Month: October 2019

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Food delivery services will bring just about anything to your door these days: meal kits, fresh seafood and, of course, farm-fresh fruits and vegetables. Now, some services promise to bring you [Read More…]

Rpsycho/iStock(NEW YORK) — TripAdvisor, one of the world’s most popular travel sites, said it will stop selling tickets to attractions that “contribute to the captivity” of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The policy, announced Wednesday, will [Read More…]

alfexe/iStock(LAS VEGAS) — A massive settlement to resolve claims against MGM Resorts stemming from the October 2017 Las Vegas massacre is expected to be announced Thursday, people briefed on the plans told ABC News. The [Read More…]

JHVEPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Johnson & Johnson announced it would pay a $10 million settlement — as well as $5 million in legal fee reimbursements and a $5.4 million charitable contribution — as part of an [Read More…]

CT757fan/iStock(BEIRUT) — Internet coverage across Iraq has been temporarily switched off by the government and Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel Abdul Mahdi ordered a curfew in the capital Baghdad in response to widespread anti-corruption protests during [Read More…]

CT757fan/iStock(BEIRUT) — Internet coverage across Iraq has been temporarily switched off by the government and Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel Abdul Mahdi ordered a curfew in the capital Baghdad in response to widespread anti-corruption protests during [Read More…]

Angelika/iStock(LONDON) — A zebra that had escaped from a circus in Germany was shot dead Wednesday after causing an accident on a major motorway, police said. The striped equid was one of two zebras that [Read More…]

iStock(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — An 18-year-old in New Mexico has been charged with impersonating a sheriff’s deputy after he allegedly conducted a traffic stop using police lights he outfitted on his car, police said. An Albuquerque [Read More…]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Six alleged members of a drug delivery service known as “Mike’s Candyshop” were arrested on Wednesday by police and federal agents and charged with distributing heroin and cocaine, including a dose that [Read More…]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Melinda Gates has pledged to donate a whopping $1 billion to promote gender equality in the United States. The famous philanthropist made the announcement in an op-ed published on Time’s website on [Read More…]

iStock(SARASOTA, Fla.) — Siesta Key Oyster Bar in Sarasota, Florida, has made it a novelty for patrons to write messages on dollar bills and secure them to its ceiling and walls. Now, the establishment is [Read More…]

iStock(PIONEER, Calif.) — Authorities in California are searching for a suspect who punched a 73-year-old man in the face during a road rage incident. The man told sheriff’s deputies that he was driving on Highway [Read More…]

iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Opera star Placido Domingo resigned as general director of LA Opera in California shortly after stepping away from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. “Plácido Domingo’s contributions to the cultural life of [Read More…]

iStock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — More than a dozen letters said to be from police officers and employees allege that there is rampant racism and mistreatment inside the Columbus Police Department. The release of the letters comes [Read More…]