

The U.S. transferred nine Guantánamo prisoners to Saudi Arabia on Saturday as part of a years-long diplomatic effort to get the nation to accept detainees from neighboring Yemen.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) picked up all 14 delegates awarded at Wyoming's Republican convention Saturday. At earlier county conventions, Cruz notched 10 of 12 delegates, with one going to Donald Trump and another unbound. Campaigning in New York on Saturday, Trump once again criticized the Republican Party's nominating process, calling the delegate system "rigged." The Wyoming success is the latest in the Cruz campaign's effort to pick up small wins that could keep Trump from snagging... Читать дальше...

At least 262 people died after Ecuador was hit Saturday with its strongest earthquake since 1979, The Associated Press reports. Thousands more were injured. President Rafael Correa declared a national state of emergency.

At least 233 people died after Ecuador was hit Saturday with its strongest earthquake since 1979, The Associated Press reports. Hundreds more were injured. President Rafael Correa declared a national state of emergency.

The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott (Everyman's Library, $67.50). This stunning tetralogy of novels is set in 1940s India. It focuses on a small group of people —mostly British, but some Indian — caught up in World War II, the independence movement, and then the tragic, violent partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan. Few writers display such deep human and political awareness.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) picked up all 14 delegates awarded at Wyoming's Republican convention Saturday, CNN reports. At earlier county conventions, Cruz notched 10 of 12 delegates, with one going to Donald Trump and another unbound.

Almost as soon as I arrived in Manhattan to seek my fortune, I backed into a knuckle-bruising battle with Playboy's Hugh Hefner.

Say hello to "the world's most relaxing piece of technical clothing." The Vollebak Baker-Miller Pink Hoodie ($310), developed by two adventure sports enthusiasts, is engineered to calm down a wearer before a strenuous physical challenge, says HiConsumption.com. The visor, which masks the face without blocking the user's vision, is made in a shade of pink proven to lower heart rate, and the visor's shape encourages nose-breathing. The goal is to activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which controls rest and recovery. Читать дальше...

The Republican presidential race could end in the first contested convention in decades. It's a complex process, to say the least. Here's everything you need to know: