The number of international tourists traveling to the United States has declined, with one exception, Mexico. After a dip at the beginning of the year, visitors from Mexico are back, and their numbers growing. In fact, those tourists are a bright spot this holiday season when many plan trips to visit relatives, enjoy entertainment and amusement parks and, of course, Christmas shopping in malls from San Diego, San Antonio, or El Paso, across from Ciudad Juarez.
As the year begins to wind down, investors are looking to position themselves for 2026. In recent days, insiders, including beneficial owners, at Crescent Biopharma Inc. ( NASDAQ: CBIO), MGM Resorts International ( NYSE: MGM), and Salesforce Inc. ( NYSE: CRM) have boosted their stakes in their companies in a big way. Though these were the most prominent insider purchases in that time, there were a number of other notable ones as well.
Lifelong sports fan Snoop Dogg has officially joined Team USA, being named its first-ever honorary coach a role he's taken on for next year's Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. In his new position, Coach Snoop will join the rest of the staff, coaches, medical experts, administrators and partners who help athletes chase their dreams and inspire the nation, while lending his signature humor and heart to help motivate Team USA, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said in a statement.
Working off a tip, the Drug Enforcement Agency said it stopped a tractor trailer as it was heading into Brooklyn. As agents conducted a traffic stop, a search allegedly revealed drugs hidden among crates of papayas.
Northwest Oregon also faces flooding and landslide threats from this week's atmospheric river event that produced 5 to 10-plus inches of rain, per an NWS forecast update Thursday. Precipitation was diminishing Thursday across the Pacific Northwest following the end of the atmospheric river, a narrow current of moisture-laden air that can transport vast amounts of water vapor thousands of miles.
Warren said the deals raise serious concerns about antitrust and would reduce competition for viewers and workers. Warner Brothers agreed to an $83 billion sale to Netflix, but that deal is not finalized. And now Paramount Skydance owned by Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest people, and his son David Ellison, founder of Skydance Media is pursuing the company through a hostile takeover.
Federal health officials on Wednesday expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to recalled ByHeart baby formula to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in March 2022. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said investigators "cannot rule out the possibility that contamination might have affected all ByHeart formula products" ever made. The outbreak now includes at least 51 infants in 19 states.
When Sheridan begged Morrison not to kidnap her, he pulled a small gun from a paper bag and attempted to load it. During a struggle, Sheridan was able to take the gun from Morrison, but he grabbed her by the hair and pulled the car over at a rest area on Route 7. Sheridan was then able to unlock the door and escape the vehicle, prompting another vehicle to follow Morrison's car and report the license plate number to Williamstown police, officials say.
Los Angeles has experienced more than its share of struggles in the last few years. But when it come to one of the things that drives residents crazy, there are signs of slight improvement. New data show that the home of Carmageddon, the SigAlert and road rage has actually seen traffic congestion get a bit better. Los Angeles was the 10th-most congested city in the world in 2025, according to the Global Traffic Scorecard from INRIX, a transportation analytics firm.
I wanted to ask you about how the higher-income households are really driving spending right now that are backed by home equity and stock market wealth, but lower-income consumers are really struggling with the accumulation of five years now of rising prices. It's price levels, not really the inflation rate, holding some of these families back. How sustainable is this so-called K-shaped economy?
Federal agents have seized 300 pounds of crystal methamphetamine in Brooklyn, marking one of the largest meth busts in New York City history. The drugs, valued at one million dollars, were discovered in a tractor-trailer disguised as a shipment of papayas. According to the DEA, smugglers had cleverly concealed the meth in compartments sawn into the pallets. The driver of the tractor-trailer was arrested and faces numerous drugs and weapons charges.
The Department of Children and Families erroneously thought 4-year-old A'zella Ortiz had moved to New York before she was allegedly killed by her father in Worcester last year, a new report says, which argues DCF failed to support her and her siblings for years. "Although the ultimate tragic outcome of this case is rare, in other ways this case is like the vast majority of DCF cases," the new report from the state's Office of the Child Advocate said.
A New Hampshire mother was charged on Monday after her 6-year-old ingested a THC gummy and tested positive for cannabinoids and cocaine. On Nov. 3, Nashua police received a report from the Division of Child, Youth, and Families that a 6-year-old girl had ingested a THC gummy and was taken to the hospital, where she tested positive for the two illegal drugs.
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For years, In-N-Out maintained that its slow-growth approach was a direct result of its operational chain, saying that the company would only open in locations that could be reached from one of its distribution warehouses in less than a day's drive. For decades, that meant California only - until Texas came a-calling in 2011. Since then, the brand has steadily grown its footprint across the Western U.S., using North Texas as a new hub for distribution of its famously never-frozen, butchered-in-house beef.
Within weeks, there could be a halt to the Trump administration's practice of arresting immigrants at court hearings in San Francisco, if a district court judge rules in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union and other Bay Area groups challenging the practice. Immigration agents have for months arrested immigrants after their asylum hearings, placed them in federal custody, and tried to deport them to the countries they have fled from (and, as of late, to countries they have never been to).
Marcus Williams, a guard who played for San Francisco from 2022-25, was ruled ineligible after the NCAA found he provided information to former Fresno State player Mykell Robinson ahead of at least nine games during the 2024-25 season. Williams shared information with Robinson about his points, 3-pointers made, rebounds and assists, according to the NCAA, which found text messages between the two after imaging Robinson's phone. In each instance, Williams directed Robinson to take the over on his statistics, according to the NCAA.
Lisa Torres woke up with an unexplained chest pain on July 29, 2017. She was in Guanajuato, visiting family. She thought she was going to get sick. She had a feeling something was wrong, although at that moment she didn't know that her 22-year-old son, Roberto Franco Jr., had just disappeared on the way to where she was. Roberto had left Houston, Texas, at the wheel of a vehicle around 4:00 a.m. He was due to arrive in the Mexican city by 10:00 a.m.
Kiara Diaz, 29, fell 15 feet through the floor while hiking El Miro in Jaco, Costa Rica, according to a GoFundeMe page. The Worcester woman is currently hospitalized in Costa Rica with two spinal fractures and a broken shoulder, according to the fundraiser. She sustained "fractures at T11 and T12, leaving her paralyzed." She is receiving "very limited medical care," the fundraiser states. "She has been lying in the hallway without monitoring or surgical intervention since she arrived."
