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Walmart ends credit card partnership with Capital One, but shoppers can still use their cards
Read full article: Walmart ends credit card partnership with Capital One, but shoppers can still use their cardsWalmart has ended a partnership with Capital One that made the banking company the exclusive issuer of Walmart’s consumer credit cards.
What stores & restaurants are open, closed on Christmas? Here’s a list
Read full article: What stores & restaurants are open, closed on Christmas? Here’s a listAfter all the presents have been opened, there’s always a chance you forgot that one thing, which perhaps warrants a quick trip to the store.
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Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis
Read full article: Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisisThe Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The civil complaint being filed Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 points to the role Walmarts pharmacies may have played in the crisis by filling opioid prescriptions and by unlawfully distributing controlled substances to the pharmacies during the height of the opioid crisis, the person said. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)WASHINGTON – The Justice Department sued Walmart on Tuesday, accusing it of fueling the nation’s opioid crisis by pressuring its pharmacies to fill even potentially suspicious prescriptions for the powerful painkillers. The civil complaint filed points to the role Walmart’s pharmacies may have played in the crisis by filling opioid prescriptions and Walmart's own responsibility for the allegedly illegal distribution of controlled substances to the pharmacies at the height of the opioid crisis. The suit said that only later did Walmart allow pharmacists to do blanket refusals for these suspect practices.
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What does Walmart see in TikTok? Millions of young shoppers
Read full article: What does Walmart see in TikTok? Millions of young shoppersBut analysts are optimistic about TikTok's potential for helping Walmart crack the online shopping nut. Walmart could make TikTok into an extension of its sales machine, helping advertisers, creators and others sell products. TikTok users swiping through and buying as part of their experience on the app might not even know of a Walmart connection. Walmart could also use TikTok to promote key sellers from its online marketplace, which its trying to develop to rival Amazon, said KeyBanc analysts. The lines are blurring between traditional shopping, digital shopping and social media," said UBS analyst Michael Lasser, in a research note.
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Starting today, you’ll need a mask when you shop at Walmart
Read full article: Starting today, you’ll need a mask when you shop at WalmartLast week, Starbucks announced that customers who visit its company-owned café locations in the U.S. will be required to wear face coverings. Costco Wholesale Club was one of the first major retailers to require face coverings for customers at all of its stores. Walmart said that it's currently working on different options for customers who don't show up with a face mask. Social media is full of videos capturing clashes between those who are asked to wear masks, and employees who are under orders to make sure people wear them. About half of U.S. states require masks in public places, according to the RILA.
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Baptists and Walmart criticize rebel-themed Mississippi flag
Read full article: Baptists and Walmart criticize rebel-themed Mississippi flagThere is a growing movement to replace the current state flag that has in the canton portion of the flag the design of the Civil War-era Confederate battle flag. The Confederate-themed Mississippi flag drew opposition Tuesday from two big forces in the culturally conservative state: Southern Baptists and Walmart. Walmart said it will stop displaying the Mississippi flag while the state debates whether to change the design. Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat, appointed a 17-member commission to study flag design in 2000 and to make recommendations to the Legislature. All of Mississippi's public universities stopped flying the state flag years ago because of the Confederate symbol.
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Pandemic leftovers: How long do they last?
Read full article: Pandemic leftovers: How long do they last?Frozen meat, veggies, pasta, soup, canned tuna, grains -- your cupboard may be overflowing. So what do you do with your stockpile, and how long will it all last? For frozen foods, bacon, hot dogs, lunch meat, and sausage will last one month. And what about the bags of frozen veggies? You can reach out to your local food bank, www.feedingamerica.org, Salvation Army, or your local church.

Walmart pulls violent video game displays, but will still sell guns
Read full article: Walmart pulls violent video game displays, but will still sell gunsScott Olson/Getty Images(CNN) - Walmart is taking down displays of violent video games in its stores in the wake of recent shootings. But the company plans to still sell the controversial video games -- and guns. Walmart has previously promoted violent video games in its stores with displays that let customers play the games. Although some public officials, including President Donald Trump, have pointed to violent video games as a cause of the rise in gun violence, numerous studies have found no link between the games and actual violent behavior. Walmart does not sell assault-style rifles, nor does it sell handguns outside of Alaska.

Why Walmarts Are Hotbeds for Crime
Read full article: Why Walmarts Are Hotbeds for CrimeFights regularly break out at Walmarts across the nation. Crime at Walmart is so rampant in certain cities that police departments say their resources are being stretched thin responding to calls. "On average, it is once or twice that the police are at a Walmart a day, especially in our city, one officer told Inside Edition. There are 16 Walmarts in Jacksonville, Florida, and in 2015 there were a whopping 5,298 calls. "This is really good because it can go anywhere that they want, he told Inside Edition.

Pennsylvania police seek woman who "urinated on potatoes" in Walmart, report says
Read full article: Pennsylvania police seek woman who "urinated on potatoes" in Walmart, report saysWEST MIFFLIN, Pa. - Pennsylvania police are asking the public for help identifying a woman who allegedly was caught "urinating of potatoes" at a western Pennsylvania Walmart store, the Associated Press reported. West Mifflin police posted surveillance photos on their Twitter account. A Walmart representative told WPXI-TV an employee saw what the woman was doing. In a statement, Walmart told the station it it immediately disposed of the affected products and sanitized the area.Walmart says it is working with police to find the person and have her prosecuted. Copyright 2019 The Associated Press.