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Did you wake up at 4 a.m. on November 6, 2024? If so, you’re not alone. The 4 a.m. club is a group of people, mostly on TikTok, who say they were spiritually activated when they woke up around 4 a.m. the night of the U.S. election. Many reported a deep, unshakable sense that Kamala Harris had won, even though the official results coming in at the time said otherwise. Others woke with a feeling of dread. “Social experiment for the women,” one TikTok user posted the day after the election. “Who else woke up between 2 and 4 a.m. the morning after the election right as they were announcing basically that he won?” She continued: “Clearly, that was our first call to the coven, and we need to gather. @heartmeggieheart fr what was that original sound – meggie Now they are doing just that under the name the 4 am Club, coined by professional psychic medium Gia Prism. I didnt set out to create the 4 a.m. club; it sprung up organically as thousands of us discovered we had a shared mystical experience on election night, she told Fast Company. My journey with it began as I spoke of my personal experience the morning after the election. The post immediately blew up and I watched as thousands of comments poured in from people who had the same experience. According to the theory, 4 a.m. was the moment two timelinesone where Kamala Harris became president, and the one we are currently existing in, where Donald Trump became presidentsplit, causing many across America to wake with a start. In the clerb we all awake, one comment beneath Prisms video read. 4 am club here but are we all just so exhausted? another added. With so much on the line, the 4 a.m. club isnt about spiritually bypassing the election results; members say its a call to action. @giaprism Welcome to the 4 am Club! Heres how things work around here #4amclub #psychictok #witchtok #spiritualawakening #ascension #newearthnow #divinefeminine #healing #keepitkamala #5D #newearth #wethepeople original sound – Gia Prism My content focuses equally on spiritual perspectives and healing opportunities as well as social justice and political activism, Prism tells Fast Company. She hosts group healing meditations but also encourages participation in the physical world: attending protests, donating to causes, and speaking truth to power. There’s even merch. @giaprism Its official! Get your merch herr and sign up to join the club! Ill be sending out emails when were ready to take action #4amclub #werideatdawn #keepitkamala original sound – Gia Prism They also have unwavering hope for the future. We do not believe that the results we see now are the results we’re going to end up with, Prism said in a video posted in December 2024. We have a higher hope, and the reason we have a higher hope is because we were part of something unexplainable that happened to us on election night, and that is why we call it the 4 am Club. You dont actually have to have woken up at 4 a.m. on November 6 to join.
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A tentative truce faltered Tuesday when Israel accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace after the ceasefire was supposed to take effect and vowed to retaliate.Iran’s military denied firing on Israel, state media reportedbut explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Israel midmorning, and an Israeli military official said two Iranian missiles were intercepted.U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for the NATO summit at The Hague that in his view, both sides had violated the nascent agreement he had announced earlier.“They violated it but Israel violated it too,” Trump said. “I’m not happy with Israel.”On social media, he called on Israel to stop dropping bombs and bring its pilots home.The conflict, now in its 12th day, began with Israel targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites, saying it could not allow Tehran to develop atomic weaponsand that it feared the Islamic Republic was close. Iran has long maintained that its program is peaceful.Many worried the war might widen after the U.S. joined the attacks by dropping bunker-buster bombs over the weekend and Israel expanded the kinds of targets it was hitting.But after Tehran launched a limited retaliatory strike on a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, Trump announced the ceasefire.Both sides accepted the agreement, but it is now unclear if it will hold.“Tehran will tremble,” Israeli Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich warned on X, raising the specter that the war might continue. Israel accuses Iran of violating the truce. Iran denies that An Israeli military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in line with military regulations said Iran launched two missiles at Israel hours into the tenuous ceasefire. Both were intercepted, the official said.Iranian state television reported that the military denied firing missiles after the start of the ceasefirewhile accusing Israel of conducting strikes. It offered no evidence to support the claim of Israeli fire, with the last reports of such attacks coming before dawn.Part of the difficulty in sorting out the competing claims was that Trump’s social media post announcing the ceasefire said Iran would begin holding its fire hours earlier than Israel. He later, however, announced that the ceasefire was in effect, even though the window he initially gave for Israel had not yet closed.After accusing Iran of violating the ceasefire, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed Israel’s military to resume “the intense operations to attack Tehran and to destroy targets of the regime and terror infrastructure.” Breakthrough declared by Trump wobbles in initial hours Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had agreed to a bilateral ceasefire with Iran in coordination with Trump, while pledging to respond to any subsequent violation.He said that Israel had achieved all of its war goals, including removing the threat of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.An announcement on Iranian state TV later said the ceasefire was in effect. So did Trump, who posted: “THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!”Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that his country would not fire at Israel if it was not fired upon, but that a “final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be made later.”To secure the ceasefire, Trump had communicated directly with Netanyahu, according to a senior White House official who insisted on anonymity to discuss the Monday talks. Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff communicated with the Iranians through direct and indirect channels.The White House has maintained that the U.S. bombing helped get the Israelis to agree to the ceasefire and that the Qatari government helped to broker the deal.It’s unclear what role Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s leader, played in the talks. He said earlier on social media that he would not surrender. Deal announced after hostilities spread The shaky ceasefire came after hostilities spread further across the region.Israel’s military said Iran launched 20 missiles toward Israel before the ceasefire began on Tuesday morning. Police said they damaged at least three densely packed residential buildings in the city of Beersheba. First responders said they retrieved four bodies from one building and were searching for more. Earlier, the Fire and Rescue service said five bodies were found before revising the number downward. At least 20 people were injured.Outside, the shells of burned out cars littered the streets. Broken glass and rubble covered the area. Police said some people were injured while inside their apartments’ reinforced safe rooms, which are meant to withstand rockets but not direct hits from ballistic missiles.Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for earlier American bombing of its nuclear sites. The U.S. was warned by Iran in advance, and there were no casualties.Drones attacked military bases in Iraq overnight, including some housing U.S. troops, the Iraqi army and a US military official said Tuesday.A senior U.S. military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly, said U.S. forces had shot down drones attacking Ain al-Assad in the desert in western Iraq and at a base next to the Baghdad airport, while another one crashed.No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attacks in Iraq. Some Iran-backed Iraqi militias had previously threatened to target U.S. bases if the U.S. attacked Iran. Conflict has killed hundreds In Israel, at least 28 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded in the war. Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 974 people and wounded 3,458 others, according to the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists.The group, which has provided detailed casualty figures from Iranian unrest, said of those killed, it identified 387 civilians and 268 security force personnel.The U.S. has evacuated some 250 American citizens and their immediate family members from Israel by government, military and charter flights that began over the weekend, a State Department official said.There are roughly 700,000 American citizens, most of them dual U.S.-Israeli citizens, believed to be in Israel. Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writers David Rising in Dubai, Josef Federman in Jerusalem, Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad, Abby Sewell in Beirut and Amir Vahdat in Iran contributed to this report. Sam Mednick, Jon Gambrell and Melanie Lidman, Associated Press
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Rite Aid, whose pharmacies were once ubiquitous across large parts of America, has announced another wave of store closures. This time, the closures encompass more than 100 locations across 11 states. However, they are just the latest wave of Rite Aid store closures that follow the company’s second bankruptcy filing earlier this year. Heres what you need to know about the latest Rite Aid closures. Why is Rite Aid closing stores? Rite Aid is going out of business. The struggling pharmacy chain filed for bankruptcy in May. But that bankruptcy isnt its first. The company had previously filed for bankruptcy in 2023. Rite Aid had hoped that its 2023 bankruptcy would be able to give it some financial breathing room, after which the company could turn itself around. Things did not work out as Rite Aid had intended. Even after the 2023 bankruptcy, Rite Aid struggled with inventory challenges and strained vendor relations, as Fast Company previously reported. However, while some of its problems were unique to the chain, Rite Aid also faced many issues that are increasingly common to all drugstore chains. Those problems include diminished foot traffic from changing consumer behaviors as people increasingly turn to e-commerce giants like Amazon to meet their pharmacy needs and purchase everyday household items. Like many other retailers, Rite Aid is also struggling with a decrease in consumer confidence. Inflationary pressures and uncertainty about the economy are weighing heavily on people’s minds, leading them to be more cautious about how and where they spend their money. Which Rite Aid stores are the latest to close in June? Rite Aid has now announced the next wave of location closures. These locations were revealed in court documents Rite Aid filed on June 20. In total, Rite Aid said 118 locations will be closing in this round. Some of the hardest hit states in this round of closures include California, Pennsylvania, and New York. The stores closing in this round include: 405 WEST MAIN STREET BRAWLEY CA 92227 14629 7TH STREET VICTORVILLE CA 92395 17441 MAIN STREET HESPERIA CA 92345 2023 LYCOMING CREEK ROAD WILLIAMSPORT PA 17701 508 EAST SECOND STREET OIL CITY PA 16301 1698 PULASKI HIGHWAY BEAR DE 19701 101 SOUTH MAIN STREET FORKED RIVER NJ 08731 96 NORTH FLOWERS MILL ROAD LANGHORNE PA 19047 2260 JERUSALEM AVENUE NORTH BELLMORE NY 11710 1854 CORONADO AVENUE SAN DIEGO CA 92154 1815 SOUTH VERMONT AVENUE LOS ANGELES CA 90006 23975 IRONWOOD AVENUE MORENO VALLEY CA 92557 600 WEST VENTURA STREET FILLMORE CA 93015 7020 WEST STATE STREET BOISE ID 83714 85-10 NORTHERN BOULEVARD JACKSON HEIGHTS NY 11372 653 NORTH GOLDEN STATE BLVD. TURLOCK CA 95380 655 RUSSELL BOULEVARD DAVIS CA 95616 3225 PANAMA LANE BAKERSFIELD CA 93313 1035 W ORANGETHORPE AVENUE FULLERTON CA 92833 1225 WESTERN AVENUE ALBANY NY 12203 5040 CITY LINE AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19131 4380 PARK HEIGHTS AVE. BALTIMORE MD 21215 415 EAST QUEEN STREET CHAMBERSBURG PA 17201 15890 SOQUEL CANYON PARKWAY CHINO HILLS CA 91709 115 FIFTH STREET ELLWOOD CITY PA 16117 9910 FRANKFORD AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19114 1777 NORTH KEYSER AVENUE SCRANTON PA 18508 409 STOKES ROAD MEDFORD NJ 08055 10 SNYDER AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19148 1814 SPRING ROAD CARLISLE PA 17013 53 HOOKSETT ROAD MANCHESTER NH 03104 1000 W MONTE VISTA AVENUE TURLOCK CA 95382 1245 WEST YOSEMITE AVENUE MANTECA CA 95337 5507 NESCONSET HWY STE 100 MOUNT SINAI NY 11766 1841 EAST 4TH STREET ONTARIO CA 91764 320 SMITH STREET BROOKLYN NY 11231 1720 AVIATION BOULEVARD REDONDO BEACH CA 90278 13460 HIGHLANDS PLACE SAN DIEGO CA 92130 17266 SATICOY STREET VAN NUYS CA 91406 2516 JAMACHA ROAD EL CAJON CA 92019 125 DANBURY ROAD. RIDGEFIELD CT 06877 16000 MONTEREY STREET MORGAN HILL CA 95037 36729 OLD MILL ROAD MILLVILLE DE 19967 1526 PALOS VERDES MALL WALNUT CREEK CA 94597 2315 WILLIAM STREET BUFFALO NY 14206 8530 TRANSIT RD AMHERST NY 14221 2108 MACARTHUR ROAD WHITEHALL PA 18052 1529 FREEPORT ROAD NATRONA HEIGHTS PA 15065 825A EAST CHESTNUT STREET LANCASTER PA 17602 107 MAIN STREET GREENFIELD MA 01301 6912 NEW FALLS ROAD LEVITTOWN PA 19057 10 BENNING STREET WEST LEBANON NH 03784 115 LEADER HEIGHTS ROAD YORK PA 17403 54 NORTH MAIN STREET CARBONDALE PA 18407 455-K NORTH ENOLA ROAD ENOLA PA 17025 1421 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD PASADENA CA 91104 1151 CRESTON ROAD PASO ROBLES CA 93446 4348 BONITA ROAD BONITA CA 91902 1320 WEST HILLSDALE BLVD. SAN MATEO CA 94403 2020 E COPPER AVENUE FRESNO CA 93730 605 NORTH COLONY ROAD WALLINGFORD CT 06492 43-20 BELL BLVD. BAYSIDE NY 11361 22833 BOTHELL EVERETT HWY BOTHELL WA 98021 #4 POLLY DRUMMOND S.C. NEWARK DE 19711 11673 CHERRY AVENUE FONTANA CA 92337 4937 TRANSIT ROAD DEPEW NY 14043 6001 COFFEE ROAD BAKERSFIELD CA 93308 310 WEST LAKE STREET MOUNT SHASTA CA 96067 599 YORK ROAD WARMINSTER PA 18974 1781 STEFKO BOULEVARD BETHLEHEM PA 18017 1360 BRACE ROAD CHERRY HILL NJ 08034 1003 PULASKI HIGHWAY HAVRE DE GRACE MD 21078 1307 PHOENIXVILLE PIKE WEST CHESTER PA 19380 231 WEST STREET GETTYSBURG PA 17325 7418 OXFORD AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19111 2810 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY SHAVERTOWN PA 18708 1896 ROUTE 6 CARMEL NY 10512 500 MAIN STREET LIVINGSTON CA 95334 744 WOLCOTT ROAD WOLCOTT CT 06716 1665 ALPINE BOULEVARD ALPINE CA 91901 654 COLVIN AVENUE KENMORE NY 14217 18112 CULVER DRIVE IRVINE CA 92612 1251 JOHNSON AVENUE SAN LUIS OBISPO CA 93401 1323 EAST MAIN AVENUE PUYALLUP WA 98372 230 KELSO DRIVE KELSO WA 98626 102-30 ATLANTIC AVENUE OZONE PARK NY 11416 577 MAST ROAD MANCHESTER NH 03102 201 CONKLIN AVENUE BINGHAMTON NY 13903 22803 44TH AVE W MOUNTLAKE TERRACE WA 98043 832 NORTH LANSDOWNE AVE. DREXEL HILL PA 19026 731 CENTER STREET LEWISTON NY 14092 101 WHITE HORSE PIKE CLEMENTON NJ 08021 4534 BROADWAY BLVD. MONROEVILLE PA 15146 1465-15 WEST BROAD STREET QUAKERTOWN PA 18951 5 EAST MAIN STREET NANTICOKE PA 18634 2210 STATE HILL ROAD WYOMISSING PA 19610 4999 JONESTOWN RD HARRISBURG PA 17109 1520 ROCK SPRING ROAD FOREST HILL MD 21050 2674 EGYPT ROAD AUDUBON PA 19403 18 INDIAN HEAD ROAD KINGS PARK NY 11754 1107 CALLOWAY DRIVE BAKERSFIELD CA 93312 1 MONT VERNON STREET MILFORD NH 03055 43-68 AMBOY ROAD STATEN ISLAND NY 10312 1483 ROUTE 9 CLIFTON PARK NY 12065 955 STONY POINT ROAD SANTA ROSA CA 95407 11321 NATIONAL BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES CA 90064 221 EAST HARVARD BOULEVARD SANTA PAULA CA 93060 4060 NORTH BUFFALO STREET ORCHARD PARK NY 14127 1549 GEORGE WASHINGTON WAY RICHLAND WA 99354 6423 FORT HAMILTON PKWY. BROOKLYN NY 11219 23028 100TH AVE W EDMONDS WA 98020 526 228TH AVE NE SAMMAMISH WA 98074 1101 FRESNO STREET FRESNO CA 93706 215 FEDERAL ROAD BROOKFIELD CT 06804 1710 N FARMERSVILLE BLVD FARMERSVILLE CA 93223 13090 BROADWAY ROAD ALDEN NY 14004 715 AIRPORT DRIVE BAKERSFIELD CA 93308 10119 OLD OCEAN CITY BLVD. BERLIN MD 21811 Where is the full list of past Rite Aid closures? With this latest round of June closures, Rite Aid has now announced the closure of 947 stores since May. Here’s the full list of earlier closing notices: May 5: 47 initial locations May 9: 68 additional locations May 16: 95 additional locations May 23: 151 additional locations May 30: 111 additional locations June 5: 25 additional locations June 6: 207 additional locations June 13: 125 additional locations June 20: 118 locations (listed above) Fast Company has reached out to Rite Aid to ask about the timeline of the closures. We’ll update this post if we hear back. How many more Rite Aid stores will close? When Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in May, the company said it had 1,277 stores in operation. Most of the stores will be closed entirely, with some others being sold to competitors. In May, competitor CVS Pharmacy agreed to take over 64 Rite Aid stores. With 947 stores confirmed to be closing, Rite Aid has now announced that it will shutter nearly 74% of the stores it operated when it filed for bankruptcy. A court-approved auction is planned for today to sell off Rite Aid’s remaining assets.
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