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Local Ordinances Determine Maintenance Responsibility for Michigan Property Owners
As a property owner in Michigan, you may have questions about your responsibilities related to the public sidewalk that runs in front of your home or business. If someone is injured on that sidewalk, are you liable? The answer depends on multiple factors – as is the case with many legal questions. Depending on the…
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Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula
Once called the planet’s most popular politician, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil faced long odds in next year’s election. President Trump’s tariffs are changing that.
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Blood in the Streets and Death in the Air: Residents Survey Damage in Syrian City
In the southern city of Sweida, residents describe the aftermath of a wave of sectarian violence.
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The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know.
The plan has been described as the largest expansion of voting rights in Britain in decades.
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Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador
The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President Nayib Bukele. Its employees were threatened and surveilled, its director said.
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Iraq Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 61
Local officials blamed shoddy construction and a lack of preparedness for the scale of the tragedy at the newly opened building.
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Stan Douglas and the Double Life of Images
One of the most intelligent artists in North America finally gets the retrospective he deserves.
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New York’s Best Summer Art Shows Are Upstate
From high-octane paintings by Dana Schutz to octagonal houses, our critic finds the best of Upstate Art Weekend. Everything you need to plan a great escape in the country.
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After Not Paying for $14.5 Million Pollock, an Art Collector Is Sued
Phillips Auctioneers filed a lawsuit against a third-party guarantor who had agreed to buy the painting at a set price if it did not sell for more at auction.
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Customers Griped About High Grocery Prices. The Grocer Agreed.
After hearing complaints about his prices, a store owner in Brooklyn has apologized, and begun the laborious task of lowering thousands of them.