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Tariffs are coming for your holiday wine

Choosing the right wine to pair with your Thanksgiving meal can be as stressful as cooking the turkey. And this year, it’s going to be worse.Shoppers can expect higher prices and possibly slimmer selections at their local wine shops, as importers are facing steep tariffs and shopkeepers are dealing with declining demand.Bottled wine prices have risen nearly 20% over the past 25 years and 8% over the past decade, according to the latest government data. Several reasons are to blame, including climate change, inflation and rising production costs.Wine prices at McCabes Wine & Spirits shop in M

Weeks into the Gaza ceasefire, scores of Hamas fighters remain stuck in tunnels under Gaza

Republicans have lost ground with Latino voters after Trump’s 2024 gains

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US to hold new military drills in Trinidad and Tobago amid tensions with Venezuela

The United States will hold new military drills in Trinidad and Tobago for five days starting Sunday, the Caribbean nation says.The announcement followed a move by the US last month to send a guided-missile destroyer to the country for training exercises, a step that nearby Venezuela denounced as a “military provocation.” On Thursday, Trinidad and Tobago’s attorney general was quoted by the Financial Times as saying that the US would “intensify” exercises in the twin-island nation, which sits a few miles off the coast of Venezuela.Trinidad and Tobago’s foreign minister Sean Sobers

China warns citizens against Japan travel as Taiwan spat escalates

Trump says he will sue the BBC despite broadcaster’s apology

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Trump, like Biden before him, finds there's no quick fix on inflation

President Donald Trump's problems with fixing the high cost of living might be giving voters a feeling of déjà vu. Just like the president who came before him, Trump is trying to sell the country on his plans to create factory jobs. The Republican wants to lower prescription drug costs, as did Democratic President Joe Biden. Both tried to shame companies for price increases. Trump is even leaning on a message that echoes Biden’s claims in 2021 that elevated inflation is simply a “transitory” problem that will soon vanish. “We’re going to b

A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat

Trump likely to face long military commitment and chaos if he ousts Maduro in Venezuela, experts say

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Winning ticket for $980 million jackpot sold in Georgia, Mega Millions says

A Mega Millions player in Georgia won the $980 million jackpot on Friday, overcoming abysmal odds to win the huge prize. The numbers selected were 1, 8, 11, 12 and 57 with the gold Mega Ball 7. The winner overcame Mega Millions' astronomical odds of 1 in 290.5 million by matching all six numbers. The next drawing will be on Tuesday. A winner can choose an annuity or the cash option — a one-time, lump-sum payment of $452.2 million before taxes. If there are multiple jackpot winners, the prize is shared. There were four Me

Trump withdraws support for longtime ally Marjorie Taylor Greene

President Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday, citing her recent criticism of his agenda in a notable rupture between Trump and one of his most outspoken congressional allies."I am withdrawing my support and endorsement of 'Congresswoman' Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the great state of Georgia," Trump posted on Truth Social late on Friday.Greene, a member of the House of Representatives, has long been a fierce defender of Trump but in recent weeks she has taken positions at odds with the White House and some of her fellow Republicans.GREE

Kai Trump follows opening 83 with 75 to finish distant last in LPGA Tour debut

Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining University of California over alleged discrimination

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FAA takes first steps to restore flights after shutdown strain, but some limits remain

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday halved the number of flights that U.S. airlines must cut from their schedules at 40 airports as the country’s aviation system recovers from a shortage of air traffic controllers during the record government shutdown. The agency said airlines will only have to cancel 3% of their flights beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday instead of 6%. Citing safety concerns, the FAA first ordered flights reduced at the busy airports on Nov. 7 as absences mounted at air traffic facilities and airport towers. Controllers were among the federa

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Indiana Senate won't vote on redistricting, defying Trump's push

The Republican leader of the Indiana state Senate announced Friday that his chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing a lack of support from his members even after months of pressure from the White House. The announcement greatly diminishes the likelihood of redistricting the Midwest state. Indiana is the second Republican state to recently resist the push from President Donald Trump to create new congressional maps that would favor Republican candidates in the 2026 elections. “Over the last several months

Appeals court declines to reinstate order finding ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt

House Democrat exchanged texts with Epstein during 2019 congressional hearing

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Disney and YouTube TV reach deal ending weeks of disruption

Google's YouTube and Walt Disney said on Friday they had reached an agreement to restore Disney-owned networks to YouTube TV, after a fee dispute left millions of subscribers without access to U.S. Election Day programming and major live sports events. The full line-up of Disney channels including ABC, ESPN, FX and National Geographic will return to YouTube TV from Friday, the companies said in separate statements. Additionally, ESPN's full line-up of sports, including content from ESPN Unlimited, will be available to base-plan subscribers at no additional cost by the end of 2026, according to

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What has happened to the damaged spacecraft at China's space station?

A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after getting stuck on China's space station for more than a week due to their spacecraft sustaining debris damage, leaving China without an immediate way of bringing home the new crew in an emergency.Here is what has happened and why it is important.WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHENZHOU-20 SPACECRAFT?The Shenzhou-20 vessel was left at the space station after China Manned Space Agency decided that a window crack was enough to make it unfit to fly.The Shenzhou-20 crew - Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie - came home in the Shenzhou-21, which h

As Washington weighs options on Venezuela, US invasion of Panama offers an imperfect blueprint for military action

Trump cuts tariffs on beef, coffee and other foods as inflation concerns mount

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China used its trade juggernaut to withstand US tariffs. Can it keep its edge?

As US duties on Chinese imports spun higher and higher earlier this year, Derek Wang braced for major disruption.With US orders ground to a halt, Wang, 36, who sells intelligent cookware out of southern China’s Guangdong province, looked elsewhere to fill the gap. After finding new buyers in Brazil, Japan, Malaysia and Cambodia, he learned what he describes as a key lesson: “Nothing is more important than the markets close to us.”Stories like Wang’s have played out across China’s vast economy where businesses, large and small, scrambled to fill the void after temporary triple-digit d

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U.S. promises tariff cuts for coffee, banana imports

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that retroactively lowers tariffs on beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, among other agricultural imports, backdated to Thursday.The order Trump signed excludes the goods from “reciprocal” tariff rates, which start at 10% and go as high as 50%. However, the order doesn’t exempt the goods entirely from tariffs.For instance, tomatoes from Mexico, a major supplier to the United States, will continue to be tariffed at 17%. That rate took effect in July after a nearly three-decade-old trade agreement expired. Tomato prices increased a