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☆ It’s not you, it’s them: Engaged couples are cutting back on lavish weddings
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The obsession with lavish weddings grew to a fever pitch in the years following the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s bad news for wedding vendors who provide services like videography, photo booths and catering. Meanwhile, those vendors are facing a more worrisome existential threat: a looming drop in the overall number of weddings. But she said that so far in 2024, weddings are “cooling a bit.”A recent wedding where Gabrielle Stone served as the planner. In another life, some of those would-be couples who never met in 2020 could have gotten engaged this year.

Persons: ”, Shane McMurray, What’s, McMurray, Gabrielle Stone, ” Stone, Stone, Kay, Jared, Gina Drosos, “, Z, ” McMurray, Toni Burrowes, Burrowes, didn't, Toni Burrowes “, Alyssa Young, We've, Alyssa Young “, it’s, ” Young, It’s Organizations: CNN, Signet Jewelers, Kay Jewelers, Signet, Alpha, University of Virginia, Brigham Young University, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Boston, Zales, Central Florida, San Antonio, Texas

☆ The head of Oklahoma's Board of Education rejoices after a local elementary school principal resigned following hate-induced bomb threats
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe head of Oklahoma's Board of Education celebrated the departure of a local elementary school principal who resigned recently after their school received hate-induced bomb threats. The Western Heights School District board accepted the resignation of Shane Murnan, the former principal at John Glenn Elementary School, on Monday — a little over five months after beginning the position. As NBC News reported, publicizing Murnan's hobby quickly led to Murnan and the school district receiving bomb threats, leading to Murnan's voluntary departure. "Drag queens do not belong in Oklahoma schools," Walters tweeted. Walters' celebratory tweet on Wednesday wasn't the first time he's weighed in online about Murnan's resignation.

Persons: —, Shane Murnan, Brayden Savage, — I've, Murnan, I've, Ryan Walters, who's, Walters, he's, imploring Walters, Chaya, Murnan's, Raichik Organizations: Service, Oklahoma's, Education, Western Heights School, John Glenn Elementary School, Business, Heights Public, NBC News, NBC, Oklahoma Locations: Oklahoma's, Oklahoma, Western Heights, I've

Twenty-seven other states allow open carry of guns without a permit, including nearly every state in the Deep South. To encourage training, the Senate bill would pay at least $4 million to hold free classes across the state. The Senate's version left plenty of supporters of the open carry idea unhappy, including gun rights groups. Palmetto Gun Rights said it believes in “100% firearms liberty” and is an affiliate of the National Association for Gun Rights. He put the blame squarely on the South Carolina House, saying last week that representatives are keeping “the ‘revolving door’ for career violent criminals wide open.”

Persons: ”, Bobby Cox, Shane Massey, “, Tommy Dimsdale, Henry McMaster’s, don’t Organizations: COLUMBIA, South Carolina's General Assembly, Republican, National Rifle Association, Palmetto, Rights, South, South Carolina Republicans, Palmetto Gun Rights, National Association for Gun Rights, Gov, South Carolina House Locations: South Carolina's, Greer, South Carolina, “

The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed course last summer when it upheld the ban after striking down a similar version. An earlier lawsuit by Planned Parenthood argued that the law violated patients' right to privacy. Susanna Birdsong, a lawyer for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, responded that abortion providers have had to make that more conservative interpretation because of the “onerous penalties” for noncompliance. Planned Parenthood has stopped providing abortions when “early embryonic electrical activity” is visible by ultrasound, the group wrote in Monday's filing. “We’re righting for every inch of ground in South Carolina," Birdsong said.

Persons: Taylor Shelton, Katherine Farris, Ultrasounds, Shelton, dismissively, —, — Shelton, “, ” Shelton, John Kittredge, Shane Massey, ” Massey, Susanna Birdsong, Birdsong, Pollard Organizations: COLUMBIA, Republican, South Carolina, South, South Carolina General Assembly, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: South Carolina, Charleston, North Carolina, Wilmington

☆ Grammy Awards winners list (updating live)
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Winners of the 66th Grammy Awards, the music industry’s top prize, are being presented on Sunday. The ceremony is taking place in rainy Los Angeles, where Trevor Noah is hosting the event for a fourth time. The nominees in several top fields can be found below. Winners are indicated in bold and are being updated live throughout the show. The full list of winners in all 94 Grammy categories can be found here.

Persons: Trevor Noah, SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer ”, Taylor Swift, “, ” She’s, ”, Janelle Monáe, Jon Batiste, Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, Eilish, Bill ” Taylor Swift, Victoria, Coco Jones Gracie Abrams Fred, Noah Kahan Victoria Monét, Kelly Clarkson, Ed Sheeran, ” Taylor Swift, Brandi Carlile, Miles ” SZA, Karma, Jack Antonoff Dernst, ” Emile II, Daniel Nigro, Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Shane McAnally Theron Thomas, Justin Tranter, Mike, “ Michael ”, ” Nas, Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, ” Drake, Rich, Osborne, “ Brothers Osborne ” Kelsea, ” Lainey Wilson, Tyler Childers, “ Rustin ’, Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan ”, Brandy Clark, Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Luke Combs, Greta Van, Coco Jones, Emily King, Walker, Chris Brown, Robert Glasper, Alex Isley, Bill ” Victoria, ” PJ Harvey, Amapiano ” Burns, David, Ayra Starr, ” Tyla, “ Barbie, ” Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, ” Ludwig Göransson, ” John Williams, “ Indiana Jones, “ Oppenheimer Organizations: CNN, “, Swift, Hit Boy Metro, Drake, Metro Boomin, “ Scientists, Engineers, Queens, Pumas, Foo, Boys Locations: Los Angeles, Dua Lipa

FORT LAWN, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina state Sen. Mike Fanning likes to talk to people. Politically, South Carolina varies from its neighbors. No explanation is offered for the inertia, which leaves South Carolina and Wyoming as the only states in the nation without such a law. South Carolina Republicans, meanwhile, have taken advantage of the changing national priorities of both parties. They took over the South Carolina Senate in 2000 by getting a Democrat to switch parties.

Persons: Sen, Mike Fanning, he's, Fanning, Jim Clyburn, Republicans —, “ I'm, “, hasn’t, Shane Massey, “ Ole Yella, ” Fanning, —, Franklin Roosevelt, Strom Thurmond's, Jaime Harrison, Lindsey Graham, Harrison, Joe Cunningham, Henry McMaster, Cunningham, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, It's, Drew McKissick, ” McKissick, McKissick, Todd Hardee, David Beasley, Hardee, Biden, ” Organizations: —, Democrat, Democratic, Republican, Chevrolet, Democratic U.S, Republicans, South Carolina Republicans, GOP, Columbia, Old, Senate, Democratic Party, South Carolina voters, State Democratic Party, U.S, Democrats, South Carolina House, South Carolina Senate, South Carolina Republican, Trump Locations: — South Carolina, Great Falls, Washington, South Carolina, Charlotte , North Carolina, Columbia, Georgia, North Carolina, Palmetto, Black, Fanning’s, Fanning's, Wyoming, Rock Hill, Spain, U.S, Charleston, South, Darlington

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan said Wednesday he will not run for an eighth term in his solidly Republican South Carolina district. Duncan said he ran for office after the September 2001 terrorist attacks because he wanted to serve his country. He made energy policy one of his chief concerns, pushing for more nuclear power. The last time the seat was open in 2010, it attracted several candidates who remain at the South Carolina Statehouse — Sens. Duncan represents South Carolina's Third District, a mostly rural area in the northern and western part of the state that includes Greenwood, Anderson, Edgefield and Easley.

Persons: ANDERSON, Jeff Duncan, Duncan, ” Duncan, Anderson, Duncan hasn't, Rex Rice, Richard Cash, Neal Collins, Shane Massey, Democrat hasn't, Republican Lindsey Graham Organizations: — Republican U.S . Rep, Republican South, U.S . House, “, Republicans, South Carolina Statehouse —, South, Democrat, Republican, . Locations: S.C, Republican South Carolina, U.S, South Carolina Statehouse — Sens, Greenwood, Anderson, Edgefield, Easley

The world also said goodbye to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died Nov. 29. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesAnother political figure who died this year was former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19. Among the entertainers who left the world this year was singer Tina Turner, who died May 24. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2023 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___Fred White, 67. A Hall of Fame forward who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final.

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Trump, Diamond, Constantine, Jan, Tatjana Patitz, George Michael’s, Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley, Robbie Knievel, Evel Knievel, Ray Cordeiro, Elmo, Cookie, Gina Lollobrigida, Chris Ford, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Cindy Williams, Shirley, “ Laverne, Billy Packer, Sylvia Syms, Alex ”, Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, “ Papa, Rollin ’ Stone, Tom Verlaine, Patti Smith, Bobby Hull, Paco Rabanne, Harry Whittington, Dick Cheney, Hsing Yun, ”, San Jose ”, Carlos Saura, Spain’s, Hugh Hudson, Oscar, “ Greystroke, Hans Modrow, David Jude Jolicoeur, Huey “, ” Smith, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, “, Leiji Matsumoto, Yamato ”, Tim McCarver, Stella Stevens, Jerry Lewis’s, John Munch, Ahmed Qureia, Betty Boothroyd, Ricou Browning, Gill, Gérard Latortue, Fontaine, Barbara Everitt Bryant, Ryan ”, Kenzaburo Oe, Judy Heumann, Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Georgina Beyer, Traute Lafrenz, Rose, Peterson Zah, Tevye, Robert Blake, Jiang Yanyong, Bud Grant, Dick Fosbury, Pat Schroeder, Gloria Bosman, Jacqueline Gold, Britain’s Ann Summers, John Wick ”, John Jenrette, Juana La, Willis Reed, Darcelle, Paul O’Grady, Lily Savage, Emperor ”, Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, Margaret Thatcher, Ben Ferencz, Nuremberg, Elisabeth Kopp, Michael Lerner, Jack Lipnick, “ Barton Fink, Bugsy Calhoun, Anne Perry, Thomas Pitt, William Monk, Al Jaffee, magazine’s, Charles Stanley, Richard Riordan, Todd Haimes, Tony Awards, Barry Humphries, Tony, Dame Edna Everage, Len Goodman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, Emmett Till, LeRoy “ Lee ” Carhart, Larry “, ___ Gordon Lightfoot, Tori Bowie, Vida, Grace Bumbry, Rock ”, Ovelha, Denny Crum, Heather Armstrong, Bobbie Spencer, Rolf Harris, Kenneth Anger, Doyle Brunson, Jim Brown, Timothy Keller, Andy Rourke, Ray Stevenson, Thor ”, Ed Ames, George Maharis, Carroll Cooley, Miranda, John Beasley, Kaija, George Winston, Ipanema ”, Robert Hanssen, Richard Snyder, Simon & Schuster, Françoise Gilot, Pablo Picasso —, Pat Robertson, Theodore “ Ted ” Kaczynski, Roger Payne, 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Buthelezi, Roy Kidd, Eno Ichikawa, Michael McGrath, Fernando Botero, Giorgio Napolitano, Matteo Messina Denaro, Michael Gambon, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter ”, Mankombu Sambasivan, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Hosni Mubarak, Tim Wakefield, Dick Butkus, Michael Chiarello, Michael Chiarello ”, Masters, Burt Young, Paulie, Sylvester Stallone, Hughes Van Ellis, Kevin Phillips, Louise Meriwether, Mark Goddard, Major Don West, Rudolph Isley, Isley, unblinking, Piper Laurie, Chrissy Snow, Bobby Charlton, Bishan Bedi, Richard Moll, Xi Jinping, Wu Zunyou, Chandler Bing, Ken Mattingly, Bob Knight, Frank Borman, Steve Norton, Don Walsh, Mariana Trench, Terry R, Taylor, Daisaku Ikeda, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Ussery, George “ Funky ” Brown, Joanna ”, Marty Krofft, Pufnstuf, Donny, Marie ”, Terry Venables, Tim Dorsey, Serge A, Frances Sternhagen, ” “, Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Gerald Ford, Shane MacGowan, Bernard McGhee Organizations: Wagner Group, Russian, White House, U.S, 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☆ The Real Story Behind Shane MacGowan’s ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Michael Wilson | More About Michael Wilson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Fairytale of New York” also immortalizes a specific group of people doing a specific thing:“The boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir,” Mr. MacGowan belted, “were singing ‘Galway Bay.’”Years later, the truth can be told: The boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir did not know the words to “Galway Bay.”Also, there was no N.Y.P.D. He spun a tale that felt grounded in a real place and conjured from iconic streetscapes, where the wind goes right through you and it’s no place for the old. People who have never set foot in the city can imagine the drunk tank, and the man and woman kissing on the corner and dancing through the night.

Persons: Shane, Frank Sinatra, York ”, ” Mr, MacGowan, ’ ”, Mr, ” Organizations: Galway, Pogues Locations: New York, York, Galway Bay

☆ In Dublin’s Pubs, Raising a Farewell Pint to Shane MacGowan
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Ed O Loughlin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Christmas came early this year in Dublin, but too late for a beloved adopted son. On the last evening in November, a wet Thursday, cars at the rush hour stop lights blared “Fairytale of New York” on a thousand radios. From the sidewalk, you could hear drivers and passengers singing along: “The boys from the N.Y.P.D. choir still singing ‘Galway Bay,’ and the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day.”The song’s renowned lyricist and co-writer, Shane MacGowan, the British-born frontman of the punk-folk band the Pogues, died earlier that day. Ireland — his greatest muse, and ancestral home — was coming to terms with a death that had, thanks to MacGowan’s well-known addictions to alcohol and drugs, long been foretold.

Persons: Shane MacGowan, —, MacGowan Organizations: Galway, Christmas, Ireland, Big Apple Locations: Dublin, York, ’, British

☆ Shane MacGowan, Pogues Frontman and Punk Bard of the Irish Diaspora, Dead at 65
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Rob Curran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shane MacGowan sneered at the audience, baring his distinctive snaggled teeth. With his doughy face and plug ears, he looked like a heavyweight swaying in his corner as the bell for the 15th round sounded for the last time. Fumbling for the bottle of spirits at his feet, he eventually gave up the job and headed backstage to fetch another. From an outdoor stage in Thurles, Tipperary, MacGowan then launched into Ewan MacColl’s “Dirty Old Town,” his wise, raspy baritone sounding every bit as full as on the record. The entire stadium sang as one, slightly slurred voice.

Persons: Shane MacGowan sneered, baring, MacGowan, Ewan MacColl’s “, ” Organizations: Tipperary Locations: Thurles, Ireland

☆ Shane MacGowan, hard-drinking poet of The Pogues, dies at 65
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Conor Humphries | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Shane MacGowan, former lead singer of The Pogues, performs during the Montreux Jazz festival in the [Miles Davis] Hall late July 15, 1995. MacGowan and his band The Popes were part of the 'Irish Night' during the festival. MacGowan brought Irish traditional music to a huge new audience in the late 1980s by splicing it with punk, and achieved mainstream success with his bittersweet, expletive-strewn 1987 Christmas anthem "Fairytale of New York". Irish President Michael D. Higgins, also a poet, described MacGowan on Thursday as one of music's greatest lyricists. Following a decade with a new band, the Popes, MacGowan and the Pogues reunited and toured regularly until 2014.

Persons: Shane MacGowan, Miles Davis, MacGowan, Stringer, Pogues, Nick Cave, Victoria Mary Clarke, Jesus, Mary, Therese, Pogue Mahone, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, Michael D, Higgins, Kirsty MacColl, Bono, Sinead O'Connor, Glen Matlock, Johnny Depp, Cave, Muvija M, Graham Fahy, Conor Humphries, Padraic Halpin, Alex Richardson, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Montreux Jazz, Hall, Guardian, Westminster School, Pogues, Sex, Thomson Locations: Kent, Ireland, DUBLIN, London, Irish, York, English, Soho, Siam, New Zealand, Japan

☆ The Complex, Enduring Friendship of Shane MacGowan and Sinead O’Connor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Amanda Hess | More About Amanda Hess | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In a 2021 biography of MacGowan, O’Connor recalled performing a version of “Haunted” with him while he was using heroin. “The producers were freaking out because Shane was nodding out on smack in between the verses,” she told MacGowan’s biographer, Richard Balls. O’Connor and MacGowan first encountered each other in the 1980s in London, MacGowan told me over email in 2021, though he did not remember the exact circumstances. “In the locked ward where they put you if you’re suicidal, there’s more class A drugs than in Shane MacGowan’s dressing room,” she wrote. Shane MacGowan sounds Irish.” In our interview, MacGowan called O’Connor “a brilliant singer and a brilliant Irish singer, one of the best.”

Persons: MacGowan, O’Connor, Shane, ”, MacGowan’s, Richard Balls, “, Moya Brennan, Joey Cashman, Joey, “ Rememberings, ” O’Connor, Shane MacGowan’s, Bob Geldof, ” Geldof, “ Bono, Shane MacGowan Organizations: Pogues, “ Locations: London, St, Dublin, Irish

☆ Shane MacGowan’s 9 Essential Songs
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Gavin Edwards | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Shane MacGowan, the principal singer and songwriter for the Pogues, first became famous in London as “Shane O’Hooligan”: After his ear got bitten in the scrum of a 1976 concert, his photo was featured in the NME weekly music paper with the headline “Cannibalism at Clash Gig.”MacGowan, who died on Thursday, was a punk enthusiast (with a fanzine called “Bondage”) without much certainty on how to contribute to the scene beyond bleeding all over it. Before the Pogues, MacGowan toyed with playing Cretan music, with making rock seasoned with industrial noise, even with starting an imperial-Rome act where band members would wear togas and gladiator outfits. Although MacGowan spent most of his youth in England, his parents were Irish: Once he settled on mixing punk rock with traditional Celtic music, he found his natural idiom.

Persons: Shane MacGowan, Shane O’Hooligan ”, ” MacGowan, MacGowan Organizations: Pogues Locations: London, Rome, England

☆ Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues, dead at 65
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Jack Guy | Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Shane MacGowan, the lead singer of Anglo-Irish band The Pogues, has died, according to a statement from his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke. The singer had been discharged from Dublin’s St. Vincent’s Hospital on November 22 after receiving treatment there for an infection, Clarke said. And MacGowan received a full set of dental implants in 2015 after losing several teeth as a result of his heavy drug and alcohol use. Born in Kent, England in 1957 to Irish parents, MacGowan spent his summers in a farmhouse in southern Ireland, surrounded by traditional Irish music. He formed his band, The Pogues, in London in 1982 with Peter “Spider” Stacy, Jem Finer and James Fearnley, blending traditional Irish folk music with punk sounds.

Persons: London CNN — Shane MacGowan, Victoria Mary Clarke, Clarke, ”, Shane MacGowan, Kirsty MacColl, Brian Rasic, ” MacGowan, MacGowan, Peter “ Spider ” Stacy, Jem, James Fearnley, Ireland’s, Leo Varadkar, Michael D, Higgins, MacGowan’s Organizations: London CNN, Vincent’s Hospital Locations: Dublin’s St, Kent , England, Ireland, London, York, ”

LONDON (AP) — Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. “It is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our most beautiful, darling and dearly beloved Shane Macgowan,” his wife Victoria Clarke, his sister Siobhan and father Maurice said in a statement. The singer died peacefully with his family by his side, the statement added. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Persons: — Shane Macgowan, ”, Shane Macgowan, Victoria Clarke, Siobhan, Maurice Organizations: Pogues, Associated Press Locations: York

☆ Shane MacGowan, Songwriter Who Fused Punk and Irish Rebellion, Dies at 65
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Matt Phillips | More About Matt Phillips | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Shane MacGowan, the brilliant but chaotic former songwriter and frontman for the Pogues, who reinvigorated interest in Irish music in the 1980s by harnessing it to the propulsive power of punk rock has died. Mr. MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced his death on Instagram. Mr. MacGowan emerged from London’s punk scene of the late 1970s and spent nine tumultuous years with the initial incarnation of the Pogues. He later founded Shane MacGowan & the Popes, with whom he recorded and toured in the 1990s. Along the way, Mr. MacGowan earned twin reputations as a titanically destructive personality and a master songsmith whose lyrics painted vivid portraits of the underbelly of Irish emigrant life.

Persons: Shane MacGowan, MacGowan’s, Victoria Mary Clarke, MacGowan, ’, ” Organizations: Pogues Locations: North London, New York

☆ Irish singer Shane MacGowan dies at 65
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Musician Shane MacGowan departs the funeral service of his mother Therese MacGowan at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Silvermines, Ireland January 8, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDUBLIN, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Shane MacGowan, the London-Irish singer with The Pogues celebrated as one of Ireland's greatest song writers, has died, his wife said on Thursday. MacGowan, who transformed Irish traditional music with The Pogues and penned some of the most haunting ballads of the 1980s' before sinking into alcohol and drug addiction, died after a prolonged period of ill health. MacGowan achieved mainstream success with his bittersweet, expletive-strewn 1987 Christmas anthem "Fairytale of New York. Reporting by Muvija M, Graham Fahy and Conor Humphries; Editing by Kate Holton and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Shane MacGowan, Therese MacGowan, Clodagh, MacGowan, Shane, Jesus, Mary, Therese, Victoria Mary Clarke, " MacGowan, Muvija M, Graham Fahy, Conor Humphries, Kate Holton, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Lourdes Church, REUTERS, Rights, London -, Pogues, Thomson Locations: Silvermines, Ireland, London, London - Irish, Irish, New York

☆ Meghan says the continuing popularity of ‘Suits’ is ‘wild’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Meghan portrayed Rachel Zane on "Suits," pictured here with co-star Patrick J. Adams Shane Mahood/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank“It was great to work on, such a great cast and crew. “It’s hard to find a show you can binge-watch that many episodes of these days, so that could have something to do with it. GET OUR FREE ROYAL NEWSLETTER • Sign up to CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls. Meghan said the couple are continuing to produce content, though they aren’t able to announce specific projects yet. “I can’t wait until we can announce them, but I’m just really proud of what we’re creating.

Persons: CNN — Meghan, Duchess, Variety, Meghan, Rachel Zane, Patrick J, Adams Shane Mahood, ”, “, Prince Harry, Harry, I’m Organizations: CNN, magazine’s, Nielsen, USA, CNN’s Royal, Netflix, Spotify Locations: Sussex, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Britain, United States

☆ Pentagon identifies Army soldiers killed in helicopter crash in eastern Mediterranean Sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen Dwyer, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane Barnes, Staff Sgt. Cade Wolfe were truly SOF professionals and are among the nation’s finest soldiers,” Col. Roger P. Waleski Jr., commander of the 160th SOAR (Abn. In 2020, he “fully dedicated himself to the organization” by resigning his commission and becoming a warrant officer, the Army release says. His awards and decorations include the Air Medal with Combat device, Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement Medal with combat device. He volunteered for an assignment with the 160th SOAR and completed the regiment’s “extensive training and assessment program” this year.

Persons: Stephen R, Dwyer, Shane M, Barnes, Tanner W, Andrew P, Cade M, Wolfe, Stephen Dwyer, Shane Barnes, Tanner Grone, Andrew Southard, Cade Wolfe, ” Col, Roger P, Waleski Jr, “, ”, Jonathan Braga, ” Braga, Barnes ’, Grone, Southard, Lloyd Austin, ” Austin Organizations: CNN, Pentagon, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Apache, Abn, US Army Special Operations Command, Operations, US European Command, Army Special Operations Command, United States Military Academy, Army, Star, UH, Gonzaga University, Staff, 160th, Hawk, Combat Aviation Brigade, Overseas Service Ribbon, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Battalion, Overseas Service, Defense, America Locations: Clarksville , Tennessee, Sacramento , California, Gorham , New Hampshire, Arizona, Mankato , Minnesota, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Hawaii, 160th SOAR

☆ In a New Memoir, Tracy K. Smith Connects Her Life to a Bigger Picture
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Shane Mccrae | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Were it merely a corporate body, Americans wouldn’t be so desperately at odds with, and in love with, one another. The parts of a body tend to instinctively work together to pursue things that will help the body to survive, whereas a soul will passionately tear itself apart. Near the end of the book, Smith recalls meeting a white woman at a poetry reading who rushes home to retrieve a recording of her grandmother singing old folk songs that remind her of Smith’s work. Smith writes: “I see the whole picture clearly before me. They’re filled with notions and phrases certain to upset me.” The songs were the soul of America but so, too, was the woman’s recognition of the harm they would cause.

Persons: ” Smith, wouldn’t, Smith, “, They’re Organizations: America Locations: America, Kentucky

☆ Kirsty MacColl’s Voice Was Singular. A New Box Aims to Bring It Wider.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Bob Mehr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“It revealed to people what you could do with those very spare songs of mine,” Bragg said, “that they were capable of being made to great big pop numbers. In 1986, MacColl sang on the Smiths single “Ask” and became a close friend and collaborator of the band’s guitarist, Johnny Marr. Later, when asked how she came up with the sequence, she shrugged: “Well, I put the song I liked best first, and the second best, second … and so on.”Bragg laughed, recalling the anecdote. A duet about a bickering couple on Christmas Eve, the song was originally sung on a demo by the Pogues’ frontman Shane MacGowan and bassist Cait O’Riordan. By the time the group cut it, O’Riordan had left the band, and the track needed a powerful female voice.

Persons: MacColl, Jamie, Louis, Billy Bragg’s “, ” Bragg, Kirsty, ”, Robert Plant, ” Lillywhite, Johnny Marr, “, ” Marr, Joshua Tree, Lillywhite, “ That’s, Shane MacGowan, Cait O’Riordan, O’Riordan Organizations: England ”, Lillywhite, Pogues Locations: England, York

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a new congressional redistricting case, this time from South Carolina, that could shape the fight for partisan control of the House of Representatives. Political Cartoons View All 1206 ImagesDemocrats seem likely to gain a seat in Alabama following a Supreme Court decision in June that led to a court-ordered redistricting. The state's new map will give Alabama two congressional districts where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. In South Carolina, Black voters wouldn’t be as numerous in a redrawn district. The lower court put its order on hold to allow the state to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Persons: Nancy Mace, Mace, Joe Cunningham, Kevin McCarthy, “, ”, Mitchell Brown, Shane Massey, Jan Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican Rep, Democratic, Black, Republicans, U.S . House, Alabama, Lawyers, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Supreme, Republican Locations: South Carolina, U.S, Alabama, Louisiana, Black

☆ Giants lean on 'pen again in bid for series win over Rays
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

August 16 - Right-hander Aaron Civale will shoot for his first victory as a Tampa Bay Ray in his first visit to Oracle Park as the San Francisco Giants host the finale of a three-game interleague series on Wednesday afternoon. He tossed two shutout innings in that role on Monday, his first career appearance against the Rays. That was the only previous time Civale has faced San Francisco. The arrival of Civale coincided with the loss of Rays ace Shane McClanahan, who is now scheduled for season-ending Tommy John surgery. The Rays also have lost outfielder Manuel Margot during the course of the San Francisco series.

Persons: Aaron Civale, Gabe Kapler, Ryan Walker, Kapler, Chad Whitson's, Wade Meckler, Thairo Estrada, Wilmer Flores, Meckler, I'm, Eugene, Estrada, Civale, Ray, Shane McClanahan, Tommy John, McClanahan, Kevin Cash, Manuel Margot, Margot Organizations: Tampa, Oracle, San Francisco Giants, Giants, Rays, San Francisco, Cleveland, San, Guardians, Thomson Locations: Tampa Bay Ray, San Francisco, Cleveland, Florida, Tampa

☆ Travelers say these are the best — and worst — airports in North America based on wait times for check-in, customs and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Every one of the best airports in North America for wait times according to passengers is located in the U.S. The best airport in North America based on wait times: Southwest Florida International AirportThe Southwest Florida International Airport ranked No. The Portland International Airport ranked as the second best airport in North America, according to a Casago report. Nathan Howard | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe worst airport in North America based on wait times: Sangster International Airport in JamaicaThe Sangster International Airport is three miles east of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty ImagesThe 10 worst airports in North America based on wait times

Persons: Casago, Ronald Reagan Washington, Orlando Sanford, Nathan Howard, Shane Munroe, Daniel Slim Organizations: Southwest Florida International, Florida International Airport, Travel Lens, Google, Fort, Lens, Southwest Florida International Airport, Florida, Portland International, Detroit Metro, Tampa International, Northern Kentucky International, Durham International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Nashville International, BNA, Orlando, Orlando Sanford International, Chicago Midway International, Centre for Aviation, Power, Associates, Portland International Airport, Getty, Sangster, Jamaica The Sangster, Sangster International, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, Jamaica Sun, Cana International, Afp Locations: U.S, North America, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Fort Myers, Florida, America, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Oregon, Portland, Jamaica, Montego Bay, Cana

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