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NEW YORK (AP) — American shoppers are expected to spend more during this holiday shopping season than last year despite economic uncertainty and rising prices. The 2025 forecast from the National Retail Federation on Thursday estimates that shoppers will collectively spend between $1.01 trillion and $1.02 trillion in November and December, an increase of 3.7%

(The Hill) — A White House guest who was attending President Trump's announcement about lowering the cost of obesity drugs fainted in the Oval Office, causing the event to be cut short. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement shortly after that the man was OK and identified him as a representative

President Donald Trump has named Andrea Lucas as chair of the country's top workplace civil rights agency, the agency announced Thursday. The move signals a vote of confidence for Lucas's efforts to stamp out diversity programs, roll back protections for transgender workers and prioritize religious rights in the workplace. First nominated to the U.S. Equal

President Trump’s call to resume nuclear tests was muddied this week when Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the United States would not resume explosive testing, which was last conducted in the 1990s.  “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests. These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call noncritical

GREENVILLE, Pa. (WKBN) - Thiel College has officially hired veteran Michael Kernan as its new head softball coach. Kernan brings more than two decades of successful coaching experience at both the high school and collegiate levels. Most recently, he led Canfield High School to back-to-back Ohio Division II State Championship appearances, winning the crown in

(KTLA) — A former Los Angeles Lakers player confronted three home invasion suspects who attempted the brazen break-in of a Sherman Oaks, California, residence in broad daylight on Wednesday, police said. According to Los Angeles police, former Lakers forward Christian Wood was inside the home on Otsego Street when the three suspects broke through the

CAIRO (AP) — The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said Thursday it has agreed to a humanitarian truce proposed by a U.S.-led mediator group known as the Quad. The agreement to the proposal comes more than a week after the RSF

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued an extensive injunction restricting federal agents' use of force, saying Thursday that a top Border Patrol official leading an immigration crackdown repeatedly lied about threats posed by protesters and reporters. The preliminary injunction came in response to a lawsuit filed by news outlets and

(The Hill) — The Trump administration on Thursday announced its newest pharmaceutical agreement under its Most Favored Nation (MFN) policy, striking deals with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to sell their GLP-1 products at discounted prices.  According to senior administration officials, the two manufacturers have agreed to sell their injectable GLP-1 products, Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Lilly’s Zepbound, for a

CHICAGO (WGN) — A day care teacher was taken into ICE custody Wednesday morning in Chicago, Nexstar's WGN confirmed. The incident happened around 7:05 a.m. at Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center in the North Center neighborhood. An SUV of federal agents followed the teacher's vehicle to the day care, then proceeded to