After Trump exits DC hotel, celebrity chef José Andrés returns with new restaurant
Samuel de Roman/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Celebrity chef José Andrés on Monday announced plans to open a restaurant in the Old Post Office, the Washington landmark which recently reopened as the Waldorf Astoria Washington D.C. after operating for fiv…
James Patterson apologizes for saying that white male writers face a “form of racism”
Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty ImagesJames Patterson is apologizing for his statement that white male writers face a “form a racism.”
Taking to Twitter Tuesday, the 75-year-old author wrote, “I apologize for saying white male writers having trouble findin…
Combination of debt payoff methods helped CEO pay off $48K student loan
jayk7/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Carmen Perez, 35, is the founder and CEO of MUCH, a millennial banking app for millennials and Gen Z. In 2016, Perez decided to get her finances together after she was sued for a student loan she took on in college. She …
Scoreboard roundup — 6/14/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Cleveland 4, Colorado 3
San Francisco 4, Kansas City 2
L.A. Dodgers 2 L.A. Angels 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 6, Oakland 1
NY Yankees 2, Tampa Bay 0…
Firefighters battle 2 growing wildfires near Flagstaff, Arizona
DiMaggio/Kalish, FILE(FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.) — Two wildfires are threatening communities near Flagstaff, Arizona, as the fire danger remains high due to dry, hot conditions.
The largest, the Pipeline Fire, has quickly swelled to over 20,100 acres since fi…
Gas station manager fired for mistakenly setting gas to 69 cents per gallon
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.) — The manager of a Northern California gas station was fired after he accidentally set the gas price to 69 cents a gallon.
John Szczecina, who served as the manager for a Shell gas station in Rancho C…
US Mint releases Wilma Mankiller quarter for purchase, honoring first woman Cherokee Nation leader
Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, can now be seen on U.S. quarters available for purchase.
Mankiller, an activist for Native American and wom…
Family says boy falsely accused of dating abuse; sues school district for failing to protect him
(Photo credit: Bellevue School District) The family of a young man is suing the Bellevue School District after they say administrators failed to protect him after he was falsely accused of assaulting an ex-girlfriend. It started when
WHO to assess whether monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency
Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization said it is planning to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak spreading around the world is a public health emergency.
According to Global Health, more than 1,700 mo…
Trump issues 12-page statement amid Jan. 6 hearings alleging he plotted a ‘coup’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday responded in a lengthy statement to the House’s ongoing Jan. 6 committee hearings, assailing the panel as illegitimate and their presentation as one-sided — but rathe…