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News Articles: McDonald's

A McDonalds in Moultrie, GA is surrounded by caution tape.

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Police: Georgia man who killed 3 was in gunfight earlier

Police in Georgia say a man who killed his workplace manager, mother and grandmother before taking his own life had been involved in a gunfight less than 48 hours earlier.

May 08, 2023
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  • Associated Press
police lights flashing on top of a police car

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Official: Gunman kills 3, then self in rural Georgia town

A man recorded by a security camera fatally shooting his manager at a fast food restaurant in south Georgia is also suspected of killing his mother and grandmother at their nearby homes before taking his own life. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday evening that 26-year-old Kentavious White fatally shot himself at the McDonald's restaurant where he worked after killing the manager.

May 04, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Federal investigators say they found more than 300 minors, including two 10-year-olds, were working illegally, the Labor Department said in a statement Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

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  • Law

McDonald's franchises face more than $200,000 in fines for child-labor law violations

Three franchisees operating McDonald's locations in Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana collectively had 305 minors working illegally. They are ordered to pay more than $200,000 in civil penalties.

May 04, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
McDonald's is closing U.S. offices this week and laying off hundreds of employees. Journalist Adam Chandler explained what the layoffs mean on Morning Edition.

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  • Business

Four key takeaways from McDonald's layoffs

Hundreds of corporate employees are set to lose their jobs as McDonald's closes its U.S. offices this week. Journalist and author Adam Chandler offers his perspective on the causes of the layoffs.

April 05, 2023
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  • Ally Schweitzer
Santonastasso Enterprises, which owns and operates 13 McDonald's franchises in and around Pittsburgh, Pa., paid a civil penalty of $57,332 for violating child labor laws, according to the Department of Labor.

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  • Law

McDonald's franchise owners are caught violating child labor laws

Santonastasso Enterprises broke the law when more than a 100 teens were asked to work too many hours or too many late shifts, according to the Department of Labor.

December 07, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Yaroslav Holovatenko (left) and a friend with their McDonald's meals in Kyiv on Wednesday.

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  • World

McDonald's reopens in Ukraine, feeding customers' nostalgia — and future hopes

All of the chain's 100-plus locations in Ukraine closed after Russia invaded in February. Three reopened in Kyiv this week, for delivery only. "It's a nice gift from McDonald's," one customer says.

September 23, 2022
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  • Julian Hayda and
  • Ashley Westerman
People walk past a window of a McDonald's restaurant as the towers of the Kremlin reflect in it in Moscow on May 26, 2022.

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  • World

Russia's rebranded McDonald's unveils a new logo, but keeps its name a secret

The iconic Golden Arches have been replaced with two bold orange backslashes and a red circle, representing a tiny burger and a pair of large fries.

June 10, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
President Biden, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday.

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 19)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

May 19, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
An elderly Russian woman eats a hamburger at the first McDonald's in the then Soviet Union on its opening day in January 1990.

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  • Business

An economic iron curtain is falling on Russia as companies like McDonald's cut ties

Global companies are exiting Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine. For some observers, it marks the return of Russia to a time when it was closed off from the global economy.

March 12, 2022
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  • David Gura
McDonald's says it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Business

McDonald's, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Starbucks join a corporate exodus from Russia

The big American companies are the latest to suspend their operations in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

March 09, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky and
  • David Gura
Steve Easterbrook, McDonald's former president and CEO, Easterbrook must return more than $105 million in equity awards and cash to the company giant as part of a settlement.

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  • Business

McDonald's fired CEO returns $105 million after misconduct

Steve Easterbrook has paid back equity awards and cash to the burger giant after it learned that he had lied about the extent of his misconduct while he was its top executive.

December 16, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
In this Nov. 17, 2016 photo, Chris Kempczinski, then-incoming president of McDonald's USA, speaks at a McDonald's restaurant in New York's Tribeca neighborhood. Kempczinski is under fire for comments he made in a text message to the Chicago mayor.

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  • National

McDonald's CEO apologizes after saying 2 slain children were failed by their parents

Chris Kempczinski held a town hall with employees on Monday after reports revealed he messaged Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and appeared to blame the death of two shooting victims on their parents.

November 09, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Customers walks into a McDonald's restaurant, in London on Aug. 24. McDonald's says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming from a shortage of truck drivers.

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  • Europe

McDonald's Is Out Of Milkshakes In The U.K. And A Truck Driver Shortage Is To Blame

A shortage of tens of thousands of drivers is affecting McDonald's and many other businesses after scores of European truckers left the U.K. in the aftermath of Brexit.

August 31, 2021
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  • Willem Marx and
  • Joe Hernandez
Saweetie speaks at Sprite's Live from the Label Virtual Concert Series in Los Angeles. The best-selling rapper recently became the latest celebrity to have her own branded meal at McDonald's.

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  • Business

As Brands Reach For Diverse Customers, McDonald's Launches A Saweetie Celebrity Meal

Big companies are becoming more inclusive and featuring more Blacks and other minorities in their ads and marketing materials as a way to take a stand against racism, analysts say.

August 16, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
K-Pop group BTS poses with their McDonald's meal.

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  • Food

K-Pop Group BTS And McDonald's Launch Exclusive Meal And Clothing Line

The meal includes Chicken McNuggets, a medium order of french fries, a medium Coke and two new sauces inspired by McDonald's South Korea.

May 27, 2021
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
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