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It is Monday, November 27th, 2023.

On This Day In History — on this day in 1978, gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, who was one of the first openly gay elected officials in U.S. history, was assassinated in San Francisco; his killer, Dan White, was later convicted of manslaughter after successfully alleging that clinical depression had impaired his judgment.

Deal of the Day

CyberMonday Deals at Lowe’s

• There’s nothing like Thanksgiving to remind you of any inadequacies you have around the kitchen. Get the appliances to fix that before Christmas/Hannukah/New Years at Lowe’s (with discounts as large as 20-40% off retail).

• Lowe’s CyberMonday Deals

Slang Word of the Day: W

Definition: To most, it's just a letter of the alphabet, but to Gen Zers, it simply means "win."

Used in a Sentence: “I’m so happy Michigan got that W over Ohio State this weekend.”

Best Of The News

Black Friday shoppers spent a record $9.8 billion in U.S. online sales, up 7.5% from last year

• Black Friday e-commerce spending popped 7.5% from a year earlier, reaching a record $9.8 billion in the U.S., according to an Adobe Analytics report, a further indication that price-conscious consumers want to spend on the best deals and are hunting for those deals online.

• “We’ve seen a very strategic consumer emerge over the past year where they’re really trying to take advantage of these marquee days, so that they can maximize on discounts,” said Vivek Pandya, a lead analyst at Adobe Digital Insights.

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Suspect pleads not guilty after three men of Palestinian descent shot in Vermont

• A 48-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder over the shooting of three men of Palestinian descent in Vermont.

• Jason J Eaton, who appeared in court in Burlington, was arrested near the site of the shooting on Sunday.

• …read the full story