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The holiday shopping season comes with tons of extra emissions. Here's how to do it sustainably 12/09/2025 09:10am • We're in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and U.S. residents are expected to shatter the spending record again this year. The National Retail Federation forecasts that 2025 will be the first time we collectively spend more than $1 trillion on year-end gifts. A lot of materials, energy, pack Online shopping? How you pay makes a big difference, says consumer protection group 12/09/2025 08:45am • Chances are you're doing a lot of spending this holiday season, but there's a smaller chance you're giving much thought to how you're paying — a consumers' group suggests you might want to take that detail into consideration. "I often advise people, if they can, to pay with a credit card, espec Holiday ornaments decorate life all year long in this Belgian shop 12/09/2025 03:08am • ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Getting ready for the holiday season has never been stressful for Christel Dauwe — after all, her holiday period lasts all year long in her Christmas ornament shop in the Belgian city of Antwerp. Her collecting began in her teenage years, and she now has more than 64,000 Pope Leo XIV gets into Christmas spirit with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps 12/08/2025 10:18pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the Dec. 8 feast day that kicks off the Christmas season. Leo greeted thousands of well-wishers who braved the cold t A year after Bashar Assad fled, Syria struggles to heal 12/08/2025 08:29pm • HOMS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the capital threw open its doors to release the prisoners. Arrested in 2018 for fleeing compulsory mili Clever Credit: What Credit Card Should You Use for eBay Purchases? 12/08/2025 07:00pm • Dear Clever Credit,I do most of my spending on resale platforms, mainly eBay, Poshmark and Depop. Right now, I get 5% cash back on online purchases with my debit card, but I want to start building credit while keeping similar perks.I've been having trouble finding a credit card that offers anything Worst Medicare Advantage Plans: How to Find a Good One 12/08/2025 07:00pm • Medicare beneficiaries have a wide selection of Medicare Advantage plans to choose from, but the quality and coverage can vary significantly. For 2026, 97% of beneficiaries have 10 or more Medicare Advantage plans to choose from, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), m Affordable Care Act enrollment is slightly ahead of last year so far, despite expiring subsidies 12/08/2025 04:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year, initial new federal data shows, even as subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025 will make the coverage more expensive for many. Seen Myanmar military air strike on a tea shop kills 18 watching a football match on TV 12/08/2025 11:23am • BANGKOK (AP) — An air strike last week by Myanmar’s military on a tea shop in the country’s upper-central region of Sagaing killed at least 18 civilians and wounded 20 others, a local villager and Myanmar’s independent online media said Monday. The attack is the latest in a series of frequen Norway police say suspect detained in shooting at shopping center, no injuries immediately reported 12/08/2025 05:59am • OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian police said Monday that a shopping center in the capital, Oslo, was safe to reopen for business after a gunman opened fire inside. No one was immediately reported injured and the suspect was taken into custody. Police, in a statement, determined that the shopping cen Cinnabon worker fired after racist outburst directed at customers goes viral 12/07/2025 03:58pm • ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — A Cinnabon worker in Wisconsin has been fired after a racist outburst directed at two customers went viral, the Georgia-based cinnamon roll chain said. Cinnabon posted a statement on social media that the worker, who it did not identify, was “immediately terminated” by As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes 12/07/2025 12:21am • DOUANKARA, Mauritania (AP) — A new Russian military unit that replaced the Wagner mercenary group is carrying out abuses including rapes and beheadings as it teams up with Mali 's military to hunt down extremists, dozens of civilians who fled the fighting have told The Associated Press. The Africa New Grand Mart international grocer to replace Manassas Amazon Fresh 12/06/2025 05:45pm • A New Grand Mart international grocery store is set to replace the shuttered Amazon Fresh location in Manassas’ Sudley Manor Square. Shopping center owner Seneca Properties Inc. executed the 44,800-square-foot lease for the new store, which will be the grocer’s 10th location between southern What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott 12/06/2025 12:51am • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. “Don’t ride the bus to work, to town, to school Arizona congresswoman claims she was pepper sprayed during federal operation 12/05/2025 09:29pm • A federal law enforcement operation at an Arizona taco shop resulted in a fracas on Friday, with agents deploying pepper spray as a group of protesters tried to stop authorities. Two agents were injured, and U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva was in the vicinity as protesters were sprayed. The Democratic c