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Here Are the Senate Panel’s Most Suspicious Revelations About the Trump Tower Meeting

An infamous gaggle of Russian lawyers, music producers and Trump family members re-entered the news cycle on Wednesday after the Senate Judiciary Committee released over 2,500 pages of interview ...
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Envelopes With Suspicious White Powder Sent to Obama and UK House of Parliament

Police are investigating the origins of an envelope containing suspicious white powder sent to former President Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C. office. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police ...
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Robert Wagner Named Person of Interest in 1981 Drowning Death of Natalie Wood

American actor Robert Wagner with his former wife American actress Natalie Wood on April 23, 1972. Chris Wood/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Natalie Wood’s accidental drowning death in 1981 ...
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‘The Americans’ Recap 5×05: Suspicious Minds

“I’d like to lay a little bet / That you don’t even know the meaning of regret / And if I’m even just a tiny bit correct / I doubt that you would ever think to pay your debt / I’m suspicious / ...
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After Clinton’s Suspicious California Win, Watchdog Seeks to Unrig Primaries

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. “You have precincts where maybe there were 30 to 40 nonpartisan voters and zero using a crossover ballot, and one right next to that precinct might ...
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See Something, Say Something—Only if You’re a Racist

A member of former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s entourage stands at Union Station following her launch of the ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign and to announce a new national ...
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Afternoon Bulletin: $300 Million to Move Teen Inmates, Suspicious Fire and More

The city will spend $300 million moving teen inmates out of Rikers, a suspicious fire guts Queens apartment building and more. The entrance to Rikers Island. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday ...
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On the Market: Airbnb’s Suspicious Listings Purge; a Starbucks Every Six Blocks

One of the lenders for the Bauhaus Group’s Sutton Place supertower is taking steps to foreclose on the project, Crain’s reports. Gamma Real Estate, which is controlled by Richard Kalikow and loaned ...
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The Roosevelts: An Even More Intimate History

On November 16, 1928, New York’s Governor-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote to his campaign manager, Democratic State Assembly Leader Maurice Bloch, from Warm Springs: “Dear Maurice, Please let me ...
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Morning Links: Suspicious Fire Edition

Because of financial trouble, the private studio/museum of Harry Jackson may be forced to close, sending its holdings of his work into the market. [NPR] ...
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Christie’s, Philips Withdraw ‘Suspicious’ Works From Latin American Sales

Within a week of one another, Christie’s and Phillips pulled works from their Latin American sales after doubts were cast Untitled (1957), a painting attributed to Ivan Serpa that was one of 10 works ...
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LaGuardia Central Terminal Evacuated Following Reports of Suspicious Package

The Central Terminal at LaGuardia Airport was evacuated this morning after reports of a suspicious package, according to law enforcement officials. The evacuation was revealed to be a false alarm, and ...