QUEENSBURY – A rare 10-carat diamond ring estimated to have a value of up to $300,000 headlines the estate state and auction of the late Josie Beckos Wood, wife of the late entrepreneur Charles R. Wood who created the Lake George theme park Storytown, U.S.A./the Great Escape. The estate sale […]
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Eldred’s Nets New Auction Record For Payzant EAST DENNIS, MASS. – Eldred’s Memorial Day Weekend auction on May 27 was memorable for many reasons, not least of which was the new world record the firm set for a work by Twentieth Century Massachusetts artist, Claude Louis Payzant. According to Joshua […]
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Duckworth backs off vow to block Biden nominees
Laura Litvan, Bloomberg Published 11:46 a.m. ET March 24, 2021 Two Democratic senators backed off a threat to vote against all of Joe Biden nominees who are White and heterosexual after they received assurances that his administration would bolster its efforts to select Asian-American or Pacific Islander candidates. Tammy Duckworth […]
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Overnight Energy: Biden administration delays Trump rollback of migratory bird protections | Democrats seek to block further Arctic drilling | Democratic senator pushes for clean electricity standard
HAPPY THURSDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. Signup for our newsletter and others HERE. BIRD […]
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Biden moves to block oil and gas leases on public land and in New Mexico that could be a big problem
This week the Biden administration put a 60-day hold on new oil and gas leases on public lands. While this is only temporary at the moment, the expectation is that this moratorium will become permanent sometime soon. This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone who has been paying attention […]
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This $160 Million Estate Is the Most Expensive Home in the U.S. to Hit the Auction Block
Photo credit: Hilton & Hyland From House Beautiful After two years on the market, the grandiose Beverly Hills property known as Villa Firenze is heading to auction — and it’s about to make history for its exorbitant price tag. This week, Concierge Auctions announced in a blog post that it […]
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Timeless Trainers Are The Coolest Kicks On The Block
While many gravitate towards a pair of chunky combat boots as soon as the skies start to turn, the trainer fanatics among us try and stick it out for the long haul. While they might not always be the most weatherproof footwear out there (you’ll know this is you have […]
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Democrats seek to block appeal of court ruling ousting Pendley, BLM land plans
A new bill from Sen. Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterHouse Republicans push VA for details on recent data breach OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Judge tosses land management plans after ousting Pendley from role | Trump says he could out-raise Biden with calls to Wall Street, oil execs | Supreme Court to review Trump […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Democrats push expansion of offshore wind, block offshore drilling with ocean energy bill | Poll: Two-thirds of voters support Biden climate plan | Biden plan lags Green New Deal in fighting emissions from homes
HAPPY TUESDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our newsletter. GOING […]
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Democrats push expansion of offshore wind, block offshore drilling with ocean energy bill
A new bill from House Democrats turns to the oceans as a way to fight climate change, proposing to expand offshore wind while barring drilling along America’s coasts. The more than 300-page legislation is broadly billed as a “blue carbon” bill–a way to harvest clean energy while protecting fisheries and […]
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Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells
While the world waits for a COVID-19 vaccine, many researchers are focused on developing effective therapeutics that can be rolled out quickly and cheaply. Monoclonal antibodies—a potentially promising laboratory-manufactured therapy modeled on antibodies extracted from the blood of recovering patients—made headlines recently when President Trump received a not-yet-approved antibody cocktail […]
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Courts temporarily block fee hike for genealogy records | Tracing Our Roots
Breathe easy, family historians, at least for a time. Judge Jeffrey S. White from the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California placed an injunction on the Department of Homeland Security’s outrageous fee hike for United States Customs and Immigration Services records. The injunction remains in effect until […]
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Governor asks court to block actions by Trump’s land boss
FILE – In this Aug. 14, 2020, file photo, William Perry Pendley, acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, speaks to the media on the Grizzly Creek Fire in Eagle, Colo. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully […]
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Rave Family Block Fest Debacle: What Went Wrong?
Click here to read the full article. From the moment it was announced, Rave Family Block Fest felt almost too good to be true: With more than 950 artists — including big names like A-Trak, Zhu, MJ, Maya Jane Coles, Khruangbin and even Paris Hilton — and 85 stages entirely […]