SALT LAKE CITY — One of Utah’s largest grocery store chains is launching a program aimed at feeding needy individuals and families statewide, as well as doing away with food waste companywide. Smith’s Food & Drug Stores, under its parent company The Kroger Co., has announced a national effort to target hunger in the communities […]
Public clashes over future of IndyCar’s Detroit Grand Prix
DETROIT — State officials are deciding whether to continue hosting the Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle, a state park and island that opponents say is negatively impacted by the annual event. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is considering whether to allow the race to continue after its current five-year contract expires after the […]
Girl hit by foul ball at Yankees game gets game’s attention
NEW YORK — It might be the shot heard around the baseball world: the rocket-like foul ball that hit a young girl at a New York Yankees game. In the hours after the girl was struck in the face by the 105-mph screamer, the game’s commissioner vowed to push harder for all teams to extend […]
After Harvey criticism, Joel Osteen opens church to Jews for High Holy Days
L’Shanah Tovah, y’all. Joel and Victoria Osteen, leaders of Houston’s Lakewood Church, are offering that Hebrew “happy new year” greeting to a displaced Jewish congregation. The offer comes just a few weeks after the couple were criticized for not immediately opening their stadiumlike downtown megachurch as a Hurricane Harvey shelter. “Congregation Beth Yeshurun experienced devastating […]
Kim Jong Un Called President Trump a ‘Dotard.’ What Does That Mean?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called President Donald Trump a “dotard” in response to Trump’s speech on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly. “I am now thinking hard about what response he could have expected when he allowed such eccentric words to trip off his tongue,” Kim said in a statement from North […]