How BMW grew South Carolina peach orchards into a car capital
BMW(GREER, S.C.) — German automaker BMW took a chance 27 years ago when it purchased 900 acres of peach orchards in rural Greer, South Carolina. The once-booming area had collapsed along with the textile industry. Cheaper manufacturing
Kim Kardashian West had five reproductive surgeries in a year and half
Amy Sussman/E! Entertainment(NEW YORK) — Kim Kardashian West is a mother of four, but having her family was no easy feat. In a new video to promote her Skims loungewear, the reality TV star revealed that she
Woman was denied morning-after pill because of pharmacists' beliefs: Lawsuit
stevecoleimages/iStock(NEW YORK) — A woman in Minnesota is suing two pharmacies, including CVS, for sex discrimination after she claims she was denied a morning-after pill. Andrea Anderson, a 39-year-old mother of five, said she was first refused
Longtime NBA Commissioner David Stern suffers brain hemorrhage
Tar_Heel_Rob/iStock(NEW YORK) — Longtime NBA Commissioner David Stern suffered a brain hemorrhage on Thursday afternoon and remains in the hospital. The NBA released a statement confirming the news late Thursday. “NBA Commissioner Emeritus David Stern suffered a
Ten former NFL players charged by DOJ in alleged health care fraud scheme
robertcicchetti/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice announced charges Thursday against 10 former NFL players over an alleged scheme to defraud millions of dollars from the league’s health care benefits program. Prosecutors allege that the players submitted false
Conservatives win landslide majority in UK election
Ramberg/iStock(LONDON) — Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a huge victory in U.K.’s closely watched general election. Britain went to the polls for the third time in five years Thursday to determine who the public wants to
Heavily redacted communications on withholding of Ukraine aid released
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration released heavily redacted documents Thursday evening that, without the redactions, would have been the first communications revealed between government agencies regarding aid money to Ukraine being held up. The Freedom of
First four primary debates of 2020 announced
Heidi Gutman/Walt Disney Television(WASHINGTON) — Democrats will kick off 2020 with four Democratic primary debates in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, the Democratic National Committee announced Thursday. The debates will take place in January and
Debris from missing Chilean Air Force plane may have been found, officials say
StanRohrer/iStock(LONDON) — Chile’s air force said it has located debris at sea believed to be from its cargo plane that vanished this week with 38 people aboard. The Chilean-flagged vessel Antarctic Endeavour found the debris on Wednesday
'Starry night' toad rediscovered in Colombia after nearly three decades
Global Wildlife Conservation(NEW YORK) — Biologists have rediscovered the “starry night” harlequin toad in Colombia for the first time in nearly three decades after the species was largely wiped out by a deadly fungal pathogen. The toad,