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Without signature frenzy, Black Friday loses its luster

NEW YORK – The annual ritual of Black Friday, as we know it, is over. Gone are the throngs of frenzied shoppers camping out for days ahead of the big sales bonanza on the day afte...

Queen Elizabeth II opens Commonwealth meeting in Malta

VALLETTA, Malta – Queen Elizabeth II opened the Commonwealth summit Friday on the Mediterranean island of Malta – a meeting that will focus on climate change and the threat of extremist viol...

Nation & World Briefs

Teen killed by officer had broken family CHICAGO – A black teenager shot 16 times by a white Chicago police officer was a ward of the state when he died, having spent years being...

England backs off cuts to tax breaks for lower income households

LONDON – Britain’s Treasury chief abandoned controversial cuts in tax credits for the working poor and kept police funding intact on Wednesday as he updated Parliament on the government’s bu...

Ukraine stops buying Russian gas, closes airspace

It breaks the deal the two made two months ago

Protesters to target Chicago shopping area on Black Friday

CHICAGO – Small groups of demonstrators gathered throughout the day Wednesday to protest the death of a black teen shot 16 times by a white police officer, and they urged supporters to join ...

World Briefs

Germany gives Greece records of tax cheats BERLIN – Germany has shared some 10,000 records on possible Greek tax cheats with Athens. Authorities say the records concern...

Thanksgiving parade features balloons, bands, heavy security

NEW YORK – Giant balloons took to the clear, sunny sky over midtown Manhattan on Thursday for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, with spectators lining up along the parade route and ...

Number of hate crimes has dropped in U.S.

Shots were fired in the vicinity of a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis for the second night in a row Tuesday. On Monday night, five people were shot there, leading to the arrest of ...

Nation Briefs

Two turkeys get presidential reprieve WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama spared two turkeys named for one of the nation’s most admired presidents, continuing a White House tradi...

World Brief

France OKs strikes against Islamic State PARIS – French lawmakers voted Wednesday to continue airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State group that claimed responsibility for t...

Russia-Turkey tensions rise Putin sends anti-aircraft missiles to Syria

In a move raising the potential threat of a Russia-NATO conflict, Russia says it will deploy long-range air defense missiles to its base in Syria and destroy any target that may threaten its...
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