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☆ Will Smith surprises Coachella with ‘Men in Black’ performance
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Sandra Gonzalez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Will Smith dusted off his black suit and Ray Bans for a surprise performance at Coachella. Smith, who starred in three “Men in Black” movies, showed up toward the end of Balvin’s extraterrestrial-themed set, sporting the iconic look that became synonymous with the alien-fighting agents in the film. (Balvin’s performance and Smith’s cameo were shown on Coachella’s YouTube livestream.) In the “Men in Black” franchise, Smith starred as Agent J, a former NYPD detective who is recruited to serve in a secret organization that deals with all extraterrestrial matters. Smith starred alongside Tommy Lee Jones.

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☆ Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to face his toughest trial yet as Trump criminal case begins
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I’ve done a lot of cases that are considered no-win,” Bragg told CNN at the time, in December 2021. Though Bragg’s ambitions are widely considered to be less lofty than some of his predecessors, the Trump trial will likely write both his political future and legacy. Two months into office, Bragg was confronted by two senior attorneys leading the Trump investigation. When Bragg refused to authorize them to seek an indictment they abruptly and noisily resigned, putting additional pressure on the new district attorney. Trump eventually paid $2 million of his own money to a group of charities, and the foundation was dissolved.

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☆ Walton Goggins on His Best Movie & TV Roles: 'the Shield,' 'Django Unchained'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In his newest role, Goggins is a lot more than "That Guy." It's the kind of role Goggins excels at playing: a complex character who makes the audience question if they can — or should — root for him. "I didn't pick this lane; I think this lane picked me," Goggins told Business Insider when asked if he seeks out morally ambiguous roles. On showing up to LA with only $300 and almost getting fired from 'The Shield'(L-R) Walton Goggins and Robert Duvall in "The Apostle." And I love to see other people's work; I'm not threatened by that at all.

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☆ Free trade flaws fueled Trump's rise in 2016 — and the problems remain, top economist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Decades of trade deficits and a strong dollar created too many "losers" in the U.S. economy who turned to Donald Trump's protectionist policies, according to Richard Koo, chief economist at the Nomura Research Institute — and those conditions remain. Trump's "America First" economic policies led his administration to institute a slew of trade tariffs on China, Mexico, the European Union and others, including slapping 25% duties on imported steel and aluminum. These policies have drawn widespread criticism from economists, who argue that tariffs are counterproductive, as they make imported goods more expensive for the average American. "When we studied economics and free trade, in particular, we were taught...that free trade always creates both winners and losers in the same economy, but the gain that winners get is always greater than the loss of the losers, so the society as a whole always gains. So that's why the free trade is good," he noted.

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☆ Trump loses late bid to delay New York hush money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A judge on Wednesday rejected a last-ditch effort by former president Donald Trump to delay his hush money trial scheduled to begin in New York on April 15. Merchan, in shooting down that request, said Trump had "myriad opportunities" to make an argument that he was immune in the hush money case before March 7, when his attorneys first raised that claim. "Defendant's motion is DENIED as untimely," Merchan wrote in his decision issued in Manhattan Supreme Court, which is a trial-level court. Trump is charged in the case with falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election. in his ruling, Merchan wrote that Trump's lawyers "fail to explain why Defendant waited long past" a statutory deadline of 45 days before trial to make a pre-trial motion seeking a delay.

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☆ Trump posts $175 million bond in civil fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Adam Reiss | Zoë Richards | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after attending a wake for New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot and killed while making a routine traffic stop on March 25 in the Far Rockaway section of Queens, in Massapequa Park, New York, U.S., March 28, 2024. Former President Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond in the New York civil fraud case, preventing seizure of his assets while the case is on appeal. The bond comes after a state appeals court ruled last week that the former president and his co-defendants had 10 days to post the amount, which was reduced from the $464 million judgment that was originally due March 25. Before last week's ruling, Trump was liable for $454 million, most of the fraud judgment, but the amount he owed had been growing by more than $111,000 daily due to added interest.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jonathan Diller, Trump Organizations: U.S, New York City Police Department, NYPD Locations: New, Rockaway, Queens, Massapequa Park , New York, U.S, New York

☆ ‘Boardwalk Empire’ actor Michael Stuhlbarg hit with rock in Central Park, chased his alleged attacker
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Nic Anderson | Mark Morales | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Actor Michael Stuhlbarg, known for the movie “Call Me by Your Name” and TV’s “Boardwalk Empire,” was hit in the back of the neck with a rock Sunday night while in New York, according to police. “The victim chased the 27-year-old male to the front of 9 East 91st Street where uniformed officers took the 27-year-old male into custody without further incident. A law enforcement official confirmed Stuhlbarg was the victim hit with a rock to CNN on Monday. CNN has reached out to representatives for Stuhlbarg. The suspect, Xavier Israel, who was arraigned Monday, is facing an assault charge according to court records.

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☆ Opinion: Trump videos send wildly different messages
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. In a video promoting the Bible, Trump said, “Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country. … we need to bring them back.”On Good Friday, Trump posted a very different kind of video. It showed an image of President Joe Biden lying sideways and tied up in the bed of a pickup truck. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign can’t win, but it could swing the presidency to former President Donald Trump,” Begala wrote.

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☆ Trump accused of 'inciting violence' after sharing video with image depicting Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump shared an image of Joe Biden hog-tied on the tailgate of a passing pickup truck. The Republican presidential nominee was accused of inciting violence against President Joe Biden. AdvertisementRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump faced criticism Friday for posting a video on his social media that showed President Joe Biden hog-tied on the tailgate of a passing pickup truck. Trump just posted a video of a pickup truck on Truth Social that has a giant image of President Biden bound with rope and laying, apparently kidnapped. Related stories"Democrats and crazed lunatics have not only called for despicable violence against President Trump and his family, they are actually weaponizing the justice system against him."

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☆ Trump shares video with image depicting Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Megan Lebowitz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump shared a video on social media Friday that included an image of President Joe Biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck. The 20-second video, which Trump indicated was taken Thursday in Long Island, New York, shows a truck emblazoned with "Trump 2024" and a large picture depicting Biden tied up and lying on his side. When reached for comment on the image in the video, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said, "That picture was on the back of a pick up truck that was traveling down the highway." Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler slammed Trump for posting the video. Trump faces four criminal indictments for charges related to allegations of election interference, mishandling classified documents and falsifying business records related to hush money payments.

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☆ Women in New York City are getting randomly punched in the face, and no one knows why
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Several women in New York City have made TikTok videos about being randomly punched in public. AdvertisementWomen in New York City are getting randomly punched in the face, and no one knows why. The random punching attacks have unsettled women in New York CityNew York City at dusk. AdvertisementPsychological impactThe spate of random punching attacks has unsurprisingly unsettled women in New York City. AdvertisementDespite the recent influx of alarming stories, data shows that crime rates in New York City have decreased in 2024 compared to last year.

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☆ Trump posts video that shows image of Biden tied up in the back of a truck
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Kate Sullivan | Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump on Friday posted a video that featured an image of President Joe Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck. The video shows two trucks with flags and decals expressing support for Trump; the image of Biden was on the back of the second truck. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement, “That picture was on the back of a pick up truck that was traveling down the highway. Trump warned earlier this month that if he were to lose the 2024 election, it would be a “bloodbath” for the US auto industry and the country. The real threat is from the radical left, and it’s growing every day.”

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried might be eating a lot of rice, almonds, and Skittles drink mix if he wants to stay vegan in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried could be sent to a prison with limited vegan options, per The Wall Street Journal. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The disgraced crypto entrepreneur could carry out his 25-year sentence at Mendota, a medium-security prison near Fresno, California, a prison consultant hired by his lawyers said. There, he might have to opt for vegan items on the prison's commissary list such as rice, almonds, and Skittles drink mix, The Wall Street Journal reported. AdvertisementUS District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who imposed Bankman-Fried's 25-year sentence on Thursday, recommended he serve it in a low- or medium-security prison near his parents' home in San Francisco.

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☆ Biden hosts fundraiser with his two-term Democratic presidential predecessors, striving to join their ranks
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Michael Williams | Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden on Thursday will join Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the only living two-term Democratic presidents, aiming to use their star power to woo big-pocketed donors as Biden tries to join their ranks. The fundraiser is being held off-camera, though pool reporters will be able to report on the three presidents’ remarks. The Biden campaign said ahead of the fundraiser it had raised more than $25 million – making it the most successful single political fundraiser ever in terms of dollars raised. The fundraiser on Thursday is expected to be just the beginning of Obama’s involvement in Biden’s campaign. He is expected to take a larger role in Biden’s campaign – including traveling to college campuses and crucial battleground stakes – closer to November.

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☆ Manhattan condo owner sues a NY Burger King for $15 mil, accusing the franchise of allowing an 'open air drug bazaar'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThis New Yorker has multimillion dollar beef with Burger King. A Burger King spokesperson told Business Insider that they are addressing the situation. Business Insider could not immediately reach the owner of the Burger King franchise for comment. A condo owner in downtown Manhattan accuses a nearby Burger King franchise of allowing an "open air drug bazaar" in the neighborhood. That figure includes the entire building that the Burger King is located in, as well as in front and in back of the location.

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☆ Former New York cop charged with swindling investors in foreign exchange trading fund
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Peace's office said that as Rodriguez, who was arrested Wednesday, lost an increasing amount of money in trading in foreign exchange, he used money from new investors to pay prior investors their promised investment returns. Ex-cop Jason Rodriguez, 37, is accused of falsely promising investors in his fund, Technical Trading Team, that there would be guardrails to protect the trading risks for their money. That included a vow to never put a maximum of 1% of investors' funds at risk at any given time, the indictment says. A former New York City police officer was indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud after he allegedly lied to investors and lost most of the $4.8 million they put into his foreign exchange -focused investment fund, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suit says the defendants lost more than $3 million in trading forex on a leveraged basis, and "misappropriated participant funds for personal use."

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☆ An ex-cop in jail with Sam Bankman-Fried says he's eating 'disgusting-looking beans and week-old brown lettuce' because of his veganism
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewSam Bankman-Fried is maintaining his vegan diet in jail, but it's not going very well. Carmine Simpson, an ex-NYPD officer behind bars with Bankman-Fried, wrote a letter to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan where he pleaded for leniency on Bankman-Fried's behalf. Kaplan is set to sentence Bankman-Fried on March 28, months after the FTX founder was found guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in November. First photo of Sam Bankman-Fried in jail at MDC Brooklyn. Representatives for Bankman-Fried did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Manhattan DA seeks gag order on Trump in criminal hush money case, citing voluminous threats to office staff
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Trump’s comments have already resulted in hundreds of threats to the office, prosecutors said in a motion Monday. “Defendant has a long history of making public and inflammatory remarks about the participants in various judicial proceedings against him, including jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and court staff,” the Manhattan district attorney’s office wrote. They are seeking state Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan to gag Trump from making comments about potential witnesses, lawyers involved in the case other than the DA, court staff, and family members of lawyers and staff. In addition, prosecutors also asked the judge to prevent Trump from making public statements about any prospective juror in the trial. Twice that year, the district attorney’s office received letters with white powder containing messages.

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☆ Laken Riley: Vigil to be held for Augusta University student killed on UGA campus as a suspect remains in custody
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A vigil will be held Monday afternoon for Laken Hope Riley, an Augusta University nursing student who was found dead after jogging on the University of Georgia campus last week, as her suspected killer’s immigration status has drawn the scrutiny of Republican leaders. Riley, who was a UGA student until May 2023, was found dead Thursday near a lake on the university’s campus from blunt force trauma, according to UGA Police Chief Jeff Clark. Riley’s killing has left the University of Georgia to grieve two tragic deaths that occurred less than a day apart: Her body was discovered just hours after the death of a UGA student the previous night. The Monday afternoon vigil will be co-hosted by Riley’s Alpha Chi Omega sorority at UGA in remembrance of both of the dead students, the university said. Clark referred to Riley’s killing as a “crime of opportunity,” noting he believes the suspect acted alone.

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☆ Flaco, the owl that escaped from Central Park Zoo, is dead after hitting a building
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Dalia Faheid | Rob Frehse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Just over a year ago, Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl captivated the hearts of New Yorkers when he fled from a Central Park Zoo enclosure after it was vandalized. Flaco became an attraction in Central Park with birders and others regularly posting updates on X about his whereabouts and eating habits. Despite efforts from members of the Wild Bird Fund who responded quickly to Friday’s collision scene, the bird was declared dead, the WCS said. The Wild Bird Fund notified zoo staff who picked up the bird and transported him to the Bronx Zoo for a necropsy. Flaco had frequently been seen in and near Central Park and other locations across Manhattan since then, according to the society.

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☆ Sweeping AT&T outage leads customers across the US to wake up without cellphone service
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AT&T is experiencing a cell service outage in the US. Advertisement"Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning," AT&T said in a statement to BI. Reports of service issues spiked on the outage-reporting website DownDetector around 8 a.m. Frustrated AT&T customers took to social media to complain to the company — or share memes about the outage. ^NiaM — AT&T (@ATT) February 22, 2024Some government services have also been impacted by the outage.

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☆ Arizona won't extradite the accused SoHo killer to New York, blaming the DA for being soft on crime. NYC's murder rate is half of Phoenix's, Bragg's office says.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Arizona is refusing to extradite a suspect wanted in a murder case in New York City. But the murder rate in Phoenix is actually higher than in New York, according to police data. "Having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York area by the Manhattan DA there, Alvin Bragg," Mitchell said. In his response to Mitchell, Bragg's office, however, noted that the murder rate is actually higher in Phoenix than in New York. AdvertisementStill, whether Mitchell's concerns about extraditing the suspect to New York are justified, they will likely strike a chord with Bragg's critics.

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Artemi Panarin scored 10 seconds into overtime and the Rangers beat the crosstown-rival Islanders 6-5 in a Stadium Series game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. Rangers coach Peter Laviolette was behind the bench for his fifth outdoor game, tying Joel Quenneville for the most in NHL history, and got his first win in the open air. The Islanders pulled four points behind Detroit for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. After the Rangers pulled within one in the second period, Romanov pushed the Islanders’ lead back up to 5-3 at 1:53 of the third. The Rangers then had a 4-on-3 power play with just under six minutes to go, and Laviolette pulled Shesterkin for a two-man advantage.

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☆ A man who has lived in a New York City hotel rent-free for 5 years may finally have to move out
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA New Yorker successfully lived in the iconic New Yorker Hotel building for half a decade without paying a single cent in rent — but the jig is up. Police arrested Mickey Barreto last week and charged him with filing fraudulent property records after attempting to claim homeownership of the hotel, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. For the Manhattan district attorney, it was the last straw. Advertisement“As alleged, Mickey Barreto repeatedly and fraudulently claimed ownership of one of the City’s most iconic landmarks, the New Yorker Hotel,” Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney said in a statement. Business Insider reached out to Barreto through his company, Mickey Barreto Missions, but didn’t hear back before publication.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A man convicted in the notorious drug-related killing of a rookie New York City police officer at the height of the city's crack epidemic decades ago has been denied parole, a union representing NYPD officers said Sunday. Todd Scott had been serving 25 years to life for his role in the shooting death of Officer Edward Byrne in Queens. Scott was convicted of second-degree murder and has been serving his sentence at the maximum-security state prison in Shawangunk. Patrick Hendry, president of the Police Benevolent Association, said in a statement that the union was “relieved” Scott was denied parole. The union said it also will continue to oppose the release of two others convicted in the killing.

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