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The play, A Raisin in the Sun, by the playwright Lorraine Hansberry was once considered a ‘risky investment’ to produce given the prominently all-black cast and racial subject matter as it premiered at a time when the Jim Crow South continued to disenfranchise Americans of color, per Academy Award winner and U.S. Army veteran Sidney Poitier, who starred in the original performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre back in 1959....

Hinds County Circuit Court records show Anne McGrew, 65, of Jackson, agreed to testify against co-conspirators who are indicted in the case. That includes her former employers, Nancy and Zach New, the mother and son team who ran nonprofit and for-profit operations entrusted by the Mississippi Department of Human Service to distribute money to people in need. McGrew pleaded guilty on Monday to one charge of conspiracy to commit embezzlement....

Orton was kicked out for — get this — making negative comments regarding the basketball skills of Filipino icon and superstar boxer Manny Pacquiao. MORE: You can’t afford Mayweather/Pacquiao tickets | Biggest NBA Draft busts “Everyone is angry at him… it is like he went to the United States and insulted the name of Martin Luther King,” said Rene Pardo, the top administrator for the Purefood Hotshots, Orton’s now former team, according to Yahoo Sports....

Some people are taking issue with the fact that McFarland singled out young African-American players during the Monday Night Countdown segment, but McFarland is doubling down on his statements. In a Monday tweet featuring the Monday Night Countdown video, McFarland argued that he only mentioned African-American players specifically because they make up 70 percent of the NFL. He also further defended his stance by noting that he wasn’t talking about every African-American player....

The former Dallas Cowboys player addressed the stigma of being an LGBTQ person in the NFL but said that he believed withholding information was deceitful and not the way he wanted to work or live. His attempts this summer to make his way back into the NFL prompted him to reflect on how he’d been portrayed in the professional sports world up until that point, and decided it was time to change that image for the sake of future generations....

Montador was recently found dead at the age of 35 in his suburban Toronto home. His death came just over a year after persistent concussion symptoms forced him to leave his team in Croatia where he played professional hockey for the last time. At his memorial service in Mississauga, Ontario, on Saturday, Dr. Charles Tator of the University of Toronto disclosed Montador’s plan to donate his brain to research....

In an opinion column published Friday in The New York Times, Wen wrote that she faced “daily internal opposition” for her desire to recast Planned Parenthood in the popular consciousness as a mainstream healthcare organization rather than a singularly focused, pro-abortion advocacy group. “To counter those who associate the organization with only abortion and use this misconception to attack its mission, I wanted to tell the story of all of its services — and in so doing, to normalize abortion care as the health care it is,” Wen wrote....

Trump has been teasing a presidential run since he left office and he’s got favorable polling numbers and a strong hold on his base on his side. However, Bolton believes the speculation about another campaign is just a strategic move to keep attention on Trump and that the former president isn’t actually seriously considering making another bid for the White House. “I don’t think Trump will run for the presidency in 2024,” Bolton told iTV host Robert Peston on Wednesday....

Taylor, who became a central figure in President Donald Trump’s impeachment in the House, wrote the piece in response to Pompeo’s question to NPR journalist Mary Louise Kelly—“Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?"—following a tense interview last week. Taylor’s op-ed appeared in Sunday’s New York Times. “Here’s why the answer should be yes: Ukraine is defending itself and the West against Russian attack,” Taylor wrote in response to the question....

Overview Non-allergic rhinitis is a medical condition of unknown cause, leading to symptoms very similar to allergic rhinitis, or hay-fever. Approximately half of the people suffering from allergies also have a non-allergic component to their symptoms. Non-Allergic vs. Allergic Rhinitis While the symptoms of the conditions are very similar, non-allergic rhinitis differs from rhinitis in many ways. Some of these include: Allergic rhinitis tends to be a seasonal problem, whereas symptoms of non-allergic rhinitis are typically year-round....

In tricky conditions, the Spaniard held his nerve when it mattered most as Ferrari took top spot in their bid to break a sequence of six Red Bull race wins in a row. Due to the wet weather conditions, it all ended up coming down to the last lap on an ever drier track as Verstappen looked set to claim his fourth pole position of the season. Instead, Sainz put together an impressive lap to snatch away top spot by just 0....

The hidden T challenge follows a series of challenges on Fortnite so far in Season 1 of Chapter 2 where you have to find a missing letter. Here you can find the hidden F, hidden O and hidden R. This week, to no one’s surprise, is to find the hidden T. In order to first do that, however, you need to take a look at the Dockyard Deal Loading Screen....

Goal posed the question to the pair of Red Devils’ Ambassadors at the club’s partnership signing ceremony with EPSON at The Bank Bar, Singapore on Thursday afternoon. If they were in their prime, would either Fortune or Johnsen be able to shackle Ibrahimovic? The Cape Town native said: “Johnsen is too humble. I’d say Ronny could stop him – no problem!” “If it was me in my prime, I don’t know – maybe I’ll kick Zlatan, or he’ll kick me!...

The initial news about Pettitte pleased one segment of the Yankees faithful, and left another contingent of Yankees fans, especially Latino fans like myself, wondering, “What’s with the double standard here?” Why were the Yankees retiring 46 before 51, which was worn by Puerto Rico native Bernie Williams? SPECTOR: Yankees haven’t retired enough numbers After all, hadn’t five-time All-Star Williams served his his entire 21-year professional career with the Yankees organization?...

It’s a substantial addition to an already expansive Forza Horizon 3 that also includes its own series of new challenge events. A limited number are open initially and more unlock as “stars” are collected through their completion. There are over 50 different events to take part in within an area that features 50 new roads to be discovered. This system of earning stars to open more events is different than how advancement is handled throughout the rest of the game, adding a layer of complexity that is required of the player which may or may not go over well....

Tim Walters helped organize rallies with the group ReOpen Maryland, demanding that Maryland Governor Larry Hogan rescind his stay-at-home order in April. Earlier this week, Walters said he had tested positive for COVID-19 in a series of Facebook videos, some of which have since been deleted. “I was diagnosed yesterday at the ER with COVID-19 and here I am months after not wearing a mask at rallies, churches and so on and so it’s funny how capricious this thing is,” Walters said in a video on Tuesday, according to The Capital Gazette, who first reported on the test result....

According to the indictment, from May 2019 to February 2020, four men—Nicholas Hovan of New York and Zhenyu Wang, Robert Thwaites and Daniel Ray Lane, all of Dallas—conspired to carry out the scheme using shell entities and offshore financial accounts to hide their financial dealings. The men allegedly sought to conceal where the petroleum came from by bribing a Chinese official, setting up shell companies, using false contractual documents and other means....

MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes Receiver Ryan Davis, defensive back Jeremiah Dinson, defensive end Byron Cowart and cornerback Carlton Davis were arrested April 30 during a traffic stop and charged with second-degree marijuana possession, a misdemeanor. “[The legal process will] be taken care of with that end,” Malzahn said. “Just from a team standpoint, they made a mistake, we punished them, they’re fine kids and I expect them to not make any more....

The Diamond, East Newton, Neosho and Seneca school districts announced last week that exposed students would no longer be required to quarantine and could return to in-person learning, The Kansas City Star reported. The reversal in course was prompted by the Newton County Health Department, which announced September 15 that students could be allowed inside school buildings despite their exposure. Each of the four districts are located inside Newtown County, near Joplin in southeastern Missouri....

While many fans have embraced his saying “Puig your friend,” some of his fellow major leaguers won’t be calling him a friend based on things that have happened this season. His incident Saturday with Cubs reliever Pedro Strop, which was punctuated by Strop calling Puig “stupid as f—,” was the latest in a series of conflicts in which Puig has been at the center: MORE: Sign up for DAZN and watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a live MLB whiparound show...