Struggling restaurant owners pin their hopes on a new recovery fund
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The federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund launched last week, aiming to offer direct aid to struggling restaurant owners and caterers -- who were among the hardest hit by pandemic restrictions on gatherings.
The White House said that more than 180,000 applications were submitted in the first few days after the $28.6 billion program's May 3 launch. And on Monday, the Small Business Administration said it had already approved more than 16,000 applicants. Those applicants were drawn from a pool of women-owned, vet-owned and minority-owned restaurants, groups which are being given priority in the program's first three weeks.California socialite sentenced to 15 years to life for 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers
Authorities said Rebecca Grossman, wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, fatally struck Mark Iskander, 11, and brother Jacob, 8, while speeding.
Federal investigators accuse a south Florida man of traversing two continents, stealing license plates and obscuring a security camera to kidnap his estranged wife at her apartment in Spain earlier this year. But the man and his attorneys say he has never stepped foot in Spain and insist he is innocent.
The Alitos and Roberts discuss politically sensitive topics in secret recordings by liberal activist
A left-wing activist released secret recordings of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, his wife and Chief Justice John Roberts discussing a range of topics.