Tabloid Hired Gun Tells of Shady Hunt for Meghan Markle Scoops
Date: 18 March 2021
By Sarah Lyall and Mark Landler
Sarah Lyall
The private investigator says the British tabloid The Sun paid him $2,055 in 2016 for private information about the couple, their family and friends that had been taken from a restricted database.
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Stopping the Presses. For a While.
Date: 18 March 2021
By Will Dudding
Will Dudding
Three notable occasions when The New York Times didn’t print.
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Nischelle Turner Becomes First Black Woman to Host ‘Entertainment Tonight’
Date: 18 March 2021
By Sarah Bahr
Sarah Bahr
The broadcast veteran will join Kevin Frazier to co-host the long-running entertainment and celebrity news show, CBS announced.
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Police Investigate Sexual Assault Allegation Against Armie Hammer
Date: 19 March 2021
By Michael Levenson and Azi Paybarah
Michael Levenson
The Los Angeles Police Department disclosed the investigation after a woman said at a news conference that Mr. Hammer had sexually assaulted her in 2017.
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France Announces Monthlong Regional Lockdowns
Date: 18 March 2021
By Reuters
Prime Minister Jean Castex of France said on Thursday that several regions, including the Paris area, would again impose strict measures to contain the coronavirus.
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‘Serial Stowaway’ Is Arrested at O’Hare (Again), 2 Days After TV Confessional
Date: 19 March 2021
By Marie Fazio
Marie Fazio
Marilyn Hartman, a 69-year-old woman notorious for sneaking aboard flights, was arrested on Tuesday in Chicago. Her lawyer suggested that she was set off by a recent TV news report about her.
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E.U. Drug Regulator Says AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Safe
Date: 18 March 2021
By The Associated Press
On Thursday, the European Medicines Agency announced that they had found the AstraZeneca vaccine to be “safe and effective,” noting that rare cases of bleeding had occurred but that the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks.
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U.S. and Chinese Diplomats Meet Amid Tense Relations
Date: 19 March 2021
By The Associated Press
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met face-to-face for the first time with Chinese diplomats on Thursday in an effort to improve the countries’ troubled relationship.
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Vigils Held for Atlanta Spa Shooting Victims
Date: 18 March 2021
By Reuters and The Associated Press
People gathered Wednesday night to remember the victims of the spa killings in Georgia. In New York, a vigil in Jackson Heights, Queens, drew 200 people.
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House Passes the Dream Act
Date: 19 March 2021
By The Associated Press
The House voted 228 to 197 on Thursday to provide permanent legal status for at least two million undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers, who were brought to the United States as children.
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