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Art and Museums in NYC This Week

Photo An installation view from “Hansel & Gretel,” at the Park Avenue Armory, showing images from overhead cameras projected onto the floor. The exhibition will continue through Aug. 6; see listing below. Credit Agaton Strom for The New York Times Our guide to new art shows — and some that …

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Japan Defense Minister resigning amid PM Abe’s plunging approval ratings

Ole Jensen – Corbis | Getty Images Japanese PM Shinzo Abe during his meeting with Danish PM Lars Loekke Rasmussen on July 10, 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Embattled Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada said on Friday she was resigning, after a series of gaffes, missteps and a cover-up at her …

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Events for Children in NYC This Week

Photo A demonstration of the mechanical principles that underpin pulleys at an “Angry Birds Universe” exhibition in Edmonton, Alberta. New York families can visit the exhibition in Queens through Aug. 27; see listing below. Credit Ian Kucerak/IK Creative Our guide to cultural events in New York City for families with …

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Abrupt reversal in Nasdaq raises concern of summer high

Nasdaq Thursday closed down 40 points at 6,382, significant to technicians because it fell below Wednesday’s low of 6,416, after shooting into record territory on the open. Nasdaq Wednesday had set a third record close in a row. For the month to date, it was still up just about 4 …

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Rocky, Nell, Witch Hazel and More: A Sampling of June Foray

Photo June Foray in Hollywood in 2011, with figures of Tweety and Sylvester. She gave voice to characters in their adventures and many others. Credit Kevin Winter/Getty Images June Foray’s many voices were an indelible soundtrack for generations of eager cartoon watchers. During her decades-long career, Ms. Foray, who died …

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Jeff Gundlach buys S&P 500 puts, eyeing gold

“Bond King” and widely followed investor Jeffrey Gundlach recently purchased five-month put options on the S&P 500 index, Reuters reported Thursday. Earlier, the DoubleLine Capital CEO tweeted about gold, a sign he may be getting cautious, or at least partly hedging the equity market here. Gundlach is trying to capitalize …

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Dance in NYC This Week

Photo From left, Jesse Zaritt, Netta Yerushalmy and Shamar Watt in a version of “Paramodernities,” a continuing project of Ms. Yerushalmy’s that will be performed as part of a dance residency in Madison Square Park. See listing below. Credit Arnaud Falchier Our guide to dance performances. BOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD: A JOURNEY …

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Scaramucci unleashes profanity-filled rant against fellow Trump aides Priebus, Bannon

Getty Images Anthony Scaramucci answers reporters’ questions during the daily White House press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director, unleashed a profanity-filled tirade against White House chief of staff Reince Priebus …

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AMZN, SAM, SBUX & more

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on January 31, 2014 in New York City. Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell: Shares of Amazon fell more than 3 percent in extended trading after …

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Review: In ‘Somewhere Between,’ It’s Groundhog Week

Photo Aaron Craven, on ground, Devon Sawa and Paula Patton in the new series “Somewhere Between,” based on the South Korean series “God’s Gift: 14 Days.” Credit Eike Schroter/ABC In ABC’s new dead-child time-travel mystery, “Somewhere Between,” the coincidences are somewhere between far-fetched and lunatic. In the first episode, a …

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