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Happy Thanksgiving!!!

It is Thursday, November 23rd, 2023.

On This Day In History — on this day in 1990, British author Roald Dahl—who was best known for his irreverent children's books, which included James and the Giant Peach (1961) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)—died in Oxford, England.

Deal of the Day

TicketMaster Senior Citizen Discount

• Did you know? TicketMaster offers senior rates on specific events — these can be as much as 50% off the regular ticket price.

• For more info, check out their website (must be 55+):

• TicketMaster Senior Discount

Slang Word of the Day: Fam

Definition: Fam is a shorter word for family, but don't be fooled—it can be used to describe your friends or the way Millennials use "bro".

Used in a Sentence: “What up, fam?”

Best Of The News

9th suspect arrested on murder charge in high school student’s beating death

• Police have arrested a ninth suspect in the beating death of a 17-year-old Las Vegas high school student, they said in a news release.

• Jonathan Lewis died after being beaten when a fight broke out November 1 over stolen items near the Rancho High School campus, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police have said.

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US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant

• A senator has complained that American law enforcement agencies snoop on US citizens and residents, seemingly without regard for the privacy provisions of the Fourth Amendment, under a secret program called the Hemisphere Project that allows police to conduct searches of trillions of phone records.

• According to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), these searches "usually" happen without warrants. And after more than a decade of keeping people — lawmakers included — in the dark about Hemisphere, Wyden wants the Justice Department to reveal information about what he called a "long-running dragnet surveillance program."

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