Trevor Noah ridiculed Fox News host Sean Hannity over his idea to surround schools and shopping malls with a volunteer armed force in a bid to stop future mass shootings. On Monday, Hannity suggested that armed guards should be placed in every school and in “every hall of every mall” to give “an instant response […]
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For David Pupo, learning about Blantyre, in Lenox, Mass., was about reclaiming his own past. Mr. Pupo grew up about a half mile away from the luxury hotel, which was built in 1902. As a teenager, Mr. Pupo, who doubles as Blantyre’s director of membership and concierge services, spent his summers swimming in the grand
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One of Uber’s earliest partnerships was in 2015 with Dallas Area Rapid Transit. That year, DART agreed to temporarily display Uber rides as an option in its app during St. Patrick’s Day festivities. The promotion, intended to give boozy celebrators more choices for getting home safely, became so popular that DART eventually integrated Uber into
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Clayton Kershaw continues to be not only consistent, but dominant for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The left-hander struck out nine in seven innings and notched his 11th win of the season as the Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 Tuesday night. Kershaw (11-2) — who allowed only one run on four hits — has
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In late April, M.J. Hegar released an online video to launch her campaign in Texas for the U.S. Senate. At the start of the ad, which runs nearly four minutes, she rolls a flat-screen television into a room and takes a deep breath, looking less like a politician challenging a three-term Republican incumbent and more
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When the United States declared China a currency manipulator on Monday, long-building trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies spread to the combustible realm of currencies — with potentially huge consequences for the global financial system should the escalation continue. Did China allow the value of the yuan to fall against the dollar simply
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Image copyright Getty Images A man who donated his mother’s body to what he thought was Alzheimer’s research learned later it was used to test explosives. So what does happen when your body is donated to medical science? Last week new details of a lawsuit emerged against The Biological Resource Centre in Arizona following an
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Image copyright Scott Patrick Green/Netflix **WARNING: This article contains spoilers for season one and two of The OA on Netflix** “Netflix, you cannot leave us in a cliffhanger like this.” That’s just one of the thousands of shocked responses to the cancellation of The OA, an original drama about cross-dimensional travel, life after death, angels
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: METS ON THE MOVE The Mets go for their 13th win in 14 tries and a four-game sweep when lefty Steven Matz (6-7, 4.60) faces Miami’s Jordan Yamamoto (4-2, 3.94) at Citi Field. The hard-charging Mets are 58-56, a sharp turnaround since losing their first game
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An actor whose credits include a raft of medical dramas has become an A&E nurse in real life. Vicky Hall played nurses and other roles in programmes including Casualty, Holby City and Doctors before deciding on a career change, training to become a medic off screen. She said her two children meant the travel demanded
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