| Photos of the week: 11/16 - 11/23 Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:00 PM PST  A gunman opened fire at a Chicago hospital this week before killing himself.
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| California's Camp Fire Death Toll Rises To 83 While Nearly 600 People Remain Missing Posted: 21 Nov 2018 08:07 PM PST  The death toll from Northern California's Camp fire now stands at 83 following
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| India struggles to recover American killed by tribe Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:34 PM PST  Indian authorities said Thursday that it may take "some days" to recover the body of an American killed in a hail of arrows shot by a tribe untouched by modern civilisation. John Allen Chau, 27, was attacked as he set foot last week on the remote North Sentinel Island, one of the Indian Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal that is off limits to visitors, according to police. Dependra Pathak, the head of the region's police, told AFP that authorities sent a helicopter to the area and then a ship to identify where the incident took place.
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| France imposes sanctions on 18 Saudi citizens over Khashoggi killing Posted: 22 Nov 2018 08:50 AM PST  France said on Thursday it had imposed sanctions, including travel bans, on 18 Saudi citizens linked to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said more could follow depending on results of an investigation. Berlin on Monday also banned 18 Saudis and moved to halt all arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The bans bind all members of the European Union's passport-free Schengen zone, it said.
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| Yahoo News Explains: Who were the first Pilgrims in America? Posted: 22 Nov 2018 08:34 AM PST  If you remember anything from history class, you already know a small group of people boarded the Mayflower in 1620 in hopes of a better life in America. A couple of the crew members had actually been to America before to fish or to explore. A man on the Mayflower, Stephen Hopkins, had tried to settle in the New World 10 years earlier but got shipwrecked in Bermuda. Shakespeare's renowned play "The Tempest" was allegedly based on that wreck.
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| Polish leader suing Walesa for blaming him for plane crash Posted: 22 Nov 2018 06:53 AM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two of Poland's most famous foes, former President Lech Walesa, and the country's de facto leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, faced off in court Thursday, exchanging wry comments.
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| Igor Korobov, head of Russian spy agency accused over Salisbury attack, dies aged 63 after 'serious illness' Posted: 21 Nov 2018 06:35 PM PST  The head of Russian military intelligence, which is accused of orchestrating the Salisbury Novichok attack, has died. Igor Korobov died on Wednesday after "a serious and long illness," Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry. The 63-year-old GRU Chief's death comes after a series of embarrassments for the secretive organisation, for which he was reportedly berated by President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin reportedly gave Mr Korobov a personal dressing down last month for the bungled operation to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. Russian journalist Sergey Kanev, who writes for an investigative group funded by Putin foe and former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, reported that Mr Korobov fell ill after the meeting with Mr Putin. Evgeny Buzhinsky, a former Russian general, dismissed allegations of foul play. Commenting on suggestions that Mr Korobov's death was untimely, he told the BBC: "No you are completely wrong. It was a long, long struggle against a very bad disease ... In Russia no one is suspicious, believe me." The defence ministry called General Korobov, who ran the spy agency since 2016, "a wonderful person, a faithful son of Russia and a patriot of his homeland." It did not give further details about his death. Gen Korobov had worked in military intelligence since 1985. In 2016, Mr Putin made him head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces - also known as the GRU. He took over from Gen Igor Sergun, who died of a heart attack at the age of the 58. Michael Carpenter, a Russia adviser for Barack Obama's administration, tweeted on Thursday: "His predecessor died in 2016 of a heart attack. Life expectancy for incumbents of this job is pretty low, but then so is the median life expectancy in Russia." At a glance | GRU Gen Korobov was sanctioned along with other GRU officers by the United States for activities that "undermine cybersecurity on behalf of the Russian government." The West has blamed the GRU for a string of brazen attacks. Britain has accused it of attempting to poison Mr Skripal and his daughter with a nerve agent in the English city of Salisbury. The botched assassination attempt led to the death of Dawn Sturgess, who, along with partner Charlie Rowley, fell ill after handling a container contaminated with the nerve agent in June. The Netherlands believes the agency has tried to hack the global chemical weapons watchdog, and US intelligence agencies said GRU was behind attempts to hack the 2016 US presidential election. Russia denies all the allegations. But the GRU has also suffered humiliation after the UK revealed the identities of the suspects behind the Skripal poisonings. The agents accused of carrying out the poisoning were named as Alexander Mishkin and Anatoly Chepiga, Dutch and British authorities also exposed the identities of the four Russian GRU operators who took part in the bungled operation to hack the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Four GRU operatives were caught trying to hack into the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons after Salisbury Credit: Ministerie van Defensie The four Russian spies had in their possession laptops and mobile phones holding damning proof of the cyber hacking operations of its notorious Unit 26165, also known as "GRU 85 Main Special Service Center". One of them even had a taxi receipt showing he had been picked up from the rear entrance of Unit 26165's headquarters when he went to the airport. There was fresh embarrassment when further database research revealed 305 other individuals thought to be working for the Russian intelligence agency. At the time, Bob Seely, the Tory MP who sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, described the lapses that led to the identity of the GRU spies being exposed as "extraordinarily unprofessional". "It shows that subversion is probably beyond their professional capability - they can't even cover their tracks in the most basic of ways. It is very sloppy and makes President Putin look foolish," he added. The GRU has been at the forefront of several of the most controversial Russian intelligence operations in recent years. As well as the brazen hacks, its agents were accused of a failed attempt to mount a coup in Montenegro in 2016, and its special forces are deeply involved in Russia's semi-covert wars in Ukraine and Syria.
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| Ivanka Trump's 2009 Book Warning On Dangers Of Email Comes Back To Haunt Her Posted: 22 Nov 2018 12:39 AM PST  Senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump faces a House investigation into her
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| 10 Beauty Gift Ideas For Your Friends Who Care About The Planet Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  This holiday season, give some gifts you (and your giftees) can really feel
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| Friday Rewind: Deadly New Jersey mansion fire mystery Posted: 23 Nov 2018 12:13 AM PST  Authorities said the family found dead in a burned-down mansion were the victims of murder and arson.
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| Hundreds searching for remains of California wildfire victims Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:53 PM PST  Hundreds of volunteers and police officers spent the Thanksgiving holiday combing through the wreckage of California's deadliest wildfire, searching for the remains of victims killed in the blaze as rains looked set to complicate their work. The Camp Fire killed at least 83 people and 563 are still unaccounted for in and around Paradise, a community of nearly 27,000 people that was largely incinerated when the flames swept through two weeks ago, according to authorities. "We haven't taken the day off," Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said in a video message posted online on Thanksgiving.
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| SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Scheduled For First Test Flight In January Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:27 AM PST  NASA has officially set the date for the first test flight of SpaceX's new generation Crew Dragon capsule. Dubbed DM-1, the first demonstration mission of the Crew Dragon astronaut pod is scheduled to take place in less than two months and will lift off on January 7, NASA announced yesterday. As the Inquisitr previously reported, the first test flight of the Crew Dragon will be an unmanned trip to the International Space Station (ISS).
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| Turkey's Foreign Minister Accuses Trump Of Turning 'Blind Eye' To Khashoggi's Murder Posted: 23 Nov 2018 09:47 AM PST  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu criticized President Donald Trump
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| Midterm elections: Democrats lead popular vote in House by largest margin in history Posted: 22 Nov 2018 02:25 AM PST  Democrats are set to pull off the largest midterm elections victory in history, according to a breakdown of the popular vote in races for the House of Representatives. The party leads the Republicans by more than 8.9 million votes across the US, raw data compiled by the Cook Political Report, an independent, non-partisan political analysis website. Previously, the largest margin of victory was 8.7 million, which came in the 1974 midterm elections after the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon's resignation.
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| Chief of Russia's military intelligence agency dies Posted: 22 Nov 2018 05:53 AM PST  Russia's military intelligence chief who oversaw a series of notorious operations abroad has died after a long illness, with Moscow praising him Thursday as a "great man" and a patriot. Igor Korobov, 62, had headed the defence ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) since 2016 and was the target of US sanctions. Korobov's 57-year-old first deputy, Vice Admiral Igor Kostyukov, has been appointed acting GRU chief and is likely become his successor, state news agency TASS said, citing a military source.
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| China Copied This Russian Jet Fighter (And It Has All Sorts of Problems) Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:59 AM PST  Cheaters never prosper, says Russia.
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| James Comey Responds To Subpoena From Republicans: 'Let's Invite Everyone To See' Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:50 AM PST  Former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch
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| The Latest: Police go to island to look into US man's death Posted: 21 Nov 2018 07:00 PM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — The Latest on the death of an American who was killed by an isolated Indian tribe (all times local):
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| A slippery trade: oil slump proves bears right Posted: 23 Nov 2018 09:27 AM PST  The latest collapse in oil prices has proved some investors right in their lack of confidence in energy stocks this year. Crude prices surged to a four-year high early in 2018 as tensions with Iran and OPEC supply cuts raised concerns that global oil supply was dwindling. But the narrative has flipped since October as worries over a global trade war and rising U.S. shale oil production mounted, driving oil to a one-year low on Friday.
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| Facebook Under Fire For Allowing Man In South Sudan To Make Post Auctioning Teen Daughter As Child Bride Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:20 AM PST  Facebook is coming under fire for allowing a man in South Sudan to make a post auctioning off his 17-year-old daughter to the highest bidder as a child bride. Philips Anyang Ngong, a human rights lawyer who tried to stop the girl's sale, said the viral Facebook post was "the biggest test of child abuse, trafficking and auctioning of a human being." He called for all of those involved, including Facebook, to be held responsible.
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| CIA has recording of bin Salman giving instructions to 'silence Jamal Khashoggi', Turkish media reports Posted: 22 Nov 2018 03:31 AM PST  The CIA has a recording of a phonecall in which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave instructions to "silence Jamal Khashoggi as soon as possible", a Turkish news website has reported. Gina Haspel, CIA director, is said to have revealed the existence of a wiretapped call between Prince Mohammed and his brother Khaled bin Salman, who is Saudi's ambassador to the US, to Turkish officials during a visit to Ankara last month, according to Hurriyet. "It is said that the crown prince gave an instruction to silence JamalKhashoggi as soon as possible and this instruction was captured during the CIA wiretapping," Hurriyet columnist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote on Thursday. "The subsequent murder is the ultimate confirmation of this instruction." The brothers are reportedly heard talking about the "discomfort" caused by the Washington Post columnist's criticism of the kingdom's administration. A Turkish official contacted by Reuters said he had no information about such a recording. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Prince Mohammed, was killed on Oct. 2 inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Hatice Cengiz, Khashoggi's fiancee, talks to Haberturk TV about the day he went missing Credit: AP If confirmed, the wiretap could call into question Washington's official claim that they have found no evidence to support accusations the murder was ordered by the prince, Riyadh's de-facto leader, himself. The leak comes days after President Donald Trump signalled his support for Prince Mohammed, in a statement which declared he would not further punish Saudi for the murder. In an extraordinary statement subtitled "America First!" Mr Trump said on Tuesday that "our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information, but it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event -- maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" Speaking to reporters at his Florida resort on Thursday, President Trump doubled down, saying the CIA had not come to a conclusion over whether the order came from the top. "I hate the crime…I hate the coverup. I will tell you this: The crown prince hates it more than I do," he said. The president has since faced calls from members of his own party to re-evaluate ties with the ultraconservative kingdom, but Mr Trump has said the benefits of a good relationship outweigh the possibility its own prince ordered the killing. President Donald Trump speaks to the media about Khashoggi's murder Credit: Getty The Turkish media has published a drip-drip of leaks of information since the news of the Khashoggi's death in early October, designed to put pressure on both Riyadh and the US to respond. Riyadh initially remained silent about the 59-year-old columnist's disappearance, before claiming that he left the consulate after a short meeting with officials. They then changed their story several times, later claiming that Khashoggi was killed by mistake in a "fistfight" gone wrong. They admitted earlier this month that he was killed and dismembered after attempts to persuade him to come home failed. Saudi today warned criticism of the prince was a "red line". Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told the BBC that calls for MBS, as he is nicknamed, to be held accountable for the killing, "would not be tolerated", nor would discussion of "anything disparaging". Federica Mogherini, the EU's top diplomat, said on Thursday all those "really responsible" for the murder of journalist Khashoggi have to be held accountable. "Those responsible, really responsible for this terrible murder have to be accountable," she told a news conference in Ankara.
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| Climate change 'will inflict substantial damages on US lives' Posted: 23 Nov 2018 01:48 PM PST  A home is overshadowed by towering smoke plumes in Paradise, California . Climate change is already harming Americans' lives with "substantial damages" set to occur as global temperatures threaten to surge beyond internationally agreed limits, a major US government report has warned. The influence of climate change is being felt across the US with increases in disastrous wildfires in the west, flooding on the east coast, soil loss in the midwest and coastal erosion in Alaska, according to the US National Climate Assessment.
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| Four killed as gunmen attack Chinese consulate in Karachi Posted: 23 Nov 2018 03:16 AM PST  Four people were killed on Friday when gunmen armed with hand grenades and a suicide vest stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said, with the attack claimed by a separatist group which branded Beijing "an oppressor". Pakistani authorities said that security forces had secured the area after the attack, the latest assault on Chinese nationals in the country, where Beijing has poured billions of dollars into one of the largest projects in its massive Belt and Road programme. China "strongly condemned" the attack and asked Pakistan to take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens and institutions in the country, as well as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) mega-project.
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| Lloyds CEO Must Explain Whistleblower Actions or Quit: Lawmaker Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:45 AM PST  "Our concerns relate to the allegations of the cover-up of the fraud, rather than the fraud itself," Kevin Hollinrake, a lawmaker who co-chairs the all-party parliamentary group on fair business banking, wrote in a letter to Antonio Horta-Osorio. While the incidents that led to criminal convictions occurred years ago, scrutiny of how Lloyds handled the affair has grown as the bank settled last week with the whistleblower, former risk officer Sally Masterton. It claimed some executives at HBOS hid the fraud at one of that bank's branches before Lloyds acquired the lender at the peak of the financial crisis.
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| Russia Wanted a 'Carrier-Killer' Missile. Here's Why It Failed. Posted: 23 Nov 2018 07:43 AM PST  Russia's very own DF-21D?
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| AP Explains: The hunt for missing, dead in California fire Posted: 21 Nov 2018 07:16 PM PST  CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Given the size and scope of the devastation after a deadly wildfire swept Northern California, experts say the search to find the missing and identify victims could take months.
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| Celebrate National Espresso Day This Black Friday With Cheap And Free Coffee At These Places Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:17 PM PST  After a long day — or even week — of meal prep followed by a coma-inducing turkey feast, thousands of savvy shoppers across the country will opt to skip nap time and instead treat themselves and their families to some of this year’s fabulous Black Friday shopping deals, hoping to get as much of a head start on holiday shopping as possible.
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| Trump threatens to shut down the border Posted: 23 Nov 2018 12:18 AM PST  As thousands of troops deployed to the southern border were treated to a Thanksgiving meal, the president threatened to completely shut down the border. ABC News' Tara Palmeri reports.
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| Saudi crown prince goes on tour of Arab states amid Khashoggi storm Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:04 PM PST  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday at the start of a tour of several Arab countries, his first trip abroad since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that caused a global outcry. The prince, the country's de facto ruler, is also expected to participate in a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires at the end of the month which will be attended by leaders from the United States, Turkey and European countries. The killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of the crown prince, at Riyadh's consulate in Istanbul six weeks ago has strained Saudi Arabia's ties with the West and battered Prince Mohammed's image abroad.
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| Indonesia wraps up Lion Air crash victim identification Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:55 PM PST  Indonesia on Friday wrapped up the grim task of identifying Lion Air jet crash victims from recovered body parts, with a preliminary report on the cause of the accident that killed 189 people due next week. Since then, investigators have been doing DNA testing on recovered body parts. As of Friday, 125 people have been identified after testing on human remains that filled some 200 body bags, said Arthur Tampi, head of the national police medical centre.
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| How America Can Test North Korea's True Intentions Posted: 22 Nov 2018 06:50 PM PST  There are at least three tools at Washington's disposal.
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| Best Black Friday 2018 mattress deals: Nectar, Casper, Leesa, Eight Sleep, and more Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:00 PM PST  It's a well-known fact that we spend about a third of our lives in bed. If you haven't upgraded your mattress or your sheets in a while (can you even remember the last time you changed them?!), then Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the perfect time to score something new. SEE ALSO: All the best Black Friday 2018 sales, right in one place Rather than maneuver the store crowds or dig through websites for the best deals though, we've done all the hard work for you. If you want something simple, you can get the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Mattress, which is 25% off. But if you want a mattress to stay cool, there's the Eight Sleep The Venus+ mattress with it's latex layer to cool you off while you sleep. This puppy is $100 off, plus you'll get a free Amazon Echo Dot. (Score!) There are plenty more deals than that though. Read on and happy shopping! Best deals on mattresses for Black Friday 2018: Save 10% on any order that includes a mattress at Casper.Image: casper Brooklyn Bedding: 25% off Aurora Mattress (starting list price $999) Brooklyn Bedding: 25% off Bloom Hybrid Mattress (starting list price $1199) Brooklyn Bedding: 25% off Signature Mattress (starting list price $599) Brooklyn Bedding: 25% off Spartan Mattress (stating list price $1399) Casper: 10% off any order that includes a mattress using code COZY10 (through Nov. 26) DreamCloud Sleep Mattress — save $200 on all mattresses, starting at $799 Eight Sleep The Jupiter+ — $100 off all mattresses and a free Amazon Echo Dot, starting at $999 (starting list price $1099) Eight Sleep The Mars+ — $100 off all mattresses and a free Amazon Echo Dot, starting at $1199 (starting list price $1299) Eight Sleep The Venus+ — $100 off all mattresses and a free Amazon Echo Dot, starting at $1599 (starting list price $1699) Helix Sleep — $100 off when you spend $600 or more with code HOLIDAY100; Helix Sleep — $150 off when you spend $1,250 or more with code HOLIDAY150 Helix Sleep — $200 off when you spend $1,750 or more with code HOLIDAY200 Leesa: $150 off a mattress, plus get a free pillow (a $75 value) Nectar Mattress — $125 off all mattresses and two free Nectar pillows, starting at $399 (starting list price $524) SensorGel 8" Firm Gel-Infused Memory Foam Mattress, Quick Ship, Mattress In A Box- Twin — $199 (starting price $579) Signature Sleep Choice 6 Inch Coil Mattress — starting at $64 (starting list price $69) Best deals on bedding for Black Friday 2018: Image: Kohl's Image: Kohl's Brooklyn Bedding: Save 40% on Bamboo Twill Sheets Brooklyn Bedding: Save 40% on Premium Shredded Foam Pillow Brooklyn Bedding: Save 40% on Super Soft Brushed Microfiber Sheets Brooklyn Bedding: Save 40% on Talalay Latex Pillows Kohl's: 50-70% off select sheets Kohl's: 50-70% off Cuddl Duds bedding Kohl's: 60-70% off Serta bed pillows, mattress pads, and mattress toppers Kohl's: Biddeford Heated Plush Electric Throw — $24.99 (list price $79.99) Kohl's The Big One Down Alternative Reversible Comforter (all sizes) — $19.99 (starting list price $79.99) Kohl's: The Big One Supersoft Plush Throw — $8.99 (list price $39.99) Kohl's: Hotel Suite White Goose Feather & Down Comforter (all sizes) — $59.99 (starting list price $129.99) Macy's: Martha Stewart's Essentials Sheets Collection — $10.99 - $83.99 (starting list price $17) Macy's: Sunbeam Slumber Rest Premium Heated Mattress Pads — $47.99 - $89.99 (starting list price $160) Walmart: Sertapedic Elite Comfort Bed Pillow — $5 (list price $10) Walmart: Dream Serenity 3-inch Convoluted Gel Memory Foam Mattress Topper — $45 (list price $89.99 - $99.99) Walmart: Mainstays 8-piece Comforter and Coverlet Bedding Set — $34 (list price $55) More coverage: Black Friday 2018 Black Friday 2018 hub — all our coverage in one place Shopping tips and tactics for Black Friday 2018 Black Friday 2018 deals by store Amazon: Shop sales on Fire tablets, Echo Spot, and more Walmart: Shop sales on Xbox One S, Instant Pot, Nintendo Switch Macy's: Shop sales on Vitamix, Dyson, Instant Pot, Roomba Target: Shop sales on iPhone XS, Apple Watch, 23andMe, TVs, and more Best Buy: Shop sales on QLED TVs, Microsoft laptops, Nintendo, and more Black Friday 2018 deals by category Gaming deals: Xbox One X, PlayStation 4, Nintendo, Alienware laptops, and more Laptop deals: Lenovo Yoga, Alienware, Dell, HP, Asus, and more TV deals: OLEDs from Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, and more Smart home deals: Amazon Echo, Roomba, Google Home, Apple HomePod Instant Pot deals: Where to get the cheapest price Clothing deals and promo codes: J.Crew, Macy's, Kohl's, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor Mattress deals: Nectar, Casper, Leesa, Eight Sleep, and more
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| 'God, I Don't Want to Die.' Journal Reveals the Final Days of an American Missionary Killed By An Isolated Tribe Posted: 23 Nov 2018 08:02 AM PST  The visit may have exposed the tribe to deadly diseases
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| Kosovo police arrest 4 Serbs, sparking protests in the north Posted: 23 Nov 2018 04:36 PM PST  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Tensions in Kosovo rose again Friday after police arrested three ethnic Serbs, including two police officers, on suspicion of involvement in the killing earlier this year of a leading Serb politician in the north of the country.
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| California Fire Fallout: Public Confused By, May Mistrust Government As DNA Samples Wanted To ID Victims Posted: 22 Nov 2018 11:07 AM PST  Following the devastation of the California wildfires, authorities are seeking DNA samples from relatives of those who are missing in order to identify victims. Meanwhile, the DNA testing of the remains that have been found "has been surprisingly easy," said Annette Mattern.
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| Porsche tours Bugatti for trip down memory lane Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  A prominent visitor dropped by Bugatti's headquarters in Molsheim lately to drive the legendary Type 35 amid a range of other iconic vehicles – Dr. Wolfgang Porsche
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| Trump Avoids Visiting Troops In Harm’s Way, Talks To Them From His Country Club Instead Posted: 22 Nov 2018 02:09 PM PST  For the second straight year as president, President Donald Trump chose not to
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| UTC gets Chinese nod for Rockwell Collins purchase, deal set to close Posted: 23 Nov 2018 08:48 AM PST  United Technologies Corp on Friday received Chinese regulatory approval for its $30 billion purchase of aircraft parts maker Rockwell Collins Inc, clearing the final hurdle to complete the largest aerospace deal in history. The conditional approval for the deal between the two American industrial heavyweights comes during a period of escalating trade tensions between China and the United States. The dispute between the world's two largest economies had fanned concerns among UTC shareholders that the merger could fall victim to the growing tensions.
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| Retailers look to millennials for holiday shopping cheer Posted: 23 Nov 2018 09:54 AM PST  As the US holiday shopping season kicked off Friday, retailers were looking to an unexpected savior to keep the tills humming: millennials. The generation of 22 to 37-year-olds have long been seen as cash-strapped and debt-laden after graduating college into a jobless economy after the 2008 global financial crisis. "This holiday season retailers will experience the growing purchasing power of Gen Z and millennials," National Retail Federation president Matthew Shay said.
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| The 2020 Range Rover Evoque Is an Evolution, Not a Revolution Posted: 22 Nov 2018 12:00 PM PST  The second-generation model adds technology but otherwise sticks to a proven formula.
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| Pinch us, we're dreaming: The 8-quart Instant Pot LUX is on sale for $59 for Black Friday Posted: 22 Nov 2018 02:00 AM PST  If you missed out on Walmart's great deal on the 6-quart Instant Pot LUX back in July, we'll do you one better: The 8-quart model is on sale for Black Friday and it's only $59. The 6-in-1 Instant Pot LUX usually goes for $99.99, which means you'll be saving $40 on the largest model in the LUX line. Somebody pinch us because we're dreaming. SEE ALSO: All the best Black Friday 2018 sales, right in one place The Instant Pot LUX programmable cooker is the most "basic" of the Instant Pot fam — though basic is far from accurate considering the number of things this puppy does. The LUX combines the functions of six appliances: It's a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, warmer, and sauté pan, and is one of two Instant Pots that does not make yogurt. But like, who needs to make yogurt that often, anyway? It also features 12 built-in smart programs: Bean/chili, meat/stew, soup/broth, sauté, poultry, steam, congee, multigrain, rice, pressure cook, warm, and slow cook (which are also available in all other models). Regularly $99.99, you can save $40 and snag the Instant Pot LUX for $59 during Walmart's epic Black Friday sale here. (Confused about the difference between all of the Instant Pot models? So is everyone else. Check out our "Which Instant Pot should you buy?" guide here.) Image: Instant Pot Instant Pot LUX 8-quart — $59 See Details More coverage: Black Friday 2018 Black Friday 2018 hub — all our coverage in one place Shopping tips and tactics for Black Friday 2018 Black Friday 2018 deals by store Amazon: Shop sales on Fire tablets, Echo Spot, and more Walmart: Shop sales on Xbox One S, Instant Pot, Nintendo Switch Black Friday 2018 deals by category Gaming deals: Xbox One X, PlayStation 4, Nintendo, Alienware laptops, and more Laptop deals: Lenovo Yoga, Alienware, Dell, HP, Asus, and more TV deals: OLEDs from Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, and more Smart home deals: Amazon Echo, Roomba, Google Home, Apple HomePod Instant Pot deals: Where to get the cheapest price
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| Yahoo News Explains: Why do we call it Black Friday? Posted: 23 Nov 2018 05:48 AM PST  Black Friday is a consumer's saving grace. Many attribute the term "Black Friday" to retailers who would turn a profit, or get "in the black" for the year, with holiday sales. Yahoo News explains where the name came from.
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