One summer, when my twin boys were three, we loaded up the car with pull-ups, crayons, plastic toys and, oh yes, clothing and swimsuits, and headed north on a seven-hour drive to Maine. Our destination was a lakeside resort, called Quisisana, in Southern Maine, where I’d worked one summer as a chambermaid when I was […]
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World champion Lewis Hamilton apologized to his Mercedes team after a rare mistake saw him crash during the third and final practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday. The runaway Formula One leader lost control coming out of the Fanges chicane, veering left at full speed into the protective tire barriers and mangling
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Saturday that its expectations for more dialogue with the Trump administration were “gradually disappearing,” and threatened to reconsider its conciliatory gestures toward the United States, potentially including its moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests. The warning was contained in a statement issued by First Vice Foreign
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“Game of Thrones” stars Emilia Clarke and Rose Leslie are taking some time out in India, where they appear to have been victims of one cute crime. Clarke wrote on Instagram Friday about being “robbed blind by monkeys” but confessed that “we hardly put up a fight.” She shared an image of monkeys stealing fruit
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Serbia’s push toward unseating the United States as World Cup champion is off and running. Bogdan Bogdanovic made his first four 3-point attempts to help his team take control early on, All-NBA center Nikola Jokic didn’t even start and the Serbians still had plenty on the way to easing past Angola 105-59 on Saturday in
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At least some struggling neighborhoods are already starting to receive investments. In Birmingham, for example, a developer is using opportunity-zone funds to convert a building, vacant for decades, into 140 apartments primarily aimed at the local work force. “We are seeing projects that are being announced here in Alabama that would not have happened otherwise,”
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Next time you fly — or take a long road or train trip — with your children, consider stocking your carry-on with toys and games that will not only entertain them but maybe even teach them a little something. Here are a few suggestions, aimed mostly at younger children, but often fun for older ones
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A person with knowledge of the situation says the Houston Rockets and veteran guard Eric Gordon have agreed on a contract extension that could keep him with the team for another five seasons in all. Gordon and the Rockets agreed on a three-year extension, which begins with the 2020-21 season, according to the person who
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It was late May, and the president of the United States could not seem to get off Twitter. The low IQ-ness of Joe Biden. The idiocy of the Democrats. The Wall! The opinions spewed forth like unguided missiles, delighting those who support Donald Trump and dismaying those who do not. As he followed along from
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Tens of thousand of revellers gather in the desert for Burning Man every year The death of a man at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada is being treated as suspicious, authorities say. Shane Billingham, 33, was found unresponsive in his car at around 18:30
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