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Aug
19
2021
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By Troy Warren
Gulf Coast’s beloved ‘Redneck Riviera’ now coronavirus hot spot

Gulf Coast’s beloved ‘Redneck Riviera’ now coronavirus hot spot

COVID-19, In The News
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 GULF SHORES, Ala. — Tourists and servers alike dance atop tables and in the aisles at one restaurant on the “Redneck Riviera,” a beloved stretch of towns along the northern Gulf Coast where beaches, bars and stores are packed. Yet just a few miles away, a hospital is running out of critical care beds, its rooms full of unvaccinated people fighting for their lives. On maps that show virus “hot spots” in red, this part of the U.S. coast is glowing like a bad sunburn. And a summer of booming tourism…
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Aug
19
2021
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By Troy Warren
Chicago: Hundreds arrive for funeral of slain Chicago police officer

Chicago: Hundreds arrive for funeral of slain Chicago police officer

City News, Editors Picks, In The News, ,
By Don Babwin, The Associated Press Troy Warren for ChicagoNewsAndTalk.Com Hundreds of police officers from across Illinois and beyond have gathered for a funeral Mass to remember a Chicago police officer who was fatally shot earlier this month Scores of police officers stood to attention as the casket containing the body of a Chicago police officer fatally shot this month was carried into a South Side church for her funeral Thursday morning. A sea of officers in their dress blue uniforms formed outside St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel as mourners — including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, former Mayor Richard M. Daley,…
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Aug
18
2021
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By Troy Warren
Giant rubber ducky appears in Maine harbor, leaving officials stumped

Giant rubber ducky appears in Maine harbor, leaving officials stumped

Editors Picks, In The News, Lifestyle,
By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #Lifestyle ‘Everybody loves it,’ harbor master says The sudden appearance of a giant rubber duck in a Maine harbor is a whimsical whodunit that’s defied sleuths so far. The yellow waterfowl emblazoned with the word “joy” appeared in Belfast Harbor over the weekend, and it’s a mystery who put it there. Harbor Master Katherine Given told the Bangor Daily Newsthat the 25-foot-tall duck doesn’t pose a navigational hazard, so there’s no rush to shoo it away. “Everybody loves it,” Given said. “I have no idea who owns it, but it kind of fits…
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Aug
18
2021
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By Troy Warren
Target reports strong in-store sales as online sales come back to earth

Target reports strong in-store sales as online sales come back to earth

Business, In The News,
By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Business Target’s streak of strong results extended into its latest quarter, but its skyrocketing online sales growth has come back to earth. The Minneapolis retailer reported Wednesday that sales at its stores that have been open for at least a year rose 8.7% in the three-month period that ended July 31. That was on top of a 10.9% growth in the same 2020 span. And like Walmart, Target saw a slowdown from last year’s blistering online sales growth as more shoppers came out of their pandemic-forced isolation. Target’s online sales rose 10% its…
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Aug
18
2021
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By Troy Warren
Some customers’ personal data exposed in T-Mobile breach

Some customers’ personal data exposed in T-Mobile breach

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Business NEW YORK — The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of just over 40 million former and prospective customers that applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach, the company said Wednesday. The same data for about 7.8 million current T-Mobile postpaid customers appears to be compromised. No phone numbers, account numbers, PINs, passwords or financial information from the nearly 50 million records and accounts were compromised, it said. T-Mobile also confirmed that about 850,000 active T-Mobile prepaid customer names, phone numbers and…
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Aug
18
2021
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People now spend more at Amazon than at Walmart

People now spend more at Amazon than at Walmart

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By Karen Weise - The New York Times Michael Corkery - The New York Times Troy Warren for CNT #Business SEATTLE — Amazon has eclipsed Walmart to become the world’s largest retail seller outside China, according to corporate and industry data, a milestone in the shift from brick-and-mortar to online shopping that has changed how people buy everything from Teddy Grahams to teddy bears. Propelled in part by surging demand during the pandemic, people spent more than $610 billion on Amazon over the 12 months ending in June, according to Wall Street estimates compiled by the financial research firm FactSet. Walmart on Tuesday…
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Aug
17
2021
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By Troy Warren
Home Depot sales climb again, but DIY frenzy may be cooling

Home Depot sales climb again, but DIY frenzy may be cooling

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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Business #HomeGarden Home Depot’s sales continue to surge, though same-store sales appeared to come back to earth after a year in which the home improvement chain outperformed expectations repeatedly. For the three months ended Aug. 1, sales climbed to $41.12 billion from $38.05 billion. Chairman and CEO Craig Menea said in a prepared statement Tuesday that this was the first time the chain surpassed quarterly sales of more than $40 billion. Revenue also surpassed the $40.71 billion analysts were expecting, according to a survey by Zacks Investment Research. However, sales at stores open…
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Aug
16
2021
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Everything you need to know today about the world in 80 seconds

Everything you need to know today about the world in 80 seconds

Editors Picks, In The News
By wire reports Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks   Wind forecasts bring new worries to California fire lines Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests girded Monday for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility warned thousands of customers it might cut their electricity to prevent new fires from igniting if gusts damage power lines. Conditions that suppressed the huge Dixie Fire overnight were expected to give way late in the day to winds that could push flames toward mountain communities in a region where drought and summer heat have turned vegetation to tinder. “In this environment, any type of…
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Aug
16
2021
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COVID cases surging in 40 states; surgeon general worries about complacency

COVID cases surging in 40 states; surgeon general worries about complacency

COVID-19, In The News
By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 The highly contagious delta variant is surging across the nation, shattering records as hospitalizations and cases surge among the unvaccinated. And those who have followed precautions may soon grow complacent due to fatigue, the surgeon general told CNN. On Sunday, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNN’s Brian Stelter, “I do think that many of those who did make that right decision to get vaccinated, are thinking, ‘Gosh, I did the right thing but here we are, still in the middle of this pandemic 18 months later.’” “We get through this…
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Aug
16
2021
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Ex-South Carolina teacher guilty in Georgia child sex case

Ex-South Carolina teacher guilty in Georgia child sex case

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT  AUGUSTA — A former teacher in South Carolina has admitted to contacting a Georgia girl who was under 18 with the intention of engaging in sexual activity, federal prosecutors said. Jonathan Eugene Grantham of Graniteville, South Carolina, pleaded guilty Wednesday to coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, federal prosecutors said in a news release. When he was arrested in February, he was a teacher at Ridge Spring-Monetta High School in Ridge Spring, South Carolina. He has since been fired. “It’s sickening to contemplate the fact that while Jonathan…
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