Donald Trump loyalist Richard Grenell has gone into meltdown after claims that the Kennedy Center has become a private club for the president’s friends and supporters under his watch, according to The New York Times. Grenell, who was the ambassador to Germany during Trump’s first administration, was appointed as president of the iconic Kennedy Center […]

Hazardous pesticides — and sensitive data from customers who trusted a trio of pest control companies, including Orkin — allegedly wound up in the regular trash. Now three companies that operate in California are paying millions following an investigation that included some dumpster diving. The $3.15-million settlement was announced Wednesday. Clark Pest Control of Stockton, […]

When Viega LLC began hiring for its new factory in northeast Ohio last year, company officials ran traditional “help wanted” ads, retained outside recruiters, created a special website and even posted openings on roadside billboards. Nothing worked. Viega used all the customary tools, and yet for months, the maker of plumbing and HVAC systems had […]

Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito Dolor expressed confidence in the country's justice system following the announcement of arrest warrants against some personalities allegedly involved in the multibillion-peso flood control scandal.

The first day might not have been exactly to Perth fans’ liking, but there’s one massive comfort that West Aussie cricket lovers can take out of the action.

Former President Barack Obama has shared what Democrats can do to start fighting back against Donald Trump. According to Politico, the 44th President of the United States told freshman lawmakers to be vigilant and compared the 2024 Republican election sweep to how the Democratic Party felt in 2004. Adam Wren wrote that Obama spoke of […]

Once upon a time in Canada, a weird little subculture was born. In the early 1990s, a couple of Quebec publishers started a community newspaper as part of an employment program to supplement government welfare checks; they called it Voice of Montreal and filled it with local listings. Soon, three of its young staffers developed […]

It was the biggest moment of Ann Packer’s career, and Oprah Winfrey was on an exercise bike. She pedaled away as she announced, via speaker phone, that Packer’s fourth novel, “Some Bright Nowhere,” was her November book club pick. “Oh my god,” said Packer. “Oh, oh, oh, oh my god.” She went on to say […]

In Washington, a decade of rancorous polarization just gave us the longest ever government shutdown. But one belief has endured on both sides of the aisle: that the world order, built and led by the United States, is under threat from China, which aims to usurp America’s rightful place atop it. There’s a phrase that […]

The Amazon rainforest, origin of the cacao bean, is giving life to a nascent craft chocolate movement in Brazil. Global traders have long bought cacao beans grown in the forest at relatively low prices and sold them to big chocolate brands abroad. Now, the new Brazilian chocolatiers are catering to their country’s growing upscale urban […]