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1 month ago | 
newspub.live | Bill Whitaker
With stars like Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe it’s no wonder “Othello” just became the highest-grossing Broadway play ever, pulling in $2.8 million in a single week. Washington said, “It’s the most excited I’ve been this century. Seriously. I haven’t been this excited about anything I’ve done as I am about this.”That’s saying something coming from Washington.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Bill Whitaker |Aliza Chasan |Graham Messick |Jack Weingart
NowWhat musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaborationThe United States Marine Band was founded in 1798. Thomas Jefferson gave it its nickname, "The President's Own." Today, 135 Marines still perform the …3 hours agoPentagon deploys Navy destroyer for unusual U.S. border missionThe warship might be sent to patrol in the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | Bill Whitaker
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Bill Whitaker
The Eaton fire burst out of the San Gabriel mountains above Altadena Tuesday night. It has since devoured more than 7,000 homes and structures in this tight-knit, diverse community making it one of the most savage firestorms in Los Angeles County's history. The death toll is rising. Wildfires are a fact of life here – but nothing prepared people for destruction on this scale. Rows of chimneys now stand like tombstones, towering palm trees like burned matchsticks.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Bill Whitaker |Aliza Chasan |Heather Abbott |LaCrai Scott
10 hours agoThe 8 best fantasy and sci-fi writers you're not readingOne of the most frustrating parts about the convergence of critical and popular opinion caused by the social media age is that some stellar creators …19 hours agoKamala Harris mural in Atlanta painted over after election loss, prompting outrageA mural of Kamala Harris in Atlanta was promptly painted over as voters digested the outcome of her electoral defeat to Donald Trump.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
thebarbedwire.com | Bill Whitaker
On Oct. 10, former President Barack Obama stepped back into the political fray. Former President Donald Trump had spent weeks dominating news cycles with lies about Haitian-born immigrants eating neighbors’ pets in Ohio, lies about Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris being a Marxist, and still more lies about the 2020 election being rigged against him.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Bill Whitaker
The Supreme Court has told Elon Musk to buzz off. The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal from Elon Musk’s X Corp. on the company’s claim …
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
aol.com | Bill Whitaker
October 7, 2024 at 7:01 PMKamala Harris has been a candidate for president for just two-and-a-half months and the post convention "honeymoon" is over. With the election just 29 days away, Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz face unrelenting attacks from Donald Trump, and the race remains extremely close. We met the 59-year-old vice president this past week on the campaign trail and later at the vice president's residence in Washington, DC.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Bill Whitaker |Aliza Chasan |Marc Lieberman |Cassidy McDonald |Matthew Riley |LaCrai Scott
Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning on a pledge to toughen border restrictions as Republicans hammer her over the Biden-Harris administration's record on immigration. Harris in late September visited the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time as the Democratic presidential nominee and embraced President Biden's recent crackdown on asylum seekers, which produced an almost immediate and dramatic decrease in the number of border crossings. Harris said she would take it even further.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Bill Whitaker |Aliza Chasan |Marc Lieberman |Cassidy McDonald |Matthew Riley |LaCrai Scott
What Kamala Harris says her tax plans mean for votersVice President Harris is proposing a tax increase on the wealthiest Americans to help fund an expansion of the child tax credit, along with tax breaks for first-time home buyers and people starting small businesses.
