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Luckin Coffee, once hailed as China’s homegrown rival to Starbucks, has filed for bankruptcy in the United States less than a year after the company admitted that millions of dollars in sales had been fabricated. In a statement Friday explaining its Chapter 15 filing, Luckin said the move will help it financially restructure itself and
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(CNN) —Christopher Plummer, quien protagonizó «The Sound of Music» y ganó un premio Oscar por su interpretación en «Beginners», murió el viernes en su casa en Connecticut, según un comunicado de su representante. Tenía 91 años.
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“Framing Britney Spears” skips the more obvious title, “Free Britney,” the name of a fan-driven movement that’s ultimately the primary focus of this latest “The New York Times Presents” documentary. Although Spears’ career, and the media’s hounding of her, provide the backbone of the FX/Hulu presentation, there’s no escaping a tabloid tone despite the newspaper’s
Continue Reading Writer-director Sam Levinson spends a good deal of time in “Malcolm & Marie” complaining about critics, which feels like a boxer leading with his chin. Pairing Zendaya and John David Washington, the movie — quickly and stealthily shot during the pandemic — wins points for ingenuity, then loses them with its shrill tone and the
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats prosecuting the case against Donald Trump are signaling privately and publicly they will likely avoid a dramatic showdown with the former President and are unlikely to issue a subpoena compelling his testimony. Democrats believe there is ample evidence, from video and other sources, showing Trump’s clear intent to incite his supporters to storm
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A pedigree heifer named after Posh Spice has been sold at a British auction for over $360,000 (£262,000,) breaking the world record for the prized Limousin breed. The fourteen-month-old Wilodge Poshspice also became the UK and Europe’s most expensive bovine animal with the sale on January 29, according to the British Limousin Cattle Society. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HACKETT, Arkansas (KFSM) — Multiple sources have told 5NEWS that the Hackett Police Chief has been fired, though the mayor won’t confirm the information at this time. It’s confirmed that the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are patrolling the city now. On Friday (Jan. 29), audio from the
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Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska stood firm against leaders of his state’s Republican Party on Thursday after they advanced a censure resolution against him for decrying efforts to overturn the election results and then-President Donald Trump’s involvement in the US Capitol riot. In a video addressing members of the Nebraska GOP State Central Committee, Sasse
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DUNMORE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Child care workers are considered essential and have been working throughout the pandemic. They say it has been hard, working to care for kids, keeping them safe and healthy, and keeping those child care facilities sanitized. “Very crazy, unconventional, kind of taking everything day
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOUNTAIN TOP, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Two people are locked up for allegedly starving a 6-year-old boy, whom police say weighed just 20 pounds. Natalie Shaffer, 26, and Zachary Vincent, 30, of Mountain Top, are both charged with aggravated assault and endangerment. In January of last year, police were
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden responded to a new, sluggish jobs report by continuing to press for his $1.9 trillion Covid relief package to be passed with urgency — even as a leading economist who served in the Obama administration is sounding the alarm on how the White House’s plan could have negative economic consequences. “We saw
Continue ReadingEnjoying more free time while working from home? Maybe not. New research conducted during the pandemic shows that home-working employees in the United Kingdom, Austria, Canada and the United States are putting in more hours than before. Home working has led to a 2.5-hour increase in the average working day in those countries, said NordVPN
Continue Reading A week after a 9-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police officers in Rochester, New York, the city’s mayor on Thursday outlined a draft of police reform recommendations aimed at protecting “the sanctity of life.” “At the heart of it, we need to place the sanctity of human life at the core of RPD’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHRISTIANA, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Humane Law Enforcement Officers with the Pennsylvania SPCA on Wednesday executed a search warrant and removed 17 dogs, including five unweaned puppies, from a property in Lancaster County over concerns about their welfare, the agency said. Acting on a tip from a concerned citizen,
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is making use of the Defense Production Act in three key areas, the top official tasked with supplies announced Friday, including equipment and supplies for Pfizer vaccine production, an increase in at-home or point of care testing, and personal protective equipment, particularly gloves, for front-line workers. After President Joe Biden signed an
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Jerry Getz says he’s glad his neighbors, Stephanie and Robert Duncan, have been charged with child abuse. “After they started getting all them kids, you’d hear them screaming and hollering,” said Getz. The Lebanon County couple is charged with abusing their five adopted
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration announced Friday that it will deploy approximately 1,000 troops across the United States to assist with coronavirus vaccination efforts. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to boost vaccination efforts with active duty US troops, White House Covid-19 senior adviser Andy Slavitt said Friday. The
Continue ReadingMarty Walsh may not seem like the person to overhaul the gig economy. He spent years advocating for construction workers and less time on the intricacies of on-demand work at billion-dollar tech companies. But now Walsh, a former union leader and the outgoing Mayor of Boston, is on the cusp of becoming the next US
Continue Reading If everything had gone according to plan, they would probably never have met. But Mafalda Feliciano’s original British Airways flight from Brazil was overbooked, so she was bumped on to another — and then fate played its hand. Traveling with her sister and brother in law for a vacation in Egypt in September 2004, the
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — El Senado de Estados Unidos aprobó una resolución presupuestaria, el viernes por la mañana, un paso clave en el procedimiento que establece la capacidad de los demócratas para aprobar el amplio paquete de ayuda por covid-19 del presidente Joe Biden, sin la amenaza de obstrucción de los republicanos que se oponen a
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