Hall

A Florida music hall that hosted Louis Armstrong and Ray Charles closed in 1968; after a four-year, $4.8 million renovation, St Petersburg has reopened it

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A Florida music hall that hosted Louis Armstrong and Ray Charles closed in 1968; after a four-year, $4.8 million renovation, St Petersburg has reopened it

A new mural by artist Egypt Hagan has been added to the property. St Petersburg’s historic Manhattan Casino reopened on Saturday, 58 years after it closed, following a four-year renovation of the 101-year-old building. According to St Pete Catalyst, the city has spent $4.8 million on the two-storey property, which will now operate as a … Read more

Meet Bradley Carlisle, the first professional Santa Claus with Down syndrome in the US: This suburban Atlanta man feared Santa as a child, and now he is honoured by the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame

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Meet Bradley Carlisle, the first professional Santa Claus with Down syndrome in the US: This suburban Atlanta man feared Santa as a child, and now he is honoured by the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame

Bradley Carlisle, a 37-year-old community theatre actor from suburban Atlanta, has become the first professional Santa Claus in the US with Down syndrome. He was also inducted as an honorary member of the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame after completing one of the largest Christmas performer schools in the US in late August. From … Read more

In 1879, Edwin Hall discovered an electrical effect thought to need a perpendicular magnetic field; 147 years later, scientists have shown it can work with the field in-plane

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In 1879, Edwin Hall discovered an electrical effect thought to need a perpendicular magnetic field; 147 years later, scientists have shown it can work with the field in-plane

An atomic force microscopy scan of a nanometer-sized device developed by Carnegie Mellon scientists that demonstrates a new form of the Hall effect. For more than a century, the Hall effect has been taught with a simple picture that electricity flows through a material, a magnetic field pushes the moving charges sideways, and a voltage … Read more

What happened to Jake Lang in Minneapolis today? Videos show clashes near City Hall after rally; watch

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Far-right US activist Jake Lang addresses a meeting of the Dearborn City Council following an anti-Muslim demonstration he organized called the "Christian Crusade March" in Dearborn, Michigan, on August 18. (AFP)

Jake Lang, the far-right activist, took part in a rally in MinneapolisMinnesota on Saturday. Initially called the ‘N-March’, the rally led by Lang and local far-right organizations marched to Minneapolis City Hall, reportedly calling for the resignation of Mayor Jacob Frey. Far-right US activist Jake Lang addresses a meeting of the Dearborn City Council following … Read more

Who is Zymire Hughes? Philly police identify ‘Chucky’ masked man accused of terrorizing City Hall area

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Philadelphia police have identified Zymire Hughes as the masked man accused of chasing and threatening residents near City Hall. (Philadelphia Police)

A masked man allegedly turned an early morning walk through Philadelphia’s Center City into a frightening situation, chasing and threatening several people before police identified 22-year-old Zymire Hughes as the suspect. Philadelphia police have identified Zymire Hughes as the masked man accused of chasing and threatening residents near City Hall. (Philadelphia Police) Who is Zymire … Read more

Who is Tom Hall? Patrick Clancy’s ‘disturbing’ computer search resurfaces in Lindsay Clancy murder trial

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Tom Hall entered the Lindsay Clancy trial through a computer search that prosecutors and the defense interpret differently. (CountryMusicHallofFame)

Tom Hall, the late country music singer and songwriter, has been mentioned in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial because of an internet search found on a computer used by her then-husband, Patrick Clancy. Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Kyle Pavao testified that the computer was used to search for Hall, one of his songs and information … Read more