Employing a cast of non-professional locals, the film playfully interrogates the brutal but bungled occupation while also allowing its actors — many of whom are descendants of the fascists’ victims — to reinterpret and reclaim a chapter in their city’s past.
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Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Not the only victim The Miami-Dade case is not the only time Readon has been accused by investigators of defrauding homeowners.
Despite the presence of air defenses, several drones reportedly got through, resulting in infrastructure damage, fires, and fatalities.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
The attack was Australia’s first shark fatality since January, when a 12-year-old boy died in a hospital days after he was mauled by a bull shark in Sydney Harbor.
Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement are alarmed by the speed of the rollbacks, noting that protections won through generations of sacrifice have been weakened in little more than a decade.
The index is back in the green after steep losses at the end of last week.
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Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
Later this spring, the 1 X Vitahealth Medi Spa will open and offer things like hormone balancing, weight loss, nutritional consulting, and custom IV therapies.
But for predatory species that need prey to eat, growing them in a lab is more challenging.
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Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
As prey moved deeper or disappeared in warming waters, marine mammals were forced to travel farther and work harder to find food, leaving more stranded or in distress along the coast.
Machado says she's also been accused of being a terrorist and a martyr.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
12 May 2026
Nathan learned about the fate of a great-aunt, who was confined at Theresienstadt, and her grandson, who by a circuitous, ultimately tragic path is remembered by Catholics as a martyr.
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