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Tilda Swinton plays a literary scholar who has an encounter with a wish-granting genie, played by Idris Elba, in this flashy and ornate new fantasy film.

The food memoir now has a major shelf in most big bookstores. We asked Ruth Reichl, the editor of Gourmet magazine and the author of two food memoirs, to talk about some of her favorite books about food.

By day, Saint-Louis native Pape Dieye is a boat captain-turned-tour guide for a fancy hotel that caters to Westerners. By night, he turns down requests to smuggle human beings across the ocean.

Many Americans are contending with high inflation and housing costs. Military members and their families are no exception. It's been especially tough for those who have moved to new posts recently.

A Russian court has sentenced American Paul Whelan, accused of espionage, to 16 years in prison. He was arrested in 2018 at a hotel in Moscow. The former U.S. Marine says he was set up.

Charles Samuels is the first African American to run the U.S.l Bureau of Prisons that supervises more than 200,000 inmates nationwide. Samuels faces multiple challenges — from overcrowding in prisons to budget pressure in Congress.

As the presiding judge in Dominique Strauss-Kahn's sexual assault case put it, "I understand that the circumstances surrounding this case, from the viewpoint of the parties, have changed substantially."

Judges in New York have dismissed the sexual assault case against former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Prosecutors filed court papers saying they doubted the credibility of the accuser, a hotel housekeeper. Legal experts ponder how the case will impact others who say they're victims of sexual assault.

On Friday, the White House made documents available on the finances of many Trump administration officials, including Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Stephen Bannon.

In Switzerland, one town saw global warming coming and built a dam to stop it. The Swiss resort of Pontresina, near the Italian border, is 5,900 feet above sea level, which is on the high end — even in Switzerland. But higher still, right above the town, is a mass of warming permafrost.