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Mimosa cake is made of layers of sponge cake brushed with citrus liqueur and liberally spread with pastry cream, then topped with small cubes of even more sponge cake that are meant to mimic the small blooms of the mimosa flower. It's the taste of the Festa della Donna, an Italian holiday when women of all ages leave the menfolk behind to celebrate each other.

On Italy's Feminist Holiday, Women Have Their Cake And Eat It, Too

Leave it to the Italians to take a holiday steeped in women's rights and turn it into Festa Della Donna, when women leave menfolk behind to celebrate each other with flowers, wine and above all, cake.

Unalaska Students Excel at Foreign Language Competitions

Last weekend, nineteen students from Unalaska City High School traveled to Anchorage to compete in the Russian, Spanish, and German Language competitions.…

Edith Fuller, 5, outlasted much older competitors in a regional spelling bee, earning a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

At 5, Girl Becomes Youngest To Qualify For National Spelling Bee

The folks at Scripps are already calling Edith Fuller the latest "spellebrity." She beat eighth-graders and other students in Tulsa., Okla., to advance to the big bee.

FBI Director James Comey attends the Boston Conference of Cyber Security at Boston College on Wednesday, where he said he has no plans to leave his post before the end of his term.

'You're Stuck With Me,' FBI Director Says, Citing No Plans To Leave Job

James Comey told attendees at a cyber conference in Boston that he does not intend to leave before the end of his 10-year term. Comey has faced critics on both sides of the political spectrum.

Smoke from wildfires in Colorado hangs over the Denver skyline at sunrise on Monday.

At Least 6 People Have Died In Plains Wildfires

Wildfires are still burning out of control in Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Florida. The governor of Oklahoma has declared a state of emergency.

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, an independent who started the "En Marche!" (On the Move) movement, is neck and neck with National Front candidate Marine le Pen. Macron is seen here in Paris today.

French Newcomer Seen In Tight Race With Far Right's Le Pen For Presidency

Emmanuel Macron, 39, is a former investment banker who's running as an independent. He says he wants to "make France daring again."

President Trump walks across the South Lawn toward the White House on Sunday.

A Conspiracy A Month? Trump Calls For 2 Investigations — With No Evidence

As president, Trump's called for — with no evidence — investigations into alleged wiretapping by Obama and some 3 million to 5 million people he believes voted illegally.

U.S. Border Patrolmen Steve Shields (left) and Ed Pyeatt march five people to a holding center in Texas shortly after their apprehension in the desert in 1981.

How Did We Get To 11 Million Unauthorized Immigrants?

The story of how that population grew so large is a long one that's mostly about Mexico, and full of unintended consequences.

A man reads job advertisements in January 2017, in downtown Sao Paulo. Brazil is facing an unemployment crisis.

Brazil's Recession The Longest And Deepest In Its History, New Figures Show

Brazil's recession was already of historic proportions. Today, government figures from 2016 confirm that it has grown even worse. Nearly 13 million Brazilians are unemployed.

Newscast: 03/07/17

A fishing crew has been rescued off Unalaska Island; Republicans have revealed their plan for replacing the Affordable Care Act; and the Iditarod’s top…

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