July 2019

Scarlett Johansson Defends Her Right To Play Any Person, Tree Or Animal

Actress Scarlett Johansson says she should be able to play any role she wants, identity politics be damned. In a recent interview with As If magazine, the “Avengers: Endgame” star shared her take on the controversial roles in which he has been cast ― an issue she reportedly amounted to “political correctness … being reflected

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Twins’ Kepler homers in 5 straight at-bats vs Indians’ Bauer

Max Kepler has Trevor Bauer’s number. Kepler connected for home runs his first two times up Saturday night against Cleveland’s hard-throwing starter, giving the Minnesota outfielder five homers in his last five at-bats against the right-hander. Kepler homered three times off Bauer in Minnesota’s win on June 6 while also drawing a walk. He made

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Pence Defends Conditions at Migrant Detention Centers in Texas

Vice President Mike Pence played down reports of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions at two migrant detention centers in Texas that he visited on Friday, but he acknowledged the gravity of the humanitarian crisis unfolding along the United States’ southwestern border. The tour gave journalists covering the vice president a rare glimpse inside a Border Patrol

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‘Empty Spain’: Can opera save the town of Medinaceli?

Image copyright Fundación DEARTE Image caption The annual festival was the eccentric idea of a retired Spanish architect Medinaceli still has its Roman archway, but fewer than 700 people live in the ancient town on a ridge that overlooks the main Madrid-Barcelona highway below, teeming with vehicles speeding between Spain’s biggest cities. Between the capital

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