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McDonald’s is making changes to its Big Mac and other burgers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

Peter Sblendorio  | New York Daily NewsMcDonald’s hopes a few changes to its burgers will be a recipe for success.On Monday the fast-food giant announced tweaks to its Big Mac, McDouble and standard hamburgers and cheeseburgers, including softer buns and onions added to the patties on the grill. The chain is also adding more sauce to its Big Mac burgers.McDonald’s has already begun to introduce the “small but tasty improvements” at some U.S. restaurants and says the national rollout will be complete by 2024.“I’ll always remember my first burger from McDonald’s. And now my culinary team and I have the best job in the world: thinking about ways to bring even more of that iconic McDonald’s taste to fans,” said Chad Schafer, McDonald’s USA’s senior director of culinary innovation, in a statement Monday.“We found that small changes, like tweaking our process to get hotter, meltier cheese and adjusting our grill settings for a better sear, added up to a big difference in making our burger...

NYSDOT to host public meeting on Troy-Menands Bridge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York State Department of Transportation will hold its second public meeting about the Troy-Menands Bridge on Wednesday, April 26. The virtual meeting is scheduled for 6 to 7 p.m. on Zoom. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The meeting will provide the public the opportunity to hear and discuss options about a potential replacement of the bridge. A replacement may alter the location of the bridge crossings and improve connections to the roadway network on both sides of the Hudson River.RSVP here to get the Zoom link. There will be additional public meetings in the future.

Pinhead Susan's in Schenectady closes, owner looking to lease

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Pinhead Susan's, an Irish pub at 38-40 North Broadway in Schenectady, has closed. Property owner Joey Faizy said the restaurant closed on Friday. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Faizy is a real estate agent for Realty ONE Group Key and owns other properties and businesses in the area. He bought Pinhead Susan's a few years ago, and ran it himself for a year before leasing it to the previous restaurant owners three years ago.Faizy would not give NEWS10 the previous owners' names, but said they owe him five months worth of rent. Faizy didn't know exactly why the pub closed, but thought the previous owners didn't have the resources to keep the place up and running. Stewart’s closing Geyser Road location in Milton Faizy is looking to lease the property and he's had multiple offers, including from franchises and steakhouses. It's a turn-key restaurant on the first floor, and the second floor is ope...

Ticonderoga small business week schedule released

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (NEWS10) - In Ticonderoga, the transition from April to May will be marked by something special to the community's local business. Ticonderoga will participate in the 2023 National Small Business Week, from Sunday, April 30, to Saturday, May 6. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! From Sunday to Friday, Ticonderoga businesses offer something special every day, including events for those in the business world who want to network and learn from their peers. Organized by the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, the local celebration is aimed to get the community to engage with local shops, entertainment and other businesses. The full schedule includes:Monday, May 1Essex County Industrial Development Agency and PRIDE of Ticonderoga Open HouseOpen house to meet with chamber partners and learn about the services they offerTiconderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, 94 Montcalm St. Suite 11-3 p.m. New DJ-centric music fe...

Live: Hearing in effort to oust St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

ST. LOUIS -  The ongoing efforts of Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to oust St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office could come to a head Tuesday.The Civil Courts building is where the very first court hearing in the case is set to take place at 1:30 p.m. Motions to be are expected to be discussed, including Bailey's petition to remove Gardner and Gardner's motion to dismiss the case.Bailey first filed suit to have Gardner removed from office back in February following the downtown crash that resulted in 17-year-old Janae Edmonson losing her legs. Kim Gardner faces contempt of court after prosecutor no-shows murder trial There was great controversy over why the driver who police say caused the crash was out of jail on bond in another case, despite the fact that he violated the terms of his bond many times.Bailey then filed a lengthy amended motion last month pointing to numerous reasons why he believes Gardner is failing to do her job and should be...

Live: Horse racing season begins in Collinsville, Illinois

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - The horses are back on the track Tuesday at FanDuel Sportsbook and Horse Racing in Collinsville. This is the 98th year of racing at the track formerly known as Fairmount Park. Can’t drive with that: Illinois police find 3 garbage bags of marijuana during traffic stop The racing season opens Tuesday and runs through November 18. Race days are Tuesdays and Saturdays. The $250,000 FanDuel St. Louis Derby is back for its third year on August 26.The sports book is open seven days a week for simulcast betting and sports wagering. You can watch FanDuel Sportsbook Horse Racing every Tuesday and Saturday on FOX2Now.com.

Man charged with shooting Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl surrenders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 84-year-old man has surrendered to law enforcement following the shooting of a Kansas City teen. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to FOX4 Andrew Lester surrendered himself at the Clay County Detention Center Tuesday afternoon. Lester has been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl.Kansas City police say on April 13, Yarl intended to pick up his younger brothers at a home on N.E. 115th Terrace, but he mistakenly went to a house on N.E. 115th Street. When he arrived at the home and rang the doorbell, Lester shot Yarl.Yarl’s family said the teen was shot twice, once on the top of his left eye and a second time in his upper right arm. Yarl’s mother, Cleo Nagbe, said one of the bullets remained in Ralph’s temple for 12 hours before it could be removed. According to court documents, Yarl said Lester told him, “Don’t come around here” following the shooting. The night of the s...

Has Denver lost its edge? Colorado’s biggest counties are losing population

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

The entire northern Front Range, especially metro Denver, was a hot spot coming out of the Great Recession, drawing in young workers from all over the country. But that important driver of economic growth last decade looks like it has stalled and in some areas reversed.Colorado may have both welcomed and feared the disproportionate flow of new residents last decade. But this decade it will need to find a way to attract its share from a shrinking pool of new workers, and early on it looks like it is falling behind.“Large urban areas with very large labor markets had power and people were willing to pay up to live there. They have lost that edge a little bit. They are competing more with the suburbs and the exurbs. We expect Denver to be hit hard,” said Adam Ozimek, chief economist with the Economic Innovation Group, which conducted a study of population winners and losers among U.S. counties during the pandemic.Zeroing in even more, EIG compared population trends of the l...

Riverside City College placed on lockdown due to man with knife

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

Students and faculty at Riverside City College were told to shelter in place Tuesday morning due to a standoff with a man carrying a knife, authorities said.The lockdown order was issued around 9:30 a.m. and impacted the entire campus.According to Sky5 reporter Rich Prickett, the suspect was originally barricaded on campus but fled into a wash near the football field when law enforcement arrived.According to Sky5 reporter Rich Prickett, the man who was seen with the knife was originally barricaded on campus but fled into a wash near the football field when law enforcement arrived. April 18, 2023. (KTLA)Students and faculty at Riverside City College were told to shelter-in-place due to a standoff with a man carrying a knife, authorities said. April 18, 2023. (KTLA)Riverside police officers and county sheriff’s deputies contacted the suspect and, as of 11:15 a.m. were preparing to send a robot into the wash, aerial footage showed.There have been no reports of injuries or direct threat...

Unclaimed $1.5 million Powerball ticket set to expire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:55 GMT

A Powerball ticket worth $1.5 million is set to expire on April 24 if the winner doesn’t come forward, the California Lottery announced on Tuesday.The winning ticket was purchased at a Mobil gas station at 15380 Los Gatos Blvd. in Los Gatos in Santa Clara County. This location was also a former 76 gas station. California Lottery player wins nearly $4 million from Powerball ticket The winning ticket was one of the two tickets that matched five numbers during the Oct. 26, 2022, Powerball drawing. The ticket has the numbers 19-36-37-46-56, missing only the Powerball number 24.Lottery officials cannot tell if a state resident or visitor purchased the winning ticket. Still, they encourage anyone who has visited the gas station to check their belongings to see if they bought the ticket.Powerball winners in California who match five numbers have 180 days from the lottery draw date to claim their prize. If no one turns in the ticket, the $1.5 million prize money will go to public schools ...