Retailers across the country are upping their security game, working with local law enforcement officials, adding in-store cameras, and taking other measures ahead of Black Friday so that the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season doesn't put their businesses in the red.
A group of retired seniors is expected to receive the first wave of December's Social Security payments, worth up to $4,555 for people who retire at 70, in a little less than three weeks.
Plumbers across the country are bracing themselves for "Brown Friday," a four-day sewage fest that takes place coast to coast when people start dumping their Thanksgiving leftovers down the disposal — in both the kitchen and the bathroom — leading to massive backups.
A former national security official for former President Barack Obama was arrested by the New York City Police Department on Wednesday after a video of him using Islamophobic language against a food vendor went viral.
Progressives are doubling down on their demand that Israel agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza even after the White House helped broker a hostage deal with Hamas that will result in a temporary pause in fighting.
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said he is not concerned about President Joe Biden's chances in a hypothetical matchup against former President Donald Trump next year, claiming voters have "brain fog" about what the country was like under Trump.