Retailers coax Black Friday shoppers into stores with big discounts and giveaways
AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers used giveaways and big discounts to reward U.S. shoppers who ventured out for Black Friday even as…
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Massachusetts lawmakers push for an effort to ban all tobacco sales over time
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make…
Continue ReadingSanta’s annual train visit delivers hope and magic to one corner of coal country
Associated Press ON BOARD THE SANTA TRAIN (AP) — Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s call for ‘energy dominance’ is likely to run into real-world limits
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is set to create a National Energy Council that he says will establish American…
Continue ReadingBattered by war and divisions, Lebanon faces a long list of challenges after ceasefire deal
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hours after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect, Lebanon woke up…
Continue ReadingImages reveal how an orca pod hunts the world’s largest fish
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale…
Continue ReadingLove connects with Reed on 2 TDs as Packers use fast start to beat Dolphins 30-17
AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love threw two touchdown passes to Jayden Reed and the Green Bay Packers capitalized on a fast start…
Continue ReadingCustomers at this Starbucks can sip coffee and observe a quiet North Korean village
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Coffee drinkers can sip their beverages and view a quiet North Korean mountain village from a new Starbucks at a South…
Continue ReadingStock market today: S&P 500 and Dow post gains and close out best month of 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks posted solid gains as Wall Street put the finishing touches on one of its best months of the year. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%…
Continue ReadingActress Silvia Pinal, legend of Mexican film and television, dies at 93
By Mauricio Torres and Lex Harvey, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Silvia Pinal, a legendary Mexican actress who starred in Luis Buñuel’s iconic…
Continue ReadingChina’s aging population fuels ‘silver economy’ boom, but profits can prove elusive
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Every Wednesday, retiree Zhang Zhili travels an hour by bus to an education center, drawn by the pulsing rhythms…
Continue ReadingBug-bitten oolong? The secret behind Taiwan’s rare honey-flavored tea — and where to enjoy it
Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — As the leaves rustle atop the hills in Nantou, Taiwan’s largest tea-producing area, the farm suddenly comes…
Continue ReadingEste invernadero que mantiene frescos los cultivos podrÃa resultar valioso mientras nuestro planeta se calienta
Andrea Gomez (CNN) — En un mundo donde el clima es cada vez más cálido y volátil, los agricultores tienen problemas para mantener frescos…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean politician calls for investigation of biomass energy material imported from Indonesia
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A South Korean National Assembly member has called for a moratorium on wood pellet imports from…
Continue ReadingCosta Rica inicia proceso para formar parte del Acuerdo TranspacÃfico
Andrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Costa Rica anunció este jueves que fue invitado a iniciar el proceso para formar parte del…
Continue ReadingCrew mistakes caused the sinking of a New Zealand navy ship off Samoan coast, inquiry finds
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Mistakes by members of the crew caused a New Zealand navy ship to plow into a reef off the coast of…
Continue ReadingSnow Report: Thursday November 28th
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, the resorts are all expected to open Friday (tomorrow) to a wonderful Bluebird day. Skies will be clear, with possibly a…
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Little change in the pattern this weekend
The cold air overnight will remain along with a chance for some patchy fog across the Cascades. The past few nights we have seen overnight fog and…
Continue ReadingSilvia Pinal, an actress in Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema, has died at 93
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Silvia Pinal, an actress from Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema of the 1940s and 50s, has died at 93. Over her 60-year career,…
Continue ReadingUna mujer muere tras el derrumbe de un edificio en Barranquilla, Colombia; cuatro menores rescatados están en observación médica
RocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Una mujer murió este jueves tras el derrumbe de un edificio habitacional en Barranquilla, Colombia,…
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