McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press
Four years after launching a push for more diversity in its ranks, McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions.
McDonald’s is the latest big company to shift its tactics in the wake of the 2023 ruling and a conservative backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Walmart, John Deere, Harley-Davidson and others rolled back their DEI initiatives last year.
McDonald’s said Monday it will retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels. It also intends to end a program that encourages its suppliers to develop diversity training and to increase the number of minority group members represented within their own leadership ranks.
Winter weather can disrupt. Here’s what to do if your flight is canceled
Winter weather often causes flight delays and cancellations. While airlines can’t control the weather, they are required in the U.S. to provide refunds to customers whose flights are canceled. Here’s what to know about your rights, and what to know when cancellations start piling up:
Keep an eye on weather forecasts
Deadline looming to apply for hurricane disaster loan relief
The deadline for Florida residents and businesses impacted by the rapid succession of 2024 hurricanes to apply for federal disaster loans is Tuesday.
The U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Loans are intended to help Floridians recover from Hurricane Milton, which slammed into the state last October, causing wind destruction, storm surge, tornadoes and flash flooding.
Those impacted by hurricanes Debbie (which made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in August along Florida’s Gulf Coast) and Helene (which bore down on Florida’s Panhandle in September) are also encouraged to apply for help.
Palm Beach County is among the lengthy list of Florida counties eligible for physical damage loans, and so also eligible to apply for a loan for mitigation for a future event.
What to know about the Meta glasses the New Orleans attacker used to scout the French Quarter
NEW YORK (AP) — The man who drove a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, killing 14, had previously scouted the French Quarter and recorded video with his Meta smart glasses, the FBI said.
On Oct. 31, Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded video with the glasses as he cycled through the French Quarter and plotted the attack, said Lyonel Myrthil, FBI special agent in charge of the New Orleans field office. Jabbar also wore the glasses, which are capable of livestreaming, during the attack, but did not activate them.
Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion, but experts have wider privacy concerns
By BERNARD CONDON
NEW YORK (AP) — Your car is spying on you.
That is one takeaway from the fast, detailed data that Tesla collected on the driver of one of its Cybertrucks that exploded in Las Vegas earlier this week. Privacy data experts say the deep dive by Elon Musk’s company was impressive, but also shines a spotlight on a difficult question as vehicles become less like cars and more like computers on wheels.