The opening chapter of Oindrila Mukherjee’s debut novel, “The Dream Builders” introduces us to the character Maneka Roy, who has come home to India to visit her father in the aftermath of her mother’s death. Maneka’s background often aligns with the author’s own biography: Mukherjee moved to America and is a college professor in a…
Read more
By HALELUYA HADERO Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said the program, called AmazonSmile, will shut down by Feb. 20 because it had “not grown to create the impact” the retailer had hoped. The program allowed…
Read more
Lakers star LeBron James has picked up the scoring pace over the past month and is fast approaching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA record for career regular-season points. Abdul-Jabbar took over the top spot on April 5, 1984 – eight months before James was born – when he broke the mark previously held by another former Lakers…
Read more
By Zahra Hirji | Bloomberg At the end of 2022, something strange happened in the US egg market: On a per-unit basis, consumer prices for plant-based eggs fell below those for chicken eggs. While the phenomenon is likely temporary, it is undeniable evidence that at least one corner of the plant-based food market can be…
Read more
By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON — The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default is in the offing, and frictions between President Joe Biden and House Republicans are raising alarms about whether the United States can sidestep a potential economic crisis. The Treasury Department projected that the federal government on Thursday would reach its legal borrowing…
Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. — Prosecutors announced that actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer who was killed on a New Mexico movie set. Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being shot during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021. Baldwin…
Read more
Taco Bell is bringing back its Crispy Chicken Wings for another brief run in its restaurants. The snack is part of a combo called the Ultimate GameDay Box, which will be available Jan. 26 through Feb. 9, or while supplies last, according to a news release. The box, which will include eight wings with two Spicy…
Read more
By GEIR MOULSON and JAMEY KEATEN BERLIN — Germany faced mounting pressure to supply battle tanks to Kyiv and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aired frustration about not obtaining enough weaponry as Western allies conferred Thursday on how best to support Ukraine nearly 11 months into Russia’s invasion. Just hours into his tenure, Germany’s new defense…
Read more
By MATT OTT | AP Business Writer WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest level in 16 weeks despite attempts by the Federal Reserve to slow the economy and bring down inflation. The number of Americans applying for jobless aid for the week ending Jan. 14 fell by 15,000…
Read more
LOS ANGELES — It’s been rare enough that the Lakers hit a big shot in a critical moment this season. For a fleeting instant, Kendrick Nunn’s 3-pointer felt something like that. An almost impossible-to-win situation seemed a little closer when Nunn launched a shot with De’Aaron Fox at his side, bringing the deficit to a…
Read more
