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☆ Powerball prize reaches $615 million, the 10th largest jackpot in history
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The potential prize for the massive Powerball jackpot just made history, lottery officials announced Friday. A fortunate player could end up taking home $615 million in Saturday’s drawing – the 10th-largest Powerball prize ever. The lucky winner of Saturday’s jackpot could choose between the annuitized $615 million prize over 30 years or to take the lump-sum payment. However, three lucky players in Florida, Ohio and New York won $1 million prizes, according to officials. A ticket sold in California won the largest-ever Powerball prize of $2.04 billion on November 7, 2022.

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☆ Max Verstappen dominates in Austria to win fifth consecutive Grand Prix
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Red Bull’s Max Verstappen sauntered to his fifth consecutive win after dominating at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. “I don’t like to think about that yet,” Verstappen told reporters after the race when asked about winning another championship. Clive Rose/Getty ImagesOnce again, Verstappen started on pole and cruised to his seventh win out of this season’s nine races. It rounded off a near perfect weekend for the 25-year-old who also won Saturday’s sprint race. The sprint weekend is always very hectic and a lot of things can go wrong and luckily a lot of things went right for us this weekend,” Verstappen added.

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CNN —At least 21,000 Wagner mercenaries have been killed fighting in Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian leader said the private military company had suffered “enormous losses,” particularly in eastern Ukraine where its “most powerful group” was fighting. “Our troops killed 21,000 Wagnerites in eastern Ukraine alone,” Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv on Saturday, adding that another 80,000 Wagner fighters had been wounded. Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Because it’s only in Russia that they want to kill me, whereas the entire world wants to kill him.”

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☆ Deadline for airline retrofits could impact
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Multiple US air carriers told CNN Thursday that they will be able to meet the deadline. It added that all of its widebody aircraft will have the upgraded equipment by the deadline. The Regional Airline Association, meanwhile, said that most of its members’ planes were retrofitted ahead of a deadline last fall, and that they have plans to retrofit the remaining planes. That delay followed an even earlier postponement negotiated by the wireless carriers and the aviation industry, which had raised broad concerns that 5G signals might affect air travel. The deadline comes after a week of heavy flight disruptions linked to weather that are beginning to subside, with the exception of United.

Persons: Pete Buttigieg, ” Buttigieg, Buttigieg, CNN’s Gregory Wallace Organizations: New, New York CNN, Verizon, Transportation, Airlines for America, CNN, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Delta, Regional Airline Association Locations: New York, Delta

☆ Putin strives to reassert control after Wagner mutiny
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —For two days after Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his abortive mutiny, Russian President Vladimir Putin said nothing in public. Putin thanked security forces at the Kremlin Tuesday, for helping Russia to avoid "civil war." “Putin values loyalty above all else,” Dmitri Alperovitch, a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, told CNN. Lukashenko claimed he told Prigozhin that he would be “crushed like a bug” if he continued his advance towards Moscow, and persuaded him to call of the mutiny. Now that the dust has settled after a chaotic weekend, Putin is attempting to project an image of control.

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☆ MLB: London Series takes over the UK
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Cubs dominated the London Series opener storming home to a 9-1 victory. Daniel ShireyMLB Photos/Getty ImagesA UK twist“It’s a thrill to be here,” Cardinals fan Karen Asher-Relf told CNN Sport. “I think it’s awesome [the London Series], I love baseball and I’m slowly converting him,” said Karen. DeCap, a Cardinals fan, and Crain, a Cubs fan, flew over to the UK for a vacation that incorporated watching the game. Since the last London Series event, the MLB has introduced a pitch clock designed to make matches shorter – a far cry from the mammoth four hour and 42-minute game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox during the 2019 London Series.

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☆ Kamala Harris found her voice on abortion rights in the year after Dobbs. Now she’s making it central to her 2024 message.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jasmine Wright | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris was fed up. Harris left the event railing at the stigma women face for doing so, a staffer told CNN. The shift in posture, many close to the White House say, has also been helped by one of Biden’s closest advisers, Anita Dunn. “The president and vice president cannot both be bouncing around the country doing fundraisers all the time. Long one of the Democratic Party’s most moderate voices on abortion, Biden has reckoned with personal qualms rooted in his Catholic faith.

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CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing the greatest threat to his authority in two decades after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group and Putin’s former ally, launched an apparent insurrection. Prigozhin has been highly critical of Russia’s military leadership and their handling of the war in Ukraine, but he had always stopped short of criticizing Putin directly. Wagner group also claimed to have seized Russian facilities in a second city, Voronezh, some 600 kilometers (372 miles) to the north of Rostov-on-Don. Alexander Gusev, the governor of the Voronezh region, said the Russian military was engaging in “combat measures” in the area. Stunning escalationSaturday’s dramatic events come off the back of Prigozhin’s very public and months-long feud with Russia’s military leadership.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, Prigozhin, Putin, ” Putin, Igor Artamonov, Sergei Sobyanin, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, “, ”, Don “, ” “, ” Prigozhin, Rostov, Don, Alexander Gusev, Shoigu, –, Gen, Vladimir Alekseev, Sergei Naryshkin, Naryshkin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Vladimir Rogov, Rogov saif, ” Wagner, Stringer, Dmytro Kuleba, Serhii Cherevatyi Organizations: CNN, Prigozhin, Moscow, Terrorism, Security, Russian, RIA Novosti, Kremlin, Russian Southern Military Headquarters, Ministry of Defense, Russian Ministry of Defense, Foreign Intelligence Service, Russian Historical Society, Telegram, Southern Military District, Reuters, Russian Foreign, European Union, US State Department, Britain’s Ministry of Defense, Russian National Guard, Ukrainian, Twitter, Ukrainian Armed Forces Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Russian, Rostov, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Russia, St . Petersburg, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Prigozhin’s, Prigozhin, Don, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, EU

In the war-torn Chechnya region, Mr. Kadyrov built up a private fiefdom while professing loyalty to no official but Mr. Putin himself. A judo sparring partner from Mr. Putin’s youth became a construction billionaire and built Mr. Putin’s landmark bridge to Crimea. And then there was Mr. Prigozhin, who has said that he met Mr. Putin in 2000 as a St. Petersburg restaurateur. In Ukraine, as Mr. Prigozhin tells it, Wagner troops were only called in after Mr. Putin’s initial invasion plan failed. But Mr. Putin seemed to vacillate on his own support for Mr. Prigozhin.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Yevgeny V, Prigozhin, Putin’s, “, ”, —, “ Putin, Tatiana Stanovaya, ” Mr, Ramzan Kadyrov, Aleksandr G, Lukashenko, Mr, Wagner, tycoons, Boris N, Yeltsin, Kadyrov, Prigozhin’s, K.G.B, Donald J, Trump, Weeks, ’, Putin “, Andrei Soldatov, Prigozhin “, ” Mark Galeotti, ” Neil MacFarquhar, Valerie Hopkins Organizations: Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, ., Reuters, Federal Security Service, Kremlin, Television, Defense, Defense Ministry, Center for Locations: Russia, Moscow, Russian, Rostov, Chechnya, Belarus, Russia’s, Don, Ukraine, Putin’s, Crimea, St, Petersburg, United States, Syria, Africa, Ukrainian, Bakhmut

☆ Matt Fitzpatrick criticizes US Open's Los Angeles course and 'very poor' atmosphere
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Yet not everyone has given the host glowing reviews, including the major’s reigning champion Matt Fitzpatrick. And following Saturday’s third round, Fitzpatrick – whose hopes of becoming the first player to defend the US Open title since Brooks Koepka look slim – again spoke about the quality of the course and the atmosphere. Fitzpatrick added: “I’ve seen Brooks’ comments and I tend to agree with what he feels like that about this golf course. Yet firmer greens and fairways brought fresh criticisms of the course, and atmosphere, from Fitzpatrick on Saturday. “Very poor … It’s disappointing on the USGA side,” said Fitzpatrick of the atmosphere, according to Barstool Sports journalist Dan Rapaport.

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☆ US Open: How to watch first golf major since shock PGA Tour and LIV Golf partnership
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It’s also the first major since the golfing world was rocked by the announcement of a partnership between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf earlier this month. 2 Jon Rahm spoke of the “betrayal” felt by PGA Tour players following the “bombshell” announcement, expressing his discomfort at the perceived lack of clarity and unanswered questions surrounding the deal. However, one of the partnership’s primary architects, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, was not on site to respond as he recuperates from a medical situation. Monahan has been relieved of day-to-day duties while he recovers, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday. After a second PGA Tour victory at the RBC Heritage in April earlier this year, the world No.

Persons: CNN —, It’s, LIV, Jon Rahm, ”, Jay Monahan, Monahan, Matt Fitzpatrick, Brooks Koepka, Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris, Koepka, Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Matt York, Fitzpatrick, Warren Little, ” Fitzpatrick, I’ve, Norway’s Viktor Hovland, Wanamaker, “ There’s, Harry, Jack Nicklaus, Walter Hagen, “ Organizations: CNN, 123rd, Los Angeles Country Club, PGA, USA Network, NBC, Sky Sports, Sheffield, RBC Heritage, Getty, North, Championship Locations: California, Massachusetts, New York, Brookline, Los Angeles, North America

☆ Belmont Park: Trainer Mark A. Henning wants answers after two horses die
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The trainer of two horses that died at Belmont Park – home of the Belmont Stakes – said he has been left “heartbroken” and “devastated” by the news. In the first race at Belmont Park on Sunday, Mashnee Girl fell near the quarter pole, according to industry-owned database Equibase, before being euthanized on the track. The horse suffered an injury leaving the backstretch, was pulled up, and euthanized on the grass track, according to Equibase. I spoke to both of them and they both told me how well the horses were travelling under them, before taking a tragic bad step.”At Belmont Park, New York, four horses died while racing or training in the period from May 13 to Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. We will continue to grieve and pray over the loss of these two beautiful horses.”

Persons: –, “, ”, Mark, Hennig, Mashnee, Excursionniste, ” Hennig, Pat McKenna, Kathy Guillermo, NYRA Organizations: CNN, Belmont, Arcangelo, ” New York Racing Association, Kentucky Derby, PETA Locations: Belmont, ”, Belmont Park , New York, Churchill Downs

☆ 2023 French Open women’s final: Karolína Muchová faces Iga Świątek
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Saturday’s women’s French Open final proves to be an intriguing one for many reasons, in particular because each player’s recent experiences offer tantalizing narratives. Muchová has had to overcome countless battles with injuries while Świątek has skyrocketed to become a three-time grand slam winner. She has slowly climbed back to her best and has enjoyed a remarkable run at this year’s French Open. In the final, with just a victory between her and a French Open title, this is familiar territory for the Pole. Although she’s familiar with the situation, Świątek said a lot had changed since her first French Open title three years ago.

Persons: Saturday’s, Iga Świątek, Roland Garros, Karolína Muchová, Świątek, Muchová, Rafael Nadal, ”, Philippe Chatrier, Maria Sakkari, Nadia Podoroska, Irina, Camelia Begu, Elina Avanesyan, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Muchova, Clive Brunskill, Indian Wells, “ It’s, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Świątek lunges, Haddad Maia, Andy Cheung, Nadal, “, Rafa, he’s Organizations: CNN, Sabalenka Locations: Prague, Paris, Indian, Dubai, Indian Wells

☆ Belmont Stakes in jeopardy as wildfire smoke shrouds US cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —This year’s Belmont Stakes is under threat as wildfire smoke originating from Canada continues to spread across the US. The New York Racing Association (NYRA) postponed Thursday’s schedule at Belmont Park and said racing would only be authorised if conditions improved. Parts of the East Coast are expected to continue to suffer poor air quality until at least the weekend. How to watchThe Belmont Stakes will take place on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The win made Baffert the winningest trainer in Preakness Stakes history, having now had eight horses win the race.

Persons: ”, David O’Rourke, “ NYRA, Brad Penner, Kathy Hochul, ” Hochul, Tapit Trice, Forte, Angel of, Bob Baffert’s Organizations: CNN, New York Racing Association, Belmont, Animals, PETA, Reuters Horse, Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Fox, NBC, Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Locations: Canada, Elmont , New York, East, New York, Belmont

☆ Why Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo is mentoring Ghanaian writer Ayesha Harruna Attah
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Rochelle Beighton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Attah said that being selected personally by Evaristo “is an honor of a lifetime.”“I was overjoyed because I love Bernardine’s boldness as a writer. In 2012, she launched the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, now renamed the Evaristo African Poetry Prize, with the aim of providing a platform for emerging poets from Africa and the diaspora. For Evaristo, mentorship is about more than just refining writing skills. Both Evaristo and Attah share a commitment to challenging misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding Africa and its people through their work. “People have said to me, “Isn’t writing about Africa or Black people limiting?” Evaristo said.

Persons: Bernardine Evaristo, Evaristo, Booker, Ayesha Harruna Attah, “, ” Evaristo, Attah, Evaristo “, ”, ” Attah, Don’t, ’, ‘, ” MARTIN BOURKE, “ We’ve Organizations: CNN, Protégé Arts Initiative, Arts, Brunel University London, Brunel International Locations: Africa, Europe, America, Athens, Greece, Senegal, Nigerian, London, New York, Trinidad, Ghana, England, White

On May 25, 2005, Liverpool and AC Milan contested the Champions League final at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium, which also hosts this year’s showpiece between Manchester City and Inter Milan. What happened in the second half, however, made the 2005 Champions League final the mother of all “I was there” moments. Rafael Benítez’s men emerged for the second half looking like an entirely different team, one full of belief that played with courage and purpose. “I think the most asked question is: ‘What happened at half time?’” Hyypia said. We have to give the fans something to cheer about in the second half, many of them have traveled a long way – even in cars to Istanbul to support us.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Paolo Maldini’s, Hernan Crespo, Sami Hyypia, Carlo Ancelotti, FILIPPO MONTEFORTE, Steven Gerrard, Liverpool’s, Xabi Alonso, Rafael Benítez’s, ” Hyypia, “ I’ve, I’ve, ‘, Rafa Benítez, “, ”, Gerrard, gee, – Hyypia, Hyypia, Jerzy, Dudek, Andriy, Shevchenko, Jerzy Dudek, MUSTAFA OZER, Dida, Xabi, ” Dida Organizations: CNN, “ Istanbul ”, AC Milan, Champions League, Manchester City, Inter Milan, Liverpool, League, CNN Sport, ”, Milan, Getty, Reds, AFP, Man City, Inter Locations: Liverpool, Istanbul, ’, Milan, Italian, AFP

Questioned after his speech on the incident, Li said the US naval presence in the strait was an example of Washington creating chaos in the region. “They are not here for innocent passage, they are here for provocation,” Li said of US warships. Li said if the US and other foreign powers did not want confrontation, they should not send their military assets near China. The incident is the second time in two weeks that Chinese military personnel have engaged in aggressive maneuvers in the vicinity of US military personnel near China’s border. US and Chinese defense chiefs are not expected to meet this year – a mark of the depth of the fracture in relations between the two countries.

Persons: Li Shangfu, ”, Lloyd Austin, Li, ” Li, USS Chung, Hoon, Arleigh Burke, “ Chung, “, Chung, Paul Mountford, Shi Yi, Austin, ” ‘, General Jing Jianfeng, ” China’s, Xi Jinping, Jing Organizations: Singapore CNN —, US, Canadian, Pacific Command, USS, Canada’s Global, PLA, East China Seas, Command, Taipei’s Defense, Chinese Communist Party, People’s Liberation Army, CCTV, Communist Party, Taiwan Locations: Singapore, United States, Washington, China, Taiwan, Canadian, Montreal, South, East, China’s, Beijing, “, Austin

☆ Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman killed in rare border crossing incident
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Pierre Meilhan Richard Allen Greene Salma Abdelaziz Allegra Goodwin Hadas Gold Amir Tal | Pierre Meilhan | Richard Allen Greene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Jerusalem/London CNN —Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman have been killed in a rare border crossing incident. They say the Egyptian policeman shot two Israeli border guards – and that when Israeli back-up arrived later, a firefight ensued that killed both the policeman and a third Israeli. The first two IDF soldiers killed were discovered dead by their lieutenant when they did not answer their radio, according to the spokesman. An ambulance leaves a military base following a deadly shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border on June 3, 2023. Tsafrir Abayov/APIsraeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Twitter that Israeli and Egyptian defense ministers have agreed to work together to prevent attacks along their shared border following the incident.

Persons: –, Ohad Danan, Izhad Iluz, Lia Ben, Herzi Halevi, Israel, Tsafrir, Yoav Gallant, “, Mohamed Zaki, ” Gallant, Zaki, Gallant “ Organizations: London CNN —, Israel Defense Forces, Islamic, Staff, AP Israeli, Twitter Locations: Jerusalem, London, Egypt, Sinai, Israel

☆ Zelensky Signals Next Phase of War Will Have Grim Consequences
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Vivek Shankar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After giving the strongest indication yet that Ukraine’s counteroffensive is imminent, President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday urged his compatriots to personally thank the volunteers and soldiers fighting Russian troops, in a sign of how grim the next phase of the war could be. Mr. Zelensky singled out more than a dozen soldiers by name, noting that in his nightly speeches he usually thanks specific units or brigades. But Saturday’s address was, he said, a collection of “more personal words of gratitude to particular warriors.”His plea to thank soldiers, even if only on social media, followed similar statements from his top military commanders, who have said they are ready for the counteroffensive despite a lack of air defense systems. And his defense minister rebuffed peace talks at a summit of military officials in Singapore on Saturday. Ukraine has also grown bolder, attacking behind Russian lines in past months, another sign of the shifting tone of the war.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, ” Organizations: Saturday Locations: Singapore, Ukraine

☆ Barcelona banishes past disappointments with dramatic Women’s Champions League victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Barcelona Femení overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat Wolfsburg 3-2 in a dramatic Women’s Champions League final and banish its disappointment from last year. The only blemish on Barcelona’s all-conquering record these past few seasons was last year’s Champions League final, as it succumbed to a 3-1 defeat against Lyon, despite otherwise marauding through records and later becoming the first ever football team to win 50 consecutive league games. Saturday’s final against Wolfsburg in Eindhoven, Netherlands was a chance for redemption, but 2-0 down at half time, it seemed that Barcelona would have to wait at least another year to secure a second Women’s Champions League trophy. Legendary forward Alexandra Popp timed her run to perfection as she headed in Pajor’s pass into the box for a record-equaling fourth goal in Women’s Champions League finals. Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images/Getty ImagesParalluelo almost pulled one back for Barcelona just before halftime but for a brave, brilliant save Merle Frohms.

Persons: CNN — Barcelona Femení, Ewa Pajor, Lucy Bronze, – Irene Paredes ’, Caroline Graham Hansen, Alexandra Popp, Alex Gottschalk, Merle Frohms, Patri Guijarro, Dazn, “, Fridolina Rolfö Organizations: CNN — Barcelona, Wolfsburg, League, Lyon, Champions League, Barcelona, Women’s Champions League, women’s Locations: Eindhoven, Netherlands, Barcelona, Wolfsburg, Pajor’s

☆ Growing Protests in Serbia Demand Social Changes After Mass Shootings
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Andrew Higgins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Protests in Serbia over back-to-back mass shootings last month ballooned on Saturday into the biggest street demonstrations in the capital, Belgrade, since demonstrators toppled Slobodan Milosevic as Serbia’s president in 2000. Saturday’s protest, the fifth and biggest by far, increased pressure on Mr. Vucic to meet at least some of the protesters’ demands. Those demands include the dismissal of senior law enforcement officials and the withdrawal of broadcasting licenses from pro-government television stations notorious for airing violent reality shows and ignoring opposition politicians. “Enough is enough,” Zoran Kesić, a satirist and television presenter, told protesters. “Enough with violence, enough with hatred and intimidation, enough with humiliation.”

Persons: Slobodan Milosevic, Aleksandar Vucic, ”, Vucic, Zoran Kesić Locations: Serbia, Belgrade

☆ Justine Triet: French film director attacks Macron during Palme d'Or acceptance speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —French film director Justine Triet condemned what she called French President Emmanuel Macron’s “shocking” repression of the pension reform protests during her Palme d’Or acceptance speech at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. “The commodification of culture that the neoliberal government defends is in the process of breaking the French cultural exception,” Triet continued. Triet is just the third woman to win the Palme d’Or, one of cinema’s tpp prizes, after New Zealand’s Jane Campion and France’s Julia Ducournau. “Happy to see the Palme d’Or awarded to Justine Triet, the 10th for France! France’s social unrest has cast a shadow over this year’s instalment of the film festival.

☆ Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Touches Down in New Jersey
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Matt Stevens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two months and 25 shows after the pop megastar’s career-spanning Eras Tour began, the show arrived in the New York area for three weekend dates — her first concerts near (but not quite in) her adopted hometown in five years. “I really, really missed you!” Swift told the sold-out crowd of more than 72,000 people. One young woman announced that she was crying tears of joy as she strode down a tunnel leading to the parking lot. Two fans with tickets to Saturday’s concert who had traveled from Costa Rica came hoping to see Swift on Friday as well. A woman in an “I ❤️ T.S.” shirt refused an interview request, admitting that she teaches at a public school and was not supposed to be at the stadium on a Friday afternoon.

CNN —Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, says it is “troubled” by the recent spate of horse deaths after racetrack officials on Saturday announced two more horses were put down. The euthanizations of Lost in Limbo on Friday and Kimberley Dream on Saturday at the track mean a dozen horses have died at Churchill Downs in the past two months. A similar injury impacted Lost in Limbo during Friday’s seventh race, and veterinarians deemed the injuries “inoperable and unrecoverable” in both cases, Churchill Downs Inc. said in a news release. The 12 horse deaths have occurred since the track’s stable area reopened for training on March 30, the release stated. Churchill Downs said it is working with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to investigate the deaths and improve the sport’s safety.

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