US retail sales rose 3.1% this holiday season — sharp drop from 7.6% last year: report

US retail sales rose 3.1% year-over-year between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 -- less than half of the 7.6% figure from the same period last year.

Trump administration halts Biden's AI rule, plans replacement policy
The Trump administration is undoing its predecessors' artificial intelligence policies, as governments' plans to regulate artificial intelligence...
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says NJ Dems involved in Newark ICE center fracas should be censured: ‘This was committing felonies’
“They don't deserve to be in the House,” Noem said of the New Jersey lawmakers involved in the incident. “They should be censured by it.”
Illicit spa owner busted with $600K stuffed inside giant teddy bear during NJ prostitution raid
It was a fuzzy front.
Coyote caught digging hole near grave in California cemetery in wild video: ‘Maybe he’s hungry’
Coyote dug-ly.
Vermont halts electric vehicle requirements as governor says ‘current goals’ not realistic
"It's clear we don't have anywhere near enough charging infrastructure and insufficient technological advances in heavy-duty vehicles to meet...
Celtics' Tatum has surgery on ruptured Achilles
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon.