Leonardo DiCaprio to fund scholarships, climate education at his former elementary school Posted August 14, 2023 Leonardo DiCaprio will fund scholarships and a climate education program at the UCLA-based elementary school where he was once himself a scholarship student, the actor and the col…
Phoenix officials ask judge for more time in clearing downtown camp of homeless people Posted August 13, 2023 Phoenix city officials said they have been slowly and steadily clearing hundreds of people from a downtown encampment of homeless people called “The Zone,” and they asked a judge …
Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong’s iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short Posted August 12, 2023 It's not just you. Sriracha is hard to come by these days — at least for one popular brand. The shortage of Huy Fong Foods' Sriracha, the beloved red hot sauce pa…
Bank of America hit with $250M in fines and refunds for ‘double-dipping’ fees and fake accounts Posted August 11, 2023 Bank of America will reimburse customers more than $100 million and pay $150 million in fines for “double-dipping” on overdraft fees, withholding reward bonuses o…
Test scores show American students slipping further behind despite recovery efforts Posted August 10, 2023 Students across the U.S. fell further behind academically last school year despite extensive efforts to help them recover from pandemic learning setbacks, accordi…
Your food delivery driver? He’s the company’s co-founder Posted August 9, 2023 Andy Fang is chief technology officer and a co-founder of DoorDash, the largest food delivery company in the US. Once a month, he gets into the shoes of the contractors the com…
Meta launches Threads as rival to Twitter Posted August 8, 2023 Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta’s new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter. It’s a sign that users are looking for an alternative to the soci…
Farmworkers in U.S. feel the heat Posted August 7, 2023 As Earth repeatedly broke unofficial records for average global heat, it served as a reminder of a danger that climate change is making steadily worse for farmworkers and others w…
The New York Times disbands sports department and will rely on coverage from The Athletic Posted August 6, 2023 The New York Times is disbanding its sports department and will rely on coverage from The Athletic, a website it acquired last year for $550 million. The decision…
EU moves toward latest gene techniques in food production to counter climate change, shortages Posted August 5, 2023 The European Union took a step toward adapting its food production to the new ways of the world: The 27-nation bloc wants to embrace the latest gene techniques it hopes will help …