Author: News Room
These four restaurants were synonymous with their owners, all serving their takes on soul or Southern food. Before they arrived, a craving for soul food meant heading uptown to Harlem for takeout containers or sitting down at Sylvia’s, opened by Sylvia Woods in 1962 near the famed Apollo Theater.These newer places continued the story, bringing worldly, upscale takes on Southern food downtown. Each space was a view into a world curated and inspired by its creator. And each, in its time, offered some of the most coveted seats in the city; their legacy can still be seen in the number…
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, tried for years to convince Chinese regulators to let him offer self-driving capabilities in one of the company’s most important markets.After a series of false starts, Mr. Musk is now closer than ever.Tesla said on Tuesday that some of drivers in China will be able to use the company’s Autopilot feature on city streets to help with lane changes and other more advanced tasks. Cars that use the update, which is similar Tesla’s Autopilot feature in the United States, are not completely autonomous and still require supervision from the driver. The update is…
Joann, the fabrics and crafts retailer that has supplied quilters, seamstresses and school projects for 80 years, announced that it would close down all of its stores in the latest chapter of financial tumult for the company.The company’s assets were auctioned off on Friday, about a month after Joann filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in less than a year. Joann announced earlier in February that it would close 500 of its remaining 800 stores as part of the bankruptcy process.The winning bidder in the auction, the financial services company GA Group, along with a lender, acquired…
Lawyers for Paramount and President Trump have agreed to appoint a mediator in his $20 billion lawsuit against CBS, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.The move to bring in a mediator is another indicator that the two sides are trying to resolve the case, over the editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, out of court. A mediator could help them reach a settlement, but whether they will do so remains far from certain.Paramount declined to comment. Ed Paltzik, a lawyer for Mr. Trump, said in a statement: “President Trump will pursue this…
An offshore cryptocurrency trading firm pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to a charge of operating as an unlicensed money transmitting business in the United States while seeking customers in New York and other states.In pleading guilty, the Seychelles-based company that operates OKX, which the government described as one of the world’s largest crypto firms, also agreed to pay $504 million in fines and penalties. The company still has operations in the United States.Financial firms, including crypto currency exchanges, that operate in the United States are required to register with federal regulators as a money transmitting…
A Delta Air Lines flight returned to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday morning after the crew reported “possible smoke” inside the aircraft, prompting the pilot to declare an emergency and passengers to evacuate by slides once it safely landed, the airline and federal officials said.Flight 876, a Boeing 717 aircraft, was headed for Columbia, S.C., but instead returned to the Atlanta airport around 9 a.m. The plane was carrying 94 passengers, as well as two pilots and three flight attendants, the airline said.“The flight crew followed procedures to return to Atlanta when a haze inside the aircraft was observed…
Friedrich Merz and his center-right Christian Democrats emerged victorious in Germany’s election on Sunday, but the celebrations may be short. The next government, almost certainly led by Mr. Merz as chancellor, faces a stagnant economy, President Trump’s threat to put tariffs on the country’s crucial export industries and a fourth year of war in Ukraine.What’s more, the ability to address these issues is hamstrung by strict limits on government debt and deficits, making it difficult to finance higher military spending, update crumbling infrastructure and carry out other initiatives that economists say are crucial to spur growth.A dispute over this rule,…
Starbucks is laying off 1,100 corporate employees, its chief executive said in a letter to workers on Monday, marking the coffee chain’s latest move to restructure amid lackluster sales.Brian Niccol, who took over as chief executive last fall, has vowed to woo back customers who have shied away from $8 lattes and long wait times, which have put pressure on sales in recent months. Same-store sales globally slipped 4 percent in the first quarter of the company’s 2025 fiscal year, which ended on Dec. 29. The layoffs, Mr. Niccol said in the letter, are aimed at allowing Starbucks to “operate…
MSNBC said on Monday that Jen Psaki, the former White House Press Secretary who has become one of the most prominent hosts at the network, would anchor a nightly weekday show in prime-time.Ms. Psaki, 46, will host a show at 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, replacing Alex Wagner, a longtime political journalist who has anchored that hour since 2022, according to a memo to staffers from Alex Kutler, MSNBC’s president. Ms. Wagner will remain at MSNBC as an on-air correspondent.Rachel Maddow, MSNBC’s biggest star, has been anchoring the 9 p.m. hour on weeknights for the early days of President Trump’s…
Lester Holt, the veteran NBC newscaster and anchor of the “NBC Nightly News” over the last decade, announced on Monday that he will step down from the flagship evening newscast in the coming months.Mr. Holt told colleagues that he would remain at NBC, expanding his duties at “Dateline,” where he serves as the show’s anchor.“It has truly been the honor of a lifetime to work with each of you every day, keeping journalism as our true north and our viewers at the center of everything we do,” Mr. Holt, 65, wrote in a memo to colleagues.He said that he would…