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No Beer for You: How British Pubs Fought a Tax Increase
More than 1,400 pubs declared a ban on Labour lawmakers in response to a plan to raise business rates significantly. The move got attention, and results.
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Lightning in a Bottle: Angus MacLachlan on “A Little Prayer”
Writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s “A Little Prayer” is a quiet domestic drama about an older couple in North Carolina, their troubled adult children, the children’s significant others, and their struggles to find peace and happiness despite the mistakes they’ve made and the distress they’ve caused others. It received respectful national attention and found a theatrical audience,…
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FOX’s “Memory of a Killer” Can’t Remember Why It Exists
Everyone loves thrillers these days. With hit mini-series like “Run Away” and “His & Hers” making waves on Netflix already this year, it makes sense that the broadcast networks would try to reclaim some of their lost viewers by giving them the kind of anti-hero that used to be reserved for cable TV. The latest…
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Make This Soothing Chicken Soup Recipe in Under an Hour
Packed with vegetables and grains, this surprisingly simple from-scratch meal simmers away until it’s nourishing and so warming.
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Saudi Arabia-Backed LIV Golf to Hold Tournament at the Trumps’ New Jersey Resort
It will be the latest in at least half a dozen events that the breakaway league has held at Trump Organization resorts in the past four years.
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TikTok Updates Its Terms and Conditions in the U.S.
The changes came after the app’s Chinese parent company spun out an American entity to run TikTok in the United States.
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For His Next Act, Darren Walker Is Heading to Hollywood
Anonymous Content, a production company whose top investor is Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective, has named Darren Walker as president and chief executive.
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Airlines Cancel Hundreds of Flights In Anticipation of Powerful Winter Storm
Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights over the weekend in anticipation of frigid weather and ice and now across much of the country.
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Trump Wants U.S. Investment in Venezuela, but Sanctions Still Complicate It
With tight business restrictions still in place, companies may find it challenging to even assess what opportunities exist for them in the South American nation.
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HUD Demands Public Housing Officials Check for Undocumented Immigrants
The Department of Housing and Urban Development said it would punish public housing authorities that did not adequately verify tenants’ immigration status within 30 days.