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Costco is seeing inflation abound, impacting a slew of shopper merchandise
A butcher stocks a display case with packages of steaks at a Costco store on May 24, 2021 in Novato, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Don’t tell Costco executives that inflation is low. The big-box club chain said it’s been seeing accelerating prices across a range of products, including shipping containers, aluminum foil and…
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Usher launches new ‘UshBucks’ merch
Usher had the internet in a frenzy when reports surfaced claiming he had thrown fake money at a Las Vegas strip club in April. It turns out that Usher used his real coins to create some fake bills with his face on them – now known as “Usher Bucks”. In fact, the bills were printed…
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Laborious Seltzer’s recognition is fueling the rise of the canned cocktail
This summer’s hottest cocktail comes in a can. Between 2019 and 2020, the premixed cocktails category in the US grew by 50%, according to industry tracker IWSR. The segment is still relatively small, accounting for only 3% of US spirits volume, based on data from the United States Distilled Spirits Council. However, companies and industry…
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Beneath Deck’s Dani Soares Offers Beginning to Her First Child
Making a splash! Below Deck Sailing Yacht’s Dani Soares announced the sweet and special news that she welcomed her first child, a baby girl. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, May 29, the Bravo star captioned her post, “She is here. She is perfect.” “And we trying to figure this thing out,” her message continued. “We both…
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Southwest pauses plan to renew alcohol gross sales after flight attendant assault
A bird flies by in the foreground as a Southwest Airlines jet comes in for a landing at McCarran International Airport on May 25, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Southwest Airlines said it is delaying plans to resume serving alcoholic beverages, after one of its flight attendants was assaulted and…
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In India, twice as many instances of Covid variants have been recognized in India in a single week
Hounslow, London, which became one of the UK’s biggest hotspots for the variant of the coronavirus first identified in India on Thursday May 27, 2021. Tejas Sandhu | MI News | NurPhoto | Getty Images Cases of the Covid-19 variant, first identified in India, have more than doubled in England within a week, the country’s…
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US anticipated to spend $4.7 billion on gasoline over Memorial Day weekend
Americans are expected to spend roughly $4.7 billion on gas during the Friday through Monday of Memorial Day weekend, according to GasBuddy, an app and website focused on finding real-time fuel prices. That breaks down to about $1.18 billion spent on gas each day, give or take $1 million, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum…
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Democrats make McConnell and McCarthy pay instantly to dam the 1/6 fee
The minute Mitch McConnell successfully blocked the creation of the 1/6 Commission, the Democrats began fundraising and cracking down on the GOP. Business Insider reported: Almost immediately, party leaders began fundraising and cracking down on Republicans who opposed a Senate procedural vote on legislation creating the commission to investigate the pro-Trump uprising in the U.S.…
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Trevante Rhodes as Mike Tyson in Hulu’s biopic collection ‘Iron Mike’
It looks like another project on the life of the legendary Mike Tyson is in the works. This time around, however, there will be a biopic series streaming on Hulu that will star none other than Trevante Rhodes. According to the deadline, production of the series should begin this year and should consist of eight…
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Biden funds would give CDC largest funding increase in practically 20 years
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris receive an update on the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as they visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 19, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters President Joe Biden’s first budget proposal would give the largest funding boost in…