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  • The growth in the number of known COVID-19 cases in Louisiana has held steady at around 2.5 percent since Sunday, April 12.The Louisiana Department of…
  • The cost of moving the summer games to 2021 is expected to be massive. The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday Japan would pay. Japanese officials said they didn't agree to foot the bill.
  • The agreement, which still must be ratified by members of the teachers union, would see most students returning to physical classrooms for the first time in more than a year.
  • The French Bakers Association wants the baguette added to the United Nation's list of intangible treasures. A true baguette is a mix of 4 ingredients: flour, water, yeast, salt and plenty of time.
  • Fifty-six percent are more worried that those who want to vote can, but the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll also found that most agree that voters should have to present photo ID at the polls.
  • Cheney, a critic of former President Donald Trump, is the only Republican named to the panel by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
  • 1: Actor CHARLTON HESTON. A consistent lead in the biblical epics of the 1950's and 1960's, HESTON had starring roles in " The Greatest Story Ever Told" and "The Ten Commandments"; HESTON also covered the Roman era in epics like "Ben Hur", "Julius Cesar", and "Antony & Cleopatra." Medieval Spain was not beyond his ken: HESTON had the lead as well in "El Cid." (REBROADCAST FROM 11/30/90). Film Director, MARTIN SCORCESE. He directed "The Last Temptation of Christ" in 1988. In June of 1993, as part of a retrospective of his work by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU presented "An Evening With Martin Scorcese": a wide ranging question and answer session taped live before an audience at New York University. Scorcese explores some of the special difficulties involved in shooting a biblical epic in the desert with very little money. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/11/93). Composer ELMER BERNSTEIN. He's composed the scores for almost 80 films, including "The Man With the Golden Arm," "The Magnificent Seven," and "The Ten Commandments". Lately he's done the scores for "The Field" and "The Grifters." (REBROADCAST FROM 1/10/91) INT. 2: Actor KIRK DOUGLAS. The star of "Lust for Life," "Paths of Glory," "Champion" and Stanley Kubrick's epic, "Spartacus," the story of a slave uprising during the Roman Empire. (REBROADCAST FROM 8/22/88). Actor TONY CURTIS. In 1960 he starred in the film, "Spartacus" about a leader of slaves revolting against Republican Rome. A restored version of the film has been released that includes previously cut scenes, including one where Laurence Olivier --as a general-- tries to seduce his slave, played by CURTIS. (REBROADCAST FROM 4-19-91).
  • As Tropical Storm Ida gains speed and churns towards the Louisiana coast, where it’s expected to land as a hurricane, the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board (S&WB) says their infrastructure is ready to handle the storm despite three major pumps being down.
  • The FBI is asking the American public to review the new information and come forward with any information about the possible identity of the bomb-maker.
  • In their new book, Washington Post journalists Costa and Bob Woodward give the first inside look at the transition of power from former President Donald Trump to President Biden.
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