Tag: years
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Six delectable food and drink pop-ups at this year’s Milan design week
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As Milan design week continues, we’ve selected six pop-up spaces where you can grab a bite to eat while admiring the latest design launches in the Italian capital. Included in the roundup are restaurant spaces temporarily overhauled by design brands, a cosy dining room set in a Milanese palace and a hot dog pop-up by…
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Bedrock Tops Out Detroit’s Tallest Tower in 50 Years
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Hudson’s Site rises 681 feet in downtown Detroit. Image courtesy of Bedrock Bedrock has topped out The Tower of the Hudson’s Site mixed-use development in Detroit. Rising 681 feet, or 48 stories as reported by D Business, The Tower is the tallest construction in the metro over the past 50 years and will be the…
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Striking Roman paintings uncovered in Pompeii after nearly 2,000 years
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Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a series of striking paintings showing Helen of Troy and other Greek heroes has been uncovered in the ruined Roman town of Pompeii. Discovered inside what archaeologists described as a “spectacular dining room” with unusual black walls, the remarkably well-preserved frescoes were inspired by the Trojan War, as…
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I’ve dated a man for four years and never met any of his friends or family
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DEAR ABBY: I met a man online and have been dating him off and on for the past four years. His parents have been living with him since the pandemic, and I have yet to be invited to his home or to meet them. He is from Bolivia and says his parents want him to…
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ABBA fans mark 50 years since ‘Waterloo’ took the world by storm
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LONDON — It’s 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with “Waterloo.” A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song, which opens: “My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way.” The song…
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The four Disney executives who could succeed Bob Iger as CEO in two years
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger has prevailed in the company’s shareholder fight against billionaire dissident Nelson Peltz. But the celebrated executive’s most challenging task still looms: selecting someone to fill his big shoes. The 73-year-old chief is set to retire in 2026 — assuming he steps down as planned. For decades, succession planning…
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Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years kills at least 9
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When the shaking started, Lima said she and her husband ran for the nearest doorway. “Even there in a doorway on the second floor, we could barely keep our balance, you know, holding both sides of the doorway,” she said. “And all around us things were falling off the walls and off shelves, smashing and…
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After welcoming guests for 67 years, the Tropicana Las Vegas casino’s final day has arrived
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LAS VEGAS — In the 1971 film “Diamonds are Forever,” James Bond stays in a swanky suite at the Tropicana Las Vegas. “I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable,” Agent 007 says. It was the Tropicana’s heyday. The lavish casino was a frequent haunt of the legendary Rat Pack, while its past under…
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Connecticut Becomes One of the Last States to Allow Early Voting After Years of Debate
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STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — For the first time, Connecticut has allowed people to cast ballots early, in person, ahead of an election, years after almost every other state in the country offered voters that option. Saturday marks the final day of early voting before Tuesday’s presidential primary and turnout so far has been light. After…
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Building a new Key Bridge could take years and cost at least $400 million, experts say
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere from 18 months to several years, experts say, while the cost could be at least $400 million — or more than twice that. It all depends on factors that are still mostly unknown. They range from the design of the new bridge…
