(BLOOMINGTON, Minn.) — Shoppers were sent running for safety at the Mall of America Thursday, after police said shots were fired at the Minnesota shopping center.
Police responded to an “active incident” on the northwest side of the mall Thursday evening, the Bloomington Police Department tweeted, saying at that time that “numerous officers are on scene.”
Within an hour, the police department said officers had secured the scene. A suspect has not been apprehended, and no injuries have been reported, police said.
Bloomington Police Department Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference that shots were fired near the Nike store, and that officers on the scene within 30 seconds.
“After looking at video, we see two groups getting into some type of altercation at the cash register of the Nike store,” Hodges said. “One of the groups left but instead of walking away, they decided to display a complete lack of respect for human life — they decided to fire multiple rounds into a store with people.”
The individuals responsible have not yet been located, the chief said.
“This is an isolated incident,” the department said on Twitter. “The suspect fled the MOA on foot and officers are in the process of interviewing witnesses.”
The Mall of America alerted via Twitter that it was on lockdown “following a confirmed isolated incident” at one of its tenant spaces.
Footage taken by shoppers showed people sheltering in place, including a large crowd in the basement of the mall.
The lockdown has since been lifted. Shoppers on the mall’s second level have been asked to wait for an escort, while all others were advised to leave.
The mall will be closed for the rest of the evening.
The shopping mall is located in Bloomington, a suburb of the Twin Cities.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 8, LA Angels 7
Houston 6, Cleveland 0
Tampa Bay 6, Detroit 2
Toronto 9, Minnesota 3
Texas 3, Chi White Sox 2
Kansas City 7, Boston 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 4
St. Louis 4, Chi Cubs 3
St. Louis 7, Chi Cubs 2
LA Dodgers 5, San Francisco 3
Colorado 7 San Diego 3
Philadelphia 5, Washington 4
NY Mets 6, Atlanta 4
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
Las Vegas 27, Jacksonville 11
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Connecticut 77, Phoenix 64
Dallas 82, Las Vegas 80
(NEW YORK) — Trae Bodge, smart shopping expert, shared her tips for saving on groceries with Good Morning America, to help consumers keep costs down at checkout.
Consumer prices on food experienced the largest annual increase in over four decades since February 1981, with costs skyrocketing 10.4% in the 12-month period ending June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Within the “food at home” category — grocery store food products purchased for cooking or eating at home — prices rose 12.2% over the last year, the largest increase since 1979.
Top tips to stay on a budget in the grocery store:
Eat vegetarian
“You might find that poultry, meats, and fish have increased more in price than vegetables and other items, like rice and pasta,” Bodge said. “If that’s the case in your area, you could save a bundle by eating [vegetarian meals] a couple of nights a week.”
Use coupon sites to save
“You might think of coupon sites for clothing and tech, but not for food, when in fact coupon sites like CouponCabin.com have offers for grocery delivery, like $25 off $35 or more at Instacart or $55 off $99 or more,” she said of the simple at-your-fingertips savings option.
Don’t buy pre-cut produce
Buy fruits and vegetables whole and prepare them at home. “You’re paying for labor when you buy pre-cut,” she explained.
Look low and high on store shelves
“You’re more likely to find better deals on the lowest and highest shelves. Brands pay for prime real estate at eye level, but there are hidden gems in less visible spots,” Bodge suggested.
Read between the price tags
“You can determine whether or not an item is a good deal by comparing the cost-per-unit rather than the actual price,” she said, explaining that the sticker price doesn’t always reflect the total value.
Look out for “shrinkflation”
“Many brands are shrinking the size or weight of their products and charging the same price,” Bodge said, adding that shoppers should always check the unit prices when selecting items.
Join loyalty programs
Bodge advised using rewards programs — sticking to the stores where you shop most often — which may “offer a free way to earn points towards future purchases.”
“They offer exclusive deals and some will even allow you to qualify for free things, like a free turkey at Thanksgiving or a free gas card,” she said.
Credit cards with grocery perks
“Using the right credit card to buy your groceries could earn you some serious cash back. Cards with annual fees typically have more generous cash-back [offers], like 4% or more on food from American Express Gold, but there are some fee-free cards that offer this, including the Bread Cashback American Express from Bread Financial, which offers 2% cashback on all purchases,” she said. “Another good fee-free card is the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa, which allows you to earn 5% on Amazon and Whole Foods purchases.”
Buy frozen
“In certain cases,” Bodge said, this tactic “can be a big money-saver.”
“I find this especially with fish and certain vegetables,” she added. “Plus, frozen has a longer shelf life.”
Buy generic
“You can save 20% or more by doing this and you’ll find that many of the ingredient listings match the brand name word for word,” Bodge said. “In fact, store brands or generics are often made in the same factories as the name brand.”
Buy seasonal produce
“You will do much better on price, versus buying things that need to be imported,” Bodge said. “Also, check out your local CSA — community-supported agriculture is a food system for farmers and producers to connect directly with consumers. This is a great way to support local farmers and the pricing is often very good.”
Bodge, however, recommended against “buying at farmers markets if you’re on a tight budget.”
Only buy in bulk on most-used items
“If there are certain items that you go through quickly, like toilet paper, pastas, canned goods or snacks for your kids’ lunches, buy them in bulk if you have a Costco or Sam’s Club membership,” Bodge suggested. “You can also often buy in bulk on Amazon and on a site like Boxed.com.”
Jason Aldean is currently in the midst of his Rock N’ Roll Cowboy tour and his two young children are along for the ride for some shows.
The singer explains that he and his wife, Brittany, bring 4-year-old Memphis and 3-year-old Navy out on the road about one weekend every month.
“They get a little worn out being on the bus,” the singer tells ET Online. “So we try to bring them out at least once a month for a weekend, and one week I’ll go out by myself, and then one week it’s just me and [Brittany].”
Jason — who is also dad to two teenage daughters, Keeley and Kendall, from a previous relationship — says anyone who steps on his bus can immediately tell whether or not his toddlers are out on tour with him that weekend.
“It usually looks like a disaster when they’re on the road with me,” he jokes. “There’s toys and stuff everywhere. But when they’re not on the bus, it’s actually pretty clean, I have to say.”
The Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour continues through the end of October.
There’s no question about it: Jackson Dean’s song “Don’t Come Lookin’” being featured on the Yellowstone soundtrack definitely gave him a leg up toward country music success.
“It played a massive, massive part in it,” the singer affirms, citing one recent appearance he made at Hwy 30 Fest in Idaho, when he was one of the only acts in the lineup who didn’t hail from Texas.
“We were, like, the black sheep,” he remembers, but adds that he had an in with the crowd. “Massive, massive Yellowstone fans at that festival. It was great. It was really awesome.”
Multiple fans who recognized him from the soundtrack for the TV series approached him at that show. “I had probably 30 people come up to me and be like, ‘Hey man, we know you from Yellowstone. And that’s how we found you.’”
Jackson’s already had a song feature in the hit TV series, and the singer says he’s not opposed to participating in the show in an on-screen capacity, too. After all, there’s plenty of precedent for country stars scoring acting gigs on Yellowstone: Lainey Wilson is on the upcoming season, and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are the co-stars of 1883, the recent Paramount+ prequel.
“You know, I mean, if Kevin Costner wants to shoot a bad guy — I mean, I can play a good bad guy,” the singer continues. “I am not opposed at all, in any way, shape or form.”
For now, Jackson is enjoying a career as a rapidly rising country star. “Don’t Come Lookin’” is currently nearing country radio’s top 10.
Trivium frontman Matt Heafy is performing at the 2022 Gamescom video game convention.
The show will be promoting the upcoming game Metal: Hellsinger, a rhythm first-person shooter that finds players shooting enemies to the beat of original music sung by a variety of big-name metal artists, such as Heafy, System of a Down‘s Serj Tankian and Lamb of God‘s Randy Blythe.
Along with Heafy, Metal: Hellsinger contributors including Arch Enemy‘s Alissa White-Gluz and Refused‘s Dennis Lyxzén will perform during the Gamescom concert, as well.
You’ll be able to watch the show live online on August 25 at 1 p.m. ET via MetalHellsinger.com.
Metal: Hellsinger will be released September 15 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
If you thought you were paying a lot for your mortgage, just wait until you hear how much Adele is paying!
According to documents obtained by The New York Post, the singer took out a $37.7 million mortgage for the Beverly Hills mansion she bought for $58 million earlier this year. She has the standard 30 years to repay the loan, the deed says. That means she’d be paying an estimated $227,000 per month, including property taxes and interest.
The estate was previously owned by Sylvester Stallone. It sits on 3.5 acres and measures a sprawling 18,500 square feet. It boasts eight bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, and includes a ton of amenities like a screening room, gym, cigar room, infinity pool, spa, eight-car garage and art studio.
Back in May, Adele posted a photo of her and boyfriend Rich Paul standing in front of the home with the keys, hinting that the two had moved in together.
Adele is set to kick off her rescheduled Las Vegas residency this November.
As promised, Drake has rescheduled the highly anticipated Young Money reunion show. The rapper, who was forced to cancel the initial concert following his COVID-19 diagnosis, has set the new date for Saturday, August 5.
“Negative test…positive outcome…,” Drake wrote on Instagram alongside an updated advertisement. “this was the only date available until the fall and because the family is so solid everybody is flying back in to make it happen for you all…SEE YOU SATURDAY…young moulaaa.”
The Young Money concert was originally slated to take place on August 1, the third day of his OVO Fest. After a successful start to the weekend, Drake tested positive and regretfully canceled the show, promising to reschedule to “the SOONEST date possible.”
The “Sticky” rapper has since kept his word; he’ll reunite onstage with Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne this weekend.
Forget “She’s Kerosene”: on The Interrupters‘ new album, In the Wild, frontwoman Aimee Interrupter declares, “I’m Kerosene.”
As Aimee tells ABC Audio, In the Wild is a personal, first-person reflection of her “life story.”
“I’d never done that before for The Interrupters,” Aimee explains. “Any songs that I’d written before for The Interrupters about my life, I always wrote about somebody else.”
“I would say, like, ‘She did it,’ ‘That person’s story,'” she adds. “But this time, I wrote in first-person, like, ‘This is actually my story.'”
Aimee’s lyrical vulnerability on In the Wild then allowed the rest of the band — made up of guitarist Kevin Bivona and his twin brothers, bassist Justin and drummer Jesse Bivona — to experiment with and broaden their sound.
“We’re just trying to make each song be exactly what it wants to be,” Kevin shares. “That brought us into terrain we hadn’t necessarily been in before, but felt so authentically us.”
In the Wild features the lead single “In the Mirror,” which is among the most personal songs on the record. Aimee had the beginnings of what would become the track for some time — much longer than the “Took me two years to write this song” lyric would have you believe — but realized she needed to “come clean with myself and with others about my ugly truths” to finish it.
“I used to drink a lot, and I haven’t drank alcohol for seven years,” Aimee says. “But it took me a long time of being sober and taking my personal inventory, and looking at my life and looking at myself in the mirror, and finally making peace with who I saw in the mirror in order for me to share that with someone else.”
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About three years ago, Kinks guitarist Dave Davies told ABC Audio that he and his brother and band mate Ray had spent time working on material for a possible new album project, although none of that music has been released yet.
In a new ABC Audio interview, Dave says he feels there’s still a good chance that he and Ray will finish and release some new collaborative, songs and perhaps perform together as well.
“It’s possible,” Dave offers. “[I]t’d be nice, you know? I don’t know if it will [happen], but I’m hopeful that we’ll get together, and see where we can go.”
As for the possibility of performing again with his brother, Dave says, “[O]bviously, we’ll have to meet with Ray and think what sort of shows we can do and what makes sense…[We] can’t do elaborate rock shows like we did decades ago, but, you know, we should be able to do something fun.”
The only time Davies brothers have performed together in public since the final Kinks tour ended in 1996 was at a December 2015 solo show that Dave played in London, where Ray came out at the end of the concert and sang “You Really Got Me.”
Meanwhile, Dave candidly discusses his often-contentious relationship with Ray in his new memoir, Living on a Thin Line, which was published in digital formats globally last month and will be released in physically in the U.S. in January 2023.
“I tried to be as honest but as fair as possible, and I hope I achieved it,” Dave says with regard to writing about Ray. “I don’t want to be mean spirited. I want to make sure that he’s covered in a respectful, honest and inspiring way. And I hope that’s in there.”
