Because Red Lobster has been losing customers over the years due to new eateries, lower-priced competitors and short wait times, the CEO of Darden, a multi-brand restaurant operator, is planning to sell.
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The Turkish government has denied negligence in relation to the mining explosion that killed at least 292 people, despite worker complaints of “flawed safety conditions.”
Homes in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia have been evacuated in the area’s worst flooding in a century, which killed at least 20 people and left tens of thousands homeless without electricity or drinking water. Three months’ worth of rain has fallen on the region in three days this week.
Failing to report faulty igntion-switches for more than a decade has cost General Motors a whopping $35 million, after the deaths of 13 people were linked to the company’s lack of disclosure concerning the deadly vehicular defect.
India’s opposition leader Narendra Modi is India’s new prime minister, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in three decades and sweeping the long-dominant Congress party from power. Modi brings promises of economic revival to the country.
May 17, 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the court’s decision to desegregate educational institutions in Brown v. Board of Education, a ruling meant to “stamp out bigotry and racism in all their forms,” an ongoing social issue that impacts a growing population.
Following the leak of classified government documents by contractor Edward Snowden, private cyberexperts have prompted tighter internet security and changes to the NSA’s surveillance practices, but they say the Obama Administration has fallen short in checking the cyber snoops.
A vote on legislation that would create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who serve in the military was halted in Congress by House Republicans, setting back President Barack Obama’s efforts to push comprehensive immigration proposals into law.
Jeb Stuart Magruder, a Watergate conspirator who claimed in later years to have heard President Richard Nixon order the office break-in, has died. He was 79.
Robert Petzel, the top official for veterans health care, resigned Friday amid a firestorm over reported delays in care and falsified records at veterans hospitals. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki accepted the resignation, but critics immediately called it an empty move.
In the wake of the recent wildfires in Southern California, state fire officials have uncovered the cause of one fire, but say it could take months to determine the origin of the more damaging blazes.
On an island where most people have no Internet access, the arrival of mobile phone email service was embraced with joy.
A 57-year-old man has been charged with arson in one of 10 wildfires that swept the San Diego region this week.
Political leaders in a New Hampshire town have officially joined residents in demanding the resignation of a police commissioner who uttered a racial slur about President Barack Obama.
For the past 4,618 days —and counting— an EarthCam has been situated at Ground Zero in New York City capturing the recovery effort after the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001.