The company ran into financial woes as its debts mounted, but it say it intends to stay open and resolve its troubles within months. A group of the company's original founders that own almost a third of Hooters' U.S. locations, including about half of its biggest volume restaurants, plans to buy and operate more of the outlets, Hooters said in a news release.
Not an April Fool.
An Ottawa County leader is taking criticism over reports he carried a concealed gun on the Grand Valley State University campus, against the school’s policy.
But the fallout continued after the county commissioner, Joe Moss, wrote a letter to the university president that sought changes in the policy. A digital copy of the letter shows it was written using county letterhead and the county logo, a detail that county Board Vice Chair Josh Brugger found troublesome.
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Moss, co-founder of the ultra-conservative political faction Ottawa Impact, came under scrutiny recently after photos surfaced showing him at a March 13 event for an anti-trans activist speaker.
As President Donald Trump implements sweeping new policies, issues tariffs on longtime allies and leads an immigration crackdown, some international travellers are rethinking their travel plans to the US.
The nation's stricter border enforcement has recently led to the detention of Canadian and European tourists, prompting Germany, the UK, Denmark, Finland and Portugal to issue travel warnings and advisories for the country. Now, it appears that a growing number of voices are advocating for an all-out boycott of travel to the US. [emphasis added]
