Articles by Clint Greenway
More cheese & butter, declining skim milk & dry whey production
The USDA says production of dairy products during January continued to climb for most major categories. Total cheese production was 1.1 billion pounds, up 0.4 percent from last year and 0.7 percent from December. Both [Read More…] [Read More…]
Jury awards $29 million to California woman who claimed Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused cancer
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(OAKLAND, Calif.) — A California jury awarded $29 million on Wednesday to a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming that asbestos in its talcum-based baby powder caused her cancer. An Alameda County [Read More…] [Read More…]
In embattled Venezuela, residents line up for hours just to get clean water: ‘Look at how we are living’
Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images(CARACAS, Venezuela) — The scene in Venezuela’s capital of Caracas is dire: a long line of people searching for clean water during the country’s daily power outages. Children and adults alike can be [Read More…] [Read More…]
Reputed Gambino crime family boss Francesco Cali shot to death outside home, probed as possible revival of ‘mob war’: Source
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The reputed leader of the Gambino crime family, once headed by infamous mobster John Gotti, was gunned down in a “well-thought-out execution” outside his New York City home late Wednesday [Read More…] [Read More…]
Data from Ethiopia 737 crash ‘black boxes’ expected soon
Jemal Countess/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An analysis by French investigators of data from the damaged “black boxes” in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 will yield initial results sometime Thursday, the head of [Read More…] [Read More…]
California’s suspension of death penalty doesn’t indicate a trend: Expert
ChrisBoswell/iStock(NEW YORK) — There are 737 prisoners in California whose executions are now paused after the governor issued a moratorium on the state’s death penalty policy, but that doesn’t mean anything will change for good [Read More…] [Read More…]
Mark Riddell, the 36-year-old who allegedly took exams for ‘cheating’ students apologizes
Memedozaslan/iStock(BOSTON) — The man accused of taking college entrance exams for high school students as part of a cheating ring has issued an apology, but hopes that his non-criminal work will help show “the person [Read More…] [Read More…]
Live Updates: Actress Lori Loughlin to face judge in ‘Varsity Blues’ college admission scam
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Actress Lori Loughlin is expected to face a judge Wednesday in Los Angeles after she, fellow movie star Felicity Huffman and 48 others were charged in a $25 million college [Read More…] [Read More…]
Live Updates: Actress Lori Loughlin to face judge in ‘Varsity Blues’ college admission scam
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Actress Lori Loughlin is expected to face a judge Wednesday in Los Angeles after she, fellow movie star Felicity Huffman and 48 others were charged in a $25 million college [Read More…] [Read More…]
After delay, Ethiopia to send Boeing 737 MAX 8 ‘black boxes’ abroad for analysis
Jemal Countess/Getty Images(ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) — Ethiopia will transport the “black boxes” from Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 to another country, an official announced Wednesday, a decision that will speed up a delay in the analysis [Read More…] [Read More…]
Spare change apps might be the savings hack you’ve been looking for
franckreporter/iStock(NEW YORK) — Investing can certainly be a daunting experience. Whether you are saving for a home, for your retirement, or just want to grow your hard-earned money, it’s tough to know where to start. [Read More…] [Read More…]
TN distillery wants Pepsi to allow booze producers to use ‘Mountain Dew’
darios44/iStock(NEW YORK) — Ole Smoky Moonshine, a Tennessee distillery locked in a legal battle with PepsiCo over use of the term “Mountain Dew,” filed a motion on Monday to allow any company to use the [Read More…] [Read More…]
Man who allegedly took exams for ‘cheating’ students was ‘really smart guy’
Memedozaslan/iStock(BOSTON) — The spotlight is on the actresses and wealthy parents, who are facing charges over an alleged college entrance exam cheating scandal, but there’s a key player whose background has not been widely discussed. [Read More…] [Read More…]
Top Democrat on antitrust committee expresses ‘concerns’ over T-Mobile, Sprint merger
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The top Democrat on a House subcommittee, tasked with oversight of antitrust law, said he’s concerned with a broad range of implications tied to the multi-billion-dollar merger deal between T-Mobile and [Read More…] [Read More…]
‘Victor’s not a homicide number’: Councilwoman’s tearful speech after son, a USC student, slain near campus
Lynette Gibson McElhaney(LOS ANGELES) — Days after University of Southern California student Victor McElhaney was gunned down, his mother, an Oakland city councilmember, was overcome with emotion as she spoke at the university. “Victor’s not [Read More…] [Read More…]
Osundairo brothers were ‘taken advantage of’ by ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett, lawyer says
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — The two brothers who police said helped stage an attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago six weeks ago were “taken advantage of” and are now trying to “piece their [Read More…] [Read More…]
Trump claims he called Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple’ to ‘save time & words’
Tim Cook/Twitter(WASHINGTON) — Five days after President Donald Trump appeared to slip up and call Apple CEO Tim Cook “Tim Apple” at a White House meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, the president [Read More…] [Read More…]
Malaysian court drops charges against suspect in murder of Kim Jong Un’s half brother
ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — Prosecutors in Malaysia have dropped charges against a suspect in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother, Kim Jong Nam. Kim Jong Nam was murdered [Read More…] [Read More…]
USC student shot near campus: ‘I miss my baby,’ says his mom, an Oakland councilwoman
Lynette Gibson McElhaney(LOS ANGELES) — A 21-year-old student at the University of Southern California was shot dead near the Los Angeles campus this weekend, the university said, leaving his mother, an Oakland councilwoman, heartbroken. Victor [Read More…] [Read More…]
‘Senseless’: Son of California councilwoman shot and killed near USC campus
Lynette Gibson McElhaney(LOS ANGELES) — A 21-year-old student at the University of Southern California was shot dead near the Los Angeles campus this weekend, the university said, leaving his mother, an Oakland councilwoman, heartbroken. Victor [Read More…] [Read More…]