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☆ ‘Conclave’: A Fly on the Wall Inside the Secret Process to Elect a Pope
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Elisabetta Povoledo | More About Elisabetta Povoledo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When a pope dies, cardinals younger than 80 gather at the Vatican to elect his successor in what is known as a conclave. Recent papal elections have offered glimpses of this highly secretive process by allowing television cameras to capture some of the pomp and prayers leading up to the voting. Edward Berger’s new drama, “Conclave,” which opens Friday, catapults audiences back inside the Sistine Chapel for a cinematically rare, if fictionalized, peek at the confidential electoral proceedings of the Roman Catholic Church. Re“Ancient rituals clashing with modernity,” Berger said, describing the film in a video interview. “It’s all politics in the end,” said Robert Harris, who wrote the 2016 novel on which Peter Straughan based his screenplay.

Persons: Edward Berger’s, ” Berger, Ralph Fiennes, Lawrence, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Sergio Castellitto, ”, Robert Harris, Peter Straughan Organizations: Roman Catholic Church, College of Cardinals

☆ Skeletal remains of ‘Well-man’ linked to centuries-old Norse text
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a passage in a centuries-old Norse text. The text is rich in detail, including full names, locations, battles and military strategy as well as Sverre’s speeches. For the latest study, Martin and his colleagues wanted to bring together historical, archaeological and genetic context for Well-man’s remains. Excavations in 2014 and 2016 unearthed more of Well-man's remains, including his skull. Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage ResearchA surprising portrait of Well-manAn initial radiocarbon dating analysis helped the research team confirm that Well-man’s remains were about 900 years old, which aligns with the timeline in the Sverris saga.

Persons: King Sverre Sigurdsson, —, It’s, ”, Michael D, Martin, they’re, King Sverre, King Sigurd Munn, Sverre, Munn, “, Dr, Martin Ellegaard, Agnar Helgason, King Sverre’s, ” Martin, ” Ellegaard, Maja Krzewińska, Krzewińska, ” Krzewińska, he’s Organizations: CNN —, Cell Press, Norwegian University of Science, Technology’s University Museum, Roman Catholic Church, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage, Technology, Palaeogenetics Locations: Norway, Trondheim, Europe, Bergen, Sverresborg, what’s, “, Stockholm, Sweden

Fifty-five hard-to-miss nuns of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. These sisters don’t deserve to be put down by some misinformation that we’re a sham, that we’re a fraud,” said the prioress, Sister Stephanie Schmidt. Sister Stephanie Schmidt speaks during an interview with CNN, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Because the Benedictine Sisters don’t sit still. “If the 53 people registered at this address are legal voters… then I encourage them to participate in their right to vote,” Maloney posted.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Cliff Maloney, Pennsylvania Chase, “ We’re, Annette Marshall, I’ve, “ We’ve, ”, Stephanie Schmidt, Maloney, Al Schmidt, Sister Schmidt, Barack Obama, Diane Rabe, don’t, Sister Marshall, Theresa Zoky, Sister Linda Romey, “, Diane Cook, they’d, Sister Cook, Trump, Roger Stone, ” Maloney, Elon Musk, Tesla, Sisters don’t, Maloney “, …, We’re, they’ll Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Republican, Benedictine, CNN, Trump, Erie, Biden, Democratic, Trump . America PAC, Action, America PAC retweeted, Sisters Locations: Erie, Pennsylvania, East, Erie County, Erie , Pennsylvania, “, North Carolina , Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin

Between the time it takes to process mail ballots and deal with provisional ballots in some battleground states, votes will not be fully tabulated on election night. Projections of who won a close presidential race might not come for days, similar to the 2020 election. The sources all noted they did not have direct knowledge that this was a formal Trump campaign plan. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request seeking comment. In 2020, Trump quickly proclaimed victory on election night, even though he ultimately ended up losing to Joe Biden.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, Seven Harris, —, Trump, ” Harris, Donald Trump, ”, “, Joe Biden, there’s, “ I’ve, ” “, ” Al Schmidt, Harris, Rudy Giuliani, “ That’s, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita, ’ ” Roger Stone, James Baker, George W, Bush, Joseph Kennedy, John F, Kennedy, Stone, ” Stone, ‘, Biden, Harris ’, ” Trump Organizations: NBC, Trump, NBC News, United States Capitol, Republican, CBS, New, “ Locations: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wisconsin , Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania’s, North Carolina, New York City

☆ Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka: US and Israel warn of potential attack on tourist locations in coastal area
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Both the United States and Israel issued security alerts Wednesday warning of a potential attack on tourist locations in a coastal area of Sri Lanka. “The travel alert for Arugam Bay and the coastal areas in south and west Sri Lanka (including for the cities Ahangame, Galle, Hikkaduwa and Weligama) has been raised to level 4,” it stated. “We recommend leaving these areas immediately. There have been protests in Buddhist majority Sri Lanka against Israel’s war in Gaza. However, there have not been any major terrorist attacks in the nation since the 2019 Easter Sunday attack, when suicide bombers launched a coordinated series of attacks on three Catholic churches and three luxury hotels across Sri Lanka, killing 270 people and injuring 500 more.

Persons: “, ”, ” Israel Organizations: CNN, Embassy, Arugam, National Security Council, Sri, Colombo Locations: United States, Israel, Sri Lanka, Arugam, “, Galle, Hikkaduwa, Gaza

☆ Tamara de Lempicka: Curators are unraveling the mysteries of the belated art icon
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY/1969 Christie’s Images LimitedThe artist painted her first husband, the lawyer Tadeusz de Lempicki, in 1928. Georges Meguerditchian/Centre Pompidou/Orange Logic/RMP/2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY Digital Image/CNAC/MNAM, Dist. Courtesy of Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum/2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY/RoseBudz Productions. 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY/Courtesy of the Peterson Family CollectionLempicka exhibited around Paris regularly in the 1920s, but she struggled to sustain her artistic career. In the 1940s, Lempicka’s work was the subject of a book for the first time, coinciding with an exhibition in Rome.

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☆ Harris goes to church, highlighting the absence of religion in the 2024 campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Religion is making a rare appearance on the campaign trail this week in a presidential election that has dwelled less on candidates’ personal faith than any in recent memory. Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to attend services and speak at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church outside Atlanta on Sunday, while her running mate, Minnesota Gov. And Harris and Trump, along with their running mates, have complicated religious backgrounds that are harder to “sell” politically than Biden’s familiar Catholicism, he said. “I grew up in the Black church,” Harris told radio host Charlamagne tha God last week when a pastor asked about partnering with faith communities. “If you are not comfortable talking about religion, it really shows, so it makes sense not to,” said Faggioli.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Donald Trump, Harris, Al Smith, ” Harris, Trump, That’s, Joe Biden, St, Augustine, Barack Obama’s, Jeremiah Wright, Obama, rebuking, Grace ”, —, Michael Beschloss, “ We’ve, ”, ” There’s, Massimo Faggioli, Biden, “, there’s, you’ve, She’s, Amos Brown, Brown, ” Brown, Harris ’, Doug Emhoff, “ Kamala, ” Walz, Gwen, Walz, Trump’s, Sen, JD Vance, Usha, Vance Organizations: New, Missionary Baptist Church, Minnesota Gov, Believers, Catholic, Mother Emanuel AME, Pew, Villanova University, Trump, California Bay, Baptist Church, D.C, National Baptist Convention, San Francisco, of Supervisors, Democratic, Convention, Church of God Locations: Atlanta, Saginaw , Michigan, New York City, Chicago, Charleston , South Carolina, United States, U.S, California, Indian, Washington, Mississippi, Oakland, Upper Midwest, Minnesota, R, Ohio

☆ An American was kidnapped from a southern Philippine town and a search is underway
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Philippine police said Friday it has launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national, who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist before being spirited away from a southern Philippine coastal town by speedboat. Police in Sibuco town in the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte tried to pursue the suspected abductors and their victim, who they identified as Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, from Vermont, after the reported abduction on Thursday night. “We confirm that there was a report of the alleged abduction of an American national,” the regional police said in a statement. The southern Philippines has bountiful resources but has long been hamstrung by stark poverty and an array of insurgents and outlaws. They targeted American and other Western tourists and religious missionaries, most of whom were freed after ransoms were paid.

Persons: Elliot Onil Eastman, Hamsiran Jala, Eastman, Abu, Abu Sayyaf, ransoms Organizations: Philippine, Catholic, Police, American, Associated Press, Eastman, Facebook, Embassy Locations: American, Philippine, Philippines, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte, Vermont, Basilan, Sulu, Sibuco ., U.S, Manila, Moro Islamic, Abu Sayyaf, United States, beheadings, Sirawai

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’ campaign posted a video that appeared to show Donald Trump nodding off at a campaign event Friday, pushing a new line of attack that the former president is too "exhausted" to run for office. "An exhausted Trump appears to be falling asleep during his campaign event," the Harris campaign posted to its X account with a clip of Trump at a campaign roundtable event in Michigan on Friday. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment about whether he fell asleep during the business roundtable. Harris repeated similar lines hitting on Trump as exhausted during two campaign rallies on Friday. The Harris campaign echoed the sentiments again in multiple social media posts and press releases.

Persons: WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, I’ve, “ Organizations: NBC, Trump Locations: Michigan, United States, Grand Rapids , Michigan, Grand, Wisconsin, York

☆ Italy criminalizes surrogacy abroad in move slammed as ‘medieval’ by critics
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Antonia Mortensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Human life has no price and is not a commodity.”People demonstrate near Italy's Senate this week to oppose the country's new legislation. Francis has shifted the church’s approach on welcoming LGBTQ people, but has maintained a strong line opposing both abortion and surrogacy. The new Italian law does not differentiate between same-sex and heterosexual couples, nor between altruistic or paid surrogacy, but it will disproportionately affect the LGBTQ community, advocates fear. “Law or no law, same-sex families exist and will continue to exist. LGBTQ activists who protested outside the Senate on Wednesday said that heterosexual couples make up 90% of all surrogacies.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni’s, Pope Francis an, Meloni, Simona Granati, Francis, ”, “, ” Laura Boldrini, ” Alessia Crocini, Michela Calabro, Mauro Scrobogna, Elon Musk, Francis ’ Organizations: CNN, Italy, Catholic Church, Italian Catholic Church, Italy's Senate, Catholic, “, Families, European Union Locations: Italy, United States, Canada, Italy's, Vatican, Italian, ” Italy, ”, Albania

☆ Trump reveals ‘people from Fox’ helped him write Al Smith dinner speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Former President Donald Trump said Friday that Fox News staffers helped him write his speech for the Al Smith charity dinner, in which he cracked jokes and insulted his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump made the comment during an interview on “Fox and Friends,” in which he was asked about his monologue. Host Steve Doocy said Democrats historically “turn to the guys from ‘Saturday Night Live’ or the ‘Tonight Show;’ they write all their material,” before asking Trump who helped write his speech. “I had a lot of people, a couple people from Fox actually, I shouldn’t say that. “I’m going to see Rupert Murdoch,” Trump said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Al Smith, Kamala Harris, Trump, “, Steve Doocy, ’, ” Trump, Harris, Sean Hannity, Rupert Murdoch, “ I’m, he’s, I’m, don’t, ‘ Rupert, Murdoch, MAGA, Globalist RINO, Suzanne Scott, Jessica Tarlov, Richard Fowler, Patrick Murphy, ’ Wolf, Keisha Lance Bottoms Organizations: New, New York CNN, Fox News, “ Fox, Trump, Fox, CNN Locations: New York, Fox

☆ Harrison Butker: Chiefs owner Clark Hunt not concerned about Kansas City kicker forming PAC
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt has said that he has no concerns with kicker Harrison Butker forming a political action committee (PAC) based on Christian values. Butker announced the formation of UPRIGHT PAC during the Chiefs’ bye week last weekend, which, according to its website, intends to “reclaim the traditional values that have made this country great” and “mobilize Christians across this country to make sure we protect these values” at the upcoming election. The UPRIGHT PAC website, which Butker promoted on social media, features prominent photos of the 29-year-old and an appeal for donations. Hunt speaks to media at a Chiefs training camp earlier this year. He has featured in all five of the Chiefs’ games this season, making 12 of his 14 field goal attempts in the team’s unbeaten start.

Persons: Clark Hunt, Harrison Butker, Butker, Hunt, Denny Medley, Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, “, Travis Kelce, Republican Sen, Josh Hawley, ” Organizations: CNN, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Benedictine College, Reuters, NFL, Republican Locations: Kansas, Nashville

☆ Trump insults Harris at Al Smith dinner while she barnstorms Wisconsin and mocks his ‘father of IVF’ claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

And now the man calls himself the father of IVF,” Harris said on Thursday, recalling Trump’s remark at an all-women’s town hall. Exit polls in 2020 showed Biden — who’d become the nation’s second Catholic president — finishing with a 5-point lead over Trump with Catholic voters. After wishing Adams “good luck,” Trump repeated the familiar canard that the Justice Department indicted Adams over the mayor’s criticism of the Biden administration’s border policy. “You’re going to win, I think you’re going to win, I know you’re going to win, so good luck,” Trump told Adams. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks a a rally at Resch Expo on October 17, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris ’, Al Smith, Harris –, Joe Biden, ” Harris, Trump, gaslighting, ”, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Melania Trump, Letitia James, Woody Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, Harris, Biden — who’d, —, Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis, “, There’s, ” Trump, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Harris ’, Tim Walz, I’ve, Eric Adams, Adams, “ You’re, He’s, Biden, Scott Olson, Luke, Molly Shannon, Live’s ” Mary Katherine Gallagher Organizations: CNN, Catholic, GOP, Univision, New York, Trump, New York Jets, White, Minnesota Gov, New York City, Justice Department, Biden, Detroit Locations: New York City, Wisconsin, Manhattan, New York, Green Bay , Wisconsin, Detroit, Motor

Melania Trump will accompany former President Donald Trump to the Al Smith dinner in New York City on Thursday, two sources familiar with her plans told NBC News. In late September, a Kamala Harris campaign aide confirmed that the vice president would not be attending the dinner, saying that she would instead be campaigning in key battleground states. Among those Democrats was Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who made appeals to Harris’ campaign about modifying her schedule. “He lets me be who I am, and he lets me believe what I believe. The mood at the Al Smith dinner is traditionally jovial and gives candidates a chance to joke about their time on the campaign trail.

Persons: Melania, Donald Trump, Al Smith, Melania Trump, “, Kamala Harris, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Harris, Chuck Schumer, Walter Mondale, Melania Trump’s, ”, Maria Bartiromo, Trump, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton “ Organizations: Melania Trump, NBC News, Republican National Convention, New York Democrats, Archdiocese, New York, Democrat, Fox News, Democratic Locations: New York City, Milwaukee, New

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached a historic $880 million settlement over hundreds of child sex abuse claims. The agreement in principle announced Wednesday settles 1,354 child sexual abuse claims, the plaintiffs’ attorney said in a news release. It is the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese. In 2007, the archdiocese settled child sex abuse lawsuits with 500 victims for $660 million. No designated donations to parishes or schools will be used to finance the settlement, the archdiocese said in a statement issued after the settlement announcement.

Persons: ”, Morgan A, Stewart, José H, Gomez, “ Organizations: Catholic, Archdiocese, Angels, Google Locations: Los Angeles, California, “

The musician Florence Welch, photographed in London on July 5, 2024. When I rang the Camberwell, South London, doorbell of Florence Welch, I held a tribute: “The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse” (2022), edited by Kaveh Akbar. Chanel coat, price on request, (800) 550-0005; Valentino tights (worn underneath), $1,000; and Welch’s own dress, headband and jewelry. An aversion to definition is a great gift to an artist like Welch. Art begins in the body; art is limited by the limitations of the body; at some point, art exceeds the body and can live beyond the scope of flesh.

Persons: Florence Welch, Valentino, Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Vanessa Reid FLORENCE, Florence Welch’s, Inanna, Enheduanna, Jane Hirshfield PROPHETESS, “, Kaveh Akbar, I’ve, Welch, they’re, enormity, Madame Blavatsky, ”, Fleetwood, Taylor Swift, William Morris, Evelyn Welch’s, Vanessa Reid, Welch wouldn’t, who’ve, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Stevie Nicks, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, ” Welch, Ganavya Doraiswamy, who’s, Welch’s —, Doraiswamy, Uyir, Federico García Lorca’s, it’s, Shakespeare, Mozart, Toni Morrison, Lorca, It’s, Jack Antonoff, she’s, Chanel, Nick Welch, Sebastians, she’d, dryly, Bugsy Malone ”, Grace, squats . Welch, Isabella Summers, hasn’t, didn’t, Fiona Apple, Kate Bush, Regina Spektor, Annie Lennox, Joanna Newsom, Sinead O’Connor, thrall, ’ She’s, Gustav Klimt, who’d, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, She’d, Dave Grohl, Scott Fitzgerald’s, Thomas Bartlett, Nico Muhly, Yoko Ono, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Carraway’s, Jay Gatsby, —, hadn’t, spiraled, Louis Vuitton, John, John Singer Sargent, Sargent, Miss Elsie Palmer ”, I’d, “ I’ve, Britney Spears, Dolly Parton, ” I’d, de Wilde, ” de Wilde, Julia Margaret Cameron, Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Loie Fuller, Ellen Terry, Lady MacBeth ”, ’ ” Welch, they’d, King ”, King, Elvis Presley, revel, Ovid, Apollo, preternaturally, Anthony Turner, Thom Walker, Afra Zamara, Jack Symes, Sam Hearn, Daiki Tajima, Federico Covarelli, Emily Rose Lansley, John Allan, Samanta Falcone, Ollie Kariel, Pip Long, Karen Avenell, Andreea Georgiana Rădoi, Sam Wright Organizations: Machine, YouTube, Enheduanna, University of Bristol, Smiths, Big, Camberwell College of Arts, Foo Fighters, American, Theater, Antonoff, Tate, John Singer, Jolly, Art, Digital Locations: London, FLORENCE, Camberwell, South London, Florence, Florida, ”, Camberwell —, British, Tamil, Spanish, Strasbourg, dyscalculia, Toronto, squats ., Cambridge, New York City, Tate Britain, American, “

☆ Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Los Angeles, California (AP) – The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, it was announced Wednesday. Attorney Morgan Stewart, who led the negotiations, said in a statement that the settlement is the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese. “These survivors have suffered for decades in the aftermath of the abuse. The settlement will be funded by archdiocese investments, accumulated reserves, bank financing, and other assets. According to the archdiocese, certain religious orders and others named in the litigation will also cover some of the cost of the settlement, the Times said.

Persons: José H, Gomez, “, ”, Morgan Stewart, ” Stewart Organizations: –, Catholic, Los Angeles Times, United States, Attorneys, Times Locations: Los Angeles , California, – The, Los Angeles, United, “

☆ The Greats: Florence Welch, Lorna Simpson, Jonathan Anderson and Theaster Gates
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( The New York Times | Lauren Groff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +37 min

The musician Florence Welch, photographed in London on July 5, 2024. For nearly two decades, Florence Welch’s songs have offered a mythic view not only of pop music but of the glories and rages of being a female artist today. When I rang the Camberwell, South London, doorbell of Florence Welch, I held a tribute: “The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse” (2022), edited by Kaveh Akbar. Exacerbating the mixed craving for and fear of having a baby and what it would mean for her art, Welch feels the intense pressure of aging as a female performer. Art begins in the body; art is limited by the limitations of the body; at some point, art exceeds the body and can live beyond the scope of flesh.

The musician Florence Welch, photographed in London on July 5, 2024. When I rang the Camberwell, South London, doorbell of Florence Welch, I held a tribute: “The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse” (2022), edited by Kaveh Akbar. Chanel coat, price on request, (800) 550-0005; Valentino tights (worn underneath), $1,000; and Welch’s own dress, headband and jewelry. Exacerbating the mixed craving for and fear of having a baby and what it would mean for her art, Welch feels the intense pressure of aging as a female performer. Art begins in the body; art is limited by the limitations of the body; at some point, art exceeds the body and can live beyond the scope of flesh.

The musician Florence Welch, photographed in London on July 5, 2024. For nearly two decades, Florence Welch’s songs have offered a mythic view not only of pop music but of the glories and rages of being a female artist today. When I rang the Camberwell, South London, doorbell of Florence Welch, I held a tribute: “The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse” (2022), edited by Kaveh Akbar. An aversion to definition is a great gift to an artist like Welch. Art begins in the body; art is limited by the limitations of the body; at some point, art exceeds the body and can live beyond the scope of flesh.

☆ Kamala Harris works to fortify the ‘blue wall’ as Democrats fret over a 2016 repeat
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Jeff Zeleny | Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“It’s both persuading and mobilizing at the same time – really until the end,” said Dan Kanninen, battleground director for the Harris campaign. In Pennsylvania, Harris lacks a key element of Biden’s appeal: The Catholic, working-class son of Scranton had local and cultural ties to the state. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 2024. “Kamala is for they/them,” a Trump campaign ad declares. But he said it was clear to him that the Harris campaign has learned lessons from 2016.

Persons: Milwaukee CNN — Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, lockstep –, Harris, Trump, “, Gretchen Whitmer, Brian Schimming, I’ll, ” Schimming, ” Harris, ”, Liz Cheney, It’s, –, Dan Kanninen, Donald Trump, ” Kanninen, Joe Biden, – Whitmer, Tony Evers, Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania –, “ We’re, ” Evers, Whitmer, Evers, ” Whitmer, Sarah Kloepping, Michael Dukakis, George H.W, Bush, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, “ It’s, they’ve, Barry Burden, Biden, ” Biden, Barack Obama, Kamala, Harris ’, Tim Walz, Walz, Let’s, Howard Stern, Kamala Harris, Evelyn Hockstein, outspending, “ Kamala, Jill Stein, Stein, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, “ She’s, Christine Fink, Fink, “ I’ve, Phil Swanhorst, “ Trump, Clinton, ” Swanhorst, ” CNN’s David Wright Organizations: Milwaukee CNN, CNN, Wisconsin Republican Party, GOP, Democratic, Republicans, Wyoming, Trump ., Pennsylvania, “, ” Michigan, USA, Elections Research, University of Wisconsin -, Philadelphia Democrats ’, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, International Association of Fire Fighters, Democrats, Republican, Trump, Keystone State, Michigan, Green Party, Cornel West, Democratic National Committee, ”, Libertarian Party, Democratic Party Locations: Wisconsin , Michigan, Pennsylvania, Lakes, lockstep, Michigan, Wisconsin, Harris, Bucks County , Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Oakland County , Michigan, Waukesha County , Wisconsin, Arizona , Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Hudson , Wisconsin, Green Bay , Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Scranton, ”, Dearborn, Gaza, Detroit, Minnesota, Washington Crossing , Pennsylvania, Georgia , North Carolina, Arizona, Trump, Eau Claire, Ireland, Hillary, Eau Claire County

☆ How Florence Welch Turned Rage Into Power
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Lauren Groff | The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +37 min

The musician Florence Welch, photographed in London on July 5, 2024. When I rang the Camberwell, South London, doorbell of Florence Welch, I held a tribute: “The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse” (2022), edited by Kaveh Akbar. Exacerbating the mixed craving for and fear of having a baby and what it would mean for her art, Welch feels the intense pressure of aging as a female performer. In the latter part of the song, Welch raises her voice in a long howl of rage. Art begins in the body; art is limited by the limitations of the body; at some point, art exceeds the body and can live beyond the scope of flesh.

☆ Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

ROME — Italy’s parliament made it illegal on Wednesday for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy — a project of Prime Minister’s Giorgia Meloni party which activists say is meant to target same-sex partners. The upper house Senate voted into law a bill proposed by Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party by 84 votes to 58. “Motherhood is absolutely unique, it absolutely cannot be surrogated, and it is the foundation of our civilization,” Brothers of Italy senator Lavinia Mennuni said during the parliamentary debate. “We want to uproot the phenomenon of surrogacy tourism.”Earlier this year, Meloni called surrogacy an "inhuman" practice that treated children as supermarket products, echoing a position expressed by the Catholic Church. Here instead you are sent to jail... if you don’t have children in the traditional way,” Franco Grillini, a long-time activist for LGBTQ rights in Italy, told Reuters at the demonstration.

Persons: ROME —, Minister’s Giorgia, Meloni, Meloni’s Brothers, ”, Lavinia Mennuni, ” Franco Grillini, Alessia Crocini Organizations: Catholic Church, Reuters, Rainbow Locations: Italy, United States, Canada

Former President Donald Trump’s closing message to a number of different groups increasingly includes this harsh line: Members of the group not voting for him need to have their "head examined." “Any African American or Hispanic that votes for Kamala … you got to have your head examined,” Trump said during an Atlanta rally Tuesday night. Trump has most often used the construct when speaking of Jewish voters. It's a group of voters Trump won 50-46 in 2016 when running against Hillary Clinton. “If any senior does not vote for Trump, we’re gonna have to send you to a psychiatrist to have your head examined,” he added.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Kamala …, ” Trump, they're, Trump, Harris, Joe Biden, “ Biden, Biden, preemptively, It's, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Clinton, we’re, ”, “, Amy Spitalnick, “ Trump, he’s Organizations: Jewish, Catholic, Trump, NBC, “, Social Security, Public Affairs, NBC News Locations: Atlanta, Israel, Gaza

☆ Italy makes it illegal for couples to have a baby by surrogacy overseas
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Rome Reuters —Italy’s parliament made it illegal on Wednesday for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy — a pet project of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party which activists say is meant to target same-sex partners. Since taking office in 2022, Meloni has pursued a highly conservative social agenda, looking to promote what she sees as traditional family values, making it progressively harder for LGBTQ couples to become legal parents. The upper house Senate voted into law a bill proposed by Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party by 84 votes to 58. “We want to uproot the phenomenon of surrogacy tourism.”Earlier this year, Meloni called surrogacy an ‘inhuman’ practice that treated children as supermarket products, echoing a position expressed by the Catholic Church. Rainbow Families President Alessia Crocini said 90% of Italians who choose surrogacy are heterosexual couples but they mostly do so in secret, meaning the new ban would de facto affect only gay couples who cannot hide it.

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