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How Popeye’s obsession with spinach was created from glaring misprint
Read full article: How Popeye’s obsession with spinach was created from glaring misprintAs fans of Popeye pay tribute today, the tale of his obsession with spinach is a life reminder that sometimes glaring mistakes can lead to incredible success stories.
Police name suspect in fatal Popeyes stabbing in Maryland
Read full article: Police name suspect in fatal Popeyes stabbing in MarylandThe manhunt for a murderer is underway after the fatal stabbing of a man over a Popeye's chicken sandwich. (CNN) - Police in Maryland have released the name of a man wanted on murder charges for the fatal stabbing of a customer outside a Popeyes restaurant last weekThe suspect was identified Tuesday as 30-year-old Ricoh McClain, the Prince George's County Police Department said in a news release. Police are asking for the public's help in locating McClain, who is considered armed and dangerous. McClain confronted Davis about his conduct, and 15 seconds later the two went outside the restaurant, where McClain stabbed Davis, police said. Police last week released a photo of McClain and a woman who was with him when he fled.
Woman fires shots to break up robbery outside Popeyes
Read full article: Woman fires shots to break up robbery outside PopeyesMIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Police are investigating after a woman fired her gun during a robbery outside a Popeyes in southwest Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade police Detective Lee Cowart said a woman who witnessed the robbery outside the Popeyes on the corner of Southwest 112th Avenue and Southwest 152nd Street tried to intervene, pulled out a gun and fired several shots. The woman, who identified herself to Local 10 News reporter Liane Morejon only as Lula, said she was at the Popeyes getting lunch when she saw the robber beating on the victim. Richards said the woman who fired her gun did not strike the robber. Lula said this was the first time she has ever used her gun besides at a gun range.
Police investigate possible shooting at Popeye's
Read full article: Police investigate possible shooting at Popeye'sMIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Police are investigating after shots were fired at a Popeye's in southwest Miami-Dade County. The shooting occurred at the Popeye's on the corner of Southwest 112th Avenue and Southwest 152nd Street. Miami-Dade police were gathered at a home near the Popeye's. Police said a suspect is in custody. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.
Quavo jokes about selling Popeye's sandwiches for $1,000 each
Read full article: Quavo jokes about selling Popeye's sandwiches for $1,000 eachJoe Raedle/Getty Images(CNN) - From waiting in hour-long lines to hitting up multiple restaurants -- people are going to extreme lengths to find a Popeye's chicken sandwich. Rapper Quavo, of the group Migos, is ready to save the day and make our chicken sandwich dreams come true. Popeye's first announced their new chicken sandwich on Twitter earlier this month, and Black Twitter was all over it, with the sandwich dominating discussions. The Popeye's sandwich is remarkably similar to Chick-fil-A's. It features a fried chicken fillet on a brioche bun, complemented by a few pickles and a slather of mayonnaise.
Spinach chemical should be put on doping ban list, researchers say
Read full article: Spinach chemical should be put on doping ban list, researchers sayThose who took ecdysterone saw their performance improve by three times as much as those who did not. "We saw drastic increases in maximum performance in bench press in the group that took ecdysterone," co-author Maria Parr, a doping researcher at the university's Institute of Pharmacy, told CNN via telephone. The study was partly funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and researchers recommend that ecydysterone be included on the agency's banned list. Co-author Francesco Botr, director of the Italian anti-doping agency (FMSI), told CNN that the team are now investigating ways to test for ecdysterone. The agency has recently been embroiled in controversy over the September 2018 reinstatement of the Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA.