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Warning: This article contains some spoilers for the show “Grotesquerie.”Travis Kelce made his acting debut Wednesday night as a flirtatious hospital attendant in Ryan Murphy’s “Grotesquerie,” a role that saw him court the protagonist into a budding affair. Aside from Kelce, the show also stars Courtney Vance, Lesley Manville, Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Raven Goodwin. Following mounting fan anticipation, Kelce finally appears in the show as Ed Laclan, a hospital orderly who gradually flirts his way into a date with Lois. As he and Lois strike up a playful conversation, Ed tells the detective, “You are oddly beautiful. Lois gets back on the road only to end up crashing her car and waking up back in the hospital.

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Unlike the southern suburbs and other parts of the country, there was no warning to evacuate this Shia-majority neighborhood. Families fleeing the central Beirut strike on Thursday streamed into the mosque’s grounds. But I don’t have the energy to be displaced again.”The Mostafa family from the southern Beirut suburbs share three mattresses amongst themselves amid the mosque’s looming colonnades. Israel’s war cabinet said it aimed to repatriate 60,000 people displaced by Hezbollah’s rocket fire in the country’s northern-most territory. Mahdi had fled his home in the southern Beirut suburbs to west Beirut and was taking a job around his old campus.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement that Wednesday’s strikes on Israel were a response to the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike last week and the killing of Hamas’ political leader in Tehran. Hamas' Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar in 2021. “Europeans and the U.S. said if we do not act, there will be peace in Gaza in one week. Naim also insisted that Mohammed Deif, head of Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, was still alive. He added that Hamas' current leadership, including himself, “are aware that they might pay a very high price, including their own life.”

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☆ America’s Greyhound bus stations are disappearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Intercity bus service is critically important for so many people,” said Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, who has worked to save the station. “I guess I’d have to take the bus (even if the bus station closes) but I’d much rather have this,” Kay said. Terminals sold to investorsA closure in Chicago would accelerate the crisis in intercity bus service in the United States. Milwaukee and Boston, for example, have municipal intercity bus terminals located next to train stations. Chicago Alderman Ramirez-Rosa said that the ultimate goal should be a public intercity bus terminal.

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This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. Texas Senate Media ServicesThe Health Science Center did not comment on Parker’s plans for legislation. The Health Science Center suspended its body-donation program, fired the officials who led it and said it would stop accepting unclaimed bodies. The University of North Texas Health Science Center suspended its body-donation program and fired the officials who led it. Dallas County officials have said moving forward they won’t provide unclaimed bodies for research unless survivors choose to do so.

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Prices for prescription pharmaceutical drugs have skyrocketed, disproportionately making them harder for people of color to afford, a new report finds. Black people in the U.S. are more likely to be diagnosed with the condition and die from it, the report highlights. Several health care advocacy organizations, including Patients for Affordable Drugs and Health Care for America Now, are pushing for policies that will help lower the financial burden of patients. Both organizations supported the Inflation Reduction Act, a law signed by President Joe Biden that aims to reduce prescription drug prices. In the meantime, Basey, of Patients for Affordable Drugs, said her organization continues to push for bills like S.142, which prevents pharmaceutical companies from paying generic brands to delay the release of their drugs on the market.

Persons: Merith, “, ” Basey, ”, Basey, haven’t, Carrol Olinger, Olinger, ” Olinger, Joe Biden, Margarida Jorge, Jorge, hasn’t, “ It’s, ” Jorge, she’s Organizations: Drugs, New England, of Medicine, AstraZeneca, NBC News, Bristol Myers Squibb, ” Pharmaceutical, U.S, Health Care, America, Centers for Disease Control, Biden Locations: U.S, Daiichi, Hope Mills , North Carolina, Basey

The six-part "Mr. McMahon" features interviews from McMahon and touches on controversies that have plagued his decades-long career. "I think she’s fearful, but that is her general state of mind," said Ann Callis, who is Grant's attorney. Vince McMahon announces Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has joined the Board of Directors for TKO at the New York Stock Exchange, in New York City, on Jan. 23. "If I could sum it up generally, it is a culture of corruption," Callis said. "Once you’re accused of rape, you’re a rapist," McMahon says in the docuseries.

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☆ Barbara Corcoran secretly cared for her mother with Alzheimer's for years. She was waiting for her own dementia risk before speaking out.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Corcoran's mother, Florence, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her late 60s. About eight months ago, Corcoran finally saw a doctor to evaluate her own risk for dementia. There, Corcoran loved watching the systems at Florence created to keep the home and the children organized. Advertisement"I was admiring her with the systems," Corcoran said. Corcoran paid one of her sisters — who lived nearest Florence — to quit her job and become their mother's caretaker.

Persons: Alzheimer's, Corcoran, —, Barbara Corcoran, Florence —, Florence, It's, I, Corcoran's, she's, You've, Cocoran Organizations: Service Locations: Florence, Edgewater , New Jersey, Brooklyn

Higgins' post amplified the debunked pet claim, which was followed by dozens of bomb threats in the city. "All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th," the post concluded. That would be the day Trump and Vance would be sworn into office if they win November's election. Higgins' fellow Republican congressman from Louisiana, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, said, "The tweet has been deleted already and removed, but I object to the motion." Horsford told reporters afterwards that he'd spoken to Higgins earlier and that the Louisiana congressman had told him he would not remove the post.

Persons: Clay Higgins, Higgins, —, Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Lol, Trump, Vance, Subodh Chandra, Mike Johnson, ”, Higgins “, Hakeem Jeffries, Steve Horsford, Horsford, Steve Scalise, ” Horsford, “, Kamala Harris, I’m, ” Vance, who's, Jack Smith, Hunt, Lauren Boebert Organizations: Associated, Republican, Haitian Bridge Alliance, Democratic, United States House, ”, Department of Homeland Security, Capitol, Twitter Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, U.S, Haitian, Springfield , Ohio, Louisiana, Springfield, North Carolina, London, American

Pop star Chappell Roan revealed in a TikTok video Wednesday that she’s voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, though she stopped short of endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate. The singer-songwriter’s announcement followed an intense and dayslong online backlash from her liberal fanbase. Others called her a “closet Republican.”In response to the backlash, Roan released a TikTok video Tuesday saying she was not voting for former President Donald Trump, though that message did little to quell the fan fury. Visibly frustrated with her critics, Roan on Wednesday tried to clear the air for good on where she stands on the 2024 election. “Team PopFlop is sincerely apologising for the post regarding Chappell Roan’s issues with endorsement,” the account, which has over 36,000 followers, said.

Persons: Chappell Roan, Kamala Harris, Roan, ”, Donald Trump, “ I’m, you’re, ” Roan, Kamala, “, Harris, Roan’s, Brian Hughes, Trump, —, I’ll, PopFlop, Chappell Organizations: Democratic, Guardian, Republican, Governors Ball Music, White, ”, NBC Locations: Gaza, Israel, Pennsylvania , Wisconsin, Georgia, New York City

One of the nation’s largest Muslim political groups endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday despite fierce opposition to her Middle East policy, saying that stopping former President Donald Trump is paramount. Alzayat, of Emgage, said his group respected those in the community who are making different decisions. And he acknowledged the difficulty of backing Harris, pointing to Palestinian and Lebanese American staffers and supporters of the group. “We hold President Biden responsible for continuing to provide the Netanyahu government with weapons.,” Alzayat said, drawing a distinction with Harris. As she has over the past year, the Vice President will continue to work to prevent the conflict from widening throughout the region.”

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, they’ve, Wa’el Alzayat, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Jill Stein, Harris, Cornel West, Chase Oliver, ”, Amer Ghalib, Alzayat, “, National Intelligence Ric Grennell, ” Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Emgage, Biden, Netanyahu, ” Alzayat, we’ve, ” Harris, Julie Chavez Rodriquez, Chavez Rodriquez Organizations: Wednesday, NBC News, ”, Democrats, Cornel West, Force, Libertarian Party, Arab, Lebanese American, Palestinian, Trump, National Intelligence, Biden Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, Hamtramck , Michigan, Emgage, Palestinian, Israel, Arab

☆ Israel sends unidentified bodies to Gaza as Palestinian officials demand answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

CAIRO — Israel returned the bodies on Wednesday of 88 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which the territory’s health ministry refused to bury before Israel discloses details about who they are and where it killed them. Health officials at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis refused to receive them and bury them, urging the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC to seek details from Israel. A Palestinian boy sits on a truck loaded with bodies of dead Palestinians after Israel returned them to Gaza, in Khan Younis, on Wednesday. Mohammed Salem / ReutersThe head of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said health ministry officials told the driver of the truck to bring the bodies of dead Palestinians back to the Israeli crossing from which he had arrived. Under International Humanitarian Law, those who have died during an armed conflict must be handled with dignity and be properly managed.

Persons: CAIRO — Israel, Khan Younis, Israel, Mohammed Salem, ” Ismail Al, Thawabta, wasn’t, ” Organizations: Health, Nasser Hospital, International Committee, Red, ICRC, Reuters, Humanitarian Law Locations: CAIRO —, Gaza, Khan, Israel

The international poverty line, which the U.N. uses to measure global poverty, is very low. The international poverty line is valuable because it has succeeded in drawing the world’s attention to the extreme poverty of the world’s very poorest people. But to end poverty in all its forms everywhere, studying this poverty line alone is not enough. One way to see whether this higher poverty line is reasonable is to check whether it aligns with established national poverty assessments. For this, we need an appropriately ambitious poverty line that receives the same attention as the low international poverty line.

Persons: Michail Moatsos, ”, Lant Pritchett, Lyndon Johnson Organizations: The New York Times, Getty Images, United Nations General Assembly, Democratic, Bank, World Bank Locations: adulthood.Today, New York City, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, ”, Bolivia, Nigeria, India, United States, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway

☆ Zachary Quinto knows how to play the villain. Now, he gets to be the hero in ‘Brilliant Minds’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Max Gao | Max Gao Is A Freelance Entertainment | Sports Journalist Based In Toronto. He Has Written For Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

While exploring the wonders of the human mind, Dr. Wolf and his team of young interns must grapple with their own mental health. Quinto had just come off making his West End debut in a play about the political debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. “A big part of this season’s story is Dr. Wolf starting to live his life, and what that might look like romantically is an interesting question as well.”Zachary Quinto in "Brilliant Minds." Quinto was staggered to learn of Rodemeyer’s death and said he was forced to confront his own hypocrisy. “The legacy of storytelling with him, my connection to him, and the fact that he’s a part of this show is really, really moving and meaningful to me.”For more from NBC Out, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Persons: Zachary Quinto, ”, “, Spock, Dr, Oliver Sacks, Michael Grassi, Quinto, Oliver Wolf, . Wolf, Sacks, ” Quinto, Oliver Sacks ’, we’ve, ” Sacks, Robin Williams, Greg Berlanti, ” Grassi, —, Chris McGrath, Grassi, Zach, he’s, Gore Vidal, William F, Buckley Jr, Sacks —, “ Dr, Wolf, ” Zachary Quinto, Teddy Sears, Ryan Murphy’s, ” Sears, Josh Nichols, Wolf’s, “ Oliver Wolf, cumulatively, Jamey Rodemeyer —, would’ve, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Leonard Nimoy, Nimoy's, Susan Bay Nimoy, Leonard’s Organizations: NBC, “, New York Times, Bronx General Hospital, NBC News, ”, Democratic National Convention Locations: “ NOS4A2, British, “ Riverdale, New York City, Hollywood, New York, America, “

“There’s only one explanation for this staggering difference in maternal mortality,” said Nancy L. Cohen, president of the GEPI. “All the research points to Texas’ abortion ban as the primary driver of this alarming increase.”“Texas, I fear, is a harbinger of what’s to come in other states,” she said. Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5% in 2019 to 18.9% in 2022. While maternal mortality spiked overall during the pandemic, women dying while pregnant or during childbirth rose consistently in Texas following the state’s ban on abortion, according to the Gender Equity Policy Institute. Tatum, who was not involved with the GEPI study, said that requests for sterilization procedures among her patients doubled after the state’s abortion ban.

Persons: “, ”, Nancy L, Cohen, Roe, Wade —, Greg Abbott, Bill, ” Cohen, I’d, Leah Tatum, Tatum, ” Tatum, wouldn’t, ‘, Kaitlyn Kash, Kash, “ It’d, Cory, ” Kash, ” “ It’s Organizations: Gender Equity, Institute, Centers for Disease Control, NBC News, U.S, Supreme, Texas Gov, Republican, OB, GYN, NBC Locations: Texas, “ Texas, ” Texas, Austin , Texas, Kansas

☆ Harris wants to limit child care costs to 7% of family income
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Harris responded that she’d cap child care costs at 7% of working families’ income, following the Biden administration playbook that she was heavily involved in writing. “My plan is that no family, no working family, should pay more than 7% of their household income in child care,” Harris said Tuesday at a National Association of Black Journalists event, noting that steep child care expenses make it difficult for many parents to work. Child care advocates were buoyed by Harris’ answer on Tuesday. Parents with two kids in a child care center paid on average at least twice as much for that care as they did for the typical rent in 11 states and the District of Columbia in 2023, according to a Child Care Aware of America report released in May. That equates to 10% of median household income for a married couple with children and 32% of median income for a single parent with children, Child Care Aware found.

Persons: Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Kamala Harris, Harris, Biden, playbook, ” Harris, Joe Biden’s, ”, Harris ’, Melissa Boteach, ” Boteach, Trump, Vance, Charlie Kirk, you’re Organizations: CNN, National Association of Black Journalists, Congressional, Office, Department of Health, Human Services, National Women’s Law, District of Columbia, Nationwide, Economic, of New Locations: trillions, of New York, Arizona

Dreamers are voicing their disappointment with Nicky Jam after the reggaeton singer endorsed former President Donald Trump last week. "Fast forward to now where it seems Nicky Jam used me to promote his music + sellout our community. At the rally, Trump said: “Latin music superstar Nicky Jam, do you know Nicky? "Nearly half of DACA recipients are now married, and 50% of them have a child," Sollod said. "DACA is not just about the DACA recipients; it's about the ripple effect that would be caused if the program were to end."

Persons: Nicky Jam, Donald Trump, didn’t, Adrian Escárate, Trump, Escárate, Juan Escalante, “ Nicky Jam’s, Jam, Nicky, It's, ”, Maná, Astrid Silva, Jam's Trump, Silva, DACA, Bruna Sollod, Sollod Organizations: Spotify, DACA, National Immigration Law, Trump, Let's, Republican, United, NBC Locations: Las Vegas, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Spanish, Nevada, Texas, U.S

President Joe Biden’s administration is widely considered to be the most pro-LGBTQ in history, and as he enters his final months in the White House, Biden sat for an historic interview with one of the country’s oldest LGBTQ news outlets. In a wide-ranging interview published Monday in the Washington Blade, a D.C.-based LGBTQ newspaper founded more than half a century ago, Biden reiterated his commitment to the community while also speaking broadly about former President Donald Trump’s policies regarding the LGBTQ community and sharing his views on Project 2025. The interview is the first time a sitting president has spoken exclusively with an LGBTQ newspaper, according to the Blade. They noted that Biden has also appointed more LGBTQ officials to his administration than in any other administration in American history. Despite such advances for the community, Biden also spoke about the challenges all Americans face.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Biden, Donald Trump’s, ” Biden, don’t, ”, I’ve, Sarah McBride, “ We’re, ” Trump, “ Trump Organizations: Washington, Stonewall, Republican, NBC Locations: America, Delaware

By the time Harvey found the posting online, the medical examiner had sent Coleman’s body to the Health Science Center. “‘Did he actually die?’”After Victor Honey’s body arrived at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, the harvesting began. NBC News informed Getinge, the Army and National Bioskills about the center’s regular use of unclaimed bodies and Honey’s family not providing consent. He said his company would ensure that it no longer accepted unclaimed bodies and would adopt policies to make certain future specimens were donated with families’ permission. On a call, the reporter broke the news of how Honey’s body was used.

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During Tuesday’s presidential debate, former President Donald Trump repeated unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants “are eating dogs and cats … eating people’s pets” in Springfield, Ohio. “The fact that Donald Trump wants to double down on something so ridiculous just breaks my heart again,” Smith said. The rumor follows years of insults hurled at Haitians and Haitian Americans, including unfounded claims of cannibalism, and Trump’s hostility toward Haitian immigrants during his administration. “I work every day with Haitian immigrants, and no one works as hard as them,” he said. “It’s really unreal.”On social media, Haitians have expressed disgust about the depiction, while others “won’t even entertain something so crazy,” Smith said.

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☆ Same-sex marriage was on a roll in Asia. Not anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The winning formulaMore than 30 jurisdictions worldwide now recognize same-sex marriage, according to the Pew Research Center. Since the first same-sex marriage law was passed in the Netherlands in 2001, progress has been made mostly in Europe, the Americas and Australasia. Gay couples cut a wedding cake in Amsterdam on April 1, 2001 after the first same-sex marriage law was passed in the Netherlands. But on the national level, Japan does not recognize same-sex marriage and local courts have returned conflicting verdicts on the issue. Up to 68% of Japan’s adults support same-sex marriage, the highest share in Asia, according to the Pew Research Center.

Persons: Pokpong Jitjaiyai, ”, Pokpong, Watit Benjamonkolchai, Suen, Nadia Rahman, Marcel Antonisse, Kangwan Fongkaew, ” Kangwan, Jennifer Lu, ” Lu, Taiwan’s, Tsai Ing, Sanjit, Chanakarn Laosarakham, Carl Court, Asia’s, Anish Gawande, Narendra Modi, Gawande, Kazuhiro Nogi, –, Hiroshima’s, Scuffles, Andrew Kim, Roslan Rahman, Shawna Tang, Hong Kong’s, Peter Newman, ” Suen, CNN’s Samra, Yoonjung Seo, Aishwarya Iyer Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Thailand’s Senate, CNN, Chinese University of Hong, Pew Research, Amnesty, Racial Justice, Refugees, Migrants, Getty, Burapha University, Presidential, List, Court, Japan, Seoul Queer Culture, Christian, Korea University’s College of International Studies, University of Sydney, Appeal, University of Toronto’s, Inwentash, Social Locations: Hong Kong, Bangkok’s, Siam, Thailand’s, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Nepal, Asia, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Netherlands, Europe, Americas, Australasia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Bangladesh, Indonesia’s ultraconservative, Aceh, United Kingdom, Amsterdam, China, Kathmandu, AFP, Taiwan's, Taipei, India, List India, India’s, Delhi, Tokyo, Japan, South Korea, Daegu, Seoul, Korea, Singapore, aren’t, –, Beijing, Indonesia

☆ Pope Francis, in Singapore, urges fair wages for migrant workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

SINGAPORE — Pope Francis on Thursday urged political leaders in Singapore, a leading global financial hub, to seek fair wages for the country’s million-plus lower-paid foreign workers. “These workers contribute a great deal to society and should be guaranteed a fair wage,” he said. Many of the migrant workers come from nearby countries such as Malaysia, China, Bangladesh and India. A Singapore NGO that provides services for migrant workers, Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics, welcomed the pope’s remarks, saying they were in “full agreement” with his call for fair wages. The Vatican said Francis’ Mass drew some 50,000 people to Singapore’s national sports stadium.

Persons: Pope Francis, ”, Francis, Francis ’, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Lawrence Wong, Tiziana Fabi, Getty Images Francis, Singapore’s, John Paul II, Singapore, ” Francis, Taylor Swift, Connie Rodriguez, “, Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau Organizations: Singapore NGO, Organisation, Migration Economics, Tiziana, Getty Images, Getty, Catholic Locations: SINGAPORE, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Malaysia, China, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, AFP, Hong Kong, Indonesia, East Timor, Rome

☆ Battle of Waterloo: Amputated limbs and butchered horses uncovered in ‘gore’ pit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A pile of amputated limbs and the remains of several military horses have been excavated at the site of the Battle of Waterloo. The gruesome discovery was made at a farm in Belgium by Waterloo Uncovered, a UK charity that combines archaeology with veteran care. Veteran support charity Waterloo Uncovered is carrying out a targeted excavation at Mont-Saint-Jean farm in Belgium, which served as the Duke of Wellington's field hospital during the battle in 1815. Chris van Houts/PAThe trench is thought to have been designed to clear the hospital of gore after the battle. Photo12/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesAccording to Waterloo Uncovered, its projects use the “unique lived experience of veterans and serving personnel to help interpret their discoveries.”Abigail Boyle, CEO of Waterloo Uncovered, said in the release: “It may seem counterintuitive to put injured veterans back on a battlefield, but it’s actually extremely beneficial.

Persons: Napoleon Bonaparte, Duke, Wellington’s, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Jean, Tony Pollard, Chris van Houts, ” Pollard, ” Thousands, ” Abigail Boyle, it’s Organizations: CNN, Waterloo, University of Glasgow Locations: Belgium, Waterloo, Brussels, Mont

James Earl Jones, with Rosalind Cash and Ellen Holly, in "King Lear" in Central Park in New York in 1973. Jack Mitchell / Getty Images“Thank you dear James Earl Jones for everything,” the Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo wrote Monday in a post on X. Jones and Marlene Warfield, in the 1970 movie "The Great White Hope." “James Earl Jones is one of my greatest inspirations,” Pierre told a reporter. He commanded the stage in productions like “Othello,” “Fences” and “The Great White Hope,” and the screen in movies like the 1974 dramedy “Claudine,” “Conan the Barbarian” in 1982, and many others.

Persons: Cort, James Earl Jones, Samuel L, Jackson, ” Jones, Jones, Denzel, Rosalind Cash, Ellen Holly, Lear, Jack Mitchell, Oscar, Colman Domingo, Darth Vader, “ Dr, Strangelove ”, King Joffer, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Marlene Warfield, Aaron Pierre, “ James Earl Jones, ” Pierre, Pierre, ”, “ Claudine, Conan, L.A, Wendell Pierce, ” Pierce, Frank Converse, Robert Hooks, Bernice King, Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr, ” King, Jones ’, Malcolm X, Jack Johnson, Edmund Eckstein, ” Dominic Taylor, ” Taylor Organizations: Cort Theatre, ABC, Disney General Entertainment, Getty, Civil Rights Movement, The New York Times, UCLA, NBC News, NBC Locations: Denzel Washington, Central Park, New York, America, “, Montgomery, Memphis, United States

☆ ‘Free Kshamenk’: The campaign to release the last captive orca in Latin America
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Ivan Sarmenti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The last captive orca in all of Latin America cuts a lonely figure. That is the plain truth,” said María Rosa Golía, from the NGO Marine Animal Rights. Mundo Marino insists it is acting in Kshamenk’s best interests and that Kshamenk’s remaining years are best spent in captivity. “Kshamenk has been locked up in that oceanarium, entertaining people (ever since his capture),” said animal rights lawyer Mauricio Trigo. “Kshamenk has served Mundo Marino well,” UrgentSeas told CNN.

Persons: “ Kshamenk ”, del Tuyú, Kshamenk, Mundo Marino, UrgentSeas “, UrgentSeas, Mundo, “ Kshamenk, “, ”, María Rosa Golía, Mauricio Trigo, Dalila Lewis, ” UrgentSeas Organizations: CNN, Mundo Marino oceanarium, Canadian, Mundo Marino, Mammal, Marine Animal Rights, Marino, Marine, Rights, Mundo, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration Locations: America, Argentine, San, Buenos Aires, Latin America, Argentina

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