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McDonald’s is exiting the Russian market entirely, the company announced on Monday. The process of selling its Russian business has now been initiated, per a report from the Associated Press, with McDonald’s confirming in a statement it is currently seeking to sell off “its entire portfolio” in Russia to a local buyer after more than […]
A retired Buffalo police officer who died while exchanging gunfire with the supermarket shooter on Saturday is being hailed as a “hero” by city officials. The Buffalo News reports one of the 10 victims killed in Saturday’s mass shooting has been identified as 55-year-old security guard Aaron Salter Jr., a former lieutenant with the Buffalo Police Department who confronted the gunman […]
Texans have been asked to make a few sacrifices amid unseasonably hot weather. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages most the state’s main electrical grid, made the request Friday after rising temperatures caused a drastic spike in power demand. The organization said the demand was so high that it caused six power facilities […]
Thousands of protesters gathered this weekend in an effort to preserve U.S. abortion rights. Dubbed “Bans Off Our Bodies,” the nationwide demonstrations kicked off Saturday in dozens of cities across the nation, including NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Pittsburgh, and Nashville. The pro-choice events were in response to a recently leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that could […]
A mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket has left nearly a dozen people dead and several others wounded. According to the Associated Press, the incident took place at around 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Tops Friendly Market, where an armed suspected dressed in military fatigues arrived at the store with a rifle. Authorities say the gunman opened fire in the parking […]
Authorities have upped their efforts to apprehend Gonzalo Lopez—a 46-year-old convicted killer who escaped from a prison bus earlier. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced there is now a $22,500 reward for a tip the leads Lopez’s arrest: “U.S. Marshals are offering a $10,000 reward and the TDCJ is offering a $5,000 reward and the […]
A Russian energy supplier has halted electricity deliveries to Finland as the country is expected to announce that it’ll be joining NATO. In what Forbes is calling an apparent retaliation to the NATO move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Finnish President Sauli Niinisto that a NATO application could potential harm the relationship between the two countries, because […]
Some of entertainment’s biggest names are showing their support for reproductive rights. Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, and Megan Thee Stallion are among the 160 young artists and influencers who lent their names to Planned Parenthood’s #BansOffOurBodies campaign. The organization took out a full-page ad in Friday’s edition of the New York Times, in which they […]
A U.K. employment tribunal has ruled that calling a man “bald” can be classified as sexual harassment. The Guardian reports the decision, which was made by a panel of three judges, was brought forth from a complaint by Tony Finn, who sued the West Yorkshire-based British Bung Company for unfair dismissal and sexual harassment after a supervisor, Jamie […]
A Pennsylvania jury on Thursday found a groom guilty of sexually assaulting one of his wife’s bridesmaids two days before his own wedding. ABC affiliate WNEP reports Daniel Carney, 30, has been found guilty of attempted sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault without consent, simple assault, and indecent assault without the consent of others. He was acquitted on the […]
