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'Hell yes, we ARE going to take your AR-15s!' Beto O'Rourke goes all in on gun control

The former Texas congressman was applauded by a Democratic audience but an outspoken state GOP lawmaker was accused of issuing death threats with his response to O'Rourke.




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Beto O'Rourke reports death threat to FBI

Beto O'Rourke reported a death threat against him to the FBI and his campaign is selling t-shirts with his breakout debate line vowing to take AR-15s.




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Now that's service! Walmart manager personally comes to woman's home to fill her flat tire with air

The woman, in a video of the manager providing her with the unexpected personal service, and in a video of his good deed that's gone viral, later drove her car to the store to get the flat fixed.




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Two shoppers in a Georgia Walmart have an impromptu sing-along to Luther Vandross duet

A crowd gathered at the Walmart Supercenter in Alpharetta, Georgia, and witnessed two strangers share a beautiful moment in song. Video was filmed last year but recently went viral.




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Walmart breaks into the beauty industry with its own wellness brand

Walmart launched its first beauty brand, Glow Habit, on Monday, offering up four different vegan supplements: Good Skin Habit, Happy Hair Habit, Probiotic Habit, and Sleep Well Habit.




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Video shows an ugly mob scene at a Louisiana Walmart after three family members resist arrest

Wence and Jerald Flores-Monge, aged 21 and 18 , were arrested after spewing racial profanities at a store worker in Kenner, Louisiana. A third family member, Sandy Monge also was charged.




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Pumpkin spice-flavored SPAM completely sells out in a matter of hour

The canned meat brand announced the fall flavor in August, and it was available on Spam.com and Walmart.com on September 23. That same day, Spam announced that it had already sold out.




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An elderly stranger helps a grieving son put on a tie ahead of his father's funeral in Ohio 

Kevin Butcher was selecting an outfit for his father's burial in a Milford Walmart on Monday with his wife, Sherri, but neither of them knew how to tie a tie.




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El Paso Walmart massacre widower who invited the public to his wife's funeral is arrested for DWI

Antonio Basco was arrested Monday night for driving drunk in the same blue 2019 Ford Explorer that was donated to him by a car dealership in August.




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Kroger and Walgreens become latest retail giants to stop e-cigarette sales following vaping deaths

Kroger, which also owns Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer and other store brands, announced Monday that it will cease all e-cigarette sales after selling through its current inventory. Walgreens followed suit.




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Delaware man, 32, chokes a Walmart cashier in Florida before trying to head-butt officers 

Peter James McGaughran, 32, of Delaware was arrested on October 2 after surveillance footage captured him choking a Walmart cashier in an unprovoked attack in Stuart, Florida




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Zantac is STILL on the shelves in the US despite worldwide recalls

Despite global recalls, brand-name Zantac is sold by a different company - Sanofi - in the US, and neither the drug maker or the FDA have issued a recall of the popular heartburn medication.




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Paramotor drops into Walmart to get peanut butter and jelly to make a sandwich 'in-flight'

Pilot Anthony Vella 'craved' a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so flew his paramotor to El Paso's Walmart, Texas, to get ingredients and made the snack mid air, in clip posted on September 20.




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El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick Crusius pleads NOT guilty to killing 22 people

Patrick Crusius, 21, pleaded not guilty to capital murder charges Thursday. Crusius is accused of opening fire inside a crowded El Paso Walmart and killing 22 people on August 3.




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DWP tests artificial intelligence system to judge whether benefit claims are TRUE

The UK government is working with New York-based UiPath, co-founded by billionaire Daniel Dines whose £7billion company is viewed as a future Google of robotics and Artificial Intelligence.




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Nearly 6,500 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage patties sold at Walmart recalled over salmonella fears

George's Prepared Foods, which prepares Walmart's Great Value Brand, has recalled 6,444 pounds of read-to-eat frozen meat products after a small sample was discovered to have salmonella.




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FDA says Pepcid and Prilosec do NOT contain carcinogen in Zantac

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday told Americans that Prilosec, Pepcid and other alternatives are free of NDMA found in Zantac - but they have other risks.




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Hostess debuts new TWINKIES cereal

Hostess wants you to have Twinkies for breakfast. The snack brand has teamed up with Post on the new product, recreating the beloved cream-filled sponge cake in cereal form.




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Walmart-owned Jet winding down its fresh food delivery in New York after service fails to take off

Jet is winding down its service after about a year due to problems with pricing and keeping fresh food in stock. Jet will shut down a facility in the Bronx where more than 200 people work.




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R&B crooner Chico DeBarge arrested for possession of methamphetamine 

The crooner was found with methamphetamine when he was picked up in Burbank earlier this month. DeBarge was approached by police after being seen trying to open an SUV with wire.




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Man, 28, is arrested for 'storming behind a McDonald's register and punching two employees'

Victor Jimmy Castro, 28, had ordered food from a McDonald's located inside of a Layton Walmart off Hillfield Road. During the assault, he told employees that they had gotten his order wrong.




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War criminal pardoned by Trump complains it's 'impossible to find a job - even at Walmart or Target'

Former US Army 1st Lt Clint Lorance (left) tweeted on Thursday that it was 'impossible to find a job' despite the fact that he was granted a full pardon by President Trump (right) last month.




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Walmart apologizes for 'ugly Christmas sweater' with Santa and three lines of a white substance

The retail giant landed in hot water when one of its third-party vendors on its Canadian website offered adult-only, 'ugly Christmas sweaters' including one of St. Nick apparently ready to do drugs.




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White Castle recalls hundreds of boxes of frozen sliders over listeria fears  

White Castle has issued a voluntary recall of five varieties of its frozen sliders after a third-party laboratory found listeria in a sample from one of the company's manufacturing facilities.




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NFL star Khalil Mack, 28, spends $80,000 to pay off 350 layaway accounts at Walmart

The store's official Facebook page revealed the news in a post shared Friday, writing: 'If you have an active Holiday Layaway account at your local Ft. Pierce Wal-Mart, your account has been paid off!'




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Walmart's controversial 'Cocaine Santa' sweater becomes an Amazon bestseller

Days after Walmart pulled a controversial sweater featuring a cartoon Santa Claus doing cocaine with the tagline 'Let It Snow' from its website, the infamous novelty item has now become a best-seller.




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Apple's $250 AirPods Pro SELL OUT at almost every major store and online retailer ahead of holidays

The company's newest wireless earbuds, the AirPod Pro, which were released this past October, have now sold out from nearly every major online retailer, including Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon.




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Subway employee, 18, shot at coworker's mom because she made a wrap instead of a sub

Destin Garcia, 18, faces charges of aggravated assault and battery after allegedly drove to his co-worker's house in a rage and fired shots at her mom.




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Cable guy, 43, is accused of stabbing to death elderly client

Roy Holden Jr. was spotted on Ring doorbell footage in the same clothes he wore entering the victim's home and later while shopping at a Walmart using her stolen debit card.




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Brawls break out in malls across US as last minute shoppers try to score a deal on Super Saturday

American shoppers spent a record $34.4billion on Super Saturday, the biggest single day in American retail history, but the weekend was marred by violent incidents at several locations.




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Mother is horrified to find religious 'Santa is fake but Jesus is real' note in new toy from Walmart

Brianna Ridge says she found the letter in a toy bought from a Walmart in Wasilla. Addressed to kids, it says Santa, reindeer, and elves aren't real and that presents come from parents.




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Woman, 85, gets lost on her way to Walmart and drives more than 250 miles

Janet Finegan set off for the store from her home in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, on December 23 but got lost on the way and inadvertently drove hundreds of miles.




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Four-year-old is VERY excited to receive four bottles of MUSTARD for Christmas

Annmarie Lent from Florida says her four-year-old daughter Paislee will eat mustard on everything. On Christmas, she gave her a wrapped box with four bottles of Great Value mustard inside.




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Cop buys groceries for an couple after they were caught shoplifting before Christmas holidays 

Officer Kenneth Martin of the Fort Smith Police Department was named Employee of the Month after purchasing a shoplifting couple's groceries in Fort Smith, Arkansas.




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Pennsylvania Walmart finds bed bugs in jacket and men's fitting rooms, forcing partial store closure

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after the release of bed bugs in a Walmart store on Thursday and Friday. A container was found in a jacket pocket and on the men's department floor.




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Walmart welcomes robot takeover with devices that fulfill grocery orders and scan aisles

Walmart is using robots to fulfill grocery orders and is set to add shelf-scanning machines to 650 additional stores by the end of the summer - all with the hopes of reigning supreme as the king of retail.




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Walmart admits it misused a $80,000 Christmas donation by Chicago Bears linebacker Khalil Mack

Mack's foundation made the $80,000 donation last month to a location in Fort Pierce, Florida, that just so happens to be where the star athlete was born and raised.




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Police seek 'hovering' thief seen gliding out of a Walmart store

The Winter Haven Police Department shared in a Wednesday Facebook post that the thief rolled into the store at 355 Cypress Gardens Blvd and glided out of the store with the items without paying.




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Walmart apologizes after tweeting an inappropriate joke about Fast and the Furious actor Paul Walker

Walmart was criticized after its official Twitter account made an insensitive joke regarding the late actor Paul Walker. in response to a Twitter user that claimed to be 'racin' to the supermarket.




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Blue Bell ice cream licker in Texas pleads guilty to criminal mischief

D'Adrien Anderson, 24, who was filmed licking a Blue Bell ice cream on sale in a Walmart in Port Arthur, Texas before returning it to the shelf has pleaded guilty to public mischief.




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Selena Gomez is worried she has gone to 'desperate' lengths

The 27-year-old singer released Rare on January 10 and has been going out to various stores to buy as many copies as she can in order to boost the record's chances of taking the top slot.




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Meghan Markle's father launches extraordinary TV attack on Megxit in Channel 5 documentary

Thomas Markle has spoken exclusively to Channel 5 in a new television documentary and described Meghan and Harry's behaviour as embarrassing.




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Selena Gomez wins the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart with her new album Rare

Selena Gomez scored her third solo album at number one on the Billboard 200 charts for Rare. The news came shortly after her Justin Bieber-referencing single Lose You To Love Me also hit number one.




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Motorola announces that pre-sales for its $1,499 foldable Razr phone will open on January 26th

Motorola disappointed consumers last month when it delayed the release of its Razr, but the firm has officially announced pre-sales start Jan. 26th with purchases beginning Feb. 6th.




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New preorders for Motorola's $1,499 foldable Razr now delayed until mid-February

Motorola is telling customers who preorder the device right now that they won't receive the phone until around February 18th, which is more than 10 days after its official launch.




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Man dies after getting stuck in donation bin near Walmart and is found after legs spotted poking out

Clarksville, Tennessee, police responded to a report on Sunday of a man who appeared trapped in a clothing and shoe donation bin near the Walmart supercenter on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.




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Moment a man walks into an Illinois Walmart with a sign saying 'Caution, I have the coronavirus'

A man (pictured) wearing a yellow face mask and a sign on his back reading, 'Caution, I have the Coronavirus,' walked into a Walmart store in Illinois (inset) and sprayed Lysol on merchandise.




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Hilarious moment pooch doggedly ignores nearby driver as it sits in car passenger seat like a human

The stubborn pooch was filmed in a car park in Walmart in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. The recorder is heard saying 'What's up!' and 'I can see you!' but the dog continues to ignore him.




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Man charged with trying to rape woman in Florida Walmart

Andrew Brooks Handley, 24, was arrested at the Walmart in Plantation, Florida on Saturday morning after trying to rape the woman in a store aisle.




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Nearly 6 MILLION kids' water bottles are recalled for second time in 6 months due to choking hazard

Contigo is recalling 5.7million of its Kids Cleanable Water Bottles for the second time in six months because the clear silicone spout can detach, posing a choking hazard to children.