Large dollar store chains like Dollar General have gained popularity. Other chains, including some expanding to the US from abroad, attract budget-savvy customers. From Daiso to Five Below, here are five smaller retailers competing in the discount space. Dollar stores like Dollar General and Dollar Tree have become a major part of American retail. But they're far from the only chains attracting budget-conscious customers. Rising inflation over the last couple of years has pushed many consumers to look for ways to save money.

Outer Banks is a series about a group of friends who go on a treasure hunt for $400 million in gold. But at its core, the Netflix show is about so much more. From the interpersonal relationships to the fictional society’s differences in social class, the series touches on a few deep issues. One of the most captivating relationships in Outer Banks is the relationship between J.J. (Rudy Pankow) and his abusive father, Luke (Gary Weeks).

Other livesObituaryRose HackerAs the "oldest newspaper columnist in the business", Rose Hacker, who has died aged 101, produced journalism with a difference for the Camden New Journal in north London. Her work relied upon a phenomenal memory of years of activity, insights and discussion. Rose's confidently articulated, old-fashioned values of solidarity and collectivity were deeply appreciated by readers, and her socialist feminism shone through all she did. I was a teenager when I first met Rose, a friend of my mother's, at the Hampstead ladies' pond.

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy had some choice words for the Malaysian government pertaining to its extreme anti-LGBTQ laws while performing in the country’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on July 21. “I made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn’t looking into it. I don’t see the fucking point… of inviting the 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with,” Healy said before cutting the concert, a headlining slot at Good Vibes Festival, short.

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