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is poised to become the largest shareholder of the company that owns brands including Sports Illustrated, Nine West and Aéropostale in the first deal for the investment giants new private-equity fund, according to people familiar …
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Epstein’s Death Leaves Unanswered Questions for Investigators
The death of disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail leaves his accusers and investigators with unanswered questions and diminished hopes for a full accounting of his alleged wrongdoings. Federal prosecutors pledged Saturday to continue…
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Universal cancels satirical thriller about ‘elites’ hunting ‘deplorables’ in wake of shootings
Universal Pictures has canceled its plan to release The Hunt, a satirical thriller about elites hunting self-described normal people, amid a series of mass shootings and criticism that the film could increase tensions.
We stand by our filmmakers and will con…
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Devastation on top of devastation: The people of Dayton try to recover, again.
DAYTON, Ohio There is a deep, fresh scar in the ground that runs behind Dion Greens house, marking the path that tornadoes cut in late May, uprooting trees and flattening homes, leaving some lots empty. Blue tarp covers whats left of siding, columns barely ho…
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Nothing to see here: Popular European destinations want fewer tourists
HALLSTATT, Austria Hotel owner Verena Lobisser says tourists visiting her village, on the edge of a glassy lake tucked into the Austrian Alps, regularly stop her and ask her to pose for pictures.
Sepp Krumböck, who runs a boat rental outfit, recalls the mor…
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Perspective | Red-flag laws thwart suicides. But can they catch would-be mass killers?
Laws that temporarily remove firearms from risky people have emerged as a rare point of agreement in the debate over how to stop mass shootings. Republicans, who have long resisted any measures that restrict access to guns, have joined Democrats in support: W…
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Opinion | Mass shootings are becoming routine. It doesn’t have to be this way.
THE TIME of mourning for the victims of mass shootings in America, including those a week ago in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, may never end. The time for policymaking action, though, has definitely arrived. It is long overdue.
The United States faces a grave th…
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Perspective | A history of anti-Hispanic bigotry in the United States
Never before have things seemed so hard for Hispanics. The signals are stark and dire: A drowned father, cradling a dead daughter. A lone mother, defending herself against an armed Border Patrol agent, with a terrified toddler at her side. A diatribe hectorin…
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Opinion | Epstein’s death raises a lot of questions. Don’t jump to theories to answer them.
Michael R. Bromwich is the founder and managing principal of the Bromwich Group consulting firm, and practices law through the Bromwich Law Firm. He was the Justice Department inspector general from 1994 to 1999.
Facts are the best antidote to conspiracy the…
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Opinion | The party of Robert F. Kennedy is gone
In the aftermath of the murder of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, then a candidate for president, went forward with a planned rally at 17th and Broadway in the heart of Indianapoliss African American community. The country had…
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