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2024


Watermelon experts for four generations: How Philadelphia’s Carter Melons got their start and became a staple

Watermelon experts for four generations: How Philadelphia’s Carter Melons got their start and became a staple

His father Dov Carter was the founder of an NAACP chapter in central Georgia, who moved his family to Philadelphia in 1948 after almost being beaten to death for helping Black people get registered to vote.


Disney wrongful death lawsuit is terms and conditions warning for consumers — how can you protect yourself?

Disney wrongful death lawsuit is terms and conditions warning for consumers — how can you protect yourself?

Such agreements, which customers quickly consent to by clicking “I agree” when downloading an app or a streaming service, are so stacked against the consumer that it’s often difficult to offer good legal advice, said John Davisson, director of litigation at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.


Famous Amos cookies founder Wally Amos dead at 88

Famous Amos cookies founder Wally Amos dead at 88

He returned to cookie-making and launched multiple other brands throughout his lifetime and even opened a small bakery in Honolulu, which had a separate library of children’s books where he would read to neighborhood kids for hours every Saturday, the newspaper reported.


CNN’s Jake Tapper rips MSNBC for skipping RNC: ‘We’re here live 
 some other networks just have a big LED’

CNN’s Jake Tapper rips MSNBC for skipping RNC: ‘We’re here live 
 some other networks just have a big LED’

While MSNBC did deploy some reporters to the convention floor, the network’s panel of hosts did not travel to Milwaukee and instead broadcast their commentary in front of a screen of showing the audience at the RNC, giving viewers at home the impression that they were live on location.


CrowdStrike shares plunge more than 10% as global IT outage prompts mass chaos: ‘A major black eye’

CrowdStrike shares plunge more than 10% as global IT outage prompts mass chaos: ‘A major black eye’

But the outage could force customers and investors alike to rethink their dependence on the company, opening the door to potential rivals like Palo Alto Networks, which saw its stock rise 2.2% on Friday, and Sentinel One, which jumped nearly 8%.


Washington Post deletes ‘unacceptable’ post criticizing US parents of Hamas hostage

Washington Post deletes ‘unacceptable’ post criticizing US parents of Hamas hostage

He continued: “And to add insult to injury, the article cites ‘local officials,’ aka the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas – the terror organization that launched the barbaric 10/7 massacre that led to the ongoing war.”


Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly mulls breaking up media giant to boost sagging stock

Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly mulls breaking up media giant to boost sagging stock

Discovery, the parent company of CNN and HBO, is reportedly weighing a plan to split its digital streaming and studio businesses from its legacy television networks in order to boost its sinking share price — just two years after the mega-merger.


McDonald’s $5 value meals lure back inflation-battered customers as Starbuck’s, Chili’s also see boost: survey

McDonald’s $5 value meals lure back inflation-battered customers as Starbuck’s, Chili’s also see boost: survey

While a small handful of certain concepts may be outliers in terms of their specific sales trends for most restaurant chains 2024 will not be a great year.”


Wall Street power brokers flock to Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Four Twenty Five for ‘power hour’ after markets close

Wall Street power brokers flock to Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Four Twenty Five for ‘power hour’ after markets close

At Le Pavillon, regulars include Peter Bazeli, principal and managing director of the real estate development advisory firm Weitzman, who hits the power hour three or four times a week before catching his 6:02 p.m. train home to Pelham, Westchester County.


Tech titans at Sun Valley ditch deals to discuss Biden’s cognitive decline, predict Trump victory

Tech titans at Sun Valley ditch deals to discuss Biden’s cognitive decline, predict Trump victory

Rainomdo served as Rhode Island governor from 2015 to 2021 and Moore ran the Robin Hood foundation — a popular charity for Wall Street donors that was started by hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones.


Bitcoin soars to nearly $63K after crypto-backer Trump survives assassination attempt

Bitcoin soars to nearly $63K after crypto-backer Trump survives assassination attempt

Bitcoin surged to a two-week high on Monday after the attempted assassination of presidential candidate Donald Trump raised the odds of the former president, who has presented himself as a champion of cryptocurrency, winning the upcoming election.


NYC food-delivery workers losing jobs after minimum wage hike — even as menu prices soar: report

NYC food-delivery workers losing jobs after minimum wage hike — even as menu prices soar: report

A December law that hiked pay to nearly $20 an hour – which delivery apps including Doordash, Grubhub and Uber Eats had tried to block with a lawsuit last year – is boosting paychecks significantly, according to the report by the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.