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Robert Deyrail/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images(LONDON) -- An Iranian court sentenced outspoken rapper Toomaj Salehi to death after his arrest over songs that criticized the government, his lawyer said Wednesday."The primary court sentenced Toomaj Salehi to the harshest punishment, death, on the charge of 'corruption on Earth,'" Salehi's lawyer, Amir Raesian, said in an interview with Iranian news outlet Shargh Daily.The sentence by the Islamic Republic Revolution Court of Isfahan contradicted an Iranian Supreme Court ruling that said Salehi's case qualified for amnesty, Raesian said. The lawyer criticized the "obvious legal conflicts" in the revolutionary court's decision. "We will definitely appeal this sentence," he added.Salehi, who has been arrested multiple times by Iranian forces, frequently called out the regime's corruption and suppression of dissent in his music and shamed the regime's apologists who "whitewash" those crimes. He is one of the most prominent artists arrested by the Iranian regime over the past few years for his work.In one popular song, "The Mouse Hole," Salehi addresses those who collaborate with the Islamic Republic, warning that they better find a place to hide as they will be punished soon for their wrongdoings."Corporate journalist, cheap informer, court artist, buy a mouse hole," the lyrics read.Despite being arrested and released in 2021 for releasing songs denouncing the government, Salehi continued to post music videos expressing his opposition to the Iranian regime.In 2022, he voiced support for protests in Iran that were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who died in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly not complying with the country's hijab laws.Iranian rap music has become a vehicle for criticism of the regime amid the protests, placing several rap stars in the crosshairs of the regime.Despite the regime's crackdown, news of Salehi's sentence drew a wave of support from across the Iranian music world.Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian pop singer, described Salehi's sentence as a "black comedy" in a post on X. Yarrahi himself was arrested last August by the Islamic Republic for his songs in support of the Mahsa Amini protests."Release my brother unconditionally, or the smoke of this fire will burn your eyes," he wrote Wednesday, joining many other Iranians demanding Salehi's freedom.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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National - KSYL-AM

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As pro-Palestinian protesters gather in solidarity and their tents, sleeping bags and banners dot the greenspace on campuses across the U.S., many students -- Jewish and non-Jewish alike -- could be seen at makeshift tables this week over a Seder dinner to honor the Passover holiday.The start of this year's Jewish holiday of Passover, which marks the Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt, coincided with intensifying calls against Israel's war in Gaza on college campuses."We as Jews have this idea of 'Tikkun olam' -- to repair the world," said Zoe Kanter, a student protester with Yale Jews for Ceasefire. "And that's really a guiding principle for me … recognizing where there is injustice and suffering and working to repair it any way possible."At Passover Seders -- when Jews traditionally gather to recount the story of the Exodus, share symbolic dishes and pray -- participants reflect on themes of oppression, persecution, freedom and liberation, with many bringing contemporary social justice issues into their Seder rituals.This year, some set aside an empty seat at the Seder table for hostages abducted from Israel on Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a surprise terror attack. Others put an olive on the Seder plate to recognize solidarity with Palestinians.Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suitIn Israel, at least 1,700 people have been killed and 8,700 others injured since Oct. 7, according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There are about 133 hostages still being held by Hamas, 36 of which have been declared dead, according to Israeli officials.In Gaza, at least 34,183 people have been killed and 77,143 injured since the start of the Israeli retaliation for the Hamas attack, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.Aid organizations, including the United Nations, have said that the Palestinian territory is experiencing a humanitarian crisis amid ongoing blockades to the region.Some Jewish protesters say their faith is tied to their calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and "Palestinian liberation.""A belief in justice and a belief in doing the right thing, a belief in human equality and dignity has been instilled within me, in keeping with my Judaism," said Elijah Bacal, a student protester with Yale Jews for Ceasefire. "It's a very complicated issue, and I'm very involved in Jewish life on campus, and I've had a lot of difficult and nuanced conversations."Students across the country have been sleeping out on campuses day and night to call for their respective schools to divest funding connected to companies enabling Israel's war effort.The protests on campuses have been largely peaceful, according to school administrators and officials; still, more than 200 students at Columbia, NYU and Yale have been arrested for trespassing, after allegedly violating campus policies regarding interrupting academic operations or other encampment restrictions.New York Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD have noted that individuals unaffiliated with the universities have been to blame for several instances of violence and offensive rhetoric: “We will not be a city of lawlessness, and those professional agitators seeking to seize the ongoing conflict in the Middle East to sow chaos and division in our city will not succeed," Adams said in a statement.For Jewish, Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and Israeli students -- those whose identities have been tied to the conflict overseas -- the conflict has prompted tough conversations among peers.Some Jewish students continue to be on the frontlines of protests against Israeli policy and bombardment in Gaza."Passover has always taught me to think about who is oppressed and what we can do to fight for their freedom," said one student in a statement released by Columbia University Apartheid Divest. "Palestinians in Gaza have been bombed and starved by Israel for months, and we have a responsibility to speak out against these atrocities, especially as our university is funding this violence through investments.”Other Jewish students have stood in support of Israel's actions following the Hamas attack."We pray for the return of each and every hostage from Hamas' captivity to safety," said Columbia University's Students Supporting Israel earlier this month. "It's been 6 months of a war Israel didn't start. End this war. Defeat Hamas. Bring them all home now."The Columbia group has denounced the ongoing protests on campus, saying that "the situation on campus has become completely untenable -- no student can be expected to work, study, express themselves and grow academically on a campus in which their basic needs -- specifically their safety -- are not met," in an online statement.Concerns in the Jewish community about safety and antisemitism have affected the holiday celebration for some.Columbia Rabbi Elie Buechler told students in an April 21 WhatsApp message to “return home as soon as possible” due to safety concerns on campus amid the holiday, according to student newspaper Columbia Daily Spectator.“The events of the past few days, especially last night, have made it clear that Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy," Buechler said according to the news outlet.However, the school's Hillel told students they “do not believe” students should leave the school at this time and that it will remain open amid unrest."This is a time of genuine discomfort and even fear for many of us on campus," said the campus' Center for Jewish Student Life. "Columbia University and the City of New York must do more to protect students. We call on the University Administration to act immediately in restoring calm to campus."Shira, a freshman Jewish student at Columbia, told ABC News that she's been impacted by the protests and hadn't feared for her safety before the recent, intensifying wave of protests.“It's not only like mentally exhausting I found this past few days, it's been like physically affecting me," the student said in an interview. "It's just so awful the things that I've been hearing and seeing and I have found that I haven't been able to focus on any of my schoolwork. I haven't been able to go to classes just because of the constant shouting and screaming for violence against Jews. It's heartbreaking."Among Jewish protesters, they say they continue to have conversations and debate about the movement, protests and protest language.Gabriel Colburn, a member of Yale Jews for Ceasefire, added: "It's important to be honest that sometimes we do have different lived experiences and instinctive feelings about some of the language that is involved in these protests. And that's OK. We can have those different feelings and still continue to work together and have the hard conversations that are needed to rally around the cause of divestment and ceasefire."Bacal added: "I'm very grateful for how much people really accommodate and embrace pluralism and a wide range of perspectives," referring to his fellow protesters.Jewish protesters also told ABC News that they believe generalized accusations of antisemitism against pro-Palestinian protesters are being used to "shut down very legitimate protests and grievances about what Israel is doing in Gaza right now," said Colburn."Israel has, in many ways, perpetrated this genocide in the name of Jews around the world," said Colburn. "As a Jew, I take the danger of antisemitism very, very seriously. And it is precisely because that danger is real that it is all the more important not to instrumentalize and cheapen the charge of antisemitism."At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's encampment, the Passover holiday isn't the only Jewish tradition to be honored among protesters.MIT Jews for Ceasefire plans to host a Shabbat dinner in their encampment on Friday as well: "People ha

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Entertainment - KSYL-AM

Pablo Cuadra/FilmMagicIn the forthcoming May 7 episode of David Duchovny’s Fail Better podcast, Ben Stiller unpacked what Zoolander 2 bombing did for him — for better or worse.The 2016 movie tanked at the box office and was critically drubbed, which took a toll on him, Stiller says in the interview."It hurt," Stiller said, according to The Wrap.“I thought everybody wanted this, and then it’s like, 'Wow, I must have really f***** this up. Everybody didn’t go to it. And it's gotten these horrible reviews."Stiller adds, "It really freaked me out because I was like, 'I didn’t know [it] was that bad?'"The director of the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder recalls, "What scared me the most on that one was l’m losing what I think what's funny, the questioning yourself,” he added. “It was definitely blindsiding to me. And it definitely affected me for a long time.”That said, there was a silver lining. "The wonderful thing that came out of that for me was ... if that had been a hit, and they said 'Make Zoolander 3 right now' ... I would have just probably jumped in and done that."Stiller added, "Even if somebody said, 'Well, why don’t you go do another comedy or do this?’ I probably could have figured out something to do. But I just didn’t want to."What came from that break was developing some limited series, like 2018's Escape at Dannemora, for which he was nominated for an Emmy in the directing category, and the Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ series Severance.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Entertainment News - Classic Hits 92.5-KVPI-FM-Playing the Classic Hits of the 60's, 70's and 80's and Swamp Pop Music

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Paul Natkin/Getty ImagesThe Black Crowes are set to headline the 2024 Borderland festival, taking place September 13-15 in East Aurora, New York, southeast of Buffalo.Other acts on the bill include CAAMP, Marcus King, The Wailers, Dark Star Orchestra and The Wood Brothers.A ticket presale stars Friday, April 26, at 10 a.m., with tickets going on sale to the general public on the same day at 12 p.m. More information and a complete lineup can be found at borderlandfestival.com.The Black Crowes are currently on their Happiness Bastards tour, which hits Toronto on Wednesday, April 25, and then New York City on Saturday, April 27. A complete list of dates can be found at theblackcrowes.com.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Local News - Classic Hits 92.5-KVPI-FM-Playing the Classic Hits of the 60's, 70's and 80's and Swamp Pop Music

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CHR Music News - KQID-FM

Daniel PrakopcykLauv's first new song and video of 2024, "Potential," shows him coming to terms with his sexuality.Ahead of the release of the song, Lauv wrote on Instagram, "it’s genuinely a big deal to me, i’ve been writing songs for so long and have always seen myself as someone who was only allowed to be into girls. and then i started opening that up and now i feel just so so so much. and this song is the first one im gonna put out about a boy. so yeah, hope u love."In the video, Lauv is pulled this way and that by both male and female dancers, until finally he and a male dancer end up embracing. Lauv says in an official statement, "'Potential’ is about realizing you have feelings for someone and dreaming about the potential of what it could be. It’s the beginning of my next, most authentic chapter, and I can’t wait to share this and everything that’s coming next.”In March 2024, Lauv posted on Instagram, "i finally, around age 29 have reopened the door to the part of myself that feels…well…into men. and i don’t know where its gonna go but i think it’s important to talk about because i literally spent A LIFETIME blaming my anxiety & eventual really bad OCD for all my thoughts that had to do with being into men, always shoving it back down."He added, "But here i am, a few kisses and some fun in, a lot of songs in, and confused as ever but at least so much happier and more comfortable and less anxious because i’ve started to embrace a part of myself that i ran away from for so long." Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Entertainment - KRRV-FM

Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesDate Night co-stars Tina Fey and Steve Carell will reunite for Fey's eight-episode Netflix comedy series called Four Seasons, ABC Audio has confirmed. The series is based on actor/director Alan Alda's 1981 film of the same name, which also starred Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis and Len Cariou.Fey co-created and will star in the show, which centers on three married couples who vacation together every season and how the collective relationship is strained when one of the partners strays with a younger woman. The film was also adapted into a CBS TV show in 1984. Fey co-created the show with Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield, with whom she worked on her Emmy-winning NBC comedy 30 Rock. Fisher co-created Never Have I Ever, which ran for four seasons on Netflix, and Wigfield created Great News and Saved by the Bell for the streaming service.Emmy and Oscar nominee Carell previously appeared in Netflix's comedy series Space Force.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Carlos Ary guilty of Knights Inn motel murder

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man charged with beating a female acquaintance to death over an argument regarding a gun was found guilty in Caddo District Court Wednesday. Carlos Demond

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Caddo Grand Jury returns murder, rape indictments

SHREVEPORT, La. -- The Caddo Parish jrand Jury returned six indictments in its session ending Wednesday.

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