Month: June 2024

Weddings, anniversaries, holidays: the family reunion is a dramatic gift that keeps on giving on both screen and stage. Crystal Finn’s new work, “Find Me Here,” at the Wild Project, falls into a subcategory of the funeral subgenre: the unsealing of a will. In this case, a patriarch’s dying will is uncovered by his three daughters and their families. Truths and conflicts emerge cautiously, almost hesitantly, because Finn is less interested in confrontation than in gentle nudges and shoves. Unfortunately, “Find Me Here,” the third and final installment of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks 2024, is also unwilling to commit to any…

The implementation of President Joe Biden's new student loan repayment plan, known as Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE), has been temporarily suspended by federal judges in Kansas and Missouri. These rulings have put debt relief for millions of Americans at risk. The injunctions prevent the U.S. Department of Education from implementing significant provisions of the SAVE plan. As a result, the Biden administration is currently unable to forgive additional debt under the new income-driven repayment plan or reduce borrowers' payments as expected in July. Since its launch in August, more than 8 million borrowers have signed up for the…

Christopher Bell took the win over the weekend by winning both the Xfinity and Cup races Saturday-Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It marked the first time this season that a driver won multiple NASCAR National Series races in the same weekend. The move moved Bell from third to second in the standings, and this analysis seemed like a good time to take a look at whether these ranked drivers have ever won a Cup race and another NASCAR National Series race in a weekend and how many times they won. This year I did double duty. Cup drivers are…

Violence erupted in Kenya on Tuesday, as protesters clashed with police in the streets and stormed the country's parliament building after lawmakers passed a bill to raise taxes. Columns of thick smoke poured from the Parliament complex. Protesters furious at the tax increase foreseen by the budget law threw stones and blocked the streets. The protests have paralyzed Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and images of demonstrators storming parliament and entering the complex have shocked the nation. More than 30 protesters have been injured and at least five have been killed, according to several civic groups. Protests have spread across the country,…

The disease shows no respect for even the most revered figures in pop music In “I Am: Celine Dion,” a documentary about the global singer on Amazon Prime Video, it quickly becomes clear that Dion can't even move her body, let alone perform a soaring ballad with all the strength she has, right from the start. adolescence onwards. , she raised millions. The film, from director Irene Taylor, records the singer's painful reality as she battles the rare neurological condition called stiff person syndrome. In a December 2022 Instagram post, Dion tearfully revealed her diagnosis to fans, but by then…

The forced conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli army has become a controversial issue that has the potential to fracture the ruling coalition. This order, aimed at integrating the ultra-Orthodox community into military service, has sparked heated debate within Israeli politics. The conscription policy has long been a point of contention, as ultra-Orthodox Jews have historically been exempt from compulsory military service. This exemption is rooted in a long-standing agreement between the Israeli government and ultra-Orthodox religious leaders, who maintained that their community's religious studies were of paramount importance. However, this agreement has faced growing criticism from secular and…