Category : Consumer

Topline Three people are dead and more than two dozen were transported to local hospitals after a ship suspected of smuggling migrants into the U.S. capsized off the coast of San Diego Sunday morning, according to emergency services. Key Facts The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department responded to a call of an overturned boat with people onboard near the Cabrillo Monument, a statue located close to the southern tip of the Point Loma Peninsula. Of those, three victims died on the scene and 27 others were injured and taken to local hospitals, where their conditions remain unclear.  The boat, a 40 foot readmore

Topline Former Food and Drug Administration boss Scott Gottlieb praised the U.S. coronavirus vaccine rollout Sunday, calling it “a monumental achievement” that is partially why the U.S. has not fallen victim to massive coronavirus outbreaks driven by more infectious and dangerous virus mutations, like in India. Key Facts “The situation in the U.S. continues to improve and I think in the coming weeks we’re going to see an acceleration of the declining cases . . . [and] one of the big reasons is vaccination,” Gottlieb said on CBS’ Face The Nation Sunday. Gottlieb used San Francisco as an example readmore

Topline The French government will begin rolling back its strict coronavirus lockdown next month by reopening the country’s famous sidewalk cafes and museums to “recover our French art of living” President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, as his government prepares to allow vaccinated Americans travelers back in the country this summer. Key Facts From May 19, theaters, cinemas, museums and concert venues will be allowed to open their doors over several stages of restriction rollbacks if coronavirus case levels stay low, Macron said. Outdoor dining areas like restaurant terraces and Paris’ popular sidewalk cafes will also be permitted to operate, though readmore

Topline New York City filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Chipotle Mexican Grill over how it handles employee schedules, according to the New York Times, which reports that Chipotle is accused of hundreds of thousands of violations of a city law dictating fair practices. Key Facts The complaint alleges Chipotle broke New York’s “Fair Workweek Law” by changing employees’ working hours without sufficient notice, not approving appropriate time off or additional play and other workweek scheduling-related violations, according to the newspaper. The city said Chipotle violated the law hundreds of thousands of times at dozens of New York City locations readmore

Topline  Burning Man, the annual weeklong festival in the Nevada desert increasingly popular with Silicon Valley CEOs and celebrities, was cancelled Tuesday for the second year in a row, the latest major festival to push back in-person events until the coronavirus pandemic is more controlled. Key Facts Burning Man organizers said there were too many uncertain aspects of the event that could not be resolved before Burning Man was slated to take place in August, leading them to make the decision to cancel in-person events altogether, they said in a Tuesday statement. The cancellation comes after weeks of back-and-forth from readmore