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Dollar General is offering more than 170 seasonal toys, with about half priced at $10 or less.
A new dedicated shelf will feature toys priced at $5 and under, including collectibles and games.
Shoppers can get 25% off qualifying toy purchases of $75 or more from Oct. 1 through Dec. 24.
Holiday shopping for kids can add up quickly, especially when there are multiple gifts to buy. Dollar General is looking to give shoppers more lower-priced options this season with an expanded assortment of holiday toys and gifts.
The retailer says it will carry more than 170 seasonal toys, with about half of the assortment priced at $10 or less and approximately 95% priced at $20 or less. It is also introducing a dedicated shelf for toys costing $5 or less.
The 2026 assortment includes toys tied to popular characters and trends, including Pokmon, Bluey, Disney's Stitch, Spider-Man, and The Grinch, as well as new Formula 1-themed products.
This holiday season, were focused on delivering what matters most to our customers: creating memorable moments for less because holiday toy shopping should be exciting, not stressful, Steve OBrien, Dollar Generals vice president and division merchandise manager, said in a news release.
Were helping families discover affordable gifts from brands they know and love and we are bringing back our printed toy guide to help create a little nostalgia with wish-list making with prices families can feel good about.
What's new this year?
There are plenty of smaller gift and stocking-stuffer options in the assortment. Dollar General says it will offer more than 40 giftable items priced at $1, including coloring and activity books, stickers, and novelty pens.
The retailer is also adding more than 20 new LEGO sets, ranging from $5 to $30, with themes including Frozen, Minecraft, Bluey, Spider-Man, Star Wars, and Botanicals.
Other options include:
Play-Doh products priced from $2.50 to $15
Melissa & Doug toys
Bluey toys and plushes
Pokmon products and collectibles
Mini Brands and WWE Ballers
New $2 Hasbro Classic Mini Games, including Connect Four, Yahtzee, Operation, and Hungry Hungry Hippos.
For shoppers looking beyond traditional toys, Dollar General says it carries more than 300 crafting items, with 85% priced below $5.
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The CDC says rabies-related inquiries increased 17% from July through August 2026 compared with the same period last year.
People should avoid contact with wildlife, particularly animals that appear sick, injured, or are behaving unusually.
Anyone who may have been exposed should immediately wash the area and contact a healthcare or public health professional.
Rabies may not be something most people think about regularly, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding the public to take potential exposures seriously.
In a recent health advisory, the agency reported that several areas of the U.S. have seen increases in people being exposed to animals that are known to carry rabies or could potentially have the disease.
Rabies is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system. It can spread through bites, scratches, or contact with an infected animal's saliva. Once symptoms begin, rabies is nearly 100% fatal, but it can be prevented when appropriate treatment is given before symptoms develop.
The CDC received 17% more rabies-related inquiries from July through August 2026 than it did during the same period in 2025. At least eight state health departments also reported increases in rabies treatment, treatment errors, or both.
What the CDC is seeing
Rabies exposure does not automatically mean someone needs the full course of preventive treatment. Healthcare professionals and public health officials assess the animal involved, how the exposure happened, whether the animal showed signs consistent with rabies, and the severity of any wound.
When treatment is necessary, it is called post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP. For someone who has never previously been vaccinated against rabies, PEP includes rabies vaccine and human rabies immune globulin. People who have previously completed rabies vaccination generally receive two vaccine doses and do not receive the immune globulin.
The CDC says errors in determining who needs PEP or how it is administered can lead to unnecessary treatment, additional doses, potential side effects, and avoidable expenses. A typical course can cost between $11,000 and $14,000 per person.
How consumers can stay safe
The CDC recommends keeping your distance from wildlife and never approaching animals that appear sick, injured, or dead.
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Drinking beverages at very hot temperatures was linked to a higher risk of one type of esophageal cancer.
People drinking six or more hot drinks a day also had a higher risk of that cancer.
Simply allowing your coffee or tea to cool before drinking it could potentially reduce some of that risk.
For many people, coffee and tea are everyday staples. But new research suggests that how hot those drinks are when you consume them could matter when it comes to esophageal cancer.
The study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, looked specifically at two major types of esophageal cancer: squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC). Researchers wanted to better understand whether drink temperature and the number of hot drinks people consumed each day were associated with either type.
Previous research has connected very hot beverages generally around 70C (158F) with esophageal cancer. However, less was known about temperatures more typical of Western countries.
How researchers studied it
Researchers combined information from two large U.K. studies: the Million Women Study and the U.K. Biobank. Together, the analysis included 977,282 adults.
Participants reported how they preferred their hot drinks: warm, hot, or very hot. They also reported how many cups of tea and coffee they typically drank each day. Researchers grouped consumption into fewer than six drinks per day or six or more.
The participants were then followed for years using health records to identify new cancer diagnoses. The researchers ultimately identified 2,348 cases of esophageal cancer, including 1,045 cases of SCC and 1,303 cases of AC. The average follow-up lasted 14.2 years in the Million Women Study and 11.1 years in the U.K. Biobank.
What the results mean for consumers
The researchers found that people who preferred their drinks very hot had about three times the risk of developing esophageal SCC compared with those who preferred warm drinks. The researchers did not find the same relationship between drink temperature and adenocarcinoma.
Frequency mattered, too. After accounting for drink temperature, people who consumed six or more hot drinks per day had a 71% higher risk of SCC than those who drank fewer than six.
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Retail apps are moving beyond digital coupons: They could potentially be using your location inside a store to deliver offers and product recommendations.
Two shoppers could receive different discounts on the same product: Factors such as loyalty status, purchase history, and shopping behavior could all play a role in discounts.
There's a privacy trade-off: Location can make apps more useful, but shoppers should check exactly what permissions they've given retail apps.
Imagine you're standing in the cereal aisle staring at two boxes trying to decide which one to buy. You pull out your grocery store's app to check on a coupon and magically a discount for one of them pops up.
Coincidence? Maybe not.
Retailers are increasingly looking at their apps as a bridge between your digital shopping habits and what you're doing inside a physical store.
That could eventually mean an app doesn't just know what you've bought before. With the right permissions, it could potentially know where you are in the store and use that information to decide which offers or recommendations to show you.
And the shopper standing next to you might see something completely different.
Your location could trigger an offer
Criteos 2026 CPG Pulse Study, which combines commerce data with a survey of more than 6,300 consumers globally, found 60% of recent grocery buyers purchased exclusively in brick and mortar stores. The same was true for 64% of household-product buyers.
That makes the phone hanging out in your pocket very valuable to retailers trying to connect online advertising with what happens in the aisle.
"Retailer apps are becoming an important bridge between digital discovery and the physical shopping experience," Sherry Smith, president of global enterprise at Criteo, told ConsumerAffairs.
And your location can potentially become part of that equation. "Yes, with the right permissions, location can be another useful signal," Smith said.
For example, she said that if a shopper is in a particular section of a store, an app could display a discount or product recommendation that the shopper might not otherwise notice.
But location doesn't necessarily have to be the only factor working in the background. Smith said it could be combined with past purchases, searches, or even products you've put on a shopping list.
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