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Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke have a running joke about ‘Wildcat,’ their Flannery O’Connor movie
Ethan Hawke and his daughter Maya Hawke have a running joke about their Flannery O’Connor movie. “Wildcat,” which Ethan directed and Maya stars in as O’Connor, was made with complete sincerity. O’Connor died at age 39, in 1964, of lupus.
5-min read - NewsAssociated Press
US regulators maintain fishing quota for valuable baby eels, even as Canada struggles with poaching
U.S. regulators decided Wednesday to allow American fishermen to harvest thousands of pounds of valuable baby eels in the coming years, even as authorities have shuttered the industry in Canada while they grapple with poaching. Baby eels, also called elvers, are harvested from rivers and streams by fishermen every spring. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided Wednesday that U.S. fishermen will be allowed to harvest a little less than 10,000 pounds (4,536 kilograms) of the eel
3-min read - SportAssociated Press
The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It's survived world wars and controversies of all kinds
As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby. “There’s nothing like winning the Kentucky Derby,” recalled Espinoza, a three-time winner.
5-min read - PoliticsThe Independent
Will Trump testify in his hush money trial – and should he? Experts weigh in
Trump appears to be toying with the idea of taking the stand to testify in his criminal trial. But is it a good idea? Gustaf Kilander writes
9-min read - SportThe Independent
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Stuart Bingham LIVE: World Snooker Championship score and latest updates today
O’Sullivan is embroiled in a tight quarter-final with 2015 world champion Bingham at the Crucible Theatre
31-min read - NewsThe Independent
Tories’ top mayor disowns Rishi Sunak on eve of poll
Exclusive: Tees Valley mayor’s extraordinary broadside against his own party as Tories brace for drubbing in local elections – and MPs plot no-confidence vote in event of Labour landslide
5-min read - NewsThe Independent
Family and friends of boy stabbed to death in Hainault sword attack ‘devastated and in shock’
Schoolteachers praise ‘true scholar with a positive nature and gentle character’
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