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A packed house of more than 11,000 people was on hand Monday for the opening of the 94th edition of Oaxaca’s famous Guelaguetza festival. The first Monday on the Hill kicked off what is widely considered Latin America’s largest ethnic celebration, with 13 delegations from across the state presenting dances, music and regional customs. The opening Monday on the Hill show took place in the specially built outdoor amphitheater inaugurated in the 1970s and renovated 2008-2010. There will be another Monday on the Hill on July 27. (gob.mx) The festivities took place in the Guelaguetza Auditorium, an open-air amphitheater built…
U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Wednesday said the agency has opened more than 10,000 investigations this year into threats against protectees. Curren told reporters about the 40-percent rise, and when compared to last year, that the threat number is “off the charts.” “The environment has become very volatile, and that’s just across the…
Budjerah is a fair dinkum Australian triple-threat: a young man with the voice of an angel, the patience of a saint, and the style of a gentleman. Hailing from Fingal Head, a popular surf spot in northern New South Wales, Budjerah (full name: Budjerah Julum Slabb) is one of the most promising artists of his generation, boasting a trophy cabinet stacked with ARIA and APRA Awards, and bragging rights. Among them, a collaboration with Ed Sheeran on “2step,” and a spot on the Englishman’s 2023 stadium tour of these parts. What he doesn’t have in his resume is a full-length…
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A software glitch in New Jersey wrongly registered thousands of people ineligible to cast ballots A software glitch in New Jersey mistakenly registered thousands of non-citizens to vote, allowing nearly 400 to cast ballots, Governor Mikie Sherrill has said.The disclosure has reignited debate over election integrity in the US. In a statement on Tuesday, the White House argued the incident underscored the need to pass President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act, which would require states to verify citizenship before registering voters in federal elections. Democrats and voting rights advocates, however, said the case reflected an isolated administrative error rather than…
Elon Musk has claimed his Grok AI tool will create a “historically accurate” full-length adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey by the end of 2026. Fresh off Christopher Nolan‘s film causing a sensation at the box office on its opening weekend, the tech billionaire made the promise on X today (July 22), after sharing a three-minute sequence created by the account Heavy Pulp using Grok Imagine. The scene depicts Odysseus and the nymph Calypso in a continuous handheld shot. Check it out below. I treat @grok @imagine like I would treat a real production from a real set. Two locked start frames: one…
The entirety of MLS was in action Wednesday night, and save for the handful of teams that featured a week ago, the 15-match slate marked the return to play from the World Cup break.Despite MLS’s assertion that it’ll “take it from here” after the summer tournament, there was bound to be an adjustment period after a full two months off, as some teams rediscover their rhythm while others work in new signings. And as part of the latter, that meant a spotlight on the league’s two new marquee names: the Chicago Fire’s Robert Lewandowski and Orlando City’s Antoine Griezmann.Griezmann was…
Morena, Mexico’s ruling party, will use a “double filter” to ensure that its candidates in the 2027 elections have no criminal links and have not committed any other offenses. Morena President Ariadna Montiel announced the measure at a press conference on Tuesday, explaining that one check on potential candidates will be conducted by the party itself while another is set to be carried out by the federal government’s Security Cabinet, if it agrees to do so. Montiel said that everyone vying to represent Morena at federal, state and municipal elections in 2027 will have to pass both checks in order…
Alaskan Bush People star Noah Brown has expressed concern for the safety of his children amid his ongoing divorce from Rhain Brown. According to court documents exclusively obtained by Us, Noah, 34, is worried about his children’s “emotional and physical safety.” As a result, he requested an independent evaluation and for the court to appoint a guardian ad litem for the well-being of the two sons he shares with Rhain. In his declaration from March 11, Noah claimed Rhain, who is pregnant, moved in with her new partner, Adam Gimello, who’s the father of her unborn child. He alleged that…
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