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Sears To Close Another 72 Stores As Sales Plunge

Sears will close another 72 stores as sales shrink and losses grow, an announcement that has become a familiar refrain as the company retrenches.

Comic Samantha Bee Apologizes To Ivanka Trump For Slur

Comedian Samantha Bee apologized to Ivanka Trump and viewers on Thursday for using an obscenity to describe the president’s daughter, an incident that quickly thrust her into the middle of the nation’s political divide.

Papa John's Giving Away Free Donut Holes On June 1st

Pizza lovers can now enjoy the best of breakfast at any time of day with new Donut Holes from Papa John’s International, Inc.

Sears To Close Another 72 Stores As Sales Plunge

Sears is closing another 72 stores after reporting a first-quarter losses and plunging sales.

Harvey Weinstein Indicted In New York Rape Case

Harvey Weinstein was indicted Wednesday on rape and criminal sex act charges, furthering the first criminal case to arise from a slate of sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul.

Barr Blames Ambien For Tweet; Drug Maker Replies

The maker of Ambien said Wednesday that “racism is not a known side effect” after Roseanne Barr cited the insomnia drug in explaining the tweet that led ABC to cancel her show.

Charlotte Native Flies One Of World's Most Advanced Warplanes In U.S. Navy

A 2014 South Mecklenburg High School graduate and Charlotte, North Carolina, native is currently serving with a U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron, which flies one of the world’s most advanced warplanes.

Explosion Damages UPS Freight Hub In Kentucky

An explosion damaged a UPS freight hub Wednesday morning in Kentucky’s second-largest city, sending multiple people to the hospital in what fire officials described as an accidental blast.

Starbucks Closes Thousands Of Stores For Anti-Bias Training

Turning away customers looking for an afternoon jolt of caffeine, thousands of Starbucks shops across the U.S. closed early on Tuesday to hold training for employees on recognizing hidden prejudices.

Starbucks Stores In Charlotte And Across The Country Are Closing Tuesday

The company is holding anti-bias training after the arrests of two men at a Philadelphia store in April.

Nation's Capitol Honors Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day

In the nation's capitol, a pop-up memorial at the National Mall featured more than 600,000 poppies. That is one for each American who has died in service since World War I.

Equine Therapy Helping Veterans Return To Civilian Life

Veteran Jeremy Harrell is using horses as therapy to help other veterans deal with the transition from active duty to civilian life.

Maryland Community Heartbroken After Second Flood In Two Years

After flash floods sent cars floating down Main Street in historic Ellicott City, Maryland, local officials said they were heartbroken to see the community so severely damaged again less than two years after a devastating flood killed two people and caused millions in damages.

Sub Tropical Storm Alberto Heads To The U.S. Gulf Coast

Florida and Mississippi launched emergency preparations Saturday ahead of the arrival of Subtropical Storm Alberto, a slow-moving system expected to cause wet misery across the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast over the holiday weekend.

Korea Summit After All? Trump Says ‘Everybody Plays Games’

“Everybody plays games,” President Donald Trump declared Friday as he suggested the potentially historic North Korean summit he had suddenly called off might be getting back on track.

Weinstein Faces Sex Charges In Prosecution Amid #MeToo

Flinching when he heard himself described as a man who used power to prey on women, Harvey Weinstein was charged Friday with rape and another sex felony in the first prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him that sparked a national reckoning over sexual misconduct.

Police: 2 Shot At Oklahoma Restaurant, Civilian Kills Gunman

Police say a man armed with a pistol walked into an Oklahoma City restaurant at the dinner hour and opened fire.

Morgan Freeman Apologizes In Wake Of Harassment Accusations

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman apologized on Thursday to anyone who may have felt “uncomfortable or disrespected” by his behavior, after CNN reported that multiple women have accused the A-list actor of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior on movie sets and in other professional settings.