Going the Dublin route, Norwegian Air had a $467 round trip from Stewart International Airport on a Tuesday in August, landing at 8:20 a.m. on Wednesday. Connecting to Ryanair’s early morning flight to Zadar for $259 round trip would mean spending the night in Dublin, with a similar scheduling problem on the way back, requiring […]
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Nearly two decades after the Aryan Nations’ Idaho compound was demolished, far-right extremists are maintaining a presence in the Pacific Northwest. White nationalism has been on the rise across the U.S., but it has particular resonance along the Idaho-Washington border, where the Aryans espoused hate and violence for years. The neo-Nazi group was based near
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Pinch hitter Jedd Gyorko connected for a three-run homer during St. Louis’ four-run eighth inning, helping the Cardinals top the Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Saturday night. Paul Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter each had three hits as St. Louis improved to 7-15 in May. The Cardinals (26-25) were in danger of falling below the .500 mark
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TOKYO — President Trump kicked off the first full day of a state visit to Japan on Sunday by playing down North Korea’s recent tests of short-range ballistic missiles, undercutting declarations by both Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the president’s own national security adviser that the launches violated United Nations resolutions. “North Korea fired off
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The tax code is written so that the accumulated capital gains taxes are eventually supposed to be paid. But when an individual owns the real estate, the properties can be held until death. At that point, all of the embedded capital gains are wiped out, so no capital gains tax is owed. The family inherits
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Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption Mumps leads to painful swellings under the ears A significant increase in mumps cases and continuing outbreaks of measles in England have led to calls for people to ensure they are immunised. Public Health England said even one person missing their vaccinations was “too many”. There were 795
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Moby and Portman pictured at an event in 2001, with members of the hip-hop group The Roots Musician Moby has apologised to the actress Natalie Portman after a row over his depiction of their alleged romantic involvement 20 years ago. The DJ and producer wrote on Instagram that many
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFAA ‘examining reports’ for links between fatal plane crashes US aviation regulators have defended their response to two fatal Boeing 737 Max plane crashes. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told the BBC that it didn’t have the information needed to ground the 737 Max after the Lion
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Before Instagram and Facebook, before selfies and filters that perfect selfies, there was Andy Warhol, using his art to imbue friends, family, celebrities — even himself — with a certain mystique. A retrospective of Warhol’s work on display in San Francisco captures the artist’s ability to use paintings, drawings, photographs and other mediums to create
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EternalBlue was so valuable, former N.S.A. employees said, that the agency never seriously considered alerting Microsoft about the vulnerabilities, and held on to it for more than five years before the breach forced its hand. The Baltimore attack, on May 7, was a classic ransomware assault. City workers’ screens suddenly locked, and a message in
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