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Bryan Cranston stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday. Since the Emmy winner turned 60 in March, Kimmel thought a belated celebration was in order. Watch My Super Sweet 60, a glorious MTV spoof, below. Cranston's Breaking Bad co-stars, Bob Odenkirk and Aaron Paul, really came through.

Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist is the 3-5 favorite to win Saturday's Preakness Stakes in Baltimore. The undefeated bay colt will likely see a rainy track, which could give competitors skilled at running through mud, like Exaggerator and Cherry Wine, a huge advantage. But trainer Doug O'Neill isn't worried, The Associated Press reports.

Mister Ed star Alan Young died Thursday of natural causes, the Motion Picture & Television Fund said Friday. He was 96.

Mark Cuban would "absolutely" consider signing on as Hillary Clinton's running mate if asked, the billionaire entrepreneur told NBC's Meet the Press in an interview set to air Sunday.

President Obama signed a bill into law Friday that strikes derogatory terms for minorities, including "Oriental" and "Negro," from federal law, The Hill reports.

Mexico approved the extradition of drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to the U.S. on Friday. The U.S. apparently guaranteed he would not face the death penalty, which is not used in Mexico, ABC News reports.

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The National Rifle Association endorsed Donald Trump for president Friday at the NRA-ILA leadership forum in Louisville, Kentucky. Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA-ILA, offered the endorsement before Trump took the stage for an address. The NRA's announcement comes much earlier than the organization's endorsements typically do; GOP nominee Mitt Romney was not supported by the NRA until October 2012.

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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) vetoed a bill Friday that... Читать дальше...

There are 157 U.S. cases of pregnant women who have the Zika virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. That's more than triple the previous number, due to both new cases and a change in how cases are reported, CNN reports.

Vladimir Putin is a thug. On this, I suspect, most people outside his country's borders would agree. In recent years, Russia's new czar has started a new Cold War, invaded and annexed Crimea, ignited a civil war in Ukraine, and propped up a genocidal dictator in Syria. At home, journalists and opposition leaders who've dared to criticize Putin have been beaten, jailed, shot, and poisoned. Now we've learned the lying dictator even rigged the Olympic Games in Sochi, turbocharging his athletes with... Читать дальше...

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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) vetoed a bill Friday that would've effectively banned abortions in the state by making it a felony for doctors to perform them. There was an exception only for doctors performing abortions on women whose lives are at risk, The Washington Post reports.

Sherman Alexie is a Native American novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Here's his favorite reads about exploring your origins and seeing yourself clearly:

This week's question: An Israeli man recently requested a restraining order against God, saying that he was fed up with the Almighty treating him "harshly and not nicely." In no more than seven words, please come up with an advertising slogan for a law firm seeking to represent people with divine grievances.