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What Black Friday’s history tells us about holiday shopping in 2024

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Nov 26, 2024 7:15 am - The holiday shopping season is about to reach full speed with Black Friday, which kicks off the post-Thanksgiving retail rush later this week.
Eggs are available — but pricier — as the holiday baking season begins

By DEE-ANN DURBIN, JOSH FUNK and MARK VANCLEAVE
Nov 25, 2024 2:54 pm - Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season.
Is Outlook down? Thousands of Microsoft 365 users report outage issues

Nov 25, 2024 2:36 pm - Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers worldwide reported having issues with services like Outlook and Teams on Monday.
‘Busiest Thanksgiving ever’: How the TSA plans to handle record air travel

By DAVID KOENIG
Nov 25, 2024 10:52 am - Just as there are good odds the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end in another record day for air travel in the United States.
Russia reportedly captures a Briton fighting for Ukraine as Russian troops advance

By The Associated Press
Nov 25, 2024 9:21 am - Russia's military captured a British national fighting with Ukrainian troops who have occupied part of Russia's Kursk region, according to reports Monday, as Moscow began daylight drone attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine and its ground forces accelerated gains along parts of the front line.
Here’s where ceasefire talks in the war between Israel and Hezbollah have been stuck

By ABBY SEWELL and TIA GOLDENBERG
Nov 25, 2024 8:21 am - Diplomats and other officials say there have been several sticking points in ceasefire talks to end the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, even as conditions for an agreement appear to be ripe.
Trump 2.0 has a Cabinet and executive branch of different positions and eclectic personalities

By BILL BARROW
Nov 25, 2024 7:30 am - Donald Trump’s personnel choices for his new Cabinet and White House reflect his signature positions on immigration and trade but also a range of viewpoints and backgrounds that raise questions about what ideological anchors might guide his Oval Office encore.
Will a winter storm hit the US over Thanksgiving week? Here’s what forecasts show so far

By GODOFREDO A. VASQUEZ and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Nov 23, 2024 3:23 pm - WINDSOR, Calif. — Forecasters warned over the weekend that another round of winter weather could complicate travel leading up to Thanksgiving in parts of the U.S. In Cali...
‘A very hot issue’: U.S. towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water

By MIKE STOBBE
Nov 23, 2024 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York City. ...
St. Louis was once known as Mound City for its many Native American mounds. Just one remains

By JIM SALTER
Nov 23, 2024 12:03 pm - What is now St. Louis was once home to more than 100 mounds constructed by Native Americans — so many that St. Louis was once known as “Mound City.” Settlers tore most of them down, and just one remains.

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