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WEST FORK, Ark. (AP) — Two people were found dead along a walking trail in a state park in Arkansas, authorities said Sunday. A 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were found dead at Devil’s Den State Park in Washington County, according to the Arkansas State Police. Its criminal investigation unit is handling what it calls a “suspected homicide.” The …

It’s 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and people are still hiking… in pants. Why? Because the midsummer sun will give you one heck of a shorts tan line at best, a scorcher of a burn at worst. And because the dog days are high time for insect activity. The only way to avoid becoming a bug buffet is to hit the …

Microsoft has walked back on its previous decision to hike the price of its new first-party Xbox games up to $80 USD this ‘holiday season’, saying it’s sticking to a lower price point “in line with current market conditions”. Hints of a pricing rethink first emerged earlier today, when Microsoft first-party studio Obsidian Entertainment revealed its upcoming sci-fi …

NEW YORK — Your Kit Kat bar and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are officially getting pricier. Hershey told its retail partners it is raising prices by a percentage in the “lower double-digit range” over what its chocolate products cost over the past couple years, a company spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The culprit: high cocoa prices. Bloomberg first reported the increase. …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A brown bear attacked a woman Tuesday afternoon as she hiked on a popular trail in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, and officials are still looking for the animal, state police said. Alaska State Troopers used a helicopter to evacuate the woman off the Basher Trail to a hospital, Anchorage Police spokesperson Christopher Barraza said. Her injuries are …

New York CNN  —  Your Kit Kat bar and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are officially getting pricier. Hershey told its retail partners it is raising prices by a percentage in the “lower double-digit range” over what its chocolate products cost over the past couple years, a company spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The culprit: high cocoa prices. Bloomberg first reported the …