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With âIn the Heights,â Anthony Ramos Finds Stardom on His Own Terms
Teachers urged him to cultivate a more ethnically ambiguous image. He refused, and now heâs having a breakout moment.
Anthony Ramos in Bushwick. Spike Lee said of the actor: “He was not handed this artistic life. He had to put the work in.”Credit.Camila Falquez for The New York Times
June 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
The Bee Geesâ âStayinâ Alive,â that classic dance-floor ode to doing whatever it takes to keep your head above water, was playing in a coffee shop in Brooklyn when Anthony Ramos sidled in one chilly April morning.
âFind Him and Kill Himâ: An Afghan Pilotâs Desperate Escape
Threatened by the Taliban and considered AWOL by the Afghan military, a decorated helicopter pilot fled for the United States with his wife and daughter.
Maj. Naiem Asadi, an Afghan Air Force helicopter pilot, his wife, Rahima, and their daughter, Zainab, packing their bags the afternoon before their departure from Afghanistan.
June 3, 2021Updated 11:28 a.m. ET
KABUL, Afghanistan â The Asadi family was up before dawn Tuesday after a fitful nightâs sleep.
They dressed quickly in new clothes bought the day before and tucked a few precious belongings into two suitcases and two backpacks.