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‘Champion’ Review: Terence Blanchard Comes Back to the Met

Wall Street Journal The composer’s second opera at the New York institution is a visceral, jazz-influenced work about the closeted bisexual boxer Emile Griffith, who killed his opponent in a 1962 fight. https://www.wsj.com/articles/champion-review-terence-blanchard-comes-back-to-the-met-e41ba487

Rialto Pictures’ High-Caliber Film Canon

Wall Street Journal Films by Orson Welles, John Carpenter, Jean-Pierre Melville and others will be shown in the Museum of Modern Art’s ‘Rialto at 25,’ which celebrates the distributor’s quarter-century of sophisticated curation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/rialto-pictures-high-caliber-film-canon-79c0a34e

Prosecution rests case in corruption trial for ex-Illinois House speaker’s associates

Fox News Prosecutors rested their side of the trial Wednesday against four people accused of seeking favors for Illinois’ largest electric utility by arranging $1.3 million in contracts and payments for associates of a powerful state politician. Michael Madigan, the former House speaker, is not in court and faces his own separate trial. But he’s…

Maine bill expanding abortion access gets enough co-sponsors to ensure passage

Fox News Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ bill to expand abortion access in Maine will generate emotional debate in coming weeks, but its eventual passage is virtually assured. There were enough co-sponsors on her bill, formally introduced this week, to ensure passage with a majority. All told, there were 76 sponsors and co-sponsors in the House…

Criss-Crossing the ’24 Campaign Trail, Before the Campaign Is Official

New York Times A handful of prominent Republicans, including Tim Scott and Ron DeSantis, have been testing the waters for months, mindful of the biggest fish out there: Donald Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/us/politics/2024-republican-presidential-campaigns.html

Judge Blasts Fox News Over Evidence Disclosures in Defamation Case

Wall Street Journal In final pretrial proceedings, the judge allowed new depositions of Fox News witnesses and said he would likely investigate the network’s litigation conduct. https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-blasts-fox-news-over-evidence-disclosures-in-defamation-case-53663a82

Arizona House Republicans Expel One of Their Own

New York Times Representative Liz Harris was ousted from her seat by the G.O.P.-controlled House for promoting conspiracy theories during a legislative hearing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/us/politics/liz-harris-expelled-arizona-house-republicans.html

IBM Explores Sale of Weather Business

Wall Street Journal The owner of Weather.com could fetch more than $1 billion in a sale. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-explores-sale-of-weather-business-c174f75c

Walter Reed says Catholic pastoral care contract under review amid archdiocese criticism

Fox News Walter Reed National Military Medical Center says it is reviewing a Catholic pastoral care contract given to a secular defense contracting firm after the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services accused the center of denying Catholic service members the right to practice their religion. “At this time, the pastoral care contract is under…

U.S., Philippine Leaders Vow Further Alliance Progress

Defense.gov Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Carlito Galvez Jr., senior undersecretary and officer in charge of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines, to deepen military-to-military contacts between the two nations. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3360706/us-philippine-leaders-vow-further-alliance-progress/