Walmart CEO warns food prices are causing ‘frustration and pain’

The chief executive officer of Walmart Inc. said American consumers are showing signs of stress as food prices remain stubbornly high. Some shoppers are running out of money before the end of the month and turning to smaller pack sizes for consumer goods, Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon told about 1,000 executives at the Economic Club of Chicago on Thursday evening….

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Video: Bill Murray says Nixon was ‘framed’ in rare interview

Hollywood star Bill Murray recently suggested that former President Richard Nixon may have been “framed” by journalist Bob Woodward. A video from Murray’s recent appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” shows Murray’s critique of Woodward’s book, “Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of John Belushi.” According to The Post Millennial, Murray and Joe Rogan…

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Video: Coast Guard evacuates elderly man who had ‘multiple strokes’ 300 miles from shore

The United States Coast Guard successfully conducted a medical evacuation last week of a 72-year-old man who suffered “multiple strokes” while on a cruise ship near Hawaii. In a Friday press release, the Coast Guard announced that it had conducted a medical evacuation on Thursday of a cruise ship passenger who suffered “multiple strokes” while…

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Dozens of wildfires burn 2,390 acres across Georgia

Georgia Forestry Commission officials responded Saturday to more than 130 wildfires that burned 2,390 acres across the state, officials said. The agency shared an ariel photo of Lumpkin County, where several fires burned in recent days, including a seven-acre blaze along Lumpkin Ben Higgins Road that was 0% contained as of Friday, according to its website. Lumpkin Battalion Chief Daniel Morris said everything…

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Troy eighth grader wins Oakland County spelling bee on her second try

Sometimes getting through the semi-finals of a competition is harder than what it takes to win. The same can be said for this year’s Oakland Schools Scripps Regional Spelling Bee. In the ninth round, eighth grader Sanvi Mandvekar from Larson Middle School in Troy correctly spelled “ordanance,” military supplies including weapons, ammunition – to win the county’s spelling crown over…

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‘Angel of death’ advises Air Force Academy cadets on coming conflict at recent leadership symposium

As her C-130H gunship approached enemy combatants in Afghanistan, former Air Force officer Allison Black’s voice came across the field radios, shocking a Northern Alliance general. A navigator on board, she was part of a crew that killed 200 combatants, and the Afghan general dialed into the Taliban frequency to tell them about Black. “America is so determined, they bring their women…

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