McKissack Daniel’s business is assigned to just about every major infrastructure improvement project financed by New York City and state Source

Germany midfielder Giulia Gwinn scored the only goal against China in a 1-0 victory Source

France dominated with a 4-0 victory over South Korea on Friday Source

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned Friday that some upcoming cases could be decided along 5-4 votes Source

Athena Capo-Battaglia, who lived in a homeless shelter with her mother since high school, is now studying neuroscience Source

George Azar was born in Detroit, the son of Palestinian immigrants. He’s worked at some of the best restaurants in the world, including Noma in Copenhagen and Alinea in Chicago. But through his travels, he developed a love for Vietnamese food. On a whim, he opened Flowers of Vietnam in Detroit. It was a huge hit – it’s been named one of America’s best new restaurants by Bon Appetit and GQ. Now he’s working on his next project, featuring regional specialties of Mexico, and tonight, he’s one of just six honorees at the annual iconoclast dinner at the James Beard House here in New York. Source

The deal brokered late Friday by the U.S. and Mexico calls for the immediate implementation of “Remain in Mexico” along the entire southern border Source

The construction business is no bed of roses — cutthroat competition makes it hard to stay on top. But one construction and design firm has been making its mark on some of our biggest landmarks for more than a century. Cheryl McKissack Daniel now sits atop the oldest female and African-American-owned construction company in the nation — a business her family truly built from the ground up. Michelle Miller reports. Source

“From sports teams to theater productions, high schools are full of extra-curricular activities for students to pursue. But one after-school program you may not know about is growing in popularity.It involves varsity teams competing not on the gridiron, but over the grill iron. At Burnet High School, students cook in a state-of-art kitchen, worth a quarter of a million dollars, to create what some would consider the holy grail of Texas grilling. They’re the Under-dawgs, a high school varsity barbecue team that won the regional championship last year. Maria Villareal reports. ” Source

You may associate soul music with the American south – not a nation in the far north Atlantic. But that’s where singer-songwriter Junius Meyvant hails from. Born in a chain of islands off the coast of Iceland, he first earned acclaim in his homeland, winning awards for best newcomer and single of the year. That led to successful tours of Europe and the U.S., and a 2016 album. His most recent offering comes out in August: an EP titled Rearview Paradise. Source