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HBO's miniseries centers on a group of creatives working on a remake of the 1916 serial The Vampires. Part comedy, part satire of the film industry, Irma Vep is a winning combination.

Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order allowing the procedure to resume in some cases.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes his U.N. debut at a time when he's at the center of a U.S. political scandal. He had been hoping for international support to counter Russian aggression.

A new expiration date looms for some parts of the USA Patriot Act. Congress apparently is not close to agreement on some provisions, including authorization for the FBI to demand library and other business records.

The president defends his domestic surveillance program as a vital and necessary tool to fight terrorism. But Sen. Dick Durbin Dick Durbin (D-IL) echoed many in Congress, when he praised hearings looking into the administration's controversial policy.

Eleven people die in an Israeli attack on a bridge linking Lebanon to Syria in the country's north. Meanwhile, fierce fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli soldiers centered on the town of Marjayoun in Lebanon's south.

Iran remains the most active state sponsor of terrorism, and suicide bombings are up worldwide, says the State Department in its just-released annual report on global terrorism. Among the trends it identifies: More than half the deaths from global terror attacks in 2005 were in Iraq. And al-Qaida leaders are losing some control over global terrorist activity.

Gun control advocates say that legislation before Congress could make it difficult to shut down gun dealers who violate federal gun laws. Gun owners and gun makers say the issue is a red herring, raised by those who want to use a wave of lawsuits to bankrupt the gun industry.

Host Jennifer Ludden interviews Russian political scientist Yevgeniya Albats about the Russian view of this year's V-E Day celebrations. The date has had great traditional importance for Russians, who lost more than 20 million lives in the war against Nazi Germany. Albats says this year that many Muscovites are furious about being excluded from the festivities, because the city center is off limits to all but invited dignitaries.

The size of the outbreak wasn't immediately known. A lockdown has been imposed to try to control the spread of the virus.