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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.
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