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After surviving one of the most high-profile and long-running school sex abuse scandals in history, a group of 32 men and women banded together to seek solace and justice — only to find that public outrage, a star attorney, and overwhelming evidence are no match for a legal process stacked against even the most privileged…
Photo The McDonald’s on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, between 34th and 35th Streets, is a throwback to a seedier era in New York City. Credit Hilary Swift/The New York Times Some customers pour beer into clear McCafé plastic cups and drink it right in the open. A man called Shamrock swills straight vodka from a…
You’ll no longer need to leave the city for a box of Munchkins and a cup of what some say is the best cheap coffee in the country. Dunkin’ Donuts announced today its bringing the beverage and pastry chain to the San Francisco Bay Area. Parent company Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., based in Canton, Mass.,…
Anybody who spends time in a car or bus in Manhattan knows that traffic congestion isn’t getting better and, indeed, may be getting worse. The average daytime speed of cars in Manhattan’s business districts has fallen to just under 8 miles per hour this year, from about 9.15 miles per hour in 2009. City officials…
On a visit to Greece, we talk to a guy who found an ingenious place to hoard his cash, a government-protected milk peddler, and a would-be olive oil tycoon. Music: Jahzzar’s “Fireworks” and Bad Bad Hat’s “Fight Song.” Find us:Twitter/ Facebook/ Spotify/ Tumblr. Episode 639: Where To Hide €50,000, And Other Stories From Greece :…
Inside the main dining room at Le Diplomate, on 14th Street NW. (Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post) For much of America, it was a long, slow crawl out of the Great Recession. Five years ago, auto and steel plants had shut their doors. Investments had collapsed. Foreclosures and unemployment were spiking. Yet in D.C., it…
There’s plenty of love for the homeless at City Hall — just not outside Gracie Mansion. A Post reporter who went undercover as a vagrant quickly got rousted near Mayor Bill de Blasio’s residence on Wednesday by a cop who told him there was no way Hizzoner would stand for it. “You see that big…
Media This Man Took On Fox News And Became A Hero To His City by Judd Legum Jul 15, 2015 6:35pm Scott Wiener, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, knew Fox News was lurking. “They’ve been stalking various members of the board of supervisors for the last week. They went to someone’s…
28-year-old Sandra Bland was found dead in her jail cell in Waller County, Texas on Monday, and while the police are calling it a suicide, her friends, family, and pretty much everyone else who hears about this aren’t convinced that’s what happened. Bland was arrested last Friday after being pulled over for failing to signal…
Two days after an agreement paving the way for a new support programme for Greece, the European Commission revealed plans today to help Greece maximise its use of EU funds. As mandated by the Euro Summit on 12/13 July, this will help mobilise more than €35 billion up to 2020 to support the Greek economy,…