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1+ hour, 57+ min ago (138+ words) A California resident woke up to a ding-dong ditcher. Surveillance footage captured the furry visitor. A resident of El Dorado County, California, woke up to a ding-dong ditcher on Wednesday. Surveillance footage captured the furry visitor. Dennis Webster of Garden Valley shared a Nest video with sister station KCRA showing a bear walking up to his front door, observing the camera for a few seconds before walking away. While the video has no audio, Webster said the bear managed to ring the doorbell, waking up people inside the home. Bear encounters, such as with this ding-dong ditcher, are becoming more common in areas populated by humans. Wildlife officials urge residents to take extra precautions, such as storing food properly, to help reduce the likelihood of bears and other animals getting too close to your property....

2+ hour, 36+ min ago (217+ words) The big holiday chill has arrived. Morning lows in the 20s are likely for Saturday morning. Small business Saturday holiday shopping may require extra layers too with highs in the lower to mid-40s are in the Foothills and Piedmont Triad. While sunny skies will grace the start of the weekend, Sunday brings thicker clouds and a chance of passing showers to the Piedmont Triad later in the day. Travel on I-96 may also be a bit slick from rain or wintry weather late Sunday into early Monday morning. Search location by ZIP code Cold sunshine for Small Business Saturday in North Carolina | Sunday rain chance in the Triad, Nov. 28 update The big holiday chill has arrived. Morning lows in the 20s are likely for Saturday morning in the Piedmont Triad and teens are likely toward the Mountains and Foothills. Small business Saturday holiday shopping…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago (119+ words) The Trump administration has announced it is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration announced Friday it is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C. The director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, said in a post on the social platform X that this will be paused "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible." Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were hospitalized in critical condition after the Wednesday afternoon shooting near the White House. Trump announced Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died....

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (215+ words) The big holiday chill has arrived. Morning lows in the 20s are likely for Saturday morning. Small business Saturday holiday shopping may require extra layers too with highs in the lower to mid-40s are in the Foothills and Piedmont Triad. While sunny skies will grace the start of the weekend, Sunday brings thicker clouds and a chance of passing showers to the Piedmont Triad later in the day. Travel on I-96 may also be a bit slick from rain or wintry weather late Sunday into early Monday morning. Search location by ZIP code Sunny for parades and Small Business Saturday, Nov. 28 update The holiday chill will linger through Sunday as we see more waves of cool air move into the region. Morning lows in the 20s are likely for Saturday morning. Small business Saturday holiday shopping may require extra layers too with highs in…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago (893+ words) The production lines at Indeed Brewing moved quickly, the cans filling not with beer, but with THC-infused seltzer. The product, which features the compound that gets cannabis users high, has been a lifeline at Indeed and other craft breweries as alcohol sales have fallen in recent years. But that boom looks set to come to a crashing halt. Buried in the bill that ended the federal government shutdown this month was a provision to ban those drinks, along with other impairing beverages and snacks made from hemp, which have proliferated across the country in recent years. Now the $24 billion hemp industry is scrambling to save itself before the provision takes effect in November 2026. "It's a big deal," said Ryan Bandy, Indeed's chief business officer. "It would be a mess for our breweries, for our industry, and obviously for a lot…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago (91+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. " A crash late Friday night shut down I-77 South in southern Mecklenburg County. NCDOT said it unfolded around 10:45 p.m. near the exit to Nations Ford Road. It's not clear how many vehicles were involved, but traffic cameras facing north confirmed several first responders at the scene. The crash was not expected to clear out until almost 2 a.m. Saturday. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police advised drivers to avoid the area and seek alternate routes. WCNC Charlotte will update this article as new information is shared....

3+ hour, 53+ min ago (129+ words) A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. Related video above: The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists say Snapped last month by the Gemini South telescope, the aptly named Butterfly Nebula is 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. A single light-year is 6 trillion miles. At the heart of this bipolar nebula is a white dwarf star that cast aside its outer layers of gas long ago. The discarded gas forms the butterfly-like wings billowing from the aging star, whose heat causes the gas to glow. Schoolchildren in Chile chose this astronomical target to celebrate 25 years of operation by the International Gemini Observatory....

4+ hour, 14+ min ago (352+ words) More than $100,000 worth of escargots were stolen from a French snail farmer earlier this week, French media reported, leaving the supplier scrambling to replenish its stock in time for the holiday season. "This is really not the post that we thought we would write approaching the holidays," L'Escargot Des Grands Crus wrote in a post on Facebook Tuesday. "We were victims of a burglary and our stock of fresh and frozen snails was stolen." A family business, L'Escargot Des Grands Crus breeds around 350,000 snails annually, preparing the escargots "with the greatest care," according to its website. The snail theft is "a shock, incomprehensible and a real blow for all of the team," the farm, which is based in Bouzy, northeastern France, said on Facebook. Overnight from Sunday into Monday, thieves entered the farm undetected and broke into the buildings housing…...

4+ hour, 16+ min ago (445+ words) President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly." In March of last year, Hernandez was convicted in a U.S. court of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S.A. He had served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation of roughly 10 million people. Hernandez has been appealing his conviction and serving time at the U.S. Penitentiary, Hazelton, in West Virginia. A lawyer for Hernandez, Renato C. Stabile, expressed gratitude for Trump's actions. "A great injustice has been righted, and we are so hopeful for the future partnership of the United States and…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago (500+ words) Angela Childs-Kindred, shares her experience of losing her husband and mother in the same year, along with advice from a therapist on coping with grief during the holidays. Angela Childs-Kindred, a woman from the Triad, is sharing her experience of profound grief after losing both her husband and mother in 2025, offering insights into her journey and advice on coping during the holiday season. Childs-Kindred described 2025 as "numb, unbelievable, and uneasy," reflecting on the sudden loss of her husband in April due to an unknown heart defect. "Finding my husband, he was the picture of health, and you know, just finding him, and he is gone just like that," Childs-Kindred said. The challenges continued with the passing of her mother, whom she had cared for over many years as she lived with dementia. "And then just tumbling, losing my mom, after…...