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Shoppers walk the aisles of Walmart for Black Friday deals in Dunwoody, Georgia. Walmart opened at 6am on Black Friday for shoppers.

Inflation looms large as Black Friday shoppers head to the stores

10:54am November 25, 2022

by Emily Olson

More than 60% of shoppers say the economy is affecting their holiday plans. Many say they'll be more selective in their purchases, going for cheaper goods and less expensive stores.

Half of Twitter's top 100 advertisers appear to no longer be advertising on the website.

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Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says

7:37am November 25, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

Half of Twitter's top 100 advertisers appear to no longer be advertising on the website. A new report states that these 50 advertisers have spent almost $2 billion on Twitter ads since 2020.

Tattoo artist Cedre Csillagi has completed 11 of what will eventually be 1,000 pansy tattoos.

To raise funds for trans communities, an artist has pledged to do 1,000 pansy tattoos

5:08am November 25, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

The project A Thousand Pansies aims to raise money to support the trans community with the tattooing of 1,000 pansy flowers. To get the tattoo, participants must donate $500 to a designated charity.

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Morning news brief

5:00am November 25, 2022

Biden mulls over another presidential campaign over Thanksgiving. How inflation will affect Black Friday sales. And, why Colorado's new Red Flag Law didn't stop the Colorado Springs shooting.

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Biden says he'll discuss whether to run for president again over Thanksgiving dinner

5:00am November 25, 2022

by Tamara Keith

President Biden is spending Thanksgiving with family in Nantucket. He has said he will talk with his family over the holidays about whether to act on his intention to run again in 2024.

Clothing stores have been cutting prices, trying to sell off their glut of inventory.

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How stores ended up with too many (wrong) clothes

5:00am November 25, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Remember when we couldn't get enough athleisure? Or pajamas? Now, the hottest question for clothing retailers is whether they've got an "inventory glut." For shoppers, this means discounts.

Signage for the FTX Arena, where the Miami Heat basketball team plays, is seen illuminated on Saturday. The rapid collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX into bankruptcy has driven arena owner Miami-Dade County to seek a break in its naming rights deal with FTX.

Miami-Dade County, stuck in a 19-year contract with FTX, seeks to rename its arena

7:50pm November 24, 2022

The county, which owns the arena where the Miami Heat play, wants a bankruptcy judge to let it end its $135 million contract with the failed cryptocurrency company so it can find a new sponsor.

Cameron Bertrand hugs LaShana Hicks at a Tuesday memorial for those killed in a fatal shooting at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Va.

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Here's what we know about the victims from the Virginia Walmart shooting

7:40pm November 24, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

Six people lost their lives after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., on Wednesday.

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U.S. House considers creating a new delegate seat for the Cherokee Nation

4:25pm November 24, 2022

by Susan Davis

The U.S. House is considering whether to create a new delegate seat for the Cherokee Nation to make good on an 1836 treaty.

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Miami-Dade County asks to end a naming rights deal with FTX

4:25pm November 24, 2022

by Greg Allen

Miami-Dade County is asking a federal bankruptcy court to allow it to end a naming rights deal with FTX. The county wants out of the $135 million sponsorship with the failing cryptocurrency exchange.