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US economy grows at 2.8% pace in third quarter on consumer spending, unchanged from first estimate

By PAUL WISEMAN
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.
Rats feast on New York’s City’s bagged garbage. Can putting it in bins end the smorgasbord?

By PHILIP MARCELO
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.
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming south to their homes

By BASSEM MROUE, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and TIA GOLDENBERG
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.
Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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.
A brutally cold air mass is coming. How chilly will it get in your region?

Ben Noll
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....
Trump’s sharp tariff hikes could speed up China's shift to new markets and offshore factories

By SIMINA MISTREANU and KEN MORITSUGU
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.
Presidents have used immigration ‘parole’ since the 1950s. Now it could disappear under Trump

By GISELA SALOMON
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.
Mexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs

Nov 26, 2024 9:45 am - President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods if the country doesn’t stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border.
Ukraine says Russian attack sets a record for the number of drones used

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Nov 26, 2024 9:34 am - Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, describing it as a record number of drones deployed in a single attack.
Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans

By AMANDA SEITZ
Nov 26, 2024 9:32 am - Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning.

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