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‘Master of None’ Co-Creator Alan Yang’s Latest Project Is His Most Personal One Yet

Entertainment /

A young boy stands in a field with his head bowed, tears ready to fall as his grandmother scolds him for missing his parents. “Crying never solves anything,” the grandmother says sternly in Taiwanese. “Be strong. Never let anyone see you cry.” Those words are echoed throughout “Tigertail,” a love story told across multiple decades […]

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Coronavirus: You can’t just stop paying rent, tenants told

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Image copyright Getty Images Tenants must not presume the coronavirus outbreak is “a green light” to stop paying their rent, a landlords group has said. The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) said the government needed to be clearer about the support provided by landlords and lenders. Some groups have called for struggling tenants, and students

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Trump tempers officials’ grave assessments with optimism

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. surgeon general says that Americans should brace for levels of tragedy reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, while the nation’s infectious disease chief warned that the new coronavirus may never be completely eradicated from the globe. Those were some of the most grim assessments yet

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John Oliver Shreds ‘Alt-Right Pinocchio’ Jared Kushner Over Coronavirus Failure

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John Oliver tore into Jared Kushner, son-in-law of and adviser to President Donald Trump, on Sunday night over his failures during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.  A central figure in the administration’s response to the pandemic, Kushner is in charge of getting emergency supplies to the cities and states that need them most. But the host of “Last Week

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‘Scared to Death’ by Arbitration: Companies Drowning in Their Own System

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Teel Lidow couldn’t quite believe the numbers. Over the past few years, the nation’s largest telecom companies, like Comcast and AT&T, have had a combined 330 million customers. Yet annually an average of just 30 people took the companies to arbitration, the forum where millions of Americans are forced to hash out legal disputes with

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Handle with care: Brignone’s crystal globes come in the mail

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ROME — The package that Italian skier Federica Brignone anxiously awaited while in isolation wasn’t from Amazon or the local supermarket. Amid a worldwide suspension of sports events because of the coronavirus pandemic, the heavy trunk held something every bit as precious: trophies honoring a season full of racing and emotions. The special delivery late

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