Sarah Silverman's musical "The Bedwetter" is largely autobiographical but she says its themes of self-awareness and taking care of one another are especially important right now.

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In a dramatic development in Israel, authorities said after forensic testing that a body returned by Hamas is not who the militants claimed it to be.

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The Damascus neighborhood of the man who has been leading Syria's new caretaker government celebrates his new role and reflects on the last 14 years of civil war.