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Kanye West splits with Jay-Z’s Tidal Music: Report

Kevin Winter | Getty Images Rapper Kanye West performs at the Forum on October 25, 2016 in Inglewood, California. Kanye West has departed Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal amid a financial feud, according to celebrity website TMZ. Jay-Z, also known as Shawn Carter, just used Tidal—which he started with much fanfare …

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Rumba 101 With Two Ballet Pros

Photo Cassandra Trenary and James Whiteside doing the rumba at Midsummer Night Swing in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center. Credit Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times It was a steamy Friday night in New York, but that didn’t keep the crowds from coming out to dance at Midsummer Night …

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Olivia de Havilland Files Lawsuit Over ‘Feud’ Portrayal

Photo Olivia de Havilland in 2016. Credit Thibault Camus/Associated Press Olivia de Havilland, who won two Oscars during Hollywood’s golden age, filed a lawsuit on Friday against FX Networks and Ryan Murphy Productions over her gossipy portrayal in the television show “Feud: Bette and Joan.” “FX defendants misappropriated Olivia de …

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Three things Reid Hoffman thinks VCs should do to stop sexual harassment

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Reid Hoffman, speaking on June 12, 2014. As new sexual harassment allegations come to light, leaders in Silicon Valley are taking a deeper look at what has become a pervasive issue. Uber recently fired more than 20 employees following an internal investigation …

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Uber is being sued by two separate women claiming sexual assault by its drivers

Uber is facing two separate lawsuits brought against the ride-hail company by women who claim they were sexually assaulted by their drivers. While the circumstances and allegations in the two complaints are different and were filed in separate states, both parties are suing Uber for negligent hiring and call into …

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S&P 500 could hit 2,500 this month amid soaring market sentiment: Strategist

The market has had a quiet start to the summer, but the doldrums may be about to give way to some serious fireworks, with new record highs potentially on the way. So said Stephen Suttmeier, a chief equity technical strategist with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Last July, Suttmeier identified …

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Trump to speak with Xi, Abe as North Korea, steel issues loom

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) walk together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 7, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, …

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Three car bombs hit Damascus, seven people killed

LOUAI BESHARA | AFP | Getty Images Charred vehicles are seen on the site of a suicide bomb attack in the Syrian capital’s eastern Tahrir Square district, on July 2, 2017. Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, state media reported, and seven people were killed in one of …

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Qatar stock index sinks 3.1 pct before deadline in diplomatic crisis

JTB Photo | UIG | Getty Images A file photo of Doha, Qatar. Qatar’s stock market fell sharply on Sunday as a deadline for Doha to accept a series of political demands by four Arab states was expected to expire later in the day with no sign of a resolution. …

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What’s on TV Sunday: ‘First Ladies Revealed’ and ‘Pride of the Yankees’

Photo President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy watching the America’s Cup aboard the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. off Newport, R.I., on Sept. 15, 1962. Credit Smithsonian Channel The Smithsonian Channel explores the public and private lives of first ladies. And MLB Network celebrates the coming 75th anniversary of “The …

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