This is how retailers get you to spend more money
As the holiday shopping season kicks off, here are five ways retailers try to get consumers to spend.
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Connecticut Democratic lawmakers report bomb threats on Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving threats come one day after several of President-elect Donald Trump’s staff picks reported threats.
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Did Taylor Swift impress Travis Kelce’s team with her thoughtful gifts?
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been mutually supportive since they started dating, frequently attending each other’s events. Swift has baked pop tarts for Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs teammates this season. They are reportedly looking to buy a mansion in Italy for a summer retreat in 2025, despite their busy careers.
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Car tied to wealthy NY couple missing for 44 years pulled from murky pond
A wealthy New York couple vanished without a trace in Georgia 44 years ago, but it appears it took a pair of volunteer divers just seven minutes to discover what are likely their car and remains submerged in a murky pond near a hotel they had been staying in. Retired oil executive Charles Romer, 73,…
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Oscar Mayer sparks nostalgia airing 50-year-old ad with iconic jingle during Bears-Lions game
The first Thanksgiving Day NFL game had a commercial that was a blast from the past, and many were feeling nostalgic on social media. Oscar Mayer had an idea for the Detroit Lions-Chicago Bears game on Thursday as they ran a 50-year-old ad with its iconic jingle so many know and love. The 1974 ad…
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Connecticut House Democrats report being targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving
Four Connecticut House Democrats say their homes have been targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day. Each of the threats against Reps. Jim Himes, Jahana Hayes, Joe Courtney, and John Larson were determined to be unfounded and come after nearly a dozen of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other appointees were targeted with similar warnings on…
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Biden says Trump’s tariff threat against Canada and Mexico is ‘counterproductive’
Biden said that he hopes Trump “rethinks” his tariff announcement, which would impact two close U.S. allies.
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Srinagar records season’s coldest night at minus 2.1 degree Celsius
Srinagar experienced its coldest night of the season with temperatures dropping to minus 2.1 degrees Celsius. Shopian was even colder, recording minus 5.5 degrees Celsius. The weather is expected to stay dry until Friday evening, with a chance of light rain or snow in higher reaches until December 1.
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Tennis star Iga Swiatek accepts 1-month suspension for banned substance
Women’s tennis star Iga Swiatek, the winner of five Grand Slams, has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced on Thursday. Swiatek, who has been ranked No. 1 in the world for most of the past two seasons, tested positive for trimetazidine, a heart…
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Russia and Syria bomb Syrian Islamist rebels after surprise incursion
A radical Islamist group unleashed its biggest military incursion against Syrian regime forces since 2020 in the northwest of the war-ravaged Syrian Arab Republic, triggering Russian and Syrian warplanes on Thursday to bomb the insurgent offensive. Rebels led by the U.S-designated Islamist terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stormed a dozen towns and villages in northwest…
