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Clothing chain Bob’s Stores closing after 70 years
Bob’s Stores, a longtime Northeast clothing store chain, announced this week that it is shutting down amid a bankruptcy filing.
Sonic joins fast-food price wars with $1.99 value menu
As fast-food restaurants battle for consumer dollars by slashing prices on some popular items, Sonic is unveiling their new value menu that will cost just $1.99 — and they promise the pricing is here to stay rather than a temporary reaction to consumer complaints. NBC’s Brian Cheung reports for TODAY.
The enemy of my enemy: Biden admin weighs working with the Taliban to combat ISIS-K
The Biden administration is weighing expanding cooperation with the Taliban to fight elusive ISIS-K militants, who pose a growing global terrorist threat.
Skydance and National Amusements near Paramount deal as special committee reviews terms
David Ellison’s Skydance has reached a preliminary deal with Shari Redstone’s National Amusements to merge with Paramount, according to two people familiar with the matter, resurrecting a deal which failed just weeks earlier.
Deadly Hurricane Beryl takes aim at Jamaica
Hurricane Beryl is bearing down on Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm after causing widespread destruction and killing at least six people elsewhere in the Caribbean. NBC News’ Sam Brock reports.
Former Mississippi governor demands sources, sues reporters and editors for defamation
A former Mississippi governor, Phil Bryant, is suing the newspaper Mississippi Today, one of its reporters and others for defamation, saying the paper wrongly accused him of a crime. The case involves the newspaper’s reporting about a fraud scandal for which it won a Pulitzer Prize. Bryant says he did nothing wrong. NBC News’ Ken Dilanian reports.
Conservative legal scholars say the Supreme Court’s Trump immunity decision isn’t conservative
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant former President Donald Trump absolute immunity for some of his conduct in seeking to overturn the 2020 election has attracted a chorus of criticism from those who saw it as another sign of conservative justices abandoning their own judicial philosophy.
‘NEETS’ and ‘new unemployables’: Why some young adults aren’t working
Although the unemployment rate has spent 30 months at or below below 4% — a near record — not everyone who wants a job has one.
GM reports best U.S. quarterly sales since 2020
General Motors reported its best quarterly sales in more than three years, including notable increases in full-size pickup trucks and all-electric vehicles.