The vacant Senate seat of the late John McCain has exposed the rift between his followers and the party’s Trumpian base. A naval aviator who endured torture in Vietnam, Mr. McCain rose to the heights of power in Washington until cancer felled him. Mr. Simon started out writing for television and later wrote for the movies, but his plays were his biggest successes, among them “The Odd Couple” and “Barefoot in the Park.” Neil Simon was one of Broadway’s most successful and bankable writers, writing such hit plays as “Barefoot in the Park” and “The Odd Couple.” Though he remains the greatest American comic playwright, Mr. Simon was standing over a fault line in the culture that eventually pulled him down. The Defense Department, believing that A.I. research should be a national priority, has called on the White House to “inspire a whole of country effort.” Just before the shots were heard on the live stream, a red laser dot appeared on the chest of one of the players. The police urged residents to stay “many blocks away” from the scene. Today’s Republican Party is the biggest threat to the country that McCain served and loved. He offered an alternative. We were a political odd couple who became close friends fighting for campaign finance reform. Trump has created a series of odd bedfellows. He could be frustratingly inconsistent, but he also bucked orthodoxy time and again. The celebrated filmmaker Errol Morris has a new documentary — and candid remarks — about Donald Trump’s dyspeptic strategist. Minimal government doesn’t remove power from our lives A.E. Hotchner, who grew up to be pals with Ernest Hemingway and Paul Newman, just published a mystery about a boy, a long-ago summer and a jewelry heist. So far this year, 39 people have died in residential fires, a city official said. In 2017, such fires killed 27 people. Two-week domestic ticket sales for the romantic comedy now total about $76.8 million. Among new releases, Melissa McCarthy’s “Happytime Murders” bombed. Prisoners are protesting a growing number of deaths in custody and demanding an end to forced or underpaid and unpaid labor. A botched ambush seems a throwback to days when organized crime had power in the Bronx. Smugglers are making millions of dollars by extorting migrants after sneaking them into the United States and shuttling them from house to house. Job Corps has had more than two million graduates since it was started in 1965, and it boasts its share of inspiring success stories, but study after study has questioned its effectiveness. A controversial exhibition was shut down after protests by religious groups, inciting a national argument about art. After a record-setting fund-raising drive, the show reopened to large crowds. Offshore reactors could be cheaper, safer and more flexible, proponents say, making them a useful weapon against climate change. Critics are incredulous. Britain’s tortured withdrawal from the European Union is a common theme at the Edinburgh Fringe. Many comedians are trying to go beyond mockery. The German Lost Art Foundation tries to return art looted during World War II, but a family is challenging its ruling about works by Egon Schiele. The rivalry between Martina Navratilova, an aggressive serve-and-volleyer, and the baseliner Chris Evert gave many people a cheering interest. More Recent Articles |
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