Stormy Daniels seeks sketch of person who threatened her

By The Associated Press
April 8, 2018 | 6:19 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney for Stormy Daniels says the porn star sat with a forensic sketch artist to develop an image of the person she says threatened her to keep quiet over her alleged affair with Donald Trump.

Michael Avenatti tweeted a photo Sunday he says shows Daniels and the artist. He would not say when it was taken or when a sketch would be released.

Daniels says she had sex with Trump in 2006 and was paid $130,000 before the 2016 election to stay quiet.

She says she was threatened by an unidentified man to keep quiet. An attorney for Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has said Cohen had nothing to do with the alleged threat.

Trump said last week he did not know about the payment, made by Cohen.

Between prices and a diarrhea-causing parasite, lettuce is causing hard times at some restaurants

By The Associated Press
July 30, 2026 | 1:13 AM

It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce. Lettuce prices rose sharply in the first half of 2026 due to hot weather in Arizona, where about one-third of America’s lettuce is grown. Now, restaurants are dealing with the fallout from a cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded lettuce that has sickened thousands of Americans. Taco Bell will likely see the biggest sales impact from the outbreak, which began in late June. Federal health officials first tied the outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Later, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said customers in Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania were also affected. Taco Bell said on July 17 that it had voluntarily removed shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms from its U.S. restaurants. But its customer volume has suffered. As of July 23, Taco Bell visits were 21% lower than average across the U.S., according to Placer.ai, a market research company.

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