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Shoppers walk through the Urbanspace Holiday Shops at Bryant Park in New York, U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021.Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHoliday sales came in below industry expectations, as shoppers felt pinched by inflation and rising interest rates, according to data from the National Retail Federation.Sales during November and December grew 5.3% year over year to $936.3 billion, below the major trade group’s prediction for growth of between 6% and 8% over the year prior. In early November, NRF had projected spending of between $942.6 billion and $960.4 billion.The retail sales number excludes spending at automobile dealers, gasoline…

Two big prizes from Tuesday’s Lotto Max draw have gone to tickets sold in the Greater Toronto Area. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced Wednesday that the jackpot-winning ticket worth $60 million was sold somewhere in Richmond Hill.A winning Encore ticket worth $1 million was sold in Brampton.And two tickets that won $100,000 each on Encore were sold in London and on OLG.ca. The next Lotto Max draw takes place on Friday and has a jackpot of an estimated $16 million.Here are the winning numbers for Tuesday’s draw, according to the OLG website: Main Draw: 01 02 05 06…

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CNN  —  An American public defender who died this month while celebrating his first wedding anniversary in Mexico “was the victim of a brutal crime,” his family said, noting a coroner’s liaison told them the case was sent to a local prosecutor “to conduct a possible homicide investigation.” Elliot Blair, 33, a deputy public defender in Orange County, California, died from “severe head trauma,” the liaison said, citing an autopsy, according to a family statement provided by their attorney, David Scarsone. Blair was found dead Saturday at the Las Rocas Resort in Rosarito Beach – a 45-mile drive south of…

Police in Pennsylvania are searching for two truck drivers after authorities say they stole more than $3,000 in diesel fuel from a Wawa gas station last week.The thefts happened in Hilltown Township on the morning of Jan. 11 at a Wawa on Route 131, police said.The first theft occurred around 7:45 a.m. when the driver of a white flatbed-style truck illegally accessed the control unit of a diesel fuel pump, according to police. The driver bypassed the pay system and pumped out 342 gallons of diesel fuel before driving away.About an hour and a half later, a white Ford F-150…

Nearly one week after Lisa Marie Presley died at age 54, an official cause of death has yet to be determined. According to the Los Angeles County Coroner, more tests will be conducted in order to identify the circumstances of the songwriter’s death. “Presley was examined on Jan. 14 and the cause of death was deferred,” Sarah Ardalani, a spokesperson for the L.A. County Dept. of Medical Examiner-Coroner, told CNN on Wednesday, January 18. Ardalani explained that “deferred” indicates that final conclusions were not drawn after the initial autopsy. “The medical examiner is requesting more investigation into the death, including…

OMG, guess who’s gotten back together?!That’s right, Deutsche’s bullish on sterling again. They totally emailed everyone this afternoon like:For the first time in a long while we turned positive on the pound. The policy mix finally looks more favourable with high real rates and a much improved external balance picture compared to September.And the pictures are SO CUTE: ? The Great Winchester Street gang were some of the pound’s biggest critics last year, culminating in some wonky beef with Barclays. In early September, when Liz Truss was taking her first baby steps as arguably Britain’s biggest prime ministerial failure, they…

YOAKUM, Texas — A small plane crashed Tuesday while approaching a Texas airport, killing four members of a Tennessee church and leaving the lead pastor injured, authorities and the church said.The single-engine Piper PA-46 crashed in an open field south of an airport in Yoakum, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Yoakum, a city of about 6,000 people, is about 100 miles east of San Antonio.One of the five people on board was able to get out of the plane and was taken to a hospital in Victoria, Sgt. Ruben San Miguel of the Texas Department of Public Safety told…

The gut microbiome may impact health by influencing the gut-brain axis, according to existing research.Meditation is a mental practice that can benefit the regulation of physical and psychological conditions.Despite this, there is limited research that has fully explored the effects of meditation on the gut microbiome.Now, a new study suggests that practicing deep meditation for an extended period of time may help maintain balance in the gut microbiome, and in turn, positively impact physical and mental health.According to a small comparative study, published in General Psychiatry, prolonged and consistent deep meditation may regulate the gut microbiome, which has the potential…

France’s trade unions have joined forces to call for a mass mobilisation on Thursday against the government’s pension reform plan.More than 200 protests are expected across the country, according to one of the main trade unions, with a national strike that is expected to heavily impact the public sector.Here’s what you need to know about the situation.Who is going on strike in France?France’s eight main trade unions have united against the government’s retirement reform plan unveiled last week and called for protests across the country, with many denouncing the plan as unfair.Strikes have been called in multiple sectors with teachers,…