Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led Friday prayers in the capital Tehran – the first time he has done so in eight years. His country has faced criticism at home and abroad after it admitted shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane by mistake. The BBC’s Martin Patience said he delivered “a defiant message […]
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Facebook purchased Instagram in 2012, when it had 30 million users, and treated it largely as a side project, albeit a profitable one. But Instagram grew faster than anyone had expected. It shrewdly mimicked its rival, Snapchat, introducing the widely popular video-sharing Stories feature, whose private tallying of “watches” has informed Project Daisy. Users who
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Rickie Fowler and Scottie Scheffler each shot 8-under 64 at The American Express to share the second-round lead at 15-under 129 By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer January 18, 2020, 12:30 AM 4 min read LA QUINTA, Calif. — Rickie Fowler came to The American Express for the first time in six years to prepare
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In April 2018, President Trump moved quickly to beef up his legal team. Days earlier, the F.B.I. had searched the home and office of his personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, as part of an investigation into payments Mr. Cohen had made to silence a pornographic film star who claimed that she had had an affair
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Say goodbye to “20th Century Fox” — and hello to “20th Century Studios.” Disney is doing some rebranding on entertainment properties it acquired from Fox last year in a blockbuster $71 billion deal. Mainly, that means dropping a name that is strongly associated with a politically divisive news station: “20th Century Fox” is now “20th
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At the Rough Trade East record shop in London’s Brick Lane, a man dressed as a giant hot dog is on stage introducing a song. “Put your hands up if you’re afraid of spiders,” says frontman Murray Matravers of fast-rising band Easy Life, before launching into one of their typically quirky compositions. Easy Life’s in-store
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The Miami Heat say Justise Winslow will miss at least two more weeks while recovering from a back injury January 17, 2020, 11:33 PM 1 min read MIAMI — The Miami Heat say Justise Winslow will miss at least two more weeks while recovering from a back injury. Winslow has played only once since Dec.
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For the past year, the question of how much the president might need such “hard dollar” checks has been a source of debate and, at times, contention among his aides. But there has been little effort to cultivate people who can gather checks in increments of $2,800 at a rapid clip, according to multiple campaign
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A former U.S. congressman who was one of President Donald Trump’s first supporters has been sentenced to two years and two months for helping his son and others dodge $800,000 in stock market losses By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press January 17, 2020, 11:14 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — A former
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ALERT! There’s something fishy going on with “The Circle,” and it’s by far the best part of the show. Netflix’s new reality competition is like “Big Brother” meets Facebook. Contestants are isolated in apartments and compete to be the most popular while only being able to communicate through a mysterious social media platform, the titular
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