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US plans to expel nearly two-thirds of Cuba’s embassy staff

Mark Wilson | Getty Images A supporter waves a Cuban flag in front of the country’s embassy after it re-opened for the first time in 54 years July 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration will order nearly two-thirds of Cuba’s diplomatic personnel to leave the United States after …

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Chicago Art Museum Opens a Restaurant Named for Marisol

Photo The new restaurant in the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is called Marisol, and its centerpiece is a mural by the artist Chris Ofili. Credit Kendall McCaugherty, Hall + Merrick To honor the Venezuelan-American artist María Sol Escobar, known as Marisol, who died last year, the Museum of Contemporary …

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Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump had third private email account

Getty Images Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Trump, and Jared Kushner, White House senior adviser and son-in-law to the President Shared by the Kushner family, that third account received hundreds of emails from White House addresses, including non-public travel documents, internal schedules and official White House materials, Politico said, citing …

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China’s sanctions on North Korea linked to Trump, Party Congress

KCNA | Reuters An anti-U.S. rally at Kim Il Sung Square is seen in this September 23, 2017 photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on September 24, 2017. But the Asian superpower’s recent penalties appeared to be significant. Last month, Beijing said it would …

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Robert Delpire, Champion of Photography as Art, Dies at 91

“He moved forward to do what he felt was right,” Mr. MacGill added. “And he was keeping the photographers’ best interests at heart.” Pace/MacGill was one of several galleries in New York City that joined together in 2012 to pay tribute to Mr. Delpire. For Mr. Delpire, it was not …

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Why the GOP tax reform plan could push the Fed into more rate hikes

Joshua Roberts | Reuters Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen speak during a news conference after the Fed releases its monetary policy decisions in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2017. The White House has indicated that it will not waver from a pledge to cut the corporate income tax from 35 …

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Love and Marriage, South Asian American Style

It is very much a hybrid of the old world and new. Parents are usually the writers of their offspring’s “biodata,” a résumé, of sorts, that comes with multiple photographs. That résumé, which is often sent out across the United States and Canada, typically lays out criteria that may go …

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GE Chairman Jeffrey Immelt steps down earlier than expected

General Electric announced Monday that Jeffrey Immelt retired as director and chairman of the company’s board of directors, about two months earlier than expected. In June, GE said Immelt would retire from the board at the end of December. The board elected John L. Flannery, who became CEO of the …

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Equifax data breach may affect 2.5 million more consumers than originally stated

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Equifax trading information and the company logo are displayed on a screen where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. The massive data breach at Equifax, one of the nation’s three major credit reporting companies, may be …

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Gun stocks rise after deadly Las Vegas shooting

Shares of gun stocks rose Monday after at least 58 people died in Las Vegas in what was apparently the deadliest shooting in U.S. history. Sturm Ruger closed up nearly 3.5 percent. American Outdoor Brands, formerly Smith & Wesson, rose 3.2 percent. Suspected gunman Stephen Paddock, age 64, of Mesquite, …

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