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Goldman Sachs roiled as Epstein adviser’s exit takes a turn
Goldman Sachs’ messy attempt to move past a damaging scandal related to Jeffrey Epstein has just gotten messier. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, attorney Kathryn Ruemmler, general counsel for the financial giant, was supposed to move on after her ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became public and too embarrassing…
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The Last of the Three Amigos
More than 20 years ago, Senator Lindsey Graham visited Ukraine for the first time. An election was looming, one that would be reversed and run again, and that would ultimately produce victory for the pro-Western Orange coalition. In the summer of 2004, however, all of that lay in the future. Graham, then in his first…
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Investigators look into fire at music bar in Bangkok that killed at least 27 people
BANGKOK — A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition on Monday as investigations began into the Thai capital’s deadliest blaze in 17 years. Bangkok city officials said the fire at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar in a northern part of…
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Trump names ‘fabulous’ pick to fill Lindsey Graham’s seat
Just hours after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died Saturday night of a sudden illness, President Donald Trump told NBC News he already had “somebody great” in mind to replace him on an interim basis, and on Monday, finally revealed that person’s identity. “I recommended, to [South Carolina GOP] Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister,…
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Sam Neill’s Versatility Made Him a Big Screen Favorite for Decades | Appreciation
The news of the passing of Sam Neill, the beloved New Zealand actor whose career spanned five decades, multiple continents and practically every genre, hit us all like a ton of bricks. Despite a long battle with cancer, from which he was free at the time of his death, he seemed like the kind of…
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Zelensky seeks more European air defense support for Ukraine at Paris meeting
PARIS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went to Paris on Monday to ask two dozen European leaders for help developing measures against Russia’s ballistic missiles, which have pummeled his country’s power grid in the more than four years since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion. European foreign ministers were also meeting separately in Brussels where they were expected…
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Trump let ‘mask slip’ in overlooked ‘bombshell moment’: Jim Acosta
President Donald Trump uttered a remark Sunday “that didn’t get nearly enough attention,” former CNN anchor Jim Acosta flagged on Monday, one that saw “the mask slip in a bombshell moment” that carried with it a troubling implication. Trump called into NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday to discuss the recent and sudden death…
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Beloved pizza chain to close up to 50 locations — with first wave of shutters starting today
It’s dough-ver for another pizza icon. A Papa Murphy’s franchisor has announced that up to 50 locations will close down after a performance review of the company’s lagging brands. The Canadian franchisor and operator, MTY Group, said in an earnings call that 45 to 50 Papa Murphy’s spots will shut in the next six to…
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Tom Cruise looks unrecognizable in wild new role as eccentric billionaire in ‘Digger’
Tom Cruise is completely unrecognizable in the first look at his upcoming film “Digger.” The trailer for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s satirical black comedy film was released Monday and shows the actor transformed into an eccentric billionaire named Digger Rockwell. The 64-year-old has gray hair and prosthetics to look older and heavier than his normal appearance. Tom…
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ICE quickly cordons off body after agents kill another person
ICE agents killed a person in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday morning, then quickly surrounded the body while state and federal investigators rushed to the scene. Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-ME), who represents Biddeford, confirmed the killing in a Facebook post. State Police and the Department of Public Safety were at the scene. Fecteau said…