Nevada’s governor expressed outrage Friday and vowed to tighten control of the state’s lucrative legal marijuana marketplace in response to reports that a foreign national contributed to two top state political candidates last year in a bid to skirt rules to open a legal cannabis store. Gov. Steve Sisolak declared in a statement that there […]
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With the never-ending news cycle, it’s easy to miss great images that fly under the radar. We’ve got you covered. We’re highlighting exceptional photos from around the world for the week of Oct. 5 to Oct. 11. Check them out below. ABOVE: Demonstrators clash with riot police in Quito on Oct. 9, 2019, on the
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When Wu Xintong’s favorite team, the Los Angeles Lakers, played the Brooklyn Nets in Shanghai this Thursday, she broke a viewing streak of more than 10 years and deliberately missed the game. Until recently, the 20-year-old student in northern Hebei province had followed her idol, Kobe Bryant, religiously. She meticulously recorded in a notebook the
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Last month, the Trump family business received approval from a local government in Scotland for a major expansion of its golf resort near Aberdeen, marking the largest real estate development financed by the Trump Organization since the 2016 election. In August, President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr., flew to Jakarta to help kick-start sales at
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History tends to repeat itself. Yet despite so many examples, we’re still surprised by the strong performance of films that reach minority audiences. And “Hustlers,” starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu, is the latest illustration. The film is an example of a story about strong and diverse characters, written and directed by a woman, and
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It turns out Washington’s Big Three is a Big Four. Don’t forget about Aníbal Sánchez. The right-hander carried a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Howie Kendrick had two more big swings and the Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Friday night in the NL Championship Series opener. Sánchez had allowed just three
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The estate of Prince, the musician who died in 2016, pushed back against President Trump’s campaign on Thursday night after the artist’s song “Purple Rain” was played at a Trump rally that night in Minneapolis, the singer’s hometown. On a Twitter account set up to celebrate the life of the singer, the estate said that
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A panel of international aviation regulators found that Boeing withheld key information about the 737 Max from pilots and regulators, and the Federal Aviation Administration lacked the expertise to understand an automated flight system implicated in two deadly crashes of Max jets. In its report issued Friday, the panel made 12 recommendations for improving the
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption The National Railway Museum in York – currently home to Stephenson’s Rocket – will get further funding Libraries, museums and other cultural institutions in England are to benefit from a five-year £250m government fund. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said it would set aside £125m for the
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Image copyright Centreline Films Geraint Harries, a technology specialist, for St John the Evangelist in Lancashire, admits that when his parish first started using social media, it didn’t get it quite right. “At first we didn’t really know what social media meant for the church and fell into the trap of simply chasing the number
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