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Even bargain chains see spending pullback as higher prices squeeze more Americans 09/04/2024 01:00pm • Dollar Tree is slashing its full-year earnings and sales forecasts as its customers continue to struggle with higher prices and spend less. Shares tumbled more than 20% Wednesday after hitting a 52-week low on the prior day. The biggest one-day sell-off for Dollar Tree shares in more than 20 years Michigan man wins long shot appeal over burglary linked to his DNA on a bottle 09/04/2024 12:26pm • DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan prisoner has persuaded a judge to throw out his burglary conviction, overcoming long odds by serving as his own lawyer in an appeal of a case that rested solely on his DNA being found on a soda bottle in a beauty shop. Gregory Tucker, 65, argued that the DNA wasn't suffic No prison time but sexual offender registry awaits former deputy and basketball star 09/04/2024 11:59am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former police officer at a high school who was a record-breaking basketball player two decades ago at the University of South Carolina has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to having sexual relationships with two students. While ex-Richland County deputy Jam New to long jump, U.S. Paralympians Lambert and Wallace form unlikely partnership 09/04/2024 09:36am • PARIS (AP) — After an early workout session at Team USA’s high-performance center at the Paralympics, Noelle Lambert spots Jarryd Wallace by the side of the track. Loaded down with bags and a full-leg prosthetic, she stops to tell him that she’s switching blades. The new, softer one she traine Which cousin SUV is better? Edmunds compares the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2025 Kia Sorento 09/04/2024 07:36am • The Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento are like pro football’s Kelce brothers, Travis and Jason: Both have had distinguished careers, both offer different strengths, and you’d be glad to have either on your team. But chances are you can only afford one of these SUVs. Which one will be the better b DNA links 'shopping cart killer' suspect to DC murder, prosecutor tells judge 09/04/2024 07:11am • The DNA of "shopping cart killer" suspect Anthony Eugene Robinson was found on the body of a D.C. woman, whose body was found in a shopping cart near Union Station in Sept. 2021, according to a Virginia prosecutor. Robinson is set to go on trial later this month in Harrisonburg for the murder o Shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie renews attention on crime in city as mayor seeks reelection 09/04/2024 05:43am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The daylight shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall in an upscale shopping district has once again put the city's safety in the national spotlight weeks before voters choose a new mayor. Mayor London Breed, who is running for reelection, has taken a mor Teen charged with attempted murder in shooting of 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall 09/03/2024 08:44pm • ▶ Watch Video: San Francisco DA announces charges against teen suspect in shooting of 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall A teen arrested in connection with the shooting and attempted robbery of San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall Saturday has been charged with attempted murder and other This Is How Much It Costs Teachers To Get School Supplies in 2024 09/03/2024 08:00pm • Somehow, we live in a time when it's considered normal for teachers to routinely buy school supplies for their students. More than 90% of teachers do so, according to the National Education Association, the nation's largest professional employee organization. But how much are teachers spending? A 2 Editorial Roundup: United States 09/03/2024 06:28pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 30 The Washington Post says as EV sales stall, focus on hybrids The recent announcement by Ford Motor Co. that it was abandoning plans to roll out a large electric SUV seems like another warning flag that the early electric v The 49ers expect rookie Ricky Pearsall to make a full recovery following shooting 09/03/2024 05:58pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch expects rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall to make a full recovery after he was shot last weekend during an attempted robbery. Pearsall was hit in the chest and hospitalized overnight after the shooting in central San Francisco Gun shops that sold weapons trafficked into Washington, DC, sued by nation's capital and Maryland 09/03/2024 05:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Three gun shops that sold nearly three dozen firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C., are facing a new lawsuit jointly filed Tuesday by attorneys general for Maryland and the nation’s capital. At least nine of those guns have now been foun Russian missiles blast Ukrainian military academy and hospital, killing more than 50, officials say 09/03/2024 04:03pm • POLTAVA, Ukraine (AP) — Two ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital Tuesday in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others, Ukrainian officials said, in one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began. The missiles tore into the heart o What to know about delta-8 and other common vape shop drugs 09/03/2024 02:14pm • They're sold in gas stations, vape shops, online and in other stores around the country in seemingly countless enticing forms: gummies, chocolate bars, chips. Their packaging lists things like delta-8 THC, micro- and macrodoses of “psychedelics” and “nootropics." These substances are often sol Why a Georgetown bike shop will let you borrow a bike for free 09/03/2024 10:35am • When foldable bike maker Brompton said it would let anyone borrow one of its peddle bikes for an entire day for free from its new Brompton Junction store in Georgetown in April, it raised the question "What's the catch?" There are no real restrictions — just a reservation, a helmet and a promise t