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The Brazilian state oil company has a new chief executive and her name is Maria das Gracas Foster. Petrobras is the world's fifth-largest oil producer, and Foster becomes the first woman to run a top-five oil company. This comes as the firm looks to double its production by 2020. The company's stocks surged on news of the appointment.

Also on Twitter this week are conversations about blackface after two top Democrats in Virginia admitted to wearing blackface in the 1980s.

A monkey took a fall right on top of a transformer at a power station. This tripped the transformer and caused a blackout. The monkey is fine, being cared for by the Kenya Wildlife Service.

The gut-wrenching film about the struggles of living under England's welfare system won the top prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

Recode's Edmund Lee joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to talk about some of the top tech stories in the news.

The former sports doctor who admitted to molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday as the judge declared: "I just signed your death warrant."

On a hill at the top of the Benedictine College campus in Atchison, Kansas, monks live much the same way they did centuries ago.

The top question on many minds at the U.N. General Assembly: How will Trump's "America First" message mesh with the rest of the world?

The outer layer is a clear plastic bag topped by that hanger flap that reads "We Love Our Customers." The "Cape Sheer Overlay Dress" might be best worn with something underneath.

The world's top Catholic bishops are set to meet at the Vatican next month to discuss sex abuse by the clergy. We take a look at the impact of those revelations on Boston's Catholic community.