Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ praise for a 1960s literacy program in Cuba is suddenly at the center of the 2020 presidential race, with critics excoriating the self-described democratic socialist candidate for the remarks. Here’s a look at the literacy program’s origins and what sparked the controversy surrounding it today. It started on Sunday, when…… MORE
Former food company executive Michelle Janavs was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for paying bribes in the college admissions scam, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said. Janavs, whose family invented Hot Pockets, paid the scheme’s mastermind, Rick Singer, $100,000 to cheat on two of her daughters’ ACTs, and agreed to pay $200,000…… MORE
Bob Iger gradually built the Walt Disney Co. into the juggernaut that it is today -— one acquisition and expansion at a time — fueling the question of whether the CEO is irreplaceable. In one stunning, unexpected stroke, the company and media industry is about to find out. Disney shocked the media business on Tuesday…… MORE
President Donald Trump plainly has a message for the American electorate: He can keep liberals from taking over the Supreme Court. Trump’s complaints from abroad regarding Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and calling for them to recuse themselves from “Trump-related cases,” are likely less about any threat he perceives from these two justices…… MORE
Chevron instructed its workers at its London office to work from home Tuesday after an employee experiencing flu-like symptoms was tested for coronavirus, a person familiar with the matter told CNN Business. In an abundance of caution, employees at the office located in London’s Canary Wharf business hub have been told to work remotely until…… MORE
Bayern Munich fans mounted a renewed protest over Champions League ticket prices as the Bundesliga club romped to a 3-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Bayern’s supporters unfurled a banner during the last-16 first-leg tie in London that read: “Away end CFC £55 FCB 59+1€,” a reference to Chelsea and Spanish club…… MORE
A 92-year-old veteran finally got the medals he deserved decades after serving in World War II. Thomas Simpson, who served in the Navy, said he was determined to get them after one of his grandsons asked him a question. “He came up to me and said, ‘Pop pop, what did you do during the war?’…… MORE
Bernie Sanders has come under attack from Democrats and Republicans this past week over his praise for social programs implemented by the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, a sign of the increasing scrutiny the Vermont senator faces as he has ascended to become the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Over parts of five decades,…… MORE
The deadly novel coronavirus outbreak has turned a spotlight on the science of disease, raising the question: What exactly is a pandemic? An outbreak is the occurrence of disease cases in excess of what’s normally expected, according to the World Health Organization. An epidemic is more than a normal number cases of an illness, specific…… MORE
The mother of a Michigan high school student with same-sex parents alleges her daughter’s English teacher infringed on her freedom of speech when she rejected a class paper on the topic of same-sex marriage. Destiny McDermitt, a 17-year-old junior at Hill-McCloy High School in Montrose, was assigned a project titled “Take a Stand,” in which…… MORE