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  • USAssociated Press

    The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the '90s, is closing

    The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. The July 17 closure will clear the way for major renovations and construction on the 80-acre (32-hectare) property, which is to reopen in 2027 as the Hard Rock Las Vegas, featuring a hotel tower in the shape of a guitar soaring nearly 700 feet (about 210 meters) above the heart of the Strip. “We

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  • LifestyleAssociated Press

    The first Mexican taco stand to get a Michelin star is a tiny business where the heat makes the meat

    Newly minted Michelin-starred chef Arturo Rivera Martínez stood over an insanely hot grill Wednesday at the first Mexican taco stand ever to get a coveted star from the French dining guide, and did exactly the same thing he's been doing for 20 years: searing meat. At Mexico City’s Tacos El Califa de León, in the scruffy-bohemian San Rafael neighborhood, there are only four things on the menu, all tacos, and all of which came from some area around a cow’s rib, loin or fore shank.

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  • USNBC News

    Suspect wanted in Steve Buscemi NYC sucker-punch identified

    The man wanted in an alleged sucker-punch attack on actor Steve Buscemi on a Manhattan street has been identified by police as the search for the suspect continues.

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  • PoliticsThe Hill

    Manchin, GOP senators move to overturn retirement investment planning rule

    Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and a group of Republican senators are moving to overturn a retirement investment planning rule that was finalized by the Labor Department last month. The Labor Department unveiled the new rule last month that would update the definition of an investment advice fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Manchin…

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  • ScienceMiami Herald

    ‘Large’ sea creature — with ‘blade-like’ claws — discovered as new species. See it

    Scientists found the spiny animal while aboard a submersible in the South China Sea.

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  • EntertainmentThe Telegraph

    Why the world stopped laughing at ‘tone-deaf rich guy’ Jerry Seinfeld

    The developments at Duke University last weekend could almost have come from Curb Your Enthusiasm, the show that famously arose from Jerry Seinfeld’s eponymous Nineties sitcom. American universities have a habit of inviting a celebrity or leading figure in their field to deliver a commencement address to their students as they graduate, and, on paper, few are more distinguished than Seinfeld, one of comedy’s few billionaires whose achievements are unmatched within his field.

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  • USSacramento Bee

    Teacher refused to use preferred pronouns and was fired, suit says. Now district owes

    The California teacher said she could not call students by their preferred pronouns, as it went against her religious beliefs, the lawsuit says.

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