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'Taco Tuesday' trademark can now be used nationwide after lone restaurant relinquishes claim

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

(KTLA) -- Taco Bell's legal fight over the “Taco Tuesday” trademark has ended after a restaurant in New Jersey parted ways with the term, allowing taco restaurants nationwide to use the phrase.The months-long effort to make the phrase available for restaurants nationwide ended on Tuesday after Gregory’s Restaurant and Bar in Somers Point, New Jersey, forfeited its “Taco Tuesday” trademark.The restaurant held the “Taco Tuesday” trademark in New Jersey for over 30 years. The restaurant’s decision to relinquish the claim comes after Taco John’s, a Wyoming-based “West-Mex” restaurant chain, relinquished its claim to the trademark in July.Taco John's had held the trademark for over 40 years in the 49 other U.S. states. Taco Bell testing new chicken nuggets in 1 city Earlier this year, Taco Bell filed with U.S. trademark regulators to get Gregory’s and Taco John’s to abandon their trademarks, saying the term had become too widely used to belong to any one person or business.“When we set...

SXSW 2024 initial keynote speaker announced; Dylan Mulvaney and Chuck D among featured speakers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals said Tuesday the leader of a semiconductor company with offices here in Austin will be the initial Keynote for the 38th edition of the conference next spring. SXSW takes place March 8 through March 16, 2024 in Austin. The conference said Lisa Su, who is chair and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, will be the initial keynote speaker. SXSW ups musician pay for 2024 festival Among those speaking at the conference include rapper Chuck D; transgender influencer and actress Dylan Mulvaney; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Oates; and CEO of Uber Dara Khosrowshahi, according to SXSW. A full list of speakers can be found online. "Every year at SXSW, we’re privileged to host leaders and trailblazers who have risen to the top of their fields through hard work, thought leadership, and passion for their craft,” said Hugh Forrest, Co-President and Chief Programming Officer in the announcement. “Our first announced Keynote Speaker, Cha...

Colonie Police looking for missing person

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Colonie Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing vulnerable adult. Jeanne Diehl-Dufort is 63 years old, is 5'4" tall, and weighs 100 lbs. She has reddish-gray hair with green eyes and was last seen on Tuesday.Image provided by Colonie Police Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Anyone with any knowledge of the whereabouts of Diehl-Dufort is asked to contact 518-783-2811 regarding incident number 23-080196.

Trial for Kevin Monahan postponed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The trial for Kevin Monahan has been postponed, according to Arthur Frost, Monahan's lead counsel. Monahan is charged with murder, reckless endangerment, and tampering with physical evidence in the death of Kaylin Gillis. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Frost confirmed the postponement to News10's Skylar Eagle and said attorneys will meet next week to pick a new trial date. Monahan's trial was slated to begin Oct. 30 with preliminary jury selection set to begin Oct. 27.

Guns 'N Hoses fundraiser at Anthonino's

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS - On Tuesday night, tons of people headed to The Hill to dine at 'Anthonino's Taverna' and support a good cause.The restaurant hosted a fundraiser for this year's Guns N' Hoses. The annual event features first responders going head-to-head in boxing and m-m-a matches. The event raises money for BackStoppers, which helps families of fallen first responders across the area. Local cops unmask international suspects’ clever crime tricks It has raised around $11 million since 1987. The main event is November 22 at 6:30 p.m.We'll have a live broadcast right here on FOX 2.

EPA hosting two meetings today on air quality

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The EPA hosts two community meetings on Wednesday on air quality. This comes after complaints about odors in the air in parts of south St. Louis.Both meetings are at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center on Lemp Avenue. The first is from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The second is from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ‘Basketball Wives’ star Brittish Cierrah Williams sentenced to prison Meanwhile, the EPA is awarding a $500,000 grant to the 'United Congregations of Metro East' for an air pollution monitoring project.

The best and worst Colorado ski films of all time

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

The return of ski season isn’t just an athletic and leisure concern; it’s also a cultural reawakening. At least in Colorado, where our high-country identity has long been tethered to the beloved snowsport that drives both tourism and choking highway traffic.Nonfiction ski and snowboarding movies, along with the Warren Miller extreme-sports docs cranked out on a regular basis, continue to sell the idea that anyone can embark on solo exploration in soft powder — but only the best of us can jump out of a helicopter on a custom snowboard. (It’s expensive to be a free-skiing genius, you know.)Related: The Warren Miller ski movie brand isn’t dying a slow death after allMost fictional movies depict our slopes and backcountry as places for romance, disaster and comedy. Few of these productions have had solid budgets and, predictably, not all of them were filmed here.As with our role as a favorite setting for apocalypse and horror stories, as well as copy-and-paste Ha...

Here’s how Colorado Proposition II would affect tobacco taxes and preschools

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

Proposition II poses a simple question to Colorado voters, or at least as simple as a tax measure can be: Can the state keep nearly $23.7 million to pay mostly for preschool programs, or does it need to return that money to tobacco wholesalers and distributors?The money was collected from taxes on tobacco and nicotine products that voters approved with 2020’s Proposition EE. State analysts projected that Prop. EE would generate about $186.5 million in new taxes during the first year; instead, the state collected $208 million. The taxes included higher tax rates for cigarettes and other tobacco products and a new tax on nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes and other types of vaping devices.Colorado’s constitutional Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights requires the state to ask voters to keep tax revenue collected above published projections. Lawmakers put Proposition II on the ballot this past spring for voters to decide in the Nov. 7 election.Here’s a quick look at the bal...

11 of the best pizza joints in and around Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

Denver’s obviously not Chicago, Detroit or New York when it comes to pizza lore or traditions. But what the city lacks in a signature style — unless you count the “Colorado-style” mountain pies at Beau Jo’s — it makes up for with sheer variety.Denver is a melting pot for pizza. We’ve got the popular sourdough crust at spots like Joy Hill and Hops & Pie; Detroit and Sicilian-style, which is cooked in a pan for a crispy golden cheese crust; and Neapolitan, of course, for the folks who still wish they were on an Italian holiday.Many restaurants have stuck to a classic New York-style, where East Coast transplants feel at home, or New Haven-style for that specific niche. And there are a few making the attempt to re-create the thin-crust, square-cut Chicago tavern pie, or even a deep dish.“Denver’s pizza scene is maturing and growing,” said Zach Parini, owner of Lakewood’s Pizzeria Lui. “It’s always been good, and now it’s just getting better.”In honor of...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, other top diplomats during trip to Beijing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:32 GMT

Despite heightened tensions between China and the United States over the years, California Governor Gavin Newsom received a warm welcome to Beijing this week. Wednesday marks Gov. Newsom’s third day of a week-long tour of China in an effort to promote cooperative climate action and strengthen cultural ties.The two leaders were photographed during a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon local time. Newsom commended China’s progress in eliminating pollution and reiterated how important the nation’s efforts are.  California partnering with Chinese province to fight climate change “We updated [our Memorandum of Understanding] with nine core principles to advance our collective strategies and efforts to address the issue that defines our times and defines the purpose of my trip to China...the issue of climate change,” Gov. Newsom said on Wednesday. “And the imperative importance of addressing the fundamental fact that we are not going to move the needle on climate change unle...