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Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Caregivers at a South Florida ocean park are taking steps to prepare Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, for a possible return to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound. The park’s owner and a nonprofit announced a plan in March 2023 to possibly move the 57-year-old orca to a natural sea pen. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

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Lolita the whale may someday return to wild, Miami park says, but timeline uncertain
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,05/24/23-3:45PM , 95 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — Caregivers at a South Florida ocean park are taking steps to prepare Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, for a possible return to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound.
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Singer Tina Turner has died after a long illness at her home near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. Turner was 83. AP entertainment correspondent Margie Szaroleta has a look at her career.

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Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll' whose triumphant career made her world-famous, dies at 83
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Wed,05/24/23-1:52PM , 348 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," has died at 83.
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Actor James Hong poses after being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 10, 2022, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. has a starring role in the new “Gremlins” animated prequel, “Secrets of the Mogwai,” and pops up in “American Born Chinese” on Disney+. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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After a year of long overdue Hollywood love, actor James Hong is still having his moment
By TERRY TANG - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-12:48PM , 125 Reads
Greeted with a standing ovation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, James Hong could easily have just basked in the applause and moved on.
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Fetty Wap arrives at the 2016 Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Feb. 14, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rapper Fetty Wap has been sentenced to six years in federal prison on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, for his role in a New York-based drug-trafficking scheme. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)

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Rapper Fetty Wap sentenced to 6 years in prison for drug-trafficking scheme
By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-12:06PM , 126 Reads
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — As friends and family looked on, rapper Fetty Wap on Wednesday apologized for his actions and said he was “exactly where I'm supposed to be,” before a judge sentenced him to six years in federal prison for his role in a New York-based drug-trafficking scheme.
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