The annual cost of a Thanksgiving feast is cheaper than last year but remains markedly above pre-pandemic levels, according to a survey released by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) on Nov. 20. The AFBF’s 39th annual Thanksgiving dinner cost survey found that the price of a traditional holiday meal for 10 people has decreased […]

The top U.S. consumer watchdog is cracking down on companies that operate popular digital payment apps. Seven nonbank companies will soon be subject to federal oversight, according to a new rule finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday. Apple, Google, Amazon, PayPal, Block, Zelle, and Venmo will face the same supervision as […]

On Nov. 22, 1954, the Humane Society of the United States was founded.

Swedish battery maker Northvolt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., delivering a blow to Europe's electrification ambitions.

Crude oil prices extended their gains today and were set to end the week higher after Russia shot a new kind of ballistic missile at Ukraine in the latest sign that the escalation there continues. The strike, featuring a hypersonic medium-range missile that has not been used before in warfare, came in response to a Ukrainian attack with U.S. and British ATACMS missiles on Russian territory. There ...

President Joe Biden has authorized their use for the first time in the war

Target, FWRD, Nike, Skims, Good American, Madewell, Shopbop, Ssense and many other brands and retailers have kicked off discounts of up to 70 percent off.

TAIPEI >> Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit Taipei’s three remaining diplomatic allies in the Pacific on a trip starting at the end of the month, his office said on Friday, but the government declined to give details on U.S. transit stops.

The disagreement started on the 2007 movie set when Brolin messed up a line in a scene with the Training Day actor, 69.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges in what could be the nation's first death-resulting criminal case involving a synthetic opioid that is possibly more dangerous than fentanyl.

In a parting shot to President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden is making the immigration crisis worse before he leaves office.

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she cant train there anymore. She escaped the heat to train in the United Kingdom, but worries about a day when a warming world kills her sport entirely.American discus thrower Sam Mattis described temperatures as high as 44 Celsius (1...

The U.S.’s two satellite TV providers aren’t getting hitched anymore, at least anytime soon. DirecTV on Thursday announced that it was nixing the agreement with EchoStar to buy Dish Network. The deal is being terminated effective as of 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 22, DirecTV said. DirecTV’s official termination of the agreement follows Dish DBS […]

This wont 'end with repatriating materials -- censorship of images and data is already underway, scholar says.

JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas would allow Bible-infused lessons in elementary schools under changes that were set for a final vote Friday and could test boundaries between religion and public education in the U.S.The proposed curriculum narrowly cleared a preli...

DirecTV has terminated its deal with EchoStar to acquire Dish DBS following bondholders’ opposition to the debt-exchange proposal. The merger would have created the largest U.S. pay-TV provider, with DirecTV assuming EchoStar’s debt. “While we believed a combination of DirecTV and DISH would have benefitted all stakeholders, we have terminated the transaction because the proposed...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for the appointment among the state’s ruling Repub...