Robert Wilson was the most influential theater artist of our time

Robert Wilson was the most influential theater artist of our time

Salzburg, AustriaΒ β€”Β The news of Robert Wilson’s death at age 83 in New York reached me in a Wilsonian way β€” at the theater and absorbed in the kind of uncompromisingly slow, shockingly beauteous and incomprehensibly time-and-space-bending weirdness Wilson took infinite pleasure in hosting when he made what he called operas. He called everything he staged…

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Supreme Court will hear Trump’s bid to end legal protection for up to 1.3 million immigrants

Supreme Court will hear Trump’s bid to end legal protection for up to 1.3 million immigrants

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week over whether the Trump administration may revoke temporary protected status for about 350,000 Haitian and 6,100 Syrian immigrants. TPS allows people who are already in the United States to legally reside and work here if they are unable to safely return to their home country because of…

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As primary election nears, top candidates for California governor meet for debate

As primary election nears, top candidates for California governor meet for debate

SAN FRANCISCOΒ β€”Β With the California governor’s race quickly approaching, six candidates faced off Wednesday evening in the first debate since former Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race in the aftermath of sexual assault and misconduct allegations. The debate takes place at a critical moment in the turbulent contest to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom….

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