The Ukrainian attacks on the sprawling Russian warehouses produced stark images, with massive pillars of black smoke rising above fires that raged at facilities of Wildberries, the country’s biggest online retailer and its equivalent of Amazon.

Kyiv’s drones first hit the sites over the weekend, and then struck five more Wildberries warehouses during the week, including one in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014. In all, nine people were killed, and scores more injured.

Sometimes people come up with clever ideas or business ideas that will make them a proverbial ton of money, ideas that they believe will revolutionize the world. I had such an idea: after reviewing a handful of restaurants in the metro area myself, I thought to myself, 

“Man, wouldn’t it be great to have children review local ice-cream stores?” That way, parents would know just where their kids like to go! And, if nothing else, I am sure the children will say cute, adorable things and it will make a grand article for a hot midwestern summer.”

The World Cup has been a bonanza for beer in the U.S. Bars in Boston reported needing emergency deliveries to keep taps from running dry on some game days. Fans downed a total of 290,000 stadium beers during the six matches in Philadelphia, FIFA organizers said.

But all that frothy foam obscures a cold reality: Beer sales have been struggling globally, and it’s unclear if soccer's world championship tournament can reverse the trend despite having three countries and 16 cities as co-hosts this year.