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☆ Where is Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Roberts Guiffre now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Netflix's drama "Scoop" looks at how the "Newsnight" team interviewed Prince Andrew in 2019. In that interview, the prince addressed allegations that he had sex with Virginia Roberts Giuffre. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The prince settled with Giuffre in early 2022, reportedly paying her $16 million, according to The Telegraph.

Persons: Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts, —, Prince Andrew's, Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Rufus Sewell, Andrew, Gillian Anderson, Emily Maitlis, Sam McAlister, Billie Piper, Esme Wren, Giuffre, Epstein, Duke, York, isn't, Dini von Mueffling, Robert Giuffre, Ghislaine Maxwell, They're Organizations: Newsnight, Service, Buckingham Palace, The Telegraph, WA Locations: Buckingham, Giuffre, Western Australia, Perth

☆ 'Scoop' stars say new Netflix film offers fresh 'perspectives' on Prince Andrew's infamous 'Newsnight' interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview"Scoop," Netflix's upcoming drama about Prince Andrew's infamous "Newsnight" interview, offers up new "perspectives" about the royal's links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, actor Rufus Sewell said. The interview that followed with Emily Maitlis was dubbed a "car crash" by many and did little to clear his name. Peter Mountain/NetflixBut Sewell said he didn't accept the role until he had "worked on it on my own for a little while." Rufus Sewell transforms into Prince Andrew in the upcoming Netflix film, "Scoop."

Persons: —, Prince Andrew's, Jeffrey Epstein, Rufus Sewell, Duke, York, Epstein, Emily Maitlis, Sewell, Jeffrey Epstein's, Sam McAlister, hadn't, Billie Piper, McAlister, Peter, didn't, Andrew, Prince Andrew, Gillian Anderson, Virginia Giuffre, Queen Elizabeth II Organizations: Service, Business, Netflix, BBC, Hollywood Reporter, YouTube, Virginia Locations: London, Buckingham, Andrew

☆ He prosecuted child sex predators. Now, he’s going after Meta for allegedly enabling them
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Meta, along with other major social media companies, faces growing scrutiny over the safety of young users on its platforms. But of the several lawsuits filed against Meta over child safety in recent years, none have focused as pointedly as Torrez’s case on alleged child sexual exploitation. In some cases, Torrez said he volunteered to take child abuse cases and to visit safe houses to conduct interviews with child victims. The New Mexico Attorney General's office alleges it found in an investigation of Facebook and Instagram accounts promoting sexualized images of minors. Meta also says it has removed hundreds of thousands of accounts, groups and devices for violating its child safety policies.

Persons: Raúl Torrez, Torrez, Presiliano Torrez, ”, Mark Zuckerberg, pornographers, General Raúl Torrez, Countess, ” Torrez, Zuckerberg, Frances Haugen, ” Meta, Obama, Meta, Rebecca Wright, —, Linda Atkinson, aren’t, “, New Mexico Attorney General's, Issa Bee, Issa, you’re, Nkechi Nneji, Evelyn Hockstein, Ann Olivarius, McAlister Olivarius Organizations: New, New York CNN, Facebook, Meta, Tech, Getty, CNN, Communications, ”, Harvard, London School of Economics, Stanford Law School, New Mexico Department of Justice, New Mexico Attorney, PayPal, National Center for, Force, Reuters, Bureau, US News Locations: New York, New Mexico, Torrez, Washington ,, Albuquerque, Mexico, ”, Bernalillo County, Torrez’s, United States

☆ Applebee’s is shrinking. Its parent company may open joint restaurants with IHOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Dine Brands Global is considering an Applebee’s and IHOP combination, according to an earnings call on February 28. Dine Brands is the parent company of both restaurant chains. Because of the cost to build an Applebee’s, Dine Brands is “assembling a prototype” for another option. The revenue for the joint restaurants could double that of the standalone restaurants, the company said in the earnings call. Combination locations allowed these restaurants, such as Auntie Anne’s and Cinnabon, to expand past malls and into busier streetside spots.

Persons: New York CNN —, Anne’s, Applebee’s, Paul Weaver, Carvel, Auntie Anne’s, ”, Brian Krause, John Peyton, Peyton Organizations: New, New York CNN, Bell, KFC, Dine, Dine Brands, AP, Focus Brands, Brands Locations: New York, Susquehanna, Selinsgrove , Pennsylvania, Cinnabon, Leon , Mexico, Mexico

☆ He Cursed at a Police Officer. Now He’s Caught in a Free Speech Fight.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Jesse Mckinley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tony Rupp didn’t intend to become a fighter for the First Amendment. He was really just out for some pasta. In December 2016, Mr. Rupp, a Buffalo-area lawyer, was leaving Chef’s Restaurant, a popular Italian place in the city’s downtown, when he said he saw a black SUV — its lights off — bearing down on two women crossing the street. The driver came to a halt just short of the women, and then, disaster averted, kept going as Mr. Rupp shouted, “Turn your lights on, asshole!”Little did the lawyer know that the driver was a Buffalo police officer, Todd C. McAlister, who turned into the parking lot, followed Mr. Rupp and told him that he was being detained. After about a half-hour, which Mr. Rupp spent arguing with the police in the parking lot, he was stunned when the police handed him a ticket for violating the city’s noise ordinance, despite the argument occurring on a nonresidential street near a buzzing freeway.

Persons: Tony Rupp didn’t, Rupp, Todd C, McAlister Organizations: Mr Locations: Buffalo

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed that it oversaw the exhumation of the body of Pauline Pusser on Thursday at Adamsville Cemetery. A TBI statement said the agency received a new tip that led agents to find that there was never an autopsy performed on Pauline Pusser's body. The Pusser car was hit 11 times. Buford Pusser spent six years as McNairy County sheriff beginning in 1964, and aimed to rid McNairy County of organized crime, from moonshiners to gamblers.

Persons: Pauline Pusser, Buford Pusser, Joe Don Baker, Dwayne “, ” Johnson, Pauline Pusser's, Mark Davidson, Pauline Pusser’s, Keli McAlister, McAlister, “, Sheriff Pusser, Pusser Organizations: —, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Adamsville, Judicial, Tennessee, Selmer, Sheriff, Tennessee -, Tennessean Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, McNairy County, Adamsville, Tennessee - Mississippi, County, moonshiners, Washington state

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A man who sued Buffalo police after being ticketed for shouting at an officer to turn on his headlights can move forward with his legal action, an appeals court ruled. R. Anthony Rupp III, a civil rights attorney, said he did not intend to sue after his December 2016 encounter with two police officers. “You know you can be arrested for that,” McAlister told Rupp through an open window. Rupp responded that McAlister should not be driving after dark without his headlights activated and told the officer he almost caused an accident. McAlister then “got out of his vehicle and told Rupp he was detained,” the lawsuit said.

Persons: Anthony Rupp III, Todd McAlister, Nicholas Parisi, Meech ” Davis, Rupp, Meech Davis, ” Rupp, McAlister, ” McAlister, “, Parisi Organizations: Buffalo, U.S ., U.S Locations: BUFFALO, N.Y, Buffalo

☆ Subway sandwich chain sells itself to Dunkin' owner Roark Capital
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In this photo illustration, a Subway meal is seen on a table at a Subway restaurant on January 12, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Roark Capital is buying Subway, ending the sandwich chain's more than five decades of family ownership and marking a new era for the struggling company. Subway dwarfs all of them by number of restaurants, and brings in more annual sales than all but Dunkin'. Through holding company Inspire Brands, Roark owns Dunkin', Baskin-Robbins, Sonic, Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings and Jimmy John's. Roark plans to keep Subway as a separate entity within its portfolio, Subway CEO John Chidsey told the Journal.

Persons: Roark, Dunkin, Robbins, Jimmy John's, Anne's, Carvel, Neil Saunders, John Chidsey, Chidsey, Fred DeLuca, Peter Buck, Jared Fogle, DeLuca, Buck Organizations: Roark Capital, Subway, TDR, Sycamore Partners, Wall Street, Inspire Brands, Baskin, Buffalo Wild Wings, Focus Brands, Journal ., Business Locations: Austin , Texas, Cinnabon, Connecticut, U.S

☆ Boeing's first crewed Starliner spaceflight slips to April 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NASA said "the date adjustment deconflicts visiting spacecraft traffic at the space station as NASA and Boeing work together to achieve flight readiness." Scrutinizing Starliner's parachutes and software are the two most time-consuming issues NASA and Boeing are dealing with ahead of the crewed flight test, NASA's commercial spaceflight director Phil McAlister said on Monday. Boeing developed Starliner under a roughly $4.2 billion fixed-price NASA contract awarded in 2014, which includes six operational Starliner missions. NASA has a similar contract with SpaceX, whose rival Crew Dragon capsule has flown six crewed flights for the agency since 2020. Illustrating difficulties Boeing faces on fixed-price contract programs, the company's Starliner contract has swelled to roughly $4.5 billion, and setbacks with the spacecraft have cost Boeing nearly $900 million since 2019.

☆ National Sandwich Day has chains serving up sandwich deals today
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

November 3rd marks National Sandwich Day (yes, it’s a thing.) But even though National Sandwich Day is still not an actual holiday, plenty of restaurant chains are doling out deals and freebies on sandwich orders. Popeyes: Buy one Chicken Sandwich combo (classic or spicy) and get a second sandwich free through the chain’s app or website. Jersey Mike’s Sub: Customers can get free delivery on their sandwich order through the app. McAlister’s Deli: The restaurant chain is offering a buy one, get one free sandwich promotion today for its reward program members.

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