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Clothing Returns Surge As GLP-1 Users Drop Sizes: How Retailers Are Responding Clothing Returns Surge As GLP-1 Users Drop Sizes: How Retailers Are Responding
Clothing Returns Surge As Glp-1 Users Drop Sizes: How Retailers Are Responding A major shift in shopping habits is creating a costly fit problem for clothing sellers. Retailers are seeing more apparel returns and exchanges tied to customers' use of GLP-1 weight-loss medications. The drugs, a class that includes medications used for weight loss and diabetes treatment, can lead to rapid body-size changes. That has some shoppers buying multiple sizes of the same item, trying them on at home, and returning what does not fit. Some users can drop about one clothing size a month at peak weight loss, according to The Wall Street Journal. That creates a moving target for sho…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
PA Supreme Court Rules Skill Games Are Illegal Slot Machines, Gives Operators 120 Days PA Supreme Court Rules Skill Games Are Illegal Slot Machines, Gives Operators 120 Days
PA Supreme Court Rules Skill Games Are Illegal Slot Machines, Gives Operators 120 Days Tens of thousands of skill game machines operating across Pennsylvania were declared illegal by the state's highest court on Monday, June 15, in a landmark ruling that could reshape the Commonwealth's gambling industry and force lawmakers to finally address the controversial devices. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that so-called skill games are subject to both the state's Gaming Act and Crimes Code, reversing lower court decisions that had allowed the machines to operate in what the justices described as a legal "gray area." The court found that the Commonwealth Court's interpretation …

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Major Boating Retailer Closing Only PA Store, Dozens More Amid Bankruptcy: See Full List Major Boating Retailer Closing Only PA Store, Dozens More Amid Bankruptcy: See Full List
Major Boating Retailer Closing Only PA Store, Dozens More Amid Bankruptcy: See Full List A major boating and marine retailer with locations across the Northeast is closing nearly 60 stores after filing for bankruptcy. West Marine will shutter 59 locations in 23 states as part of its Chapter 11 restructuring, the Florida-based company announced on its website. The retailer filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, May 17. The company reported more than 100,000 creditors and between $500 million and $1 billion in both assets and liabilities, according to court documents. "This decision reflects our effort to align our store footprint with our current business needs, while …

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by Chris Spiker
News
US Air Force B-52 Bomber With 8 Onboard Crashes After Takeoff In California US Air Force B-52 Bomber With 8 Onboard Crashes After Takeoff In California
US Air Force B-52 Bomber With 8 Onboard Crashes After Takeoff In California A flight from one of the nation’s most important military test bases ended in a horrific crash. A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress went down shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The crash happened around 11:20 a.m. West Coast time on Monday, June 15, on the base airfield in the Mojave Desert. A large plume of smoke was visible across the high desert after the crash. Crew conditions and any casualties were not immediately released because the response was still active. There were reportedly eight crew members on the aircraft. Emergency crews were dispatched to th…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
KFC Plans Major Shake-Up As Competition Grows: See What's Changing KFC Plans Major Shake-Up As Competition Grows: See What's Changing
KFC Plans Major Shake-Up As Competition Grows: See What's Changing KFC is making major changes to its restaurants as it faces growing competition from fast-food rivals that are focusing more on chicken. The chain announced a sweeping global overhaul in a news release on Monday, June 15. KFC said it will lean into new boneless chicken items, expanded sauces, and specialty drinks, along with redesigned restaurants and branding. The boneless push comes as chains like McDonald's, Wendy's, and Taco Bell have recently added more chicken options. "In an increasingly crowded category, we have a clear opportunity to set the standard for modern chicken in…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
ICE Agent Fires Shots After Illegal Immigrant Rams Car In NJ, FBI Investigating: Feds ICE Agent Fires Shots After Illegal Immigrant Rams Car In NJ, FBI Investigating: Feds
ICE Agent Fires Shots After Illegal Immigrant Rams Car In NJ, FBI Investigating: Feds The FBI is investigating after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fired gunshots after being struck by a vehicle on Monday morning, June 15, federal officials confirmed. At 9:30 a.m., ICE was trying to make an arrest on Route 72 near Mermaid Drive in Manahawkin when the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle, striking the agent, Stafford police said. The agent fired his weapon at the vehicle, repeatedly striking it, police said. ICE said that the agent was attempting to arrest Freidrich Castillo-Ormeno, an illegal immigrant from Peru, who was given a final order of rem…

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by Sam Barron
Business
Mold Found In Popular Nasal Spray, Prompting Nationwide Recall Mold Found In Popular Nasal Spray, Prompting Nationwide Recall
Mold Found In Popular Nasal Spray, Prompting Nationwide Recall A nasal spray sold through Amazon is being recalled because it may be contaminated with mold that can cause "serious and life-threatening infections." Beekeeper's Naturals is voluntarily recalling bottles of its Saline Nasal Spray, the company announced on Thursday, June 11. The Food and Drug Administration posted the recall on Friday, June 12. Testing found the affected sprays were above acceptable microbiological limits for yeast and may contain a type of mold called Aspergillus species. People with weakened immune systems or lung diseases face the greatest risks from the r…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Woman Killed After 30-Foot Fall Into Empty Pool At Pittsburgh Obama School Woman Killed After 30-Foot Fall Into Empty Pool At Pittsburgh Obama School
Woman Killed After 30-Foot Fall Into Empty Pool At Pittsburgh Obama School A construction worker died after falling approximately 30 feet into an empty pool while working at a Pittsburgh school on Monday morning, officials said. Emergency crews were called to Pittsburgh Obama Academy on North Highland Avenue just before 9 a.m. on Monday, June 15. Construction workers were at the school performing work on the pool, where scaffolding had been erected, Pittsburgh Public Schools spokesperson Ebony Pugh said in a statement. The incident happened around 9 a.m. while work was underway, according to Pugh. "Arriving responders located the adult female at the bottom of th…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Decade After Death Staged As Suicide, Woman Arrested In SC For PA Homicide: DA Decade After Death Staged As Suicide, Woman Arrested In SC For PA Homicide: DA
Decade After Death Staged As Suicide, Woman Arrested In SC For PA Homicide: DA A woman is accused of fatally shooting her longtime partner and staging his death as a suicide in Pennsylvania, a case that remained unsolved for more than a decade before her arrest in South Carolina, authorities announced on Monday, June 15. Betty Jane Adams, 60, was charged in connection with the May 1, 2015, death of John Wesley Alleman, 68, at his home in the 60 block of Hickorytown Road in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, according to the district attorney. Alleman was found in bed with a gunshot wound to his head after a 911 call around 7 a.m. initially reported the death as a …

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by Jillian Pikora
News
ICE Arrests Convicted New York Robbery, Cocaine Conspirator In Pennsylvania ICE Arrests Convicted New York Robbery, Cocaine Conspirator In Pennsylvania
ICE Arrests Convicted New York Robbery, Cocaine Conspirator In Pennsylvania A convicted New York robber and drug trafficker is back in federal custody after immigration agents arrested him in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Monday, June 15. Fernando Rivas, a Dominican national living in the United States illegally, was taken into custody by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia field office during a targeted enforcement action in Harrisburg on Wednesday, June 11, according to ICE. Rivas was previously convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on two counts of Ho…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Fox Strikes $22B Deal To Acquire Streaming Giant In Major Move: What To Know Fox Strikes $22B Deal To Acquire Streaming Giant In Major Move: What To Know
Fox Strikes $22B Deal To Acquire Streaming Giant In Major Move: What To Know Fox Corporation will acquire Roku in a $22 billion deal, creating one of the largest streaming businesses in the US. Fox and Roku announced the cash-and-stock agreement in a joint news release on Monday, June 15. The deal would combine Fox's programming, along with its free ad-supported service Tubi, with The Roku Channel and the popular streaming device. Under the agreement, Fox will buy Roku for $160 per share. Roku shareholders will receive $96 in cash and 0.9693 shares of Fox Class A common stock for each Roku share. Fox said the merger would make the company the third-largest pla…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Dogs Left In Car On 97-Degree Day Leads To Animal Neglect Citation In Pennsylvania Dogs Left In Car On 97-Degree Day Leads To Animal Neglect Citation In Pennsylvania
Dogs Left In Car On 97-Degree Day Leads To Animal Neglect Citation In Pennsylvania Three dogs were allegedly left inside a vehicle on a 97-degree day without water or relief from the heat in Lancaster County, police announced on Sunday, June 15. Michelle L. Campbell, 53, of Bonifay, Florida, was cited for summary neglect of an animal following an incident in East Earl Township, according to East Earl Township Police. Campbell allegedly left the three dogs inside her vehicle at 129 Toddy Drive around 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, police said. The dogs were left without water or protection from the extreme heat, according to the citation. A summary citation charging Cam…

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by Jillian Pikora