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Midday Fix: Live performance from Disney’s ALADDIN

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

Adi Roy, Plays AladdinSenzel Ahmady, Plays JasmineEvent:Disney’s ALADDIN will begin performances in Chicago at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre on May 17 for a limited two-week engagement through Sunday, May 28.Disney’s ALADDINBroadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre151 W. Randolph St., ChicagoWednesday, May 17-Sunday, May 28http://www.BroadwayInChicago.comhttps://aladdinthemusical.com/tour/

5-year-old hospitalized after being stung by scorpion in pool at Las Vegas home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - It was a frightening Mother’s Day weekend for Kim Chmielewski when her 5-year-old daughter, Cate, was stung by a scorpion in their backyard pool. The sting took them to the hospital twice, and Cate received three doses of antivenin before recovering.A bark scorpion only a few inches long had crawled along the bottom of a shallow ledge in the pool before it stung Cate on her upper leg. "Never in a million years did I think scorpions could survive in the water," said Chmielewski. Two ‘exceptionally rare,’ previously unknown Rembrandt paintings discovered Chmielewski took her daughter to the hospital, where she was given Benadryl and told what symptoms to look out for before being discharged.An hour later at home, Cate experienced involuntary movements and twitches for five to 10 minutes before having full-body muscle spasms. Scorpion found in backyard pool (KLAS)Scorpion found in backyard pool (KLAS)Scorpion found in backyard pool (KLAS)Chmielewski then called 911...

Rainn Wilson is searching for bliss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

Actor and author Rainn Wilson says he's never gotten used to seeing the face of his Office character, Dwight Schrute, tattooed on people's body parts. He told us about meeting fans and finding happiness with his new series.Based on Eric Weiner’s New York Times bestselling book, “The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World,” host Rainn Wilson will explore some of the happiest and least happy places on earth from Iceland to Bulgaria to Ghana, and in a profound, humorous, and experiential way that unpacks the science of happiness.Rainn Wilson is an Emmy nominated actor, writer and producer best known for playing the role of Dwight Schrute on NBC’s The Office. Other Movie and TV roles include Super, The Meg, Backstrom, Blackbird, The Rocker, Utopia, Six Feet Underand Don’t Tell a Soulamong many others. Wilson co-founded SoulPancake, a digital media company designed to celebrate humanity and champion creativity. Wilson most recently crea...

COVID's total cost to the economy will reach $14 trillion by end of this year, research finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

(The Conversation) - The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. will reach US$14 trillion by the end of 2023, our team of economists, public policy researchers and other experts have estimated.Putting a price tag on all the pain, suffering and upheaval Americans and people around the world have experienced because of COVID-19 is, of course, hard to do. More than 1.1 million people have died as a result of COVID-19 in the U.S., and many more have been hospitalized or lost loved ones. Based on data from the first 30 months of the pandemic, we forecast the scale of total economic losses over a four-year period, from January 2020 to December 2023.To come up with our estimates, our team used economic modeling to approximate the revenue lost due to mandatory business closures at the beginning of the pandemic. We also used modeling to assess the economic blows from the many changes in personal behavior that contin...

Nearly 2,000 organ pipes stolen from Memphis church

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - Restoration work on a nearly 100-year-old pipe organ at a historic downtown Memphis church has stopped after someone stole 1,800 pipes that had been boxed up and were headed to a repair shop in the Boston area.Calvary Episcopal Church is asking the public to be on the lookout for a yellow Penske moving truck with a Massachusetts plate. Organist-Choirmaster Dr. Kristin Lensch said when they arrived at church Sunday, they discovered the truck containing the organ pipes was missing.Stolen Penske moving truck (Courtesy: Calvary Episcopal Church)"It wasn't there. It simply wasn't there," said Dr. Lensch. "It's tough to take just because they took something that means so much to us." Lensch said Spenser Organ Company was four days into the restoration project when the pipes were stolen.Two years ago, the same company restored half of the organ. Joseph Rotella, the owner of Spencer Organ Company, said he was looking forward to tackling...

Dean's A-List Interview: Omari Hardwick on 'The Mother'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

CHICAGO — The No. 1 streaming movie on Netflix has now been featured a second time on "Dean's A-List Interview."After a conversation with Jennifer Lopez on "The Mother" last week on WGN Morning News, Dean Richards was talking with Omari Hardwick on Tuesday. He portrays FBI Special Agent William Cruise, who is helping Lopez's character try to protect her daughter. The actor, who is known for his performances in "Power," "Saved," and "Dark Blue," discussed the many stories that are interlaced within the plot of "The Mother" along with the physicality of the role.You can see more of Dean's interview with Omari from "Dean's A-List Interview" from May 16's morning news in the video above or below.

Two 'exceptionally rare,' previously unknown Rembrandt paintings discovered

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

(The Hill) - Two "exceptionally rare" paintings by the renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt Van Rijn have been discovered in a private collection, and are now heading to auction where they're expected to fetch between $6 and $10 million.Henry Pettifer, of the British auction house Christie’s London, discovered the oil paintings while conducting a routine evaluation of a family's collection. The portraits, depicting a husband and wife from the Netherlands, date back to 1635, notes the Financial Times.Pettifer said the works are previously unknown to art scholars and historians."It was extraordinary to me that the pictures had never been studied before," Pettifer told the Times. "They were completely absent from the Rembrandt literature."The family had inherited the artwork that was last purchased in 1824, and didn't realize the works were originals, notes the Washington Post."The family liked the pictures but were never certain that they were by Rembrandt and never really looked into...

How the pandemic turned Florida red

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a five-part series called “How Florida got so conservative.”Florida’s coronavirus pandemic policies have accelerated the state’s shift to conservatism by emboldening Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and turning the state into a popular destination for Americans opposed to lockdowns and public health restrictions.Long a hot spot for retirees and those searching for a warmer climate and generally lower taxes, Florida — seen as an “open” state during the height of the pandemic — drew swaths of Americans seeking a return to the normalcy of a pre-coronavirus world. “What happened was you had anyone who could relocate to a place that was open like Florida did,” said Sal Nuzzo, senior vice president at the Florida-based, free-market think tank The James Madison Institute. “What they found was a lifestyle and a political atmosphere and a culture that just agreed with them a lot more than where they came from.” According to Florida’s Office ...

Five races to watch in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Florida on Tuesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

Editor's note: This file has been corrected to reflect party control of the state legislature in Pennsylvania.(The Hill) -- Kentucky Republicans looking to dethrone Gov. Andy Beshear (D) in November are competing in a contentious primary. Nine contenders are facing off to helm Philadelphia. And candidates in the Pennsylvania House race are gaining national attention in a special election that could potentially flip control of the state's lower chamber. These are just a few of the colorful races on tap Tuesday, which could offer clues into the key issues on voters' minds and how both parties may fare in 2024.Here's a look at five races to watch in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Florida this Tuesday:Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primaryKentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, former U.N. ambassador Kelly Craft and state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles are leading a crowded Republican primary field to take on Gov. Andy Beshear (D).Polling and strategists alike see Cameron as the f...

Jarring evening temp drop with a wind shift to the “NE” in Chicago as “pneumonia front” sweeps through Tuesday evening

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:52 GMT

Sunshine and cool temps follow Wednesday—spring, 2023 is the driest 33% of past 151 years here and no rain expected until FridayChicagoans come off a cool Mother’s Day weekend. High temps averaged 3.5 degrees below normal Saturday and Sunday—but when low temps are included, the weekend was actually finished close to normal. What made it feel so much cooler was the fact the weekend averaged more than 10 degrees cooler than the weekend which preceded it.Tuesday is to throw some thermal curves at Chicago—warming into the low 80s in the afternoon. But, a WIND-SHIFTING PNEUMONIA FRONT—so labeled because of the jarring temp changes it produces—will sweep through the city from the north passing in the evening hours Tuesday.Within a matter of hours, temps will crash down to 30 degrees—falling from the low 80s into the low to mid 50s. Current indications are that the front will pass the city around 6 to 7pm—earlier North Shore areas and NNE winds will sweep in gusting 25 to 30 mph along the ...