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- Due to budget shortages, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum is dropping plans for special exhibits commemorating the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
- HBCUs that are not Howard, Spelman, or Morehouse are hoping that Nikole Hannah-Jones' decision to take a job at Howard will shine enough light on historically Black colleges to bring much needed funding their way.
- Brookfield Properties, the Manhattan real estate behemoth, has decked out some of its Midtown construction scaffolding with lemon grove-inspired 3D artwork with the hope of getting people to Instagram the site.
- Lotus, the Belgian maker of everyone's favorite airplane cookie, is trying to make "Biscoff" the universal name for the brand, which has really upset Belgian people who refer to the cookies as "speculoos."
- Popeyes has spent the past six months stockpiling frozen chicken so they don't run out of supplies when they debut their new chicken nugget on July 27th.
- Oklahoma City was named the least fit city in America (among the country's 100 biggest cities).
- Sitcom star Charlie Robinson, who played Mac on Night Court, has died at the age of 75.
- The new Wes Anderson movie, French Dispatch, got a nine-minute standing ovation at Cannes.
- And finally, who will rise to the occasion?:
Published Jul 13, 2021
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