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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Friar's Club faces allegations of financial misconduct and sexual harassment

    New York’s Friar’s Club includes star-studded members like George Clooney and Harvey Weinstein. The club’s interior looks like it belongs in the Ivy League, with vaulted ceilings and gothic chandeliers. But the club is also at the center of a financial scandal and sexual harassment allegations.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 14, 2017 • 1 min read

    New York’s Friar’s Club includes star-studded members like George Clooney and Harvey Weinstein. The club’s interior looks like it belongs in the Ivy League, with vaulted ceilings and gothic chandeliers. But the club is also at the center of a financial scandal and sexual harassment allegations.

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    States allowed to strip federal funds from abortion clinics
    1. 0:00With newly signed law, family planning clinics could lose federal funds
    2. 12:20Traveling along the most endangered river in America
    3. 27:58How is the "Fast and Furious" franchise holding up?
    4. 41:59Friar's Club faces allegations of financial misconduct and sexual harassmentYou’re reading this
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