Court: Vegas Strippers Are Employees, Entitled To Minimum Wage

More than a trillion noisy, inch-long cicadas are set to emerge from underground this spring to embark on the final leg of their lifetimes, in a massive co-emergence that hasn’t been seen in more than 200 years. Cicadas that are part of both a 13-year and a 17-year brood will emerge at the same time this spring.

Boeing is defending the integrity of the fuselages on two of its largest planes, which have come under criticism from a whistleblower who warns that panels on the outside of one of the planes could eventually break apart during flight. Two Boeing engineering executives went into detail Monday to describe how panels are fitted together, particularly on the 787 Dreamliner.

Food and beverage giant Nestlé adds sugar and honey to its infant milk and cereal products in developing countries but not in European markets, according to a new report published Wednesday. In a joint investigation, Zurich-based watchdog Public Eye and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) sent popular baby food samples in Asia, Latin America, and Africa from Nestlé—the world’s largest consumer goods corporation worth $265.57 Billion of April 2024—to a testing laboratory in Belgium.

LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history. And they’re just part of a star-studded roster the Americans have assembled for the Paris Games. USA Basketball announced its men’s Olympic team for Paris on Wednesday — James, Curry, Durant, Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Davis, Jrue Holiday, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards and Kawhi Leonard the 12 names on the current roster. “We’re giving ourselves a chance to win with the talent we have,” USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill said on NBC’s “Today” show.

When a group of investors announced they’d be opening Longmont’s first food hall this year, a flood of more than 100 applications from local food vendors came rushing in. They’ve since narrowed it down to eight food stalls at Parkway Food Hall, set to open Memorial Day weekend at 700 Ken Pratt Blvd., including Baa Hachi, a Japanese street food concept from Patrick and Lisa Balcom, owners of farm-to-table restaurant Farow in Niwot, and Pie Dog, their thin-crust Neapolitan-style pizza pop-up. “Longmont is hungry for this,” said Patrick Garza, CEO of Dallas-based National Food Hall Solutions, which manages Parkway Food Hall. Pie Dog will be one of eight food vendors in Parkway Food Hall.

(BANGKOK) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said as it freed more than 3,000 prisoners under an amnesty to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Those released included several political prisoners, including a member of the Kachin minority who is one of the country’s most prominent Christian church leaders. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the 72-year-old former president of her ousted government, were among the elderly and infirm prisoners moved to house arrest because of the severe heat, military spokesperson Maj.