Paola’s East This summer, there will be no Eleven Madison Park vacationing in the Hamptons as EMP Summer House. In its place, the stately white farmhouse and grounds will house a branch of Paola’s Restaurant, an Upper East Side anchor for decades. Stefano Marracino, the son of Paola Bottero, the founder, will oversee the restaurant, […]
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Green parties in Germany, France, Britain and elsewhere celebrated big gains in elections for the 751-seat European Parliament amid growing voter concerns over climate change, expressed in large-scale student protests over recent months. Provisional results Monday showed the left-leaning Greens’ bloc coming fourth in the election with 69 seats, an increase of 17 compared with
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In a defensive stop Sunday reminiscent of his father’s NBA Finals heroics, the younger James chased down a fast-breaking opponent and leaped to block his layup from behind. (Watch the clip below.) Sure, the circumstances were very different. The 14-year-old “Bronny,” as he is known, was competing in an AAU age-group game. His pop spectacularly
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The advancing front of tourists in matching T-shirts, squinting toward the gently rolling hillsides covered with gravestones, made its way into America’s most famous cemetery by walking right past its grand, ceremonial entrance with barely a glance. Inside those granite walls, with fountains, glass panels and gold relief, is the nation’s only
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For example, Morningstar updates its quantitative “star” ratings of mutual funds each month based on their performance and risk characteristics. An analysis performed at my request showed that Morningstar’s 10-year fund ratings oscillated wildly as the bear market returns dropped out of the calculations. In October 2018, 26.9 percent of the 10-year fund ratings changed,
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Image copyright Getty Images In 2011 a BBC Panorama investigation revealed horrific abuse at the Winterbourne View Assessment and Treatment Unit (ATU) for people with learning disabilities and autism. Now, eight years later, Panorama has revealed evidence of abusive treatment of vulnerable patients at another ATU, Whorlton Hall in County Durham. The hospital is one
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Image copyright Mark Johnson Image caption Robert Webb (l) and David Mitchell starred in Peep Show from 2003-2015 Bafta-winning British sit-com Peep Show is to be reworked for US TV from the point of view of female characters. The show, which centres around the plight of a “a pair of losers”, Jeremy and Mark, will
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“There’s nothing to stop me working,” says Raymond Irving, a forklift truck driver at a recycling plant. At 69, he is the oldest person at his firm, but he has no plans to stop despite already drawing his pension. Mr Irving is part of a growing trend, a sharp rise in the numbers of older
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The union representing about 2,500 Southwest Airlines mechanics voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to ratify a new contract proposal, ending a labor impasse that lasted nearly seven years and wound up in court twice. The five-year deal gives the mechanics $160 million in back pay to cover the period since the last contract ended in August
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Asked if artificial intelligence would put radiologists out of business, Dr. Topol said, “Gosh, no!” The idea is to help doctors, not replace them. “It will make their lives easier,” he said. “Across the board, there’s a 30 percent rate of false negatives, things missed. It shouldn’t be hard to bring that number down.” There
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