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Early indications are that Black Friday will be healthy for retailers, But analysts say the Black Friday fever has broken. Almost all the growth in holiday retail sales are in online and mobile shopping. One in six holiday dollars will be spent online giving consumers more bargaining power.

Prosecutors in Massachusetts have a court imposed deadline this week to decide how many cases they will dismiss because of a drug lab scandal that potentially tainted 24,000 criminal cases. They estimate that fewer than 1,000 cases will be re-prosecuted. The scandal involved a former state chemist found guilty of tampering with evidence.

With the NBA playoffs about to begin, the Golden State Warriors have the best record in the league and the most exciting playing style — highlighted by Stephen Curry's long-range shooting.

A teacher and a student have died and three other people are seriously wounded in southern Sweden, after a masked man armed with a sword or knife attacked a school. The man was killed by police.

The agents are testing facial recognition and iris scanning as new ways of identifying people crossing the border. Civil liberties advocates say they're also testing the limits of privacy.

The Labor Department's unemployment report for September shows a smaller than expected number of job losses from Hurricane Katrina. Even so, unemployment rises to 5.1 percent. But analysts say numbers from October will give a better indication of Katrina's impact on the job market.

This is part one of a two-part series on COVID-19 and diabetes. Read part two on Wednesday.Agatha Walston leads a busy life. She’s a nurse in southern…

More than two million acres of forest have burned in Alaska this year. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with climate change researcher Nancy Fresco about the impact these fires have on the Earth's atmosphere.

The new museum, LeBron James’ Home Court, offers a look at the NBA superstar’s life. The grand opening is Saturday at House Three Thirty in Akron.

The issue of border security is one of Vice President Harris' biggest vulnerabilities in her campaign. On Tuesday, she tried to use his signature issue against former President Donald Trump.