What you need to know for Tuesday.
A Caribbean Mystery Catches Trump's Eye |
Weather: Crisp and clear, with a high in the low to mid-60s. |
Alternate-side parking: Suspended today for Sukkot. |
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Ever since a Connecticut banker was charged with killing a resort worker while on a family vacation in the Caribbean, he and his wife have been appealing for help with his defense. |
And so when the accused man's wife sat for an interview on Monday on Fox & Friends, a favorite show of President Trump's, she appealed directly to the commander in chief. |
"I've seen Trump help Americans in peril around the globe, and we really need his help," Kallie Hapgood, 44, said. |
Sure enough, Mr. Trump responded. |
The president weighed in promptly on Twitter, mentioning the show and vowing to look into the case of Gavin Scott Hapgood, 44, who was charged with manslaughter after a deadly April struggle with a worker, Kenny Mitchel, 27, in a hotel room on the island of Anguilla. |
"Will be looking into the Scott Hapgood case, and the Island of Anguilla," the president wrote on Twitter. "Something looks and sounds very wrong. I know Anguilla will want to see this case be properly and justly resolved!" |
The death and its contested circumstances have riled the population of the island, a British territory, and raised questions about class, privilege and the deference shown to tourists. The president's decision to join the fray only heated things up. |
In a Facebook post, Haydn Hughes, a former member of Anguilla's Parliament, assailed Mr. Trump. |
"Donald will vacation in Anguilla. After all, all he does is tweet & take vacations," he wrote. "Thanks for the plug Donald #anguillafirst." |
Mr. Hapgood and his family were staying at the upscale Malliouhana resort when Mr. Mitchel showed up at their hotel room claiming he was sent to fix a broken sink. |
Mr. Hapgood said that he had let Mr. Mitchel enter because he was wearing a hotel uniform but that the sink was not broken and no repair had been requested. |
Mr. Mitchel pulled a knife, Mr. Hapgood said, and the two men began fighting. Mr. Hapgood, a former Dartmouth College football player, quickly overpowered Mr. Mitchel and pinned him to the bathroom floor, with his forearm to Mr. Mitchel's neck, a hotel worker told The Times this summer. |
Mr. Mitchel died shortly after the struggle. |
Mr. Hapgood, from Darien, Conn., was arrested three days later on the island and charged with manslaughter. |
He is due back in court in Anguilla on Nov. 11. |
Although a coroner initially ruled that Mr. Mitchel had been asphyxiated during the struggle, a revised autopsy report based on toxicology tests later concluded that he had lethal levels of cocaine in his system. |
A Facebook page that is supportive of Mr. Mitchel welcomed the president's involvement and criticized the Hapgoods for hiring public relations officials to win public favor. |
"No innocent person needs multiple PR Firms," reads a post put up on Monday. |
FROM THE TIMES Explore news from New York and around the region |
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"Hipster" beekeepers are blamed for helping create a problem in an Inwood park. [NY Post] |
A truck full of dog food hit an overpass on Queens Boulevard, causing delays. [Patch] |
Michael Bloomberg is still mulling a presidential run. [NY Magazine] |
Two teenagers were killed and a third was injured when a Porsche fell off on overpass and landed in a fiery ball on train tracks in Rockland County. [ABC News] |
Celebrate global street band music in the opening night of the Honk NYC! festival at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn. 8 p.m. [$15] |
Events are subject to change, so double-check before heading out. For more events, see the going-out guides from The Times's culture pages. |
And finally: The N.Y.C. Marathon is long. So is its list of boldfacers. |
It is the largest marathon in the world, and it draws the most celebrities. |
Every year, the TCS New York City Marathon gets a slew of boldface names on its list of 52,000 runners. |
Kevin Hart completed the race in 2017 in just over four hours, an hour better than Will Ferrell's time in the 2001 race. Edward Norton clocked in at 3:48:01 in 2009. |
Katie Holmes ran a 5:29:58 in 2007, and Pamela Anderson ran in 2013 with a time of 5:41:03; she later compared the last five miles to "giving birth and then being told to run as you're giving birth." |
On Monday, marathon officials announced prominent entrants for the Nov. 3 race. They include actors, retired athletes, influencers and celebrity chefs. |
Uzo Aduba, the star of "Orange Is the New Black," is registered. So is Luke Kirby, an Emmy-award-winning star of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Paul Sparks, star of "Sweetbitter" and "House of Cards," is running, as is the ABC News anchor Amy Robach — and her husband, Andrew Shue, a onetime star of "Melrose Place." |
Tiki Barber, the former New York Giants running back, is registered, as is the former Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn. |
"They are reflective of the excitement that this renowned event brings," said Michael Capiraso, president of New York Road Runners, which organizes the race. |
It's Tuesday — high-five a student. |
Metropolitan Diary: VW Bug |
I went to get my Volkswagen Bug to drive to work. Because alternate-side parking was in effect, it and all the other cars that were legally parked on the street had been blocked in. |
The car blocking mine had no note on the windshield with information about how to reach the owner. |
A man leaned out a nearby window. A few minutes later, he came down to move his car, which was in front of the one directly next to mine. |
I still couldn't get out, because I was blocked in on the other side by a heavy wire fence around a tree that was planted there. |
By this time, a crowd had gathered. |
"I know," said one of the men in the group. "Get in your car." |
Six guys surrounded my car, picked it up and put it down in a way that allowed me to squeeze out. |
Everyone broke into applause as I drove away. |
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