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McDonald’s spends millions to win customers back after deadly E. coli outbreak

McDonald’s is investing $100 million to bring customers back to stores after an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions on the fast-food giant’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The investments include $65 million that will go directly to the hardest-hit franchises, the company said. In the wake of an E. coli outbreak, McDonald’s is spending millions to get their …

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Is your pet from a puppy mill?

Prospective new pet owners are usually greeted by energetic young puppies with eagerly wagging tails and expectant lolling tongues in pet stores. Although almost every animal is presented as having been sourced from a caring and reputable breeder and to have enjoyed a happy life until that point, in the majority of cases that isn’t true. Puppies, as well as …

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Olive oil maker Deoleo expects to cut prices in half

Olive oil prices are about to dip. The largest producer of olive oil plans to slash prices in half now that the weather-fueled crisis that has caused the “liquid gold” to skyrocket in recent months appears to be over. Harvests in southern Europe are slowly recovering from a prolonged period of extreme weather and drought, according to Deoleo, the maker …

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US single-family homes need over hundred thousand dollars a year

Americans need to earn nearly $108,000 a year to afford a single-family home in most cities now, according to a new economics report. Oxford Economics revealed this week that a household in 2024 needs an average annual income of $107,700 to afford a new single-family home, including property taxes and home insurance. This number was nearly twice the cost it …

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NYC councilwoman who bit cop hits sidewalk to raise money for legal defense

A Brooklyn pol arrested after infamously chomping on a cop’s arm during a homeless shelter protest pulled out the tin cup Saturday and bizarrely raised money on a public sidewalk to help pay off her legal fees. Reps for City Councilwoman Susan Zhuang, a conservative Democrat, were spotted openly soliciting money and collecting checks for the pol’s “legal defense trust” …

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Los Angeles DA Nathan Hochman questions Menendez brothers Netflix series

New Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has a message for fans of Erik and Lyle Menendez: don’t rush to judgment as their Dec. 11 resentencing hearing approaches. Hochman, 60, told The Daily Beast he thinks many fans of the Menendez brothers’ true-crime series don’t fully understand the case. The Menendez brothers, now 53 and 56, are serving life without parole …

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Son said he wasn’t home when mom jumped

A Queens woman seriously hurt after police said she jumped from her third-story window to get away from her troubled, knife-wielding son was so fearful of him, she developed a secret knock to let her neighbor know if she was in danger, a building resident said. The victim, 64, who has not been publicly identified, had an order of protection …

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