Makers of everything from Oreos to beer are seeing their stock prices fall this week, and retailers are blaming appetite-suppressing medications.
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$1.4 billion Powerball prize is a combination of interest rates, sales, math – and luck
The upcoming $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot is the world’s fifth-largest lottery prize due to higher interest rates, long odds, fewer ticket sales per drawing, and luck.
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Echo Brown, acclaimed storyteller and a voice of Black women, dies at 39
She channeled the many agonies of poverty and racism into acclaimed autobiographical work.
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Colorado funeral home owner where 115 decaying bodies found tried to conceal improper storage
A suspension letter from state regulators says the owner of a Colorado funeral home where 115 decaying bodies were found claimed he was doing taxidermy.
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N.Y. commercial fisherman convicted of exceeding fish quotas by 200,000 pounds
He was accused of falsifying records to sell illegal fluke and black sea bass worth nearly $900,000 between 2014 and 2017.
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Trump’s lawyers seek to halt civil fraud trial, block ruling dissolving his real estate empire
The judge’s ruling last week calls for dissolving companies that control some of the former president’s most prized assets, including Trump Tower.
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U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 336,000 jobs in September
It’s an unexpectedly strong gain that suggests many companies remain confident enough to keep hiring despite high interest rates and a hazy outlook for the economy.
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Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel prize for fighting women’s oppression
Mohammadi was behind bars for the recent protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.
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Donald Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
Trump, the current GOP presidential front-runner, has used the leadership vacuum on the Hill to further demonstrate his control over the Republican Party.
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New York pilot accused of stalking woman by plane
The man has been ordered by a judge to stop flying after a woman said he repeatedly flew over her home.