Raffles London at the OWO: Worlds Greatest Places 2024
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
July 25, 2024 7:06 AM EDT
In a city well familiar with five-star hotels, the new Raffles London at The OWO layers on a new level of luxury. The palatial 120-room property was meticulously refurbished—over eight years and to the tune of $1.76 billion—from an Edwardian-era government office that housed the likes of Winston Churchill and Lord Richard Burdon Haldane; visitors can even stay in the oak-paneled cupola suites where the iconic statesmen strategized during World War II.
[Read More]Ramadan, Day 3: Understanding Difficult Quranic Passages
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
June 30, 2014 10:47 AM EDT
The holy month of Ramadan is a time of deep reflection for Muslims worldwide. Over the 30 days of Ramadan, Imam Sohaib Sultan of Princeton University will offer contemplative pieces on contemporary issues drawing from the wisdoms of the Qur’an – the sacred scripture that Muslims revere as the words of God and God’s final revelation to humanity. The Qur’an is at the heart of Muslim faith, ethics, and civilization.
[Read More]Texas Flood Photos: Witness the Aftermath
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
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Thailand Mulls Ending Ban on Afternoon Booze Sales
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin may end a 52-year-old ban on afternoon alcohol sales after appeals from the tourism industry, which is struggling with rising costs and weak consumer spending.
“PM Srettha is pleased to consider proposals from restaurant operators to change laws that ban sales of alcoholic beverages from 2 p.m.-5 p.m.,” according to a statement on the Royal Thai Government website.
Such a move would provide relief to many thirsty tourists in Thailand, which is sweltering in temperatures of almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and help bars, hotels and eateries.
[Read More]The 2023 Iowa State Fair in Photos
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
August 14, 2023 12:41 PM EDT
A host of presidential candidates visited the Iowa State Fair over the weekend to flip pork chops, view a life-size cow sculpted out of butter, and mingle with voters ahead of the state's first-in-the-nation nominating caucuses in January.
Both of the leading Republican presidential candidates—former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis—made a campaign stop to the fairgrounds on Saturday along with former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.
[Read More]The Fight Over Compelling Nonprofits to Disclose Donors
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
Sixty-six years ago, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson that compelling private organizations to disclose the identities of their members and donors violates those members' First Amendment freedoms of speech and assembly. The court’s decision constrained Alabama’s efforts to facilitate the intimidation (or worse) of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) supporters and to oust the organization from the state.
Today, this 1958 ruling remains highly relevant as Congress and state legislators across the country debate campaign finance reforms that include compelled disclosure of donors.
[Read More]The Lucky Gambler: Sir James Goldsmith Is a Billionaire Buccaneer
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
Luck, be a lady tonight. When Jimmy Goldsmith’s first son was about to be born, in 1959, he insisted on getting a private room at the best clinic in Paris, even though he didn’t have any money to pay for it. Then he went to the Travellers Club on the Champs Elysees and found a rich man whom he could entice into a game of backgammon. “He finally got me out of the clinic,” says Ginette Goldsmith, whom Goldsmith married four years later, “with his winnings from that game of backgammon.
[Read More]The Sharon Tate Murder Scene: Why the Crime Was So Shocking
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
The actress Sharon Tate first made news as the star of movies like The Fearless Vampire Killers, which TIME mocked as “blood on the soapsuds” fare. But her name went down in history—and she became both the subject of a Mad Menconspiracy theory and a major character, played by Margot Robbie, in the Quentin Tarantino movie Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood—for a different reason: as the victim of one of the grisliest murders imaginable.
[Read More]Time Magazine Masthead February 16, 1987
Posted on August 27, 2024
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[Read More]Tony Stewart Hits and Kills Driver in Sprint Car Race
Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Updated 2:40 p.m.
NASCAR star Tony Stewart struck and killed 20-year-old race car driver Kevin Ward Jr. during a sprint car race Saturday night.
Stewart spun Ward out during the Canandaigua Motorsports Park sprint car race in upstate New York on Saturday and Ward angrily got out of his car and stepped into the track. Stewart’s vehicle struck Ward and sent him sliding down the cement, witnesses to the race told USA Today.
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