Articles

  • 1 week ago | gothamist.com | Stephanie Clary

    A Gothamist and WNYC special investigation into decades of sexual assault at the Rikers Island women’s prison was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting. The investigation found that more than 20 women said the same officer sexually assaulted them while they were held at the Rose M. Singer Center.

  • 1 month ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Stephanie Clary

    Years ago, I attended a popular Catholic women’s conference where a young participant asked one of the presenters for advice on how to pursue a career as a lawyer alongside a vocation to motherhood. She felt called to both. “Maybe some careers aren’t fit for moms,” the presenter proclaimed. The young woman’s face registered shock and defeat at this blunt, unimaginative response. It wasn’t exactly the mentoring support the event had promised for female faith leaders.

  • Dec 25, 2024 | gothamist.com | Elizabeth Shwe |Stephanie Clary

    Police say several people were injured after a taxi hit pedestrians on a sidewalk near Herald Square around 4 p.m. on Christmas day. A 9-year-old boy, a 41-year-old woman and a 49-year-old woman were sent to local hospitals and are in stable condition, police say. A 58-year-old man was driving a taxi on 6th Avenue when he drove onto the sidewalk, according to the NYPD. NBC New York and CBS News New York report that it’s unclear what led up to the incident, but no charges have been filed.

  • Nov 11, 2024 | ncronline.org | Olivia Bardo |John Grosso |Stephanie Clary

    On Nov. 9, the cast of "Saturday Night Live" tackled the task of performing their first episode following the results of the presidential election, which elected Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. In it, the cast members gave a shoutout to the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania. The highly anticipated post-election episode often sets the tone and picks up on some of the news pieces that have marked the election. And the cold open often does so with an unmatched verve.

  • Oct 9, 2024 | ncronline.org | John Grosso |Stephanie Clary

    Hurricane Helene is seen above the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Mississippi in a shot from the International Space Station Sept. 25. (Flickr/NASA Johnson) Multiple prominent conservative Catholic social media personalities have joined their voices to online conspiracy theorists who believe that the United States government controls the weather.