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☆ Carrie Mae Weems and George C. Wolfe on Defiance and Claiming Space
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Jenny Comita | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

George C. Wolfe can pinpoint the exact moment that sparked his career as a director and dramatist. “We were supposed to sing this song,” recalls Wolfe, 68. “Here was this monumental human being who changed history, and then history forgot him,” says Wolfe, himself a gay man, who has lived in New York City since 1979. Though contemporaries in adjacent disciplines, Wolfe and Weems had never had a real conversation before meeting on a steamy July day in a downtown Manhattan studio. Here, the two discuss their childhoods, art as activism and what they feel is still left to accomplish.

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☆ ‘The Devil They Know’: McConnell’s Health Issues Worry Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Carl Hulse | More About Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“He is the devil they know and a very pragmatic leader,” said Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, about Mr. McConnell and Senate Democrats. He has also made it very clear that he wants to avoid a government shutdown and shares the view of Senate Democrats that federal spending has to be higher than what House Republicans are pursuing. And he has suggested that initiating an impeachment of Mr. Biden is not a great idea. Democrats who often rip Mr. McConnell are refraining from doing so right now. 2 Democrat, who had a lengthy conversation on the floor with Mr. McConnell about his health when the Senate convened Tuesday after a long summer recess.

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☆ Covid Continues to Rise, but Experts Remain Optimistic
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Apoorva Mandavilli | More About Apoorva Mandavilli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has announced that the state will send high-quality masks and rapid tests to school districts that request them. But in interviews, experts offered reassurances that the country will not see a return to the nightmarish scenarios of previous years. And although hospitalizations and deaths are increasing week by week, the numbers remain low, noted Gigi Gronvall, a biosecurity expert at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Hospital admissions for Covid increased by about 16 percent in the week ending Aug. 26, compared with the previous week. But the 17,400 new admissions were less than half the number in the same period last year, and about one-fifth the number in 2021.

Persons: Jill Biden, Kathy Hochul, Gigi Gronvall, Gronvall Organizations: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Locations: New York, Kentucky, Texas

Beshear's campaign released a TV ad featuring a prosecutor denouncing the law's lack of exceptions for rape or incest. Matt Bevin played up his opposition to abortion while Beshear focused on education and other issues. Since then, Kentucky's “trigger law” abortion ban — passed in 2019 — took effect when Roe v. Wade was struck down. In Kentucky, Cameron’s office has gone to court to defend the trigger law ban and another anti-abortion state law that outlaws abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy. During a GOP primary debate in March, Cameron expressed support for the near-total abortion ban.

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☆ Covid hospitalizations spike with new variant as school returns, U.S. readies vaccines
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The late summer Covid spike comes after a quiet year in which hospitalizations and deaths declined week after week since January. "We're living in a bit of a fantasy world where we're pretending Covid is not relevant," Birx told ABC in a podcast interview last week. Birx said those vaccines should have been released weeks ago to combat the predictable summer wave, adding the U.S. should already be developing new shots for January to target the emerging BA.2.86 variant. The updated shots should be effective at reducing severe disease and hospitalization from the variant, according to the agency. The first lady last caught Covid in August 2022 and the president tested positive in July of last year.

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☆ US FAA clears UPS Flight Forward, uAvionix drone operations
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are allowing two more companies, UPS Flight Forward and uAvionix, to operate drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday. UPS Flight Forward with its Matternet M2 can conduct small-package delivery using a ground-based surveillance system from Raytheon, while uAvionix can use the Vantis Network to test its detect and avoid technology, the FAA said. UPS plans to conduct flights in North Carolina, Florida, Ohio and potentially other states from its Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Kentucky, the FAA said. The agency on Aug. 24 authorized Phoenix Air Unmanned to operate SwissDrones SVO 50 V2 drones beyond visual line of sight. The FAA is working to develop rules to make drone operations out of the line of sight "routine, scalable and economically viable."

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☆ The Capitol physician said Mitch McConnell's health scares may have been a result of dehydration. Sen. Rand Paul doesn't believe it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had two recent health scares while at press conferences. The Capitol physician said McConnell may have just been dehydrated and didn't have a stroke. GOP Sen. Rand Paul, also a licensed physician, said he doesn't believe the physician's diagnosis. But on Tuesday afternoon, Paul, a licensed ophthalmologist, who graduated from Duke Medical School in 1988, told reporters he disagreed with the Capitol physician's findings. AdvertisementAdvertisement"To have the Senate doctor describe it as dehydration," Paul said, "I think even non-physicians seeing that probably aren't really accepting that explanation."

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The Senate returns Tuesday from a month-long recess as Congress gears up for a rocky September with a whole host of to-dos – including averting a government shutdown – before the fiscal year’s end. Accordingly, congressional leaders have made clear that a stop-gap measure to keep the government funded will be necessary. But even without the demands on the CR, reconciling the House and Senate's spending bills more broadly is expected to be a heavy lift this month, and perhaps beyond. Even so, some Senate Republicans were quick to come to McConnell’s defense. But questions about the leader’s health are expected to run in the background this week as the Senate gets to work on a number of priorities.

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☆ McConnell's freeze-ups not stroke or seizure disorder -doctor
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's two episodes of freezing up while speaking in public appear not to be the result of a stroke or seizure disorder, Congress's doctor said in a statement on Tuesday that did not explain what caused the incidents. "There is no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke, TIA or movement disorder such as Parkinson's disease," Monahan wrote. McConnell's office declined to answer a request for further detail on what doctors believe caused the incidents. Twice in the last six weeks, the Kentucky Republican froze up during public appearances. The two incidents have raised fresh questions among Republican and Democratic members of Congress about McConnell and other aging lawmakers.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s health episodes show “no evidence” of being a stroke or seizure disorder, the Capitol physician said in a letter on Tuesday, offering little further explanation for the apparent freeze-ups that have drawn concerns about the 81-year-old's situation. But the episodes have fueled quiet concern among Republican senators and intense speculation in Washington about McConnell’s ability to remain as leader. Nevertheless, many Republican allies have flocked to McConnell’s side, ensuring the famously guarded leader a well of support. McConnell’s health has visibly declined since the concussion in March, after which he took some weeks to recover. Before freezing up last week, McConnell had just given a 20-minute speech with no issues.

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☆ Capitol physician says there's no evidence McConnell has had a stroke or a 'seizure disorder' after freezing episodes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Capitol physician says there is no evidence Mitch McConnell has had a stroke. Congress' doctor also wrote there's no evidence McConnell has a "seizure disorder" or something like "Parkinson's disease." While not specifically mentioned, there have been a number of theories about McConnell freezing up during recent news conferences. "There is no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke, TIA or movement disorder such as Parkinson's disease," Monahan wrote. Before he froze up during his most recent episode, McConnell was asked about his plans for the future.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, McConnell, Brian P, Monahan, Sen, Rick Scott of Florida Organizations: Capitol, Service, Republican, Republicans, Kentucky Republican, Senate GOP Locations: Wall, Silicon, Kentucky

☆ After Mitch McConnell's 2nd freezing episode, a Kentucky GOP county chair says he's 'disappointed' that the senator didn't relinquish his leadership role in 2022: 'That would've been a wise decision'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

After Mitch McConnell froze again, a Kentucky GOP leader said the senator should have left last year. Bob Barney, the GOP chair in Jessamine County, told The Post he was "disappointed" in the situation. But McConnell's Republican Senate colleagues have, by and large, rallied around him. Barney told the newspaper he feels as though McConnell won't be selected as the GOP leader once again, which will eventually push him to leave office. "We're all very disappointed that he didn't let someone else take over as leader in 2022," Barney told The Post.

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☆ Capitol physician linked Mitch McConnell's two freezing episodes to 'lightheadedness' from a months-old concussion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze up in the middle of a press conference on Wednesday. A similar occurrence happened to him just about a month prior, in Washington, DC. The Capitol physician cleared him to work on Thursday, linking the incidents to a prior concussion. About a month prior, McConnell also abruptly stopped speaking in the middle of a press conference in Washington, DC, only to be whisked away by his colleagues shortly after. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: Biden joked he was "sandbagged" after tripping at US Air Force Academy graduationIn addition to his concussion, McConnell also reportedly fractured a rib and fell two other times this year.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, Brian P, Monahan, McConnell, Biden, he's, Joe Biden Organizations: Capitol, Service, US Air Force, Politico, MSNBC Locations: Washington ,, Wall, Silicon, Kentucky

REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said it was working with Congress to hammer out a short-term funding measure to avoid an Oct. 1 partial federal government shutdown while longer-term spending talks continue. "OMB is providing Congress with technical assistance needed to avoid severe disruptions to government services in the first quarter of the fiscal year." With only weeks to go before the deadline, the Republican-led House of Representatives has approved only one of those 12 bills. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer this month said he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had agreed on a stopgap measure. In its statement, OMB urged Congress to include emergency supplemental funding in any continuing resolution.

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On Wednesday, McConnell was speaking to reporters in Kentucky when he froze for more than 30 seconds. McConnell had been sidelined from Congress earlier this year, after he tripped in March and was hospitalized for a concussion and a minor rib fracture. "I have informed Leader McConnell that he is medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, was absent from the Senate for months earlier this year, after she suffered complications from shingles. "He was his old self on the telephone," said Biden, who served with McConnell in the Senate.

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☆ McConnell freezes again, raising concern for the 81-year-old Senator's health
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Lilian Manansala | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Mitch McConnell appeared confused and disoriented when he froze during a press conference in Kentucky. The episode was similar to a July 26 incident in which the Senator also struggled to answer reporters' questions and was escorted out by aides.

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☆ Mitch McConnell freezes again during a press conference, 1 month after he abruptly stopped speaking mid-sentence at the Capitol
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Madison Hall | Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mitch McConnell suddenly became disoriented while answering questions on Wednesday. The incident occurred just over a month after he abruptly stopped speaking at a press conference. "Leader McConnell felt momentarily lightheaded and paused during his press conference today," a McConnell spokesperson told CNN. AdvertisementAdvertisementLast month, McConnell abruptly and awkwardly stopped speaking during a press conference at the Capitol before being whisked away. He later told reporters that he was "fine" and an aide of his told Insider that the senator only stepped away because he "felt lightheaded."

Persons: Mitch McConnell, McConnell, Brent Griffiths Organizations: Service, Washington DC, McConnell, CNN, prudential, Capitol Locations: Wall, Silicon, Washington, Kentucky

☆ 15 cities where getting a graduate degree pays off the most
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The San Jose area has the largest pay gap between holders of a graduate degree versus a bachelor's. Some top law schools cost over $200,000 over the course of the program, while medical schools average nearly $219,000 a year. SmartAsset found the average graduate degree holder made $72,000 a year. For cities including The Villages, Florida; Prescott, Arizona; and Morristown, Tennessee, graduate-degree holders made less than $55,000. Florida has two metropolitan areas in the top 15 for graduate-degree income difference, though neither Texas nor New Jersey ranks in the top 25.

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CNN —Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for about 30 seconds on Wednesday while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky. “I’m sorry you all, we’re gonna need a minute,” the aide told reporters. Speaking to reporters after the incident, McConnell insisted he was “fine.”McConnell and his top deputy, Senate Republican Whip John Thune, spoke this afternoon after Wednesday’s incident. President Joe Biden also told reporters Wednesday afternoon that he plans to try to “get in touch” with McConnell. I don’t know enough to know,” Biden told reporters following remarks on the federal response to Hurricane Idalia and the wildfires in Maui.

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☆ Analysis: Trump's trial calendar vs. the US political calendar
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On Monday, a federal judge in Washington, DC, set March 4, 2024, as the start date for the first of his two federal criminal trials. Track developments in Trump’s criminal cases. There will also be a busy court schedule between now and the trial date start as the prosecution and defense offer and respond to pretrial motions, witnesses and other issues. Chutkan said during the proceeding Monday she contacted the judge overseeing Trump’s criminal trial in New York, related to hush-money payments in 2016, which is set to begin March 25. He told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on Monday that there should be time to complete the federal election interference case before voters choose the next president.

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☆ In Kentucky, a Maestro of the People
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Javier C. Hernández | More About Javier C. Hernández | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a muggy July night at an amphitheater in suburban Kentucky, the conductor and composer Teddy Abrams — sporting black jeans, camouflage sneakers and a bouncy mop of golden curls — took the podium and began to evangelize. It was the final stop on the Louisville Orchestra’s summer tour across Kentucky, and Abrams, the ensemble’s 36-year-old music director, paused to speak to the crowd of roughly 900 in Bardstown, 40 miles or so south of Louisville, about his mission. “This is your Louisville Orchestra, everyone,” he said. We’ve made a lot of the music that the world loves, invented entire genres right here in our state. That’s what this is all about — sharing the incredible music-making that takes places in Kentucky.”

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☆ Ruffian, Ill-Fated Hall of Fame Race Horse, Is Reburied in Kentucky
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Eduardo Medina | More About Eduardo Medina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The remains of Ruffian, the Hall of Fame racehorse whose triumphant run in the 1970s was tragically cut short by an injury in a notorious race that led to her being euthanized, were reburied on Thursday in Kentucky, the filly’s birthplace. Ruffian is considered perhaps the greatest female thoroughbred in history and went undefeated in 10 starts, setting stakes or track records in most of them. She had been buried at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., since her ill-fated race on July 6, 1975, when the 3-year-old filly raced Foolish Pleasure, the winner of that year’s Kentucky Derby. Ruffian shattered her right front ankle in the race, and she was later put down by injection and buried in Belmont’s infield, 70 yards beyond the finish line. The race and Ruffian’s injury captured national attention, and her burial site had for decades been a place to honor one of the most celebrated racing horses in history.

Persons: Ruffian Organizations: of Fame, Kentucky Derby Locations: Ruffian, Kentucky, Belmont, Elmont

☆ Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the doorstep of her future wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Like Larissa, she’d just come out of a long term relationship and had sworn herself to singledom, vowing to put all her time and energy into work. The day Rachel ended up on Larissa’s Nashville doorstep, she was supposed to be on a plane to California for work. By the fifth day, Rachel was ready to give up. Then, she filled in the blanks for Rachel, explaining that earlier that day, she’d come out as bisexual to her parents. “I was like, ‘Oh Mom, this is my friend Larissa from Nashville.’ And my mom was like, ‘Oh, cool,’ and she hugged her.

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☆ Kentucky's largest school district had to cancel class for two days so it could overhaul a 'disastrous' new bus system that left kids on buses until 10 p.m.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new bus route plan for Kentucky's largest school district left students on buses until 10 p.m. The school district is giving bus drivers time to practice their new routes over the weekend. The school district is home to Louisville, which is Kentucky's largest city with a population of 628,000, according to the US Census Bureau. Pollio said the school district would work through the weekend to update its bus route system to ensure there is no "repeat of what happened." According to Pollio, the school district is going to review all bus stops for "efficiency," pay its bus drivers to practice their new bus routes, and "dramatically increase" the capacity of its bus system call center.

Persons: Marty Pollio, Pollio Organizations: Service, Jefferson, Jefferson County Public, Census Bureau, NBC, Associated Press, The Louisville Courier Locations: Wall, Silicon, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville

☆ Takeaways from the Ohio special election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Abortion rights advocates on Tuesday won a critical victory in Ohio, beating back a measure that would have made their push to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution more difficult. It was widely seen as a proxy battle over the proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights that will be on Ohio’s ballots in November. Here are four takeaways from Ohio’s election:Abortion remains a major driving forceOhio’s August election would ordinarily have been a sleepy, low-turnout affair. Mail-in and early voting for this election had already surpassed 2022 primary voting before Election Day even began. However, the November vote could settle the issue of abortion rights in Ohio for good, raising questions about how effective those Democratic attacks would be a year later.

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