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The Numbers Walmart said its comparable store sales were up 4 percent in the three months that ended in late January compared with the year before. The number of transactions at Walmart rose 4.3 percent, but the average ticket price slightly decreased 0.3 percent, a sign that shoppers spent a little less on shopping trips. … Read more
Renters are more likely to report a lower quality of life than homeowners, especially in Vancouver and Toronto, according to survey results over the last few years from Statistics Canada. In 2021 and 2022, renters were over 15 percentage points more likely to report difficulty meeting financial needs and over 11 percentage points less likely to report high overall life … Read more
In the fall of 2022, two top Biden administration officials met in New York with a key European diplomat. Over dinner outdoors, they strategized about how best to throttle Russia’s oil revenues in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. Near the end of what had been a collegial meal, the European official, Bjoern Seibert, dropped … Read more
Starbucks baristas from 21 stores around the country told the company Tuesday that they plan to organize, potentially adding hundreds of new members to a union campaign that’s battling the coffee chain for first contracts. The union, Workers United, said it is the largest group of Starbucks stores to go public with their organizing plans … Read more
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is distributing another $5.8 billion for water infrastructure projects around the country, paid for by one of its key legislative victories.The new allocations will go to projects in all 50 states, bringing the total awarded to states for water infrastructure projects to $22 billion. The money comes … Read more
Tech billionaire Elon Musk recently explained in an X post why he declined shares in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research company he co-founded in 2015. Responding to a question about his founding donation, Musk raised concerns about the company’s legal structure. “It isn’t clear to me how the OpenAI structure is legal at all. I … Read more
Dramatic body and dash camera footage captured the moment a Florida sheriff’s deputy saved the life of a 6-month-old baby after a motorcycle that was going more than 100 mph slammed into the vehicle the infant was in with her mom and sister. Kayleigh Foley, the baby’s mother, told local media that Charlotte County Deputy … Read more
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AP) — Israel on Sunday condemned Brazil’s president for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of being antisemitic and trivializing the Nazi genocide of European Jews during World War II. The outcry further strained relations between the countries, which have deteriorated since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva … Read more
A new US justice department database intended to track the backgrounds of officers working for federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and ATF is unlikely to solve the problem of police with checkered pasts moving between departments, defense attorneys and reform advocates warn. Announced in December, the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD) will … Read more
Former US President Donald Trump has launched his own line of Trump-branded shoes at Sneaker Con – a convention for sneaker fans in Philadelphia. His appearance was met with loud boos as well as cheers after he presented a pair of the gold-coloured shoes being sold online for $399. His move comes a day after … Read more