#photographs

#photographs

Before the start of St. Sabina's annual twilight community peace march on Friday, Christine Blanton spoke up for her slain child and she wasn't the only one.A sea of hands and photographs of victims, like Blanton's daughter, Derricka Patrick, rose into the air behind the Auburn Gresham church, prompted by rally speakers asking the crowd of more than 200 youngster and adults to raise their hands if they'd lost loved ones to gun violence.

When the patient arrives, it can barely move its body.Sometimes it can't blink.Vibrant green wings falter as the parrot triesand failsto fly.A nurse props up the bird's limp, violet-blue head on a makeshift cushion and slides a bowl of nectar in front of its bright red beak.It is just one of dozens of rainbow lorikeets being treated for a mysterious paralyzing illness at this wildlife hospital in eastern Australia.

Much of the eastern U.S. has seen unsettlingly hazy skies this week as smoke from the more than 400 wildfires currently blazing across Canada has blown south.Wednesday was by far the worst day for wildfire smoke in the contiguous U.S. since 2006, according to researchers at Stanford University's Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab, and Tuesday claimed the number four slot.

A storm system that swept through Texas on Thursday evening killed three people and injured dozens of others, an official said, as the state braced for a weekend of brutal heat.The three deaths and more than 75 injuries happened in Perryton, a city where a mobile home park took a direct hit from a tornado, the local fire chief, Paul Dutcher, told NBC News.

The infant sons of a concertgoer who died following a crowd crush outside the O2 Academy Brixton six months ago are starting to realise their mother is not coming home, family members have said.Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, of Newham, east London, and security worker Gaby Hutchinson, 23, of Gravesend, Kent, who was on duty at the south London venue, died days after being hurt when ticketless fans tried to get into a show by Nigerian Afrobeats artist Asake in December.

Exactly six months ago, a crush brought a concert at the Brixton Academy to an abrupt halt.Two of those who went to the south London venue that night never came home, and their families are still waiting for answers about what happened.Social media footage showed long queues of people, many thought to be ticketless, trying to gain entry to the sold-out gig by Afrobeats artist Asake on 15 December.

After a week of mostly silence about its newly launched campaign to drive Russian occupying forces from Ukrainian territory, Ukraine's military on Sunday claimed its first small gains as fighting raged in at least three sectors of the front.The military operation is expected to be vast, but for the moment it appears to consist mostly of probing attacks and feints.

Police in southern Germany are appealing for further pictures and videos taken by witnesses of an attack near Neuschwanstein castle in which an American man allegedly pushed two women down a steep slope, killing one of them.A suspect was arrested following the attack.German news agency dpa quoted police Friday saying that they have so far only received about a dozen submissions on a specially created website, but assume much more footage was taken by tourists present at the site at the time on Wednesday.

Families of the victims of India's worst rail disaster in two decades were on Sunday still struggling to reach the town where the disaster happened.The delays meant that many bodies remain unidentified and unclaimed, local officials and doctors said.Survivors of the crash said their train had been packed with hundreds of migrant laborers, students and daily wage workers.

I lost my mother, tragically, in a plane crash when I was only 3 years old.The experience changed my relationship with my father and fatherhood, forever.When I was 8, maybe 9 years old, there was a day when students in my class could bring their parents to school.Students stood at the front of the room to say what they wanted to be when they grew up and why.

A boy, his face out of focus, is walking toward you.He holds a bucket, and there is a slight spring in his steps.In the foreground, clothes hang above the frame, like obstacles preventing you from looking.And this boy, where is he coming from?Where is he going to?Why does he seem happy even though he is surrounded by heaps of trash and bush?

In early 1980, Aubrey Powell, the then-33-year-old co-founder of the pioneering British design company Hipgnosis, flew to Hawaii to photograph the cover for the British rock band 10cc's Look Hear? album.The shoot involved a specific sheep (only one was available on Oahu, at a university farm) seated on an old-timey psychiatrist's couch (which had to be constructed by a Honolulu props company) on the island's North Shore.

Image Iiu Susiraja's Woman (2010), one of the powerful works that take aim at contemporary body image issues, obsessions and taboos in a show at MoMA PS1.Credit...via Iiu Susiraja, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery The strange, discomfiting photographs and videos of the Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja push so many buttons that her provocative exhibition at MoMA PS1 should have been staged in an elevator to paraphrase the theater critic Peter Marks.

In the south, Ukrainian soldiers are fighting on an unforgiving landscape, table-flat farmland with little cover for troops trying to advance.Sixty miles away, they are attacking across the plains in a coal mining region dotted with slag heaps, pushing toward a strategic railway junction.Farther east, they are targeting Russian positions on the hills outside Bakhmut, a city in ruins that fell to Russian forces last month after the longest and bloodiest battle of the war.

The gunmen arrived at dawn on motorcycles, horses and in cars.For hours afterward, they fired into houses, rampaged through shops and razed clinics, witnesses said, in a frenzied attack that upended life in El Geneina, a city in the Darfur region of Sudan.The violence in mid-May, which killed at least 280 people in two days, came just hours after two military factions that have been battling for control of Sudan signed a commitment to protect civilians and allow the flow of humanitarian aid.

Image Soldiers from Ukraine's 68th Brigade resting outside of the village of Blahodatne, Ukraine, on Thursday.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New York Times Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia is making gains, albeit at a high cost, Ukrainian and American officials said.But after initially retaking some small settlements and villages, Ukraine's advances in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions are better measured in yards than miles, according to independent analysts.

Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Friday, according to the Vatican, nine days after the 86-year-old pontiff underwent abdominal surgery for a hernia, an unexpected operation that raised concerns about his health.The Vatican described his recovery from the surgery as regular, and photographs it released showed the pope appearing in good health at the hospital, Policlinico A. Gemelli, in Rome.

The opening phase of a long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces began this month, with reports from the Ukrainian side of some limited territorial gains and some signs that Russia is carrying out counterstrikes.Kyiv's troops have been trained and supplied with armored vehicles and other advanced equipment from Western allies for fighting that could unfold over months.

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a tour after a meeting with Gov. Greg Abbott at the Texas State Capitol on May 23, 2023 in Austin.Johnson announced Friday that he's stepping down from his seat in Parliament.Brandon Bell/Getty Images Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give up his parliamentary seat amid a long-running ethics investigation that is expected to produce a report into his behavior as prime minister next week.

They beat prisoners relentlessly and tortured them with electric shocks, waterboarding and mock executions.Three people died in their custody.Yet such was their sense of impunity, the Russians who seized control of a detention center in southern Ukraine last year and filled it with 200 detainees were careless about concealing their identities.

On June 7, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc., in which it affirmed the trial court's findings of infringement against Zillow and the award of statutory damages.In 2019, the Ninth Circuit had previously found mostly in Zillow's favor as to an earlier trial and had reversed and remanded the case back for further proceedings.

The House of Commons privileges committee has found that Boris Johnson repeatedly misled MPs when he told them he knew nothing about lockdown-breaking social gatherings in and around Downing Street.These are the main points of what is a highly damning and hugely detailed report.Key findings on wrongdoing Johnson was found to have committed five serious offences: 1. Deliberately misleading the Commons 2. Deliberately misleading the privileges committee 3. Breaching confidence (by leaking part of the report in advance) 4. Impugning the committee, and thus parliamentary processes 5. Complicity in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee.

Much is being made, rightly, of the current historical moment: a former US president has been indicted in federal court.Trump and his supporters are trying to position this investigation and indictment as political revenge.Sadly for them, Special Counsel Jack Smith appears to understand the best lessons to come out of the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi leadership after World War II.

True crime fan?Go behind the crimes in Ontario.Uncover what clues helped investigators put criminals behind bars and which ones remain elusive to give families closure.Curated stories from Metroland's previously published series, Behind the Crimes: Solved and Unsolved Cases in Ontario, shines a spotlight on some of the most significant crimes in communities across the province.

India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, had been scheduled soon to inaugurate the latest in a series of new high-speed trains highlighting his government's expanded infrastructure investment.Instead, he arrived on Saturday at the devastating scene of the country's deadliest rail disaster in decades.At least 261 people were killed and about 900 others injured on Friday night in what officials in a preliminary government report described as a three-way accident involving two passenger trains and one freight train in the eastern state of Odisha.

Jay Johnston, a comic actor known for his work on the animated sitcom Bob's Burgers, was arrested in California on Wednesday and charged with felony obstruction of police officers during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.The actor was identified in police body camera footage pushing against officers and aiding other rioters at the Capitol, according to the F.B.I.

Even as a child, Henry Threadgill liked to experiment.In this Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and saxophonist's new memoir, Easily Slip Into Another World, he recounts a youthful attempt to fly from a window using a contraption of his own devising.He managed to escape the ensuing, predictable crash without breaking any bones, but the young Threadgill did earn a reputation for daring in his Chicago neighborhood.

LeAnn Mueller - the legendary chef, pitmaster, and co-owner of Austin smoked meats restaurant La Barbecue - died suddenly this week on Wednesday, June 14, according to a press release.She was 51 years old.LeAnn Mueller came from a family devoted to barbecue, it ran in their blood.She was the daughter of barbecue great the late Bobby Mueller and Patricia "Trish" Mueller.

The staff at Mar-a-Lago called them his beautiful mind boxes.When Donald Trump lost re-election and left the White House in January 2021, he took to his home in Palm Beach, Florida an assortment of boxes stuffed with a hodgepodge of personal mementos mixed in with the country's closest held secrets, prosecutors alleged in a 44-page federal indictment against Trump unsealed Friday.

The family of university student Barnaby Webber have described their complete devastation at the senseless murder of our son, saying he was a beautiful, brilliant, bright young man, with everything in life to look forward to.Parents David and Emma Webber, and younger brother Charlie, said Barnaby, who attended the University of Nottingham, was at the start of his journey into adulthood and was developing into a wonderful young man.

Something must be done to stop families having to go through the trauma of losing mothers, daughters and sisters as a result of homicides against women, the Bishop of London has warned.Dame Sarah Mullally, the first woman to take on the role, told The Independent that the gulf left behind when a woman is murdered is truly unfathomable.

(Sam Farmer / Los Angeles Times)

Millions of golf fans will get their first look at Los Angeles Country Club this week, when the North Course plays host to its first U.S. Open.John Light, a member of the club for the last half-century, has been documenting that undulating terrain through his camera lens for more than a decade.

As we usher into 2023, it's time to carry forward the tradition of making customary New Year's resolutions.Some common resolutions include weight loss goals, financial goals, eating clean, self-improvement, working out, following our passion, and so on.This year, let's focus on home improvement and make some achievable resolutions for our abodes as we are spending a lot of time indoors.

NASHVILLE The American South didn't invent the murder ballad, but it certainly keeps the genre alive, both literally and musically.The oldest of these songs came from the folk traditions of the British Isles before crossing the Atlantic and being enshrined in the folkways of Appalachia.There they lived on in front-porch picking parties and mournful firesides until the phonograph slingshotted them to a national audience.

The indictment against Trump and Walt Nauta reflects many of the public reports based off what witnesses or their lawyers have shared with journalists.For example:



¶12 describes that the Secret Service had no knowledge of or responsibility for protecting Trump's boxes of stolen classified documents, which is likely based in part on interviews of past and current Secret Service Agents

¶24 describes that Nauta helped Trump pack up in January 2021, something based on interviews of others who helped as well

¶34 provides a transcript of the meeting at which Trump boasted about an Iran document in an attempt to attack Mark Milley, about which Margo Martin was interviewed in March

¶35 describes how Trump showed someone from his PAC a classified map, another topic of interviews that got reported to the press


Details of all these interviews have made press reports, and we can now understand some of why DOJ needed those interviews (though that doesn't explain why Trump wasn't charged for disseminating classified information in Bedminster).

Joan Marcus took this photo for 42nd Street.Marcus began taking production shots while she was a graduate student estimates she's now photographed 1,000 shows.Joan Marcus Theater is, by its nature, evanescent; every performance is different, based on the chemistry of the cast and the audience.But there are ways theater fans can relive their memories: Playbills and souvenir programs, scripts, cast recordings and production photos.

In a town where private space is at a premium, this 1953 photo from Michael "Tony" Vaccaro taken for LOOK magazine shows off a stylish way to get a city view.Michael "Tony" Vaccaro /Museum of the City of New York Visiting New York City this summer?A fun, family-friendly exhibit celebrating movies, TV shows, music, books, fashion and art inspired by the city is now open at the Museum of the City of New York.

It was a performance for the ages, growing more mythic as time goes on.Having won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in record fashion, Secretariat rocketed out of the starting gate on June 9, 1973 his best start yet and never let up.He moved liked a tremendous machine, as the announcer Chic Anderson put it, and crushed his competition by a whopping 31 lengths to win the Belmont Stakes on an uncomfortably warm but utterly joyous afternoon at Belmont Park.

John Carlson and his wife Gina have welcomed their fourth child.On Friday, the Carlsons announced the arrival of Isabella Raine Carlson, the couple's first daughter.The couple already have three sons: seven-year-old Lucca, five-year-old Rudy, and two-year-old Sawyer.Gina posted several photos of new baby Bella on Instagram.

He has been hailed in France as the backpack hero, a young man who challenged the knife-wielding attacker who stabbed four young children and two adults in a playground in Annecy.Videos that circulated on social media before being removed as too distressing showed Henri d'Anselme, 24, chasing the man out of the park as parents screamed, and using his bag to try to disarm the knifeman before pursuing him.

When the playwright and director George C. Wolfe moved to New York City in his 20s, he got a job at an archive for Black cultural history, where his work saving newspaper articles and maintaining records fueled a habit of preserving his own ephemera.It activated this sort of curiosity-slash-obsession about who gets remembered, what gets saved, what gets valued and what doesn't, Wolfe said recently.

The Alice Austen House in Staten Island celebrates the life of the trailblazing photographer Alice Austen, who lived there in the mid-19th and early-20th centuries.The stately house by the bay, now a National Historic Landmark, has stunning views of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, and features a selection of some 7,000 photographs taken by Ms. Austen of New York City in the Victorian era.

New York City's official Pride theme this year is Strength in Solidarity, an apt reminder that Pride was born as a protest movement against bigotry wherever it manifests.Not that there isn't room to party, too.The actor and singer Billy Porter and the activist Randy Wicker are among the grand marshals of this year's Pride March, which kicks off at noon on June 25 at 25th Street and 5th Avenue.

Pageboy presents a raw and honest account of what it's like to grow up and exist as a queer/trans person, navigating fame, relationships, and one's own sense of self.It is poignant, important, and timeless.Salvation Army by Abdellah Taïa An out Moroccan author, Taïa writes about his childhood and coming of age in short, sharp, intimate prose.....
Gay and Lesbian San Francisco by Dr. William Lipsky, foreword by Tom Ammiano Don't miss this pithy history by San Francisco Bay Times columnist Dr. Bill Lipsky concerning the queerest city on Earth with lots and lots and lots of amazing illustrations and photographs from days gone by...
https://www.fabulosabooks.com/

Jay Johnston, an actor who appeared in such shows as Arrested Development and Bob's Burgers was arrested in California Wednesday, and faces charges in connection to the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.According to court documents, Johnston, 54, allegedly helped pour water on the faces of rioters who had been pepper sprayed by law enforcement and was seen carrying a stolen shield that belonged to U.S. Capitol Police.

The album cover for Pink Floyd's Animals is a collage that shows a pig flying over Battersea Power Station in London.Originally, it was intended to be a photograph, but controlling an inflatable pig at that height was not easy (in fact, it floated into an area where flights approach Heathrow Airport).

Search our comprehensive guide to things to do in Brooklyn for more local events - or submit your own!
Brooklynites flocked to Bay Ridge over the weekend for the annual Fifth Annual street fair, where hundreds of revelers celebrated the neighborhood and the beloved businesses in the area during the joyous festivities.

Happy Monday, everyone!Grab a lawn chair and enjoy live music outdoors at the summer's first Jazz in the Parks, or attend one-or all-of Capital Pride's beloved festivities.Best Things to Do This Week



Capital Pride Parade and Festival.The Capital Pride Parade will take to the streets in support of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies beginning at the intersection of 14th Street NW and T Street NW.

The Capital Jewish Museum- set to open June 9 at Third and F streets, Northwest-will finally fill a hole in Washington's cultural life."We're really the only region with a major Jewish population that hasn't been telling its own story," says executive director Ivy Barsky.Here are five reasons we're excited about the project.

On May 17th, 2023, Washingtonian's 500 Most Influential Celebration commenced at Seasons located at The Four Seasons Hotel.Over 250 guests enjoyed delicious cocktails and delectable hors d'oeuvres, and lively music to honor esteemed leaders featured in Washingtonian 's 500 Most Influential People feature curated by journalist David Catanese.

What is a Media Query?Media queries are a CSS language feature which allow an author to conditionally apply CSS rules according to characteristics of the device or window in which an application is being viewed.Most commonly, these might be according to the viewport width allowing CSS authors to create components and layouts that are responsive to the size of the window or device that they are being viewed in.

Brian Shul, a retired Air Force major who modestly described himself as a survivor rather than a hero, after he was downed in a Vietnamese jungle, where he nearly died before rebounding to pilot the world's fastest spy plane, died on May 20 in Reno, Nev.He was 75.The cause of his death, in a hospital, was cardiac arrest, said his sister and sole survivor, Maureen Shul, a former mayor of Castle Pines, Colo.

1685329203 A British couple claim to have found a shrine' to missing Madeleine McCann in an area close to the desolate reservoir in Portugal searched by police earlier this week.The couple say they didn't think anything else of the weird incident until three years ago when Christian Brueckner was first identified by German authorities.

We've seen a fair few controversial uses of AI art in the past few months.From winning entries to art and photography competitions to AI 'models' in fashion and backgrounds in Netflix animations, almost every week brings fresh controversy.But an AI-generated John Lennon is provoking what must be the most universally hostile reaction yet.

1. The mysterious death of a woman at Wembley Point in 1923 has never been solved.
2. Despite a thorough investigation, no one has been able to identify her or her motives for jumping to her death.
3. The woman's death has become a source of fascination for many, with