Guilty pleasures
By The Associated Press
Argentine police raid the Buenos Aires hotel where Liam Payne died
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina | Argentina’s police raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying last week after falling from a third-floor balcony, a government official said Thursday.
A police special investigations unit went to the Casa Sur hotel Wednesday night on orders from the public prosecutors’ office. Officers seized items including computer hard drives and footage from hotel cameras, a government official told The Associated Press, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
Beyoncé,
whose ‘Freedom’ is VP Harris’ campaign anthem, is expected at Texas rally
PHILADELPHIA | Beyoncé is expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. That’s according to three people familiar with the matter. Harris’ presidential campaign has taken on Beyonce’s 2016 track “Freedom” as its anthem, and the singer’s planned appearance brings a high level of star power to what has become a key theme of the Democratic nominee’s bid: freedom.
Harris will head to the reliably Republican state just 10 days before Election Day in an effort to refocus her campaign against former President Donald Trump on reproductive care. The three people were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity. The Harris campaign did not immediately comment.
Before Taylor Swift show in New Orleans, a homeless encampment is forced to move
NEW ORLEANS | Louisiana officials have begun moving a homeless encampment near the Superdome in New Orleans, days before three weekend concerts by Taylor Swift.
A spokesperson for Gov. Jeff Landry says Wednesday’s move was part of an effort to help the city “put its best foot forward” ahead of the Swift concerts and February’s Super Bowl.
A Landry spokesperson says shifting the camp about two blocks down the road removes the homeless encampment from a more dangerous high-traffic area near the dome.
Advocates for homeless people were critical, however, saying the unexpected move disrupts progress in finding long-term housing for those affected.
Ron Ely, TV’s ‘Tarzan’ in the 1960s, dies at 86
LOS ANGELES | Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86.
Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California, an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County.
While Ron Ely was not quite as well-known as Johnny Weismuller, the Olympic swimmer who played Tarzan in movies in the 1930s and 1940s, Ely helped form the image of the shirtless, loincloth-wearing character further immortalized by Disney.
“He was an actor, writer, coach, mentor, family man and leader,” Kirsten Ely said in an Instagram post. “He created a powerful wave of positive influence wherever he went. The impact he had on others is something that I have never witnessed in any other person — there was something truly magical about him.”
—From AP reports
