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In Cannes, standing ovations stretch on and on — but they’re designed to

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival is on, which means stopwatches are out.Nowhere are the length of standing ovations at high-wattage premieres more carefully recorded and parsed than in Cannes. Did a movie garner a triumphant eight-minute standing ovation? Or did the audience stand for a mere four or five minutes?How has such an unlikely metric come to reverberate around the world within minutes of a premiere? And why is everyone standing for so long? Doesn’t anyone’s hands get tired?Such effusive displays of enthusiasm have come to be a hallmark of Cannes and, sometimes, a bit of marketing gimmick for films looking to resonate far from the Croisette. If Cannes, the world’s largest and glitziest film festival, stands for cinematic excess, its thunderous standing ovations can seem like its greatest overindulgence. No one needs a bathroom break?Less widely understood, though, is how the pageantry of Cannes shapes and distorts standing ovations. When audi...

Asesinato de estudiantes en Idaho: acusado se niega a hacer declaración de culpabilidad

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

Un juez registró este lunes una declaración de no culpable para el acusado de la muerte a puñaladas de cuatro estudiantes de la Universidad de Idaho, preparando el escenario para un juicio en el que podría enfrentar la pena de muerte.Los asesinatos del 13 de noviembre de 2022 sorprendieron a la comunidad rural de Moscow, en Idaho, y provocaron que muchos estudiantes abandonaran el campus antes de tiempo y cambiaran al aprendizaje remoto por el resto del semestre.Bryan Kohberger, de 28 años, fue arrestado a fines de 2022 y acusado de robo y cuatro cargos de asesinato en primer grado en relación con las muertes de Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle y Ethan Chapin en una casa alquilada cerca del campus de la Universidad de Idaho.Kohberger se negó a declararse culpable o no culpable en la Corte de Distrito del condado Latah, lo que llevó al juez a presentar una declaración en su nombre. Demolerán casa donde mataron a cuatro estudiantes universitarios en Idaho ...

Abogado de Sebastián Villa pide la absolución del futbolista de Boca Juniors y dijo que la denuncia de su expareja es “falsa”

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

(CNN Español) — Martín Apolo, abogado de Sebastián Villa, el futbolista de Boca Juniors acusado por su expareja Daniela Cortés por supuesta violencia física, brindó su alegato este lunes en el juicio contra el jugador en Argentina.Apolo pidió al Juzgado Correccional 2 de Lomas de Zamora, de la provincia de Buenos Aires, que absuelva a Sebastián Villa, según la agencia estatal de noticias Télam. Agregó que la denuncia de su expareja “es falsa” y que “existen muchos elementos de prueba que contradicen a la denunciante Daniela Cortés”, según cita Télam.CNN se contactó con el abogado Martín Apolo y, de momento, no ha habido respuesta.El caso contra Sebastián Villa, jugador de Boca Juniors: secuencia de un juicio por supuesta violencia físicaPreviamente, Apolo había dicho a CNN: “Voy a apostar a la absolución de Sebastián Villa porque no cometió ninguna conducta ilegal”.La semana pasada fue el turno del alegato del fiscal Sergio Anauati, quien solicitó...

PrimeEnergy: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — PrimeEnergy Corp. (PNRG) on Monday reported earnings of $1.4 million in its first quarter.The Houston-based company said it had profit of 53 cents per share.The investor in the oil and gas industry posted revenue of $22.7 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PNRG at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PNRGSource

Colorado's drug overdose rates higher than any developed country's in 2019

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If Colorado were a country, it would have one of the world's highest drug overdose rates - even though it has only an average rate among U.S. states. South African medical insurance comparison site Medical Aid used OECD, G20, European Union and IMF Developed Countries to create a list of the drug overdose rates from around the world. Among the countries in the data, the U.S. had the highest overdose rate in the world by far in 2019 - 22.62 deaths per 100,000 people. The next highest rate, Canada's, was less than half of the U.S.'s. When will the hazy skies get clearer? Colorado's drug overdose rate in 2021 was higher than that of any developed country in 2019, the last year for which there is worldwide data, following an uptick in drug deaths beginning in 2020.According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, Colorado's drug overdose rate was 31.4 per 100,000 in 2021 - three times Canada's rate from two years prior, but still in the middle of U.S...

Rick Hoyt, part of inspirational Team Hoyt that ran in Boston Marathon and other races, dies at age 61

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

Rick Hoyt, who inspired the nation as he and his father competed in numerous races that included the Boston Marathon, has died at the age of 61, according to the Hoyt Foundation.“It is with profound sadness that the Hoyt Family announce the passing of our beloved brother and uncle, Rick Hoyt this morning,” the Hoyt family said in a statement on Monday afternoon.Pushed in a specialized wheelchair by his father, Dick, Rick Hoyt was quadriplegic and had cerebral palsy, and from 1977 to 2014, competed in more than a thousand races as part of a father-son duo, including duathlons and triathlons according to Team Hoyt’s website.In 2013, a statue of the father and son from Holland, Mass., was erected in front of a school in Hopkinton, near the Boston Marathon’s starting line.While Dick Hoyt retired from running in 2014, Rick continued to be a part of the Boston Marathon, being pushed by Billerica’s Bryan Lyons before Lyons died in 2020. Hoyt...

1 dead, 3 others injured in elder housing apartment fire in Maine city

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — One person died and three others were injured when a floor of an apartment building for senior residents caught fire on Monday morning, authorities in Maine said.The fire took place in a multistory apartment tower in the central Maine city of Waterville. Waterville Fire-Rescue said the origin of the fire was still under investigation later in the day Monday.Fire officials did not identify the person who died in the fire. They said resuscitation efforts were initiated, but the person was later pronounced dead.The three people injured in the fire were taken to a hospital for treatment. Their conditions were not immediately available.The building includes about 50 units. Waterville Housing Authority manages the building, Waterville Fire-Rescue officials said.The housing authority and Red Cross are seeking alternative housing for tenants displaced by the fire, Waterville Fire-Rescue officials said.

‘Never did I imagine that I would have to ration chemotherapy’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

Mary Hynes | Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS)Nationwide shortages of two dozen chemotherapy drugs are leading to rationing and delays in treatment for cancer patients, local and national authorities say.“The most critical drugs that are being used to cure cancer, potentially, are just in short supply,” said Dr. Rupesh Parikh, an oncologist at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada.There are shortages of 23 chemotherapy drugs used to treat a wide range of cancers, according to data from the University of Utah Drug Information Service. Most of these are inexpensive generic drugs used for decades that serve as “the backbone of so many chemotherapy regimens,” said associate chief pharmacy officer Erin Fox, whose team at the university tracks drug shortages.The shortage in chemotherapy drugs is the worst it has been since 2011, she said. Overall drug shortages are the worst since 2014 for reasons that include curtailment of manufacturing and increased demand.Parikh said the chemotherapy dr...

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

By MARGERY A. BECK and JOSH FUNK (Associated Press)LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming medical care for people younger than 19.The abortion ban takes effect immediately, while the ban on gender-affirming care takes effect on Oct. 1. The hybrid measure ties together restrictions that Republicans have pursued across the U.S.Pillen called the law “the most significant win for social conservative agenda in over a generation of Nebraska” before he signed the law while holding a 5-day-old baby as his two oldest granddaughters stood next to him.“It’s about protecting our kids and saving babies. Pure and simple,” Pillen said. Opponents have promised to sue to try and block the law. The head of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, Mindy Rush Chipman, said in a statement that “every option is on the table to undo these regres...

Biden, McCarthy to meet on debt ceiling, time to ‘get moving’ to resolve standoff

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:53 GMT

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are to meet late Monday at the White House at a pivotal moment as Washington works to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation’s borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default. McCarthy told reporters midday at the Capitol that “decisions have to start being made” since “we’re 10 days out” from the deadline.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that as soon as June 1 the U.S. could start running short of cash to pay the nation’s bills. A default would be damaging for many Americans and people the world over relying on U.S. stability, sending shockwaves through the global economy.“We have to spend less next year than we spent this year,” McCarthy, R-Calif. reiterated and pointed to the House’s spending cuts as the “framework” for a deal.&#...