Jennifer Peltz, Author at The Rapid City Post

Anne Burrell, TV chef who coached the ‘Worst Cooks in America,’ dies at 55

June 17, 2025

TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of “Worst Cooks in America,” has died. The Food Network confirms that the 55-year-old Burrell died Tuesday at her New York home. Medical examiners are set to determine what caused her death. Burrell worked in upscale New York City restaurants before beginning her two-decade television career on “Iron Chef America.” She started hosting “Secrets of a Restaurant Chef” in 2008. She was known for bold and flavorful but not overly fancy dishes and for her 27 seasons on “Worst Cooks in America.”

Musk’s X sues New York over requirement to show how social media platforms handle problematic posts

June 17, 2025

Elon Musk’s X has sued to try to stop New York from requiring reports on how social media platforms define and handle problematic posts. The company sued Tuesday, after successfully challenging a similar measure in California. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed her state’s legislation late last year. The law is poised to take effect later this year. X maintains that the measure impinges on free speech rights and on a 1996 federal law that lets internet platforms moderate posts as they see fit. New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office hasn’t immediately responded to a request for comment on the lawsuit.

Harvey Weinstein appears for his retrial at a Manhattan court, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, Pool)

Weinstein retrial nears end as lawyers argue: sexual predator or #MeToo ‘poster boy’?

June 3, 2025

Closing arguments are underway at Harvey Weinstein’s New York sex crimes retrial. His lawyer portrayed Weinstein Tuesday as the falsely accused “poster boy” of the #MeToo era. A prosecutor, on the other hand, said the former movie mogul preyed on less-powerful women he thought would never speak up. Closing arguments are due to conclude Wednesday. The majority-female jury is expected to start deliberations at some point in the day. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman in 2013 and forcing oral sex on two others, separately, in 2006.

Harvey Weinstein appears in state court in Manhattan for his retrial on Friday, May 30, 2025 in New York. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein doesn’t plan to testify at sex crimes retrial

June 1, 2025

An attorney for Harvey Weinstein says he doesn’t plan to testify in his New York sex crimes retrial. Lawyer Arthur Aidala says trial will move on to closing arguments Tuesday without Weinstein taking the stand. The former Hollywood honcho is being retried in the New York rape and sexual assault case because the state’s highest court overturned his 2020 conviction. He denies the allegations. The 73-year-old didn’t testify at previous trials in New York and California.

For kids with autism, swim classes can be lifesaving

May 20, 2025

Some studies have shown that children with autism are more at risk of drowning. Experts say swimming instruction can help, but classes specifically designed for kids with autism aren’t always easy to get. One such class took place recently at the Small Fish Big Fish swim school in Florida. That’s a state where officials have documented more than 100 drownings of children with autism since 2021. The risk stems in large part from a propensity to wander off or underappreciate perils. Parents of children in the swimming class say they see it as potentially lifesaving.

Jennifer Peltz.

Anne Burrell, TV chef who coached the ‘Worst Cooks in America,’ dies at 55

Musk’s X sues New York over requirement to show how social media platforms handle problematic posts

Weinstein retrial nears end as lawyers argue: sexual predator or #MeToo ‘poster boy’?

Harvey Weinstein doesn’t plan to testify at sex crimes retrial

For kids with autism, swim classes can be lifesaving

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