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A travel CEO and a dreamer discuss Trump’s plan to end DACA

Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Protestors gather outside the Trump International Hotel to protest President Donald Trump’s plan to repeal DACA in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2017. In New York, 5 percent of the state’s population consists of undocumented immigrants, Metselaar says in a Crain’s op-ed. That amounts to over …

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Review: The Hard Road of Decency in ‘The Unknown Girl’

Photo Adèle Haenel plays a doctor with a conscience in “The Unknown Girl,” directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Credit Sundance Selects “The Unknown Girl,” the latest film by the Belgian writer-directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, is about the consequences of trying to do the right thing. By a logic …

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Eli Lilly to cut 3,500 jobs, focus on developing new medicines

Frederick Florina | AFP | Getty Images An employee works in an unit dedicated to the production of insulin pens at the factory of the US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly in Fegersheim, eastern France. Eli Lilly said on Thursday it would lay off about 8 percent of its employees as …

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Review: In ‘Fallen,’ Girl Meets Angel Boy (Eternity Looms)

Photo Addison Timlin and Jeremy Irvine in “Fallen.” Credit Vertical Entertainment Based on the first novel in the young adult fiction series by Lauren Kate, “Fallen” is the latest movie to capitalize on the spirit of teenage fantasy. Its heroine, Luce, is a self-possessed 17-year-old making her way through the …

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Cohn should leave for breaking from Trump on Charlottesville

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gary Cohn, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, with Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and Senior Policy Advisor Stephen Miller. Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in CBS interview that top Trump economic advisor Gary Cohn should have resigned after disagreeing …

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Philippine president’s son denies links to $125 million drug shipment

NOEL CELIS | AFP | Getty Images Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, son of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, takes an oath as he attends a senate hearing in Manila on September 7, 2017. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s son on Thursday told a Senate inquiry he had no links to …

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Martin Shkreli auctions secret Wu-Tang Clan album on eBay — and receives offer in excess of $1 million

Getty Images Lead defense attorney Benjamin Brafman walks with former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli after the jury issued a verdict at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, August 4, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Martin Shkreli has received bids in excess …

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US adds launchers to THAAD as dozens hurt in South Korea protests

Jung Yeon-Je | Getty Images A South Korean protestor holds up a placard reading ‘No THAAD!’ during a rally against the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system near the presidential Blue House in Seoul on July 31, 2017. In the rural town of Seongju, thousands …

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Review: HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ Works a Vibrant Hustle in the Naked City

There are a million ways this idea could have gone south, with two men (Mr. Simon and his co-creator George Pelecanos) telling a story of sexploitation in the era of blaxploitation. One danger is prurience, the Achilles’ groin of HBO series like “Game of Thrones.” The other is a high-minded, …

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