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# Walmart

This year
2023
FactCheck: The ‘15-minute city’ concept does not involve detaining or punishing people
Conspiracy theorists falsely claim 15-minute cities prohibit eating meat or traveling.
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Mar 21st 2023, 12:26 PM
Last year
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Gunman who killed six people at US Walmart store was employee, police say
Four people remain hospitalised in unknown condition following the shooting.
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Nov 23rd 2022, 8:55 PM
Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
The proposal follows similar announcements earlier in November from the two largest US pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co.
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Nov 15th 2022, 4:05 PM
All time
FactCheck: Did Twitter, Walmart and CNBC's CEOs resign on same day as Ghislaine Maxwell's trial?
The highly publicised trial has attracted false internet-based claims before so let’s take a look at the latest allegations.
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Dec 3rd 2021, 6:15 AM
US jury rules that three pharmacies bear responsibility for opioid crisis in parts of Ohio
A federal judge will assess penalties in the case against the companies.
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Nov 24th 2021, 6:51 AM
The US is suing Walmart over the opioid crisis
The opioid crisis has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the US since 1999.
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Dec 22nd 2020, 9:10 PM
Walmart removes guns and ammo from shelves ahead of US presidential election
It made the step a week before the US heads to the polls.
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Oct 29th 2020, 10:26 PM
Trump backs 'fantastic' TikTok deal with Oracle and Walmart
President Trump has been targeting TikTok, a video app popular with younger people, as well as WeChat, another Chinese-owned app.
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Sep 20th 2020, 11:45 AM
TikTok owner chooses Oracle to acquire video-sharing app in US after Trump ordered it to sell up
The Trump administration has claimed the China-owned app represents a security risk to the US.
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Sep 14th 2020, 10:58 AM
Two dead after man drives into Walmart centre in California and begins shooting
Police officers shot the suspected gunman at the centre in Red Bluff after he killed one person and injured four others.
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Jun 28th 2020, 8:15 AM
Police in the US searching for person who tried to release bedbugs in Walmart store
The store manager contacted police on Saturday after store employees found pill bottles with bugs in them.
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Jan 6th 2020, 9:30 PM
Three dead following shooting at Walmart store in US
The shooting happened in the state of Oklahoma.
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Nov 18th 2019, 5:31 PM
El Paso shooter pleads not guilty to capital murder
The district attorney’s office has said it will be seeking the death penalty.
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Oct 11th 2019, 8:54 AM
Walmart to stop selling electronic cigarettes at its stores
President Donald Trump has proposed a federal ban on flavoured e-cigarettes and vaping products.
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Sep 20th 2019, 10:45 PM
Man (20) walks into Walmart armed with guns to 'test his right to bear arms'
Dmitriy Andreychenko’s wife Angelice had told him it wasn’t a good idea.
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Aug 10th 2019, 1:22 PM
Ellen brought the yodelling kid from the meme on to her show where he got a college scholarship from Walmart
Finally, some good news!
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Apr 11th 2018, 9:19 AM
Walmart bans 'hyper-sexualised' Cosmopolitan magazine from checkout aisles
Walmart said that it had heard concerns raised over the content of the magazine.
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Mar 28th 2018, 5:19 PM
Eight people found dead in tractor-trailer, nearly 30 injured, in Texas Walmart human trafficking tragedy
The tragedy was discovered after one of the people involved emerged from the truck and asked a passerby for some water.
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Jul 23rd 2017, 12:05 PM
Boy walks into store with lighter and scooter, causes nearly €1 million in damage
The 12-year-old set fire to the arts and crafts department of a Walmart in Barstow, California, on Wednesday afternoon.
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Sep 24th 2016, 4:04 PM
Suspect gunman 'shot dead' after workplace incident at a Walmart in Texas
Earlier reports indicated that he had captured hostages.
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Jun 14th 2016, 7:35 PM
Here's one toy dog you definitely won't be seeing on the Toy Show this year
Dat fluffy ass though.
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Aug 7th 2015, 10:01 PM
Ronda Rousey goes off on Walmart for not selling her book in stores
Reports suggest the supermarket chain think the content ‘too violent’.
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Apr 10th 2015, 2:49 PM
Mrs Brown, tourists, and the Luas: The week in numbers
Plus: What was the lowest temperature in Ireland this week?
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Jan 3rd 2015, 7:30 PM
Family grapple with how to tell 2-year-old that he shot and killed his mother at Walmart
Veronica Rutledge (29) was a nuclear research scientist who had a passion for guns.
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Dec 31st 2014, 6:17 PM
Walmart forced to apologise after offering 'fat girl costumes' section on their website
“It is unacceptable, and we apologise.”
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Oct 28th 2014, 11:55 AM
These Walmart St Patrick's Day t-shirts are causing absolute uproar
They don’t have the look of the Irish about them.
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Mar 3rd 2014, 9:40 AM
Watch: Shoppers brawl over flat-screen TVs in Walmart
And 10 other objects that caused physical fights yesterday.
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Nov 29th 2013, 9:02 AM
The internet's ugliest shoes prompt amusing reviews
They are really quite something.
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Jun 7th 2013, 11:57 AM
Column: Why can’t I be guaranteed that my clothes haven’t contributed to someone’s death?
Standardised textile labelling is vital to keep vulnerable workers safe in developing countries like Bangladesh, writes Aisling Twomey.
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May 8th 2013, 7:00 AM
10 viral marketing Facebook posts that got most 'likes'
These were the most successful marketing posts on Facebook last month.
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Nov 25th 2012, 6:00 PM
Woman who allegedly pepper-sprayed Black Friday crowd surrenders
The pepper-spraying was just one of a number of incidents across the US on the notoriously busy kick-off to the Christmas shopping season.
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Nov 26th 2011, 7:47 PM
Shopper pepper-sprays Black Friday crowd in push for Xbox
Police are looking for a woman in Porter Ranch, California who reportedly injured 20 people at a Walmart store with pepper spray as the shop opened early for the annual sale.
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Nov 25th 2011, 7:50 PM
Budget leaks: the hypermarket could be on its way to Ireland
According to leaked documents seen by TheJournal.ie, the Government has agreed to make changes to the retail size caps which could allow for Wal-mart and Costco to set up shop here.
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Nov 18th 2011, 1:59 PM