Starbucks looks to protein drinks and other new products to turn around lagging US sales next year

Starbucks says it’s confident that new products coming next year — including a cold foam protein drink, coconut water-based beverages and improved baked goods — will help turn around the company’s lagging U.S. sales. In the meantime,
Minnesota calls in National Guard after St. Paul slammed by ‘digital attack’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Minnesota has called in the National Guard after the city of St. Paul was slammed by what its mayor described as a “deliberate, coordinated, digital attack” carried out by sophisticated hackers. In a statement, the
US government alleges UCLA violated federal civil rights law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department alleged on Tuesday that the University of California, Los Angeles failed to prevent a hostile environment for its Jewish and Israeli students since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza after
Lawyers for Epstein’s former girlfriend say she’s open to interview with Congress, if given immunity

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is open to answering questions from Congress — but only if she is granted immunity from future prosecution for her testimony, her lawyers
Trump administration wants Harvard to pay far more than Columbia as part of settlement

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pressing for a deal with Harvard University that would require the Ivy League school to pay far more than the $200 million fine agreed to by Columbia University to resolve
Nantucket officials accuse offshore wind developer of going into hiding since Trump’s election

BOSTON (AP) — Officials in Massachusetts’ Nantucket island on Tuesday accused the developer of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind project of not responding to their safety queries since Donald Trump’s election after a massive wind turbine
What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a boy swimming in a lake

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced up the nose,
Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime, but this week’s sweltering hot weather set at least one record and has forecasters urging residents to limit time outside
Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their boy on a South Carolina lake

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in
Trump gets tariffs; Americans get price hikes

By David Gaffen and Marleen Kaesebier (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is getting his tariffs. Companies are making it clear how they intend to deal with it – passing them on to American consumers. Throughout the spring,