Month: July 2022

Tim Hortons Offers Coffee and Doughnut as Proposed Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit

Tim Hortons has reached a proposed settlement in multiple class action lawsuits alleging the restaurant’s mobile app violated customer privacy, which would see the restaurant offer a free coffee and doughnut to affected users. The settlement, negotiated with the legal teams involved in the lawsuits, still requires court approval. The coffee and doughnut chain would…


Ticket Bought in Illinois Wins $1.337 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot

CHICAGO—A single ticket bought in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot. According to megamillions.com, there was one jackpot-winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines. The winning numbers were: 13–36–45–57–67, Mega Ball: 14….


Ticket Bought in Illinois Wins $1.28 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot

CHICAGO—Someone beat the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot. According to megamillions.com, there was one winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought in Illinois. The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14. “We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history,”…


Giorgio Vasari: The Forgotten Artist Who Recorded the Renaissance

Those interested in Renaissance art will soon become familiar with the name Giorgio Vasari, Florentine architect, artist, and art historian. His 1568 compilation, “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,” is the most important written source for the artistic history of the period. Many of 16th-century Italy’s leading artists were among his friends…


Top Pastry Chef Ebow Dadzie on How Grandma’s Lessons Guided His Journey to Success

In the kitchen of a small, two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, a young Ebow Dadzie watched his grandmother cook. At times, he was instructed to pass a spice or stir a pot, and sometimes he was taught an entire recipe. Usually, he just observed as Dorothy Mitchell prepared dinner for her family. No matter what he was…


Blinken, Russian Top Diplomat Speak About Griner, Whelan

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine, with Blinken urging Russia to accept a deal to win the release of American detainees Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. Russian officials gave no public hint…


Blinken: Pressed Lavrov to Accept Prisoner Swap Offer

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov by phone on Friday and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. offer to release two Americans detained in Russia. Blinken did not provide details of Lavrov’s response to what he had previously called a “substantial proposal” for Russia to release the…


Huckleberry Everything: It’s the Season for the Beloved, Stubbornly Wild Berry of the Mountain West

“I’m your huckleberry.” One of American cinema’s most famous lines is probably better known than the unassuming little mountain fruit it rests upon. Val Kilmer’s declaration in “Tombstone”—which his character Doc Holliday apparently did indeed say to Johnny Ringo at the OK Corral in October 1881—yields 4.2 million results in a Google search.  Nonetheless, growing…


New Zealand Ambient Drone Film | Simple Happiness Episode 15

Relax for more than an hour and let your worries be replaced by stunning aerial views from some of New Zealand’s most beautiful and iconic locations, paired with a brand new ambient musical masterpiece. This video can be used to relax, sleep, meditate, do yoga, study, work, read, and more. New Zealand is an island…


Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Early Warning for Dementia?

Somewhere between misplacing your keys, missing an important appointment, or forgetting an acquaintance’s name and developing a full-blown case of dementia is a condition researchers call mild cognitive impairment (MCI). MCI is cognitive decline beyond what you would expect to see in a person based on normal aging and other factors. It may be an…