Shoppers spent a record $9.12 billion online on Black Friday, up 2.3% from last year, according to Adobe. E-commerce activity continued to be strong over the weekend, with $9.55 billion in online sales.
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Uvalde mom sues police, maker of gun the shooter used in school massacre
The lawsuit also accuses the city, the school district and several police departments of a “complete failure” to follow active shooter protocols and violations of the victims’ constitutional rights.
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Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre
Payton Gendron massacred 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket and has pleaded guilty to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges.
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Republican-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify 2022 election
Arizona was a focal point for efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election and push false narratives of fraud.
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‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022
The dictionary defines the word as: ‘The act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage.’
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Georgia authorities urged to probe Herschel Walker’s Texas homestead exemption
Tax records show the former football player is set to receive a homestead exemption worth about $1,500 for a $3 million home in the suburbs of Dallas that Walker listed as his primary residence.
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China eases some COVID rules after widespread protests, demands for president to resign
Chinese authorities have eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe ‘zero COVID’ strategy after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades
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‘We the People’ is the White House’s theme for the holidays
First lady Jill Biden drew inspiration from the nation’s founding documents to decorate for the holidays.
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New York’s first cannabis crop jeopardized by court fight
Many farms that were allowed to grow marijuana before the start of legal sales are now blocked from distributing it to retailers.
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During lull in Russian attacks against Ukraine energy, countries pledge aid
The power situation was so dire that Ukraine’s energy trader – in normal times an exporter – tested importing electricity from neighboring Romania.