Season 12 of The Real Housewives of New York finally premiered last night, and it was everything we needed and more. Not only did we get to see what Dorinda, Luanne, Sonja, Tinsley, and Ramona have been up to since we last saw them, but new castmember, Leah McSweeney, also made her fabulous debut. We learned quite a few things about the hilarious, New York native, including her 2002 arrest — mugshot and all — and the interesting way her 12-year-old daughter, Kiki, found out about it.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — During this brutal news year, Lester Holt has concluded that telling stories isn’t enough. The “NBC Nightly News” anchor frequently ends his broadcasts now with commentaries, an unusual departure for network evening newscasts that have more than a half century’s track record of playing it straight.

Read the text of the Empire discussion on Cuba’s fraught relations with the US – and whether change is on the way. This is the transcript for the episode “The US and Cuba: Obsession”. Marwan Bishara: After five centuries of conflict, five decades of hostilities and five years of ambiguity – Carlos Alzugaray: The Americans have towards Cuba something called an obsessive disorder. Marwan Bishara: Has change finally come to Cuba and US-Cuban relations?

This is the hunky professor and former police lieutenant dating Wendy Williams - the man the talk show host confessed she's 'crazy about' to her studio audience on Monday. Bronx based Dr. Darrin Porcher, 52, is a retired NYPD detective, criminal justice professor and 9/11 hero, as well as a TV and radio commentator and regular contributor to DailyMailTV. He also appears on Fox, CNN, MSNBC and HLN and has appeared on The Wendy Williams Show in the past.

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s decision to expel more than 1.5 million allegedly undocumented Afghan refugees and migrants has once again triggered tensions with the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Since October 31 when a government deadline for the refugees to leave Pakistan or face detention ended, more than 200,000 Afghans have crossed into Afghanistan, officials said, amid stringent criticism by Kabul. “This is injustice, an injustice that cannot be ignored in any way. The forced expulsion of people is in conflict with all the norms of good neighbourliness,”  Bilal Karimi, spokesperson for the Afghan government, told Al Jazeera on Monday.