- LifestyleTampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
At the new Ceviche in St. Petersburg, an old favorite gets a splashy revamp
But there's plenty new afoot at the revamped and relocated Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant, which opened last week at 332 Beach Drive NE following a change of address and a major cosmetic overhaul. As owner Lee Karlins puts it, it was time for a change. The restaurant, which opened in 1997 and once included locations in South Tampa and Orlando, vacated its longtime home on the corner of Beach Drive NE and Central Avenue in St. Petersburg earlier this year when the lease expired.
U.S.USA TODAY6 dead after floatplane crashes in southeast Alaska, Coast Guard says
A sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, including the plane's pilot, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The five passengers were Holland America Line cruise passengers, the cruise line said on Twitter. "An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka located the wreckage at 2:37 p.m. and lowered two rescue swimmers who reported no survivors," the Coast Guard said in a statement.
U.S.INSIDERAn Ohio family accidentally threw out $25,000 while cleaning their grandmother's home but miraculously managed to recover it
A family in Lorain County, Ohio, accidentally binned $25,000 in cash while cleaning their grandma's home. They made an urgent call to the local waste collection agency to try to locate the garbage truck. Workers at a local recycling center sifted through six tons of trash to help the family recover the sum.
BusinessBusiness InsiderBig Tech salaries revealed: How much engineers, developers, and product managers make at companies including Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Uber, IBM, and Salesforce
So, to get a sense of what salaries in the industry are like these days, Business Insider analyzed the US Office of Foreign Labor Certification's disclosure data for permanent and temporary foreign workers to find out what companies pay employees in key roles, including engineers, designers, and salespeople. When you're done checking out this industry data, take a look at Insider's searchable database of over 250,000 salaries from more than 250 companies so you can know how much you should be paid. Google's software engineers can make more than $300,000.
U.S.Kansas City Star‘A straight up monster.’ World record 125-pound bighead carp caught by Missouri man
A Missouri man is a new world-record holder after a behemoth fish he caught last month — but not without a little help. The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed Thursday the 125-pound, 5-ounce bighead carp shot by Matt Neuling shattered the previous record of 104 pounds, 15 ounces. Neuling said he and his friend initially thought it was a 30-pound grass carp they both shot.
ScienceThe WeekScientists fear a critical Atlantic Ocean system might collapse, triggering 'extreme cold' and sea level rise
Scientists are worried the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a "critical aquatic conveyer belt" that drives currents in the Atlantic Ocean, is at risk of near-complete collapse due to climate change, The Washington Post reports. A shutdown of the crucial circulation system could "bring extreme cold to Europe and parts of North America, raise sea levels along the U.S. East Coast, and disrupt seasonal monsoons that provide water to much of the world," the Post reports. "The mere possibility that the AMOC tipping point is close should be enough for us to take countermeasures," warns Levke Caesar, a climate physicist at Maynooth University.
WorldINSIDERPolice arrest a woman in China who they say used her medical-technology company as a front for buying and selling babies
The head of a medical company in China is accused of running a child-trafficking business. A medical tech company in east China is under investigation on suspicion that it's a front for an illegal baby-trafficking business, the city of Weifang's Public Security Bureau said. Local police arrested the company's head on Monday after anti-trafficking advocate Shangguan Zhengyi conducted a sting operation with the help of Xia Ruchu from The Paper, a Shanghai news outlet.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderA new poll shows California Gov. Newsom is in danger of being recalled in the heavily Democratic state
51% of likely California voters would vote 'yes' to recall Gov. Newsom, according to a Survey USA poll. A majority of voters supporting the recall cite Newsom's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Democrat Kevin Paffrath and Republican Larry Elder led the pack of those running to replace Newsom.
SportsINSIDERAll but one of the US women's soccer starters knelt to protest racism ahead of the team's Olympic bronze-medal match
All but one of the US women's soccer team players knelt before the Olympic bronze-medal match. Carli Lloyd stood as her teammates took a knee before kickoff - after the national anthem played. Players from teams around the world have knelt during the games to protest racism and inequality.
- U.S.Fox News
7-Eleven employee charged with murder after firing on shoplifters
A Texas 7-Eleven clerk was arrested and charged with murder after he opened fire on two men who had reportedly shoplifted in the store. The shooting unfolded Wednesday evening in Dallas, when investigators say two men entered the 7-Eleven and stole four cases of beer. The clerk, 23-year-old Delon Johnson, followed the men to the parking lot and demanded they give the beer back, police said.
WorldBusiness InsiderIsrael vaccinated fast and looked like it had beaten COVID-19. It just brought back a swathe of restrictions amid a Delta surge.
Daily new cases rose to 3,260 on Tuesday, according to The Times of Israel - the country's highest level of new cases since March. Ministers on Tuesday approved rules that require mask-wearing at outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people. Close contact such as hugging and kissing and indoor socializing is discouraged, the paper reported.
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Mexican police fear U.S. gun used by drug cartels
The flow of high-caliber arms smuggled across the porous U.S. border has alarmed Mexican officials, and few weapons are as powerful as the U.S.-made M82 semiautomatic rifle increasingly favored by the powerful drug cartels.
EntertainmentTimeHow The Suicide Squad End-Credits Scene Sets Up the Future of the DCEU
The new DC movie The Suicide Squad is a classic James Gunn flick: Like Gunn's other franchise for rival studio Marvel, The Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad is very weird and features violent talking creatures—just sub out a raccoon and tree for a shark and a weasel. 2021's The Suicide Squad is a soft reboot of David Ayer's Suicide Squad from 2016.
LifestyleBusiness InsiderI provide security for rich people on vacation. We'll do just about anything except acquire drugs and be photographed.
Mike (not his real name), 40, is a former Navy SEAL whose company provides security for wealthy clients' vacations. Mike's team inspects ports and yachts, finds secure restaurants, and runs background checks on local staff. Here's what his job is like, as told to freelance writer Claire Turrell.
SportsAxiosAmericans April Ross, Alix Klineman "finally" win Olympic gold in beach volleyball
Ross is also the first beach volleyball player to win an Olympic medal with three different partners, per NBC. She won a silver medal with Jen Kessy in 2012 and a bronze medal with Kerri Walsh Jennings in 2016. Klineman only switched from playing on the court to the sand in 2017 after being passed up several times for the women's indoor Olympic volleyball team.
U.S.CBS NewsCalifornia tourist town running out of water amid drought
The historic California town of Mendocino is running out of water and the reservoir it depends on is drying up amid a devastating drought in the state. "It's dire and it's only getting worse," said Ryan Rhoades, the town's groundwater manager. Rhoades said he's considering bringing in water by train.
U.S.The New York TimesTexas High School Principal Sees Racism in Calls to Remove Intimate Photos
In June 2019, shortly after James Whitfield, a Black educator, was hired as the principal of a middle school in Colleyville, Texas, an administrator with the school district called and asked him to take down photos on Facebook that showed him and his wife, who is white, embracing intimately on a beach. Puzzled why someone had dug up 10-year-old images of the couple celebrating their anniversary in Mexico, Whitfield nonetheless complied by changing the settings to “Only Me.” But the photos have now resurfaced amid a controversy over racism that erupted in the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District after Whitfield on Saturday wrote a Facebook post about the request. When Whitfield, 43, asked in 2019 what was wrong with the photos, “The response was 'nothing,'” he recalled in an interview Wednesday.
BusinessBusiness InsiderObama picks a meat-free menu for his 60th birthday party, serving Eat Just and Impossible's plant-based food, a report says
Former President Barack Obama has picked a meat-free menu for his birthday party, a report says. Dishes include Spam Musubi made with Impossible Foods' fake beef and pork products, per Bloomberg. Obama is holding his scaled-down 60th birthday party this weekend in Martha's Vineyard.
SportsAxiosU.S. Olympic beach volleyball duo one step away from realizing gold medal dream
Alix Klineman and April Ross are guaranteed to earn at least an Olympic silver medal after defeating Switzerland 2-0 in the Tokyo Games on Thursday morning local time. The big picture: When Klineman switched from indoor to beach volleyball in 2017, Ross had already won two Olympic medals on the sand. After being left off Olympic rosters for indoor volleyball year after year, Klineman's tenacity matched with her partner's prowess led to the realization of her Olympic dreams.
PoliticsWashington ExaminerGlenn Youngkin makes his move in Virginia with economic, police package
It has taken a while for what is likely to be the most watched race this fall, the Virginia gubernatorial election, to get interesting. Without really trying, former Clinton fundraiser and ex-Gov. Terry McAuliffe won with 62% in the Democratic primary in June, picked up President Joe Biden's backing, and immediately readied negative ads on whoever would win the GOP convention. Then, in a surprise, investment manager Glenn Youngkin topped several challengers to win the Republican nomination and turned his attention to introducing himself to the state with positive ads backed by a fat bank account and the endorsement of former President Donald Trump.
HealthWashington ExaminerMissouri coroner says he omitted COVID from death certificates after family requests
A Missouri coroner reportedly omitted COVID-19 as a cause of death from multiple death certificates after family members requested the virus be struck from documentation. Brian Hayes, Macon County's coroner, claimed he altered at least six coronavirus death records where another medical complication was present, such as pneumonia, at the request of grieving family members, he told the Kansas City Star. The practice has left Macon with 19 deaths from the disease, though the total should likely be over 30, the outlet reported.
BusinessBusiness InsiderGoogle fired 80 employees for abusing user data and spying on people, with some even sharing personal information outside the company, a new report says
Google fired dozens of employees from 2018 to 2020 for accessing users' personal data. Motherboard reports that some employees used the tools to access other employees' information. Other tech companies, like Facebook, have reportedly experienced similar situations of data abuse.
BusinessAxiosSmall businesses aren’t happy with who’s applying for their open jobs
Driving the news: According to the NFIB's July Small Business Jobs Report, "labor quality" is the top overall biggest concern, with 26% of survey respondents identifying it as their "single most important problem." Between the lines: You might think that if labor cost isn't a top problem, then the solution is for employers to raise pay endlessly until those qualified applicants come.
SportsCBS NewsHow to watch Team USA men's basketball compete for gold medal
After a rocky start, Team USA's men's basketball team will compete for gold Friday against France. The star-studded men's team struggled early in exhibition play but has recently found its footing, largely thanks to the world-class scoring of Kevin Durant. Team USA will face its toughest challenge in France, which is made up of NBA players Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier and Nicholas Batum.
EntertainmentINSIDERTHEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Freaky Friday' 18 years later
Released 18 years ago, "Freaky Friday" follows a mother-daughter duo who switch bodies. The movie starred Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chad Michael Murray - who all continue to act. Jamie Lee Curtis, already a formidable star by 2003, played busy mother Tess.
“If nothing else, Tokyo 2020 may end up being remembered as the wake-up call everyone needed.”
“Cancel the Olympics—for good.”
“Olympians haven’t really changed. These athletes still showcase extraordinary human achievement from around the world.”
“Delivering more excellence and less sideshow will probably require giving athletes a bigger voice in how the Olympics are run.”
“The Olympics were conceived in 1896 as a sporting event, and they’ve become a construction event.”