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Thursday December 8th, 2022 night edition

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Retail theft at Walmart may lead to raised prices and store closures, CEO says.

With retail thefts on the rise, Walmart's CEO says the company will have to start raising prices or even close stores.

In an interview Tuesday, CEO Doug McMillon indicated that would be the case if prosecutors continue to have a lax approach to shoplifting crimes, specifically organized retail theft.

Each store location has security measures in place, but the other part of the equation is partnering with local enforcement agencies to hopefully correct the issue over time, McMillon said.

A retail crime task force with the California Highway Patrol has increased their presence at shopping centers this holiday shopping season - to heighten visibility and make arrests.

Competitors like Target have also seen major increases in retail theft. »

Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again

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Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again.

MAMIRAUÁ RESERVE, Brazil — On this stretch of the Amazon River, you don't need a fish finder to locate the pirarucu, one of the world's largest freshwater fish.

We've already caught eight fish," says Ailton Bruno, a 22-year-old fisherman who keeps tabs on the number of fish taken each day. »

Mystery debris on Florida beach solved? Here’s what archaeologists think it is

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Archaeologists with the state uncovered about 20 feet of what appears to be a cargo vessel or merchant ship, the equivalent of a semitruck, on Tuesday.

They said the ship is likely 100 feet in length and believed to be from the 19th century.

Chuck Meide, director of the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, said features of the debris resemble shipwrecks that date to the 1800s. »

Thousands of viewers watch World Cup 2022 in Qatar on illegal streams, but in reality it is pixelated FIFA 23 games

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Thousands of people who thought they were watching pirated streams of the World Cup in Qatar were in fact watching pixelated replays from famous soccer video game FIFA 23.

Illegal streams of FIFA 23 had Vietnamese commentary.

According to VNExpress, a Vietnamese outlet, this is in fact a standard trick used by pirate pages to earn “hundreds of dollars” during a World Cup match, just by playing FIFA 23. »