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While you were sleeping: actor defends her part in "SLAV" and a town gives out thousands of cheques

Here’s what happened while you were hitting the snooze button a little too much.

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Black actor defends her participation in controversial “SLAV”

Kattia Thony, one of the two black actors who were part of the cast of the controversial show “SLAV,” has taken to social media to defend her decision to participate in the production which has since been shut down by the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

In a message posted on Facebook Wednesday, Thony wrote that not only did she have the right to take part in the project but also a responsibility to do so.

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Thony wrote that the show included a scene fully devoted to Haiti, the land of her ancestors and the first black nation to win its freedom.

She also said she would not apologize for appearing on the stage of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and making her voice heard, noting that she favoured “union and not division.”

Budget surplus results in $68 checks for thousands in town

A Pennsylvania township with more money than it anticipated from increased property tax collection has decided to give the dividends to residents.

Middletown Township in Langhorne sent 14,361 checks for $68 each to all owners of properties with structures on them.

Efforts to keep town expenses down while increasing delinquent-tax collection led to more money than anticipated in the general fund. The township board of supervisors decided to divide a $1 million portion of the surplus evenly among property owners.

Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Amy Strouse tells the Bucks County Courier Times it’s irresponsible for a township to hang on to that level of funding when it has “the opportunity to help people out a little bit.”

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In this handout photo released by Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center, Thai rescue teams walk inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, Monday, July 2, 2018. (Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP)
In this handout photo released by Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center, Thai rescue teams walk inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, Monday, July 2, 2018. (Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP)

Thai rescuer in cave dies from lack of oxygen

A former Thai navy SEAL working as part of the effort to rescue a soccer team trapped in a cave died Friday from lack of oxygen, authorities said.

SEAL commander Arpakorn Yookongkaew told a news conference Friday morning that the rescuer was working in a volunteer capacity and died during an overnight mission in which he was placing oxygen canisters. He said while underwater, the rescuer passed out and efforts to resuscitate him failed.

“Despite this, we will continue until we accomplish our mission,” Arpakorn said.

Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from a flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, before more rains are forecast to hit the northern region.

With files from The Associated Press and La Presse Canadienne

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