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Broadway showstopper Lillias White on giving audiences ‘my entire heart’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

Watch Video: Broadway star Lillias WhiteThe night Broadway star Lillias White opened in the hit show “Hadestown,” her descent into Hell as the character Hermes sent the audience into a rapture.Everybody hungry, everybody tiredEverybody slaves by the sweat of his browThe wage is nothing and the work is hardIt’s a graveyard in Hadestown…Lillias White as Hermes in the Broadway musical “Hadestown.” (CBS News)Rocca asked White, “What does it feel like when people go nuts like that?”“Wow! It makes me full,” she replied. “It makes me very emotional. It demands of me that I get out there and give them my entire heart.”White has been giving audiences her heart for over four decades, in shows like “Dreamgirls,” “Chicago,” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” She wasn’t the original actress in those roles, or in “Hadestown,” where she’s following in ...

Shooting at New Mexico’s Red River motorcycle rally kills 3, wounds 5

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

RED RIVER, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual motorcycle rally in a New Mexico town late Saturday afternoon.Red River Mayor Linda Calhoun said in a video posted on Facebook that the shooting around 5 p.m. resulted in three fatalities and five victims were transported to hospitals in Denver, Albuquerque and nearby Taos.The 41st annual Red River Memorial Motorcycle Rally drew about 20,000 bikers to the town, Calhoun said.The violence occurred between two retail stores and involved members of motorcycle gangs, Calhoun said.“The shooters have all been apprehended,” she said. “There is no threat to the community at all.”The New Mexico State Police previously said in a Twitter post that two people were killed and six were wounded in the shooting.Most of Main Street in Red River, where the shooting occurred, was closed to the public for the investigation and law enforcement requested businesses in the area remain closed on Sunday, Calhoun ...

Detienen a padres tras encontrar a sus 7 hijos viviendo en una casa con ratas enjauladas y refrigerador cerrado con candado, dice la policía

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

(CNN) — La policía de Pensilvania detuvo a dos padres tras encontrar a sus siete hijos viviendo en lo que las autoridades describieron como “condiciones de vida insalubres” e “inseguras”, que incluían ratas enjauladas y heces en el suelo de la casa.Según una declaración jurada de la policía presentada el 19 de mayo, las autoridades respondieron el 23 de abril a un aviso de que tres niños entraron en una caravana abandonada en West Rockhill Township, a 65 km al norte de Filadelfia.Una mujer se declaró culpable del asesinato en 1990 de una madre de Florida vestida de payaso, pero aún niega que cometió el crimenCuando la policía encontró a los niños, habló con los padres y los devolvió a su casa, junto a la caravana abandonada.Allí, los agentes observaron “condiciones de vida deplorables” y un refrigerador asegurado con un candado, según las autoridades.La madre, Crystal Robertson, dijo a la policía que había tenido que cerrar la nevera con can...

Arnold Schwarzenegger on demanding a cleaner environment: ‘That’s my crusade’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

Watch Video: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s climate crusadeVenice Beach, California, has a kind of timelessness, from the sandy shoreline, to Gold’s Gym, where you can see heroes past – and very much present. On any given day, the gym’s most famous patron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will be here pumping up.Smith asked, “Why come here? I’m sure you have a nice home gym?”“I have a nice home gym – how did you know?” Schwarzenegger laughed. “I like working out with people.”Around here, he’s quick to give pointers to anyone who looks like they need help (including a “Sunday Morning” correspondent). As an athlete and a coach, Arnold (as he is often addressed) is pretty impressive.“Sunday Morning” correspondent Tracy Smith gets some tips from an expert. (CBS News)Smith asked, “We just saw you working out. You don’t look 75. Do you feel 75?”“I wouldn’t know what that feels like!R...

Polls close in Turkey’s presidential runoff election, as Erdogan seeks to extend two decades of rule.

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Polls close in Turkey’s presidential runoff election, as Erdogan seeks to extend two decades of rule.Source

Ukraine tennis player booed for not shaking hands with Belarusian opponent

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk was booed after refusing to shake hands with her Belarusian opponent at the Roland Garros tournament in Paris on Sunday.The tensions stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took center stage in the international tennis championship as Kostyuk faced the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who is the number two in the women’s tennis ranking and one of the favorites for the final victory, in the first round.The 20-year-old Kostyuk previously criticized the decision by tennis authorities to allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete as neutrals after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, and has refused to shake hands with her Russian and Belarusian opponents since.The crowd in Paris booed the Ukrainian tennis player on Sunday after she walked away from Sabalenka at the end of the match.Sabalenka was cheered by supporters as she took a bow at the end of the game. The Belarusian player told reporters that she understands her opponents’ decision not t...

Running through middle age can keep brain healthy and neurons wired: study

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

Toronto (CTV Network) — Exercising as you age can help maintain memory and fight cognitive decline, according to a new study.In the study, researcher’s from Florida Atlantic University and Mexico’s National Polytechnic Institute looked at the long-term effects of running on the brains of mice. They found middle-aged rodents with access to a running wheel did a better job of maintaining the wiring of older neurons linked to memory.“Our study provides insight as to how chronic exercise, beginning in young adulthood and continuing throughout middle age, helps maintain memory function during aging, emphasizing the relevance of including exercise in our daily lives,” study co-author and National Polytechnic Institute researcher Carmen Vivar said in a news release.The researchers focused on neurons formed during early adulthood that were connected to the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with learning and memory. The hippocampus and connections with...

Jewish groups and city officials protest against Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Several Jewish groups, politicians and an alliance of civil society groups gathered for a memorial ceremony and a protest rally against a concert by Roger Waters in Frankfurt on Sunday evening. They accuse the Pink Floyd co-founder of antisemitism – an allegation he denies. Waters has also drawn their ire for his support of the BDS movement, which calls for boycotts and sanctions against Israel.Frankfurt authorities had initially tried to prevent the concert taking place, but Waters successfully challenged the move in a local court.The concert is taking place in the city’s Festhalle, where in November 1938 more than 3,000 Jews were rounded up by the Nazis, beaten and abused, and later deported to concentration camps.“Against this historical background, the concert should not have taken place under any circumstances,” said Sacha Stawski, a member of the Frankfurt Jewish community and head of the group Honestly Concerned, that helped organize the protests.“It...

Unofficial results in Turkey’s presidential runoff split as counting continues

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Preliminary, unofficial results from Turkey’s state Anadolu news agency showed incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead with 76% of ballot boxes counted, while a competing news agency gave a slight lead to the opposition candidate in a presidential runoff that will decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.Anadolu showed Erdogan at 54%, and his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at 46%.Meanwhile, the ANKA news agency, close to the opposition, showed the results at 51% for Kilicdaroglu and Erdogan at 49%, with 75% of ballot boxes counted.The outcome could have implications far beyond Ankara. Turkey stands at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and it plays a key role in NATO.Erdogan’s government vetoed Sweden’s bid to join NATO and purchased Russian missile-defense systems, which prompted the United States to oust Turkey from a U.S.-led fighter-jet project. But it also helped broker a crucial...

President attends 2nd grandchild’s graduation as daughter of Biden’s late son leaves high school

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:57:34 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a busier-than-usual graduation season for President Joe Biden.Biden and his wife, Jill, were on hand Sunday to watch granddaughter Natalie Biden graduate from high school, the White House said. Natalie is the daughter of the president’s late son, Beau. She is a student at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware. The private Episcopal school was the setting for some scenes from the 1989 movie “Dead Poets Society,” starring the late Robin Williams. Presidents usually deliver a couple of commencement addresses every year, including at one of the military service academies. But this year, Biden also got to watch another one of his grandchildren go through that rite of passage. Earlier this month, Biden and the first lady attended granddaughter Maisy Biden’s commencement from the University of Pennsylvania. Biden was the commencement speaker at Howard University’s commencement on May 13. He is also scheduled to deliver the com...