Jeffrey Wright excels in the grey zones. His face holds apprehension and contemplation like a mountain holds fog. In director Cord Jefferson's American Fiction, he’s in the kind of grey zone that’s pickled many a writer: He’s respected but not loved, published but not read. A novelist insistent on writing against the primary colors and dull messaging of the film’s version of corporate New York publishing, Wright’s Monk Ellison swings from grief at his upper-class family’s unraveling to delighted...
The Irish are headed back to the final four for the first time since winning it all in 1994.
Rising commodity prices and strong seasonal conditions have helped to push rural confidence back into positive territory for the first time in almost two years. The latest quarterly Rabobank survey of 1000 producers found farmers are optimistic for the first time since June 2022. “Most farmers emerged relatively unscathed from what they anticipated to be […]
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The New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team caught an amazingly rare glimpse of a gray whale swimming approximately 30 miles south of Nantucket last week Gray whale spotted in the Atlantic for first time in 200 years Gray whale spotted in the Atlantic for first time in 200 years originally appeared on Simplemost.com
Target, a barometer of the American consumer, said its sales last year fell for the first time since 2016. Now it’s predicting a sluggish 2024 as shoppers are weighed down by higher prices. Target said Tuesday that its sales at stores open for at least one year declined 3.7% last year. Target projects sales to grow by up to 2% this year. The company’s business has slowed since shoppers stocked up at its stores and online during the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Since its surge,...
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The mother of three has attended the parade regularly since 2012, despite skipping the festivities in 2016.