A group of teenagers jumped the order counter at a UK McDonald’s and stole food, local police said. Associated Press Teens jumped the order counter and stole food from a McDonald’s in Nottingham, UK, police say. Around 50 youths entered the store and roughly seven of them jumped the counter, per police. Service workers say…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
If you’re planning a late-summer getaway, you might pay less for travel insurance than you would have just a few weeks ago. According to travel agency Squaremouth, the average travel insurance premium is currently $281.34, down from about $297 last week, and a 3.6% decrease compared to a month ago. Travel insurance weekly rates at…
The worker was participating in a drinking game, according to reports. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters A PwC employee is suing the company over a brain injury he claims he sustained during a work event. The worker alleged he sustained a “moderate-severe brain injury,” per court documents seen by The FT. Michael Brockie alleged that he faced “heavy…
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Plans for Peter Thiel’s 10-bedroom compound in New Zealand were just rejected by the local government. Environmentalists argued that the estate, which was set to be built directly into the landscape, would be an “eyesore.” Thiel has been a New Zealand citizen since 2017, and some speculate this property was meant to…
Big Law typically recruits and interviews students at the start of their second year of law school, but intense competition has shops like Latham & Watkins tapping students before they finish their first year. Law schools aren’t happy about it, but too bad, they’re allowing it. This post first appeared in 10 Things on Wall…
Elon Musk. Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Ex-Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko has filed a series of whistleblower complaints to regulators. The complaints, published Tuesday by The Washington Post, accuse Twitter of security malpractice. A Twitter spokesperson said Zatko’s allegations appeared to be “riddled with inaccuracies.” Former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko has accused…
Russian paratrooper Pavel Filatyev. Pavel Filatyev via Vladimir Osechkin Pavel Filatyev wrote a memoir about his time fighting in Ukraine. He fled Moscow for a secret location last week. On Monday, he was detained by special-ops agents in the middle of the night, he said. He said he was interrogated for up to eight hours…
Elaine Thompson/AP The price of a cup of coffee has jumped 7.6% since last year to an average of $4.90. The reason is twofold: inflation and extreme weather in Brazil, a major coffee exporter. Customers are still buying coffee at chains like Starbucks, treating it as an affordable luxury. It’s not in your head —…
Bill Ackman. Brian Snyder/Reuters Bill Ackman sold his stake in Domino’s Pizza less than 18 months after establishing it. Ackman’s Pershing Square owned $800 million of the pizza chain’s stock as recently as June 30. The investor’s fund has bought and sold stakes in Berkshire Hathaway and Netflix in recent years. Bill Ackman has sold…
Mar-A-Lago on August 16, 2022, a week after the FBI searched the home of former President Trump, in Palm Beach, Florida. Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The New York Times reported that officials are seeking more evidence from Mar-a-Lago. Per the paper, it could be because the think more classified documents are being kept…