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Mililani brings it home with first state softball title since 2014
The Mililani softball team picked up a tale of two victories Friday.
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Insurer warns owners of ‘Saltburn effect’ from using stately homes for filming
Owners of historic buildings used in likes of Bridgerton warned of potential damage to possessions and reputationsWhen the owner of Drayton House in Northamptonshire was approached to allow his 127-room mansion to be the location of a film called Saltburn, it was “100%” the generous fee on offer that swayed his decision, he said, adding: “These houses don’t run on water.”But there were unintended consequences of Charles Stopford Sackville’s decision after the movie’s release last year. The...
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A secretary of State walks into a bar: Mixed reviews after Blinken rocks out in Kyiv
Was it guitar-hero time? Or a tone-deaf attempt at wartime solidarity? Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken garnered some mixed reviews in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday after busting out his ’80s-rock chops at a bedraggled but beloved Kyiv bar. Some Ukrainians cheered Tuesday night’s packed-house performance as a show of warmth and support at a gloomy and frightening moment in Ukraine’s war against invading Russian forces. For others, though, the top U.S. diplomat’s basement-bar gig with...