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Stephen Schwartz Criticizes Kennedy Center, Saying He Won’t Host Gala

3 janvier 2026 à 02:22
The Washington National Opera said the “Wicked” composer was scheduled to host its annual event at the center this spring.

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“There’s no way I would set foot in it now,” Stephen Schwartz said of the Kennedy Center, which has seen many changes during the second Trump administration.

Software Error Will Force 325,000 Californians to Replace Real IDs

3 janvier 2026 à 00:37
Some state-issued identification cards issued to legal immigrants could be valid longer than the people holding them are allowed to remain in the United States, state officials said.

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A California Department of Motor Vehicles office in San Francisco. The department said that 1.5 percent of the state’s Real ID holders were affected by a software glitch and must replace their cards.

Dick Zimmer, N.J. Congressman Who Sponsored Megan’s Law, Dies at 81

3 janvier 2026 à 00:46
The landmark legislation, a response to the rape and murder of a New Jersey child, required states to disclose where convicted sex-offenders live.

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Representative Dick Zimmer, second from left, during a House hearing in 1996. His legislation targeting sex offenders was passed unanimously by the House and Senate and signed into law by President Bill Clinton that year.

Swiss Bar Fire Likely Caused By Sparklers, Authorities Say

Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people.

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A memorial outside the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Friday, the day after 40 people died there in a fire.

Hopes Fade as Coast Guard Seeks Survivors of Latest Boat Strikes

2 janvier 2026 à 21:57
The service said that conditions in the area where the search was taking place included nine-foot seas and winds approaching 50 miles per hour.

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A Coast Guard ship at Coast Guard Base San Juan on Wednesday. The strike on Tuesday was the fourth known instance of people surviving, at least initially, one of the 35 military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific.

D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect Ordered to Remain in Jail Until Trial

2 janvier 2026 à 20:43
A magistrate judge said he was concerned that the defendant, Brian Cole Jr., had continued after Jan. 6, 2021, to purchase components similar to those prosecutors said he had used to make pipe bombs.

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Surveillance footage from January 2021 showed the man authorities identified as Brian Cole Jr. He told investigators he felt relieved that the bombs had not exploded and that no one was hurt.

Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders

2 janvier 2026 à 20:32
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York canceled executive orders issued by his predecessor that had barred city agencies from boycotting Israel and defined some criticism of Israel as antisemitic.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been a strong critic of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians throughout his public life.

Oil Tanker Fleeing U.S. Coast Guard Broadcasts Location in North Atlantic

2 janvier 2026 à 19:05
Russia requested this week that the United States end its pursuit of the vessel, which was intercepted in the Caribbean on its way to pick up oil in Venezuela.

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The oil tanker Bella 1, photographed in March. It recently appeared in Russia’s official register of ships under a new name, the Marinera.

On ‘Best Medicine,’ Josh Charles Has a Heart

2 janvier 2026 à 11:01
After years of playing smarmy characters, the actor is stepping up as the lead in a comedy about a grumpy but charming doctor.

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“It’s been feast or famine,” the actor Josh Charles said of his career in movies, TV and theater. He added: “I just want to do good work.”
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