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☆ ‘Tortured Poets Department’: A listener’s guide to references hidden in Taylor Swift’s lyrics
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Taylor Swift released “The Tortured Poets Department” on Friday, a 31-track surprise double album, and she’s clearly in an emotionally evolved era. Either way, as the title suggests in this song, she’s determined to get him back. ‘I Hate it Here’“This place made me feel worthless,” Swift sings. Others have connected the Cassandra that Swift sings about to the figure in Greek mythology, a priestess whose accurate prophecies were not believed. ‘The Bolter’“As she was leaving it felt like breathing,” Swift sings.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Swift, Department ”, you’ll, Post Malone, Swift, “, pining, ” “ I’ve, ”, ‘, Matty Healy, Joe Alwyn, Healy, Lucy, Jack –, Lucy Dacus, Jack Antonoff, –, Charlie Puth, ” Swift, iHeartRadio, ’, Alwyn, Swift’s, Taylor Swift, Christopher Polk, Orville Peck, Florence, Florence Welch, you’d, Welch, Emma Stone, “ Who’s, Edward Albee’s, Virginia Woolf, We’ve, Rich Polk, Aaron Dessner, ” Ouch, frontman’s, Travis Kelce, ‘ Clara Bow ’, Stevie Nicks –, Ryan Reynolds ’, Clara Bow, Swift longingly, doesn’t, ’ Swift, ‘ Nuff, Chloe, Sam, Sophia, Marcus ’, Reynolds, Blake Lively’s, Betty, James, Inez –, you’re, Kelce, Ezra Shaw, aIMee ’, Aimee, Kim Kardashian, she’s, “ KIM, you’ve, ‘ Cassandra ’, Kardashian, Cassandra, ‘ Peter ’, Peter Pan, Peter ”, Peter, Dessner, ‘ Robin ’ Organizations: CNN, Department, GQ, NBC, NBCU, Bank, Getty, YouTube, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Marvel, Windows, Disney Locations: British, London, Beverly Hills, ‘ Florida, Florida, Anaheim, London’s Vauxhall, Las Vegas, Cardigan

☆ Opinion: After Super Tuesday, the dreaded rematch is real
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Opinion Patrick T. Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But there’s also the loud minority of “Never Trump” Republicans, represented by figures like former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger or former New Jersey Gov. In North Carolina, exit polls suggest Trump won a slim majority of Republican voters with a college degree. But there’s a third camp: the reluctant Republican stalwarts who are neither Always Trump nor Never Trump. In general, these Republicans tend to seek traditionally defined conservative policy victories – from school choice to tax cuts to a strong national defense. But they can also see the potential for conservative policy victories in a second Trump administration.

Persons: Patrick T, Brown, Joe Biden, pollsters, Donald Trump, denialism, suburbanites, MAGA, ”, there’s, Adam Kinzinger, Christine Todd Whitman, Trump’s, they’ve, Trump, Nikki Haley, Glenn Youngkin, Brian Kemp, aren’t, –, Inez Feltscher Stepman, Biden, FDR, Harris, Roe, Wade –, Dobbs, Wade, slog Organizations: Public Policy Center, Economic, Twitter, CNN, Biden, Trump, GOP, Republican, “, Trump ” Republicans, Illinois Rep, New, New Jersey Gov, Hilton, Republicans, Virginia Gov, Georgia Gov, Supreme, Independent, American, Democratic, Super Locations: Washington , DC, America, South Carolina, New Jersey, North Carolina, Charleston, Columbia, Georgia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Gaza

☆ U.S. Plans to Deport Mexican Man Acquitted in Kathryn Steinle Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Hamed Aleaziz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United States plans to deport the Mexican man who was acquitted of killing Kathryn Steinle, a woman whose 2015 death while strolling along a San Francisco pier fueled a fierce national debate over immigration, officials said Thursday. Donald J. Trump, then a presidential candidate, highlighted the case in his attacks on migration and sanctuary cities. Jose Inez Garcia Zarate was acquitted by a jury in November 2017 on murder and manslaughter charges but was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. ICE plans to deport Mr. Garcia Zarate to central or southern Mexico within days or a week, according to an official with the Department of Homeland Security. The person, who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity.

Persons: Kathryn Steinle, Donald J, Trump, Jose Inez Garcia Zarate, Mr, Garcia Zarate Organizations: United, . Immigration, ICE, Department of Homeland Security Locations: United States, San Francisco, Mexico

☆ Look of the Week: Kim Kardashian steps into Balenciaga ambassadorship in ‘pantaleggings’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Get ready for another parade of Kim Kardashian in black spandex ensembles. (Kardashian is photographed in her own enormous handbag closet, along with her own collection of nearly 130 Balenciaga bags.) The “Closet Campaign” feels like a soft launch rather than a big splash for the new partnership, but is still stirring buzz. From left: Nicola Peltz and Paloma Elsesser in imagery from Balenciaga's new" Closet Campaign." Days later, Kardashian called the images “disturbing” on social media and said she was “re-evaluating” her relationship with the house.

Persons: CNN —, Kim Kardashian, Balenciaga, Kardashian, Kate Moss, Demna Gvasalia, Demna, Inez, Vinoodh, Nicola Peltz —, Regina George, Paloma Elsesser, Nicola Peltz, —, — Balenciaga, “, Kendall Jenner, ” Organizations: CNN, Haute Couture, United Locations: Balenciaga, United States, Los Angeles

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Officials have released the names of two workers trapped when a coal mine preparation plant collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky. Martin County Judge Executive Lon Lafferty identified the men as Billy Ray Daniels and Alvin Nees, news outlets report. Daniels died amid rescue efforts at the scene and Nees is believed to be trapped beneath the rubble. Officials briefly made contact with Daniels, but announced Wednesday he died amid rescue efforts. In the second full day of rescue efforts, officials are removing the debris into smaller piles for the search, Lafferty said.

Persons: Martin, Lon Lafferty, Billy Ray Daniels, Alvin Nees, Daniels, Nees, Lafferty, Crews, ” Lafferty Organizations: Martin, Prep, Authorities, Kentucky, Occupational Safety, Health, Lexington Coal Company LLC, Skeens Enterprises Locations: Kentucky, Pike County, Martin County, Inez

Crews began the arduous process of removing layers of rubble and debris in the search for a missing worker Thursday at a collapsed coal mine preparation plant in eastern Kentucky where a second worker died. Officials briefly made contact with one of the two men working inside, but announced Wednesday he died amid rescue efforts. Authorities said Thursday they have not had any communication with the second worker since the building collapsed at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Inez, a town of about 500 people. In the second full day of rescue efforts, officials are removing the debris into smaller piles for the search. Slinker estimated that up to 50 rescue workers and 25 support personnel at a time were involved in the search.

Persons: Crews, ” Martin, Lon Lafferty, Lafferty, ”, ” Crews, Inez, Jody Meiman, Meiman, Jeremy Slinker, “, Lyndon Johnson Organizations: Martin, Prep, Authorities, Louisville Metro Emergency, Emergency, Kentucky, Occupational Safety, Health, Lexington Coal Company LLC, Skeens Enterprises Locations: Kentucky, Martin County, Inez, Louisville, Sandy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Abortion access is expected to play a central role in the 2024 elections. The preview comes next week, when Ohio voters decide whether to enshrine reproductive rights in their state Constitution. They question whether state lawmakers could pass any abortion restrictions at all that would pass constitutional muster if voters approve the amendment. AP VoteCast polling last year found that 59% of Ohio voters say abortion should generally be legal. “Ohio voters really know what's at stake here, because they've seen the incredible lengths that the Ohio government will go to to interfere in people's lives,” McGuire said.

Persons: Timmaraju, ”, Wade, Kelsey Pritchard, “, Frank LaRose, Dave Yost, Mike DeWine, DeWine, enshrine Roe, Carolyn Ehrlich, Christian Virtue, Megan Wold, Peter Range, Kimberly Inez McGuire, Ohio's, Roe, McGuire, they've, ” McGuire, ” ___ Fernando Organizations: Ohio, U.S, Supreme, SBA, Republican, GOP, Republicans, Ohio Senate, Ohio Catholic Conference, Protect, First Congregational Church, ACLU, Center, Christian, Christian Virtue and, Protect Women, AP, Life, Ohio Statehouse, Ohioans United, Reproductive, Ohio Association of Election, “, Associated Press Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Ohio, Arizona , Nevada, Pennsylvania, — California , Kansas , Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Vermont, lockstep, Protect Women Ohio, Columbus, The Ohio, Christian Virtue and Ohio, U.S, Republican Kansas, “ Ohio, Chicago

INEZ, Ky. (AP) — Crews were working Wednesday to rescue two men trapped after the collapse of a more than 10-story Kentucky coal preparation plant being readied for demolition, officials said. The collapse was reported around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Martin County Sheriff John Kirk said first responders were able to find and make contact with one of the two men, news outlets reported. Andy Beshear said he had declared a state of emergency in the county — mobilizing state resources to help with the rescue. The plant hasn’t been in use for several years and the men were salvaging material from the building when it collapsed, Kirk said. The men were on the bottom floor of the building when it collapsed, trapping them beneath tons of rubble, Kirk said.

Persons: INEZ, Ky, — Crews, Martin County Sheriff John Kirk, didn’t, Andy Beshear, Kirk Organizations: Martin County Sheriff Locations: Kentucky, Martin County

☆ Ryan Reynolds jokes about selling one of his four children to fund Wrexham Football Club’s stadium renovations
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —When it comes to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Welsh football club, Wrexham AFC, anything is on the table – including, apparently, the potential sale of one of Reynold’s own children. Shaun Harvey, Wrexham AFC’s advisor to the board, broke the news to Reynolds and McElhenney during the episode. I don’t know if Ryan does, but I don’t think so. (Spoiler alert: Wrexham got promoted to the Football League in April, a moment widely celebrated at the time.) “Welcome to Wrexham” airs on Tuesdays on FX at 10pm local time, and is available to stream on Hulu on Wednesdays.

Persons: Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney’s, Reynolds, McElhenney, Shaun Harvey, Wrexham, “, ” Reynolds, ” Harvey optimistically, Deadpool, Blake Lively, James, Inez, Betty, Ryan, Blake, ” McElhenney Organizations: CNN, Rob McElhenney’s Welsh football, Wrexham AFC, Wrexham ”, Hollywood, Football League, National League, Wrexham, Hulu Locations: Wrexham, America

☆ Wrestling With Inequality, Some Conservatives Redraw Economic Blueprint
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Talmon Joseph Smith | More About Talmon Joseph Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More Republicans are coming to the view that economic inequality, or a lack of social mobility, is a problem in the United States — and that more can be done to enable families to attain or regain a middle-class life. Though discussions about inequality tend to be most visible among liberals, about four in 10 Republican or Republican-leaning adults think there is too much economic inequality in the country, according to a Pew Research survey. And among Republicans making less than about $40,000 a year who see too much economic inequality, 63 percent agree that the economic system “requires major changes” to address it. “I don’t think just having a bigger government is a solution to a lot of these problems,” said Inez Stepman, a senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum and a fellow with the Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank widely credited with giving Trumpism an intellectual framework. “But I do think that we could stand to think a little bit more on the right about how to make that 1950s middle-class life possible for people.”

Persons: ”, Inez Stepman Organizations: United States —, Republican, Pew Research, Independent Women’s, Claremont Institute Locations: United States

☆ Two Filmmakers, Two Dramas and the Pain of the Foster-Care System
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Salamishah Tillet | More About Salamishah Tillet | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Why did you decide to confront the foster care system? LEAF When researching the foster-care system, you realize how broken it is on every level. I’m talking about children in the foster-care system who grow up and have their own children. I think what drew me to the foster-care system was seeing how people who spent their childhoods in foster care were impacted as adults when the system failed them. All those things are what people in foster care want more than anything.

Persons: ROCKWELL, Terry, She’s, Inez

☆ Yusef Salaam Is Declared Winner of Harlem City Council Primary Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | More About Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Yusef Salaam, one of five Black and Latino men whose convictions were overturned in the 1989 rape and assault of a female jogger in Central Park, cemented his victory in a highly contested City Council primary race in Harlem, according to The Associated Press on Wednesday. Mr. Salaam, 49, held a commanding lead on Election Day, with more than twice the number of votes over his closest rival, Inez Dickens, a state assemblywoman. The New York City Board of Elections began tabulating ranked-choice votes on Wednesday, and the new ranked-choice tabulation now shows Mr. Salaam with almost 64 percent of the vote to Ms. Dickens’s 36 percent. “This is a victory for justice, dignity and decency for the Harlem community we love,” Mr. Salaam said in a statement. Mr. Salaam is not expected to face a serious challenger, if any, in November.

Persons: Yusef Salaam, Inez Dickens, tabulating, ” Mr, Salaam, “, ’, Dickens, Al Taylor Organizations: Council, Associated Press, Mr, New York, Assembly Locations: Central Park, Harlem, New York City

☆ In Harlem and Beyond, City Election Points to a Generational Power Shift
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walking down 125th Street the day after taking a commanding lead in the race for a City Council seat in Central Harlem, Yusef Salaam couldn’t make it half a block without someone congratulating him on his likely victory. Voter after voter who greeted Mr. Salaam on Wednesday said they recognized him as one of the five Black and Latino men exonerated in 2002 in the rape and assault of a female jogger in Central Park in 1989. “I think this election is largely about change,” Mr. Salaam, 49, said. The other candidate in the race was Al Taylor, 65, also an assemblyman serving his sixth year in the State Legislature. In both Harlem and East New York, voters went from supporting self-described socialists to backing moderate Democrats.

Persons: Yusef Salaam couldn’t, Mr, Salaam, “, Inez Dickens, Eric Adams, Al Taylor, Charles Barron, Inez Barron Organizations: Council, United Federation of Teachers Locations: Central Harlem, Central Park, Harlem, Brooklyn, East New York

☆ New York Primary Election Results
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

New York City Council Ninth DistrictThe Ninth Council District’s Democratic primary in Harlem pits two State Assembly members, Inez Dickens and Al Taylor, against Yusef Salaam, one of five men who were convicted and then exonerated in a 1989 rape and assault of a female jogger in Central Park. The name of Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, the incumbent, remains on the ballot despite dropping out of the race last month.

Persons: Inez Dickens, Al Taylor, Yusef Salaam, Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan Organizations: Ninth, Council, Democratic, Assembly Locations: York, Harlem, Central Park

☆ Harlem City Council Election Tests Limits of Progressive Politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two years ago, when a democratic socialist narrowly won a crowded Democratic primary for a City Council seat in Harlem, some saw it as a sign that the historically Black neighborhood was becoming more politically progressive. But roughly a month before this year’s primary on June 27, the first-term councilwoman, Kristin Richardson Jordan, unexpectedly dropped out of the race. Her decision has recast the hotly contested Democratic primary, which now comprises three candidates — none particularly progressive. Two are sitting State Assembly members: Al Taylor, 65, a reverend in his sixth year in the Legislature; and Inez Dickens, 73, who held the Harlem Council seat for 12 years before joining the Assembly. All are moderate Democrats who, before Ms. Jordan’s withdrawal, had tried to distance themselves from Ms. Jordan and her political stances, which include redistributing wealth and abolishing the police.

Persons: Kristin Richardson Jordan, Al Taylor, Inez Dickens, Yusef Salaam, Jordan Organizations: Democratic, Council, Assembly, Harlem Council Locations: Harlem, Central Park

☆ Avedon at 100: Celebrities select the famed photographer’s best works
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon FoundationWhen Hillary Clinton, then a US Senator, arrived for a shoot with Avedon in 2003, she recalled him looking at her and saying, "I've seen this image before." courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon FoundationFashion designer Miuccia Prada selected this image of Boyd Fortin, a teenaged rattlesnake skinner from Texas, taken in 1979. courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon FoundationFashion designer Calvin Klein selected this infamous campaign image from his label's archives. courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon FoundationFilmmaker Sofia Coppola chose this iconic 1958 photograph of model China Machado. courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon Foundation“Avedon 100” is on view at Gagosian in New York through June 24.

☆ As NYC's first-ever rat czar gets to work, cities like Boston and Chicago are looking for inspiration to fix their own rodent problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed a "rat czar" to help eliminate rodents in the city. One Boston city official says the Massachusetts city should follow suit and hire a rat slayer of their own. Days later, Boston City Council President Ed Flynn recommended the Massachusetts city hire someone in a similar position ""to hopefully one day eliminate rats in Boston," the Boston Herald reported. In 2022, Chicago was named the number one "rattiest" city in the US over both New York City and Boston. "You can hear them screaming — ee, ee, ee, ee!"

☆ ‘A Thousand and One’ Review: Teyana Taylor’s New York Blues
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

It turns out that he has fallen out a window and been hospitalized. Inez, sensing an opportunity, simply takes the boy home with her and hopes to disappear with him in the vast city. It’s unclear to me how someone might get away with snatching a kid from a hospital, but it’s a reasonably compelling premise for a movie. “A Thousand and One,” however, does very little with it. It’s a cousin to other superficially gritty but essentially cloying movies about the traumas of urban striving, such as “Precious” or “Moonlight.”

☆ Ryan Reynolds honors Blake Lively and family in People’s Choice Awards speech
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ryan Reynolds was being celebrated Tuesday night at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards, but he made the moment about his family. “I’d be pretty remiss if I didn’t mention that it starts with my family and it ends with my family,” he said in his acceptance speech. “Boy, if he could see all the things going on, he wouldn’t be impressed with this stuff,” Reynolds said of his dad. While Reynolds joked about how tiring being a parent of young children can be, he was more serious about how much his family means to him. I joke that my family exhausts me, but in reality you give me more strength than any man could possibly deserve.”

Nov 2 (Reuters) - A Florida judge was due to formally sentence Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 students and staff with a semi-automatic rifle at a school in Parkland, to life in prison on Wednesday. A jury voted last month to spare Cruz, 24, the death penalty, instead choosing life in prison without possibility of parole for one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. Cruz pleaded guilty last year to premeditated murder, then faced the three-month penalty trial earlier this year. A number of victims' relatives castigated the jury's decision and criticized a state law requirement that all 12 jurors be unanimous in order to sentence a convicted person to be executed. Many victims' relatives directly addressed Cruz, who sat inscrutable behind large spectacles and a COVID-19 mask at a table alongside his public defenders.

Nov 1 (Reuters) - Grieving relatives of the 17 students and teachers killed in a 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, confronted the killer, Nikolas Cruz, with tearful, angry words as his sentencing hearing began on Tuesday. The jury voted to spare Cruz from the death penalty for one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, a decision several survivors' relatives decried in court as injustice. [1/4] Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz enters the courtroom for the sentencing hearing in Cruz’s trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, U.S. on Monday, Nov. 1, 2022. Cruz was 19 at the time of his attack and had been expelled from the school. Florida law requires that Scherer must follow the jury's recommendation in formally sentencing Cruz.

CONCOW, Calif. — Some survivors of California's deadliest wildfire continue to live in trailers, tents and makeshift homes nearly four years later as they wait for payments from a trust set up to compensate them. Inez Salinas's temporary trailer home and her car in Concow, Calif. Andri Tambunan for NBC NewsSalinas and her daughter River outside their temporary trailer home. Andri Tambunan for NBC NewsShe said she has not received enough money from the trust to rebuild her life: “I just want to move on. “Please just don’t forget about us.”For survivors of the state's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, time is measured by before and after. “It is my goal to help as many people as possible to get their lives back, their houses back, their businesses back,” Cathy Yanni, who oversees the Fire Victim Trust, said in a statement.

☆ (foto) Gisele Bundchen în pielea goală pe coperta revistei „Vogue” Brazilia
▼ + stars: | 2015-04-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Supermodelul în vârstă de 34 de ani a pozat încă o dată topless, pentru a marca 20 de ani de carieră în modelling. Cea mai recentă ediției a revistei Vogue o are pe copertă pe Gisele Bundchen. Mamă a doi copii și cu o carieră de 20 de ani pe cele mai prestigioase podiumuri de modă, Gisele a pozat lipsită de inhibiții pentru ediția braziliană a celebrei reviste. A photo posted by Gisele Bündchen (@giseleofficial) on Apr 28, 2015 at 12:50pm PDTA photo posted by Gisele Bündchen (@giseleofficial) on Apr 27, 2015 at 7:25am PDTA photo posted by Gisele Bündchen (@giseleofficial) on Apr 28, 2015 at 8:20am PDTA photo posted by Gisele Bündchen (@giseleofficial) on Apr 29, 2015 at 7:30am PDTGisele Bündchen a părăsit prezentările de podium pentru a se dedica familiei, soţului (n.r. Numai anul trecut, Gisele Bündchen a apărut în şaisprezece campanii publicitare, ceea ce s-a contabilizat în venituri de 47 milioane de dolari, potrivit revistei „Forbes“, fiind desemnată, pentru al optulea an consecutiv, cel mai bine plătit manechin din lume.

Persons: Gisele, Bündchen, american Tom Brady Locations: soţului, ., american, Sao Paolo, Brazilia

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