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NEW ORLEANS — “As a mayor, you should not be twerking. You should be working.” That’s what Belden “Noonie Man” Batiste told me when discussing his efforts to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans, the first Black woman to lead the city, who has often been filmed dancing. Batiste is a small, bespectacled man who emphatically punches his hands and churns his forearms like the paddle wheel of a steamboat when he speaks. He is an energetic activist in the city and a serial candidate who has suffered serial losses, including for mayor. And he has raised serious concerns about the Cantrell administration, which has struggled with police retention, suspect spending and travel, charges of corruption, sanitation and particularly crime. But his twerking comment exposes a pettiness that has convinced several of the Black women I spoke to in the city not only that Cantrell is being held to a higher standard than a white man would be, but also that she is subject to a kind of sexism … [Read more...] about The Beleaguered Queen of New Orleans

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Torrential rain and wild weather in Auckland on Friday caused disruptions throughout the city and an Elton John concert to be canceled just before it was due to start. About 40,000 people were expected to attend the evening concert at Mt Smart Stadium in New Zealand's largest city. Thousands were already at the venue when organizers decided to cancel not long before John was due to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. The concert was billed as a final farewell tour for John. Frontier Touring, one of the concert promoters, tweeted the concert had been cancelled due to unsafe weather conditions. Many concertgoers who had braved the conditions were frustrated the decision hadn't been made hours earlier. Weather agency MetService warned of flash flooding and hazardous driving conditions throughout the city. On Friday night, transport … [Read more...] about Elton John concert canceled due to wild New Zealand weather

close Video Cuellar says migrants will 'keep coming' without consequences: 'We've got to do something stronger' Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, joins "Cavuto Live" to discuss the surging migrant encounters and respond to Texas GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw's suggestion that military personnel be deployed at the border. Several Republican members of Congress from New York have sent a letter to President Biden to demand answers on illegal immigrants who have been shipped across the country by the administration, including upstate New York, and slamming the "secrecy" of the migrant transfers. "We write following reports that your administration is actively settling migrants in Upstate New York communities," five New York Republicans wrote to the White House on Thursday, adding that they have "deep concern" that the influx of migrants into upstate and western New York will "overwhelm the local services and infrastructure." The letter was signed by New … [Read more...] about Biden ‘secrecy’ over migrant relocations bringing border crisis to ‘every state’: NY GOP

CLAYTON, N.C. — For a tidy snapshot of our messy country, you could do worse than North Carolina’s newly redrawn 13th Congressional District, where suburb yields to exurb and fields of tobacco and sweet potatoes somehow hold their ground. I had to drive only 15 miles of it to see two versions of America — and to see them at war. I began in Garner, on the edge of Raleigh, at the Full Bloom coffee shop. The barista had rainbow-colored hair. The menu advertised a vegan bagel sandwich and a “From the Hive” selection of drinks — an orange blossom latte, a lavender blossom latte — made with local honey. Garner is in Wake County, a Democratic stronghold, and I headed south and crossed into Johnston County, a Republican one. I passed lyrically named residential developments (Annandale, Avery Meadows) that had just gone up or were about to rise. I spotted the C3 megachurch (“real hope for real people in a real world”). And then, just beyond it, I saw the signs, a little thicket of them, … [Read more...] about One of America’s Most Seductive States Is Also One of Its Scariest

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. In 2019, to mark the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved people arriving in the United States, The New York Times Magazine published The 1619 Project . It was the beginning of an ongoing long-form journalism initiative, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones, that reframes the history of slavery in America and explores how it touches nearly every aspect of modern life. The 1619 Project has been used as a curriculum in some 4,500 classrooms ; it has also been adapted into a podcast and a best-selling book that features essays by contributors about slavery’s legacy. And on Thursday, it finally makes its way to the screen in the form of a six-part documentary series on Hulu. Each episode of the TV series adapts an essay from the book and touches on themes such as “music,” or “democracy.” As an executive producer and the show’s narrator, Ms. Hannah-Jones … [Read more...] about A New Series, ‘In Service of Our Ancestors’

Eamonn Holmes discusses Prince Andrew amid Eugenie's pregnancy SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Duke of York's accuser Virginia Giuffre is expected to publish her own memoir after signing a book deal believed to be worth millions, according to multiple sources. If correct, this could be the "reason" King Charles' made the decision to kick his younger brother out of his posh suite at Buckingham Palace, a psychiatrist who specialises in sexual abuse cases told Express.co.uk. Ms Giuffre, who has claimed she was sexually assaulted by Andrew on three occasions when she was 17, agreed to a multi-million-pound settlement with the Duke signing a one-year agreement that neither of them would publicly discuss the case. The Duke … [Read more...] about Prince Andrew accuser’s new memoir ‘could be reason Charles kicked him out of palace’

close Video Wife, brother of murdered Microsoft executive on ‘gut-wrenching’ family separation Jared Bridegan's widow Kirsten Bridegan and brother Adam Bridegan on the ongoing investigation and arrest made of a suspect Henry Tenon, the Florida man accused of killing Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan in front of his young daughter, worked regularly for the husband of Bridegan’s ex-wife, according to a local report. Tenon, 61, worked as a contractor for Mario Fernandez, who is married to Bridegan’s ex-wife, Shanna Gardner Fernandez, Tenon’s former roommate told the New York Post reported . The ex-convict would reportedly perform regularly contracting work at properties that Fernandez owned. "I know he did little jobs for Mario here and there when he asked him to," the unnamed roommate told the Post. ADAM MONTGOMERY INDICTED ON SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IN DAUGHTER'S DEATH Henry Tenon booking photo, Jan.25, 2023 … [Read more...] about Suspect in Jared Bridegan murder worked for ex-wife’s new husband: report

This month, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its first comprehensive guidelines for evaluating and treating children and adolescents with obesity. The paper , co-written by 21 prominent doctors, health researchers and obesity experts, advises health care providers that they may refer children as young as 2 years old to “intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment” programs if they have a body mass index in the overweight or obese range. For children ages 12 and up with an obese B.M.I., doctors are encouraged to prescribe weight-loss medications and to offer those over age 13 with severe obesity a referral to a bariatric surgery center. The paper’s authors see this new guidance as a brave leap forward in the fight against childhood obesity, which they frame as a “complex and often persistent disease” requiring early and aggressive treatment. But the guidelines are rooted in a premise that should have been rejected long ago: that weight loss is the best path to … [Read more...] about Why the New Obesity Guidelines for Kids Terrify Me

NEW YORK (AP) — It's been nearly a decade since Smokey Robinson's last album, but new music from the King of Motown is on the horizon. Robinson will release the nine-track album “Gasms” on April 28, the music legend behind hits like “My Girl” and “The Way You Do the Things You Do” announced Friday. “Gasms” features new songs produced and written by Robinson himself. The former vice president of Motown Records released his last collaborative album nine years ago, “Smokey & Friends,” which featured musicians like Elton John, John Legend, Steven Tyler and Mary J. Blige. The upcoming album's first single, “If We Don’t Have Each Other,” is now available on streaming services. Robinson is a legendary music producer, songwriter, record label executive and solo musician who's penned over 4,000 songs and been inducted into the the Rock ‘n’ Roll and Songwriters' halls of fame. The musician has worked with other historic Motown artists like the Temptations, Mary Wells, Brenda … [Read more...] about Smokey Robinson, ‘King of Motown,’ to release new solo album

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. MOVIES — If you haven’t managed to catch “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” yet, the Marvel sequel arrives on Disney+ on Wednesday with a batch of five Oscar nominations to its name, including best supporting actress for Angela Bassett and original song (“Lift Me Up,” music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson; lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler). In his review, AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote that, “‘Wakanda Forever’ is overlong, a little unwieldy and somewhat mystifyingly steers toward a climax on a barge in the middle of the Atlantic. But Coogler’s fluid command of mixing intimacy with spectacle remains gripping.” — Pamela Anderson has been making headlines again for revelations in the documentary … [Read more...] about New this week: Shania, ‘Princess Power’ and Pamela Anderson