Morocco opens airports to international flights to allow citizens home

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3 Americans held for years in China released, White House says
Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung have been released from detention, a spokesperson for the National Security Council said.
NBC News
Thanksgiving travel snarled by coast-to-coast storm bringing rain and snow
With Thanksgiving holiday travel well underway, many have reached their destinations — but for everyone else, a storm tracking from the Rockies to the Midwest and Northeast into Thursday will bring rain and snow, likely impacting flights and packed roads.
Politico
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire quiets northern front — but not Gaza
”They agree to a ceasefire in one place and not in the other? Have mercy on the children, the elderly and the women.”
Associated Press
Conservative US influencer Candace Owens is barred from New Zealand weeks after a ban from Australia
The U.S. conservative political commentor Candace Owens was refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials said Thursday. News of the ruling came weeks after neighboring Australia also rejected her visa request, citing remarks in which she denied Nazi medical experimentation on Jews in concentration camps during World War II.
AFP
Scientists seek miracle pill to stop methane cow burps
A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a potent greenhouse gas.Filho uses the tube to extract liquid from Thing 1's rumen -- the first stomach compartment containing partially digested food.
Associated Press
'It's a bird! It's a plane!' In Alaska, it's both, with a pilot dropping turkeys off to rural homes
In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered. For the third straight year, a resident named Esther Keim has been flying low and slow in a small plane over rural parts of south-central Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to those who can't simply run out to the grocery store. Alaska is mostly wilderness, with only about 20% of it accessible by road.
Associated Press
AP PHOTOS: Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us
On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons. Much of the world’s plastic garbage winds up in rivers that eventually carry it into the oceans. Plastic, a wondrously versatile material that can be contorted into endless shapes useful in everything from construction to packaging, is also a scourge.
Reuters
Landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra kill at least 27, rescuers search for missing
Indonesian rescuers are searching for passengers trapped in a minibus buried in mud after flash floods and landslides hit several locations in North Sumatra province, killing at least 27, an official said on Thursday. Torrential rain in the province since last week had caused flash floods and landslides in four different districts, Indonesia's disaster agency has said. A landslide in a village in Deli Serdang on Wednesday killed seven and injured 20, Hadi Wahyudi, North Sumatra police spokesperson told Reuters.
Associated Press
From disaster to hope: A Vermont family thankful for community support after flood destroyed home
The last thing John and Jenny Mackenzie saw as they fled their Vermont home with their daughters, dog and two guinea pigs last summer was their cars upended and propelled away by rushing flood waters. Minutes earlier they had abandoned their 19th-century wood-frame house as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl turned it into an island engulfed by surging flood waters, with trees slamming into it and water gushing at colossal speed into the basement and first floor. “It was just like it was a horror movie at that point,” John Mackenzie said of the surreal scene on that July 10 night.
Associated Press
Trump promised federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe. Will he follow through?
When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members could have helped tip the swing state. Trump in September promised that he would sign legislation to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe, a distinction that would unlock access to federal funds. Now, as Trump prepares to return to the White House in January, the promise will be put to the test.
NBC News
Stowaway found after boarding flight from New York to Paris
A stowaway bypassed screening measures before being discovered on a flight from New York to Paris amid the Thanksgiving travel rush, authorities said Wednesday.
Associated Press
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Big Tech losses pull Wall Street lower
Shares were mixed Thursday in Asia after stocks on Wall Street retreated, weighed down by losses for technology shares. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.7% to 38,400.00 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.8% to 8,473.30. The Bank of Korea cut its key rate by a quarter percentage point to 3% and lowered its outlook for the country’s economic growth from to 2.2% from 2.4% for this year and to 1.9% from 2.1% for 2025.
CNN
Stowaway flew aboard Delta flight from New York to Paris
The individual, who did not have a boarding pass, completed security screening and bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations to board the aircraft, according to a TSA spokesperson.
CBS News
Mystery of New York couple's 1980 disappearance unravels
The mystery behind a wealthy New York couple's 1980 disappearance is starting to unravel after a team found their missing car in a Georgia pond.
CNN
Delight and disruption as record November snowfall hits Seoul
Seoul residents awoke to a gleaming world of white this week, as record snowfall caused both disruption and delight across the South Korean capital.
CBS News
Trump tariffs on Canada imports could bring sharply higher gas prices
Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Canada could increase U.S. gas prices by up to 70 cents a gallon, energy experts say.
AFP
Countrywide air alert in Ukraine due to missile threat
Ukraine's military said Thursday an air raid alert had been declared across the country, reporting inbound missiles targeting several regions."Air raid alert has been declared all over the territory of Ukraine due to a missile threat," Ukraine's air force said in a message on Telegram, adding in other messages that missiles were detected headed for Kharkiv, Odesa and eight other regions.
USA TODAY
Man accused of trying to smuggle meth-caked clothing on flight from LAX to Australia
Raj Matharu, 31, of Northridge, faces one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Associated Press
'Everything is expensive!' Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse
Fuel is rapidly becoming one of Bolivia’s scarcest commodities. Long lines of vehicles snake for several kilometers outside gas stations all over Bolivia, once South America’s second-largest producer of natural gas. While frustration builds, drivers like Victor García now eat, sleep and socialize around their stationary trucks, waiting to buy just a few gallons of diesel — unless the station runs dry.
Associated Press
Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former president who was once banned from that social network. Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump’s second term, said Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to support Trump’s economic plans. “Mark, obviously, he has his own interest, and he has his own company and he has his own agenda,” Miller said in an interview on Fox News about the meeting.

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