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New York CNN — WeightWatchers, the 62-year-old program that revolutionized dieting for millions of people around the world, has filed for bankruptcy. The company announced Tuesday it has entered Chapter 11, which “will bolster its financial position, increase investment flexibility in its strategic growth initiatives, and better serve its millions of members around the world.” The company, now known as WW International, has struggled with about $1.5 billion in debt and has failed to keep pace with more convenient weight loss options, including GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, over counting points and calories. During the bankruptcy process, its massive amount of…
San Francisco CNN — As the first female chef in the United States to earn three Michelin stars, Dominique Crenn has secured her place among the greats of the culinary world. Even with all her accomplishments, recognition isn’t what she values the most. “I want to be remembered as a human that gave back,” she said. And she has done just that, transforming one of her restaurants into a community kitchen during the Covid pandemic, developing an initiative to help farmers in Haiti, and taking a stance against factory farming. But her journey to this point has been anything but…
San Salvador, El Salvador, and Beltsville, Maryland CNN — In the weeks since Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation to El Salvador, the federal government and his family have presented divergent portraits of the man who has become the face of President Donald Trump’s crackdown against immigration. In the government’s description, Abrego Garcia is a gang member — and now a terrorist — with a history of violence and shady associations who “belongs behind bars and off American soil.” The government also released documents showing that his wife told police he had been violent with her multiple times. But she and…
CNN — A new superbug threat is spreading around the world. The culprit: microscopic fungal spores that live in and on human bodies and in the dirt and air. Torrence Irvin believes the life-threatening fungi called Coccidioides entered his lungs in June 2018 while he was relaxing in his backyard in Patterson, California. “I was sitting in my lounger enjoying a nice summer day, playing games on my phone and having a cocktail,” said Irvin, who came close to death before a specialist correctly diagnosed his infection nearly a year later. “I went from a 290-pound man to 150-pound skeleton,”…
Cincinnati, Ohio AP — Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval will face Cory Bowman, the half brother of Vice President JD Vance, this fall after the pair were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s primary. Pureval placed a dominant first in the nonpartisan three-way contest, in which third-place finisher Republican Brian Frank was eliminated. Under the rules of the southwest Ohio city’s nonpartisan primaries, only the top two primary finishers advance to the November general election. With nearly all votes counted, Pureval led Bowman by about 70 percentage points Tuesday night, highlighting the uphill fight that Bowman will face in November. If…
Washington CNN — President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic agenda is putting the Federal Reserve in a difficult situation it hasn’t confronted in decades. The topic is front and center for central bank officials as they convene for their two-day policy meeting this week. Trump has plunged the United States into an erratic trade war that threatens higher inflation and rising unemployment. The Fed may now have to choose between saving jobs or fighting inflation. If it lowers rates to guard against an economic downturn from Trump’s tariffs, that could potentially push up inflation. Yet if it raises rates to discourage…
CNN — Motown singing legend Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexual assault by four women who used to work for him, according to a workplace harassment complaint filed Tuesday at a Los Angeles courthouse. The complaint obtained by CNN details allegations from the unnamed women, who say they worked as housekeepers for Robinson and his wife at various times from 2006 to 2024. Each said she resigned because of Robinson’s “repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment.” The complaint states the women were “unwilling” to report Robinson’s alleged actions to authorities due to fear of losing their livelihoods and public…
A raccoon with a meth pipe in its mouth was found in the front seat of a car when police in Ohio conducted a traffic stop that led to the discovery of a woman’s supply of drugs.Springfield Township Police pulled over Victoria Vidal, 55, on Monday for an active warrant and a suspended driver’s license, and the woman was detained, the department wrote on Facebook. But when an officer returned to the vehicle, he made an unusual discovery: a raccoon named Chewy was sitting in the front seat with a glass meth pipe in its mouth.WASHINGTON STATE WOMAN’S YARD INVADED BY…
A raccoon with a meth pipe in its mouth was found in the front seat of a car when police in Ohio conducted a traffic stop that led to the discovery of a woman’s supply of drugs.Springfield Township Police pulled over Victoria Vidal, 55, on Monday for an active warrant and a suspended driver’s license, and the woman was detained, the department wrote on Facebook. But when an officer returned to the vehicle, he made an unusual discovery: a raccoon named Chewy was sitting in the front seat with a glass meth pipe in its mouth.WASHINGTON STATE WOMAN’S YARD INVADED BY…
CNN — Two top Trump officials are scheduled to meet later this week with Chinese representatives on trade and economic matters, their agencies announced Tuesday evening, a nascent sign of a thaw in the trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will both travel to Geneva, Switzerland, where they will meet with President Karin Keller-Sutter and, separately, the Chinese officials, authorities announced. Bessent said Tuesday on Fox News not to expect a major trade deal out of the meetings, but he acknowledged it was an important step in…