The disgraced former congressman’s credentials and career unraveled over several years. Now he has been sentenced to prison.
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Getaways to Nurture Your Artistic Side, Even if You’re Not an Artist
Yaddo may not be in the cards, but from a chateau near Paris to a California desert cabin, here are programs that foster writing, music and artistic talent and can be booked for days or weeks.
Hamptons Beekeeper Is Charged With Concealing a Genocidal Past in Rwanda
Faustin Nsabumukunzi lived quietly in New York. In his home country, prosecutors say, he helped author one of the 20th century’s bloodiest episodes.
I’ve Read ‘Strega Nona’ 100 Times. Now I Feel Sorry for Her Sidekick.
As Tomie dePaola’s classic approaches a milestone birthday, Big Anthony is long overdue for a bit of sympathy.
Patrick Adiarte, Actor Seen in Musicals and on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 82
As a young immigrant from the Philippines, he had roles on Broadway in “The King and I” and “Flower Drum Song.” He was later a familiar face on TV.
Andrea Nevins, Who Turned Offbeat Subjects Into Moving Films, Dies at 63
Her documentaries, one of which received an Oscar nomination, explored subjects like punk-rock dads and Barbie dolls.
Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75
With “Blood and Politics,” he predicted that anti-immigrant ideologies would become part of mainstream American politics, and warned about downplaying the threat.
U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Exposed Flaws in Anti-Congestion Pricing Case
The U.S. Department of Transportation chafed at the release of a confidential memo mulling its strategy and raised the possibility that the move aimed to sabotage its case.
Masahiro Shinoda, Leading Light of Japan’s New Wave Cinema, Dies at 94
His films tapped into the fantasies of disgruntled youth by embracing brazen sexuality and countercultural politics. But unlike his peers, he did not shun tradition.