The president of McDonald’s USA said Wednesday that customers should feel confident ordering from its restaurants as the company seeks to minimize the damage from an E. coli outbreak linked to the chain’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers in multiple states. Per The Associated Press, the Centers for Disease Control says that at least 49 people in …
Monthly Archives: October 2024
At least 4 dead in terrorist attack on Turkish defense company
Officials say that at least four people were killed and 14 injured in a reported “terrorist attack” at the headquarters of one of Turkey’s top defense companies on Wednesday. Turkish media reported explosions and gunfire from the site around 20 miles north of the country’s capital Ankara. Turkey’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya condemned the attack …
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Seahawks trading LB Jerome Baker, fourth-round pick in exchange for Titans’ Ernest Jones IV
Sources told ESPN’s Brady Henderson on Wednesday that the Seattle Seahawks are trading linebacker Jerome Baker and a fourth-round pick to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for linebacker Ernest Jones IV. Baker, 27, has 37 tackles and a sack in his first season with Seattle, which leads the NFC West with a 4-3 record. Jones, …
Kansas City Chiefs finalizing trade for Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Kansas City Chiefs are finalizing a trade for Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Chiefs are expected to send a fifth-round draft pick that can become a fourth-rounder if Kansas City reaches the Super Bowl and Hopkins plays 60% of snaps as a …
Henry Cavill to star in ‘Voltron’ for Amazon MGM
Henry Cavill is set to star in the live-action feature “Voltron” film for Amazon MGM Studios, directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who co-wrote the script with Ellen Shanman. Cavill will join previously announced star Daniel Quinn-Toye, a film newcomer who has appeared on television in “Badults” and served as Tom Holland’s understudy in “Romeo & …
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Jimmy Fallon to drop star-studded ‘Holiday Seasoning’ album
Late-night television personality Jimmy Fallon has announced the forthcoming release of a new album, Holiday Seasoning, due out on November 1. Fallon posted on social media: “I am so excited to announce that my new album Holiday Seasoning is coming November 1st! You can pre order it now at the link in my bio. ” …
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Imprisoned former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with a form of bone marrow cancer while in jail. Weinstein, 72, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (per NBC News) while serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault at New York City’s Rikers Island prison. According to the American Cancer Society, chronic myeloid leukemia …
Imprisoned former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with a form of bone marrow cancer while in jail. Weinstein, 72, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (per NBC News) while serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault at New York City’s Rikers Island prison. According to the American Cancer Society, chronic myeloid leukemia …
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries arrested on sex trafficking charges
Prosecutors announced on Tuesday that former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested on charges of sex trafficking and engaging in interstate prostitution. The investigation involved the FBI and the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit. The FBI and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said that Jeffries and two co-defendants, Matthew Smith and James Jacobson, were arrested …
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Cleveland Browns sign quarterback Bailey Zappe off Chiefs’ practice squad
The Cleveland Browns will sign Bailey Zappe of the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice squad, adding depth after losing quarterback Deshaun Watson to a season-ending ruptured Achilles injury. The deal for Zappe, 25, comes less than 24 hours after the Browns announced that Watson will miss the remainder of the 2024 campaign. Watson was hurt in …
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