The actress, who was also known for her roles as rookie cop Julia Brasher in the police drama Bosch, and engineer Emma Whitmore in the science-fiction series Timeless, died of cancer, her representative confirmed to Deadline. Wersching made her debut as a guest character named Liana in Star Trek: Enterprise in 2002, and went on play Lily Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries, Leslie Dean on Runaways, and Rosalind Dyer in The Rookie....

While anorexia can cause serious health problems including death, it isn’t always easy to recognize, even by the people who have the disorder themselves. Diagnostic tools exist to help determine if a person has anorexia, and aid in determining a treatment plan. Professional Screenings In non-emergency situations, the process of diagnosing anorexia usually begins with an initial overall assessment from a healthcare provider. During this assessment, the healthcare provider will take the person’s medical and psychiatric history, including their family history, and perform a full physical examination....

As the white father of an adopted black child, I was inspired to read the excerpt of Ellis Cose’s book (“12 Things You Must Know to Survive and Thrive in America”) in your Jan. 28 issue. He is a great thinker, out front on this issue, and I intend to read his book to my 9-year-old to show him that there are no limits to what he can be, regardless of his troubled history before he came into our family....

Another Classroom Shooting I read your cover story “Did Kayla Have to Die?” (U.S. Affairs, March 13) with total horror and disgust. It is a national disgrace that the world’s leading democracy should tolerate such outrages without enacting the necessary legislation to severely restrict and preferably ban all handguns outright. The British government, after two massacres (Hungerford, England, in 1987 and Dunblane, Scotland, in 1996), rose to the occasion by confiscating and/or restricting the types of weapons involved in these incidents....

“I don’t expect to win, but I do expect to make a difference,” the out Fischerspooner singer said in a video. “As a working artist, the only way I know how to deal with our current political crisis is to go towards the problem. I’ve been complacent in the past. No more.” He blamed his earlier complacency on “my white privilege” and distrust of the political system. “By never having felt an immediate threat to me or my lifestyle....

Federal investigators know Muslims of the Americas by another name: “Al-Fuqra,” Arabic for “the impoverished.” Once written off as an inconsequential splinter group, Al-Fuqra is now considered perhaps the most dangerous fundamentalist sect operating in the United States. Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, alleged to be the spiritual inspiration for the World Trade Center bombing, may be the most notorious Islamic cleric on American soil. But Al-Fuqra and its Pakistani founder, Sheik Mubarak Shah Jilani, have perpetrated far more havoc....

But the leaker wasn’t Ray and the motive, as nearly as anyone could tell, wasn’t political. In fact, the story resulted from some quick work by an Associated Press reporter and a bit of indiscretion by a federal appellate judge, Richard D. Cudahy. Cudahy, who was appointed by Jimmy Carter, is a member of the three-judge panel that oversees Ray’s office. Last week the panel disclosed that it had voted–unanimously–to extend the life of Ray’s investigation for another year....

But when will progress come? The richest and most populous country in Black Africa has never managed to govern itself democratically for very long. Corruption is endemic; an every-man-for-himself attitude permeates society. A widespread sense of political helplessness makes military coups seem inevitable. Abacha is the sixth officer to seize power since 1966. “In 33 years of independence, we’ve had 23 years of these army people, and we’ve gone backward economically, socially and politically,” says Beko Ransome-Kuti, head of the Campaign for Democracy, an umbrella organization whose strikes and demonstrations have paralyzed Lagos several times since last spring....

Like Susan Smith, Zile fabricated a frightening tale to conceal an ugly crime – and like Smith, she exploited the news media in a desperate attempt to keep her secret. Zile played the role of grieving mother extremely well. She said she and Christina had planned a day at the beach. In her car, she had planted a bathing suit and a half-empty fruit-drink container to support the story. She brought a doll to her press conference and told reporters it was Christina’s favorite: police suspect she bought it as a prop....

The 49ers free-agent wide receiver will be signed at some point soon this offseason season, by the contender he wants and the contender that also wants him. But earlier this week, we got a poorer explanation of why he isn’t already signed, via MMQB.com’s Albert Breer. Now, the first part of this “slam” is Captain Obvious. Boldin is 35, which is, you know, old for an NFL player. The second part, however, is a bit cheap, because it lacks context....

Elgort also had to become almost fluent in Japanese to take on the role of Jake Adelstein in the new HBO Max show. Tokyo Vice, produced by Michael Mann, is based on Adelstein’s real life experiences working as an American reporter at a Japanese newspaper in the ’90s, where his work got deadly attention from the Yakuza. Elgort, co-star and Oscar-nominated actor Ken Watanabe, and Tokyo Vice creator J.T. Rogers spoke to Newsweek ahead of the show’s launch....

Early on, “The Namesake” transports us from a humid, crowded, colorful Calcutta living room—where young Ashoke (Irrfan Khan) meets his bride-to-be, Ashima (Tabu)—to a bare, wintry New York apartment where the couple, who barely know each other, begin their new life in America. The transition is a visceral and visual shock: we feel in our bones the deracination and loneliness of the immigrant facing a world from which all familiar signposts have been removed....

Two law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told Newsweek on Sunday that Anthony Quinn Warner, the 63-year-old suspect killed in the 6:30 a.m. explosion in downtown Nashville, had not been monitored by or known to the FBI’s Guardian Program—which tracks possible counter-terrorism threats with the Counterterrorism Division (CTD) and Guardian Management Unit (GMU)—until a tip linked his RV to an image authorities released following the attack. “He is either a criminal mastermind or a dude who flew completely under the radar,” one law enforcement officer told Newsweek....

Plants With High Levels of Anthraquinones The following plants have high levels of anthraquinones: Aloe Cascara sagrada Frangula (buckthorn) Rhubarb Senna Anthraquinones can also be found in lower amounts in other types of vegetables and herbs. Anthraquinone derivatives play an important role in many types of medications, including cancer drugs. Physical Effects Anthraquinones are potent laxatives and can be irritating to both the upper and lower parts of the gastrointestinal tract....

“We can propose all the ideas and plans we want, but nothing will fundamentally change until we have the guts to take on the most powerful corporate interests in America,” the senator’s website page reads. “That is why I am proud to announce the modern-day oligarchs who oppose our movement.” The webpage also quoted President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the champion of the New Deal program, who once asked Americans to “judge me by the enemies I have made....

The graffiti was found on May 9 at Bates College, a liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. The graffiti, which was reportedly done with chalk, consisted of phrases such as “Stop ethnic cleansing,” “Free Palestine” and “Israel is killing innocent people,” according to pictures in a student organization’s Instagram post. Other graffiti not featured in the post but reported by campus officials included profanity aimed at Israel and Zionism, such as “F**k Zionist Israel” and “STFU Israel....

The protesters took to the streets as the state’s seven-day average number of cases reached 5,511 on Saturday, the highest level recorded since April 27 when the average count stood at 5,844, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). One protester was seen pouring fuel over a pile of masks at Washington Square Park, in Manhattan, as onlookers shouted “no more masks, burn the masks,” according to video footage captured by local news site Freedomnews....

The video, posted to Reddit on Sunday, showed the man, who identified himself as Andre Duran, arguing and telling the store manager he was having trouble breathing while wearing a face mask. The store manager asked Duran to step outside and catch his breath, and when he refused, she threatened to call the police. “I have asked you to step outside and catch your breath,” the manager is heard saying as Duran walks away from her....

The province of East Java is cracking down on the wearing of face masks in a bid to stem the rise in coronavirus cases. Local media reports that the punishment was meted out in the Cerme district where its head, Suyono, hoped that digging graves would act as a deterrent to anyone else considering flouting the face mask rule. The Jakarta Post reported that Suyono was determined to force people to wear the masks and said: “There are only three available gravediggers at the moment so I thought I might as well put these people to work with them....