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With Discounts on Offer, Shoppers Seem to Bite

Early data on online spending this week shows consumers are being drawn to discounts. A clearer picture of Black Friday sales, including in-store spending, will emerge in the days ahead.

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Target’s executives have said that consumers were choosing cheaper items like candles and vases, eschewing big-ticket purchases.

Lake-Effect Storm to Bring Several Feet of Snow to Great Lakes

Forecasters warned that some areas would be “paralyzed” by the lake-effect snow. Portions of western New York had already recorded 17 inches of snow by Friday afternoon.

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Erie, Pa., on Friday, as a lake-effect storm was expected to bring several feet of snow in parts of the Great Lakes region.

Justice Dept. Girds for a Test of Its Independence

President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to install loyalists have left officials fearful that he intends to carry out his threats of retribution but hopeful that rule-of-law norms can hold.

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Since Watergate, federal officials have sought to keep White House politics out of the criminal work that the Justice Department does.

Major Canadian News Outlets Sue OpenAI In New Copyright Case

A coalition of some of Canada’s biggest media companies is seeking billions of dollars in compensation for what they say is copyright infringement on their work through ChatGPT.

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation office in Toronto. It, along with other major news outlets, claims OpenAI is illegally using their content.

Vito Is First Pug to Win National Dog Show

The pup became a sensation when he won best in show at the competition, which was broadcast on Thanksgiving Day. One judge said the 2-year-old is “everything a pug should be.”

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After Vito became the first pug to win the National Dog Show, his handler, Michael Scott, said he “has a beautiful head and expression,” as well as “wonderful movement.”

Alice Hudson, Librarian Who Built a Trove of Historic Maps, Dies at 77

She transformed the New York Public Library’s collection of charts and atlases into one of the world’s largest and most accessible resources.

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Alice Hudson in the map room of the New York Public Library in 2005. She was chief of the library’s map division from 1981 to 2009.

Stocks Resume Post-Election Rise

With Friday’s gains included, November was the best month in a year for the S&P 500.

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Friday was the last trading day of November, and the index rose 5.7 percent for the month, according to FactSet.

Syria Rebels Reach Aleppo, in Biggest Advance in Years

A new assault on Syrian regime forces reached the major city, according to rebels and a war monitor. Government warplanes struck back at rebel territory.

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Fighters fire at Syrian government troops on the outskirts of Aleppo on Friday.
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