Vatican Looks for God in the Stars

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14 May Vatican Looks for God in the Stars BY Barbie Latza Nadeau Pope Francis urges deep space explorers not to fear the truth about what’s out there. Mother’s Day Founder Hated Her Holiday BY Gil Troy Anna Jarvis spent her life combating the day’s commercialism, disrupting candy conventions, hounding public officials—fighting her baby to save it. These Twitter Bots Tried to Steal France BY Kevin Poulsen The Macron hack and the Twitter push that amplified it struck many as eerily reminiscent of Russia’s meddling in the US election—and for good reason. McCarthy’s Spicer Makes Out with Trump BY Marlow Stern The funniest performance on television is back—but is it for the last time? David McCullough on Reading History as Resistance BY John Avlon Reading American history is an act of resistance against the rise of idiocracy. Devil in the City of Light BY Marc Wortman Robin Hood or the French H.H. Holmes? Depicted as evil incarnate, 240 years ago Antoine Francois Desues went to his death for his crimes, but was he the monster his executioners claimed? London’s Paradise For Pink Floyd Fans BY Nico Hines Pink Floyd’s majestic sound, as heard in ‘The Wall’ and ‘The Dark Side of The Moon,’ became intertwined with their sets, props and album art—as an exhibition at London’s V&A museum reveals.   SEE MORE STORIES     CHEAT SHEET 1  TERRIFYING Cyberattacks ‘Expand’ to 150 Countries More than 100,000 organizations have been affected by the international hacks, Europol says. 2  FRESH FACE Macron Inaugurated as French President A week after winning presidential election. 3  TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT North Korea Tests Ballistic Missile Projectile lands just 60 miles from Russia. 4  FIRESTORM Trump ‘Surprised’ over Comey Backlash Echoing reports that his administration was not expecting the negative backlash it received. 5  BACKLASH Clapper: Comey Firing Disturbing to FBI Former DNI dishes on Trump’s dismissal of Comey.   KEEP CHEATING   More From The Beast U.S. A Watergate Widow Finally Speaks BY Natalia Megas Politics For Mother's Day I Want a Useful Husband BY Jancee Dunn World News Who’s Killing Women Tourists in Panama? BY Jeremy Kryt THE DAILY BEAST  |  ABOUT US  |  CONTACT US © Copyright 2017 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your Web browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add thedailybeast@e2.thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you have changed your mind and no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe here.