Video: Renowned Actors Call on Texas Lawmakers to Boost Movie Production Incentives

A new video featuring iconic actors Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson reprising their roles from “True Detective” urges Texas lawmakers to incentivize film production in the “Lone Star State.” McConaughey shared the video Wednesday on X, formerly Twitter, writing, “Texas stories deserve a Texas backdrop. That’s why I teamed up with Dennis Quaid, Woody Harrelson,…

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Advocate Health Care to Shut Down All 47 Clinics Located in Illinois Walgreens Stores

Advocate Health Care is closing all 47 of the clinics it operates inside Walgreens stores in Illinois, the health system announced Wednesday. The clinics will close Feb. 6. One or two medical office assistants work at each of the clinics, along with additional clinicians who support virtual care, and Advocate is working to find alternate roles for…

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Renowned Singer Gives Way to Sudden Collapse During Performance in Brazil

Patti Smith, an American singer, songwriter, and poet, collapsed suddenly on stage at the Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo, Brazil on Wednesday. Folha de S.Paulo, a Brazilian news outlet, reported that Smith collapsed on stage roughly 30 minutes after the start of her Wednesday performance with Soundwalk Collective at the Teatro Cultura Artística. According…

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ICE Boston Apprehends Illegal MS-13 Gang Member for Gun and Drug Offenses

Federal immigration enforcement officials are continuing to release details on the illegal criminals they rounded up in their early actions under the Trump administration across the Boston area, with the arrest of a 19-year-old MS-13 gang member the latest coming to light. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston grabbed and charged Luis Adolfo Guerra-Perez, an illegally present Guatemalan, with drug…

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China’s Intelligence Agency Urges Citizens to Avoid Actions that Could Threaten National Security During Holidays

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. China’s spy agency has called on the country’s citizens to beware of “endangering national security” over the holiday period, a phrase commentators said was a warning to people to be careful what they say, and to not pass on information that…

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