'Very disturbing': Chicago officer under investigation for body-slamming man to the ground

A Chicago police officer is under investigation after body-slamming a man during an arrest on the South Side, an incident captured in a viral video.

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Heavy snow in U.S. West and Midwest could disrupt post-Thanksgiving travel

Over a foot of snow is forecast in mountainous parts of Colorado, Utah and Arizona on Friday before the storm system slips toward the upper Midwest, the National Weather Service said. Freezing rain will likely turn to snowy blizzards in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan beginning on Friday night, with more than 18 inches of snowfall possible in some mountainous areas, the service said. More than 4 million Americans were expected to fly and another 49 million expected to drive at least 50 miles or more this week for Thanksgiving, according to the American Automobile Association.

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'Ogre of the Ardennes' serial killer charged with murder of 'French Maddie'

One of France's most notorious serial killers has been charged with the abduction and murder of a nine-year-old girl who vanished without trace in 2003 in a case that has gripped the nation ever since. Michel Fourniret, jailed for life in May 2008 for the murder of seven girls and young women, has been charged over the disappearance of Estelle Mouzin from a village east of Paris after his wife came forward to contradict his alibi. Estelle Mouzin disappeared in Guermantes, 18 miles east of Paris, on January 9, 2003 while walking home from her school. Her body was never found. Reported sightings fuelled speculation she was kidnapped and taken abroad, sparking parallels with the Madeleine McCann, the British three-year-old who went missing in Portugal in 2007. Detectives first suspected Fourniret, 76, was behind the Mouzin murder in 2006 after they found a photo of her on his computer, and a white van resembling the one he drove had been spotted in the area when she disappeared. Convicted French serial killer Michel Fourniret last year confessed to the murder of British language assistant Joanna Parrish in 1990 in Burgundy Credit: ALAIN JULIEN/AFP The killer has always maintained he had nothing to do with her disappearance and that at the time he was at home at Sart-Custinne, southern Belgium, near the French border. Last week, however, his former wife, Monique Olivier, told investigators that the phone call Fourniret said he made from his home on the day the child disappeared was in fact made by her at his request. "That means that Michel Fourniret was not at Sart-Custinne the day of Estelle Mouzin's disappearance," said Olivier's lawyer, Richard Delgenes. "He was somewhere else.” Fourniret has form when it comes to changing his mind on who he has murdered. He long denied killing Joanna Marie Parrish, a British language student from Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire, who was murdered in the Burgundy region of France while working at a local school as part of her degree course in 1990. His wife said he was behind her death but later retracted her testimony.  However, Fourniret finally owned up to her murder last year. His life sentence carries no possibility of parole.

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Gigantic storm to wreak havoc on post-Thanksgiving travel

A massive winter storm that has already prompted warnings from Arizona to Wisconsin will be lumbering east in coming days, almost certainly interfering with Thanksgiving return-travel plans for millions, The Washington Post reports. By the time it's finished, the storm, created by the same conditions that caused the "bomb cyclone" in California and Arizona earlier in the week, could pummel an area stretching from the Sierra Nevadas to New England -- where a nor'easter is predicted to begin on Sunday night. "This storm will... produce significant snow and blizzard conditions across the Northern Plains through Saturday before moving to the Great Lakes and Northeast Sunday and Monday," the National Weather Service said in a statement. USA Today reports that Accuweather is forecasting up to three feet of snow in South Dakota's Black Hills region, where "visibility could be so low at times it may be difficult to determine where the road surface actually is." So if you happen to be stuck at a relative's house this weekend: stay inside, avoid discussing politics, and try not to get too sick of that days-old cranberry sauce.More stories from theweek.com Democrats are running into Trump's economic buzzsaw 5 gut-bustingly funny cartoons about politics and Thanksgiving Knives Out does what so many of the best mysteries do: Carve up the rich

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The US fertility rate has dropped for the fourth year in a row, and it might forecast a 'demographic time bomb'

Russia, Japan, and Spain are all dealing with their growing elderly populations and declining birthrates. The US could be next.

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2 cruise passengers dead, 5 injured after Belize tour bus crash

Two Carnival Cruise Line passengers died in a bus crash while on an independent tour in Belize on Wednesday.

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U.K. Police Shoot Man After Potential Terrorist Attack in London

(Bloomberg) -- Armed police shot a man after a possible terrorist attack sent hundreds of people running for their lives in the heart of London.Several civilians were believed to have been injured in a stabbing just before 2 p.m. in the London Bridge area on the edge of the capital’s financial center, police said.Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke away from the general election campaign to rush back to his Downing Street offices where he will be briefed on the events.The streets around London Bridge were locked down and armed police cleared restaurants and shops in the area. Officers are treating the incident as terror-related “as a precaution,” although the circumstances are still unclear, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.The U.K. is set to hold a general election on Dec. 12 and the last election campaign in 2017 was interrupted by attacks, including one that killed eight people in the same area of London.During the incident on Friday, armed officers burst into restaurants in the Borough Market area at London Bridge and urged diners to leave as fast as possible. They shouted “Out, out, out,” to people at the Black and Blue bar. Diners walked away with their hands on their heads. Nearby, police shouted to pedestrians to “run.”The Metropolitan Police said they’d been called to a stabbing and had detained a man at a premises near the bridge. Officers closed off the bridge and evacuated passers-by from the surrounding area.“We believe a number of people have been injured,” according to a statement posted on the Met’s Twitter feed. Sky reported five casualties in the incident, citing police sources.On the north bank of the River Thames, police officers shouted to pedestrians to move back from the bridge 100 meters, and then urged them to take shelter in any nearby building, shouting: “Move inside for your own safety.”The same area of London was the scene of a terrorist attack just a few days before the general election in June 2017 in which eight people were killed and 48 injured. Three Islamist terrorists drove a van at pedestrians on the bridge before arming themselves with knives and running into Borough Market, where they stabbed people in restaurants and pubs. Armed police responded and killed the attackers.Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was being kept updated on the incident, in a post on the the Twitter feed of his office.(Adds details from the scene from second paragraph.)To contact the reporters on this story: Erin Roman in London at eroman16@bloomberg.net;Kitty Donaldson in London at kdonaldson1@bloomberg.net;Greg Ritchie in London at gritchie10@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Sunil Kesur at skesur@bloomberg.net, Colin KeatingeFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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The Latest: 4 more anti-government Iraqi protesters killed

Iraqi officials say four protesters were killed amid ongoing violence in Baghdad and southern Iraq, hours after Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi announced his intention to resign. Security and hospital officials say one protester was killed and 18 wounded Friday by security forces who fired live rounds and tear gas to repel them on Baghdad’s historic Rasheed Street, near the strategic Ahrar Bridge. Officials say three protesters were shot dead by security forces in the southern city of Nasiriyah, bringing the total killed there to six on Friday.

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Port Neches explosion: 60,000 evacuated from homes after Texas chemical plant blast

A series of explosions at a chemical plant forced some 60,000 people to be evacuated from the area surrounding Port Neches in Texas.The first blast occurred at 1am on Wednesday, injuring three workers who are now in hospital. TPC Group, which operates the plant, confirmed all other employees have been accounted for.

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California snow-bound highway reopens but storm snarls Thanksgiving travel

Interstate 5 through the Grapevine area, a mountain pass, was shut down in both directions early on Thursday morning and the California Highway Patrol said on Twitter it was working to clear stuck vehicles as snow kept falling. The highway, a major artery connecting Southern California to the rest of the state, was reopened later in the day, although more snow and rain were still forecast. The winter storm was expected to bring heavy snow in the mountains and high winds across much of the Western United States before moving toward the Great Plains late on Friday, the National Weather Service said.

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India announces $400 million loan for Sri Lanka, in support of new president

India will lend Sri Lanka $400 million for infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after talks with the island nation's new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa aimed at improving bilateral ties. Sri Lanka, located off the southern tip of India, has become an arena of competing influence between New Delhi and China, which has built ports, power stations and highways as part of President Xi Jinping's signature "Belt and Road Initiative", designed to boost trade and transport links across Asia.

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Trump impeachment: White House 'can't find any record' of call which president insists exonerates him

The White House reportedly has no record of a phone call Donald Trump claims exonerates him over a scandal which is threatening to bring down his presidency.The US ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testified to congress earlier this month that Mr Trump had made clear to him in the call that there was “no quid pro quo” with Ukraine.

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Row over Chinese 5G equipment further strains U.S.-German relations

U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell called a German official's remarks this week "an insult to the thousands of American troops who helped ensure Germany's security."

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2 victims were killed and police fatally shot a man wearing a hoax explosive vest in a terrorist attack at London Bridge

London Metropolitan Police closed London Bridge and London Bridge Station is also closed. City of London police shot the man, who died at the scene.

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Hong Kong protesters wave Trump-Rocky photos at rally | TheHill - The Hill

1. Hong Kong protesters wave Trump-Rocky photos at rally | TheHill  The Hill
2. Black Friday, Red China…and a Robust America  RealClearPolitics
3. Stocks Fall As U.S. Bill On Hong Kong Derails Recent Trade Deal Progress  Forbes
4. Mainland Students on Hong Kong Protests  Bloomberg
5. Gold Prices Face Worst Month in Years  DailyForex.com
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Four kids killed in Thanksgiving car accident in Kansas - NBC News

1. Four kids killed in Thanksgiving car accident in Kansas  NBC News
2. 4 children killed in Thanksgiving Day crash in Kansas  WDAF FOX4 Kansas City
3. 4 Children Killed in 'Horrible' Thanksgiving Car Accident in Kansas  PEOPLE.com
4. Four children dead in Thanksgiving crash  NTV
5. 4 children killed in Republic County crash on Thanksgiving  KWCH
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Trump Is Heading to London. Boris Johnson Is Not on His Calendar. - The New York Times

1. Trump Is Heading to London. Boris Johnson Is Not on His Calendar.  The New York Times
2. UK Election 2019: Spending plans criticised - BBC News  BBC News
3. Boris Johnson to Donald Trump: Keep out of UK election politics  New York Post
4. Scotland's general election is different and could change the United Kingdom forever  CNBC
5. Britain’s Dirty Election  The New York Times
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Stocks - Wall Street Slips on China Fears, Holiday Lethargy - Investing.com

1. Stocks - Wall Street Slips on China Fears, Holiday Lethargy  Investing.com
2. Stocks fall to end November, but post biggest monthly gains since June  CNBC
3. Markets Fizzle in Short Trading Day  Newser
4. U.S. Stocks Notch Best Month Since June  The Wall Street Journal
5. Here's what happened to the stock market on Friday  CNBC
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That frenzied Black Friday crush? Not this year - Reuters

That frenzied Black Friday crush? Not this year  ReutersView full coverage on Google News

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Don't miss these top Amazon deals in every category - From smart TV's to winter coats - AOL

1. Don't miss these top Amazon deals in every category - From smart TV's to winter coats  AOL
2. The Most Exciting Black Friday Deals On Amazon By The Commerce Team  Romper
3. We Found Deals On Smart Home Accessories For Black Friday  HuffPost
4. Buying Top Black Friday Deals On Amazon 2019 - WIN OR FAIL?! | Try The Trend  Parade
5. Amazon Fire TV sticks are at their lowest prices ever this Black Friday  Entertainment Weekly News
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Black Friday game deals 2019 - GamesRadar+

1. Black Friday game deals 2019  GamesRadar+
2. Nintendo Switch Black Friday deals 2019: the best bundles of all the sales  TechRadar India
3. Dealmaster: The best Black Friday gaming deals for PS4, Switch, and Xbox  Ars Technica
4. Black Friday 2019: The Best Video Game Deals At Best Buy  Forbes
5. Very's Nintendo Switch Black Friday deal sold out but here's the next best offers  Daily Mail
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'Frozen 2' could break even more box office records for Disney this weekend - CNN

1. 'Frozen 2' could break even more box office records for Disney this weekend  CNN
2. Disneybounding Is Bigger Than Ever Thanks to Frozen 2: What to Know About the Viral Trend  Yahoo Entertainment
3. Frozen 2: 5 Reasons The Soundtrack Is Better Than The Original (& 5 Reasons It’s Not)  Screen Rant
4. Frozen 3 Is Disney's Perfect Chance to Introduce a Gay Princess  CBR - Comic Book Resources
5. Disney's 'Frozen 2' thrills Sámi people in northern Europe  One America News Network
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Matt Ryan was sacked 9 times against Saints, 2nd-highest total in Falcons history - The Falcoholic

1. Matt Ryan was sacked 9 times against Saints, 2nd-highest total in Falcons history  The Falcoholic
2. Matt Ryan getting stiff-armed into the ground in loss to Saints sums up Falcons season  Yahoo Sports
3. New Orleans Saints first to clinch playoff spot with win over Atlanta Falcons  ESPN
4. Saints snap-count analysis: Vonn Bell logged 104 plays vs. Falcons  Saints Wire
5. Taysom Hill Could Be an X-Factor No Other NFL Team Has  Bleacher Report
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Walmart’s Black Friday Sale Is Live! Here Are 15 Deals Worth Shopping — All Under $150 - Yahoo Entertainment

1. Walmart’s Black Friday Sale Is Live! Here Are 15 Deals Worth Shopping — All Under $150  Yahoo Entertainment
2. Stop everything: Walmart's epic Black Friday sale is on!  Yahoo Lifestyle
3. This is the absolute best Echo deal for Black Friday: Echo Show 5 with Wyze Cam  Digital Trends
4. Black Friday 2019: The Best Computer Deals  Forbes
5. 20 Black Friday Amazon Deals: Echo, Kindle, Fire, Etc (2019)  WIRED
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North Korea test fires two missiles month before deadline for US to respond on talks

North Korea fired two "unidentified projectiles" on Thursday, Seoul said, as nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington remain deadlocked. The projectiles were fired eastwards from South Hamgyong province and came down in the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. They added that the launch, the latest in a series by Pyongyang, was carried out at 16:59 pm local time - or the early hours on the east coast of the United States, during Thanksgiving, one of the country's biggest annual holidays. It was also one day short of the two-year anniversary of the North's first test of its Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, which analysts say is capable of reaching the entire US mainland. Pyongyang is banned from firing ballistic missiles under UN Security Council resolutions, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Thursday's launch was the latest in a series of violations.  "North Korea's repeated launches of ballistic missiles are a serious defiance to not only our country but also the international community," he told reporters in Tokyo. Thursday's launch came after Pyongyang fired what it called a "super-large multiple rocket launcher" system last month, and the JCS said the latest devices were presumed to be of a similar type. They flew 380 kilometres (236 miles) and reached a maximum altitude of 97 kilometres, the JCS added. Nuclear negotiations between the US and the North have been at a standstill since the Hanoi summit between Donald Trump, the US president, and Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, broke up in February. Pyongyang has since demanded Washington change its approach by the end of the year. "North Korea is growing anxious as its deadline approaches," said Shin Beom-chul of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. "That's why it's carrying out these provocations, which is the typical North Korean playbook to get more concessions from the US."

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AOC Raised More for Reelection Campaign Last Quarter Than All Other House Dems, Including Pelosi

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) raised more funds for her reelection campaign than all other Democrats in the House, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to federal elections commission data.Ocasio-Cortez raked in $1.42 million between July 1 and September 30, outstripping Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), who raised $1.26 million over the same period, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), who raised $1.26 million, the New York Post first reported. All three are up for reelection in 2020."This is very rare, unique," political consultant George Arzt told the Post. "I can’t recall anyone raising this much money during the first year in office."Contributions under $200 comprised most of the donations to Ocasio-Cortez, at $1.1 million in total contributions. Several Republican challengers are competing to oust the freshman congresswoman in her district, which comprises parts of Queens and the Bronx, but none of those challengers has so far matched her fundraising abilities.Arzt emphasized that Ocasio-Cortez "is a celebrity who gained attention from people across the country, and many on the left support her."While she outstripped Pelosi in fundraising over the summer, Pelosi has raised more funds than Ocasio-Cortez overall since January. The Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund, which helps other Democrats besides Pelosi, has raised over $11 million since the beginning of the year.The freshman New York congresswoman has already established herself as a fundraising powerhouse. In July, Politico reported that she hasn't been hurt by relying on small donations, instead channeling her star power in the progressive community to solicit contributions."There used to be a single path to fundraising success in DC — cultivating industry lobbyists," Jeff Hauser, the executive director of the Revolving Door Project, told Politico. "That path still exists, but it's not as lucrative as becoming a national icon for aggressively populist performance in office.

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Port Neches explosion: 60,000 evacuated from homes after Texas chemical plant blast

A series of explosions at a chemical plant forced some 60,000 people to be evacuated from the area surrounding Port Neches in Texas.The first blast occurred at 1am on Wednesday, injuring three workers who are now in hospital. TPC Group, which operates the plant, confirmed all other employees have been accounted for.

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Judge upholds charges that could put Weinstein away for life

A New York judge has rejected Harvey Weinstein’s bid to throw out the most serious charges in his sexual assault case, dealing a big blow to the disgraced movie mogul as he sought to limit the scope of his looming trial and any potential punishment. The ruling made public Wednesday clears the way for prosecutors to bolster their case with testimony from actress Anabella Sciorra who says Weinstein raped her in 1993 or 1994. In recent court filings, Weinstein’s lawyers objected to two of the five counts against him — both stemming from a charge called predatory sexual assault, which carries a maximum life sentence and requires prosecutors to show a pattern of misconduct.

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Iran supreme leader says 'very dangerous' plot foiled

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said his sanctions-hit country had foiled a "very dangerous" plot after violent demonstrations triggered by a fuel price hike. New York-based Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, accused Tehran of "deliberately covering up" more than 100 deaths and thousands of arrests during the crackdown.

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'Sleepwalking toward climate catastrophe:' World must slash emissions immediately, UN report says

The world's nations must make steep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions immediately or risk missing the targets they’ve agreed on, a U.N. report says.

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Texas chemical fire rages for second day, thousands evacuated

The fiery blast inside a distillation column at the Port Neches, Texas, TPC Group facility on Wednesday injured three workers, blew locked doors off their hinges and spewed a plume of toxic chemicals for miles (kilometers). The plant manufactures petrochemicals used to make rubber and resins, and the volatile organic compounds in the explosion's smoke can lead to eye, nose and throat irritation, shortness of breath, headaches and nausea, the pollution regulator Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) said. The plant, 90 miles (145 km) east of Houston, has a long history of environmental violations and has been out of compliance with federal clean air laws for years, according to the Texas Tribune and state records; it was also declared a high priority violator by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Native Americans Have Little to Celebrate on Thanksgiving

Bettmann/GettyWhile I have been researching and writing a Wampanoag-centered history of Plymouth Colony and the Thanksgiving holiday, my conversations with Native people have opened my eyes to some profound lessons about their past and present. These teachings have particular resonance this Thanksgiving season as the United States continues to struggle with white nationalism, the importance of distinguishing between truth and lies in democratic debate, and the place of indigenous people in a pluralistic country with a colonial foundation.Native people widely agree that the U.S. has yet to reckon with its history of white violence against their people. Instead, the country uses the myth of the First Thanksgiving to make it appear that Indians consented bloodlessly to colonialism.That myth, reinforced over and over again through grade school Thanksgiving pageants, holiday decorations, and television specials, is the only cameo Indians make in the colonial history curriculum in many American schools. Unfortunately, it is terrible history and even worse civics.The myth tells that supposedly friendly Indians (rarely identified by tribe) voluntarily gifted their country to the Pilgrims in order to lay the foundations for a white, Christian, democratic United States. As for why these Indians were so welcoming in the first place, this myth has nothing to say. It does not address the fact that the Wampanoags had already experienced years of slave raiding by European sailors before the appearance of the Mayflower, and that those contacts had introduced them to a devastating plague that more than halved their population and left them vulnerable to their inter-tribal enemies. Thus, when the Pilgrims arrived, the Wampanoags looked to them for a military alliance despite their wariness of English treachery.Why Thanksgiving Is Better Than ChristmasThe Thanksgiving Myth also evades the fact that the celebrated peace between the Wampanoags and Plymouth was rife with tensions from the start and ultimately degenerated into a bloody war. During the celebrated 50 years of peace following the First Thanksgiving, the Wampanoags complained endlessly about the English encroaching on their land, undermining their political systems, and asserting their jurisdiction over purely Indian affairs.Not coincidentally, there were recurrent war scares during these years as Native leaders reached across tribal lines to make common cause against their common colonial threat. The tension finally broke in King Philip’s War of 1675-76, which led to the deaths of thousands of Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc, and other indigenous people, and the enslavement of thousands more. The Thanksgiving Myth ignores this consequence of the Pilgrim-Wampanoag alliance, though clashes of this sort were a basic feature of American colonial history.Some American history courses might teach about King Philip’s War, but few have anything to say about how many Wampanoags and other Native New Englanders survived after their military subjugation. Over the following centuries, they endured white society’s reduction of them and their children to indentured servitude and the ongoing occupation of their lands. They also suffered white people denying they were Indians at all based on the intermarriages and cultural adjustments they had made to survive under white domination. In other words, Americans are rarely taught the incredible achievement that American Indians are still here, every bit as much a part of the modern world as everyone else.Indigenous people also widely bemoan that Americans’ lack of historical understanding about the Native American contributes to a marked lack of recognition of their place in the country, a general lack of compassion for their historic struggles, and widespread unawareness about their ongoing fights for sovereignty and cultural self-determination. Indeed, many of them feel invisible to the general public.Worse still, every Thanksgiving season the country reduces historic Indians and their traumas to caricature, as if to say that Native Americans’ only role in the national culture is to concede to colonialism and then go away.Lest we diminish the impact of these messages, consider the experience of a young Wampanoag woman who told me that when she was in kindergarten, the lone Indian in her class, her teacher cast her as Chief Massasoit in a Thanksgiving pageant and had her sing with her classmates “This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land.” Reflecting on the moment as an adult, the cruel irony was not lost on her. As a child, she only knew enough to be embarrassed about it.The Trump era has cast into relief some of the dark consequences of this amnesia and ignorance. It includes the government’s environmental racism and disregard of Native sovereignty evident in the battle over the Keystone Pipeline. It includes the ongoing use of racist stereotypes of indigenous people in sports mascots. It includes President Donald Trump’s derision of Sen. Elizabeth Warren as Pocahontas, which feeds on the widespread assumption that it is ludicrous for someone with a light (or dark) complexion leading a modern life to have Native heritage and want to claim it.Trump’s juvenile trolling of Warren also plays on the widespread ignorance of the American public about the difference between being an enrolled member of an Indian tribe (which Warren is not) and being a descendant of Native people (which Warren is). Such thinking is part of a long American tradition of white people insisting that Indians should disappear, the better to reduce the numbers of them laying claim to the land.The belief that Indians do not matter also contributed to Trump posing a delegation of Navajo leaders visiting the White House in front of a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the proponent of Indian Removal, and then making light on Twitter about the historic massacre of Wounded Knee.Not least of all, the widespread belief that modern Indians cannot be authentic and have no legitimate historic rights has contributed to a recent decision by Trump’s Department of the Interior to revoke a 2007 federal ruling that restored reservation lands to the Mashpee Wampanoags of Cape Cod, descendants of the very people who welcomed the Pilgrims.No wonder, then, that many Native people, including the Wampanoags, charge that their fellow Americans lack sufficient gratitude for what they’ve sacrificed for the country. This feeling of victimhood is especially poignant given that many Native communities still suffer extraordinarily high levels of poverty, with all of its associated ills, while living in the shadow of sometimes garish wealth. Wampanoag people in southeastern New England, for instance, are confronted daily with the sight of outsiders’ extravagant coastal estates, occupied for only six or eight weeks in summer, built atop places where the ancestors are buried and where some of them fished, hunted, and gathered within memory. The image sickens and depresses. And yet there is no escaping it or the sense that other Americans revel in it.In Thanksgiving season, one cannot drive past neighbors’ lawns or go to the store without confronting happy Pilgrim and Indian decorations, or turn on the television, radio, or computer without being bombarded with Pilgrim and Indian themes. Some schools continue to have children, including Native children, perform Thanksgiving pageants. For these reasons and more, the United New England Indians have held a National Day of Mourning in Plymouth every Thanksgiving Day since 1970, which is attended by indigenous people from throughout the hemisphere. They do not see American colonialism as something to celebrate.Part of what I’ve learned through my conversations with Wampanoag people is that achieving some measure of repair and signaling that Americans value their Native countrymen and women requires compassion, gratitude, and a willingness to confront uncomfortable history. Taking these steps might also help us, collectively, to restore basic dignity, intelligence, and humanity to our civic culture. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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Lawsuit: Alabama Sheriff 'Big John' Williams shot in parking lot 'without provocation'

Suspect William Chase Johnson faces murder charges. He is the son of a Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputy.

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Italy uncovers plot to create new Nazi party

Italian police said on Thursday they uncovered a plot to form a new Nazi party and seized a cache of weapons during searches across the country. Police in 16 towns and cities from the Mediterranean island of Sicily to the Alps in northern Italy took part in the investigation, which was launched two years. The probe revealed a "huge and varied array of subjects, residents in different places, united by the same ideological fanaticism and willing to create an openly pro-Nazi, xenophobic and anti-Semitic movement", a police statement said.

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What stores are closed on Thanksgiving? - Sandusky Register

1. What stores are closed on Thanksgiving?  Sandusky Register
2. The List Of Shame: Here Are All The Retail Outlets Open On Thanksgiving  The Daily Wire
3. Walmart Thanksgiving hours, Black Friday 2019: Store hours, what to expect, best deals  AL.com
4. Retailers face a Thanksgiving Day decision: Open or closed?  msnNOW
5. Black Friday 2019: What’s open, what’s closed on Friday? Banks, UPS, mail delivery, stock markets, malls, sto  NJ.com
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Exclusive: Big four auditors face investor calls for tougher climate scrutiny - Reuters

Exclusive: Big four auditors face investor calls for tougher climate scrutiny  ReutersView full coverage on Google News

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'Supergirl' star Melissa Benoist praised for opening up about 'abusive relationship' - CNN

1. 'Supergirl' star Melissa Benoist praised for opening up about 'abusive relationship'  CNN
2. 'Supergirl' actress Melissa Benoist reveals 'I am a survivor of domestic violence'  Yahoo Movies
3. Melissa Benoist Admits Domestic Abuse, Blamed Dog On 'Tonight Show'  ET Canada
4. "Supergirl" Star Melissa Benoist Opened Up About Being A Domestic Violence Survivor In An Instagram Video  BuzzFeed News
5. Melissa Benoist Talks About Her Experience With Domestic Violence for the First Time in Vulnerable Video  Jezebel
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Hong Kong police enter ransacked campus after protest siege

Hong Kong police on Thursday entered a ransacked university campus where authorities faced off for days with barricaded pro-democracy protesters, gathering a huge haul of petrol bombs and other dangerous materials. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University became the epicentre of the territory's increasingly violent protest movement when clashes broke out on November 17 between police and protesters armed with bows and arrows as well as Molotov cocktails. The standoff settled into a tense stalemate during which hundreds fled the campus -- some making daring escapes, others caught and beaten by officers during failed breakouts -- leaving a dwindling core of holdouts surrounded by police cordons.

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ICE arrested an estimated 250 people who enrolled in a fake university set up by federal authorities as part of an immigration sting operation

A grand-jury indictment from January alleged that "the University was being used by foreign citizens as a 'pay to stay' scheme" to obtain visas.

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Trump peddles 'war on Thanksgiving' that he probably heard about on Fox News

Like the so-called war on Christmas, the rhetorical assault on Thanksgiving is being led by the president’s favorite cable news network.

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Israel demolishes homes of alleged Palestinian killers: army

Israel on Thursday demolished the West Bank homes of four Palestinians accused of a deadly attack, sparking clashes with stone-throwing protesters, the army and an AFP journalist said. The houses in the village of Beit Kahil near Hebron in the occupied West Bank were home to men who were "part of the squad that carried out the stabbing attack" which killed an off-duty soldier in August, the army said. Clashes broke out during the demolitions, the army said, with Palestinians hurling "rocks and burnt tyres at troops".

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Japan beer exports to S.Korea dry up amid hiccup in ties

Not a single drop of Japanese beer was exported to South Korea last month, according to official figures on Thursday, as a boycott campaign against Japan over a historical dispute dries up demand. Japanese beer shipments to South Korea stood at 7.9 billion yen ($72 million) last year, accounting for more than 60 percent of the country's global exports of the amber nectar. Exports of Japanese instant noodles and sake to South Korea have also plummeted.

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Israel says envoy's 'GOOD LUCK' to Myanmar for genocide case was a mistake

The Israeli ambassador was mistaken to have sent a "GOOD LUCK" message to Myanmar ahead of World Court hearings on accusations the state committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims, Israel's foreign ministry said on Thursday. Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that the ambassador to Myanmar wished authorities good luck in tweets that have since been deleted ahead of the hearings next month at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.

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German museum confirms 49-carat diamond among heist haul

Publishing a list of the pieces taken in Monday's brazen raid, the Green Vault museum at Dresden's royal palace said the items stolen included a sword whose hilt is encrusted with nine large and 770 smaller diamonds, and a shoulderpiece which contains the famous 49-carat Dresden white diamond. The Dresden white is one of the most precious jewels in the collection of former Saxon ruler August the Strong. "None of the diamonds would have been in themselves extra special except for the one large Dresden White," he said.

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Texas cities evacuated after second explosion at chemical plant; three injured in first blast

An early morning explosion rocked an East Texas chemical plant in Port Neches, injuring three workers. An afternoon blast prompted evacuations.

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Kamala Harris aide bolts to Bloomberg campaign

Kelly Mehlenbacher was among a group of aides who resigned amid the latest round of layoffs by the Harris campaign.

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WeChat users in the US say the app is censoring their messages about Hong Kong

WeChat is a ubiquitous app in China, so for Chinese Americans with family there it is a major blow to be kicked off the app.

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Pompeo says documents confirm China committing 'very significant' Xinjiang abuses

Recently leaked documents confirm China is committing "very significant" human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims and other minority groups in mass detention, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. An international group of journalists released classified Chinese government documents on Sunday that described repressive inner workings of detention camps in China's troubled western region of Xinjiang.

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A Chicago Student Ignored a Man's Late-Night Catcalls. Now He's Charged With Her Murder

Prosecutors said the man was 'angry that he was being ignored'

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An Air Canada Boeing 787 flying across the Atlantic was forced to turn back after its windshield cracked

Air Canada Flight 857 was due to fly from London to Toronto but instead landed in Ireland after the crack in the 787-8 windshield was noticed.

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U.S. rejects proposal for spy swap of ex-Marine held in Russia

The United States rejected on Wednesday a suggestion it seek a prisoner swap involving a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia for nearly a year over spying allegations, and called for his immediate release. Paul Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Service in a Moscow hotel room on Dec. 28 last year. After a U.S. diplomat visited him in jail on Wednesday, the U.S. embassy complained about Whelan's declining health and called Russia's treatment of him "shameful", saying Moscow had refused to allow the diplomat to bring him Thanksgiving dinner.

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Leaked Chinese documents give unprecedented insight into how Muslim detention centers in Xinjiang control detainees' every move

Uighur activities, including indoctrination classes, mealtimes, family visits, medical treatments, and even bathroom breaks are "strictly managed."

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Jailed French serial child killer charged over 2003 case

A convicted French serial killer has been charged with the abduction and murder of a nine-year-old girl who disappeared in 2003, in the latest twist in a case that has gripped France. Michel Fourniret, jailed for life in May 2008 for the murder of seven girls and young women, has been charged over the disappearance of Estelle Mouzin from a village east of Paris, a legal source said, after his wife came forward to contradict his alibi. Estelle Mouzin disappeared in Guermantes, 30 kilometres (18 miles) east of Paris, while walking home from her school.

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Fox News guest: 'Why the hell does Tucker Carlson still have a job here'

It's been a hectic few hours for Fox News' Tucker Carlson.First, Carlson on Monday evening said he was rooting for Russia in its conflict with Ukraine before walking it back. Then a Fox News guest, Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Michael Blake, was asked Tuesday by anchor Bill Hemmer to respond to Carlson's theory that former First Lady Michelle Obama might be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2020. Blake, though, didn't seem too interested in answering that question (for what it's worth, he did briefly say an Obama run is "not going to happen.")Instead, Blake wanted to figure out "why the hell" Carlson was still employed by the network, especially in light of Carlson calling white supremacy a hoax. Hemmer tried to steer Blake back toward the Obama conversation, but not before his guest repeated his assertion that Carlson should be out of a job. > Micheal Blake stuns Fox News anchor: "Why the hell does Tucker Carlson still have a job here?" https://t.co/XRVoPsI8GF pic.twitter.com/h3KTT6QPu1> > -- Media Matters (@mmfa) November 26, 2019More stories from theweek.com Trump, who is technically obese, tweets portrait of himself as muscular Rocky Balboa Impeachment is failing. Time for Plan B. Gordon Sondland accused of sexual misconduct by 3 women

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Remains positively identified as Aniah Blanchard, upgraded charges expected, authorities say - CNN

1. Remains positively identified as Aniah Blanchard, upgraded charges expected, authorities say  CNN
2. Remains confirmed to belong to UFC fighter's stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard  msnNOW
3. Aniah Blanchard confirmed dead following positive identification of body found in Alabama  MMA Fighting
4. Aniah Blanchard’s remains positively identified  WHNT News 19
5. Aniah Blanchard’s remains found in Macon County, forensic testing confirms  WIAT - CBS42.com
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Trump's whistleblower briefing is a knock on his impeachment defense - CNN

1. Trump's whistleblower briefing is a knock on his impeachment defense  CNN
2. Trump reportedly released Ukraine aid after knowledge of whistleblower complaint  CBS This Morning
3. 3 takeaways from Mark Sandy’s and Philip Reeker’s testimony on Ukraine  The Washington Post
4. Steve Hilton: Trump impeachment inquiry and the truth – 3 important takeaways from Planet Pelosi  Fox News
5. Editorial: President Trump’s fate: The case for censure over impeachment  Chicago Tribune
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Trump Signs Hong Kong Democracy Legislation That Has Angered China - The New York Times

1. Trump Signs Hong Kong Democracy Legislation That Has Angered China  The New York Times
2. Trump signs bills backing Hong Kong protesters into law, in spite of Beijing's objections  CNBC
3. Trump signs Hong Kong human rights act  CNN
4. Editorial: Hong Kong voters showed China the meaning of democracy. Will Donald Trump do the same?  Chicago Tribune
5. Dear Alibaba, Thank You for the $10 Trillion Gift  Bloomberg
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The View From Moscow On The Trump Impeachment Inquiry - NPR

The View From Moscow On The Trump Impeachment Inquiry  NPRView full coverage on Google News

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Orba is an all-in-one instrument and MIDI controller that fits in the palm of your hand - The Verge

Orba is an all-in-one instrument and MIDI controller that fits in the palm of your hand  The Verge

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There's more evidence that Apple may be making major changes to some of its iPhone sizes next year - Business Insider

1. There's more evidence that Apple may be making major changes to some of its iPhone sizes next year  Business Insider
2. Apple is reportedly planning to shake up its iPhone sizes in 2020, including its biggest screen yet  CNBC
3. Which Smartphone Takes the Best Photos?  Gear Patrol
4. Apple Expected to Release 5.4-Inch and 6.7-Inch iPhones With Thinner Displays in 2020  MacRumors
5. Black Friday 2019: The best AI smartphones  VentureBeat
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Box Office: 'Frozen 2' to Rule Thanksgiving With Royal $100M-Plus - Hollywood Reporter

1. Box Office: 'Frozen 2' to Rule Thanksgiving With Royal $100M-Plus  Hollywood Reporter
2. 'Knives Out' and 'Queen & Slim' Hope 'Frozen II' Leaves Some Leftovers Over the Long Thanksgiving Weekend  Box Office Mojo
3. ‘Frozen 2’ Skates Toward $135M+ 5-Day, Near $300M Cume By Sunday As ‘Knives Out’ Carves $35M+: Thanksgiving B.O.  Deadline
4. Box Office: ‘Frozen 2’ to Break Thanksgiving Record; ‘Knives Out’ Razor Sharp with $40 Million Debut  Variety
5. Film critic Josh Bell reviews Knives Out and Queen and Slim  KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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‘Supergirl’ Star Opens Up About Being ‘a Survivor of Domestic Violence’ in Instagram Video - Variety

1. ‘Supergirl’ Star Opens Up About Being ‘a Survivor of Domestic Violence’ in Instagram Video  Variety
2. 'Supergirl' Star Melissa Benoist: "I Am a Survivor of Domestic Violence"  Hollywood Reporter
3. Supergirl Star Melissa Benoist Opens Up About Her Experience With Domestic Violence  Comicbook.com
4. Supergirl's Melissa Benoist Shares Her Story of Domestic Abuse  CBR - Comic Book Resources
5. Melissa Benoist reveals she's a survivor of domestic violence  Entertainment Weekly News
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