After 101 years, the Original Pantry Cafe closed in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2, 2025, reports the Los Angeles Times. The legendary diner, which operated for 24 hours a day, seven days a week for most of its existence, closed due to a dispute between unionizing workers and its owner, the Richard J….
Andy Shovel’s career to date has been, you might say, a journey. A little over a decade ago he was working on the chicken station in a branch of McDonald’s. He then set up a burger delivery business in west London, which he and a co-founder would go on to sell for seven figures. A…
President Biden said in a new interview published on Wednesday that he was considering pre-emptive pardons for people President-elect Donald J. Trump considered his political enemies, but he added that he had not yet decided what to do. “A little bit of it depends on who he puts in what positions,” Mr. Biden told USA…
Thomas Fuller | Lightrocket | Getty Images Airbnb shares jumped 15% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ estimates. Here’s how the company did compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: 73 cents vs. 58 cents expected Revenue: $2.48 billion vs….
Gaza militants have released three Israeli hostages in exchange for 369 Palestinians in Israeli custody, the sixth swap in a truce that came close to collapsing this week. Israel and Hamas have traded accusations of violating the 19 January ceasefire, with the Palestinian group saying it would pause releases and Israel threatening the resumption of…
George Lucas is still the biggest fan of his own galaxy, sporting a super cool ‘Star Wars’ shirt, even though he sold his production company Lucasfilm to Disney over a decade ago. The 80-year-old legend was looking like a true fashion Jedi, rocking a bright red Stormtrooper tee while living his best life on a…
Florida State basketball coach Leonard Hamilton is stepping down at the end of the season. Hamilton, who is being sued by several former players over allegations he failed to deliver on name, image and likeness promises, announced his decision Monday following a team meeting. The 76-year-old Hamilton has coached the Seminoles for 23 seasons, winning…
One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. The Starship 36 underwent “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11pm on Wednesday (0400 GMT Thursday), a Facebook post…
Former captain Neymar has been recalled by Brazil after an absence of almost 1 1/2 years. The 33-year-old striker was included in the national squad by coach Dorival Junior on Thursday for World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina this month. Neymar recently returned to action with Santos after an ACL injury in October 2023….
Inflation was slightly lower than expected in April as President Donald Trump’s tariffs just began hitting the slowing U.S. economy, according to a Labor Department report Tuesday. The consumer price index, which measures the costs for a broad range of goods and services, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation…
