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Local government crews in Washington began on Monday morning to remove the Black Lives Matter mural that was painted near the White House nearly five years ago. The mural, spelling “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in bright yellow letters, covered two blocks of 16th Street NW. It was painted in June 2020, turning the pavement into a…
When Jason Kilburn searched for his toddler daughter’s birth certificate, he was shocked to find that because of an error, she was legally named “Unakite Thirteen Hotel.” To make matters worse, she had no social security number. What stemmed from a mix of unfortunate circumstances and bureaucratic confusion has for Mr. Kilburn turned into a…
The Associated Press sued top White House officials on Friday, accusing them of violating the First and Fifth Amendments by denying A.P. reporters access to press events in retaliation for references to the Gulf of Mexico in its articles. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It named…
Barry Sternlicht made a fortune building Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which birthed successful brands like W Hotels, into a giant of the travel industry. Now he wants to do it all again — under the Starwood name. Mr. Sternlicht is resurrecting the Starwood Hotels brand starting in February, nine years after the previous company was…
Mexico’s president rejected several of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s assertions about her country and even joked that the United States should be called “Mexican America” after Mr. Trump said the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the Gulf of America. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico used her Wednesday morning news conference to show a world…
