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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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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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Health - KSYL-AM

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The overall number of births in the United States dropped in 2023 as teenage births reached a record low, according to new provisional federal data published early Thursday.In 2023, there were 3.59 million births recorded, a 2% decline from the 3.66 million recorded in 2022, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.This follows what has been a general decline since the mid-2010s. Between 2015 and 2020, the number of births fell an average of 2% per year from 2015 to 2020, including a decline of 4% from 2019 to 2020.Births slightly rose, by 1%, from 2020 to 2021, and the number remained generally steady from 2021 to 2022, according to the report.By maternal age, provisional birth rates declined for several age groups including teenagers between ages 15 and 19. For this group, the rate in 2023 was 13.2 births per 1,000 females down 3% from the rate of 13.6 per 1,000 in 2022, another record low for that age group.Aside from an increase in 2006 and 2007, the teen birth rate in the U.S. has been continuously declining since 1991. From 2007 through 2023, rates for younger teens (ages 15-17) and older teens (ages 18-19) declined by 8% and 6% per year, respectively, the report found.Reasons for the decline in teen pregnancy are not clear but the CDC says evidence suggests it's due to a mix of more teens abstaining from sexual activity, and more sexually active teens using birth control.Birth rates also declined for women between ages 20 to 29 and ages 30 to 39. For pre-teens and teens between ages 10 and 14 and women aged 40 and older, rates were relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023.Additionally, the fertility rate for women between ages 15 and 44 was 54.4 births per 1,000, down 3% from 2022, the report said. Similarly, the fertility rate had been declining from 2014 to 2020, rose from 2020 to 2021, and then began declining again."The total fertility rate in 2023 remained below replacement -- the level at which a given generation can exactly replace itself (2,100 births per 1,000 women)," the report read. "The rate has generally been below replacement since 1971 and consistently below replacement since 2007."When broken down by race/ethnicity, nearly every group saw a decline in the provisional numbers of births with the biggest drop being 5% for American Indian and Alaska Native women. Hispanic women were the only group to see births rise, increasing by 1%, and the number was essentially unchanged for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander women.The report also looked at Cesarean delivery rates and found that in 2023, the overall rate increased to 32.4%, from 32.1% in 2022. According to the report, this is the fourth annual consecutive increase after the rate had been in decline since 2009 and the highest rate since 32.7% in 2013.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Former conscript adjusted Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions: Counterintelligence prevents Russian agent's escape

The Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), together with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, have prevented the escape of a Russian FSB agent who had been adjusting missile and bomb attacks in Kharkiv Oblast.

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Angel Reese 'super excited' for 'direction' of WNBA and details 'inspirational' mentor Shaquille O'Neal

Angel Reese said she is “super excited” by the “really great direction” that the WNBA is heading in, after being drafted into the league by the Chicago Sky.

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Business - KSYL-AM

Tourists visit San Marco Square on April 24, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Peak summer travel season is fast approaching, and some cities abroad have already implemented fees in an attempt to protect popular destinations from potential damage from increased tourism.Bustling European cities from Barcelona to Amsterdam that get flooded with tourists, especially at historical hotspots during the high season, have used tourist taxes to help raise revenue without taxing local citizens.Now, the city of bridges is following in the footsteps of Spain, Greece and Germany, which have all utilized a similar fee-based approach, testing a new entry fee for any visitors who come to Venice just for the day.Earlier this year, the coastal city, known for it's lagoon, hand-blown glass and close proximity to the heart of Italy's popular Prosecco region, announced a new reservation system that would charge day trippers 5 euros to enter and enjoy Venice.With nearly 40,000 visitors on average per day -- nearly double the city's population -- local authorities hope this move will help protect the UNESCO World Heritage Site from the influx of tourists.Starting Thursday, travelers can download an app to pay and attain a QR code, which will be checked by inspectors to enter the city as a visitor. If someone traveling for the day in Venice is caught without the code, they may face a fine of up to 300 euros."It is not a revolution, but the first step of a path that regulates the access of daily visitors. An experiment that aims to improve the liveability of the city, who lives there and who works there. We will carry it forward with great humility and with the awareness that there may be problems," Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said in a statement on X regarding the announcement."The margins of error are wide, but we are ready, with humility and courage, to make all the changes that will serve to improve the procedure. Venice is the first city in the world to implement this path, which can be an example for other fragile and delicate cities that must be safeguarded," he continued.Simone Venturini, Venice city councilor for tourism, told ABC News that the smart control center is within the most important part of the city -- Piazza San Marco, or St. Mark's Square."Authorities will use the new QR codes, plus cell phone data and the roughly 700 cameras around Venice to track and potentially regulate visitors," he explained. "We are switching to action after 60 years of only debate... our ultimate goal is to find a new balance between the needs of the residents and the needs of tourists."Venturini told ABC News local officials had "a lot of discussion" with leaders in other cities who have worked to combat overtourism, including Amsterdam, Barcelona and Kyoto."We are talking together just to find the solution," he said.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Former President Donald Trump, in a court filing Wednesday, asked the judge overseeing his Georgia election interference case to dismiss two more counts against him.Trump's filing urges the judge to dismiss counts 15 and 27 of the indictment, which charge him with conspiracy to commit filing of false documents as well as the filing of false documents.The first charge relates to the so-called alternate elector plot, and accuses Trump and other defendants of mailing false documents related to that effort to the chief judge of U.S. district court in Georgia, as an alleged "substantial step."The second charge accuses Trump and attorney John Eastman of filing a document that included "materially false statements" in a federal lawsuit.Trump's attorneys claim those charges must be dismissed because the state "lacks the authority" to punish conduct that is related to the federal government. They claim the statue used in the indictment "reaches too far" and that the state "has no jurisdiction or authority to enforce federal criminal law.""As such, the state is without jurisdiction or authority to prosecute President Trump when the plain purpose of doing so is to protect the integrity of federal matters," the filing states.The filing comes after the judge in the case previously dismissed six counts in the indictment, three of which were against Trump. The former president initially faced 13 counts in the case, and now faces 10.Trump and 18 others pleaded not guilty last August to all charges in a sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia. Defendants Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Scott Hall subsequently took plea deals in exchange for agreeing to testify against other defendants.The former president has blasted the district attorney's investigation as being politically motivated.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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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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20th Century StudiosIn a stunning gag that 20th Century Studios head Steve Asbell rightly predicts "will open up an entirely new front on the CGI vs. practical effects twitter debate," the studio set loose real-life ape costumers atop equally real horses on California's famous Venice Beach on Tuesday. These weren't just dudes in monkey suits: The costumes were perfect replicas of the figures seen in the forthcoming film, and Matt Reeves' Caesar trilogy before them — though those used visual effects to bring them to life.Videos shot by passersby of the promotional stunt quickly made it online and were reposted by Absell.The footage shows not just the commitment made by makeup and costuming professionals in bringing the apes from the movies to reality, but by the actors inhabiting the characters: they look deadly serious as they patrol their stunned human subjects. Set generations after Reeves' blockbuster trilogy, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes takes place in a time when "apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows," according to the studio. The movie opens in theaters May 10.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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