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Guam governor says North Korea’s talk of revenge is no threat

Tiffany Tompkins-Condie | McClatchy DC | TNS via Getty Images Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo meets with the group ‘Imagine Guam,’ a community panel to envision the island’s future in 50 years, after the U.S. military buildup is complete. Some in the group voiced concerns that American culture is overtaking the …

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Review: ‘Machines’ Casts Unflinching Eye on Indian Poverty

Photo A scene from “Machines,” the director Rahul Jain’s first feature. Credit Lino Lorber Following in the footsteps of other documentaries from the last decade and a half — including “Behemoth,” “Darwin’s Nightmare” and “Workingman’s Death” — Rahul Jain’s “Machines” casts an unflinching eye on dire poverty, trafficking in the …

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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Mr. Mercedes’ and ‘Transparent’

Photo Brendan Gleeson in “Mr. Mercedes.” Credit James Bridges/AT&T Audience Network David E. Kelley adapts “Mr. Mercedes,” Stephen King’s first detective novel, for the screen. And the first two seasons of Jill Soloway’s much-lauded “Transparent” arrive on SundanceTV. What’s on TV MR. MERCEDES 8 p.m. on Audience Network. Stephen King’s …

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A nuclear crisis is flaring in North Korea, and Chinese markets don’t seem to care

Denis Balibouse | Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping watches during a gift handover ceremony at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. Broadly, however, investors are buoyed by better growth in China, and that’s been reflected in the numbers — the Shanghai Composite is up 5.3 …

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Reviving a South African Musical That Once Promised So Much

The resuscitation of “King Kong” is the work of Eric Abraham, a South African-born, London-based producer of theater and film (“Kolya,” “Ida”) who encountered the music by chance in the mid-1990s, and immediately decided to pursue the project for the Fugard Theater, which he founded. “Somewhere I had heard about …

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Bill Murray Relives a Role, Seeing Broadway’s ‘Groundhog Day’

Photo Bill Murray ordered a glass of wine Tuesday night at “Groundhog Day,” the Broadway musical based on the film in which he starred. He was attending the show for the first time. Credit Hilary Swift for The New York Times Bill Murray was met with rapturous excitement on Broadway …

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Radio Host Testifies: I Did Not Grope Taylor Swift

Eight jurors — six women and two men — will decide the two suits and they listened Tuesday in United States District Court here as both sides outlined their cases. Photo From left, Grace Jarecke, 16, Lucy Peterson, 17, and Dani Kuta, 17, all from Denver, show off the first …

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Trump warns Kim Jong Un, but US lacks good options

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the intermediate-range ballistic missile Pukguksong-2’s launch test in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency, May 22, 2017. If Washington wished to avoid military action, it should stop “recklessly” provoking Pyongyang, a separate statement from another …

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Fox to Launch New Singing Competition Series ‘The Four’

Photo Trent Harmon after winning “American Idol” in 2016. Fox canceled the show but has announced a new singing competition, “The Four.” Credit Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Fox’s former hit show “American Idol” will be revived by ABC, but Fox is launching its own singing competition series, with a twist in format. …

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Charts show credit card stocks enjoying paper-to-plastic shift

Jim Cramer loves when strong, secular themes drive stocks. One of his favorites has been the shift from paper to plastic as credit cards increasingly dominate payments worldwide. “As we move closer to a cashless society, I want to go off the charts with the help of Bob Lang. He’s …

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