Buc-ee’s has filed multiple lawsuits to protect its beaver logo, including action against a mini-mart in Beavercreek, where the beaver is a community symbol.
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Buc-ee’s has filed multiple lawsuits to protect its beaver logo, including action against a mini-mart in Beavercreek, where the beaver is a community symbol. Jeff Louderback reports on the town’s effort to push back against the lawsuit.
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Democrats can’t agree on whether they want to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement or reform it. The Democratic National Committee approved resolutions calling for both during its summer meeting in Austin.
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President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea, suggesting it sent the wrong signal to North Korea.
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At least 294 migrants attempting to enter Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta were arrested by Moroccan police over the weekend, according to state media. The crossing attempt occurred after social media posts of “unknown origin” called for a mass crossing on Saturday, Moroccan authorities said.
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🍵 Health: Swimming offers a full-body workout that builds muscle and cardio. Here are 11 benefits.
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(Left) Beaver's Mini Mart in Beavercreek, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Right) A Buc-ee's convenience store in Luling, Texas, on June 12, 2024. (Jeff Louderback/The Epoch Times, Brandon Bell/Getty Images) |
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio—Buc-ee’s has built a growing empire on sprawling convenience stores with 100-plus gas pumps, spacious and clean bathrooms, brisket and jerky, and a cartoon beaver mascot that enthusiasts hail as a folk hero. The Texas-based chain has a track record of aggressively defending its trademarks, filing legal action against businesses it says use similar names, logos, or branding that have beavers and other cartoon mascots. Its most recent legal action has drawn the ire of an entire town with “beaver” in its name. On July 28, Buc-ee’s filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against Beaver’s Mini Mart, a 2,000-square-foot neighborhood convenience store in this Dayton suburb.
The legal action alleges that the mini mart’s logo too closely resembles the chain’s smiling cartoon beaver wearing a red baseball cap that adorns Buc-ee’s billboards, signage, and many branded products. Buc-ee’s said it learned of the logo last October.
The store’s beaver, with its “wide eyes and a smile” that also “uses red as a predominant color,” is too similar to Buc-ee’s and could cause confusion, the lawsuit argues. The case has drawn national attention, community backlash, and comparisons to a David-versus-Goliath fight.
Buc-ee’s has 56 locations nationwide with an additional 15 stores currently planned. According to Inc. Magazine, Buc-ee’s generates an estimated $50 million to $100 million in annual revenue per store.
Beaver’s Mini Mart is owned by Vik Boparai and located in Beavercreek, a city outside of Dayton where beavers appear on business signs and parks. The high school’s nickname is “Beavers,” and there is an actual “Beaver Creek.”
“Everything around here is based on beavers and Beavercreek, because that’s the name of our area,” said Wendy Rodgers, president of the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce. “We actually have real beavers here, in our real Beaver Creek.” (More) |
A view of the rising water levels at the Wainaku Street Bridge in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii on Aug. 15, 2026. (Taylor Cozloff/Civil Beat via AP) |
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Scores of roads across several Hawaiian islands were closed after torrential rains from Tropical Storm Lala triggered flash flooding and landslides and downed trees as it passed just south of the archipelago over the weekend.
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U.S. Central Command commander Adm. Brad Cooper visited the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea during a 10-day trip through the Middle East that concluded on Saturday. U.S. Central Command refuted reports by media outlets about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, denying claims that sailors have died in a brawl or that a spike in suicidal thoughts among the crew has occurred.
- The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport has shelved plans to install special washing rooms for Muslim passengers following objections by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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A total of 592 cases of silicosis were identified between January 2019 and June 2026 among California workers who were fabricating engineered stone countertops, with 31 people dying from the illness, according to a public health alert.
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Supporters of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng gathered outside the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco last week to mark nine years since the lawyer was forcibly disappeared. They demanded that the Chinese Communist Party free him and stop persecuting his family.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (C) meets with Jared Kushner (2nd L) in El-Alamein, Egypt, on Aug. 16, 2026. (Egypt Presidential Handout via Reuters) |
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner as diplomatic efforts continue to advance U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip.
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Iran announced that it will offer a bounty of $30,000 to any individual who “kills or captures a U.S. soldier and hands them over to authorities,” according to Iranian state media.
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New Zealand’s intelligence service has said it disrupted an attempt by China’s Purple Mountain Observatory to install ground-based space equipment capable of collecting intelligence of military value.
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There is no better way to beat the blazing heat of summer than diving into cool, clear water. However, swimming is more than a way to cool off. It is a full-body workout that combines strength training with low-impact cardio, offering an impressive range of health benefits.
When you move through the water, its natural resistance makes your muscles work harder than they would in air. Swimming therefore engages nearly every major muscle group.
At the same time, swimming is an effective aerobic exercise. Sustained swimming increases the body’s demand for oxygen, requiring the heart and lungs to work harder to supply oxygen to the muscles. Regular moderate-to-vigorous swimming can therefore contribute to cardiovascular health.
One of swimming’s distinctive features is buoyancy. Because the water supports much of the body’s weight, there is substantially less stress on the joints than with many land-based activities. Swimming is suitable for nearly everyone, regardless of age or fitness level.
Here’s how the benefits of swimming break down:
Boosts Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health—During immersion, hydrostatic pressure shifts blood from the limbs toward the chest, increasing venous return to the heart. This increases cardiac filling and stroke volume, allowing the heart to pump more blood with each beat and contributing to increased cardiac output during exercise. Over time, these repeated demands can improve cardiovascular fitness. The controlled breathing patterns used in swimming may improve cardiorespiratory fitness and respiratory muscle endurance.
Increases Blood Vessel Flexibility—The repeated increases and decreases in blood flow during exercise encourage arteries to expand and contract, helping maintain their flexibility. At the same time, water’s hydrostatic pressure gently compresses the veins in the legs and helps push blood back toward the heart, supporting venous circulation. (More) |
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