A Florida man is facing felony charges for pointing a gun at another Walmart shopper who had told him to wear a mask, officials said Thursday. Vincent Scavetta, 28, was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and improper exhibition of a firearm after surrendering Wednesday to Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies. At a Thursday…
Walmart will require customers at all of its US stores to wear masks beginning next week, becoming the largest retailer to mandate facial coverings as coronavirus cases continue to rise.
Gov. Ron DeSantis | Joe Raedle/Getty Images TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis, in his push to reopen classrooms this fall, said Thursday that if retailers are allowed to operate, schools should be, too. The risk of children getting sick is “extremely, extremely low,” DeSantis said, and if fast food eateries and hardware stores could operate…
Walmart bowed to criticism and announced it would stop allowing sales of “All Lives Matter” merchandise. America’s largest retailer said it had just come to its attention that this phrase “minimized” Black Lives Matter. “Recently, some associates and customers have raised concerns about ‘All Lives Matter’ products,” the company said in a statement. “As we…
U.S.|2 Dead in Shooting at Walmart Distribution Center in California, Official SaysAn employee at the center in Red Bluff, Calif., said he had heard 50 to 60 shots as he and other employees fled the building. A worker at the Walmart distribution center in Red Bluff, Calif., said he had heard dozens of gunshots on…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…