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Christies announces highlights included in the Classic Week auctions A rare contemporary broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence: the Goodspeed-Sang-Streeter copy. Continental Congress, 1776. © Christies Images Ltd 2021. $700,000-900,000 NEW YORK, NY .-Christie’s announces that Classic Week, a marquee series of seven live and online auctions that feature pieces from antiquity to the 20th century. Sales will be held from 8-23 April and include Old Master paintings and sculpture, E...

Airbnb says it will be blocking and cancelling all reservations in the Washington, D.

From Operators of hotels in Washington are facing calls to close their doors around the inauguration for health and safety reasons. Angela N./Flickr toggle caption Angela N./Flickr Activists and labor representatives are ratcheting up pressure on D.C.-area hotel operators to shut their doors around Inauguration Day, warning of potential health and safety risks posed by right-wing extremists who may travel to the city to protest — or disrupt — the ...

| Washington-area hospitality union Unite Here Local 25 and several local activist groups are putting pressure on D.C. hotels to temporarily close ahead of Inauguration Day next week, warning of "an imminent threat to the safety" of the city.  In a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday, John Boardman, executive secretary-treasurer of Local 25, called for all metro area D.C. hotels, except for those hosting members of the National Guard and other security personnel, to close immediately. "Last ...

It will also decline ads referencing impeachment, the inauguration, or protests at the US Capitol.  "We regularly pause ads over unpredictable, sensitive events when ads can be used to exploit the event or amplify misleading information," Google said. The company sent a letter to advertisers explaining the hiatus on political ads, saying there would be no exemptions for news or merchandise. The suspension will apply across its sites, including video-sharing platform YouTube and Google Ads netw...

Uber announced that it will send users up-to-date information about unrest at state capitols ahead of Inauguration Day and “will not hesitate” to ban users who violate its policies on “violent behavior and illegal activity.”

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Airbnb said it also was investigating whether people named as participants in the Capitol attack by law enforcement had used their services. — AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Airbnb and Google on Jan 13 unveiled steps aimed at heading off attacks on US democracy as inauguration day neared for President-elect Joe Biden. The leading home-sharing platform put out word it is banning bookings in Washington around the time of Biden’s Jan 20 inauguration after local authorities asked people to stay away follow...

NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb said Wednesday it will be blocking and canceling all...

(1) EVADING DUTIES. Richard Garriott’s announcement that he secretly hid some of James Doohan’s ashes on the ISS inspired Steven H Silver’s post “A Brief History of Space Smuggling” for Amazing Stories. …The first mission to orbit the moon was the Apollo 8 mission on December 24 and 25, 1968. Knowing that the crew would be in orbit around the Moon on Christmas, NASA wanted to make sure that they had an appropriate Christmas dinner and provided dehydrated versions of the appropriat...