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The Hershey Company on Tuesday confirmed media reports it is raising candy prices as it battles rising cocoa costs. The price change will be a “low double-digit increase” and affect products across the company’s confection portfolio, according to a Hershey spokesperson. Founded in 1894, the Pennsylvania-based company owns over 90 brands including Hershey Kisses, KitKat, Reese’s…
President Trump on Tuesday floated the possibility of eliminating the federal capital gains tax on home sales, in a move that would change the way real estate profits are taxed for the first time in 30 years. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Mr. Trump suggested he is weighing supporting legislation introduced by Rep….
Kohl’s shares soared Tuesday as investors piled in amid renewed exuberance for so-called meme stocks. The struggling department store’s stock price jumped nearly 38%, or $3,92, to close at $14.34 a share. Like other beaten down stocks suddenly embraced by retail investors, Kohl’s has benefited this month from buzz in online investor communities like WallStreetBets,…
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, and the estate of the late singer Donna Summer, both publicly accused Kanye West of using recordings of their music without permission for the rapper’s latest album. West’s album “Vultures 1” — a collaboration with singer and rapper Ty Dolla $ign — hit streaming services early Saturday morning. “Vultures…
Pure pop kicked off the inductions at the the Rock & Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony on Saturday as Dua Lipa and Cher sang “Believe” before ceding the stage to a medley of rump shakers by funk masters Kool & the Gang, rock classics by Foreigner and Peter Frampton, and a powerhouse performance by gospel…
President Trump is pulling the U.S. from UNESCO, the United Nations’ scientific, educational and cultural arm, insisting it “supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes.” The decision comes roughly two years after former President Joe Biden reentered the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, following Mr. Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the entity…
Learning how to drive a monster truck Learning how to drive a monster truck 07:30 A fan’s video captured the moment a monster truck’s massive tire flew off during a performance in Washington state. The incident occurred at the Malicious Monster Truck Tour, a three-day event at Thunderbird Stadium in Bremerton, Washington. Video shows a…
Federal judges in New Jersey invoked a rarely used judiciary power to sideline interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, installing her top assistant as the state’s top prosecutor. President Trump installed Habba, who had served as his personal attorney, on March 24, in an interim capacity. An appointee can lead a U.S. attorney’s office for up…
Explorers on a quest to study a famed wartime shipwreck site have discovered new artifacts from one lost American destroyer. The USS DeHaven, which was sunk during an attack off the Solomon Islands in World War II, still has torpedoes and a bell that are largely intact, according to the Ocean Exploration Trust, a nonprofit…
Bill Cosby said that when he learned of the death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played his son on “The Cosby Show,” he spoke with Phylicia Rashad, who played the mother. “We were embracing each other over the phone about a dearly beloved friend … Malcolm was always embracing relationships with everybody he worked with,” Cosby…