Plastic recycling directory ends, citing lack of 'real commitment from industry' (abcnews.go.com)
Alaska Airlines says it's buying Hawaiian Airlines in $1.9 billion deal (www.cnbc.com)
Black Friday shoppers spent a record $9.8 billion in U.S. online sales, up 7.5% from last year (www.cnbc.com)
Black Friday e-commerce spending popped 7.5% from a year earlier, reaching a record $9.8 billion in the U.S., according to an Adobe Analytics report, a further indication that price-conscious consumers want to spend on the best deals and are hunting for those deals online....
Ex-Binance CEO Zhao urges judge to allow him to leave US before sentencing (www.reuters.com)
Nov 24 (Reuters) - Lawyers for former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao are urging a U.S. judge to reject the Justice Department’s request to bar him from returning to his home in the United Arab Emirates until he is sentenced for violating anti-money laundering requirements.
Geert Wilders' victory in Netherlands election spooks Europe (www.bbc.com)
U.S. to offer another round of free at-home Covid tests starting Monday (www.cnbc.com)
The Biden administration on Monday said it is offering another round of free at-home Covid tests to U.S. households ahead of the holiday season, when more people gather indoors and the virus typically spreads at higher levels....
Greyhound stations are leaving downtowns after sale to notorious investment firm (www.axios.com)
Michigan Democrats eye legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill (www.bridgemi.com)
Michigan Senate Democrats propose bills legalizing physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients...
We are living in a disconnected world, when did we start rewarding bad behavior? And when did bad behavior become so commonplace? (www.bostonglobe.com)
Florida grappling with flooding and high winds, more than 100K customers without power after intense rain (www.nbcnews.com)
Intense rain in parts of Florida has submerged neighborhoods, turned roads into rivers, closed schools and left more than 108,000 customers without power....
As war rages, Israelis' trust in Netanyahu plummets, polls find (www.haaretz.com)
Renowned doctor at Al-Shifa Hospital killed in Gaza City, health ministry official says (www.cbc.ca)
An internal medicine physician who told the world about the dire hardships in frequent dispatches from Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital has been killed, an official with the territory's Health Ministry said Tuesday.
British couple died on holiday after adjoining room fumigated for bed bugs (edition.cnn.com)
Support for Israel and verbal sparring propel fiery third Republican debate (www.theguardian.com)
“I will be telling Bibi [Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu] to finish the job once and for all with these butchers Hamas. They’re terrorists. They’re massacring innocent people. They would wipe every Jew off the globe if they could,” Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, said. Haley, a former ambassador to the...
AI bot capable of insider trading and lying, say researchers (www.bbc.com)
In a demonstration at the UK’s AI safety summit, a bot used made-up insider information to make an “illegal” purchase of stocks without telling the firm....
Millions of fruit flies will be dropped on Los Angeles (thehill.com)
Taylor Tomlinson To Host CBS’ ‘After Midnight’ (deadline.com)
The news was announced on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, whose host will exec produce the series, launching in 2024...
Bernice King Calls Out Amy Schumer For Implying Her Father [MLK Jr.] Would Support Bombing Palestinians (www.theroot.com)
Highlights: Dr. Bernice King is no stranger to watching people on social media use her father’s legacy to score a point. But this time, she’d clearly had enough of it....
Guys, things are going to be okay after all..Kim Kardashian is stepping up to fight climate change. (designtaxi.com)
She is so brave.
Black Mississippi Woman Discovers the Police Who Were Asked to Help Find Her Son, Were Also Responsible for His Death (www.theroot.com)
After more than 7 months, specifically 172 days, Bettersten did not hear one update about the whereabouts of her son. As any loving mother would be, she figured that she would never learn about her son’s fate. She would call the Jackson Police Department often asking for updates, but the lead investigator would tell her there...
Disney says DeSantis-appointed district is dragging feet in providing documents for lawsuit (apnews.com)
Walt Disney World’s governing district made up of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees is dragging its feet in providing requested documents to Disney in a lawsuit over who has design and construction powers over the company’s sprawling theme park resort in central Florida, Disney said in court papers....
Louisiana pileup caused by super fog turns deadly on I-55 near New Orleans (www.foxweather.com)
Wildfires in the drought-stricken state have been burning all summer. The combination of smoke and fog turned deadly.
Attorney Explains 'Most Significant' Fact of Trump Lawyers' Guilty Pleas (www.newsweek.com)
Aww Yiss. Mothaflippin schadenfreude
A Message from Scholastic on U.S. Book Fairs | Scholastic Media Room (mediaroom.scholastic.com)
There is now enacted or pending legislation in more than 30 U.S. states prohibiting certain kinds of books from being in schools – mostly LGBTQIA+ titles and books that engage with the presence of racism in our country. Because Scholastic Book Fairs are invited into schools, where books can be purchased by kids on their own,...
BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police (www.bbc.com)
Muhannad Tutunji, Haitham Abudiab and their BBC Arabic team were driving to a hotel when their car was intercepted....
