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Trump erroneously suggests UK linked increase in crime to terrorism

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks on tax reform inside a hangar at the Harrisburg International Airport on October 11, 2017 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. President Donald Trump on Friday erroneously said a new report linked an increase in crime in parts of the United Kingdom …

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Steve Paxton, a Buddha of American Dance

“Steve can change the atmosphere of a room with just the tiniest gesture and the deepest understanding of timing,” Ms. Hussie-Taylor said. “He is one of the Buddhas of American dance.” Photo From left, Yvonne Rainer, Simone Forti and Mr. Paxton (on the floor) in “Tea for Three” in Los …

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Spain’s tough stance on Catalonia could cause ‘tension’ in other regions

David Ramos | Getty Images A man dressed in the Catalonian flag confronts officers as police move in on the crowds as members of the public gather outside to prevent them from stopping the opening and intended voting in the referendum at a polling station where the Catalonia President Carles …

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Hollywood’s Diversity Problem and Undocumented Immigrants

Photo “One Day at a Time” on Netflix features Ariela Barer (center, with Isabella Gomez, left, and Justina Machado) as a child of deported parents. Credit Netflix Immigration is a part of Hollywood’s story just as much as it is America’s. In the early years of cinema, many of the …

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And the Blue Ribbon Goes to … Anissa Mack

“I know every artist says this, but I was always making stuff as a kid,” she said. “Plus, you could win a few bucks of prize money and you’d get into the fair for free.” The ritual would begin each August with daily trips to the mailbox to check for …

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Listen: Actress Says Weinstein Made Her Feel Ashamed and ‘Manipulated’

Photo Erika Rosenbaum talked with The New York Times about her encounters with Harvey Weinstein. “I realize now how manipulated I was back then,” she said. Credit Sabrina Reeves Hours after the The New York Times first reported on allegations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein, a woman named Erika …

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Wall Street expects Powell but still wants Yellen as next Fed chair

Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Wall Street overwhelmingly believes President Donald Trump will pick Federal Reserve Governor Jay Powell to be the next Fed chair, but it wants him to reappoint the current chair, Janet Yellen. The CNBC Fed Survey …

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NKorea months from perfecting nuclear capabilities

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images American and Japanese flags in front of a monitor showing a news broadcast of North Korea’s missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 15, 2015. CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Thursday that North Korea is months away from perfecting its nuclear weapons capabilities. …

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Review: A ‘Torch Song’ Burning With Emotion Behind the Laughs

Yet this latest incarnation of “Torch Song,” directed by Moisés Kaufman, finds an irresistibly compelling gravity beneath the glibness. Best known for staging lyrical but earnest topical dramas (“The Laramie Project,” “Gross Indecency,” “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”), Mr. Kaufman turns out to be just the man for eliciting …

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