Alexandra Miller

5 days ago | scrippsnews.com | Alexandra Miller |Alex Miller

In the heart of New York's Chinatown, Christina Seid has been running her family business, an ice cream shop, for nearly half a century. She strives to keep the price of a scoop affordable but faces challenges due to various costs. While the ice cream in the cup uses local ingredients, the cups themselves have a long journey before reaching her store. “Our cup manufacturer — they are based in California, but then they are printed in Taiwan,” Seid said. It’s not just the cups.

1 week ago | scrippsnews.com | Alexandra Miller |Alex Miller

Sean Combs will enter a Manhattan federal courtroom Monday as jury selection begins in his criminal trial. The five count indictment overlaps with some of the dozens of accusations and lawsuits alleging Combs raped, abused, drugged and violently assaulted both men and women, as well as children as young as 10 years old, over the course of decades. Those civil lawsuits have not been litigated yet.

2 weeks ago | scrippsnews.com | Alexandra Miller |Alex Miller

Anthony Luciano has built a thriving leather goods business over the past 25 years, starting from his Manhattan apartment. Initially, he created handbags that found their way into stores worldwide, eventually expanding into custom leather products. "I ate a lot of ramen noodles and leftover Chinese food until I could move into this building," Luciano said. A few years ago, he noticed a growing interest from friends, who would join him for coffee breaks or evening cocktails while he worked.

2 weeks ago | scrippsnews.com | Alexandra Miller |Alex Miller

A story told 3,600 miles from Amsterdam. Eight decades later—Anne Frank's life is front and center in New York City. Michael Glickman, an advisor to the Anne Frank House in New York, emphasizes the importance of this narrative and the lessons it teaches. "This is not something that could be denied," he said. "This is not something that should be distorted.

3 weeks ago | scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Alexandra Miller

Cases of the whooping cough are surging across the U.S.This year, 8,077 cases have been reported in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's more than double the 3,847 cases that were reported over the same period last year. "The trend is worrisome," said Dr. Scott Roberts, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the Yale School of Medicine. "We're going in the wrong direction."The illness is also known as pertussis, the bacteria that causes it.