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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 27–Frank Carney, right, who co-founded Pizza Hut with his brother, works alongside employees at a Papa John’s International in Wichita, Kan, Nov. 8, 1996. Carney says he has been asked 20-30 times to get into pizza deals ‘but I didn’t have the stomach for it,’ that is until he tasted Papa John’s. (AP Photo/Monty Davis)

December 4, 2020 at 12:50 pm

Frank Carney, co-founder of Pizza Hut, dies at 82

Frank Carney, who founded Pizza Hut in 1958 with his brother Dan and helped build it into the world’s largest pizza chain, has died. He...

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In an undated photo via the Hodges family, Honestie Hodges. Hodges, who was handcuffed by the police outside her home in Grand Rapids, Mich., when she was 11, a frightening incident that drew outrage and national headlines in 2017, died on Nov. 22, 2020. She was 14. (Via Hodges family via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY OBIT HODGES BY GLENN RIFKIN FOR NOV. 24, 2020. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT152 XNYT152

November 24, 2020 at 5:14 pm

Honestie Hodges, whose mistreatment by police led to changes, dies of COVID. She was 14.

The 11-year-old Black girl who in 2017 was subjected to — and spoke out against — harsh police treatment in Grand Rapids, Mich., had just...

November 2, 2020 at 8:19 pm

Amanda Bouffioux, 44, Alaska Inupiaq Native, dies of COVID-19

When the coronavirus pandemic began, Amanda Bouffioux and her family stayed home. Bouffioux, an Inupiaq Alaska Native, worked as an administrative assistant for the Anchorage...

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Lisa Libretto, a 44-year-old stay-at-home mother and artist who uses ShopAdvisor, a new shopping app, on her phone, at home in Ridgefield, Conn., Dec. 28, 2015. Technology can filter shoppersâ€™ preferences and let retailers send personalized alerts about discounts and sales to those who have downloaded the storeâ€™s mobile app. â€œIf my phone is alerting me to the discount or some information about items I might like, that will totally pull me in,â€ said Libretto. (Richard Perry/The New York Times)

December 30, 2015 at 6:28 pm

ShopAdvisor lets retailers send deals you can’t resist

ShopAdvisor uses beacon technology and data analytics to provide a way for retailers to send personalized alerts to shoppers that might instantly sway a buying...

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