Starship Technologies' robots begin delivering food to college kids

9 minutes ago | Venture Beat

Starship Technologies is teaming up with George Mason University and Sodexo to deliver food autonomously to 40,000 students, staff, and faculty.
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In renovated Bethlehem Steel mill, Richard Thompson launches 'Factory' to grow companies with capital and acumen

3 hours ago | The Morning Call

All his business life, Richard Thompson worked at starting or growing companies and other ventures, raising capital for them, and even making mistakes along the way. In recent...
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Passengers on a United Flight Were Stranded on a Freezing Plane for Over 14 Hours

16 hours ago | Fortune

Passengers on a United Airlines plane headed from Newark, New Jersey to Hong Kong got stranded on a frigidly cold plane in Canada for more than 14 hours this weekend when the...
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Brexit Boxes and Stockpiling Medicines, Britons Prepare for a No-Deal E.U. Exit

20 hours ago | Time

Fears of food and medicine shortages are the top of some people's concerns in the U.K. as the possibility of a no-deal Brexit increased after a proposed deal by British Prime...
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Amazon will soon lose the biggest reason to pay for Prime

22 hours ago | Business Insider

Amazon 's Prime membership program offers a lot of benefits, but the most important one is free two-day shipping on more than 100 million items. The companies that represent...
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SHUTDOWN DAY 31: Schools worry they won't be able to feed kids; White House thinks GDP growth could fall another 0.13 points this week

1 day ago | Business Insider

Schools are worried about the future of children's lunches if the government shutdown continues. At least one school district has already reduced children's lunches, removing...
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France holds trial over horse meat found in frozen lasagna

1 day ago | Miami Herald | 2 articles

Four people are going on trial in Paris over an elaborate alleged scheme that fed consumers across Europe frozen foods containing cheap horse meat fraudulently labeled as...
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Restaurateur achieving food visions in Goodview

1 day ago | Miami Herald

With his parents owning a resort business, Joel Anacabe grew up around private chefs. Food always inspired him. And after graduating from Winona State University in 2006, he...
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Food Assistance Payments Came Early But Have To Last Until March

1 day ago | NPR

People who got their February food assistance payments early don't know when their food money for March will come as the federal government shutdown continues. (Image credit...
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The next possible victims of the shutdown: Your food, flowers and toys

2 days ago | Miami Herald

Miami International Airport is best known as the Magic City's gateway for tourists. But behind the scenes, an army of federal inspectors are usually working to clear imports...
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10 things you need to know before the opening bell

Here is what you need to know. The government shutdown reaches a 32nd day. The shutdown could cost US gross domestic product in excess of $6 billion - more than President... Read more ...

Calls For Change Follow NPR/Frontline Black Lung Investigation

Federal regulations for silica dust in coal mines haven't changed in decades. But since an NPR/ Frontline report into black lung, some are calling for a new response. (Image... Read more ...

Shutdown Could Soon Exceed Cost Of Border Wall

The government shutdown - the longest in U.S. history - is estimated in 31 days to have cost the American economy almost as much as the $5.7 billion President Trump has... Read more ...

Giuliani says Trump 'never spoke' with Cohen about his testimony, a day...

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's top attorney, said Monday that Trump did not talk to Michael Cohen before the former lawyer's testimony to Congress. Speaking to the New... Read more ...

Extended video footage shows that clash between MAGA hat-wearing teens and a...

A group of high schoolers were heavily criticized on social media after video footage showed them smiling and chanting while a Native American man beat his drum in Washington... Read more ...

Theresa May reveals her Brexit plan B after her deal was rejected by MPs

Theresa May has set out her alternative Brexit plan to the House of Commons. The prime minister made a statement to MPs after her deal with the EU was overwhelmingly rejected... Read more ...

The global economy is slowing down, with help from the shutdown and Trump's...

The International Monetary Fund has issued a dire forecast for global economic growth, pointing to declining momentum in the midst of trade tensions between the United States... Read more ...

WhatsApp will only let people forward messages 5 times to fight fake news

WhatsApp is limiting the number of times users can forward messages on to each other from 20 to five, Reuters reports. The change applies to all users. WhatsApp's vice... Read more ...

Russia opens civil cases against Facebook and Twitter over failure to comply...

Russia has said that it's opening administrative proceedings against Twitter and Facebook for not explaining how they plan to comply with local data laws. Read more ...

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to 5 individuals or groups to curb spread...

WhatsApp is enforcing a lower limit for the number of individuals or groups that members can forward a message to - the new limit will be 5 chats. Read more ...

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