Nation and World
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US inflation gauge ticks higher with price pressures still stubborn
Nov 27, 2024 10:01 am - Consumer price increases accelerated last month, the latest sign that inflation's steady decline over the past two years has stalled in recent months.
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What stores are open on Thanksgiving? Not many since most stay closed to prepare for Black FridayNov 27, 2024 9:51 am - With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season, Americans will again be consumed with the annual trifecta of turkey, travel and transactions — lots of them.
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‘They’re scared’: Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations
Nov 27, 2024 9:48 am - Last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Word spread that ...
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US economy grows at 2.8% pace in third quarter on consumer spending, unchanged from first estimate
Nov 27, 2024 8:18 am - The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of third-quarter growth.
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Rats feast on New York’s City’s bagged garbage. Can putting it in bins end the smorgasbord?
Nov 27, 2024 8:10 am - For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage straight onto the sidewalk.
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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming south to their homes
Nov 27, 2024 7:16 am - A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that began Wednesday appeared to be holding, as residents in cars heaped with belongings streamed back toward southern Lebanon despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese militaries that they stay away from certain areas.
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Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting
Nov 26, 2024 6:02 pm - Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
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A brutally cold air mass is coming. How chilly will it get in your region?
Nov 26, 2024 10:41 am - The weirdly warm November weather will soon come to a crashing end, thanks to an air mass moving from the Laptev Sea north of Russia — over 4,000 miles away from the U.S....
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Trump’s sharp tariff hikes could speed up China's shift to new markets and offshore factories
Nov 26, 2024 10:24 am - Visitors who bought fridge magnets at Times Square or other tourist hot spots around New York in recent years most likely were purchasing the work of Du Jing or one of her fellow exporters in a small Chinese city that supplies the U.S. and the world with tons of small commodities.
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Presidents have used immigration ‘parole’ since the 1950s. Now it could disappear under Trump
Nov 26, 2024 10:02 am - Cuba’s at one of its lowest points since the 1959 revolution, with nationwide scarcity fueling massive emigration, occasional protests and government crackdowns. Gangs control the streets of Haiti’s capital, firing on arriving jets and forcing delays in elections to replace slain President Jovenel Moïse.