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For 21 years, Vladimir Putin has reigned supreme over Russian politics. A skillful manipulator of public opinion, he wields the blunt force of repression against opponents at home and the sharp power of cyber-operations and espionage campaigns against enemies abroad. Increasingly, Western analysts and officials portray him as all-powerful, a ruthless former KGB man who imposes his will on Russia from behind dark sunglasses. This narrative, which the Kremlin goes out of its way to reinforce, is ...

A year after recreational pot sales kicked off in Illinois, legalization has been a boon for the few multimillion-dollar companies granted permission to grow and sell weed and a windfall for local and state governments strapped for cash. But it’s also been a jackpot for a host of former cannabis regulators who are now cashing in on Illinois’ “green rush.” On top of that, two sponsors of the law that legalized recreational cannabis are also benefiting from the pot industry — albeit th...

INDIANAPOLIS — For the past four decades, I’ve covered the Indiana General Assembly as a reporter and monitored it as a columnist and publisher. What occurred on the House floor

INDIANAPOLIS — For the past four decades, Ive covered the Indiana General Assembly as a reporter and monitored it as a columnist and publisher. What occurred on the House floor

For the past four decades, I’ve covered the Indiana General Assembly as a reporter and monitored it as a columnist and publisher. What occurred on the House floor and out in the Statehouse hallways last week has been described as a “racial” clash. And I will tell you upfront that while there has been racial tension throughout Indiana’s two centuries of statehood, this is the first time in my memory that it bubbled up so publicly at the Statehouse. It appears to have begun du...

For the past four decades, Ive covered the Indiana General Assembly as a reporter and monitored it as a columnist and publisher. What occurred on the House flo

DARLINGTONS Wembley hopes are over. They were favourites to win today’s FA Trophy quarter-final with Hornchurch, but were second best and lost 2-1 at Blackwell Meadows. Playing the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, Quakers simply never got going and now their season is over. With the National League North campaign null and void, Darlington had only the Trophy to play for and they hoped to celebrate their 2011 Trophy win by returning to Wembley, but those hopes have been dashe...

Racial strife in Indiana goes back centuries before President Trump and his "dog whistle" politicking.

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If only you could get yourself a Drooko, umbrella of choice for Royalty and the stars… Master of publicity Joseph Wright, manufacturer and proprietor of the Glasgow Umbrella Manufactory, was ahead of his time when it came to marketing. “I think he would have used social media very well, had it been around in his day,” agrees Rebecca Quinton, curator of Glasgow Museums’ European costume and textile collection. “He seemed to be very good at sending umbrellas to the rich and famo...