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Review: Strong Performances Anchor ‘The Tribes of Palos Verdes’

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By TEO BUGBEE from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2j4jgg7

Review: In ‘The Other Side of Hope,’ an Old-Fashioned Humanist Fable

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By A.O. SCOTT from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW8MG

Review: ‘The New Radical’ Asks, Is It O.K. to Build Your Own Gun?

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By KEN JAWOROWSKI from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zBNbSZ

Review: ‘Shadowman’ Traces the Rise and Fall of an ’80s Artist

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By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW7bA

Review: ‘Rosa Chumbe’ Offers Little Hope for Redemption

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By MONICA CASTILLO from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zBNdu5

Review: ‘The Dancer,’ a Glum Biopic for a Dynamic Innovator

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By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2ByjTWQ

Review: In ‘Sins of the Flesh,’ One Prison Replaces Another

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By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zQh0Ui

Review: In ‘Loveless,’ a Broken Family and a Lost Nation

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By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2BoU2j9

Review: In ‘Love Beats Rhymes,’ a Hip-Hop Artist Transformed by Poetry

By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW4wq

Review: ‘Big Time,’ a Portrait of an Architect as Superstar

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By ANDY WEBSTER from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW1Rg

Review: In ‘32 Pills,’ a Filmmaker Investigates Her Sister’s Death

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By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAVZZE

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Matt Lauer issues statement after firing over sexual misconduct allegations 11/30/17 7:07 AM

New Zealand Examines Matt Lauer’s Ranch Purchase After His Firing

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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ArCrdO

U.N. tribunal seeks answers after stunned by courtroom suicide

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A U.N. tribunal that was stunned by the courtroom suicide of a Bosnian Croat war criminal said on Thursday it was working with Dutch investigators to piece together how he smuggled a fatal dose of poison into the high-security building. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2zAEqZF

Can the Singapore Model Save Zimbabwe?

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By STEVE H. HANKE from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2zQdd9w

NATO mulls 'offensive defense' with cyber warfare rules

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TARTU, Estonia (Reuters) - A group of NATO allies are considering a more muscular response to state-sponsored computer hackers that could involve using cyber attacks to bring down enemy networks, officials said. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AqHXgx

Boat crash widow has £30,000 prosthetic legs stolen

Victoria Milligan, 45, lost her left leg in a speedboat crash that killed her husband and daughter. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2ipcAwa

For some Russian oligarchs, sanctions risk makes Putin awkward to know

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The threat of new U.S. sanctions has spread anxiety among Russia's wealthiest people that their association with President Vladimir Putin could land them on a U.S. government blacklist, members of the business elite say. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AoSusO

Russia already preparing military withdrawal from Syria: agencies

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday Moscow was already preparing to withdraw its military contingent from Syria, Russian news agencies reported. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2iqt6f9

Republican Tax Overhaul Heads to the Senate Floor for Debate

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By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2j1NSyQ

Listen to ‘The Daily’: Trump, Taxes and Twitter

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By MICHAEL BARBARO from NYT Podcasts http://ift.tt/2nglspf

Net migration falls by more than 100,000 after Brexit vote

Net migration was down by nearly a third to 230,000 in the year since the referendum, figures show. from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2j3gBU6

The 10 Best Books of 2017

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books http://ift.tt/2j2tz4i

Ban on Teflon Chemical Tied to Fewer Low-Weight Babies

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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR from NYT Well http://ift.tt/2Ai0Z8z

The #MeToo Moment

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By JESSICA BENNETT from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2ngZwKW

The Case for Removing Extremist Videos From the Internet

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By MARK WALLACE and FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2zAPCpc

New York Today: Holiday Cheer, Without the Crowds

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By JONATHAN WOLFE from NYT N.Y. / Region http://ift.tt/2ngLHvY

France finds traces of radioactive cesium in Russian mushrooms: ASN

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PARIS (Reuters) - France has found traces of radioactive cesium on mushrooms imported from Russia, the head of French nuclear regulator ASN said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2j37FOw

Online gambling spend nears £5bn

The Gambling Commission expects online bets to account for half of all spending "in the near future". from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2i2QuLS

At least 800 civilians killed by coalition strikes in Iraq, Syria: report

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 800 civilians have been killed in strikes in Iraq and Syria by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State since the campaign began in 2014, according to a report released by the coalition on Thursday. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2As6emN

Russian PM says U.S.-Russia ties at low ebb but Trump 'friendly'

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that U.S.-Russia ties were the worst he could recall, but that U.S. President Donald Trump struck him as a friendly person keen to establish positive working contacts with Russia. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2i1Yugn

Pope arrives in Bangladesh in shadow of Rohingya crisis

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DHAKA (Reuters) - Pope Francis landed in Bangladesh on Thursday after a diplomatically sensitive trip to mainly Buddhist Myanmar, where he made no direct reference to the plight of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh in their hundreds of thousands. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2ApSHMk