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just now (590+ words) Wrightsville Beach is ground-zero for holiday cheer; skippers decorate their boats and compete for prizes, the highlight of a weekend of fun community events... Across the U.S., towns ring in the most wonderful time of the year with family-friendly Christmas parades, visits with Santa, and other festive traditions. Along the coast, many seaside towns put a nautical twist on the classic holiday parade. Wilmington, North Carolina's portside gem, may draw visitors year-round with its charming riverwalk and locally owned shops, but it's the beach towns along the Intracoastal Waterway where the action happens over the holidays. That's where you'll find the NC Holiday Flotilla at Wrightsville Beach happening on Saturday, November 29, 2025. Abutting the east edge of Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach is one of North Carolina's most beloved summer towns. Each November since 1983, it's traded summer bustle for winter glow, hosting an illuminated…...

1+ min ago (370+ words) Eight newspapers owned or managed by MediaNews Group filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday, Nov. 26 against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the tech giants of violating copyright law by stealing the news publishers" content to build and operate the large language models that power their artificial intelligence applications. The newspapers are the Los Angeles Daily News, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, The Morning Call, the Boulder Daily Camera, the Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot. The plaintiffs in the 119-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said they are seeking "in excess of $10 billion" in damages. Spokespersons with OpenAi and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Lieberman also represents eight other publications owned or managed by MNG that filed a similar lawsuit in April 2024 against OpenAI and Microsoft, also in…...

1+ min ago (700+ words) Thynoise King, 66, who lives near the Safer Foundation's food distribution center on the West Side, shops there for groceries Wednesday. He says he plans to celebrate Thanksgiving with his five children. Thynoise King is planning to serve a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday to his five children when they visit him. But King, 66, needs help to make the ends meet. On Wednesday, he joined dozens of Chicagoans to receive free food at Safer Foundation's food pantry in Homan Square. Mayor Brandon Johnson also stopped by Safer to tour it. Another high-profile figure, Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich, joined volunteers Wednesday at St. Moses the Black Parish in Grand Crossing. Johnson urged Chicagoans to use Thanksgiving as an occasion to support families and communities in need. "At a time in which we are facing food insecurity and funding cuts at the federal level, it's…...

1+ min ago (700+ words) Thynoise King, 66, who lives near the Safer Foundation's food distribution center on the West Side, shops there for groceries Wednesday. He says he plans to celebrate Thanksgiving with his five children. Thynoise King is planning to serve a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday to his five children when they visit him. But King, 66, needs help to make the ends meet. On Wednesday, he joined dozens of Chicagoans to receive free food at Safer Foundation's food pantry in Homan Square. Mayor Brandon Johnson also stopped by Safer to tour it. Another high-profile figure, Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich, joined volunteers Wednesday at St. Moses the Black Parish in Grand Crossing. Johnson urged Chicagoans to use Thanksgiving as an occasion to support families and communities in need. "At a time in which we are facing food insecurity and funding cuts at the federal level, it's…...

1+ min ago (54+ words) American jets can now use these areas for logistics to "strike more forcefully" against drug traffickersDid he just sign up to support a potential war on Venezuela? US given access to "RESTRICTED AREAS" at Dominican airbases " President Abinader American jets can now use these areas for logistics to "strike more forcefully" against drug traffickers...

2+ min ago (765+ words) Registered nurses at Sharp HealthCare began waving picket signs at 7 a.m. Wednesday that read "On strike for patient care and safety." By 9:30 a.m., a key Sharp executive, standing before television cameras, objected vigorously to that slogan, insisting that it leaves out the true motivation for this three-day work stoppage. Susan Stone, a registered nurse and Sharp's chief nursing executive, pushed back on any suggestion that the quality of patient care is an issue." "We received a 10-day strike notice citing unsafe staffing and patient safety concerns," Stone said. "I want to be very clear: Sharp maintains safe, legally-mandated nurse-to-patient ratios across all of our hospitals and, oftentimes, exceeds those mandated ratios. "Our organization is widely recognized as a destination of choice for nurses across the country with multiple magnet-designated hospitals of nursing excellences and decades of recognition for clinical excellence and patient…...

3+ min ago (399+ words) Union Station Homeless Services Wednesday, Nov. 26, served on-site and to-go Thanksgiving meals to the Pasadena community, one of a sprinkling of events in the San Gabriel Valley spreading compassion. The organization got some help serving meals from actors including Adina Porter, who volunteered alongside Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank; Pasadena Councilmember Jessica Rivas and Pasadena Housing Director Jim Wong. Porter attended on behalf of Feeding America, a hunger relief organization. Porter lost her home in the Eaton fire earlier this year. "I wish we didn't live in a world where there was so much food insecurity, but beyond grateful that there's an organization like Feeding America that is fulfilling a need," Porter said. Former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth provided Union Station Homeless Services with sizable donations to help with the distribution. The Green Foundation, $25,000, and Bigo Live, $15,000, also stepped…...

3+ min ago (399+ words) Union Station Homeless Services Wednesday, Nov. 26, served on-site and to-go Thanksgiving meals to the Pasadena community, one of a sprinkling of events in the San Gabriel Valley spreading compassion. The organization got some help serving meals from actors including Adina Porter, who volunteered alongside Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank; Pasadena Councilmember Jessica Rivas and Pasadena Housing Director Jim Wong. Porter attended on behalf of Feeding America, a hunger relief organization. Porter lost her home in the Eaton fire earlier this year. "I wish we didn't live in a world where there was so much food insecurity, but beyond grateful that there's an organization like Feeding America that is fulfilling a need," Porter said. Former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth provided Union Station Homeless Services with sizable donations to help with the distribution. The Green Foundation, $25,000, and Bigo Live, $15,000, also stepped…...

4+ min ago (420+ words) Ralph Menzies, convicted of killing Maurine Hunsaker, attends his commutation hearing at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City on Aug. 15, 2025. Credit: AP/Bethany Baker SALT LAKE CITY " A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row died Wednesday of apparent natural causes, according to the state's Department of Corrections. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was set to die by firing squad in September, but the Utah Supreme Court blocked the impending execution in August after his attorneys argued his dementia had become too severe. A judge had scheduled a new competency hearing for mid-December to reevaluate his mental state. Menzies was convicted of abducting Maurine Hunsaker in 1986 from a convenience store near Salt Lake City where she worked and killing her. The body of the 26-year-old mother of three was…...

4+ min ago (238+ words) The Government of Ghana has strongly condemned the military takeover in Guinea-Bissau, describing it as an unconstitutional act that threatens democratic governance in the West African nation. In a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Ghana expressed "profound concern" over the coup d'tat carried out by elements of the Guinea-Bissau military, noting that the action disrupts the electoral process following the peaceful presidential and legislative elections held on November 23. According to the statement, the overthrow undermines the democratic will of the people of Guinea-Bissau and has obstructed the anticipated announcement of the election results scheduled for November 27, 2025. Ghana urged all parties involved to use peaceful, transparent, and legally recognised avenues to resolve any electoral grievances. The government also called for the immediate restoration of constitutional order and emphasised the need to protect the rights…...