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This was followed by a second letter in 2023, from a different Florida law firm, again requesting a financial settlement.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Trump’s attorneys filed a cease-and-desist letter to the filmmakers and threatened to sue over future marketing or distribution of the movie.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Friday announcement came as locals increasingly made the case for supporting the city’s art scene in good times, as in bad, and was followed by an open letter from the Gallery Association Los Angeles (GALA) calling for solidarity in the art world, reports Harrison Jacobs for ARTnews.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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This is an open letter to Columbia University Interim President Katrina Armstrong.—
Victor Edwards,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2025
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One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
3 Apr. 2024
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Yet the novel evolved incrementally from public to private, epistle to narrative as the scope of the vision enlarged.—
David L. Ulin,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2024
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Among the benefits promised in both the social media posts and investor memorandums seen by Variety were set visits, private screenings and exclusive merchandise.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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Catch up quick: Metro Council approved a memorandum of understanding between the city and TPAC last year.—
Nate Rau,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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In mid-November, as part of a flurry of lightly menacing missives to various entities, Carr sent a letter to Meta, Apple, Google, and Microsoft attacking the companies’ fact-checking programs.—
Adi Robertson,
The Verge,
7 Jan. 2025
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President-elect Trump's bombastic policy threats, Mar-a-Lago missives and mere presence have become a driving force in markets and capitals around the world, six weeks before Trump's inauguration.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
4 Dec. 2024
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Garvey and his shipping company were now being investigated by the FBI under the presiding eye of J. Edgar Hoover, which would lead to his conviction of mail fraud and a sentence of five years in prison.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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Turow took a job at the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago and plunged into high-profile trial work, successfully prosecuting a Cook County judge charged with mail fraud and extortion, among other cases.—
Sarah Lyall,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The town name is spelled out in postcard letters that depict images of this eclectic enclave and its rich history.—
Francine Kiefer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Jan. 2025
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The latter case refers to Kyle MacLachlan’s Blue Velvet character Jeffrey Beaumont, who uncovers a deranged criminal conspiracy lurking in the shadows of his picture postcard hometown.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement World & Nation South Korea’s Yoon defends his martial law decree in first public appearance since arrest Jan. 21, 2025 Yoon and Kim have said that their dispatch of troops and police forces was designed to maintain order.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Firefighter rigs will light up and candles will be lit to remember firefighters and those in emergency medical services and dispatches services who took their own lives – and for the families who suffered the tragic loss.—
Josh Peter,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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