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☆ Inside Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US military campaign that dropped 2 million tons of bombs on Laos over 9 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( James Pasley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

For nine years, a covert CIA-run operation called "Operation Barrel Roll" dropped more than 580,000 bombs on Laos. The US was trying to stop North Vietnamese forces from transporting weapons and soldiers through Laos. But the bombs' impact continued long after an estimated 80 million bombs were dropped but failed to detonate. The CIA covertly executed the bombings, which is referred to as the US "secret war" on Laos. Here's what happened and why the bombs are still hurting Laos today.

Organizations: CIA, Service Locations: Laos, Wall, Silicon

Fifty years after a 1973 coup in Chile that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule and saw some 40,000 people imprisoned, disappeared, tortured or killed, Reuters went with five former political prisoners to the sites of their confinement. Carlos Gonzalez was arrested and tortured by Pinochet's secret police in 1976 at the age of 28. For months he was held in detention centers, including the Tres Alamos and Cuatro Alamos political prison camps in Santiago. Chile returned to democracy in 1990, though Pinochet himself was never convicted of a crime and died in 2006. Reporting by Ivan Alvaredo and Natalia Ramos; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Viola, Carlos, Alejandra, General Augusto Pinochet, Carlos Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Salvador Allende, Pinochet, Alejandra Holzapfel, Ingrid Olderock, Holzapfel, Viola Todorovic, Ivan Alvaredo, Natalia Ramos, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, Tres, Cuatro, Valech, MIR, Londres, Thomson Locations: Chile, Tres Alamos, Cuatro Alamos, Santiago ., Santa Lucia, Santiago

☆ Chile Political Prisoners Reclaim Torture Sites to Preserve Coup Memory
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Fifty years after a 1973 coup in Chile that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule and saw some 40,000 people imprisoned, disappeared, tortured or killed, Reuters went with five former political prisoners to the sites of their confinement. Carlos Gonzalez was arrested and tortured by Pinochet's secret police in 1976 at the age of 28. For months he was held in detention centers, including the Tres Alamos and Cuatro Alamos political prison camps in Santiago. They beat you before asking you anything, you couldn't breathe," he told Reuters at another former detention center, the Clinica Santa Lucia. Chile returned to democracy in 1990, though Pinochet himself was never convicted of a crime and died in 2006.

Persons: Ivan Alvarado, Natalia A, Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO, Viola, Carlos, Alejandra, General Augusto Pinochet, Carlos Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Salvador Allende, Pinochet, Alejandra Holzapfel, Ingrid Olderock, Holzapfel, Viola Todorovic, Ivan Alvaredo, Natalia Ramos, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, Tres, Cuatro, Valech, MIR, Londres Locations: Chile, Tres Alamos, Cuatro Alamos, Santiago ., Santa Lucia, Santiago

☆ Abortion pill company asks Supreme Court to decide mifepristone case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Drug company Danco Laboratories on Friday asked the Supreme Court to review the case challenging the legality of the abortion pill mifepristone. Danco, which distributes the abortion pill, wants the Supreme Court to reverse the lower court ruling. Danco's request for the Supreme Court to take up the case comes nearly 15 months after the court's conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that protected abortion as a constitutional right. Four justices have to agree to take up the abortion pill case. The U.S. Department of Justice is also expected to ask the high court to review the case.

Persons: Roe, Wade Organizations: Danco Laboratories, U.S ., Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S . Department of Justice

☆ How Black Nurses Were Recruited to Staten Island to Fight a Deadly Disease
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( John Freeman Gill | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

After several years, Ms. Allen became a nurse by graduating from a city program, and before returning to the pediatric hospital in her freshly earned nurse’s whites and cape, she worked briefly in Sea View’s adult wards. The most striking ornamental aspect of these pavilions was the six-foot-high terra-cotta frieze running around each building beneath its eaves. Here, against a backdrop of golden tiles, could be found polychrome images of doctors, seashells, garlands, red crosses and white nurses. The terra-cotta images were created using the “sectile” technique introduced at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris. In June, New York City Health + Hospitals agreed to allow the New York City Fire Department to occupy the old Sea View staff house for 40 years.

Persons: Allen, Almirall, Christine Jetten, Terra Cotta, ” Organizations: New, Woolworth, New York City Health, New York City Fire Department Locations: New York, New Jersey, Delft, Holland, Paris, Dutch, New York City

President Joe Biden's administration has said it plans to appeal the 5th Circuit's decision as well. The 5th Circuit's decision partially sided with the anti-abortion groups and doctors who challenged mifepristone. In April, the Supreme Court granted emergency requests by the Justice Department and the pill's manufacturer Danco Laboratories to put on hold Kacsmaryk's order while litigation continued. Mifepristone is taken with another drug called misoprostol to perform medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of all U.S. abortions. Since last year's Supreme Court decision, at least 14 U.S. states have put in place outright abortion bans while many others prohibit abortion after a certain length of pregnancy.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, mifepristone, Joe Biden's, Jessica Ellsworth, Circuit upended, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Roe, Wade, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: Alamo Women's, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Danco Laboratories, New, Circuit, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Justice Department, mifepristone, Republican, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, Defending, Thomson Locations: Carbondale , Illinois, U.S, New Orleans, Amarillo , Texas, New York

☆ Australian PM to visit China this year after 'progress' on ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese along with the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong smile during the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsSYDNEY, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Australia and China have made progress in returning to "unimpeded trade" but more progress is needed, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday as he met Chinese Premier Li Qiang at a regional summit in Indonesia. "The progress we have made in resuming unimpeded trade is good for both countries and we want to see that progress continue," Albanese said in his opening comments at the meeting. Li said he welcomed Albanese to visit China this year, and Albanese said he would. "I look forward to visiting China later this year to mark the 50th anniversary of Prime Minister Whitlam’s historic visit," Albanese said in a statement after the meeting, referring to the first visit to communist China by an Australian leader, then prime minister Gough Whitlam, in 1973.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong, Willy Kurniawan, Li Qiang, Albanese, Li, Whitlam’s, " Albanese, Gough Whitlam, Cheng Lei, Yang Hengjun, Kirsty Needham, Robert Birsel Organizations: Australian, Australian Foreign, ASEAN Summit, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia, Australia, China

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican Supreme Court ruling that invalidated all federal criminal penalties for abortion continued a regional trend of widening access to the procedure, but left in place a patchwork of varying state restrictions. Political Cartoons on World Leaders View All 226 ImagesPolitical Cartoons View All 1146 ImagesSome 20 Mexican states, however, still criminalize abortion. Those laws were not affected by the Supreme Court ruling, but abortion rights advocates will likely ask state judges to follow its logic. Abortion-rights activists will have to continue seeking legalization state by state, though Wednesday's decision should make that easier. Some American women were already seeking help from Mexican abortion rights activists to obtain pills used to end pregnancies.

Persons: Sen, Olga Sánchez Cordero, Irma Barrientos, We’re, ” Barrientos, “, we’re, Fernanda Díaz de, de León, Díaz de León, León, Roe, Wade, Marina Reyna, ”, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Court, Group, National Institute for Women, Twitter, Civil Association for, U.S, Supreme, Observers, Guerrero, Women, Associated Locations: MEXICO, “, United States, Mexico, Aguascalientes, America, Mexico City, Argentina, Colombia, Guerrero, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

☆ ‘The First Year’ Review: Allende’s Rule in Chile
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Devika Girish | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A few years before Patricio Guzmán directed his tripartite masterpiece, “The Battle of Chile,” about the events leading to the C.I.A.-backed military coup that toppled the socialist government of President Salvador Allende in 1973, the Chilean filmmaker made “The First Year”: an account of the inaugural 12 months of Allende’s rule. Guzmán traveled through Chile, interviewing the working class about Allende’s socialist policies and accumulating a crackling portrait of hope and incipient change. The French filmmaker Chris Marker saw the documentary in 1971 and decided to help show it in France, enlisting numerous actors, including Delphine Seyrig, to dub the Spanish dialogue in French. That version, arriving this week in a sparkling restoration at Anthology Film Archives, is a remarkable document not only of a fleeting moment of historical promise, but also of an earnest gesture of international solidarity.

Persons: Patricio Guzmán, Salvador Allende, Guzmán, Chris Marker, Delphine Seyrig Locations: Chile, ”, Chilean, French, France

She was 10, on summer vacation. “Daddy’s plane crashed,” said one of her five siblings — she has never known which one. The information did not register; she thought they meant one of her father’s model airplanes. It was 1973, a time when adults didn’t talk to children about death. That afternoon, a neighbor took the children to the beach so they wouldn’t see news coverage of the crash, among the deadliest in New England’s history.

Persons: Michelle Brennen, ”, — Locations: Essex Junction, Vt

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. Some 20 Mexican states, however, still criminalize abortion. After 40 years, the Supreme Court reversed its abortion decision, and we’re not going to stop until Mexico guarantees the right to life from the moment of conception." Some American women were already seeking help from Mexican abortion rights activists to obtain pills used to end pregnancies. Her state decriminalized abortion last year, but there are 22 open investigations against women accused of ending their pregnancies.

Persons: —, “, Sen, Olga Sánchez Cordero, Irma Barrientos, We’re, ” Barrientos, we’re, Fernanda Díaz de, de León, Díaz de León, León, Roe, Wade, Marina Reyna, ”, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Group, National Institute for Women, Twitter, Civil Association for, U.S, Supreme, Observers, Guerrero, Women, Associated Locations: MEXICO, “, United States, Mexico, Aguascalientes, America, Mexico City, Argentina, Colombia, Guerrero, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

☆ Priscilla Presley addresses age gap with Elvis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Priscilla Presley appeared at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” the film that chronicles her relationship with Elvis Presley. At a press conference following the premiere, Presley addressed her age gap with the late singer, saying he was “respectful” of her age. The two met in 1959, when Priscilla was 14 and Elvis was 24. Elvis had been serving time in the Army in Germany, while Priscilla’s stepfather was stationed in the Air Force nearby. It was like we never left each other.”Coppola’s film is based on Presley’s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me.” “Priscilla” hits theaters Oct. 27.

Persons: Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola’s “ Priscilla, ”, Elvis Presley, Presley, Priscilla, Elvis, Priscilla’s, “ Elvis, ” Priscilla, ” Presley, Priscilla ” Organizations: CNN, Army, Air Force Locations: Venice, Germany

☆ Trump says he would 'love to debate' Meghan Markle: 'I didn't like the way she dealt with the Queen'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Madison Hall | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In an hour-long interview with Hugh Hewitt, Trump said he'd "love to debate" Meghan Markle. "I didn't like the way she dealt with the Queen," Trump said of Meghan. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: Scowling Trump makes history with first presidential mugshotHe added, "I'd love to debate her. When asked by Piers Morgan to clarify his comments about the duchess being "nasty," Trump said, "I wasn't referring to her as 'she's nasty' — I said she was nasty about me." Outside of debating Meghan, Trump said he "certainly will" debate the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024, despite missing out on the first Republican presidential debate in August.

Persons: Hugh Hewitt, Trump, Meghan Markle, Markle, Prince Harry, Donald Trump, Duchess of Sussex, Joe Biden, it's, Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, Hewitt, Meghan, Queen, Biden, Scowling Trump, Harry, Piers Morgan, —, Queen Elizabeth herself, Buckingham, King Charles III, Nigel Farage, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Service, British, House, Democratic, FiveThirtyEight, Republican, Florida Gov Locations: Wall, Silicon, Canada, United States, Florida

☆ Queen Lyrics and Freddie Mercury’s Grand Piano Soar at Auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Scott Reyburn | More About Scott Reyburn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Then the competition exploded, with a half-dozen bidding paddles raised in the London salesroom, followed by a flurry of bids online and by phone. “The very piano on which ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was composed. The instrument,” the auctioneer Oliver Barker intoned as the bidding paused after spiraling into seven figures. Mercury composed many of Queen’s hits at the Yamaha. It was originally estimated to sell for at least $2.5 million in Sotheby’s 59-lot evening auction of the most desirable pieces from the collection offered by the singer’s lifelong friend Mary Austin.

Persons: ’, Oliver Barker intoned, Barker’s, Freddie Mercury’s, Mercury, Mary Austin Organizations: Yamaha Locations: London, British

☆ 13% of Americans have a disability—what this means during the job application process
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Isabel Engel | In Isabel--Engel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But this percentage is likely an undercount, Mia Ives-Rublee, disability justice initiative director at the Center for American Progress, tells CNBC Make It. Employers aren't allowed to ask you about your disability status in a job interview, so why are they allowed to include a voluntary question on a job application? "Legally, it cannot be flagged on your application," Ives-Rublee says. The choice to self-identify on a job application, or once you are hired into a company, is a deeply personal one, Ives-Rublee acknowledges. It is, of course, up to you to decide if or when you are comfortable disclosing your disability status — even if you know the self-identification will be kept confidential during the job application process.

Persons: Mia Ives, it's, Ives, Rublee, Employers aren't Organizations: Pew Research, Center for American, CNBC, Ives, Employers, Rehabilitation, U.S . Department of Labor, U.S . Department, Labor's Locations: United States

☆ Brazen, original, poetic: hip-hop's mark on fashion continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Alicia Powell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Hip-hop fashion is defined by its brazenness, its originality, its verbal symphony. Earlier this year, the Museum at FIT celebrated hip-hop fashion with an exhibition titled "Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style." After five decades, luxury and fast-fashion brands are collaborating with hip-hop designers instead of just being inspired by them. "Us not asking for permission to work with high fashion designers," Ambrose said. "All these are a result of the influence of hip-hop, hip-hop culture, hip-hop fashion.

Persons: June Ambrose, DJ Kool Herc, Joe Blow, Constance White, Ambrose, Jay, Mariah Carey, Mary J, Blige, White, Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Powell, Richard Chang, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: York, Puma, PTA, Rappers, FIT, Thomson Locations: American, New York's Bronx

☆ Chile video game brings to life resistance fight against Pinochet dictatorship
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Natalia A. Ramos Miranda | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] 'Dirty Wars' videogame recreator, Jorge Olivares, inspired by Chile's military coup and the fight against Pinochet's dictatorship, shows a screen with his game featuring La Moneda government palace, in Santiago, Chile, September 4, 2023. The couple in the game, Maximiliano and Abigail, choose to confront the military regime by joining a resistance group. Chile on Sept. 11 will mark half a century since the coup, which saw a violent siege of the government palace in Santiago. Olivares said his game, launched on online gaming platform Steam, was not intended as "Marxist propaganda" or an "allegory" for the Allende government. Reporting by Natalia Ramos and Reuters TV; Editing by Lucinda Elliott and Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jorge Olivares, Pinochet's, Rodrigo Gutierrez, La, Augusto Pinochet's, Salvador Allende, Olivares, Abigail, Santiago . Olivares, Allende, Natalia Ramos, Lucinda Elliott, Josie Kao Organizations: La, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Santiago , Chile, Chilean, South America, Chile, Santiago

☆ Elvis was 'the love of my life', Priscilla tells Venice
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VENICE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Elvis Presley's former wife Priscilla said the legendary rock star had been the love of her life, despite eventually leaving him, as a film about their turbulent relationship hit the Venice Film Festival. "Priscilla", directed by Sofia Coppola, is based on her 1985 autobiography, "Elvis and Me", depicting her roller-coaster life with one of the most famous figures of the 20th century. He was the love of my life, but it was the lifestyle that was so difficult for me," Priscilla told reporters in Venice ahead of the world premiere of the movie, which stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi. Priscilla Beaulieu met Elvis Presley in 1959 when she was just 14 and he was deeply homesick, stationed with the U.S. army in West Germany. "Priscilla" is one of 23 movies competing for the Golden Lion award at the Venice festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Elvis Presley's, Priscilla, Sofia Coppola, Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Priscilla Beaulieu, Elvis Presley, Elvis, Lisa Marie, Sophia, Coppola, Spaeny, Crispian Balmer, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Venice Film, U.S, Golden, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Venice, West Germany, Germany, United States, Memphis, U.S

☆ How being a mom changes the game for elite tennis players
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Eryn Mathewson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

If she’s successful, Wozniacki, 33, would join a short list of mothers who have reached the finals of a grand slam, or won. But the rule limits how many grand slams players can enter, something that tennis pro Taylor Townsend of Chicago would like to see changed. No matter what level of income a player earns, the training required to compete and win at the elite level in tennis is intense. “It’s certainly hard enough to win a grand slam without having a child going, ‘Mom, when are you coming back?’ ” Stubbs told CNN. “Serena … I think she wanted to win the grand slam as a mom more than anything,” she said.

Persons: Caroline Wozniacki’s, Tatiana Prozorova, Petra Kvitová, Jennifer Brady, Coco Gauff, —, Wozniacki, “, ”, ‘, she’s, Serena Williams, Olympia, Kim Clijsters, Caroline Wozniacki, Jada, Australia’s Margaret Court, Naomi Osaka, Terry Holladay, Taylor Townsend, Townsend, Rennae Stubbs, “ It’s, ’ ” Stubbs, Karolina Pliskova, “ Serena …, Christine Stromberg, She’s, Kate Ackerman, Wu Tsai, ” Ackerman Organizations: New, New York CNN, Vogue Magazine, Queens, Women’s Tennis Association, WTA, ESPN, CNN, Professional Tennis Operations, Services, Harvard University Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital Locations: New York, Russian, Czech, Florida, Belgian, Chicago

☆ AOC says the US should apologize for its history of interventions in Latin America: 'It's very hard for us to move forward when there is this huge elephant in the room'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said the US has to reckon with its history of interventions in Latin America. "I believe that we owe Chile, and not just Chile but many aspects of that region, an apology," Ocasio-Cortez told the publication. "I don't think that apology indicates weakness; I think it indicates a desire to meet our hemispheric partners with respect." "It's very hard for us to move forward when there is this huge elephant in the room and a lack of trust due to that elephant in the room," she continued. "Latin America, I believe, due to its proximity, was absolutely unique in US interventionism during the cold war, and that was under [secretary of state] Henry Kissinger and President Nixon," the congresswoman said.

Persons: Cortez, Alexandria Ocasio, New York Democrat —, Salvador Allende, —, Jacobo Árbenz, João Goulart, Fidel Castro, Castro, Henry Kissinger, Nixon, Augusto Pinochet, We're Organizations: Guardian, Service, New York Democrat, US, Operation Condor Locations: Latin America, Wall, Silicon, Alexandria, Chile, Cuban, Cuba, America, United States, Brazil, Colombia

☆ Why are all the cool Kit Kats only available internationally?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

They create buzz and urgency, which help decades-old brands like Kit Kat stay relevant. A few years later, Rowntree’s renamed the product Kit Kat Chocolate Crisp. Nigel Roddis/ReutersAfter manufacturing and distributing Kit Kat for decades, the British company entered into a deal with Hershey, giving it control over US Kit Kat distribution in 1970. Nostalgic candies, like traditional Kit Kat bars, exert a powerful hold over those who loved them in their childhood, she noted. When people reach for a Kit Kat, they’re reaching for a reliable jolt of sweetness and good feelings, she said.

Persons: Kit, Kit Kat, Kat, Kats, Behrouz Mehri, Nestlé, Lynn Dornblaser, Dornblaser, “, Kit Kat wasn’t, Chocolate Crisp, Rowntree’s, Kat Chocolate Crisp, Rowntree's Kit Kat, Nigel Roddis, Hershey, Kit Kats, Rowntree Mackintosh, Milo Kit Kat, Chris O’Donnell, ”, O’Donnell, it’s, Milo, Kit Kat Japan, Kat Churro, Justin Kukura, Marcia Mogelonsky, they’re Organizations: New, New York CNN, Target, Walmart, Hershey, Getty, Mintel Consulting, Reuters, Nestlé, Lotus, Hershey Company Locations: New York, United States, Japan, AFP, British, Hershey , Pennsylvania, ., Australia, Hershey

☆ In Chile, a Quest for Truth Driven by Survivor’s Guilt
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Lily Meyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE SUICIDE MUSEUM, by Ariel DorfmanOn Sept. 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile died inside the national palace in Santiago during a U.S.-backed military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Afterward, the Chilean army announced that suicide was the official cause of death, which many Chileans distrusted, if not flatly rejected. This is the mystery that powers “The Suicide Museum,” a new novel by the Chilean American author, playwright and activist Ariel Dorfman. Whether his life was tragic or epic.”For Ariel, even considering the possibility that Allende died by suicide isn’t easy. He is attached to an epic narrative in which Allende died fighting; any alternative theory “desecrated a sanctuary that was out-of-bounds.”

Persons: Ariel Dorfman, Salvador Allende, General Augusto Pinochet, Pinochet, It’s, ”, he’s, Ariel, Joseph Hortha, Dorfman, Allende Organizations: Chilean Locations: Chile, Santiago, U.S, Chilean American, United States

☆ Visualizing the Latest Wave of N.C.A.A. Conference Realignment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Josh Katz | Kevin Quealy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Missouri and Texas A&M were the first teams to join the SEC in 20 years. Financial benefits and concerns about conference stability lured Boston College to become the A.C.C.’s 12th member in 2005. Penn State, one of the last major programs to remain independent, became the Big Ten’s 11th member in 1993, setting off a wave of realignment across college football. The Missouri Valley Conference stopped sponsoring football after the 1985 season. Arkansas departed for the SEC in 1991, signaling the beginning of the end for the Southwest Conference, long associated with N.C.A.A.

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☆ ‘Icon’ Billie Jean King is a ‘such an inspiration,’ says skiing great Lindsey Vonn
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Coy Wire | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Billie Jean King is one of tennis’ original revolutionaries but her influence has been felt far beyond her own sport. “Billie Jean is, I think, just the epitome of what a strong woman can do in the world when working hard. She’s been just this pillar of equality,” Vonn told CNN Sport’s Coy Wire. I love it.”Lindsey Vonn heaped praise on tennis great Billie Jean King. But unfortunately, I didn’t do as much as like in my career as Billie Jean, but I’m still working on it and trying my best.

Persons: Billie Jean King, Lindsey Vonn, Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Billie Jean, She’s, ” Vonn, CNN Sport’s Coy, King, “ I’m, “, ” Lindsey Vonn, Sarah Stier, Shea Kastriner, ’ Vonn, Bobby Riggs, Riggs, Billie, I’m, ” Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport’s, WTA Locations: American

☆ Pinochet becomes a vampire in Chilean director Larrain's Venice entry 'El Conde'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "El Conde" in competition - Venice, Italy, August 31, 2023. Director Pablo Larrain looks on. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Acquire Licensing RightsVENICE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Chilean director Pablo Larrain, known for his Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana dramas "Jackie" and "Spencer," chose General Augusto Pinochet as the subject of his latest film, "El Conde". The movie, which is screening in competition at the Venice Film Festival, depicts Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire whose family gathers at his remote hideout as he decides his time on earth has come to an end. Pinochet, who died in December 2006 at the age of 91, was never convicted of his responsibility for the crimes.

Persons: Conde, Pablo Larrain, Yara, Jackie Kennedy, Princess Diana, Jackie, Spencer, Augusto Pinochet, El Conde, Pinochet, Larrain, Paula Luchsinger, Hanna Rantala, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Venice Film, Netflix, Ministry of Justice, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Chilean, Chile, Pinochet

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