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For the turkey industry, this Thanksgiving is a guessing game. Millions of Americans are expected to have scaled-down celebrations amid the pandemic, heeding official warnings against travel and large indoor gatherings. That leaves anxious turkey farmers and grocers scrambling to predict what people will want on their holiday tables. Kroger — the nation’s largest grocery […]

A surge of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. is sending people back to stores to stockpile again, leaving shelves bare and forcing retailers to put limits on purchases.

It’s been nine days since president trump was hospitalized for COVID-19. Monday he returns to the campaign trail in Florida, despite CDC guidelines stating positive cases should remain in isolation for at least two weeks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In today’s world, going to the grocery store can be stressful, if not life-threatening for some people, so we tested out ways you can get your food without ever going in the store. For our test, we focused on a few options; bigger stores like Kroger, Walmart and Target offer both pickup […]

Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are reversing their mask requirement, now saying they will no longer require them.

(CNN) — Every year on Labor Day, Americans celebrate the US labor movement, as well as the countless hard workers who built this country and keep it running strong. As of July 2020, there were more than 159 million people in the US civilian labor force — and, in honor of the federal holiday, many […]

CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ark. — Monday was the first day of early voting in Arkansas, and Crittenden County officials opened an early voting location at the Marion Civic Center for the first time. Frank Barton, Crittenden County’s elections commissioner, said things were running smoothly Monday with about 100 people per hour at each location, which is […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two people are facing federal charges of kidnapping after a 2-year-old boy was abandoned Monday at a Goodwill store in Southaven, Mississippi. Jeremy Fitzgerald, 34, and Turliscea Turner, 29, both of Memphis, have been federally charged in a criminal complaint with kidnapping, U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant announced Thursday. The boy was taken […]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, West Memphis Police Department and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information regarding a recent burglary at a gun store.

(CNN) — Costco is bringing back free food samples. Target is accepting customer returns on all merchandise. And Kroger is returning to its pre-pandemic store hours at some locations. Stores that were deemed “essential” and kept their doors open throughout the coronavirus pandemic are now taking steps to return to normal. The changes may be […]

(NEXSTAR) — President Biden will call on “state, territorial, and local governments” to provide $100 payments to newly vaccinated Americans as part of an extra incentive to boost vaccination rates, the Treasury Department announced on Thursday. The cash reward for vaccination was one idea in Biden’s latest plan to boost lagging vaccination rates in many […]