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Trump warns Iran to stick to nuclear deal, but says he’ll be ‘surprised’ if it does

Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images The US President Donald Trump during a press conference at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland on July 6, 2017. President Donald Trump warned Iran on Tuesday to adhere to terms of a nuclear deal with world powers or “there will be big, …

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Berkshire Museum’s Planned Sale of Art Draws Opposition

Disagreements over the museum’s decision reflect differing views of how institutions ought to raise money in a time of tightening budgets. Critics have said that museum collections should be used only for the benefit and enrichment of the public. Those who support the Berkshire Museum would seem to challenge the …

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Review: ‘Escapes’ Recounts a Hollywood Storyteller’s Inventive Life

Photo Hampton Fancher in Michael Almereyda’s documentary about his life, “Escapes.” Credit Grasshopper Film The writer Hampton Fancher, one of the seers behind the 1982 masterpiece “Blade Runner,” has led the kind of fantastically eventful life that seems the stuff of fiction. Born in East Los Angeles in 1938 to …

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Meg Whitman is being considered for the Uber CEO job — but she’s unlikely to take it

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Meg Whitman, chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard (HP), on July 6, 2016. According to sources close to the situation, HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman is on the short list for Uber’s open CEO role. Whitman has not been formally approached for the role, but …

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Review: She Hosts ‘Women Who Kill,’ and May Be in Love With One

Photo Ingrid Jungermann, left, and Sheila Vand in “Women Who Kill,” directed by Ms. Jungermann. Credit The Film Collaborative The humor is dry and the acting deadpan in “Women Who Kill,” a comedy that plays it droll and is all the funnier for it. Set in gentrified sections of Park …

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Charlize Theron’s Sick Work Ethic

Beyond positioning Ms. Theron solidly as a compelling female action hero, “Atomic Blonde” feels like the logical next step for an actress who stunned in 2015 as the one-armed warrior Furiosa, effectively stealing “Mad Max: Fury Road” from the film’s ostensible star, Tom Hardy. After shining throughout her chameleon-like career, …

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Blue Apron co-founder Matthew Wadiak steps down

Lucas Jackson | Reuters Blue Apron CEO Matthew B. Salzberg stands with co-founders Ilia Papas (L) and Matt Wadiak (R) on Wall St. ahead of the company’s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in New York, June 29, 2017. Blue Apron is shaking up its leadership — and it …

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Apple to create U.S. jobs with new factories

Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers brief remarks as U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and White House Director of the Office of American Innovation and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner listen during a meeting of the American Technology Council in the State Dining Room of the White House June …

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Ballet Festival: Skill (Check), Class (Yep), Vision (More, Please)

The Ballet Festival at the Joyce Theater this July is a classy affair. The first two (of five) programs — by Emery LeCrone Dance and Claudia Schreier & Company — abounded in live music, played and sung well. The lighting, by Brandon Stirling Baker, was artful without drawing attention to …

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Bitcoin slammed by more than 10% to below $2,500; Ethereum down big

Bitcoin fell to its lowest in five days Tuesday amid uncertainty over whether the digital currency will still avoid a split. Bitcoin dropped more than 10 percent to $2,487.13, its lowest since last Thursday when it hit a low of $2,276.16, according to CoinDesk. The digital currency last traded just …

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