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3 days ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Jack Henry |Jason Morrell |Lawrence Banton
Discount retailer Dollar General beat expectations this quarter, reporting $10.44 billion in sales for the period ending May 2, up from $9.91 billion in the same quarter last year. The increase came amid economic uncertainty, which is driving even more affluent shoppers toward discount chains. During an earnings call Tuesday, June 3, CEO Todd Vasos told analysts the quarter’s growth could be attributed to wealthy shoppers.
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4 days ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devin Pavlou |Jack Henry |Jason Morrell
The 2026 midterm elections are still more than a year away, but Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is already facing heat — and challengers. State Rep. J.D. Scholten announced Monday, June 2, that he will run for Ernst’s seat, just days after a controversial moment at one of her town halls made national headlines. During a town hall on Friday night, May 30, at a high school in Parkersburg, Iowa, Ernst was asked about proposed cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs.
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5 days ago | 
san.com | Evan Hummel |Jack Henry |Karah Rucker |Mathew Grisham
A transgender athlete in California took home gold in the girls’ high jump and triple jump in the Golden State’s high school track and field championship over the weekend of May 30. The event drew criticism from the White House and has reignited a debate over transgender athletes’ participation in sporting events, especially for women.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Chris Francis |Jack Henry
Like most everything involving the NFL, the June first cap casualties have become a thing. The salary saving move can mean a high-priced veteran’s time is suddenly up. Fans aren’t always happy… but for NFL bean counters… it can make or break a roster. At the top of the short list of popular players that could be moving on is Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Evan Hummel |Jack Henry |Jason Morrell |Kalé Carey
A Georgia pastor known for organizing boycotts over corporate diversity rollbacks is now targeting Dollar General. But instead of a traditional economic boycott, this time, he’s calling for a coordinated “electronic protest.” The effort began Wednesday, May 28, according to USA Today.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Alex Delia |Evan Hummel |Jack Henry |Kalé Carey
The U.S. Secret Service is facing questions once again after two agents were suspended following a physical altercation. Multiple media outlets report that a pair of on-duty agents got into a fight outside former President Barack Obama’s home in Washington. A video of the incident surfaced this week. The shoving match happened in the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 21, according to a statement from the Secret Service to NBC News.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Jack Henry |Shea K Taylor
Exercising, eating healthy foods and taking vitamins and supplements are the tenets for a healthy life many people live by. However, it turns out some supplements that are billed to help you live longer could actually be putting your health at risk. It all comes down to your liver — the organ responsible for filtering harmful substances from the blood.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Alex Delia |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Jack Henry
President Donald Trump announced Monday, May 26, that he granted an unconditional pardon to a former Virginia sheriff, one day before the sheriff was scheduled to report to prison after a jury convicted him of federal fraud and bribery charges. In 2024, a jury found Scott Jenkins, 53, who had served as sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, for over a decade, guilty of accepting more than $75,000 in bribes in exchange for deputizing businessmen without requiring them to undergo training.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Jack Henry |Mathew Grisham |William O. Jackson
Ukraine and Russia began their largest prisoner swap of the war on Friday, May 23, each agreeing to release 1,000 captives. The deal follows direct talks during the week of May 11 in Istanbul — the first between the two countries in more than three years. Ukrainian officials confirmed the swap began Friday, May 23, and will unfold over several days. The agreement was the only tangible result of the Istanbul talks, which failed to produce a ceasefire.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Jack Henry |Kennedy Felton
[KENNEDY FELTON]TINY LITTLE THREE OR FOUR-DAY WEEKEND TRIPS OR MICROCATIONS ARE BECOMING ALL THE RAGE THIS SUMMER. BUT WHAT IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO SPARE? “I’M PICTURING BEACH, COCKTAILS… FLORIDA?” “LOOK, IT WAS A BUSINESS TRIP.” “I MEAN IT WAS KIND OF BUSINESS.” CLIP FROM “NOW YOU SEE ME”BLEISURE – THE BLEND OF BUSINESS AND LEISURE TRAVEL – IS HAVING A MOMENT. FORBES REPORTS IT’S NOW A 600-BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY… AND GROWING.
