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Rite Aid is plotting an immediate wind-down of operations at dozens of additional locations as it scrambles this week to sell off its pharmacy assets and retail operations to potential bidders. The drugstore chain, which last week sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time, has marked 68 locations in seven states for closure, meaning it wants to promptly start the process of going-out-of-business sales. The list was disclosed in a filing on Friday with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Interested parties have until May 19 to object to the additional closings, according to the filing. Fast Company has reached out to Rite Aid for comment. The move comes after Rite Aid identified 47 locations that would initially close, noting in a court filing earlier last week that it saw “little or no value” in keeping the stores open as it moves through the bankruptcy process. Deadlines approaching for potential bidders In a statement last week, Rite Aid CEO said the company has seen “meaningful interest” from potential buyers at the local and regional level. Rite Aid has stressed that it is seeking to minimize the impact on its customers and employees by soliciting bids from pharmacy companies that could acquire its prescription files, retail locations, or both. However, time is running out. According to court documents, potential bidders for Rite Aid’s pharmacy assets have until tomorrow to submit a bid. Although the deadline could be extended, Rite Aid has expressed concern about customer attrition during a drawn-out sale process, which could significantly diminish the value of its assets. Ultimately every Rite Aid location will either close or be sold to another owner. For now, expect the 68 locations listed below to close quickly: California 3860 SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD TORRANCE CA 90505 5075 OLIVEHURST AVENUE OLIVEHURST CA 95961 New Hampshire 360 SUMMER STREET BRISTOL NH 03222 41 CARROLL STREET PITTSFIELD NH 03263 New York 9 BROAD STREET SALAMANCA NY 14779 1070 GENESEE STREET BUFFALO NY 14211 Oregon 728 SOUTH WEST 4TH AVENUE ONTARIO OR 97914 4041 NW LOGAN ROAD LINCOLN CITY OR 97367 2049 WEST CASCADE AVENUE HOOD RIVER OR 97031 178 WEST ELLENDALE AVENUE DALLAS OR 97338 1217 CAMPBELL STREET BAKER CITY OR 97814 44 MICHIGAN AVENUE NE BANDON OR 97411 313 SOUTH ROOSEVELT DRIVE SEASIDE OR 97138 626 MCCLAINE ST SILVERTON OR 97381 Pennsylvania 805 HUNTINGDON PIKE HUNTINGDON VALLEY PA 19006 6 BOCHICCHIO BOULEVARD MOSCOW PA 18444 601 DELAWARE AVENUE PALMERTON PA 18071 315 WEST FOURTH STREET QUARRYVILLE PA 17566 2201 WEST ALLEGHENY AVE. PHILADELPHIA PA 19132 10 NEWPORT PLAZA NEWPORT PA 17074 801 GROW AVENUE MONTROSE PA 18801 2503-05 WELSH ROAD PHILADELPHIA PA 19114 5 FRIENDLY DRIVE DUNCANNON PA 17020 260 WEST LEHIGH AVENUE #80 PHILADELPHIA PA 19133 3145 MAIN STREET MORGANTOWN PA 19543 205 CENTER STREET TAMAQUA PA 18252 9635 WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY HUNTINGDON PA 16652 15 WEST CENTRE STREET MAHANOY CITY PA 17948 4530 NORTH 5TH STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19140 101 EAST SHIRLEY STREET MT UNION PA 17066 4390 RICHMOND STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19137 5201 SPRING ROAD SUITE 6 SHERMANS DALE PA 17090 126 W. MAIN STREET GROVE CITY PA 16127 111 NORTH PLAZA APOLLO PA 15613 5214-30 BALTIMORE AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19143 1941 DERRY STREET HARRISBURG PA 17104 5400 RISING SUN AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19120 901 S SAINT MARYS STREET SAINT MARYS PA 15857 200 RESORT PLAZA DRIVE BLAIRSVILLE PA 15717 630 MAIN ST. PORTAGE PA 15946 207 ROUTE 6 WEST COUDERSPORT PA 16915 838 FIFTH AVENUE FORD CITY PA 16226 620 E ALLEGHENY AVENUE EMPORIUM PA 15834 100 SOUTH THIRD STREET CONNEAUT LAKE PA 16316 200 MEMORIAL BLVD. CONNELLSVILLE PA 15425 59 NORTH MAIN STREET PORT ALLEGANY PA 16743 610 BROAD STREET NEW BETHLEHEM PA 16242 1340 MAIN STREET BURGETTSTOWN PA 150 1365 LOGAN AVENUE TYRONE PA 16686 1212 SECOND STREET CRESSON PA 16630 201 WEST MAHONING STREET PUNXSUTAWNEY PA 15767 165 BUTLER ROAD KITTANNING PA 16201 100 FRANKLIN STREET MERCER PA 16137 1222 BROWNSVILLE RD PITTSBURGH PA 15210 521 NORTH FRALEY STREET KANE PA 16735 3939 BUTLER STREET PITTSBURGH PA 15201 1 EAST HIGH STREET UNION CITY PA 16438 2150 BROWNSVILLE RD STE120 PITTSBURGH PA 15210 Virginia 115 BRUNSWICK SQUARE COURT LAWRENCEVILLE VA 23868 144 SCOTTSVILLE CENTER SCOTTSVILLE VA 24590 4171 LEE JACKSON HWY, STE 113 GREENVILLE VA 24440 200 AUGUSTA AVENUE GROTTOES VA 24441 Washington 27000 MILLER BAY RD NE KINGSTON WA 98346 909 EAST YELM AVENUE YELM WA 98597 608 W. STANLEY STREET GRANITE FALLS WA 98252 609 OMACHE DRIVE OMAK WA 98841 35013 SNOQUALMIE PKWY SNOQUALMIE WA 98065 1517 COMMERCIAL AVE. ANACORTES WA 98221
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When we think of summer bags, we tend to think of big totes we can carry to the beach or a farmers market. But this year, bag designers are reimagining the summer staple as a piece of art you can carry around with you. They’re taking the seasonal materials we’re used to seeingraffia, straw, wickerand transforming them into beautiful, interesting shapes. They’re meant to do more than hold your phone; they’re designed to give you pleasure and start conversations. Here are our favorite sculptural bags of the season. Camilla Clutch Cult Gaia, $298 Cult Gaia first made a name for itself with a half-moon-shaped bamboo Ark bag, which went viral. Since then, even as the label has expanded to include ready-to-wear and fragrances, it is best known for its whimsical statement bags. This summer, it launches many creative designs, including a bag that doubles as a backgammon board, and a clutch in the form of a golden apple. The Camilla clutch is perhaps the one that feels most like summer. Made from abaca, a kind of hemp, its inspired by a horse conch shell and has a long tassel. It’s sure to be a conversation piece when you’re at a cocktail or pool party, or even at a beachside wedding. The Cesi Shopper Poolside, $315 As the brand’s name suggests, Poolside specializes in summer bags, tailor-made to pair with resortwear. And while its most famous for its toteswhich can be personalized with monograms or witty phrasesit also has many sculptural pieces that look like shells and fish. The Cesi bag stands out for combining beauty and functionality. Made of raffia, with an acrylic tortoise shell chain strap, its spacious enough to stash your phone and even a small book. It can be dressed up for parties, but it can also carry you through your day. The Leila Basket Sézane, $275 The French label Sézane is famous for its large raffia basket bag, inspired by totes that people carry to the farmers market. But this year, it’s added more interesting silhouettes to its collection. If you feel like shell-based bags are a little too on the nose, consider the Leila Basket, which is made of raffia and comes in two shades, natural and red. The delicate flower design gives it a feminine touch, but the bag is also practical, with durable woven handles that can bear some weight. Clamshell Clutch Vineyard Vines, $148 Vineyard Vines’s clamshell bag is perhaps the most versatile of the lot. While it’s compact, with just enough space for your phone and wallet, you can carry it in several different ways: as a clutch, with a chunky wicker handle, and with the crossbody strap. This flexibility means you can utilize it for many different occasions, from elegant dinner parties to busy days out. Color-Blocked Shopper Eileen Fisher, $168 This design is unlike the others. But in case you’re not the kind of person who wants to carry an enormous shell or flower-shaped bag around with you, you might go for this tote, which is designed with clean lines and an interesting silhouette. It’s one of Eileen Fisher’s new offerings, made in collaboration with Mar y Sol, which makes raffia bags in Madagascar, supporting the work of local artisans. The bags in this collaboration are chic and simple, in keeping with Eileen Fisher’s minimalist aesthetic, but they are anything but boring. This ones color-blocked design makes it a standout as it hangs elegantly from your shoulder.
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President Donald Trump is ready to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar during his trip to the Middle East this coming week, and U.S. officials say it could be converted into a potential presidential aircraft.The Qatari government said a final decision hadn’t been made. Still, Trump defended the ideawhat would amount to a president accepting an astonishingly valuable gift from a foreign governmentas a fiscally smart move for the country.“So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane,” Trump posted on his social media site on Sunday night. “Anybody can do that!”ABC News reported that Trump will use the aircraft as his presidential plane until shortly before he leaves office in January 2029, when ownership will be transferred to the foundation overseeing his yet-to-be-built presidential library.The gift was expected to be announced when Trump visits Qatar, according to ABC’s report, as part of a trip that also includes stops in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the first extended foreign travel of his second term.Before Trump’s post trumpeting the idea, Ali Al-Ansari, Qatar’s media attaché, said in a statement that the “possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use as Air Force One is currently under consideration between Qatar’s Ministry of Defense and the US Department of Defense.”“But the matter remains under review by the respective legal departments, and no decision has been made,” the statement added.Meanwhile, administration officials, anticipating ethics concerns, have prepared an analysis arguing that accepting the plane would be legal, according to ABC. The Constitution’s Emoluments Clause bars anyone holding government office from accepting any present, emolument, office or title from any “King, Prince, or foreign State,” without congressional consent.One expert on government ethics, Kathleen Clark of the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, accused Trump of being “committed to exploiting the federal government’s power, not on behalf of policy goals, but for amassing personal wealth.”Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer poked fun at Trump’s “America first” political slogan.“Nothing says ‘America First’ like Air Force One, brought to you by Qatar,” the New York Democrat said in a statement. “It’s not just bribery, it’s premium foreign influence with extra legroom.”Even some conservatives expressed dismay online, noting that an aircraft being offered by a foreign government could present security risks if used by a U.S. president.Air Force One is a modified Boeing 747. Two exist, and the president flies on both, which are more than 30 years old. Boeing Inc. has the contract to produce updated versions, but delivery has been delayed while the company has lost billions of dollars on the project.Trump intends to convert the Qatari aircraft into a plane he can fly on as president, with the Air Force planning to add secure communications and other classified elements to it. But it will still have more limited capabilities than the existing planes that were built to serve as Air Force One, as well as two other aircraft currently under construction, according to a former U.S. official.The official was briefed about the plane and spoke Sunday on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans that have not yet been made public.The existing planes used as Air Force One are heavily modified with survivability capabilities for the president for a range of contingencies, including radiation shielding and antimissile technology. They also include a variety of communications systems to allow the president to remain in contact with the military and issue orders from anywhere in the world.The official told The Associated Press that it would be possible to quickly add some countermeasures and communications systems to the Qatari plane, but that it would be less capable than the existing Air Force One aircraft or long-delayed replacements.Neither the Qatari plane nor the upcoming VC-25B aircraft will have the air-to-air refueling capabilities of the current VC-25A aircraft, which is the one the president currently flies on, the official said.Jordan Libowitz, communications director for the advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, called such a gift “unprecedented.”“The totality of gifts given to a president over their term doesn’t get close to this level,” Libowitz said, adding, “You have to ask, if he makes foreign policyespecially in regards to the Middle Easthow much is he being influenced by his gifts and his business deals.”ABC said the new plane is similar to a 13-year-old Boeing aircraft Trump toured in February, while it was parked at Palm Beach International Airport and he was spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club.Trump faced lawsuits for violating the Emoluments Clause during his first term, but those were ended by the Supreme Court in 2021, which found the cases moot because the Republican had left office.Trump’s family business, the Trump Organization, which is now largely run by his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, has vast and growing interests in the Middle East. That includes a new deal to build a luxury golf resort in Qatar, partnering with Qatari Diar, a real estate company backed by that country’s sovereign wealth fund.Qatar, which is ruled by the Al Thani family, is home to the state-owned airline Qatar Airways. The country also has worked to have a close relationship to Trump after he apparently backed a boycott of Doha by four Arab nations in his first term. Trump later in his term applauded Qatar.Administration officials have brushed off concerns about the president’s policy interests blurring with family’s business profits. They note that Trump’s assets are in a trust managed by his children and that a voluntary ethics agreement released by the Trump Organization in January bars the company from striking deals directly with foreign governments.But that same agreement allows deals with private companies abroad. That is a departure from Trump’s first term, when the organization released an ethics pact prohibiting both foreign government and foreign company deals.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, when asked Friday if the president might meet with people who have ties to his family’s business, said it was “ridiculous” to suggest Trump “is doing anything for his own benefit.” Associated Press writer Christine Fernando in Chicago and Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report. Zeke Miller and Will Weissert, Associated Press
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