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The chief executive officer and board chair of The Kroger Co. abruptly resigned Monday following an internal investigation into his “personal conduct.” The investigation began Feb. 21 into Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen’s conduct, and it was not related to Kroger’s “financial performance, operations or reporting,” the Cincinnati-based grocery store chain said in a news release Monday. McMullen’s conduct was “inconsistent with Kroger’s policy on…

Today, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Moore in Georgia to Fort Benning. Reverting to its original name, this time, it honors an enlisted World War I soldier and Distinguished Service Cross recipient instead of the Confederate general and Silver Star recipient for whom it was originally named. As an effort to re-title bases with Confederate-era…

 Just over a month after the deadly crash of an American Airlines flight and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, a Michigan congressman introduced legislation in Congress on Monday aiming to prevent similar collisions in the future. U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, a Charlotte Republican and former Army helicopter pilot, said his bill would direct the Pentagon to study the feasibility of installing collision-avoidance systems…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s top producer of AI chips, plans to invest an additional $100 billion in US plants that will boost its chip output on American soil and support President Donald Trump’s goal of increasing domestic manufacturing. TSMC Chief Executive Officer C.C. Wei joined Trump at the White House on Monday to unveil the company’s vision…

SpaceX announced Monday its plans to launch Starship from Kennedy Space Center later this year while building out more support infrastructure in Florida to support two launch sites. SpaceX has been building out a launch tower for the massive rocket at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39-A while also pursuing the right to build out…

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday in Nashville. He was 82. Parton’s publicist confirmed his death to the Los Angeles Times. The singer-songwriter and actress posted a short statement Monday evening on Instagram, writing that Dean will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending. “Carl and…