WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta on Wednesday publicly defended his role in overseeing the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein on sex crimes charges in Florida over a decade ago, bucking a growing chorus of Democratic calls for his resignation. Mr. Acosta said he had faced a tough choice between accepting a plea deal that […]
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We know that Netflix personalizes its homepage to each user based on an algorithm, offering specific categories that the company thinks will encourage the user to start watching a show, movie or special. And as I scrolled through my Netflix homepage the other day, I noticed that the suggested categories had a running theme: They
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Image copyright ITV/Shutterstock Image caption Jones appeared in Emmerdale from 2005 to 2018 Tributes have been paid to the British actor Freddie Jones, known to millions as Sandy Thomas in Emmerdale, following his death at the age of 91. His agent Lesley Duff said he died on 9 July after a short illness. She remembered
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Democrats have also embraced the gritty, lo-fi aesthetic of internet memes. Mike Gravel, the former Alaska senator who is among the Democratic candidates for president, turned over his social media accounts to teenage supporters, whose pro-Gravel memes have made him a cult favorite online. Andrew Yang, the businessman who is running for the Democratic nomination
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Matthew Wolff made a name for himself by winning the 3M Open in his fourth PGA Tour start after turning pro. The 20-year-old who starred at Oklahoma State will try to make it two in a row this weekend at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois. Wolff was the tour’s youngest winner since Jordan
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Mr. Araud recalled a moment in 2017 when France’s foreign minister was planning a trip to Washington. The ambassador gave the State Department two months’ notice to try to get on Mr. Tillerson’s schedule. They never heard back until a day before the event, Mr. Araud recalled, only to be told the meeting would last
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Stocks finished higher Wednesday as Wall Street welcomed new signals suggesting the Federal Reserve is ready to cut interest rates for the first time in a decade. Technology stocks drove much of the gains, nudging the Nasdaq composite to an all-time high. The benchmark S&P 500 index briefly traded above 3,000 for the first time
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Tom Hanks is often referred to as “America’s Dad.” But he is also “dad” to four adult children. The actor has two sons, Truman and Chet, with his wife, Rita Wilson ― as well as a son, Colin, and daughter, Elizabeth, from his first marriage to Samantha Lewes. In honor of his 63rd birthday we’ve
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Warning! “Stranger Things” Season 3 spoilers below. There’s a strange connection in “Stranger Things.” Like the fan theories suggested, Season 3 of the Netflix show turned Billy Hargrove (Dacre Montgomery) into one of the main antagonists. He went around gathering residents of Hawkins, Indiana, so they could be enslaved by the Mind Flayer, turned into
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It all starts up front. On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, former Notre Dame All-America offensive lineman and current CBS Sports analyst Aaron Taylor joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about the art of blocking. One of the founders of the Joe Moore Award, given annually to the team with the best
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