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Rita’s marks spring Rita’s Italian Ice and Frozen Custard will celebrate the first day of spring on Friday with a free 6-ounce Italian ice giveaway to guests at all 600-plus locations nationwide. Rita’s expects to serve approximately 1 million cups of its signature Italian ice during the annual spring tradition. Available just in time for spring, Rita’s is teaming up with the iconic marshmallow treat brand Peeps to introduce a new Mystery Peeps flavor. The limited time offering is launching on March 20. Local Rita’s locations can be found at: 3415 Pleasant Valley Blvd., ...

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Sheetz marking Pi Day Sheetz is celebrating National Pi Day, March 14, by offering customers specially priced $3.14 cheese or pepperoni pizza flatz. This special offer is available through March 20. This promotion can only be redeemed through the Sheetz app. Customers must add the offer under the Offerz tab in the Sheetz app to redeem it at any of Sheetz’s 810-plus locations. STATE COLLEGE New Chipotle opening Chipotle Mexican Grill is opening a new location in State College at 1880 S. Atherton St. on Wednesday, March 18. The restaurant features the brand’s signature ...

Stocks hit best day since Iran war

NEW YORK — A drop in oil prices on Monday helped send the U.S. stock market to its best day since the war in Iran began. The S&P 500 climbed 1% for its biggest gain in five weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 387 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.2%. The driver for markets once again was the price of oil. A barrel of benchmark U.S. crude fell 5.3% to settle at $93.50, easing some pressure off the economy after topping $102 earlier in the morning. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 2.8% to $100.21 per barrel after earlier getting as high as ...

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Storms cancel more US flights amid TSA struggles Storms sweeping across the eastern half of the country are disrupting air travel across the United States. FlightAware reported more than 4,200 U.S. flights canceled Monday and about 9,600 others delayed. The storms already dumped heavy snow across parts of the Midwest and were moving toward the East Coast with strong winds and the threat of tornadoes. The travel disruptions come during a busy period for airports, with spring break vacations and fans traveling for March Madness games. Meanwhile, a partial government shutdown affecting ...

China: Trump’s tariffs could damage trade ties

PARIS — China warned Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves could harm the countries’ trade relationship, at the end of high-level talks in Paris. Li Chenggang, China’s international trade representative, said the Chinese side had expressed serious concern about trade investigations into manufacturing in foreign countries that the Trump administration launched after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its earlier tariffs. “We are concerned that the possible results of such investigations may interfere with or damage the hard-won and stable ...