Big Bird might soon ask: “Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?” After a nearly decadelong run with HBO, the group that produces “Sesame Street” is seeking a new television partner to continue production and distribution of the beloved program. One of the world’s most recognizable children’s shows will launch its 55th […]
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Some five centuries ago, the artist Michelangelo spent months sourcing 100 tons of marble from the quarry of Carrara only to discover that his patron, Pope Julius II, refused to reimburse him for it. Angry, Michelangelo fled Rome without finishing the pontiff’s future tomb, causing the piqued and panicked pope to send men to drag
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TAMPA — In the month since Suzy Lopez secured a full four-year term as Hillsborough County’s state attorney, at least two high-level prosecutors in her office have announced their departures, including one of her chief assistants. At the same time, turnover in the special victims unit, which handles some of the office’s most egregious and
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MELBOURNE, Australia — MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Seven foreign tourists who were hospitalized in Fiji after drinking cocktails at a resort bar were not poisoned by alcohol or illicit drugs, officials said Wednesday following a toxicology report. The cause of the tourists’ illness over the weekend remains under investigation, Fiji’s Tourism Minister Viliame R. Gavoka
BOCA CHICA, Texas – To Gilberto Salinas, the gleaming glass-and-steel building with the “SPACEX” sign emblazoned across its top stretching along State Highway 4 represents a portal into the future – a doorway to deep-space exploration just a few miles from his home. Just down the road, workers mill in and out of the launch
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Ruben Amorim has refused to close the door on Marcus Rashford at Manchester United, despite the forward hinting he was ready for a fresh start away from Old Trafford. On Monday, Rashford told journalist Henry Winter that he is “ready for a new challenge” amid rumours of the club’s INEOS ownership harbouring plans to cash
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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death Wednesday, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, the
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) — High in the mountains of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, the town of Majdal Shams is home to members of one of the Middle East’s most insular religious minorities: the Druze. With its roots in 10th century Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam, the roughly 1 million-strong minority is spread
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Elon Musk said Starlink satellite internet is inactive in India, his first comments since authorities seized two of the company’s devices in recent weeks, one in an armed conflict zone and another in a drug smuggling bust. Starlink is seeking approval in India to provide satellite broadband services and the Musk-owned
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing said late on Tuesday it has resumed production of all airplane programs that had been halted by a machinists’ strike in the Pacific Northwest. The planemaker confirmed last week it restarted production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner in early December – about a month after the end of
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