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Grandson of the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups accuses Hershey of cutting corners
The grandson of the inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups has lashed out at The Hershey Co., accusing the candy company of hurting the Reese's brand by shifting to cheaper ingredients in many products.Hershey acknowledges some recipe changes but said Wednesday that it was trying to meet consumer demand for innovation. High cocoa prices also have led Hershey and other manufacturers to experiment with using less chocolate in recent years.
Brad Reese, 70, said in a Feb. 14 letter to Hershey’s corporate brand manager that for multiple Reese's products, the company... Read More
Bruce Meyer elevated to players' association interim executive director
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Bruce Meyer was promoted to interim executive director of the baseball players’ association on Wednesday, a day after Tony Clark’s forced resignation, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the move had not yet been announced.
Matt Nussbaum was promoted to interim deputy executive director from general counsel.
The decisions by the Major League Baseball Players Association executive board during an online meeting was a move for continuity ahead of the... Read More
Man who lived rent-free in New Yorker Hotel, then claimed to own it, pleads guilty to fraud charge
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man who attempted to claim ownership of the New Yorker Hotel has pleaded guilty to fraud, ending a lengthy legal saga involving an obscure tenant law that allowed the man to live rent-free for years in the storied Manhattan hotel.Mickey Barreto entered the plea on Wednesday, admitting that he had forged property records in an effort to take ownership over the hotel. That effort was, at least on paper, partially successful.
In Barreto’s telling, he and his boyfriend paid $200 in 2018 to rent one of the more than 1,000 rooms in the... Read More
US Southern Command chief meets Venezuela's president weeks after Maduro's capture
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The head of U.S. military operations in Latin America met with Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, and members of her cabinet during an hourslong visit Wednesday to the South American country's capital.Rodríguez's government and U.S. Southern Command announced the visit separately on social media. Rodríguez's press office said Marine Gen. Francis Donovan met with Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello.
The meeting comes weeks after the U.S. military captured then-President Nicolás... Read More
Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz fight pitch-rigging case as spring training starts
NEW YORK (AP) — A scheduled spring fraud trial for two Cleveland Guardians pitchers accused of colluding with sports bettors to rig bets and betray “America's pastime” will likely be postponed until October, a federal judge said Wednesday as the men pleaded not guilty to a rewritten indictment.Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto left a May 4 trial date on the books for now, but indicated she'll probably move it to the fall in the coming weeks.
Pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, speaking Spanish, entered not guilty pleas through a translator to a rewritten indictment in... Read More
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- Bruce Meyer elevated to players' association interim executive director
- US defeats Sweden and Canada beats Czechia in OT to reach the semifinals at the Olympics
- Charlotte's LaMelo Ball not injured after 2-car crash in downtown Charlotte, AP source says
- Lawsuit alleges Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice physically assaulted former girlfriend