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Exeter Finance Clients Notified of Third-Party Data Breach by NCB Management Services, Inc
On June 7, 2023, Exeter Finance, LLC filed a notice of data breach with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, a division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office. after learning about a third-party data breach occurring at NCB Management Services, Inc (“NCB”). NCB is a vendor that Exeter uses to…
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Colombian Children Found in Jungle Had Been on Plane to Flee Armed Group
The father of two of the survivors said the family had feared the children would be recruited by a violent armed group.
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Russian Forces Strike Back Against Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
Russia attacked Ukrainian troops near villages in Ukraine’s south on the same day that Russian missiles killed at least 11 people and that President Vladimir V. Putin acknowledged some Russian losses.
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U.N. Monitor Aims to Cross Front Line to Inspect Ukrainian Nuclear Plant
The destruction of a hydroelectric dam last week unleashed a flood and threatened the water supply needed to cool the battle-scarred Zaporizhzhia plant.
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U.K. Woman Sentenced to Prison for Abortion in Eighth Month of Pregnancy
The case has prompted heated debate in England, with some arguing that abortion pills should not be available by mail and others maintaining that abortion should be fully decriminalized.
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Berlusconi Seizes Italy’s Attention Even in Death
A day after Silvio Berlusconi’s death, some Italians said goodbye, others said good riddance, and many debated whether the billionaire and former prime minister did more good or bad for Italy.
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Met Museum Trains ‘Monuments Men’ With Eye on Ukraine
Curators are teaching military officers to save imperiled treasures abroad, but their efforts to credit Ukrainian artists have been met with a mixed response.
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Prince of the Cinema: Treat Williams (1951-2023)
The fact that Treat Williams was not one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars has to rank as one of its most egregious failures. Here was a guy who had all the qualifications one might look for in such a person—the looks, the charisma, and the sheer, unquestionable talent—and while he worked steadily until his tragic death…
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Maggie Moore(s)
On October 12, 2000, a Texan named Mary Morris was murdered. On October 16, 2000, a Texan named Mary Morris was murdered. The dual assassination—both clearly the work of a hitman—became legendary in the true crime community. Was the first death the act of a bumbling assassin, a hired gun who got the wrong Mary…
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Creatures of the Id: Celebrating Ishirō Honda’s 1968 Masterpiece, Destroy All Monsters
Like many Gen-Xers, I think my first exposure to Godzilla movies was on local broadcast channels filling their weekend matinee slots with old Westerns and Showa-era kaiju flicks. I know I had seen most of them as a kid before revisiting them the last few years as Criterion restored 15 of them (from 1954-1975) to…
