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Off to Europe: Trump to meet worried NATO heads, then Putin
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — With the established global order on shaky footing, President Donald Trump’s weeklong trip to Europe will test already strained bonds with some of the United States’ closest allies, then put him face to face with the leader of the country whose electoral interference…
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Man falls to death climbing boulder in northern Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BOULDER — Authorities say a 31-year-old Denver man died after he slipped and fell while climbing a boulder in northern Colorado. Boulder County sheriff’s officials say the man, whose name has not been released, was hiking with his girlfriend near Navajo Peak on Saturday afternoon…
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‘Rocket Men’ is a Chicago writer’s book about Apollo 8 – and a timely work about astronauts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In April, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders jumped off the pages of the spectacular new book “Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moon.” It is the work of Rob Kurson, a…
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‘The Great Believers’ review: Rebecca Makkai’s AIDS novel is uneven but moving
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the storytelling of AIDS, New York and San Francisco have always dwarfed Chicago. Nevertheless, about 12,000 people have died of the disease in that city since the epidemic began in the early 1980s. Chicago has its own history of grief, upheaval, anger, activism and…
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Dogs steal mail carrier’s lunch, then their apology note goes viral
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For decades, students across the country have offered up the classic excuse, “Dog ate my homework.” But now, a letter carrier in Smithfield, Virginia is saying, “Dogs ate my lunch.” And the story that unfolded has amused thousands of people on social media. In June,…
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Judge weighs in on struggle surrounding Marvel’s Stan Lee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LOS ANGELES — The private struggle over the care and legacy of Marvel mastermind Stan Lee played out in public Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom as attorneys working with his daughter shoved aside a previous lawyer and reasserted that they represent the 95-year-old Lee.…
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Croatia ends Russia’s run, advances to World Cup semifinals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SOCHI, Russia — Croatia ended Russia’s surprising World Cup run with a 4-3 penalty shootout victory in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Ivan Rakitic scored the deciding penalty after a 2-2 draw. The overachieving hosts, the lowest ranked nation in the tournament, were trying to make…
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida seeks to hire 61 foreign workers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club has applied for permission to hire 61 foreign workers to serve as waiters and cooks during the winter social season in Palm Beach, Fla., according to data posted this week by the Labor Department. The latest data was posted late Thursday…
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Patagonia is giving its workers Election Day off — and says you should, too
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The outdoor retailer Patagonia will close up shop this Election Day, and it’s urging other companies to do the same. Four years ago, voter participation hit its lowest since World War II, with only 36 percent of the voting-age population making it to the polls.…
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Gun-violence protesters shut down part of Chicago freeway
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CHICAGO — Thousands of anti-violence protesters marched along a Chicago interstate on Saturday, shutting down traffic in an effort to draw attention to the gun violence that’s claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods and pressure public officials to do more…