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President Trump said the U.S. would remove its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and said a deal will be signed on Friday.
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Straight No Chaser is not your typical acapella group that comes to mind. No blazers, khakis, ties, and singing traditional college songs on campuses. They are quite the opposite!Straight No Chaser is an all-male acapella group consisting of nine members that started on a college campus in the mid-90s, but grew to new heights becoming a phenomenon in the acapella world. They have grown a massive fanbase over the years and accumulated a long list of accomplishments. They have 2 RIAA Gold Certified albums, over 1.5 million concert tickets sold worldwide, over 1 billion streams on Pandora, and over 2 million albums sold worldwide.Straight No Chaser will kick off it’s ‘Straight No Chaser Beach Bash Tour’ tomorrow on June 16th. They will be at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday June 20th at 8:00 pm.
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The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) warns the state's power grid is at an inflection point as energy reserves have dropped roughly 80%.
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Archivists at Brooklyn College are collecting memories from Haitian New Yorkers, as they look ahead to the island nation’s first World Cup since 1974. -
Perhaps no player sends a clearer message to New York kids that making it to the NBA is achievable. -
To secure the Democratic line in the New York 21st Congressional District race on the November ballot, Blake Gendebien needs to defeat Lake Placid businessman Stuart Amoriell in the June 23 primary.
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Adam Castillo, founder of AGS Myanmar, was detained Thursday at Yangon International Airport. The U.S. State Department is aware of a reported detention but hasn't commented further.
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It's becoming common for campaigns to seek out viral moments and the support of internet stars to reach new voters. But the strategy, albeit flashy, has yielded mixed results in key races this year. -
Summer is the perfect time to go back to great books that whizzed by in spring, including The Family Man, by James Lasdun, The Hill, by Harriet Clark and A Beautiful Loan, by Mary Costello -
Now that the FIFA World Cup is underway in Mexico, Canada and the U.S., the drama has shifted to the fields, where there have been several surprising results heading into the first full week.
