Two of America’s iconic chain eateries are set to combine forces — literally. The parent company of IHOP and Applebee’s has announced it has begun opening dual-branded locations, combining back-of-the house cooking areas and blending front-of-the-house dining areas, though with discrete entrances. On parent Dine Brands Global’s most recent earnings call, CEO John Peyton said the […]Read More
United Airlines will pause pilot hiring this spring because of aircraft deliveries from Boeing, the latest effect of the plane maker’s problems with one of its biggest customers. New hire classes will be paused in May and June and will likely resume in July, Marc Champion, vice president of flight operations, and Kirk Limacher, vice president of […]Read More
Temple University reviewing reports of potential match-fixing of men’s basketball
Temple University said it was looking into reports of match fixing of a Division 1 men’s basketball game. In a statement Friday, a university representative said it was reviewing the March 7 game between the Temple University Owls and the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers at Temple’s Liacouras Center arena in Philadelphia. ‘We are aware of […]Read More
Sitting in front of a kitchen done in shades of beige, with a couple of family photos, a faucet and a fruit bowl visible in the background, Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.) delivered the Republican Party’s rebuttal to President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night. The kitchen was among several elements of her […]Read More
Leaders of the moderate group No Labels decided Friday in a Zoom call with hundreds of supporters to move forward with selecting candidates for a third-party ticket that would challenge both President Biden and former president Donald Trump in November. There was no discussion on the call of specific potential candidates, a critical piece of […]Read More
Super Tuesday is a lot — even for those of us whose job it is to cover this stuff for a living. While we get to devote all our attention on an election day to early states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, having 15 states vote on the same day means some key […]Read More
President Biden will travel to at least four states in a week on the heels of his State of the Union address, with stops in Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Hampshire and Michigan to mark what his campaign is calling a March “Month of Action.” Biden is expected to continue the fierce attacks he began Thursday in […]Read More
The Supreme Court quickly and unanimously resolved a case this week that had divided legal scholars for months, clearing a path for Donald Trump to remain on the ballot for president nationwide. But in doing so, the justices unleashed new questions that could confront Congress and the courts after the November election. The decision reversed […]Read More
As political leaders and guests shuffled into the U.S. Capitol for President Biden’s high-stakes State of the Union address Thursday night, overhead views of the chamber revealed a sea of white. Dozens of Democratic congresswomen donned the color in what they said was a statement about reproductive rights. (They also wore pins saying “fighting for […]Read More
A State of the Union address generally is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted. But State of the Union addresses are political speeches, an argument for the president’s policies, so context is sometimes missing. Here’s a roundup of a dozen claims in Tuesday night’s speech that caught our attention, listed in the […]Read More