Franchises are hopeful consumers will continue giving their spare change despite shifts toward negative economic headwinds.
Lynley Price
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Trump or Biden? Either way, U.S. seems poised to preserve heavy tariffs on imports
The one thing they both seem to agree on is the view that opening the country to more imports has wiped out American manufacturing jobs.
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Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gas from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump
Tapping reserves is one of the few actions a president can take by himself to try to control inflation.
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Graceland not for sale, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough says in lawsuit
Naussany Investments and Private Lending claims Lisa Marie Presley used the famous estate as collateral for a loan and the property would be sold to the highest bidder.
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Israeli forces push into Rafah as nearly 450,000 flee fighting
Aid workers in Rafah say streets in the eastern part of the city were deserted. Thousands of tents used to house the displaced had disappeared.
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Ship had multiple blackouts before striking Baltimore bridge, investigators find
The preliminary report offers the first explanation of the problems that caused the Dali container ship to destroy the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26.
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Blinken in Kyiv tries to rally sagging Ukrainian spirits as Russia makes new military gains
President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the secretary of state for more air defense systems, despite Congress recently approving $60 billion in aid for the beleaguered country.
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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92
The Canadian author was revered for her thoughtful characters and her ability to ‘accommodate an entire epic complexity …. in just a few short pages.’ She was admired without apparent envy, placed by the likes of Jonathan Franzen, John Updike and Cynthia Ozick at the very top of the pantheon.
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Trial for final wrongful death suit in Astroworld concert crowd crush set for September
The Blount family – whose son Ezra, 9, was killed during rapper Travis Scott’s show – is suing Scott, entertainment company Live Nation and others connected to the November 2021 event.
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Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions
It also showed about 90,000 monthly surgical or medication abortions were offered by providers in 2023.