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In Puerto Rico, Creating Art From Hardship

Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Christian Louboutin shared streets in the design district with airy showrooms of Italian and French designer furniture, kitchen cabinets and closets and a shop featuring crystal chandeliers. It was everything that Puerto Rico was not. And in the clash, the themes for their new work rushed …

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Trump-Russia dossier research was originally funded by the Clinton campaign and the DNC

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Russia President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for research leading to the infamous Russia …

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Review: Throwback ‘Portuguese Kid’ Will Do Anything for a Laugh

Or when Barry’s young wife, Patty (Aimee Carrero), asks Atalanta’s boy toy, Freddie (Pico Alexander), how he could pick up a widow at her husband’s funeral, he doltishly justifies himself: “She came solo!” Continue reading the main story I believe I’ve now provided enough bone fragments so you can confidently …

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Cuba officials dismiss sonic attack claims

STR | Reuters People play chess as U.S. President Donald Trump is seen on television, in Havana, Cuba June 16, 2017. Although Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez had denounced the expulsions as “unjustified” and accused the United States of insufficient cooperation, three Cuban Interior Ministry officials and a doctor heading …

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‘The Humans’ to Start National Tour Next Month

Photo “The Humans” at the Helen Hayes Theater in 2016. A tour will start in November. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times The Tony-winning play “The Humans” will embark on a 13-city national tour starting in Seattle next month. Written by Stephen Karam, the play depicts a middle-class American family …

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Review: A ‘Joan Didion’ Portrait, From an Intimate Source

Photo Joan Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, with their daughter, Quintana Roo. Ms. Didion is the subject of a new documentary by her nephew Griffin Dunne. Credit John Bryson/Netflix Joan Didion’s meticulously calibrated prose has the effect of placing her at a particular remove from the reader. The …

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CMG, JNPR, AMD & more

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurant in Peoria, Illinois. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Chipotle Mexican Grill’s stock tumbled nearly 10 percent in the extended session after the Tex-Mex fast casual company posted lower-than-expected third quarter results, including a big …

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Leon Wieseltier Admits ‘Offenses‘ Against Female Colleagues as New Magazine Is Killed

Over the past week, a group of women who once worked at The New Republic had been exchanging emails about their own accounts of Mr. Wieseltier’s behavior in and out of the magazine’s office in Washington, according to one person who has seen the chain and described its contents. Photo …

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‘Cry as Loud as You Want.’ In this Audience, They Really Do.

This wasn’t the first time that someone in the Newman Theater had reacted emotionally to a monologue by Ms. Vardalos or one of her three castmates, in the play she adapted from Cheryl Strayed’s book of the same name, based on her long-running online advice column, “Dear Sugar.” It is …

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Here are top video game-related stock picks ahead of earnings: Jefferies

Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gamers participate in a video game at the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, June 12, 2013. Video game analysts at Jefferies are shifting their attention to major game releases ahead of third-quarter earnings. Entering the holiday season, Activision and Electronic …

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