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One year ago, residents of Inglewood, Calif., voted to block the development of a Wal-Mart superstore. NPR's Farai Chideya talks with California assemblyman Jerome Horton and Wal-Mart's vice-president of corporate affairs Bob McAdam, about on-going negotiations over the corporation's expansion plans in the city.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Virginia state Senator L Louise Lucas about the shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake that killed five people.

Customers don't have to wear masks, effective immediately. Starting Tuesday, fully vaccinated employees don't either. Everyone's on an honor system and won't have to provide proof.

Across the country, communities are turning abandoned big-box stores like Kmart and Wal-Mart into churches, schools and libraries. Julia Christensen, an artist and professor, visited many of these sprawling structures to see how they are being repurposed.

Corporate tax credits improved its profits, but those were tempered by the payroll tax increase on its customers.

Alice Walton's long-awaited Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opens Saturday in Arkansas, and the art market is already feeling the impact of the Wal-Mart heiress and the money she's throwing at acquisitions. Not everyone is happy about it. NPR's Joel Rose reports.

Wal-Mart has announced plans to build as many as 40 mid-sized grocery stores and express marts this year. The strategy will allow the company access to small-town streets — and it poses a new threat to some downtown merchants.

Corporate Executives on Wednesday told thousands of employees that stores will be warmer. Also, a human DJ will now pick the music that is heard throughout the store.

Jumping on the bandwagon of monthly goody bag services, the retail giant has launched a monthly food subscription program that aims to cater to the gastronomically adventurous.

The risk from the recalled shrimp is "quite low," said Donald Schaffner, a food safety expert at Rutgers University. Cesium-137 is a byproduct of nuclear reactions.