_____Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Morning Briefing What you need to know to start your day, delivered to your inbox. [The New York Times]• The Sunday Times of London fired the writer of an op-ed that was widely criticized as employing anti-Semitic and misogynistic arguments. [The New York Times]• Customs checks at the British border, post-“Brexit,” could cost $1.3 billion per year. The soft-serve ice cream truck company was founded in 1956 by the brothers William and James Conway in Philadelphia. Carvel began selling soft-serve ice cream by accident in 1934, when the founder Tom Carvel’s truck broke down, forcing him to sell melting ice cream.

Source: New York Times July 31, 2017 04:04 UTC