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A rare warning from Walmart during a US trade war: Higher prices are inevitableMay 15, 2025 8:58 am - Walmart, which became the nation's largest retailer by making low prices a priority, has found itself in a place it's rarely been: Warning customers that prices will rise for goods ranging from bananas to car seats. Executives at the $750 billion company told industry analysts Thursday that they are doing everything in their power to absorb the higher costs from tariffs ordered by President Donald Trump. Given the magnitude of the duties, however, the highest since the 1930s, higher prices are unavoidable, and they will hurt Walmart customers already buffeted by inflation over the past three years. Walmart reported strong sales for the first quarter on Thursday, though profits slipped.
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Dick’s Sporting Goods to buy struggling shoe chain Foot Locker for $2.4 billionMay 15, 2025 8:24 am - Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear company in as many weeks as busine...
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May 15, 2025 7:39 am - The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Thursday in its first case stemming from the blitz of actions that have marked the start of President Donald Trump's second term.
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Alligator that starred in ‘Happy Gilmore’ dies of old age in ColoradoMay 15, 2025 6:58 am - An alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore,” has died at a gator farm in southern Colorado.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he is sending a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with RussiaMay 15, 2025 6:50 am - Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t show up in Turkey on Thursday for proposed direct peace talks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who was waiting for him in the capital of Ankara after challenging the Kremlin leader to face-to-face discussions on ending their 3-year-old war.
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Beware the blender! ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ makes the everyday item terrifyingMay 15, 2025 5:30 am - A blender. A lawn mower. A ceiling fan. A garden rake. A vending machine. An MRI scanner. These mundane items are supposed to ease us through life. But in “Final Destination Bloodlines,” ordinary objects become fearsome tools of murderous mayhem.
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Dark bromance ‘Friendship’ hysterically explores modern men’s awkward embraceMay 15, 2025 5:30 am - Uncool suburban dad Craig Waterman’s chance meeting with his cool neighbor sparks an unlikely friendship. So begins Andrew DeYoung’s debut feature “Friendship,” which tackles modern masculinity and male loneliness with biting satire and humor, taking detours into horror and the surreal.
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What’s happened at the Cannes Film Festival so far — and what’s still to comeMay 14, 2025 3:10 pm - This year’s Cannes Film Festival has barely started, but it’s already been an attention-grabbing affair, from new rules for its red carpets, nerves about potential U.S. tariffs and the return of Tom Cruise.
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Max streaming service is reviving the HBO name — the one it discarded two years agoMay 14, 2025 2:54 pm - HBO is returning — at least in a name.Warner Bros. Discovery said Wednesday that it was rebranding its streaming service as HBO Max this summer, instead of the current Max.
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Stanley Tucci returns to Italy with National Geographic series and vows to ‘go more in depth’May 14, 2025 8:16 am - You can’t keep Stanley Tucci from his beloved Italy just like you can’t keep cheese from lasagna. The Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning actor is once again elegantly roaming through the land of his heritage in National Geographic’s new food-travel series “Tucci in Italy.”