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Sad Day for Gotham: Adam West, Who Played Batman, Dies at 88

Photo Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin in a scene from Batman. Credit Yale Joel/The LIFE Picture Collection, via Getty Images Adam West, the classically handsome baritone actor who turned a comic-book superhero into live-action Pop Art in the 1960s television series “Batman,” died on Friday in …

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What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Claws’ and the 71st Annual Tony Awards

Photo Kevin Spacey, who will host the Tonys. Credit Joe Pugliese/CBS Kevin Spacey hosts the 71st Annual Tony Awards. Niecy Nash stars as a nail salon owner moving uptown in “Claws.” And Lorde closes out Bonnaroo. What’s on TV THE 71ST ANNUAL TONY AWARDS 8 p.m. on CBS. Kevin Spacey …

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Tony Awards 2017: What to Expect

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/06/10/arts/12TONYS4/12TONYS4-moth.jpg • Four American dramas are competing for the best new play prize. The leading contenders are “Oslo,” and “A Doll’s House, Part 2.” The Tonys 2017 Coverage Check out our live briefing, red carpet photos and more. Photo The Tony Awards will be presented at Radio City Music Hall. …

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French elect parliament as polls forecast Macron landslide

Philippe Wojazer | Reuters French presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards ! casts his ballot at a polling station during the the second round of 2017 French presidential election, in Le Touquet, France, May 7, 2017. Polls official opened in France …

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Apple’s Core ML software suggests AI chip coming

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, June 5, 2017. Apple on Monday introduced Core ML, a set of tools that developers can use to incorporate …

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Donald Trump accuses James Comey of lying in testimony

Andrew Harnik | AP President Donald Trump, accompanied by Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis, speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House, Friday, June 9, 2017, in Washington. Trump said he would “100 percent” speak under oath to refute Comey’s dramatic Thursday testimony. In his …

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Trump seeks legislative wins as clock ticks, Russia probe looms

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump congratulates House Speaker Paul Ryan (L) as he gathers with Congressional Republicans in the Rose Garden of the White House after the House of Representatives approved the American Healthcare Act, to repeal major parts of Obamacare and replace it with the Republican healthcare …

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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein trolls Trump over ‘infrastructure week’

David A. Grogan | CNBC Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on Friday appeared to troll President Donald Trump’s “infrastructure week” in his fourth-ever tweet. The White House intended this week to focus on Trump’s …

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Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years

WASHINGTON (CNN) — NASA’s launch of the Mars Science Laboratory — hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns — has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington. A photo illustration of a laser-equipped vehicle that is set to be part …

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What the UK election result means for ‘surprised’ Trump and the US

Carl Court | Getty Images British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks ahead of Prime Minister Theresa May during her last campaign visit at the National Conference Centre on June 7, 2017 in Solihull, United Kingdom. May pledged on Friday to continue in her role as prime minister, but speculation has …

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