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You Talkin’ Like Him? A Convention Lets De Niro Fans Get In on the Act.
NEW YORK — Amy Cakes has dozens of tattoos, but the one she got on Friday would stand out simply because the ink was applied amid a celebration of all things Robert De Niro. As Cakes, 32, an operations coordinator at the Tribeca Festival, rolled up her sleeve, the eerie glow of the actor’s face played on a loop in the background, a sequence of shots of Max Cady, the character with cryptic, ominous tattoos De Niro played in “Cape Fear.” Participants could choose from five tattoos he sported in that 1991 drama, including a panther and the phrase “Time the avenger.” Cakes selected a clown with a gun, as De Niro’s mien scowled on the screen above.
Trump Wasn’t Going to Stay in Milwaukee. Then Reporters Asked.
MILWAUKEE — When Republicans gather in Milwaukee next month to nominate him for president, Donald Trump planned to stay not in the convention’s host city but at a Trump hotel in Chicago, some 90 miles away, according to three people briefed on the former president’s logistics.
Can AI Answer the Needs of Smaller Businesses? Some Push to Find Out.
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce in Tennessee has convened an annual meeting of local business leaders since the 1800s, but the most recent gathering had a decidedly modern theme: artificial intelligence.
Maryland Governor Erases 175,000 Marijuana Convictions
Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland signed an executive order Monday morning wiping out more than 175,000 convictions related to marijuana use. His administration said the mass pardon would probably affect about 100,000 people convicted of low-level charges like possession. Some of them have multiple convictions.
The Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started
Opponents of Donald Trump are drafting potential lawsuits in case he is elected in November and carries out mass deportations, as he has vowed. One group has hired a new auditor to withstand any attempt by a second Trump administration to unleash the IRS on it. Democratic-run state governments are even stockpiling abortion medication.
Trump, Biden and CNN Prepare for a Hostile Debate (With Muted Mics)
There will be no opening statements. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will each have two minutes to answer questions — followed by one-minute rebuttals and responses to the rebuttals. Red lights visible to the candidates will flash when they have five seconds left, and turn solid red when time has expired. And each man’s microphone will be muted when it is not his turn to speak.
In Pivotal West Michigan, Voters Are Exhausted and Underwhelmed
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Ben Ingebretson was a reliable Republican voter. A Christian minister who works for a faith-based nonprofit, Ingebretson said he shared Republicans’ small-government views and agreed with the party’s calls for fiscal conservatism.
Fake News Still Has a Home on Facebook
On the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, Christopher Blair’s fake news empire was humming along. Blair had been earning as much as $15,000 in some months by posting false stories to Facebook about Democrats and the election, reaching millions of people each month.
Montana Has More Cows Than People. Why Are Locals Eating Beef From Brazil?
While many people can conjure up romantic visions of a Montana ranch — vast valleys, cold streams, snow-capped mountains — few understand what happens when the cattle leave those pastures. Most of them, it turns out, don’t stay in Montana.
At the G7, Biden Will Push for Frozen Russian Assets to Help Ukraine
Two weeks after President Joe Biden reversed himself and approved firing American weapons into Russian territory, he and his closest allies are preparing a different kind of assault, using the proceeds from Russia’s own financial assets to aid the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Buyers Snap Up Aging and Empty Office Buildings for Deep Discounts
A perfect storm of plunging property values for aging buildings, weak tenant demand coming out of the pandemic and high interest rates for new loans and refinancing has left the $2.4 trillion office building sector wobbling.
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