By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Thanksgiving, for many in the US, usually means a few things: food, family… and football. Every year, millions tune in to watch the annual Thanksgiving NFL games — 2022’s matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants garnered an audience of 42.1 million people, becoming the most-watched
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A former Obama-era National Security Council official was arrested Wednesday after a series of videos shared widely on social media showed him using hate-laden, Islamophobic language against an employee working inside a New York City food cart, police said. Stuart Seldowitz, 64, pleaded not guilty Thursday to two counts
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Clarissa Ward and Brent Swails, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — After enduring nearly seven weeks of uncertainty about the fate of family members kidnapped by Hamas, relatives of hostages were left with hope and a new set of anxieties after Israel and the militant group reached a breakthrough deal on Tuesday that would
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — In the days following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Lisa Kaplan-Miller’s WhatsApp group fell uncharacteristically silent. Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — On the day before Thanksgiving, cities across the US are bustling with activity. The travel rush has begun, the table centerpieces are placed and now it’s time to prep the food for the big feast. Meanwhile, in New York City, the final rehearsals are underway for the Macy’s
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — On the day before Thanksgiving, cities across the US are bustling with activity. The travel rush has begun, the table centerpieces are placed and now it’s time to prep the food for the big feast. Meanwhile, in New York City, the final rehearsals are underway for the Macy’s Thanksgiving
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested a ninth suspect in the beating death of a 17-year-old Las Vegas high school student, they said in a news release. Jonathan Lewis died after being beaten when a fight broke out November 1 over stolen items near the Rancho High School campus, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Things to watch on the final weekend of the Big 12 Conference regular season: GAME O F THE WEEK Texas Tech (6-5, 5-3 Big 12) at No. 7 Texas (10-1, 7-1 Big 12), Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC). While there are supposedly 128 possible outcomes and seven teams, including
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet and Thomas Lake, CNN (CNN) — Deep in the Arizona wilderness, as daylight faded in the desert mountains, a boy stood on a narrow road, holding a broken mirror. It was Thanksgiving Day 2007. Chris Buchleitner was 9 years old. The mirror had snapped off the side of his mother’s van
Continue ReadingBy Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — Alabama A&M University’s Marching Maroon and White Band will kick off the 97th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday in New York City. The band’s director, Carlton Wright, told CNN the performance will be a significant moment for the historically Black college. “This is going to be huge,” he
Continue ReadingBy Sania Farooqui and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers in India drilled past the halfway mark on Wednesday in efforts to reach workers trapped in a partially collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas. Forty-one labourers became trapped in India’s northern Uttarakhand state after part of the passageway to the tunnel’s entrance gave way on November
Continue ReadingBy Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — Susan Murabana’s life-changing moment happened at 22 years old, when she looked through a telescope for the very first time. Suddenly, Saturn and its yellow-gold rings were more than just an illustration in a textbook; they were real and the experience was powerful. The opportunity came while she was
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, California (AP) — Computer chip and software maker Broadcom says it has cleared all regulatory hurdles and plans to complete its $69 billion acquisition of cloud technology company VMware on Wednesday. The company announced the plan after China joined the list of countries that had given a go-ahead for the acquisition. Broadcom wants
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a pause in fighting, alongside the release of some of the hostages held by the militant group, in return for Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel. The truce will begin at 7 a.m. local time (midnight ET) on Friday, and civilian hostages
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A pilot flying a single-engine aircraft that careened into a Texas shopping center parking lot on Tuesday has died, Plano Fire Department Lt. Daniel Daly told CNN. The pilot was the only person onboard the small Mooney M20, which crashed north of the Air Park-Dallas Airport in
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ASHLAND, Mo (KMIZ) The Ashland Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 7 to decide on the status of suspended Police Chief Gabe Edwards. According to state law, a police chief can be removed after a written notice is issued to the chief no fewer than 10 business days before the
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea but the launch likely failed Wednesday night, hours after Seoul said it would resume front-line aerial surveillance in response to the North’s spy satellite launch. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have filled a couple of holes in their starting rotation by completing one-year contracts with free-agent right-handers Kyle Gibson and Lance Lynn. The 36-year-old Gibson set career highs last season with 15 wins and 33 starts for AL East champion Baltimore. His deal with the Cardinals includes
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN (CNN) — In late September, Zimbabwe’s environment minister signed away control over a staggering amount of land — almost 20% of his country — to a little-known foreign company. Blue Carbon was a small, new outfit, not even a year old, but its chief was no fledgling entrepreneur:
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council approved an agreement with Troesser Lawn Care to aid the city with its yard waste drop-off site temporarily. The agreement will begin immediately, runs through Jan. 7, and is estimated to cost the city $35,000. The agreement will allow the city to extend the site’s hours of
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