Kroger and Albertsons – owner of 19 Shaw’s supermarkets in Maine – said a merger would help them better compete with big retailers like Walmart, Costco and Amazon.
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Key details to know about the arrest of the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
Luigi Nicholas Mangione was being held in Pennsylvania on gun charges and will eventually be extradited to New York to face charges in connection with Thompson’s death, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny.
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CEO killing, rage over insurance plunges UnitedHealth into crisis
Brian Thompson’s death has become a symbol of revenge over denied medical bills and lack of access to necessary care, an issue that some UnitedHealth employees say they’re growing increasingly anxious about.
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Suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO charged with murder
Manhattan prosecutors filed murder and other charges against Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, according to an online court docket.
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Musk flexes muscle to stop Infowars’ X account sale to The Onion
Even if a judge approves the sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion, it will still be bound by Elon Musk’s X Corporation’s terms of service.
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‘Reindeer’ volunteers bring holiday magic to Ukrainian children living on the front lines
The children’s wishes are published on the project’s website. Donors affectionately known as magicians then choose a letter and buy the requested gift for the ‘reindeer’ to deliver.
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Trump says he can’t promise tariffs won’t raise prices and won’t rule out revenge prosecutions
The president-elect’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview also touched on monetary policy, immigration, abortion and U.S. involvement in Ukraine.
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Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad given asylum in Moscow, Russian state news agencies say
The Russian agencies, Tass and RIA, cited an unidentified Kremlin source on Assad and his family being given asylum in Moscow, his longtime ally and protector.
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U.S. announces nearly $1 billion more in weapons support for Ukraine
The latest package will include more drones and munitions for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, that the U.S. has provided.
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South Korea’s president avoids impeachment over declaration of martial law
Most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend President Yoon Suk Yeol’s powers.