It was not Harriet Jacob's nature to give up without a fight. Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs would thwart repeated sexual advancements made by her master for years, then run away to the North.

By Grace Ashford and Benjamin Oreskes A New York judge rejected a motion by lawyers for Gov. Kathy Hochul to dismiss lawsuits challenging her decision to halt the tolling program. By Ana Ley and ...

Did you have "Kathy Bates plays a septuagenarian lawyer in a shockingly good 'Matlock' reboot on CBS" on your 2024 TV bingo card? Because I sure didn't! But in this day and age on TV − with the ...

"The pictures on the red carpet were so different from any pictures I'd ever had taken on a red carpet," the actress tells PEOPLE Kathy Bates had an emotional experience prepping for the 2024 ...

Kathy Bates wants to set the record straight regarding her massive weight loss. The “Misery” star, 76, shared in a new interview that she has lost 80 pounds over the past seven years by ...

Kathy Bates won an Oscar in 1991 for her magnificent performance in the Stephen King thriller "Misery" – but it wasn't until recently that she realized she'd thanked her mother in her acceptance ...

Sam Jacobs is Editor in Chief at TIME where he leads TIME’s global newsroom and its journalism across all platforms. Since joining TIME in 2013, Jacobs has held a variety of senior editorial ...

Actor Kathy Bates is taking on a new role in the CBS legal drama series, "Matlock," at a time she said she considered going into semi-retirement. "Then all of the sudden, I got this script ...

Casting Kathy Bates is another: It’s hard to imagine anyone better suited to channel that particular kind of sly Southern charm. But the procedural, which purports to be a gender-flipped version ...