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First-year Arkansas coach John Calipari will lead the No. 19 Razorbacks as they face Illinois on Thanksgiving Day in Kansas City, Missouri, in a premiere nonconference showdown in the first edition of the CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic. Thursday will mark the seventh meeting between the programs, with Illinois leading the all-time series 5-1. Arkansas’ lone win […]
US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he visits the Nantucket Fire Department in Nantucket, Massachusetts on November 28, 2024. Biden and family are in Nantucket, Massachusetts for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving morning giving back to first responders on Nantucket, while also […]
Daniel SLIM / AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The homes of multiple Democratic members of Congress in Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day. Reps. Joe Courtney, Jahana Hayes, Jim Himes, and John Larson all said their homes were targeted on Thursday. “This morning, I was notified of a bomb threat targeting […]
KGO (PIEDMONT, CA) — Three people were killed and one was seriously injured when their Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont, California, according to police. Just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday, police received a collision alert from an iPhone, which provided police with the location of the crash, according to Piedmont Police Department Chief Jeremy Bowers. […]
Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BERLIN) — Workers for the largest online retailer in the world are planning to go on strike during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the holiday season. Amazon employees are preparing to protest in 20 countries, including in major cities in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan […]
One of WWE’s biggest annual events returns on Saturday when Survivor Series: WarGames goes down from Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The card is stacked with a pair of WarGames matches and three title bouts. Much of Saturday’s attention will be focused on the men’s WarGames match, which see’s Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline team with Bronson Reed […]
ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested for blocking the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday. For the second year in a row, the demonstrators jumped the barriers and ran into West 55th Street just before 9:30 a.m. The exact charges the protesters will be facing are still pending. […]
SasinT Gallery/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Extreme heat could pose a significant threat to players and spectators at the next World Cup, according to climate and medical experts. The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will take place in the summer of 2026 in North America — during the hottest part of the year — and […]
Thanksgiving afternoon features a Final Four rematch in college basketball when the No. 13 Purdue Boilermakers (5-1) take on the NC State Wolfpack (5-0) on Thursday at the Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego. Purdue is coming off an 80-45 victory over Marshall on Saturday and North Carolina State is coming off an 84-61 win […]
GMVozd/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s Thanksgiving, you’re enjoying your favorite foods at the dinner table, when a family member brings up who they voted for in the 2024 presidential election. Arguments ensue. The food doesn’t taste as good. And now everyone’s a politician. In a contentious election year, conversations about politics at the dinner […]