Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell part of its business as it attempts to restructure while dealing with losses and opioid-related lawsuits. The company said Rite Aid stores will continue to fill prescriptions, and customers will still be able to visit its locations or shop online while it goes through its voluntary Chapter 11 process. But that process also will…

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin legislators edged closer Tuesday to passing a compromise plan to spend more than half-a-billion dollars in public money to help cover repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium, pushing the proposal through the state Assembly and on to the Senate. The chamber voted 69-27 to approve the package. The Senate is expected to vote on the plan in November, but senators may…

FORT MILL, S.C. — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own world record with a pepper that’s three times hotter. Pepper X was publicly named the hottest pepper in the world on Oct. 9 by the Guinness Book of World Records,…

China’s economic growth slows to 4.9% in the third quarter, amid muted demand and deflationary pressures ByThe Associated Press October 17, 2023, 10:06 PM HONG KONG — China’s economic growth slows to 4.9% in the third quarter, amid muted demand and deflationary pressures. Top Stories ‘Nightmare’: Family of Hamas hostage reacts to video of her pleading for help Oct 17, 8:00 PM Trump fraud trial:…

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s voters delivered a clear verdict. After eight years of rule by a right-wing government, they have had enough. While the conservative ruling Law and Justice party won more votes than any other single party in a parliamentary election on Sunday, it lost its majority and will not hold enough seats to govern the country. Three opposition groups who waged an energetic…