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Black Friday — the day that launched 1,000 other shopping holidays — may have lost its place as the “start” of the Christmas shopping season by now (it gets bigger and earlier with each passing year). But the day after

Protesters demand Supreme Court allow launch of official probe into massive graft scandal that has ensnared Netanyahu associates

Youth depression, anxiety and suicide attempts have been on the rise during the pandemic. School shutdowns keep kids from friends and therapists, leaving social growth up to parents in many cases. (Image credit: Beth LaBerge/KQED)

The Republican incumbents are baselessly casting doubt on the state’s voting system. Some in the GOP worry their words could depress voter turnout and cost the party two Senate seats. (Image credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Georgia Senate Runoff: GOP Infighting Harms Party’s Chances  NPR Trump’s legal defeats pile up while his attacks on Georgia’s election system raise GOP concerns  CNN Trump warns Georgia runoff boycott would play ‘right into the hands of some very sick people’  Fox News

Cyber Security Chief Trump Fired Rejects Election Meddling Claims: ‘The Proof Is in the Ballots’  Newsweek Federal appeals court slams Trump campaign efforts to turn tide in Pennsylvania ruling, saying ‘claims have no merit’  CNN In Harsh Rebuke, Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s

She believes in life in the wild.Pop goddess Cher met with the prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, on Friday, to help save Kaavan — known as “the world’s loneliest elephant.”The legendary singer and Oscar-winning actress was celebrating the departure

President-elect Joe Biden told NATO’s secretary-general in a recent telephone call of the U.S.’s “enduring commitment” to the military alliance—a relief for European allies after President Trump’s browbeatings and threats to leave.

Charities shoulder most of the burden for food insecurity as a lack of government funding, and perhaps of will, leaves no guiding hand for largely helpless social welfare agencies

MIAMI — While Americans were celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday night, in Havana Cuban police forcefully ended a hunger strike by young artists, academics, journalists and activists protesting government repression.The protesters are members of the Movimiento San Isidro, a loose collective