California’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage law for fast-food workers reduced visits to popular chains as restaurants like McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King raised prices to offset higher costs, according to a study. California’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage law for fast-food workers led to higher prices and lower traffic at popular chains including McDonald’s, Wendy’s and … Read more
See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Louisiana announced it will host a summer camp just for kids, sparking a debate on social media. The Hammond franchise location will open its doors to children, ages 5 to 12, to attend Chick-fil-A Summer Camp July 15-17 and July 22-24. The camp fee is $35 … Read more
Ed Stone, the scientist who led NASA’s Voyager breakthrough mission to the outer planets for 50 years and directed the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when it landed its first rover on Mars, died Tuesday. He was 88. A physicist who got in on the ground floor of space exploration, Stone played a leading role in NASA’s … Read more
BestReviews is supported by readers and may earn an affiliate commission. The details. These days, it seems like we’re all trying to stretch our dollars a little further. After recent years of inflation, food bills and other expenses are still super high, leaving some families struggling to pay all their bills. In response, many retailers … Read more
Cycling is so full of mind-boggling jargon that it almost threatens to spoil the fun at times. If it’s not the complications of power measurement, it’s the physiology of the fuel or the PhD-level physics behind the aerodynamics that fools the wind. The latest word to bring us into the limelight is ketones, described by … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senators on Wednesday criticized top health and law enforcement officials for not doing more to combat the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes in the US, a multi-billion dollar business that has thrived amid haphazard enforcement. Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee expressed frustration and exasperation as they questioned officials from … Read more
As the world turns to green hydrogen and other renewable energy sources, scientists have discovered that archaea – the third form of life after bacteria and eukaryotes – have been producing energy using hydrogen gas and ‘ultraminimal’ enzymes for billions of years. Specifically, the international team of researchers found that at least nine phyla of … Read more
People are downloading the iOS 18 beta (Photo: Filip Radwanski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) An expert has warned iPhone users not to download iOS 18 as it appears to be ‘bugging’. The beta version, a preview release available to some users before the software goes live, has been available since then. Apple revealed the update at … Read more
MIT faculty members Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer and Sara Seager are among eight researchers worldwide receiving this year’s Kavli Prizes. A partnership between the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and the Kavli Foundation, the Kavli Prizes are awarded every two years to “honour scientists for discoveries in … Read more
With Skydance Media deal talks winding down, the three top executives in Paramount Global’s CEO’s office said they remain focused on a plan to cut costs and grow the media conglomerate as an independent entity. The trio – George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, president and CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount … Read more