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DOORDASH DELIVERS STARBUCKS
DoorDash and Starbucks have struck a partnership that is set to make coffee deliveries available to customers in all 50 U.S. states. The rollout will begin in a handful of states, including California, Texas, Florida, and Georgia, then expand from there. Once fully launched, about 95 percent of Starbucks' core menu will be available through the DoorDash app.
15-YEAR-OLD CROCHET PRODIGY
Jonah Larson started making crochet clothing and crafts on Youtube 10 years ago when she was 5 years old. Now the 15-year-old crochet prodigy has raised $25,000 for children in her home country of Ethiopia. The money will provide 2,000 kids with a library, new restrooms, and a science lab. Larson promoted her initiative on "Good Morning America" this week.
DOLLY PARTON EXPANDS BAKING COLLECTION
Dolly Parton is expanding her Duncan Hines baking collection with the addition of new items, including mixes for caramel turtle brownies, buttermilk biscuits, and sweet cornbread. The beloved singer and actor announced the new mixes, wearing a strikingly pink outfit, in a video on Duncan Hines' website. The Dolly-branded product line has so far been a smash hit.
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day, it was estimated to stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow. Wisconsin-La Crosse fired Gow on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, after learning Gow and his wife have been producing and appearing in pornographic videos. Gow maintains the firing violated his free speech rights.
The U.S. military is now putting independent lawyers in charge of its investigations of sexual assault and other major crimes, what Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has called the "most important reform" to the military justice system in recent history.
A decades-old law bans Medicare from paying for weight loss drugs. Now, drugmakers and a wide-ranging bipartisan coalition of lawmakers are gearing up to push for that to change next year.
Barring a court order, in March Texas police will start being able to arrest people they suspect have entered the U.S. illegally, but increases in border crossings since a 2021 law authorizing some arrests shows the limits of that approach in the face of desperation that causes people to risk everything and travel thousands of miles to the U.S.
Mexico began clearing tents, both occupied and unoccupied, from the encampment in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, starting Tuesday.
