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The company is benefiting from the growing popularity of clubs and superstores as it gets back on track to open 25-30 new clubs over the next two years.Based on strong membership and digital sales growth, BJ Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. reported that its first quarter revenue for fiscal year 2025 has surpassed market estimates. Despite the challenging consumer environment, the company maintained guidance for the remainder of the year.On May 22, operators of the Membership Warehouse Club in the Eastern Half of the US reported adjusted revenue of $1.14 per share for the quarter ended May 3, with Zacks’ average…

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US District Judge Wendy W. Berger was sentenced to Ana Juanita Andredo Reyes, a Honduras national in the United States, in a federal prison for multiple numbers of wire fraud and tax fraud. She has also been ordered to pay the IRS $2,084,182 in reparations and to make a judgment of $664,588 in money, reflecting the benefits from fraud.Andrade-Reyes founded a shell company that claims to operate in the construction industry, and won workers’ compensation insurance policies for its limited employees. She then “rented” the insurance, signed with construction contractors in Florida and other states, and worked with crews who…

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TALHASSEE — “Fear and Uncertainty” about the new law targeting the state’s voting initiative process has resulted in a significant decline in people working to collect signatures for the 2026 voting measure, the group challenging the group told a federal judge on Thursday.One of the most controversial parts of the law passed by Republican-controlled Congress on May 2nd and soon signed by Gov. Ron Desantis, will shorten a petition from 30 to 10 days and file a petition signed to the election supervisor.Additionally, the law includes large fines for late filed petitions, making the collection of petitions a collection of…

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Storm Rider, it’s time to begin all the rituals that induce good fortune. Knocking on a tree, harnessing the energy of the moon, and wear the same socks every time a red cyclone appears on your radar. Of course, we Floridians hope to be spared every year. But in 2025, the hurricane season will take on a decisive aura covered in fingers. The official Arashi Activity clock will begin on June 1st. Federal meteorologists predict above-average Atlantic seasons with up to 19 named storms and five major hurricanes. This prediction is milder than last year – blessed – but as…

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A rewrite of the Inflation Reduction Act will block access to major US subsidies from 2026.China’s clean energy companies will be excluded from the tax benefits they enjoyed under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) if one big beautiful bill law currently being considered in the US Congress becomes law.The law, a budget settlement package aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s policy agenda, was passed by the House of Representatives early on Thursday by one vote. China’s Sun Importers are asking the Senate to change courses for versions of the bill.The IRA, signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022,…

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TALLAHASSEE — In the shadow of Florida’s Capitol, a supposedly closed boutique hotel has become an exclusive retreat for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ closest allies and top advisers — with a major supporter of the governor acting as gatekeeper.Ostensibly closed for renovations, the Governor’s Inn is where DeSantis’ presidential campaign paid rent for campaign staff and where his top deputies sometimes mingle on a balcony overlooking Adams Street. It’s where the governor’s former chief of staff and campaign manager held his first 2026 fundraiser after DeSantis made him Florida’s attorney general. There is no way for the general public to book…

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As the superintendent of the Catholic schools in the Parish of St. Petersburg, I would like to provide some important context in a recent guest column by Laura Hein, a member of the Pinellas School Board. I would like to start by thanking Hein for her service to our country in the US Navy and for her continued work as a member of the School Board. Despite our different perspectives, we share a common foundation at one essential point. All Florida families deserve access to quality education for their children.Christopher Pasra (Time File)The principles behind educational choices are simple. Parents…

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During the Foggy Landing approach, Cessnajet hit a Naval Residential District.Three members of the well-known music talent agency are estimated to have died after crashing into a military housing district in San Diego early Thursday, according to an agency and local government statement.The clash occurred just before 4am in Murphy Canyon, the country’s largest U.S. Navy-owned residential community.Cessna 550 quote Jets slammed on the power lines, slammed them into the house, causing an explosion, and jet fuel sent down the street. The fuel lit at least six vehicles and damaged around 10 homes, San Diego Fire Department chief Dan Eddie…

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AI chatbot that pulled him as an emotional and sexually abusive relationship that led to suicideTALHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected an argument made by an artificial intelligence company that the chatbot is protected by the initial amendment, at least for now. The developer behind Characher.ai is about to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the company’s chatbot forced a teenager to commit suicide.By the judge’s order, what legal experts say is that it is one of the latest constitutional tests of artificial intelligence, illegal death lawsuits will proceed.The lawsuit was filed by Florida’s mother, Megan Garcia. Megan…

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SEATTLE (AP) – Microsoft fired an employee who interrupted a speech by CEO Satya Nadella, protesting the company’s work supplying Israeli military with the technology used in the war in Gaza. Software engineer Joe Lopez was able to hear him scream at Nadella at Monday’s opening match of Tech Giant’s annual build developer meeting in Seattle before being escorted from the room. Lopez later sent a ton of emails to colleagues who disputed the company’s claims about how the Azure Cloud Computing platform is being used in Gaza. The Lopez explosion was the first of several pro-Palestinian turmoil at the…

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