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Starbucks Kills Chipotle Takeover Rumor: "We're Not Buying" The Burrito Chain
Starbucks Kills Chipotle Takeover Rumor: "We're Not Buying" The Burrito Chain
Hopes of buying a Starbucks Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso and a Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl under one roof through a possible merger of the two quick-service restaurant chains were squashed Monday morning.
"As a matter of policy, we don't comment on rumors and speculation, but we want to be clear we are not buying Chipotle," a Starbucks spokesperson told Barron's. The company said it remains focused on executing its "Back to Starbucks" turnaround strategy.
The rumor mill around the...
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Oregon School Gunman's Shotgun Was Bought By His Mother: Sources
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Police in Bend, Oregon, say they are still working out how a 16-year-old got the shotgun he used to kill three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary, even as multiple outlets, citing unnamed officials, say that his mother bought it.
Griffin J. John IIThe shooter, identified by Police Chief Mike Krantz as Griffin J. John II, walked up to the school's fence at 12:58 p.m. Thursday, threw the weapon over it and climbed after it. A pickup driver who confronted...
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BBC Unleashes El Niño Apocalypse Fearmongering
BBC Unleashes El Niño Apocalypse Fearmongering
Authored by Guy de la Bédoyère via The Daily Sceptic,
Friday, August 21st 2026 was a slow news day. You could tell because the BBC's Radio 4 6 O'Clock News led with the vacuous revelation Harry and Meghan are coming back to the UK. Slightly less uninteresting was the second story, the disastrous case against the Mail and how Harry and his fellow litigants are going to have to pay tens of millions of pounds to the newspaper in compensation.
There were more vacuous revelations to...
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GTA VI Delay Fears Reignite As Ex-Rockstar Developer Says He "Would Not Be Shocked"
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Speculation about a delay to Grand Theft Auto VI is spreading online after a former Rockstar Games developer said that, based on his experience working on previous installments, he "would not be shocked" if the game slips again. Another postponement would add to the previous delays and spark frustration among gamers who have waited more than 13 years for a fresh, updated version of the series.
Jake Brigstock of Indy100, a British digital news website, spoke...
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