| New Orleans flooding, Peggy Lipton and Alyssa Milano make up the weekend's top news. |  | | | | | | | | | | | Trump hits diplomatic rocks in North Korea, Venezuela and Iran | | Venezuela's president is calling President Donald Trump foolish for trying to oust him. Kim Jong Un is testing Trump's resolve in North Korea negotiations. And Iran's leaders are finding new ways to defy the president's " maximum pressure" campaign. In short, Trump's foreign policy agenda is hitting the diplomatic rocks , with potentially disastrous results. Some say it's by design. Others say it's a result of misguided policies and undisciplined decision-making inside the White House. Either way, Trump has suffered a series of stunning foreign policy setbacks this week, raising fresh questions about his approach to military engagement and international affairs. Trump also wants fundamental changes in China trade policy. The U.S. and China ended talks Friday without a new agreement. | New Orleans slammed with heavy rains, flooding streets | | Heavy rains swamped New Orleans on Sunday, inundating streets and stranding cars as three to four inches of rain fell across the city, according to the National Weather Service, which warned of "life-threatening" flash flooding. It's been wet all over the Gulf Coast the last few days, but New Orleans was one of the hardest hit. NOLA.com reported that 11,500 New Orleans residents were without power early Sunday. The worst of the rain was moving into the Florida Panhandle, but the city could expect to be dealing with flooding issues for some time. At least half of New Orleans is at or below sea level and suffered catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. |  | | Workers open bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, to divert rising water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, upriver from New Orleans, in Norco, La., Friday, May 10, 2019. Torrential rains in Louisiana brought such a rapid rise on the river that the Army Corps of Engineers is opening the major spillway four days earlier than planned. Spokesman Ricky Boyett says the river rose six inches in 24 hours, with more rain expected through the weekend. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ORG XMIT: LAGH103 | | Gerald Herbert, AP | | Lakers pick up a new coach as the Warriors send the Rockets home | | It was another eventful weekend in the NBA, beginning with the Warriors' series-clinching win over Houston: Stephen Curry erupted for 33 second-half points in the victory, earning praise from LeBron James and Dwayne Wade in the process (not to mention the Warriors owner, who said he wants Curry and Klay Thompson to stay with the team "forever.") The defending champs – even without the injured Kevin Durant – aren't showing any signs of slowing down . Off the court, the Lakers found a new head coach – Frank Vogel, who used to be with Indiana and Orlando. He has a tall task at hand. Oh, and Dennis Rodman was accused of stealing a 400-pound crystal from a yoga studio. | Peggy Lipton, star of 'Mod Squad' and 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 72 | | Peggy Lipton, the actress who rose to fame in TV's groundbreaking 1960s series "The Mod Squad" and starred in the 1990s series "Twin Peaks," has died at age 72 of cancer . The news was confirmed by her two daughters Kidada and Rashida Jones (star of TV's "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation"), from Lipton's 15-year marriage to music producer Quincy Jones. "She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side," the statement said. Lipton played Julie Barnes, an undercover "hippie cop" on "The Mod Squad" from 1968 to 1973. In the 1990s, she starred in the TV series "Twin Peaks." Lipton also appeared in the show's 2017 revival. | Duchess Meghan marks her first Mother's Day with Archie's baby toes | | Duchess Meghan is celebrating her first Mother's Day. The Duchess of Sussex, 37, officially joined motherhood with the birth of Archie Harrison just days before Mother's Day is observed in the United States, although the U.K. celebrated the special day on March 31 this year. In honor of the holiday, the new parents shared a sweet picture Sunday of Meghan cradling the royal baby's toes on their official Instagram account. The touching post also paid homage to Prince Harry's late mother, Princess Diana, by showcasing her favorite flowers in the background: forget-me-nots. |  | | The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their baby son, Archie, during a photo call in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain on May 8, 2019. | | Domic Lipinski, PA via EPA-EFE | | Alyssa Milano calls for a sex strike against anti-abortion laws | | Alyssa Milano called for followers to join her in a sex strike to protest anti-abortion laws – and the response has not been great. The actress and activist, 46, took to Twitter late Friday after one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws was signed in Georgia that week. "Our reproductive rights are being erased. Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy," she wrote in a tweet that trended with over 17,000 likes and 14,000 replies. The attention wasn't all positive: "Bribing men for equal rights with access to our bodies is not how feminism works," one Twitter user said. | Pence to Christian grads: 'Be ready' for 'little tolerance' | | Vice President Mike Pence delivered the commencement address at Liberty University on Saturday, and his remarks were personal. Pence, who has been facing criticisms of his own religious views recently, warned graduates at the Lynchburg, Virginia, school that they have to stay strong against the challenges they'll get from Hollywood, the media and the secular left. "Some of the loudest voices for tolerance today have little tolerance for traditional Christian beliefs," Pence told students at Liberty, one of the world's largest Christian schools. "Be ready." |  | | Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr., left, speaks with Vice President Mike Pence at the Liberty University commencement ceremony in Lynchburg, Va., on Saturday, May 11, 2019. | | Taylor Irby, AP | | Harvard Law professor representing Weinstein out as faculty dean | | A Harvard Law School professor working on Harvey Weinstein's legal defense team has been let go as a faculty dean by the school. Neither Ronald Sullivan Jr. nor his wife, Stephanie Robinson, will continue as deans of Harvard's Winthrop House when their terms end next month, the university said Saturday. Sullivan has been under fire from students after he emerged as one of the attorneys representing Weinstein in the media mogul's upcoming trial.Weinstein faces multiple sex-crime charges. |  | | Harvey Weinstein's attorneys Ronald Sullivan, left, and Jose Baez, Jan. 25, 2019, in New York. | | Julio Cortez/ AP | | A helium shortage may deflate MRIs and airbags | | A global helium shortage could burst the bubble for all businesses that rely on the gas to lift weather balloons, large blimps, and, yes, the balloons at your kid's birthday bash that make your voice sound like a chipmunk. But the shortage is potentially deflating for a whole range of other purposes : Helium is used in deep sea diving, airbags, cryogenics, rocket fuel, MRI machines and in areas of tech that include fiber optics and semiconductors. The shortages gained a lot of attention Thursday after Party City announced that it would be shutting down 45 stores this year. | | | | | | | | MORE ARTICLES | | | | | | | |
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