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Megan Halicek went to Dr. Larry Nassar as a 15-year-old gymnast suffering from a fractured spine. But during what was supposed to be a routine appointment, Nassar assaulted her: “Again and again and again,” Halicek testified in court in January,…
Norovirus has popped up in Pyeongchang, South Korea, days before the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. And it could get ugly fast for one simple reason: The dreaded stomach virus is very contagious. Also known as the “winter vomiting…
As Thomas Lennon’s forty-minute Oscar-nominated documentary short “Knife Skills” begins, it’s opening night at Edwins, a new French restaurant in Cleveland. Just before showtime, a sharp-dressed proprietor in a pink necktie talks to his staff in the dining room. “This…
There are two ways to see the new production of “Julius Caesar,” directed by Nicholas Hytner, that opened at London’s Bridge Theatre last week. One is to purchase a place in the few scant rows of seating that are positioned,…
John Mahoney, the beloved actor popularly remembered for his role on “Frasier,” and who died on Monday, at the age of seventy-seven, was a performer whose raspy-voiced warmth, handsome face, easy laugh, and familiar presence created the illusion that he…
Senate Democrats are nearing a reckoning over the deal they made last month to reopen the federal government. At 12:01 am on Friday, the government will run out of funding. Last time, agitation from progressive activists convinced Democrats to shut…
