As soon as the “Downton Abbey” theme hits the speakers in your local movie theater, patrons will visibly relax in their seats. Some may even clap. For two hours, viewers will be transported to the early-20th-century world of the Crawleys and the close-knit tribe of servants working for the aristocratic family. They are a cast of […]
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General Motors workers will be losing their company-sponsored health care two days into a strike that has shut down more than 50 facilities across the country. The company’s decision will force the United Auto Workers to dip into its strike fund in order to provide health coverage to the nearly 50,000 workers involved in the
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The new television season hasn’t begun yet, but the season has, and it’s carrying the networks in the interim. Four NFL games finished among the Nielsen company’s top 12 shows last week, led by the Sunday night matchup of Philadelphia against Atlanta. ABC devoted its entire prime-time lineup to the third Democratic presidential debate last
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“Our parents did not have the children go away when the grown-ups came,” Ms. Roberts said. “In retrospect, I’ve sometimes wondered, ‘What did those people think to have all these children around all the time?’ But we were around, and it was great for us.” Although her father had considerable influence on her, so did
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Profit at FedEx fell 11% in its fiscal first quarter, as the package delivery company was buffeted by slower economic growth and the loss of business from retail giant Amazon. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the company lowered its forecast of earnings through next spring. FedEx Corp. shares dropped sharply in
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A judge cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to stay in business while it pursues bankruptcy protection and settlement of more than 2,600 lawsuits filed against it in a reckoning over the opioid crisis. At the first court hearing since the Chapter 11 filing late Sunday, Purdue lawyers secured permission for the
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Singh often collaborates with celebrities in her YouTube videos YouTuber Lilly Singh has launched her TV talk show, becoming the only female late-night host on the main networks. Aptly, Singh, also known as Superwoman, premiered A Little Late With Lilly Singh on YouTube before it was on NBC. She
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A wilderness protection group has filed a lawsuit to try to block construction of a 2.2-mile long (3.5-kilometer-long) gondola that would pass through a national forest to connect the ski resort that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics with a neighboring Lake Tahoe ski resort. The conservationists want a California judge to set aside Placer County’s
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Apple on Tuesday deepened its ties with a Kentucky manufacturing plant by awarding $250 million to support Corning Inc.’s continued work to develop glass for iPhones and other devices. The award builds on the $200 million that Corning received from Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund in 2017, the tech giant said. The combined investments support Corning’s
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A Guatemalan man convicted of drunken driving in a crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver has been sentenced to an additional 42 months in prison for illegally re-entering the U.S. after being deported. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that 38-year-old Manuel Orrego-Zavala will serve the additional time after he completes
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