Quiet sale of church-owned W.Va. mansion helped obscure disgraced bishop's lavish tastes ; Giuliani was on 2018 call with Maduro as part of shadow effort to ease him out; Acts of anti-Semitism are on the rise around the country, leaving Jewish community rattled; The people of this remote Canadian island village are taking government money to leave. One couple is staying.; We picked the 10 most influential technologies of the decade. It isn't all bad.; 2019 was the year of inequality; Ivanka Trump's family values; Bob Greenstein's life proves the Washington cynics wrong; It's colleges' job to train citizens. Higher education isn't rising to the challenge. ; Trump's pardon of Gallagher just got even more appalling; Why 2019 was a turning point in the global battle for democracy; Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis says he is receiving treatment for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer ; Gunman fatally shot 2 in Texas church before parishioners returned fire, authorities say; NFL playoffs schedule, bracket and what you need to know; Bernie Sanders staffers complained about the campaign's use of Amazon, a frequent Sanders target |
| | | | The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors. | | | | | | (Michelle Boorstein/The Post) | | Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, who an investigation found had engaged in financial abuses and sexually harassed young priests, spent $4.6 million to outfit the mansion in Wheeling. The church later sold it privately for $1.2 million. | By Aaron Davis ● Read more » | | | The conversation involving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Rudolph W. Giuliani illustrates how President Trump's lawyer used his private role to insert himself into diplomacy, alarming administration officials confused about whose interests he was representing. | By Rosalind S. Helderman,, Tom Hamburger, Anthony Faiola and Josh Dawsey ● Read more » | | | "This is a national phenomenon that we are seeing and it's frightening and it's disturbing," New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said after Sunday's stabbing in Monsey, N.Y. | By Shayna Jacobs ● Read more » | | | The government is paying households in declining, expensive-to-serve communities $190,000 to $205,000 to move — and then it cuts off services there. One couple that is staying behind is readying for a life off the grid. "There's someone who is going to be carrying the torch forward," Mike Parsons said. | By Amanda Coletta ● Read more » | | | | | | There was no iconic new product of the 2010s — no iPod or Walkman. Yet so much changed, bringing us new powers, new peril and a dash of dystopia. | Perspective ● By Geoffrey Fowler ● Read more » | | | | | The Democratic representative from Georgia vowed to fight the disease, which has a five-year survival rate of 1 percent. | By Marisa Iati ● Read more » | | | | | | A gunman opened fire in a church in White Settlement, Tex., on Sunday, killing two parishioners, according to authorities, who said they are still trying to determine a motive in the attack. | By Tony Romm ● Read more » | | | Twelve teams are vying for a chance to win Super Bowl LIV and claim the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The competition gets underway with the wild-card round next weekend. | By Adam Kilgore ● Read more » | | | The campaign continued using Amazon despite the concerns, purchasing more than $233,000 in goods — much of it in office supplies — through September, a review of campaign finance records shows. | By Sean Sullivan ● Read more » | | | | | | | | |
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