Bol Bol started the night high-fiving children as he walked across the stage as part of the festivities, being introduced with Zion Williamson, Ja Morant, RJ Barrett and others expecting to hear their names called early in the NBA draft. The other players were long gone by the time Bol heard his name called. It […]
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Tracy Letts is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (“August: Osage County”) and a Tony Award winning actor (“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”). But he’s never served in local government. So when he decided to write a pointed comedy set in a municipal building, he turned to the great archive of all things contemporary: YouTube. “I
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Image caption The Northern Powerhouse aims to encourage growth outside London and south-east England The Northern Powerhouse is being “undermined” by austerity despite signs of economic growth, a think tank says. Five years since its launch, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said the project was at risk of “fizzling out”. The Institute of Public Policy
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“And that’s very, very sensitive data,” he added. The British Board of Film Classification, the regulator that would be responsible for ensuring compliance with the new laws, plans to provide certification for age verification companies. But the process would be voluntary and at least one company has already said that it will not apply for
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Domingo Santana hit his third home run in two days, Wade LeBlanc gave the Mariners a boost on the mound after another rough outing by an opener and Seattle beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Thursday night. Santana’s homers helped the Mariners win back-to-back games for the first time since May 13-14 against Oakland. The
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• The influx of Somali refugees in St. Cloud, Minn., has spurred the sort of demographic shifts that Mr. Trump and right-wing conservatives have stoked fears about. For some, the changes have fueled talk about “white replacement,” a racist conspiracy theory. • Joe Biden’s campaign was forced into a defensive posture this week after he
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBusinesses ‘not fully ready’ for no-deal, says Carney About 150,000 businesses still do not have the paperwork they need to keep exporting to the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Mark Carney has said. The Bank of England governor added that many had built up
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Republican senators in Oregon engaged in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship Friday with Democratic lawmakers and prepared to remain absent from the Capitol for a second day to block a vote on a landmark climate plan that would be the second of its kind nationwide. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown deployed the state police Thursday to
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Fresh off a power-packed win, the New York Yankees’ clubhouse was pumpin’ and thumpin’. Until some mysterious DJ suddenly turned down the volume. “Who’s touching that music over there?” Aaron Judge called out, playfully. Suffice to say, the bats are about to get a lot louder in the Bronx. Gary Sánchez, Gleyber Torres and DJ
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The Peace Cross, he wrote, was and is a symbol of unity, noting that it included the names of both black and white soldiers at a time when the military was segregated. “We can never know for certain what was in the minds of those responsible for the memorial,” Justice Alito wrote, “but in light
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