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☆ Meet a Federal Air Marshal. She May Have Been Sitting Next to You on a Flight.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Christine Chung | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Little is released to the public about how, why and where federal air marshals operate. But air marshals are working undercover, with concealed guns and the power to make arrests. In recent decades, the responsibilities of air marshals have expanded to include securing the country’s entire transportation system. I learned more about the profession in a conversation with Esther Fausett, 43, an assistant supervisory air marshal in charge. What drew you to becoming a federal air marshal?

Persons: napping, Esther Fausett Organizations: Federal Air Marshal Service, Indy, United Nations General Assembly, Washington , D.C Locations: United States, U.S, Mexico, Washington ,

☆ Sha’Carri Richardson, chasing an Olympic legacy, has already made one back home
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Marcus Thompson Ii | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

On this same track, at this same school, in this same heat, Sha’Carri Richardson put in the same work. “And it’s Sha’Carri Richardson. Students practice at Carter High’s John E. Kincaide Stadium in Dallas, Texas, where Sha’Carri Richardson once plied her trade. They all know the name Sha’Carri Richardson. It’s community.”GO DEEPER Sha'Carri Richardson, with emphatic win at trials, closing in on Olympic glory(Top illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; photo: Hannah Peters / Getty Images)

Persons: DALLAS —, David W, Willis Carrier, Kennedy Jackson, Miles, she’s, “ I’m, ”, Marcus Stokes, she’ll, “, they’re, Sha’Carri Richardson, Robert DeHorney, …, Richardson, Michael Johnson, Oak, ” Johnson, ” Sha’Carri Richardson, She’ll, Patrick Smith, Johnson, bloomer, Roy Martin, Roosevelt, Marlon Cannon, Derrick Cunningham, Cannon, Cunningham, Henry Neal, Dallas, Vance Johnson, Aliyah Johnson, —, they’ve, ” Richardson, Bowerman, Carter High’s John E, Aric Becker, Leon Hayes, Carter, Marion Jones, DeHorney, Cliff, Betty Harp, You’ve, ” Michael Johnson, Indya, ” DeHorney, “ She’s, Nasya Williams, Royaltee Brown, Christine Mallard, Kennedy, It’s Sha’Carri Richardson, Christian Petersen, She’s, ” Krystan, Bright, couldn’t, Blaze, ” Bright, Sha'Carri Richardson, Dan Goldfarb, Hannah Peters Organizations: David, Carter High School, Cedar, Hillcrest High School, Dallas, Texas, Hayward Field, U.S, Skyline High, Baylor, NCAA, Greenville High, Atlanta Games, Texas Relays, University of Texas, Indiana University, UT, LSU, Kincaide, Getty, Dallas Independent Schools, Leon Hayes Relay, Richardson, TCU, USC Locations: Jolly, Texas, loitered, Los Angeles, Paris, Dallas, North Dallas, North Texas, Eugene ,, Oak Cliff, South Oak, Carter, Cuban, Dallas , Texas, Memphis, overcomers, Cedar Hill, Sha'Carri

☆ She Danced Naked at Woodstock. She Dated Serpico. At 93, She’s Not Done.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( David Waldstein | Sarah Blesener | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Betty Gordon is perhaps the world’s most unlikely first-time children’s book author. For decades she lived at the center of a bohemian New York that has long ago faded into mythology. A glamorous and witty feminist — friends describe her as a modern-day Mae West crossed with Dorothy Parker — Betty mingled with artists, writers and entertainers. She even had a romance with one of the most famous undercover cops of all time. It may seem an odd way to start a writing career, but Betty had her reasons.

Persons: Betty Gordon, Mae West, Dorothy Parker, Betty, Phoebe, ”, “ Locations: New York

☆ Prosecutors say neo-Nazi ‘murder cult’ leader plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NYC
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old man from the Republic of Georgia, was indicted on four charges, including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence, according to a statement from the US Department of Justice. In November 2023, Chkhikvishvili began planning a “mass casualty event” for New York City on New Year’s Eve, prosecutors said. “The scheme involved an individual dressing up as Santa Claus and handing out candy laced with poison to racial minorities and children at Jewish schools in Brooklyn,” the Department of Justice statement said. He “drafted step-by-step instructions to carry out the scheme” and shared with the undercover officer “detailed manuals on creating and mixing lethal poisons and gases,” the statement said. “For example, and among other things, the handbook encourages its readers to commit school shootings and to use children to perpetrate suicide bombings and other mass killings targeting racial minorities,” the Justice Department statement said.

Persons: Santa Claus, Michail, Chkhikvishvili, Butcher, ‘, ’, Matthew G, Olsen, Breon, Robert R, Wells, Eve, “, Prosecutors, ” Chkhikvishvili Organizations: Nazi, US Department of Justice, Justice Department’s National Security Division, Eastern, of, FBI’s National Security Branch, New York, Jewish, Department of Locations: Europe, New York City, Republic of Georgia, Nazi, of New York, New, Brooklyn, United States

American intelligence agencies uncovered a Russian plot to kill the chief executive of a German weapons manufacturer, according to multiple Western officials, as Moscow steps up a campaign to undermine support for Ukraine’s war effort. The United States warned Germany about the plot, and German officials increased protection for Armin Papperger, who leads Rheinmetall, which makes artillery shells and tanks that Ukraine has used in its war against Russia. The assassination plot is a significant escalation, officials said, representing a more concerted covert effort to deter Western companies from producing supplies for Ukraine. A senior Western intelligence official said that the threats were flagged this past spring. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the Russian operation.

Persons: Armin Papperger, Papperger Organizations: United, Rheinmetall, Russia, NATO Locations: Moscow, United States, Germany, Ukraine, Western

☆ Kevin Bacon on His Best Movie Roles: 'Animal House,' 'Footloose,' 'X-Men'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

On signing photos of his dead characters and spending his 'Animal House' paycheck in a weekBacon got bloody in "MaXXXine." What was worse for you, filming the arrow to the throat, or the paddling scene in "Animal House"? Universal PicturesIs it true that you spent your "Animal House" paycheck in a week? I was back waiting tables probably a month after I got back from doing "Animal House," and then I went back to acting school for a little bit. So I continued to wait tables and started looking for an agent because I didn't have an agent when I did "Animal House."

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☆ This $21.7 million ranch for sale in Montana once served as a hideout for a Soviet pilot who defected in a MiG-25. Take a look.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Vietor family even unknowingly housed Viktor Belenko, a former Soviet Union fighter pilot. He spent a couple years in Washington, DC, and eventually ended up at Rocking Chair Ranch, though with an undercover identity assigned by the CIA, Mansion Global reported. The CIA agent who escorted him from Japan to the US knew the Vietor family. Hall and HallVietor told Mansion Global Belenko was put to work on the ranch and first lived in a guest bedroom of the main house. Vietor told Mansion Global Belenko left the ranch in 1983 but that he stayed in touch with their family.

Persons: —, Viktor Belenko, Belenko, Willy Vietor, Victor, Viktor Schmidt, Hall Vietor, Vietor, Hall Belenko Organizations: Service, Soviet Union, Business, Soviet, West, Soviet Union's Air Defense Forces, New York Times, Soviet Union . Buildings, CIA, Mansion, Missoula ., Hall, US, Global, Times Locations: Montana, Philipsburg , Montana, Soviet, Hokkaido, Japan, United States, Soviet Union, Russia, Washington ,, Missoula, East Coast, Illinois, Rock

☆ Racist and Homophobic Comments Unsettle U.K. Election Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a speech that he was proud to be Britain’s first prime minister of Asian heritage, but “even prouder that it’s just not a big deal.”On Friday, Mr. Sunak said he was “hurt” and “angry” after a man campaigning on behalf of Reform U.K., an anti-immigration party, was recorded on video using a racist slur to describe him. The same man also called for migrants to be used as target practice. The comments appeared in an exposé by Channel 4 News, in which an undercover investigator secretly filmed Reform campaigners in Clacton, a seaside area north east of London. The party’s leader, the veteran political disrupter Nigel Farage, hopes to win his first parliamentary seat there. The investigation, broadcast on Thursday night, raised uncomfortable questions about Reform, which has shaken up the country’s general election campaign ever since Mr. Farage reversed an earlier decision not to stand for Parliament.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak, ”, Nigel Farage, Farage Organizations: U.K, Channel Locations: Clacton, London

☆ US announces major bust as efforts to crack down on Chinese money launderers working with drug cartels ratchet up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

A US-based lawyer who has represented accused Chinese money launderers said the tempo of law enforcement operations against the alleged launderers has increased in recent weeks as federal agents close in on “bigger fish” among Chinese money launderers in the US. None of the federal law enforcement agencies involved in tracking Chinese money launderers agreed to be interviewed on the record. Grassley and Whitehouse have each introduced legislation they say is key to closing loopholes in US law that are actively exploited by the cartels’ money launderers. Elaborate networksRecent court documents illuminate how far-flung and elaborate US-based networks of alleged Chinese money launderers are. Mirror TransactionsExperts say the Chinese money launderers have mastered the art of so-called mirror transactions, which involve a series of deposits at multiple bank accounts to conceal the drug money.

Persons: ”, Anne Milgram, surveil, “, Don Im, Biden, HSI, Ricardo Mayoral, William Kimbell, ” Kimbell, launderers, —, Sen, Sheldon Whitehouse, ” Whitehouse, Treasury Department —, Whitehouse, Christopher Wray, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Republican Sen, Charles Grassley, Enhua Fang, Li Pei Tan, Tan, Joe Habachy, Matthew Rothbeind, Fang, Chaojie Chen, Chen, Greg Hunter, ” David Luckey, JPMorgan Chase Organizations: CNN, Drug, Administration, Sinaloa Cartel, US Court, Central, Central District of, DEA, IRS, “, Centers for Disease Control, Federal, Homeland Security, Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury’s, Network, Homeland Security Investigations, DHS, Financial Crimes, Rhode Island Democrat, intel, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Senate, ” CNN, White, Office of National Drug Control, Service, Biden, Republican, Grassley, Rand Corporation, of, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Organization Locations: California, Mexican, China, Mexico, Los Angeles, Sinaloa, Central District, Central District of California, Colombia, America, Oregon, Virginia, South Carolina, Washington, DC, North, Central America, —, Iowa, North Carolina, Belize, Chinese, Georgia, Chicago, Tulsa, East Coast, Detroit , Chicago, Ohio, Western, of North Carolina, Wells Fargo

☆ Indian national extradited to U.S. to stand trial in alleged plot to kill Sikh activist in New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Jonathan Dienst | Tom Winter | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An Indian national accused of helping plot to kill a U.S. citizen in New York City has been extradited to the U.S. to stand trial. A U.S. District Court spokesman said Nikhil Gupta is scheduled to appear Monday in the lower Manhattan courthouse on federal murder-for-hire charges. That critic has been identified as Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, whom Indian officials have labeled a terrorist, according to The Associated Press. Pannun — believed to be the target of the alleged plot — advocates for an independent Punjab region for India's Sikh population, officials said. In November, Justice Department officials announced charges against Gupta after he was arrested in June in the Czech Republic.

Persons: Nikhil Gupta, Gupta, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Pannun —, Hardeep Singh, DEA spokespeople Organizations: Department, Associated Press, Justice Department, Prosecutors, Drug, Administration, DEA, FBI, British Columbia, Investigators, U.S Locations: Indian, U.S, New York City, Manhattan, Punjab, Czech Republic, New York, Canada, British

☆ Washington Post CEO Will Lewis faced with new allegations of phone hacking
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Citing a former co-worker of Lewis’, a private investigator and its own investigation of newspaper archives, the New York Times said Lewis used phone and company records that were “fraudulently obtained” through hacking and paying sources for information. A spokesperson for the Washington Post told CNN Lewis declined to comment. The Washington Post did not respond to CNN with regard to these allegations. “It’s as bad as I’ve ever seen it, truly,” one staffer said earlier this month, noting that the Washington Post has hit “rough patches” before but that the stormy atmosphere hanging over the outlet is unprecedented. In an opinion piece for the Guardian on Wednesday, Sullivan wrote that firing Lewis and finding a new CEO is “the cleanest, best move” Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos could make.

Persons: Will Lewis, Lewis ’, Lewis, “, Margaret Sullivan, Craig Newmark, Sally Buzbee, CNN Lewis, Rupert Murdoch’s, Prince Harry, Guy Ritchie, Hugh Grant, Buzbee, ”, “ It’s, Sullivan, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, — Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York Times, Times, Craig Newmark Center for Journalism, Columbia University’s School of Journalism, CNN, of Professional Journalists, Washington Post, Washington, Murdoch’s News Corporation, NPR, The Washington Post, Guardian, ” Washington Post Locations: New York, Washington, London

☆ Opinion | How John Roberts Lost His Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Linda Greenhouse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A self-described documentary filmmaker, trolling a gala dinner for a gotcha moment by engaging Supreme Court justices in conversation and surreptitiously recording their words, arguably scored with Justice Samuel Alito when he told her he shared their stated goal of returning “our country to a place of godliness.”But with Chief Justice John Roberts, the undercover provocateur, Lauren Windsor, struck out. In response to her question about whether the court had an obligation to guide the country “toward a more moral path,” the chief justice shot back: “Would you want me to be in charge of putting the nation on a more moral path? That’s not for lawyers.” He went on: “And it’s not our job to do that. It’s our job to decide the cases as best we can.”Good for Chief Justice Roberts. Still, his admirable response to what he surely assumed was a private query invites a further thought.

Persons: Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Lauren Windsor, That’s, ”, Justice Roberts, It’s, “, Dobbs, Alito Organizations: Gallup Locations: godliness

☆ Why OpenAI is getting harder to trust
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

OpenAI appointed former NSA Director Paul Nakasone to its board of directors. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It just appointed a former NSA director to its board. In its latest eyebrow-raising move, the company said Friday it had appointed former NSA Director Paul Nakasone to its board of directors.

Persons: OpenAI, Paul Nakasone, — Organizations: NSA, Service, Business

☆ Opinion: The complicated ethics of the secret Alito recording
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Opinion David Zurawik | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —As a journalist and professor who teaches media ethics, I have long been against the kind of undercover secret recording activist Lauren Windsor made of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts. Join us on Twitter and FacebookWhat Windsor discovered does not tell me as much as ProPublica and The New York Times have about the secrecy and shocking lack of ethics in the Supreme Court. But she did make me think Alito is even farther to the religious right than I thought. But while the approach was similar, Maryland has a law against secret recordings; two-person consent is required. But she broke no law in taking us behind closed doors and a little further into the mind of Alito.

Persons: David Zurawik, Lauren Windsor, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, David Zurawik Mich Rouse, Alito, “, ” Alito, Windsor, James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles, ”, ethicist, Donald Trump Organizations: Goucher College, Baltimore Sun, CNN, Supreme, Project Veritas, ACORN, Journalists, Capitol, New York Times, Windsor, Catholic, The New York Times, Twitter, Facebook, Veritas Locations: Windsor, there’s, Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, DC

☆ The Alitos and Roberts discuss politically sensitive topics in secret recordings by liberal activist
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A left-wing activist on Monday released secret recordings of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts, discussing a range of politically sensitive topics. Video Ad Feedback Filmmaker reveals why she secretly recorded Supreme Court Justice Alito and his wife 03:12 - Source: CNNAlito did not respond to questions from CNN about his comments or those of his wife, Martha-Ann. “So they’ll go to hell,” Martha-Ann Alito says in the recording. You come after me, I’m going to give it back to you,” Martha-Ann Alito said. But there will be a way – they will know.”James Duff, the executive director of the Supreme Court Historical Society, slammed the recordings in a statement on Monday.

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☆ The secret recordings of Alito and Roberts will likely backfire
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewEarly Monday, Rolling Stone reported that a documentary filmmaker posing as a Catholic conservative created secret audio recordings of conversations with Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito at an exclusive charity gala. Advertisement"One side or the other is going to win," Alito told Windsor at the event, according to both outlets. Windsor told The Times that making the secret recordings was the only way she believed she could get answers to her questions. "I mean, whether or not Justice Alito thinks that the country's political or tribal divisions are likely to be solved anytime soon doesn't tell us very much." Representatives for the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ 'Hit Man' was meant to be set in Houston, but switched to New Orleans because of tax incentives
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Director Richard Linklater told Texas Monthly that "Hit Man" was originally set in Houston. According to a consultant for the film, the location was moved to New Orleans for a tax incentive. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe setting of "Hit Man" was changed from Houston to New Orleans because of tax incentives, according to a report by Texas Monthly. "Hit Man," Netflix's latest comedy, is based on a 2001 article by Texas Monthly writer Skip Hollandsworth about Gary Johnson, an undercover hitman who operated in Houston.

Persons: Richard Linklater, —, Skip Hollandsworth, Gary Johnson, Houston . Johnson Organizations: Texas, Service, Texas Monthly, Business Locations: Houston, New Orleans, Texas, Houston .

☆ OpenAI seems to be hiring undercover security guards at its office and it's creeping out local business owners
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewOpenAI's office in San Francisco is crawling with undercover security guards who don't take kindly to questions, locals say. Photographers for The San Francisco Standard, an online local news outlet, said they recently noticed what looked like undercover security guards standing outside the company's office. OpenAI first moved into its 59,000-square-foot office in San Francisco's Mission District in July 2023. Iain Langlands, a cashier at a pet store just one block from the office, told the Standard that the "vibe" surrounding the OpenAI office is "secretive." California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services — which issues security guard licenses — did not immediately return Business a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Candace Combs, Combs, OpenAI, Iain Langlands, James Organizations: Service, The San Francisco, Business, San Francisco's Mission, Health Ceramics, California's, of Security, Services Locations: San Francisco, San Francisco's

☆ Vigilante Hong Kong cabbies went undercover to ensnare illegal Uber drivers. It backfired
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

They are vigilante taxi drivers taking direct action, having become increasingly frustrated about Hong Kong authorities’ failure to regulate the ride-hailing platform. Noemi Cassanelli/CNNA Uber app is seen on a mobile phone in Hong Kong, China, on May 24, 2024. Patrick Tam, secretary general of the Hong Kong Taxi & Public Light Bus Association, acknowledged the complaints against some unruly taxi drivers, and said he supported the police going after them. “We just want fair treatment.”So far, Hong Kong police have said they had not arrested any Uber drivers ensnared in the amateur sting operations. And CUHK’s Chan said that, after years of ambiguity, Hong Kong is already playing catch-up.

Persons: Ka Chun, “, Uber, Noemi Cassanelli, CNN Uber, ”, Oliver Chan, Hong, John Lee, Lau, tim, ” Jason Chan, Mo, “ Uber, Patrick Tam, CNN Estyn Chung, CUHK’s Chan Organizations: CNN, Hong, Chinese University of Hong, Taxi, Pictures, hackney, CNN Taxis, HK, Hong Kong Taxi, Light Bus Association, Uber Taxi, Uber Locations: Hong Kong, China, Central, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Jordan, Singapore

☆ Opinion: ‘Hit Man’ does what ‘Double Indemnity’ couldn’t
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Hit Man” suggests that when backing away from misogyny, men, too, have more options, more happiness and more love. “Double Indemnity” turned the trope into an indelible archetype for the morally ambiguous world of film noir. Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Tom Powers are pictured in Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity." The patriarchal world of “Double Indemnity” is as bleakly loveless for men as it is for women. “Hit Man,” and other contemporary noir films, in contrast, are trying to imagine a way out of the “Double Indemnity” double bind.

Persons: Noah Berlatsky, CNN —, ” Phyllis Dietrichson, Barbara Stanwyck, Billy Wilder’s, Wilder, Stanwyck, Phyllis, Noah Berlatsky Noah Berlatsky, Richard Linklater’s “, ”, Women’s, Circe, Walter, Fred MacMurray, Tom Powers, Billy Wilder's, Everett, Walter staggers, Keyes, Edward G, Robinson, “, fatales, John McNaughton’s, there’s, —, Justine Triet’s “, William Oldroyd’s “ Eileen, femme, Eileen, Sandra Hüller, Sandra, Justine Triet's, Maddy Masters, Adria Arjona, she’s, She’s, Maddy, Gary Johnson, Glen Powell, moonlighting, Ron, Gary, Maddy isn’t, Gary doesn’t, Linklater, bleakly loveless Organizations: CNN, Everett, Gary Locations: Chicago, today’s Hollywood

☆ Netflix's Hit Man has a dark but satisfying ending. Here's how it compares to Gary Johnson's real-life story.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNetflix's "Hit Man" is based on the true story of former fake hitman Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) — but the ending is different from reality. Adria Arjona as Madison and Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in "Hit Man." Last year, Netflix bought "Hit Man" for $20 million to stream on their platform. In 'Hit Man,' Gary and Madison get away with killing two people and raise a family togetherAdria Arjona and Glen Powell in "Hit Man." The real Gary Johnson didn't murder anyone or marry MadisonAustin Amelio, Sanjay Rao, and Retta as New Orleans detectives Jasper, Phil, and Claudette in "Hit Man."

Persons: —, Gary Johnson, Glen Powell, Gary, Austin Amelio, Adria Arjona, Brian Roedel, Skip Hollandsworth, Richard Linklater, Powell, Linklater, Madison, Ron, empathizes, Jasper, Gary suffocates, Madison Austin Amelio, Sanjay Rao, Phil, Claudette, Johnson, Hollandsworth, Rick Kern, Netflix Powell, floodgate, It's Organizations: Service, New Orleans Police Department, Business, Madison, Netflix, Texas Monthly, Monthly, AGC, Gary, Texas, Getty, UPI Locations: New Orleans, Jasper, Madison, Gary

☆ The women behind the glitz and glamour of New York’s fabled department stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Cat Woods | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Before the nationwide influx of suburban malls and the convenience of online shopping, there was a golden age of American department stores. Satow’s evocation of this historic age is timely, with the death knell for many US department stores well and truly ringing in our ears. Sally Moss“When department stores originally opened, (they represented) one of the rare opportunities for women to congregate together in public,” Satow told CNN. Her motivation was to make department stores enticing — and accessible — for women of all means.) Read: “The Dallergut Dream Department Store” (2024)A bestseller in Korea, the debut novel (and first of a two-book series) from author Miye Lee weaves a fantastical narrative around, as its title suggests, a department store selling consumers’ perfect dreams.

Persons: strategized, Hortense Odlum, Bonwit Teller, Dorothy Shaver, Taylor, Geraldine Stutz, Henri Bendel, Julie Satow’s, Odlum, Shaver, Stutz, Sally Moss “, ” Satow, “ Dorothy Shaver, …, ’, ” Doubleday, —, Elizabeth Arden, Helena Rubinstein, “ Hortense Odlum, Jill Krementz “, “, ”, Madeleine St, Goode, Kim Cattrall, Jonathan, Andrew McCarthy, Estelle Getty’s, Claire Timkin, Hollywood Montrose, Miye Lee, Miss Jones ”, John P, Merrick, Charles Coburn, Mary Jones, Jean Arthur, Helena Rubinstein ”, Lindy Woodhead, mindedly Organizations: CNN, puma, Harrods, Rive, TIME, Fashion Group, Fashion, Fashion Industry Hall of Fame, New, & $ Locations: America, Bonwit, Europe, London, Le Bon, Paris, New York, TikTok, Sydney, Australia, Korea

☆ The Ukraine war is a huge opportunity for US intel to recruit Russian spies
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Analysis Josh Campbell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Editor’s Note: The CNN Original Series “Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game” examines the tenuous global geopolitics during the Cold War through the lens of two notorious double agents: Oleg Gordievsky and Aldrich Ames. CNN —Russia’s brutal ongoing invasion of Ukraine has provided US intelligence services with a rare opening to recruit Kremlin insiders furious with the handling of the war. “Disaffection creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us,” said CIA Director Bill Burns last year during a speech in the United Kingdom. Russian Foreign Ministry building is seen behind a billboard showing Z, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, on October 13, 2022. As the documentary underscores, the espionage lessons of the Cold War could very well determine future global stability.

Persons: Oleg Gordievsky, Aldrich Ames, CNN —, ”, Bill Burns, “, David McCloskey, Alexander Nemenov, James Schlesinger, Douglas London, Edgar Hoover, Stefani Reynolds, Jim Sciutto, Tim Naftali, –, Sarah Moon, Alex Marquardt, Donie O’Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, CIA, Russian Foreign Ministry, Getty, FBI, BBC, Edgar Hoover FBI Locations: Ukraine, United Kingdom, Moscow, AFP, Virginia, Russia’s, Washington, Washington ,, Soviet Union, Europe

☆ Robert Pickton: Canadian serial killer dies aged 74 after prison assault
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton - who was convicted of killing six women and confessed to killing dozens more - died after being attacked earlier this month by another inmate, prison authorities said. Pickton is one of the most notorious serial killers in Canadian history, bringing his victims to his pig farm and feeding their remains to his animals. Pickton had been operating a pig farm in the nearby city of Port Coquitlam, where police found the remains of 33 women. However, Pickton confessed to murdering 49 women when talking to an undercover police officer in a jail cell. The case became the largest serial killer investigation in Canada’s history and Pickton’s pig farm became the largest crime scene in Canadian history, with investigators taking 200,000 DNA samples.

Persons: Robert Pickton, Pickton, Pickton’s, “, Cynthia Cardinal, Georgina Papin, Michele Pineault, Stephanie Lane, ” Organizations: CNN, Cartier, Correctional Service Canada, CSC, Canadian, Globe Locations: Canadian, Canada’s Quebec, Downtown Eastside, British Colombia, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

☆ Russian media cited fake rumors of a Mossad agent named 'Eli Copter' being involved in the helicopter crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAn online joke about Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi being killed in a helicopter crash by a Mossad agent named "Eli Copter" has fooled several media outlets — including Russian state TV host Vladimir Solovyov. Raisi, 63, died on Sunday in a helicopter crash alongside several senior officials in northwest Iran, with state media saying the vehicle struck a mountainside. An Israeli official said Tel Aviv was not involved in the crash, which Solovyov challenged. AF - The IDF Mourns The Loss Of Their Undercover Agent, Eli Copter pic.twitter.com/G0tok0TFyV — Associated Fress (@AssociatedFress) May 19, 2024Several people reporting about Raisi's death seemed to have missed the joke. Haik later quoted the Hamas message on i24, saying that the involvement of "Eli Copter" was a rumor that couldn't yet be confirmed.

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