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Body-camera footage captures the terrifying moment a convicted felon attempts to execute a police officer inside a Walmart loss-prevention room A violent felon was caught on camera attempting to shoot a police officer in the head while inside a Walmart loss prevention room. The only reason the officer is alive today is because the criminal’s gun failed to fire and a brave Walmart employee jumped into action. The incident unfolded around 1:45 p.m. Thursday at a Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard NE in Canton, Ohio, FOX10 reported. An officer with the Canton Police Department responded to a shoplifting call and escorted...

A Plain Township man was charged Thursday after allegedly stealing several items from a Walmart shopping center and trying to shoot a Canton police officer in the head. Canton police said the officer responded around 1:45 p.m. to the Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard NE for suspected shoplifting. The officer was inside the loss prevention office with Shane Newman, 21, and Katerina Jeffrey, 23, when police say Newman pulled out a handgun. According to police, Newman attempted to shoot the officer but the gun did not fire. A Walmart asset protection associate jumped onto Newman before he could try to shoot...

A man in Ohio was charged Thursday after police said he stole several items from a Walmart shopping center and tried to shoot an officer in the head. Canton Police said the officer responded around 1:45 p.m. to the Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard NE for suspected shoplifting. The officer was inside the loss prevention office with 21-year-old Shane Newman and 23-year-old Katerina Jeffrey when police said Newman pulled out a handgun. Police said Newman then attempted to shoot the officer, but the gun did not fire. A Walmart protection associate jumped onto Newman before he could try to shoot the...

Camille Benson of Mississippi arrested for putting razor blades in loaves of bread at Walmart A Texas woman was arrested and charged after she hid razor blades and fish hooks in loaves of bread at Walmart stores in Biloxi, Mississippi. 33-year-old Camille Benson is accused of putting almost a dozen razor blades inside loaves of bread at two Walmart stores. Benson’s crime spree began on December 5 after a customer found a razor blade in a banana nut muffin. Investigators initially thought it was an isolated event; however, two days later, a customer at a neighboring Walmart discovered a razor...

An obvious career shoplifter strolled into a Wisconsin Walmart she had robbed days prior, to find the store crawling with more than a dozen cops during an annual holiday event. Sophia Malak, 24, was quickly arrested by the officers during the yearly “Shop with a Cop” charity event at the Hartford, Wis., store, the Hartford Police Department announced in a post last week. Malak had allegedly stolen over $600 worth of merchandise just days prior and was found with a cart full of items. “Unfortunately for her, she walked straight into Walmart during the one time of year when the...

These Black Friday shoppers are seeing red. Walmart customers were left fuming after finding out Kraft’s new limited-edition “Mac Friday Box” had sold out in seconds. The novelty item, designed to look like a 65-inch flat-screen, featured 65 boxes of classic Kraft Mac & Cheese inside and went on sale via the Walmart website at midnight Friday. It retailed for $19.37, a nod to the year that Kraft was founded, with savvy shoppers enticed by the bargain price. The low cost meant that each box inside equated to less than 30 cents — less than a quarter of the regular...

Walmart is proving to be America’s antidote to the cost of living crisis. A growing number of Americans are heading to Walmart for groceries and clothing as inflation and high prices squeeze their budgets: Walmart’s business in the United States is surging and it’s gaining market share from rivals, the company said Thursday in its quarterly financial report. Walmart has used its massive size and scale to drive down prices and pour billions of dollars into investments such as raising wages, sprucing up stores and building a logistics network for online shopping. These investments are paying off for Walmart at...

**Media blackout** Delano Middleton, 48, fatally stabbed 18-year-old JT Schroeder at a Walmart in Georgia on Whitemarsh Island late last month after the teen supposedly kicked his shopping cart. According to WTOC, Middleton pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in 2021 after he repeatedly stabbed a woman in a grocery parking lot in an unprovoked attack. Middleton was released early from prison and put on probation in 2023 after he stabbed a woman in a grocery store parking lot. Schroeder died four days after he was stabbed. “J.T.’s precious 18 year old son was murdered recently at the Walmart on Wilmington...

2025 Thanksgiving dinner under Trump is 25% lower than 2024 Thanksgiving dinner under Biden, according to Walmart. My cost are lower than the Democrats on everything, especially oil and gas! So the Democrats “affordability” issue is DEAD! STOP LYING!!!

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - A man in Georgia has been charged with murder after he allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old at Walmart because the victim kicked his shopping cart. On October 23, police say around 5:50 p.m., they responded to the Walmart, where they found an 18-year-old male suffering from multiple stab wounds and lacerations. The investigation revealed that 48-year-old Delano Middleton was leaving the Walmart with his shopping cart when J.T. Schroeder allegedly kicked the shopping cart as he passed by. Authorities said this led to an altercation that left the 18-year-old severely injured with multiple stab wounds. The...

Alice Walton, heir to the Walmart fortune and the world's wealthiest woman, is on a mission to reimagine medical education with an innovative new school in Arkansas that is welcoming its inaugural class tuition-free. The facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technology but the unique curriculum also embraces healing through the arts and humanity.

A recent firmware update on my LG television revealed that the TV is taking audio samples of all content that is played through it. Other TVs are now taking audio and video samples and sending them off for analysis. Your Smart TV's HDMI Port Is Spying On You! | 23:43 Lon.TV | 389K subscribers | 62,195 views | October 27, 2025 VIDEO INDEX: 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Supporter Thank Yous 01:26 - ACR / Automatic Content Recognition 02:10 - LG Televisions 04:03 - Samsung TVs 04:57 - Amazon Fire TV Sets 06:33 - Roku TVs 09:04 - Google TVs...

The U.S. government has been shut down for three weeks since October 1. If it doesn’t end soon, millions of people will lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments starting November 1. With 41.7 million recipients nationwide relying on these food stamps, states warn of halted payments without federal funding. Social media erupts with videos of desperate individuals threatening to loot Walmart stores, turning policy gridlock into potential retail mayhem. The USDA’s SNAP program, which injected $99.8 billion into economies in FY 2024 with average monthly benefits of $187 per person, faces a funding freeze. October payments should proceed,...

Who knew that Walmart, of all places, would prove the wisdom and justice of President Donald Trump’s economic policies? According to Bloomberg, the retailing giant has suspended all job offers to candidates whose employment with the chain would require a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas under rules implemented last month by the Trump administration. With 2,390 H-1B visa holders in its employ, Walmart would have had to shell out nearly $240 million had it hired those foreign workers under the new rules. “Walmart is committed to hiring and investing in the best talent to serve our customers, while remaining thoughtful...

Walmart paused corporate job offers to candidates that require H-1B visas to work in the U.S., Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the change, as the Trump administration’s planned policy requiring companies to pay $100,000 fees for new applicants requiring the visas begins to impact American businesses.

In September, the company announced a $1 billion investment to increase worker pay and lower health care costs.Despite concerns about tariffs and a slowing economy, Amazon’s hiring target matches last year’s."As we prepare for the busy holiday season, we look forward to welcoming 250,000 new teammates to our operations network," said Sandy Gordon, vice president of global operations at Amazon. In September, the company announced a $1 billion investment to increase worker pay and lower health care costs.Amazon, which employs about 1 million people in the U.S., said regular full- and part-time employees earn an average of $23 an hour...

Surrounded by lush forest and built around a historic ship port, Prince Rupert could easily be the picture on a postcard. But this Canadian coastal town is now so dangerous Walmart has closed its local supermarket due to fears for staff safety. The only Walmart within a 144km radius, the budget supermarket is a lifeline for many of the low-income residents in the town, and will be a huge loss for families. Nestled between the Great Bear Rainforest and the Skeena River, the town of 12,000 has become an unlikely breeding ground for crime, drugs and homelessness. Local business owners...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are scrutinizing major corporations for filing thousands of H-1B skilled labor visa petitions after conducting mass layoffs of American employees. “In evaluating the high unemployment rate for American tech workers, we cannot ignore the massive, ongoing layoffs ordered by you and your peers in Big Tech C-suites over the past few years … At the same time you have been laying off your employees, you have been filing H-1B visa petitions for [thousands of] foreign workers,” Grassley and Durbin wrote in letters to 10 major employers in...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Battlefield, Mo. man charged with making a terroristic threat at a south Springfield Walmart in August pleaded guilty to an amended charge. Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, pleaded guilty in a Greene County courtroom Friday to an amended charge of making a false report... "I am glad that the courts worked with me, that they had grace on me, everything worked out great," Andreychenko said after Friday's hearing. "I would just like to apologize to the community. I would never hurt anyone, and I'm sorry." A judge sentenced him to a 180 day suspended jail sentence, two years...

Jinseioshi, a 5-foot-long, 32-pound pet alligator living in Washington County, gets to go to a lot of different places. According to her owner, Wesley Silva, 60, she’s been to Denny’s and a Bob Evans restaurant. And until recently, she made regular appearances at a West Brownville Walmart. Sadly, Jinseioshi won’t be allowed in Walmart any longer, as she’s been banned from the store. The ban came after some customers spotted the alligator in the store being pushed around in a shopping cart while she was wearing a dress. “We have been going to that Walmart for about 3½ years, and...