Prince Harry Bringing Meghan Markle to…

It’s official! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be making a splash at Pippa Middleton’s wedding as a couple, but there’s some fine print to the big date night we need to share. Prince Harry, 32, can’t wait to show off his romance with girlfriend Meghan Markle, 35, on May 20 when his sister-in-law’s sister, Pippa Middleton, 33, and James Matthews, 41, marry, reports Us Weekly. However, due to some technicalities, Meghan will only be able to attend part of Pippa’s big day. Don’t worry, HollywoodLifers — we’ll explain! The catch is that Pippa’s wedding ceremony invite only allows guests to bring spouses, fiances and family members. Since Meghan and Prince Harry are not engaged (ahem, yet) she doesn’t get…
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Bloomberg details new iPhone 8 design,…

Apple is widely expected to launch three new iPhones this year, including a top-of-the-line iPhone 8 model expected to introduce various new features., according to what most iPhone rumors claim. A new report from a well-known source of Apple-related leaks brings more details about this year’s iPhone 8 and iPhone 7s series. According to Bloomberg, Apple is indeed working on three iPhones, including a flagship handset that will have an OLED display taking up the entire front side of the handset. Apple will also launch two iPhone 7s models that will represent slight revisions of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. They will have the same 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch screens as their predecessors. All three 2017 iPhones will be…
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Hotel industry details plans to fight…

The hotel industry is ramping up its Washington profile as it looks to counter the online home-sharing service, Airbnb.The industry’s political action committee, HotelPAC, spent money in 225 congressional races during the 2016 election, a record for the group.During the election cycle, they raised $1.5 million and gave out $1.3 million to congressional candidates, breaking their own fundraising and spending records.In the minutes of a January American Hotel and Lodging Association board meeting obtained by The Hill, HotelPAC and its parent organization, the American Hotel Lodging Organization, said the money boosted candidates who back the industry and would force Airbnb to “play by the same rules.”“Disbursements have been made in a strategic, bi-partisan, bi-cameral fashion to support members of Congress…
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Authorities decline to release details about…

Authorities said on Sunday that they would not release any additional information about Angelo Colon-Ortiz, who has been charged in connection with the Princeton murder of jogger Vanessa Marcotte, prior to his arraignment Tuesday.The 31-year-old Worcester man’s arrest Friday night made national headlines after more than 1,300 tips from the public and eight months of fear among townspeople. Advertisement Marcotte, a 27-year-old Google employee who lived in New York City, was visiting family in the rural Central Massachusetts town when she was killed on Aug. 7. When she didn’t return after an afternoon run, her family called police. Authorities discovered her battered and burned body in the woods off a two-lane road, a half-mile from her mother’s home.Steven Therrien, Marcotte’s…
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Will NY free college offer catch…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Will New York’s first-in-the-nation free tuition program for middle-class college students spread to other states? That’s the hope of proponents such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, who made debt-free college a key talking point in their Democratic presidential campaigns. And that’s the prediction of its main champion, Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called the plan a “model for the nation.” But even as higher education experts applaud the concept of free tuition, they question finer points of New York’s plan and whether it’s a model that should be replicated elsewhere. Do you qualify for New York’s new free tuition program? New York’s plan would cover in-state public college tuition for full-time students whose families earn…
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Will free college offer catch fire?…

Will New York’s first-in-the-nation free tuition program for middle-class college students spread to other states? That’s the hope of proponents such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, who made debt-free college a key talking point in their Democratic presidential campaigns. And that’s the prediction of its main champion, Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called the plan a “model for the nation.” But even as higher education experts applaud the concept of free tuition, they question finer points of New York’s plan and whether it’s a model that should be replicated elsewhere. New York’s plan would cover in-state public college tuition for full-time students whose families earn $125,000 or less, a benefit that could extend to 32,000 students a…
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New Disney Star Wars land details…

New renderings and details about the Star Wars-themed lands coming to both Walt Disney World and Disneyland were revealed at a panel discussion at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando.The creative minds from both Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm came together on stage at the Orange County Convention Center for the panel titled, “Star Wars and Disney Parks: A Galaxy in the Making.” Included on the panel were Disney executives Scott Trowbridge, Wendy Anderson, Asa Kalama and Chris Beatty as well as Lucasfilm creative executive Pablo Hidalgo and film designer Doug Chiang who has worked on four “Star Wars” films. The six creative personalities shared details about the back story of the new Star Wars land as well as some of the…
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Dave Filoni Reveals Details On How…

This past year on Star Wars Rebels, one of the most captivating facets was the return of Darth Maul, who now dropped his moniker down to just “Maul.” After attempting, and failing, to recruit Ezra to the Dark Side, Maul became infatuated with confronting Obi-Wan to finish the battle they began back in The Phantom Menace. During a panel at Star Wars Celebration, Rebels and Clone Wars director Dave Filoni explained how he brought the character back from “death” and George Lucas’ input on that process, or lack thereof. UP NEXT: How Darth Maul Connects to Star Wars: The Force Awakens As far as how the concept of bringing Maul back for Clone Wars came about, Filoni explained that idea came directly from…
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Report details decades of sexual abuse…

HARTFORD, CT — The prestigious Choate Rosemary Hall released a report that states former faculty and staff members at the school engaged in sexual misconduct with students beginning in the 1960s. The report named 12 adults who were affiliated with the school who engaged in sexual misconduct with students that consisted of intimate kissing, sexual intercourse and forced or coerced intercourse. The school said the report focuses on instances of sexual misconduct by Choate faculty and staff members that is inconsistant with the school’s policies dating back to the 1970s, which explicitly forbid “sexual relationships or deep emotional attachments” with students. The school added, “We have interpreted the term “sexual misconduct” broadly and use that term in our report to…
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Report on East Coast prep school…

New York TimesReport on East Coast prep school details decades of sexual misconductABC NewsAt least 12 former faculty members at the elite Connecticut boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall engaged in “substantiated instances of sexual misconduct” with students dating back to the 1960s, the school said in a new report. The report came as a …Choate prep school investigation uncovers decades of sexual abuseUSA TODAYElite Conn. Prep School Reveals Teachers Sexually Abused Students Since the ’60s: ReportPEOPLE.comSexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School AcknowledgesNew York TimesChoate Rosemary Hall -Choate Rosemary Hallall 40 news articles »
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