Aisle In A Pharmacy (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Tom Murphy Via AP News Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its U.S. business that could result in closing hundreds of additional stores over the next three years. CEO Tim Wentworth told analysts Thursday morning that “changes are imminent” for about 25% of the…… Continue Reading
Business Man Trader Investor (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Michelle Chapman Via AP News Shares of Trump Media, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, jumped 5% at the opening bell Friday after the first U.S. presidential debate, with some investors believing it could become a bigger mouthpiece for the former president if…… Continue Reading
Columns and Stairs of the United States Supreme Court Building (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Gary D. Robertson Via AP News RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a civil rights group challenging North Carolina’s anti-rioting law, whose criminal penalties were raised last year by state legislators. The…… Continue Reading
Blue Chairs In Line With Voting Machines (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Gary D. Robertson Via AP News RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A divided North Carolina election board decided Wednesday to scrutinize further the attempts by political organizations to become official state parties by collecting signatures, with the goals of their supporters to get Robert…… Continue Reading
The Senate Chamber In North Carolina (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Gary D. Robertson Via AP News CLAYTON, N.C. (AP) — Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic and Wegovy, announced on Monday that it plans to add 1,000 jobs when another company manufacturing plant is built in a suburb of North Carolina’s capital to…… Continue Reading
The United States Capitol Building (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Richard Lardner And Jack Dura Via AP News BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support for the former president’s comeback bid while auditioning to…… Continue Reading
Hot Temperature (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Via AP News Millions of Americans sweated through yet another scorching day as temperatures soared Sunday across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest, including in an Iowa town where the flood gauge was submerged. One person was killed during flooding in…… Continue Reading
Hands Scanning Barcode On Delivery Parcel (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Via AP News ATLANTA (AP) — United Parcel Service said Sunday it agreed to sell its Coyote Logistics division to RXO for just over $1 billion — less than it paid for the freight-brokerage company in 2015 — to focus more on its…… Continue Reading
Carolina Newsmakers logo (Photo Credit: Curtis Media Group) Anthony DeHart The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was among many college campuses that had major protests and sit-ins this spring related to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Speaking on “Carolina Newsmakers” with Don Curtis, UNC-Chapel Hill Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts says a college environment should encourage…… Continue Reading
A Close Up Of U.s. Capitol Building (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Via AP News RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Senate’s top leader said Wednesday that chamber Republicans are prepared to walk away from budget negotiations if the House remains unwilling to give way and lower its preferred spending levels. With private…… Continue Reading