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US orders expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats

Mark Wilson | Getty Images A supporter waves a Cuban flag in front of the country’s embassy after it re-opened for the first time in 54 years July 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 diplomats from Cuba’s embassy in Washington following …

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How Saudi Arabia and Russia are bonding over oil

Akos Stiller | Bloomberg | Getty Images Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister and president of OPEC, speaks as Alexander Novak, Russia’s energy minister, left, listens during a news conference following the 172nd Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, May 25, 2017. …

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Onora O’Neill Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy

Photo The philosopher Onora O’Neill, who received the Berggruen Prize for her thoughts on interpersonal trust, among other ideas. Credit Onora O’Neill The British philosopher Onora O’Neill has been named the winner of the 2017 Berggruen Prize, which is awarded annually to a thinker whose ideas “have profoundly shaped human …

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Jimmy Kimmel Seizes on Las Vegas Shooting to Champion Gun Laws in Emotional Monologue

Fallon and Colbert Respond Video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon On “The Tonight Show,” Jimmy Fallon forwent his monologue altogether, starting things off with an emotional performance by Miley Cyrus, who covered Dido’s “No Freedom.” With Adam Sandler accompanying her on guitar, she sang, “No love without freedom, …

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What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Woodstock’ and ‘The Mayor’

Photo A scene from the documentary “Woodstock.” Credit Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution Inc. An extended version of the classic 1970 documentary “Woodstock” unearths additional performances, and a charming ABC sitcom debuts. What’s on TV WOODSTOCK: 3 DAYS OF PEACE & MUSIC — THE DIRECTOR’S CUT 10 p.m. on AXS …

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Former Equifax chief to face questions from US Congress over hack

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Trading information and the company logo are displayed on a screen where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 8, 2017. U.S. lawmakers are due to question the former head of Equifax at a …

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Catalonia goes on strike as calls for ‘declaration of independence’ grow

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Students cheer fire officers as they drive through the crowd during a protest against the violence that marred yesterday’s referendum vote outside the University on October 2, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. Catalonia’s government met Monday to discuss plans to declare independence after the results of yesterday’s disputed …

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Listen to 14 Essential Tom Petty Songs

‘Rebels’ (1985) Mr. Petty famously broke his hand in a fit of pique during the recording of the Heartbreakers’ 1985 album “Southern Accents.” That’s a high price for the music that resulted, but it was mostly worth it. “Rebels,” the ballad that opens the album, is uncharacteristically explicit about his …

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Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66

But across styles, Mr. Petty kept his songwriting tight-lipped, succinct and evocative: “She was an American girl, raised on promises,” he sang on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1976 debut album. “She couldn’t help thinkin’ / That there was a little more to life somewhere else.” Photo In 1981, with …

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UK airline collapse prompts biggest civilian peacetime repatriation

Daniel Leal-Olivas | AFP | Getty Images Grounded Monarch airplanes sit on the tarmac at Luton airport, south England on October 2, 2017. The largest collapse of a U.K. airline has presented a logistical nightmare: 110,000 passengers stranded abroad. Monarch Airlines flights have been halted and shares of the insolvent …

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