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Actor Lisa Banes Dies After Hit-And-Run

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 "Gone Girl" actor Lisa Banes died 10 days after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in New York City, police said. The 65-year-old Banes, who was struck via a scooter or motorcycle whilst crossing a road on June 4, died Monday at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, a police department spokesperson said. Banes appeared in severa television shows and movies, inclusive of "Gone Girl" in 2014 and "Cocktail" with Tom Cruise in 1988. On television, she had roles on "Nashville," "Madam Secretary," "Masters of Sex" and "NCIS." She acted on stage regularly, which include Broadway appearances in the Neil Simon play "Rumors" in 1988, in the musical "High Society" in 1998 and in the Noel Coward play "Present Laughter" in 2010. Her manager, David Williams, stated Banes was hit as she was crossing Amsterdam Avenue on the way to visit the Juilliard School, her alma mater. Banes lived in Los Angeles

Trump plans to hold first post-presidential rallies in Ohio, Florida in coming weeks

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  Following a collection of speeches to Republican conservatives over the previous 5 months, former President Donald Trump will head to Ohio and Florida over the subsequent three weeks to hold the kinds of mass rallies with rank-and-file supporters that fueled his White House campaigns. Trump is anticipated to stage his first post-presidential rally in the Cleveland area on June 26, and follow up with an event in the Tampa area on July 3, stated two aides acquainted with the planning. Trump, who has continued to protest his election loss to President Joe Biden and assault his political critics all through his speeches, has lengthy promised to conduct the more free-wheeling rallies in the months to come. "We'll be doing one in Florida, we're going to do one in Ohio, we're going to do one in North Carolina," Trump stated during a May interview with One America News. Two aides discussed the Ohio and Florida rallies on situation of anonymity due to the fact final deta

four dead, four injured in shooting on Chicago's South Side

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  Four people are dead and 4 others are injured after an argument broke out and gunshots were fired at a home on Chicago's South Side early Tuesday morning, in accordance to police. The shooting took place just before 6 a.m. in the Englewood neighborhood, police said. Detectives were investigating what led to the shooting. So far, no one has been taken into custody. Three of the people killed were women, the fourth was a man, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown stated in a news conference Tuesday. It was not right away clear how old they were. No juveniles were killed, however an unhurt 2-year-old girl was taken to the hospital "out of an abundance of caution," police said. A 23-year-old man and a woman, her age unclear, have been taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in indispensable condition, police said. A 25-year-old man and a 41-year-old man had been taken to Christ Hospital in unknown condition, police said. "We must acknowledge this for what

California Formally Reopens

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  California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions and formally reopened on Tuesday, marking the moment with state-subsidized holiday giveaways and $15 million in vaccine lottery prizes as it emerged from the pandemic politically divided however economically formidable. One of the remaining U.S. states to reopen, California had already relaxed many of its health restrictions; others will not be completely phased out till autumn. Still, the formal unwinding of pandemic regulations in America’s most populous state is yet another sign of a national flip towards recovery. One out of each eight Americans lives in California, which generates 14.5 percent of the nation’s gross home product. “There is no American restoration without California’s recovery,” Gov. Gavin Newsom stated in an interview Monday as retailers organized to ditch the masks and occupancy constraints that have limited both commerce and the coronavirus. “The good information is the state’s financial recuperation is well u

New York Lifts Most Virus Restrictions

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 Restaurants will no longer be pressured to space tables six feet apart or use physical partitions; film theaters will be allowed to pack their auditoriums without spacing seats apart; and getting into commercial buildings won’t require a temperature check. With 70 percent of adults in New York having obtained at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo stated on Tuesday that effective right away the state was geared up to “return to life as we know it.” Nearly all restrictions on businesses and social gatherings have been eliminated, he announced at a news conference. The changes, which will take effect immediately, mark yet another milestone in the financial restoration of a state that was once an epicenter of the pandemic, and are anticipated to convey back the kind of scenes acquainted to most New Yorkers in prepandemic times. With the order, the state, in most cases, will quit capacity limits and no longer require social distancing, disinfection protocols and