Catch up on the day’s stories: Target slashing prices, cannabis poisoning, tick season
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CNN’s 5 Things PM brings you the stories you might have missed during your busy day.
👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! It’s tick season. If you spend a lot of time outside, take a close look to make sure one isn’t burrowing into your skin. Ticks are becoming increasingly common — there are more than 800 varieties — and they can spread disease. Here’s what you need to know about these parasitic little bloodsuckers. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 1️⃣ Cutting prices: Target slashed prices on 1,500 popular items, everything from butter to laundry detergent, effective immediately. Other stores such as Ikea and Aldi also have reduced prices recently in an effort to attract customers fed up with inflation. ➕ Wealthy Americans are starting to spend more carefully. 2️⃣ Cannabis poisoning: Young people are usually the ones we think are using too much marijuana, but that’s not necessarily the case. The greatest increase after legalized was actually among older adults, and some of them ended up in the hospital. 3️⃣ Money matters: If you’re retired, or just taking a break from work, there are ways to make your money work for you. It just takes a little strategizing and determining your threshold for risk. Here are some basics to consider. 4️⃣ Dangerous drinking: Large plastic jugs filled with alcoholic concoctions are popular with college students and other Gen Z partygoers. Some are sounding the alarm about the risks of “blackout rage gallon” drinking, aka BORG.
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