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DC filmmaker Aviva Kempner chronicles family of Holocaust victims, survivors at Avalon Theatre

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

She directed “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg” (1998) about the first major Jewish star in Major League Baseball, followed by “The Spy Behind Home Plate” (2019) about enigmatic Jewish catcher Moe Berg who secretly became a U.S. spy investigating the Nazis’ atomic bomb program.Now, filmmaker Aviva Kempner turns the lens inward on her own family in “A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings” (2023), which screens for three more days at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week at The Avalon Theatre in D.C., as well as an additional screening and Q&A at the Bender JCC in Rockville, Maryland on Thursday.“For over 40 years, I’ve been making films about under-known Jewish heroes,” Kempner told WTOP. “My mother and uncle never talked about the war, my mother was in a slave camp, my uncle survived Auschwitz, their sister and parents died, so I said let me go back. … I realized that I could tell the story...

Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Earlier this year, the doctor who leads the World Health Organization’s efforts to prevent sexual abuse travelled to Congo to address the biggest known sex scandal in the U.N. health agency’s history, the abuse of well over 100 local women by staffers and others during a deadly Ebola outbreak.According to an internal WHO report from Dr. Gaya Gamhewage’s trip in March, one of the abused women she met gave birth to a baby with “a malformation that required special medical treatment,” meaning even more costs for the young mother in one of the world’s poorest countries.To help victims like her, the WHO has paid $250 each to at least 104 women in Congo who say they were sexually abused or exploited by officials working to stop Ebola. That amount per victim is less than a single day’s expenses for some U.N. officials working in the Congolese capital — and $19 more than what Gamhewage received per day during her three-day visit — according to internal documents ob...

Hofstra visits George Washington following Bishop’s 32-point game

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

Hofstra Pride (1-1) at George Washington Revolutionaries (2-0)Washington; Tuesday, 7 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Revolutionaries -2.5; over/under is 160.5BOTTOM LINE: George Washington hosts the Hofstra Pride after James Bishop scored 32 points in George Washington’s 95-89 win over the William & Mary Tribe.George Washington finished 16-16 overall with an 11-6 record at home during the 2022-23 season. The Revolutionaries averaged 76.3 points per game last season, 34.5 in the paint, 11.8 off of turnovers and 8.5 on fast breaks.Hofstra finished 11-5 on the road and 25-10 overall last season. The Pride averaged 74.8 points per game while shooting 48.0% from the field and 36.7% from 3-point range last season.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Smith leads Prairie View A&M against Abilene Christian after 22-point outing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

Prairie View A&M Panthers (1-2) at Abilene Christian Wildcats (1-1)Abilene, Texas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -14; over/under is 142BOTTOM LINE: Prairie View A&M faces the Abilene Christian Wildcats after Charles Smith IV scored 22 points in Prairie View A&M’s 83-65 loss to the Washington State Cougars.Abilene Christian finished 13-17 overall a season ago while going 9-5 at home. The Wildcats allowed opponents to score 71.1 points per game and shoot 47.8% from the field last season.Prairie View A&M finished 13-19 overall with a 4-14 record on the road last season. The Panthers averaged 15.1 points off of turnovers, 11.6 second-chance points and 4.2 bench points last season.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Elliott leads UT Rio Grande Valley against TCU after 30-point outing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (1-1) at TCU Horned Frogs (2-0)Fort Worth, Texas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Horned Frogs -29; over/under is 161BOTTOM LINE: The UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros visit the TCU Horned Frogs after Elijah Elliott scored 30 points in UT Rio Grande Valley’s 100-79 loss to the South Dakota Coyotes.TCU went 13-4 at home a season ago while going 22-13 overall. The Horned Frogs allowed opponents to score 68.4 points per game and shoot 42.7% from the field last season.UT Rio Grande Valley finished 5-11 in WAC play and 3-10 on the road last season. The Vaqueros averaged 78.7 points per game last season, 38.0 in the paint, 13.2 off of turnovers and 13.9 on fast breaks.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Howard takes on Boston University after Dockery’s 21-point outing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

Boston University Terriers (0-2) at Howard Bison (1-2)Washington; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bison -10; over/under is 148.5BOTTOM LINE: Howard hosts the Boston University Terriers after Marcus Dockery scored 21 points in Howard’s 107-86 loss to the James Madison Dukes.Howard finished 12-2 at home a season ago while going 22-13 overall. The Bison allowed opponents to score 72.6 points per game and shoot 44.5% from the field last season.Boston University went 15-17 overall a season ago while going 6-11 on the road. The Terriers allowed opponents to score 67.2 points per game and shot 43.4% from the field last season.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Rice takes on No. 19 Texas after Mason’s 20-point showing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

Rice Owls (1-1) at Texas Longhorns (2-0)Austin, Texas; Wednesday, 9 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Rice plays the No. 19 Texas Longhorns after Mekhi Mason scored 20 points in Rice’s 89-76 loss to the Harvard Crimson.Texas finished 29-9 overall last season while going 17-1 at home. The Longhorns averaged 7.9 steals, 3.6 blocks and 10.9 turnovers per game last season.Rice finished 19-16 overall with a 6-7 record on the road a season ago. The Owls shot 46.6% from the field and 35.2% from 3-point range last season.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Jacksonville State plays West Virginia following Tandy’s 23-point game

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

Jacksonville State Gamecocks (1-1) at West Virginia Mountaineers (1-1)Morgantown, West Virginia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mountaineers -9.5; over/under is 138.5BOTTOM LINE: Jacksonville State visits the West Virginia Mountaineers after KyKy Tandy scored 23 points in Jacksonville State’s 81-79 overtime loss to the Utah Tech Trailblazers.West Virginia finished 19-15 overall with a 13-4 record at home during the 2022-23 season. The Mountaineers shot 45.2% from the field and 35.0% from 3-point range last season.Jacksonville State finished 13-18 overall last season while going 3-12 on the road. The Gamecocks shot 43.8% from the field and 37.7% from 3-point range last season.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

He’s back! David Cameron sits at Cabinet table for first time in 7 years

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

LONDON — David Cameron is back at the Cabinet table. The former U.K. prime minister appeared smiling alongside his new boss Rishi Sunak Tuesday, following his shock return to frontline politics.Sunak made Cameron his foreign secretary during a wide-ranging reshuffle on Monday, bringing in from the cold the Tory veteran who will take up his first government post since resigning the day after losing 2016’s Brexit referendum.As a private citizen who has not been an MP since 2016, Cameron will join the unelected House of Lords in order to take up the role — giving him the title of Lord Cameron. The appointment split Tory MPs, who remember Cameron’s cheerleading for the Remain camp in that referendum and his heralding of a “golden era” of relations with China. But it was all smiles — and dad jokes — as Sunak’s new cabinet met for the first time Tuesday.Sunak welcomed those in his revamped team who were sitting in Cabinet for the first time, including the new...

Battenfeld: Michelle Wu great at winning elections, not so great at getting results

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:25:40 GMT

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has shown she’s great at winning elections, but her track record on delivering results is much more mixed.All four of Wu’s endorsed candidates won their City Council races last week, but then this week Wu dropped a bomb by admitting she’s abandoning her promise to join a program to ban developers from including fossil fuels in new buildings.Wu’s decision to not participate in a state pilot program to rid buildings of fossil fuels – one of the cornerstones of her “Green New Deal” plan – drew criticism from environmental activists.The Democratic mayor put out word of the fossil fuel ban retreat in an interview with the Boston Globe to try to soften the blow, saying it “breaks my heart” to do it. She blamed the retreat on the state, saying she got “clear indications that Boston would not be chosen” for the pilot program.But some climate advocates blamed the real estate industry for pressuring the city to drop out of the program.Wu had said in July that the city...