In this Nov. 24, 2023, file photo, a Walmart store is shown on Black Friday, in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) In an exclusive and far-reaching interview with ABC News, John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., talked about the retail giant’s push to hire more non-college degree workers for high-paying corporate jobs at the company.Currently, 75% of Walmart’s salaried managers began as hourly associates. High-performing Walmart managers at the store’s Supercenters now have the ability to earn more than $400,000 a year, which includes a new stock grant rewards program. Some of those managers have college degrees, while others do not it is not required for the job.“While college is great for some, it’s not exactly the right answer for everyone,” Furner told ABC News.This year, Walmart says it has doubled the number of skills certificates it offers to help people move into higher-paying careers within the company, such as software engine
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Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images(ATLANTA) Former President Donald Trump, in a court filing Wednesday, asked the judge overseeing his Georgia election interference case to dismiss two more counts against him.Trump s filing urges the judge to dismiss counts 15 and 27 of the indictment, which charge him with conspiracy to commit filing of false documents as well as the filing of false documents.The first charge relates to the so-called alternate elector plot, and accuses Trump and other defendants of mailing false documents related to that effort to the chief judge of U.S. district court in Georgia, as an alleged "substantial step."The second charge accuses Trump and attorney John Eastman of filing a document that included "materially false statements" in a federal lawsuit.Trump s attorneys claim those charges must be dismissed because the state "lacks the authority" to punish conduct that is related to the federal government. They claim the statue used in th
Courtesy of EMI Records Nashville"Break Mine" may be the title track of Brothers Osborne s latest EP, but did you know the duo almost didn t record and release it?In a recent press interview, TJ Osborne recalled how the then-half-baked song was put on the back burner and almost didn t see the light of day." Break Mine was a song we wrote with Shane McAnally and Pete Good, and we initially didn’t finish the song. It was about half done, and then months went by and Shane McAnally or shoot, maybe might ve been even a year Shane McAnally texted us and said, Man, I just listened to this work tape, and I think this song is really good. We should finish it, " TJ recounts. "So a couple months went by and we got in the room and finished the song up, and we just felt immediately there that it was something really special," he shares. "It’s always cool when you have those moments and the song can see the light of day, especiall
Robert Deyrail/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images(LONDON) An Iranian court sentenced outspoken rapper Toomaj Salehi to death after his arrest over songs that criticized the government, his lawyer said Wednesday."The primary court sentenced Toomaj Salehi to the harshest punishment, death, on the charge of corruption on Earth, " Salehi s lawyer, Amir Raesian, said in an interview with Iranian news outlet Shargh Daily.The sentence by the Islamic Republic Revolution Court of Isfahan contradicted an Iranian Supreme Court ruling that said Salehi s case qualified for amnesty, Raesian said. The lawyer criticized the "obvious legal conflicts" in the revolutionary court s decision. "We will definitely appeal this sentence," he added.Salehi, who has been arrested multiple times by Iranian forces, frequently called out the regime s corruption and suppression of dissent in his music and shamed the regime s apologists who "whitewash" those crimes. He is one of th