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Banned Book Library highlights challenged, revoked titles in public libraries, schools

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Conversations surrounding banned and challenged books hosted in public and school libraries have amplified in recent years, with Texas leading the way nationally with the highest number of banned titles. Now, a display at South by Southwest Conference & Festivals is highlighting the historical context of book banning nationwide, as well as states seeing the largest volume of books pulled from shelves. The Banned Book Library is an interactive exhibit created by the Zinn Education Project, the African American Policy Forum and Lush Cosmetics. It included a historic timeline of segregation, denied literacy rights for non-white people as well as some specific titles that have faced a heightened level of pushback.A display at South by Southwest Conference & Festivals is highlighting the historical context of book banning nationwide, as well as states seeing the largest volume of books pulled from shelves. (KXAN Photo/Kelsey Thompson...

Austin FC opponent signs 4 players for 2nd leg of CONCACF Champions League 1st round after visa denials: report

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Haitian side Violette AC is scheduled to play its second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League in Austin on Tuesday against Austin FC, and they signed several new players to field a full team because some regular players can't get into the U.S.Two players from FC Motown, a National Premier Soccer League side in Morristown, New Jersey, with ties to the Haitian club will help fill in as several of Violette's regular players had entry visas denied and won't be allowed in the U.S. Two other players who already live in the U.S. have also been tapped to help fill out the squad, according to a report by Haitian soccer journalist Caleb Jephte Pierre.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersFC Motown confirmed on its Twitter account that defender Samuel Pompee will play for Violette, as well as midfielder Maudwindo Germain. Dumy Fede and Jude St. Louis are also joining th...

Orioles observations on Hudson Haskins’ home run, Kyle Gibson’s strong start and more

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

One swing in a Grapefruit League game between two split-squad teams won’t change the organizational perception of a player, but Hudson Haskin took advantage of the opportunity presented to him Monday.Baltimore’s second-round pick in 2020, Haskin was perhaps the most notable exclusion when it came to prospects the Orioles brought to major league spring training as nonroster invitees. An outfielder Baseball America ranks as the organization’s No. 26 prospect, Haskin got his first opportunity to play in a big league exhibition on the home side of Monday’s split-squad contest, homering as a pinch-hitter in his first at-bat.“Anytime you can get out here, big league atmosphere, is something to try not to take for granted,” Haskin said. “I was glad I was able to go out there and do something positive, help the team.”Haskin, 24, had an .821 OPS with 15 home runs last year with Double-A Bowie. The Orioles’ nonroster invitees included an o...

Man killed in St. Paul stabbing ID’d as 55-year-old

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

Police identified a man who died in a weekend stabbing in St. Paul as a 55-year-old.Pierre Scott Glass, of St. Paul, was found Saturday about 7:15 p.m. when officers responded to a report of an assault at the intersection of Marshall Avenue and Arundel Street. They found Glass sitting next to his vehicle.Investigators located the crime scene at a residence in the 700 block of Dayton Avenue on Saturday and arrested a 51-year-old woman who lived there. She remained in the Ramsey County jail Monday, being held on suspicion of murder.Police said preliminary information indicated Glass and and the woman were in a relationship and had a fight earlier in the evening at her residence, which ended in the stabbing.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | 10 more charged in Feeding Our Future scandal, bringing total to 60 Crime & Public Safety | 1 dead, 1 in custody after Saturday night stabbing in St. Paul, police say Crime & Public Safety | ...

Charges: Landfall woman stabbed boyfriend over Tinder app, grabbed handle of deputy’s gun during arrest

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

A Landfall woman stabbed her boyfriend with a piece of glass after finding a dating app on his phone and then tried to disarm a Washington County sheriff’s detective of his gun during her arrest, charges allege.The woman’s boyfriend reported March 1 that she stabbed him at their Landfall residence earlier in the day in front of their 2-year-old child. He said it happened during an argument that began after she found the Tinder app on his phone, charges say.He said she smashed a broken window, grabbed a shard of glass and began swinging it at him, charges say. He said he held up his left arm to block her slashes until he was able to grab her hands and make her drop the glass. He had several cuts to his forearm.Detectives spoke with the woman at her workplace and she admitted stabbing her boyfriend with glass after discovering that he was cheating, charges say. She had a bandage on her right hand and said she “sliced” it during the assault.When detectives told her she was under ...

Theater Review: ‘Diesel Heart’ Melvin Carter bio needs less history, more his story

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

Melvin Carter Jr. is more than just the St. Paul mayor’s father. This child of the Rondo neighborhood has led a very interesting life, a story of redemption that’s led a St. Paul kid with a propensity for getting into trouble to become a man devoted to getting St. Paul kids out of trouble.Along the way, he was a street fighter, a sailor, a police officer and a linchpin leader in his community. And such an engaging storyteller that his 2019 autobiography from the Minnesota Historical Society Press, “Diesel Heart,” has found an enthusiastic audience.Now Brian Grandison has adapted that book into a play. “Diesel Heart” premiered this past weekend at History Theatre, and it’s a show that works better as history than as theater. While it’s often engaging — especially when one of its 20-some vignettes stretches into something that seems like a turning point — I found myself wishing that it sounded more like Melvin Carter.For he is indeed a man full of charm and charisma who ne...

For the second summer in a row, the Basilica Block Party has been called off

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

The Basilica Block Party is on hold once again.The annual outdoor music festival did not take place in 2022 and it won’t happen this summer, either.“We are considering it on hiatus,” said Mae Desaire, director of marketing and communications for the Basilica of St. Mary. “We’re reconsidering for 2024.”When asked for more details, Desaire said, “We’re reconsidering and leaving it at that for now.”Founded in 1995 as a fundraiser to help pay for structural restoration of the Basilica of St. Mary in downtown Minneapolis, the Basilica Block Party was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. In 2021, the event moved from its typical mid-July dates to September. But the day before the event began, Saturday night headliners the Avett Brothers canceled due to COVID-19 exposure. Ticket sales suffered and the festival drew about half its pre-pandemic attendance.Organizers announced 2022 was off the table that February. “Live events have had to rethink their strategy and future b...

Book review: Sex, Secrets and Absent Fathers: It’s the New John Irving, of Course

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

An awful lot happens to Adam Brewster, the protagonist of John Irving’s new novel, “The Last Chairlift.” Indeed, it would hardly be an Irving novel if it weren’t stuffed — sometimes overstuffed, like one of those sofas with the springs coming out at odd angles.But the main event is probably when Adam’s athletic, unmarried mother, Rachel “Little Ray” Brewster, straddles him, age 13, in bed, presses his shoulders down to the mattress and gives him the kind of “lawless” kiss she’s just planted on a prospective new boyfriend.In a page or two, Adam — named for the Bible’s first man, narrating in the first person — rapid-shuffles through all the conflicted feelings of an incest victim: curiosity, fright, confusion, indignation, loyalty.Then the thrilling and anxious descent into secrecy. “When you keep secrets from people you love, you don’t sleep as soundly as a child,” says Adam, a novelist, screenwriter and close contemporary of Irving, who himself has told of being sexually abused by ...

Student exchange program forges bonds through generations

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

This story is the second part of a series on the relationship between Glens Falls and Saga City, Japan. Click here for part 1, and keep an eye on news10.com for more.GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Mother and daughter Denise and Cayden Williams have something special in common. Fourteen years apart, both of them have taken the same trip far from their home area of Lake Luzerne, landing in the southern Japanese city of Saga. "One of the first things I learned there was to try food first and ask questions later, to have more of an open mind," said Denise, who - like her daughter after her - traveled to Saga as part of the Sister Cities program connecting it to Glens Falls. "That's definitely something I shared with Cayden as we got down the road. It's mind over matter." Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The relationship between Saga and Glens Falls turns 35 this year - only a couple years older than the student exchange progra...

Governor Hochul issues a State of Emergency ahead of storm

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:01:02 GMT

ALBANY,N.Y. (NEWS10)--Governor Kathy Hochul will be issuing a a state of emergency starting at 8pm Monday."This is one we are cautioning people that this could be deadly," said Hochul.The snow is expected to begin falling Monday evening."About eight inches Western New York to Finger Lakes— which is manageable. Then it intensifies. 1 to 2 inches an hour, 3 inches an hour is a lot of snow coming down Monday night to Tuesday afternoon."The state is also keeping an eye on potential high winds.The governor warned everyone to prepare for this Nor’easter by stocking up on essentials such as groceries, batteries, chargers, and additional light sources."There will be wide spread power outages in a very large geographic area," said Hochul.The National Guard and even utility teams from Canada are preparing to help. All trucking and commercial vehicles are urged to use the right lane if they must be out on the roads."On the Thruway as of 8pm tonight, we will be banning tandems and empty trailer...