The French Connectiona producer Philip Da Antoni dies

Los Angeles: Philip D'Antoni, who won an Oscar for his work on "The French Connection", has died. He was 89. D'Antoni died 15 April of complications from kidney failure at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, his son-in-law Mark Rathaus told The Hollywood Reporter.
https://www.newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/04/24/the-french-connection-producer-philip-dantoni-dies/

Back-Seat-Driving a Maybach

Josh Max is a name that turns up in your e-mail in-box, sometimes with a video attached. The video might be a business proposition, in the form of him performing, on a portable keyboard, a few verses he's written to the tune of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/back-seat-driving-a-maybach

Anti-war activists spread message of peace at Greenwich teach-in

Nick Mottern of Hastings on Hudson, N.Y., during the Greenwich Rally for Peace & Economic Justice at the Greenwich Common in Greenwich, Conn., Saturday, April 14, 2018. Mottern said "these constant wars need to stop.
https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Anti-war-activists-spread-message-of-peace-at-12834769.php