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Christie's 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. © Christie's 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, European Art, Antiquities, Books and Manuscripts and two single-owner auctions, The Kagan Collectio...

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 inaugural ceremony. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is also feeling the heat as activists and residents pre...

| 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 week, we watched in horror as insurrectionists terrorized the District, putting our members, as well...

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 network, the Silicon Valley company told advertisers in the letter seen by AFP. "We will carefully exa...