Word: townes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Rick Steves, perhaps America's most accomplished European tourist, was looking for a cheap but charming steak place in the ancient Tuscan town of Montepulciano last month. Following a local lead, he ducked into an osteria he'd never noticed before: a vaulted medieval cellar jammed with locals sitting at a common table. A man worked an open fire at the back of the room. He carved chops from a huge side of beef lying on a gurney, presented them in butcher paper to each customer for inspection and then fired them one by one, seven minutes on each side...
...Mexico The Drug War Hits Town Hall Authorities are targeting corrupt officials plaguing Mexico's bloody struggle against drug gangs. In a string of raids on May 26, security forces arrested 10 mayors, a judge and 16 others believed to have ties to narcos. The sweeps took place in the western state of Michoacán, home to La Familia, a fast-growing cartel. More than 7,000 people have died in Mexico's drug war since...
...places where we were locked out, I'm going to have the key.' JAMES A. YOUNG, the first black man to be elected mayor of Philadelphia, Miss., a town made infamous by the 1964 murders of three civil rights activists by the Ku Klux Klan...
...dissident terrorist group the Real IRA liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing, which killed 29 people and unborn twins, and awarded more than $2.6 million in damages to the families of those who died in the attack. But as well as bringing relief to the small market town of Omagh in Northern Ireland, Justice Declan Morgan's judgment could pave the way for victims' families around the world to pursue terrorists in civil court cases...
...judge at Hoey's trial strongly criticized the police's handling of forensic evidence, and a subsequent report by Northern Ireland's police ombudsman claimed that the police had failed to act on intelligence reports regarding a possible bomb attack in the town. Even Sir Hugh Orde, chief constable of the police service of Northern Ireland, admitted after Hoey's acquittal that it was "highly unlikely" that anyone would be successfully prosecuted for the Omagh bombing. Prior to that, Colm Murphy - one of the five accused in the families' civil case - was sentenced to 14 years in jail...