McDonald’s accepting foreign currency in exchange to try international food items
McDonald’s says it will accept foreign currency for some of its new menu items.
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Deep sea fishermen off Charleston coast catch $1 million worth of cocaine
(CNN) – Deep sea fishermen off the coast of Charleston caught a huge batch of cocaine Sunday (6/2). A package floating in the water had upwards of 100 pounds of cocaine with a street value of up to $1 million. It was pulled in by the fishermen about 70 miles southeast of Charleston. Once they realized what it was, the…
Perdue Foods recalling over 31k pounds of ready to eat chicken
Perdue Foods is recalling over 31,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products as they may be contaminated with pieces of “bone material.”
Hot car deaths: preventing the tragedy
(CNN) – The National Safety Council released a report that says almost 800 children died of heatstroke in vehicles between 1998 and 2017. Last week in Richland County, a four-year-old died after the coroner says he climbed into an unlocked car and was found unresponsive. In this report, Meredith Wood has the latest on hot car deaths and how some…
Costco may raise prices because of the US, China trade-war
(CNN) – Costco members may soon notice a hike in the stores prices. Costco says this is because of the ongoing trade war between the US and China. President Donald Trump placed US tariffs on $250 billion dollars worth of Chinese exports and warned those tariffs are likely to stay. China retaliated by tacking on some tariffs of their own….
Lyft will start offering more pronoun options for LGBTQ riders
(CNN) – One rideshare company is showing support to the LGBTQ community. Lyft will now offer pronoun options to rider profiles to help drivers better address customers. The pronouns include: he, she, they, “prefer not to say” or “my pronoun isn’t listed.” Lyft claims to be the first rideshare company in the United States to offer pronoun options and is…
Family Dollar to start selling alcohol
Discount retailer Family Dollar is adding booze to boost sales. According to USA Today, about 1,000 stores will start selling alcohol.
Coca-Cola with coffee may be coming to US
If you’re in need of mid-day boost, you may grab a coffee or a coke.
New policy lets Uber kick some riders to the curb
(CNN) — One rideshare company will kick off users who have poor ratings. Uber announced today, Wednesday may 29th, 2019 that it will start denying riders access to its services if they have a quote “significantly below average rating”. The new policy would include access to Uber-Eats and its E-Scooter service, “Jump”. A spokesperson said removal ratings would vary by…
Alexa will now delete your voice recordings when you ask
(CNN) – Amazon’s A.I. assistant will now be able to forget everything you say. You can command the popular “Alexa” Amazon product to delete recent recordings just by saying so. Until now, users have had to go into the app to delete recordings one by one or go to Amazon’s website to delete all recordings at once. The new commands…
