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Family under longest immigration detention of Trump’s term released

US judge orders release of a woman and her five children who were family of the 2025 Colorado fire attack suspect

A woman and her five children, whose immigration detention of more than 10 months marked the longest family detention under Donald Trump’s second administration, were released on Thursday hours after a judge’s order, their lawyer said.

US district judge Fred Biery of the western district of Texas ordered the family’s release.

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Conteh review – the dazzling rise and bruising fall of a 70s boxing great

Royal Court theatre, Liverpool
Writer-actor Aron Julius captures the sparkling charm of Liverpudlian fighter John Conteh in a punch-by-punch account of his career

Don King is singing the praises of his new signing. The boxing impresario, played by Zach Levene with an extravagant bouffant, sees something special in John Conteh, the light-heavyweight champion. It is a talent that goes beyond the ring. “He walks into a room and the air changes,” he says.

Impressively, this is a quality captured by Aron Julius. Playing the Kirkby kid who became WBC light-heavyweight champion in 1974, he is muscular, light-footed and graceful. More than that, he sparkles. With a needling Liverpool wit, he is as cheeky as he is charming. Who wouldn’t want him to win?

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David Bowie - All the Madmen (2015 Remaster)

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Late afternoon shadows at Minato City Local History Museum

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Late afternoon shadows at Minato City Local History Museum

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Jason Kottke's weblog, home of fine hypertext products

“We had the idea to make a Bodoni interpretation...

“We had the idea to make a Bodoni interpretation with potato stamps, so we bought 8kg of potatoes, some knives and [started carving]. When we finally had the full alphabet we stamped it on paper, made a font out of this and called it Bodedo.”

Rijnmond - Nieuws

Het laatste nieuws van vandaag over Rotterdam, Feyenoord, het verkeer en het weer in de regio Rijnmond

Shirma Rouse onderscheiden tijdens lintjesregen in Rotterdam: 'Ik ben echt ontroerd'

Feestelijke taferelen op het Rotterdamse stadhuis. Op de laatste werkdag voor Koningsdag werden liefst zestig Rotterdammers onderscheiden met een lintje. Onder hen zangeres Shirma Rouse (46): "Ik heb nog nooit zoiets meegemaakt."

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Closing Time | Human Nature

 

Er is een nieuwe biopic uit over het leven van Michael Jackson, en de recensies zijn… nogal lauw. Alleen de Telegraaf is onverdeeld positief.

Hoe het ook zij: wie wel eens een liedje van Toto heeft gehoord, hoort in bovenstaand nummer de invloed van toetsenist/componist Steve Porcaro. Ook diens broer Jeff (drums), David Paich (synthesizer) en Steve Lukather (gitaar) speelden mee.