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Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of having sexually assaulted her in high school, says she wants the FBI to independently investigate her claim before she testifies in front of the Senate. Kavanaugh denies Ford’s allegations.…
This Saturday, at the Betty Cunningham Gallery, on Rivington Street, there will be a rare showing of Rima Yamazaki’s film “Rackstraw Downes: A Painter.” If it sounds like a documentary about Rackstraw Downes, it isn’t, although it is composed entirely…
Christine Blasey Ford requested anonymity when she first wrote a letter to her congressional representative Anna Eshoo, and, later, to Senator Dianne Feinstein, of California, describing an incident at a party when she was in high school. In the letter,…
Maya Rudolph can, with just a look, convey the sudden onset of total despair. In perhaps her most famous scene, in the movie “Bridesmaids,” her character, beset by food poisoning, defecates in the middle of the street while wearing a…
President Donald Trump, who has publicly discussed an interest in overhauling libel laws and derided the press as the “enemy of the people,” has taken a sudden interest in freedom of speech on Twitter and other social media. In a…
The photos suggest they’re a nuisance. The surveys indicate that they’re beloved. Dockless electric scooters made waves when companies released them to city sidewalks, often without permission. Unfortunately for pedestrians, that meant the loss of valuable real estate. This is…
