SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Officials say two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at a Walmart in the northern Mississippi city of Southaven, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. WREG-TV reports both of the people who died Tuesday morning were Walmart employees. WHBQ-TV reports one person was found dead in […]
Police in Texas believe they have identified the woman in a viral video who is seen opening a container of Blue Bell ice cream and licking the contents before placing it back in the freezer at a Walmart in Lufkin, NBC.com reports. Blue Bell staffers recognized the location in the video where the “malicious act of food tampering took place,” according to […]
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a Texas woman ate half a cake while roaming the aisles of a Walmart store and then refused to pay full price for it, claiming she had found it half-eaten. Wichita Falls police Sgt. Harold McClure says the woman picked up the cake at the store’s bakery last […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is extending its debt-free college benefits to high schoolers as a way to attract and retain workers in a tight labor market. The nation’s largest private employer said Tuesday it will offer free college SAT and ACT prep for its workers in high school, while offering two to three free […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart said Wednesday that it will raise the minimum age for tobacco products and e-cigarettes to 21 in an effort to combat tobacco sales to minors. The world’s largest retailer says the new rules will take effect in July, and will also include its Sam’s Club warehouse stores. Previously, its minimum […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon and Walmart on Thursday are kicking off a two-year pilot established by the government to allow low-income shoppers on government food assistance in New York to shop and pay for their groceries online. ShopRite will join the retailers early next week, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the […]
Wendy Williams is back from her one week hiatus from her TV show and she used her “Hot Topics” segment to speak about her time off. “You know I’m in the sober house. The great thing about being in the sober house is that the house that I live in, the people that I live […]
An off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who police say shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a Georgia Walmart will not face charges, WSB-TV reports. The incident happened on Feb. 17 and surveillance footage shows O.L. Jones step out of his car and shoot 45-year-old Johnathan Liddell in the parking […]
Walmart is celebrating Black History Month with a campaign called “Reign On,” which highlights and celebrates young African-Americans making history. One of the young people they’re highlighting is 17-year-old Moziah Bridges. Bridges is the founder of Mo’s Bows, a company that makes handmade bow ties and neckties. He got the idea to start his company […]
Kids like Marley Dias makes us feel hopeful for the future. Dias first gained national attention after she launched the #1000BlackGirlBooks back in 2015 after she noticed a minimal amount of books with Black female characters. Now at 14-years-old, Marley has since become an author and she is continuing her mission to increase representation in […]
Fox5 reports, a Virginia man has been arrested in Maryland for recording a 19-year-old victim inside a Walmart restroom. According to reports the victim observed a cellphone being held over the bathroom stall being pointed in his direction. The victim reportedly confronted the suspect, identified as Aloysius Marcus Albritton, who then fled. Police say the […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A man in a pickup truck pulled up next to a car that was leaving a Houston-area Walmart parking lot and started shooting, killing a 7-year-old girl inside the car and wounding the girl’s mother, authorities said Sunday. Three other girls were in the car, but it wasn’t immediately clear if they […]
