Dollar stores may appear to be reasonable choices for consumers searching for deals. However, this frugal approach hasn't been sufficient to increase Dollar Tree and Dollar General's sales. In 2024, the deep discounters' stock has already plummeted. Due to lower-than-expected sales, the retailers have separately lowered their full-year projections. Additionally, both have experienced leadership changes: Dollar Tree CEO Rick Dreiling resigned on November 4 and Dollar General and its former CEO Jeff Owens parted ways in October 2023. Dollar Tree is also considering selling off its more grocery-focused brand, Family Dollar. Those outcomes represent a dramatic reversal for the dollar stores, which were once the talk of Wall Street. The two stores, who will release their quarterly earnings this...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday that while hiring decreased in October, the number of positions available increased during a month when payroll growth reached its lowest level in almost four years. According to the BLS's Job opportunities and Labor Turnover Survey, there were 7.74 million job opportunities for the month, which was more than the Dow Jones estimate of 7.5 million and up 372,000 from September. Openings as a percentage of the labor force increased from 4.4% to 4.6%. As a result, the ratio of open jobs to unemployed people increased to 1.1, which is almost half of its previous level during the height of the severe supply and demand imbalance in 2022. Additionally, hiring slowed at a period when the labor market was hampered by two significant strikes involving Boei...

According to officials on Monday, large drones have been lingering in formation over northern New Jersey, leaving "unnerved" locals wondering what's causing these bright, mysterious flying objects to appear in the sky nearly every night. Authorities claimed the aerial phenomena, which has been annoying but not yet posing a safety risk, is being intensively investigated by the FBI and Morris County Sheriff's Department. Morris County Sheriff James Gannon stated in a statement that "there is no advisable immediate danger to the public at this time," and that "many law enforcement agencies are working in partnership with the Sheriff's Office on this matter." Julie Shavalier, a resident of Morris County, said she has been occupied by the recent, enigmatic night performances. "We're all complet...

In a lengthy racketeering case that had involved rap sensation Young Thug, Georgia's longest-running criminal trial came to a close Tuesday with not guilty verdicts on all but one charge against the two surviving co-defendants. Both defendants Shannon Stillwell and rapper Deamonte Kendrick, better known by his stage name Yak Gotti, were charged with several offenses related to the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, statute. The assassination of a suspected rival gang member in a 2015 drive-by shooting and conspiracy to violate RICO were two of the most serious charges. Stillwell was also accused of murder in connection with the 2022 murder of a rival gang member. With the exception of one felony handgun allegation, the 12 jurors found Kendrick and Stillwell no...

In what appears to be an attempt to "disconnect," a 30-year-old Hawaiian woman at the heart of a Los Angeles missing person search voluntarily walked into Mexico, according to authorities on Monday. At a press conference Monday night, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell announced that the case against Hannah Kobayashi of Maui has been reclassified as one involving a "voluntary missing person," although it will remain open until authorities are certain she is safe. According to McDonnell, there is no proof that Kobayashi was the victim of foul play or human trafficking. During the news conference, Lt. Douglas Oldfield, who works in the police department's Missing Persons Unit, stated that detectives looked through Kobayashi's social media profiles and concluded that she "wanted to discon...

Police reaffirmed their commitment to identifying the young girl's killer one week after the Netflix documentary series on the unsolved death of JonBen T. Ramsey premiered, but they would not say if they currently have any good leads. In an email on Monday, a Boulder, Colorado, police spokeswoman stated that it is clear that the agency wants to resolve this matter and that the victim's rights are the sole justification. Nearly thirty years ago, six-year-old JonBen T. Ramsey was discovered strangled and battered in the basement of her family's opulent Boulder home. Cold Case: Who Was the Killer? The death of the teenage beauty pageant queen whose 1996 murder captivated the nation and sparked incessant cable news coverage has garnered attention again thanks to the three-part Netflix documen...