Wendy’s is offering fast-food eaters a popular side for free. The fast-food chain revealed it will be debuting a Friday-specific promotion this week that will offer Wendy’s customers a free order of french fries.”Kick off the weekend with a Hot & Crispy treat each week at Wendy’s,” the company said Wednesday. With the Wendy’s app and an account, customers will have access to the free fries deal on Fridays when they buy something else, according to Wendy’s. All of Wendy’s fry sizes are eligible. WENDY’S BACKTRACKS ON SURGE-PRICING AFTER CEO TOUCHED OFF FIRESTORM WITH ‘DYNAMIC PRICING’ ANNOUNCEMENT Wendy’s said it will…

Washington    Taylor Swift is continuing her lucrative legacy with the release of her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” out Friday at midnight. Swift commands a fiercely dedicated fan base one that helps her break streaming records, crashes websites, and sells out major stadiums across the world. Her latest album is expected to draw that same burning enthusiasm from fans, yet again. It’ll be an extension of her legacy not just as a pop superstar, but also as a businessperson. Swift proved just how much economic power she wields in 2023. Tickets for her career-defining “Eras” tour sold…

Last updated: April 18, 2024 19:30 EDT | 3 min read Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs officials took a $53.2 million Bitcoin and ETH bribe from a crypto exchange executive, a major newspaper in the country claimed this week.Per Kommersant, the officials were named Georgy Satyukov and Dmitry Sokolov, employees at “one of the ministry’s most secret divisions.”The media outlet and major Russian Telegram news channels claimed the duo worked at the Bureau of Special Technical Events. The bureau is allegedly codenamed “Department K.”Reports claim the duo received their bribes in crypto over a period from March 19 to October…

Trader Joe’s and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning consumers not to eat Infinite Herbs brand organic basil sold at Trader Joe’s due to a salmonella outbreak. The organic basil from Infinite Herbs was packaged in 2.5-ounce clamshell packaging and was sold at Trader Joe’s stores in 29 states and the District of Columbia. The product is likely past its shelf life and should no longer be on store shelves.Consumers who purchased organic basil from Trader Joe’s should check their refrigerators and freezers and not eat 2.5-ounce packages of Infinite Herbs organic basil. If a consumer bought organic…

More human remains were discovered Thursday that are believed to belong to a 19-year-old Wisconsin woman who was dismembered and slain after going on a date with the suspect, police said.A person found a torso and arm shortly after 7:30 a.m. on a remote stretch of tree-lined beach of Lake Michigan, according to a statement from the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. The remains are believed to have washed ashore and were found about a quarter-mile from an apartment complex, the sheriff’s office said.Maxwell Anderson, 33, of Milwaukee, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson in the…

Last updated: April 18, 2024 16:03 EDT | 3 min read Crypto Experts Are Early Birds on This Bitcoin Project Set for Exchange Listing / Source: Cryptonews Crypto Experts Are Early Birds on This Bitcoin Project Set for Exchange Listing / Source: CryptonewsAs Bitcoin (BTC) consolidates within its recent $60,000-70,000ish ranges ahead of its fourth quadrennial halving event this weekend, traders are looking for alternative investment opportunities that could deliver strong returns.One opportunity that is garnering lots of hype is Bitcoin education platform 99Bitcoins exciting pivot into the learn-to-earn (L2E) space.99Bitcoins produces courses to help investors make their first steps…

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Taylor Hill/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift is no stranger to heartbreak, meaning she’s also intimately familiar with the healing that comes afterward. Leading up to the release of her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, on Friday, April 19, Swift explored the five stages of grief in specially curated Apple Music playlists — with each selection of songs also correlating to one of the variants of her new record. The final playlist, titled “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” reflects the acceptance phase. “Hey Apple Music, you’ve made it to my ‘I Can Do…

A Jewish Columbia University student was told to “kill yourself” and repeatedly kicked in the stomach during an anti-Israel protest on the New York City campus.Elisha “Lishi” Baker, 21, told the New York Post that the antisemitic comments came after his shirt was scorched by fire.He said that he felt that the protesters did not “see my humanity.””I knew the anti-American sentiment was rampant [among protesters],” Baker told the outlet Wednesday. “I didn’t know how deadly rampant it was until my shirt was on fire. Personally, I felt they didn’t see my humanity.”NYPD ARRESTS 109 PEOPLE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AFTER…

Broadway review by Regina Robbins  When the women’s-rights activist Alice Paul, the central figure of Shaina Taub’s musical Suffs, starts planning a march down Pennsylvania Avenue ahead of Woodrow Wilson’s 1913 inauguration, a fellow protester volunteers to ride a white horse at the head of the procession. Paul and others are skeptical: With everything else on their plates, who has time to find a horse? But when the day arrives, their comrade does lead the demonstration astride a white steedan amusing and historically accurate flourish in an otherwise earnest scene. This early triumph for the suffragists, however, is followed by…

New Jersey researchers recently announced that a U.S. Marine’s partial remains had been sitting in a child’s rock collection for an unknown number of years.According to officials, the story begins with the death of Marine Corps Captain Everett Leland Yager in July 1951. He was flying over Riverside County, California, when an accident occurred during a military training exercise.The young man hailed from Palmyra, Missouri. All of his remains were thought to have been taken there, according to a press release published by Ramapo College on Monday.”All of his remains were recovered in the Riverside County, California area and buried…

Some small farms are in trouble, and inflation is eating into their profits. Some owners said their farms may not survive to pass on down the family line. “I might be the generation that loses [the farm]. Not just my fault, but just the world around me might change that much that I can’t hold on to anymore,” said Andrew Boerding, a 6th generation farmer with Boerding Farm. He and his father Jim said rising costs make farming a lot pricier than it used to be.”My dad retired about 20 years ago, and he just can’t believe what things cost…

Friday, April 19, 2024 1:40AM7 New York 24/7 Eyewitness News StreamStream New York’s #1 news – Accuweather – original content 24/7ISRAEL — A U.S. official confirmed to News Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran.The official could not confirm whether Syria and Iraq sites were hit as well.This is breaking news. This story will be updated as more information becomes available. Television,

Well done, Sister Suffragettes! The fight for women’s votes has made its way to Broadway in Suffs, a new musical from Shaina Taub, opening tonight at the Music Box Theatre!Read the reviews below to see how the critics responded to this historic new musical!Suffs boldly explores the victories and failures of a struggle for equality that’s far from over. It’s 1913 and the women’s movement is heating up in America, anchored by the suffragists – “Suffs,” as they call themselves – and their relentless pursuit of the right to vote. Reaching across and against generational, racial, and class divides, these brilliant,…

The federal government has charged a man who it says moved millions of dollars worth of stolen merchandise and memorabilia from Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters Tournament, for more than a dozen years.  Richard Brendan Globensky is accused of transporting and transferring goods from 2009 until about 2022, according to federal charging documents. Federal prosecutors say that Globensky transported millions of dollars worth of Masters golf tournament merchandise and historical memorabilia from Augusta, Georgia, to Tampa, Florida.The government argues that Globensky knew the items were stolen when he transported them. The Department of Justice requests that he forfeit…