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Ralph Fiennes, star of stage and screen, makes opera debut in Paris directing `Eugene Onegin'
PARIS (AP) — Ralph Fiennes ' vision of “Eugene Onegin” was cinematic.A three-time Academy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner, Fiennes made his opera directing debut Monday at the Paris Opera's ornate Palais Garnier. Using bright lighting near the proscenium as other characters receded to the rear in faded illumination, he controlled focus as a movie director determining the audience's view.
“It became clear that his priorities are quite cinematic as if everything is kind of in close up,” mezzo-soprano Susan Graham said.
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Judge orders ICE chief to appear in court or risk contempt over denial of due process
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why he should not be held in contempt.In an order dated Monday, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz said Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, must appear personally in court. Schiltz took the administration to task over its handling of bond hearings for immigrants it has detained.
“This Court has been extremely... Read More
Prosecutor tells jury 2 real estate agents and a third brother used 'playbook' in sex attacks
NEW YORK (AP) — Three brothers, two of them real estate agents who catered to the jet-set crowd, used a playbook over a 12-year stretch that sometimes involved drugging women and girls before raping them, a prosecutor told a New York jury Tuesday in an opening statement.Assistant U.S. Attorney Madison Smyser said the brothers used “whatever means necessary” including luxury accommodations, flights, drugs, alcohol and sometimes brute force to lure women into situations where they could be raped.
She said Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander “masqueraded as party boys... Read More
In surprise move, Spain will grant legal status to thousands of immigrants lacking permission
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization, the latest way the country has bucked a trend toward increasingly harsh immigration policies imposed in the United States and much of Europe.The extraordinary measure will be implemented by expediting a decree to amend immigration laws, according to Spanish Minister of Migration Elma Saiz, bypassing a similar bill that has stalled in parliament. Eligible immigrants will be granted up... Read More
Frost quakes cause loud booms, light shaking when bitterly cold temperatures persist
Meteorologists say that water rapidly freezing in the soil amid bitterly cold temperatures can make a startling noise and even cause small vibrations.These noises are known as frost quakes or cryoseisms, a cold-weather phenomenon that occurs when rain or melted snow in the ground quickly freezes, expanding as it solidifies, when temperatures rapidly fall below freezing. As the ice expands, pressure builds around the surrounding soil, causing it to crack and make booming sounds and light shaking.
Evan Webb, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in... Read More
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