Day: July 19, 2024

Panera Releases New Menu Items

Panera Releases New Menu Items

The Panera franchise is well-known for their high-quality bakery items such as their fresh bread, pastries, cookies and more. Along with their fantastic variety of breakfast and lunch menu items, one could only dream of more additions. This Wednesday, Panera sealed that deal by announcing their newest foods that have been added to their menu.  […]

Childish Gambino Releases Final Album

Childish Gambino Releases Final Album

Childish Gambino Releases Final Album After an eight-year absence, Childish Gambino made a return to the rap game in May 2024 with his album Atavista. Gambino, real name Donald Glover, has starred in shows and movies like Community, Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. During this time there was a shortage of music by Gambino, […]

Biden’s family might be discussing a possible exit from the 2024 election

Biden’s family might be discussing a possible exit from the 2024 election

With family and, supposedly, senior staff members seemingly discussing exit strategies, the current president dropping out of the 2024 race is a hot topic of discussion. Paraphrasing Biden’s family, NBC News states they discussed how Biden:  “Would want to end his re-election bid on his own timing…with a carefully calculated plan…considerations about the impact of […]

Top 5 Favorites for the Heisman Trophy (Op-Ed)

Top 5 Favorites for the Heisman Trophy (Op-Ed)

Today is the official release date of EA Sports’ College Football 25 video game. This means college football is finally right around the corner, so let’s look at some of the favorites to win this year’s Heisman Trophy award. The favorite to win the award in the 2024-25 season is the Duck’s new QB, Dillon […]

Hozier’s Charm

Hozier’s Charm

Everyone who knows the folk artist Hozier, loves him. With three studio albums and 22 singles, fans just can’t seem to get enough of the intensity yet calmness of his tunes. As he grows in popularity, the charm he has becomes more apparent every day. Three weeks after Hozier’s big-hit song “Too Sweet” made its […]

Health Care is Not a Persuading Topic Amongst Republicans

Health Care is Not a Persuading Topic Amongst Republicans

This week, Donald Trump gave a speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. In his speech, the topic of health care was hardly talked about by Trump or other speakers.  “The silence is surprising, given health care makes up the largest chunk of the federal budget, nearly $2 trillion, as well as 17% of U.S. economic […]

Lakers beat Cavs in Summer game, Bronny puts up 13 points

Lakers beat Cavs in Summer game, Bronny puts up 13 points

The Los Angeles Lakers beat out the Cleveland Cavaliers in a close 93-89 finish on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. This puts the Lakers at a 2-2 record for the NBA Summer League, but the attention of many was focused on one person alone: Bronny James. Everyone has had eyes on Bronny James since he […]

True Yankee Royalty and what love really meant

True Yankee Royalty and what love really meant

I was recently going over my many thousands of photos that I have accumulated over the years. This one was really ironic because here you have the wives of 3 of the greatest Yankees that I have ever known. Three guys that always went the extra yard for my well-being. If you knew Thurman Munson, […]

Accused of biting an officer, N.Y.C. Councilwoman Susan Zhuang arrested during protest

Accused of biting an officer, N.Y.C. Councilwoman Susan Zhuang arrested during protest

While protests usually aim to be peaceful, things can quickly, and often do, escalate. A protest this Wednesday proved this once again. The idea to build a men’s shelter in a Bensonhurst neighborhood has been met with multiple protests by residents for a while now, mostly regarding concerns about a crime increase. During a protest […]

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