Joel Rose

Boston Bombings Prompt Fresh Look At Unsolved Murders

Joel Rose — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:00 +0000

An unsolved triple murder in the Boston suburbs is getting a closer look in the wake of the marathon bombings. One of the victims may have been a friend of bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. That's prompting authorities to revisit the 2011 case.

The murders took place in Waltham, Mass. On Sept. 12, 2011, police responded to a house in the leafy suburb a few miles west of Boston.

"They went to the second floor and saw a very graphic crime scene — three dead bodies in the apartment," said Gerry Leone, who was then district attorney for Middlesex County.

Cyber Criminals Drain $45 Million From ATMs Around The World

Joel Rose — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:45:00 +0000

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All right, prosecutors are calling it the biggest bank heist in New York City since the 1970s. They say a gang of cybercriminals drained $45 million from ATMs around the world.

Here's NPR's Joel Rose.

JOEL ROSE, BYLINE: United States Attorney Loretta Lynch says the eight men charged in New York were able to withdraw $2.8 million in cash in just one day, in February.

LORETTA LYNCH: This was a 21st century bank heist.

Conservative Group: Immigration Reform Would Cost $6 Trillion

Joel Rose — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:57:00 +0000

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It's not clear what the cost might be of a bipartisan Senate bill that would give legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants. But today, the conservative Heritage Foundation announced it has the answer.

Family Fights Sale Of Iconic Thomas Cole Painting

Joel Rose — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:57:00 +0000

A celebrated 19th century landscape painting by Thomas Cole is at the center of a 21st century fight: The Seward House Historic Museum in upstate New York wants to sell a painting that belonged to former Secretary of State William Seward, but on Tuesday Seward's great-great-grandson will be in court to try to block the sale.

If you saw the movie Lincoln then you saw Seward — played by David Strathairn, who bears a striking resemblance to his real-life character — doing Abraham Lincoln's dirty work.

New York Tobacco Regulations Light Up Public Health Debate

Joel Rose — Thu, 02 May 2013 07:02:00 +0000

If you're under 21, you may soon have a hard time lighting up in New York City.

FEMA-Subsidized Housing To End For Some Sandy Victims

Joel Rose — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:34:00 +0000

Six months after Hurricane Sandy, hundreds of low-income New Yorkers are facing homelessness. They've been living in subsidized hotel rooms since the storm, but that funding is about to run out. Advocates say there isn't enough public and low-income housing to accommodate them all.

Disgraced Politicians Try To Stage Their Second Acts

Joel Rose — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:06:00 +0000

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Americans love a political comeback. When it comes to sex scandals, voters seem increasingly willing to forgive, if not forget.

NYC's Fast Food Workers Strike, Demand 'Living Wages'

Joel Rose — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:27:00 +0000

Fast-food restaurants were a little bit slower Thursday in New York City. Hundreds of workers staged a one-day strike in what organizers are calling the biggest job action ever in that industry. It's a growing segment of the economy, but workers complain that fast-food jobs don't pay enough to survive in New York City.

The current minimum wage in New York is $7.25. That's what many fast-food workers in the city earn, including Joseph Barrera, who works at a KFC restaurant in Brooklyn.

Self-Taught Architect Behind Brooklyn's 'Broken Angel' Faces Eviction

Joel Rose — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:46:00 +0000

A New York landmark of sorts is in danger of being wiped off the map. The building now known as Broken Angel was an ordinary 19th-century brick structure until self-taught artist and sculptor Arthur Wood started building on top of it in the late 1970s.

Famed N.Y. Pizzeria Among Businesses Struggling To Reopen After Sandy

Joel Rose — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:52:00 +0000

It's been more than three months since Hurricane Sandy crashed ashore, and many family-owned businesses in New York and New Jersey are still struggling to get back on their feet.

One of those businesses is Totonno's in Coney Island, where generations of pizza lovers have made the pilgrimage for a slice of New York City history.

Before the storm, you could literally see that history on the walls in the yellowed newspaper clippings and framed photographs of the politicians and celebrities who've eaten there.