Thanksgiving Day

Despite the NFL’s Thanksgiving Day tradition, the league’s Thanksgiving TV ratings fell seven percent over last year’s numbers.

Thanksgiving Day came with a surprise blessing for 100 Dallas-area seniors when they assembled for services at a community church.

An Antifa group in Portland, Oregon, called for a Thanksgiving Eve attack on “symbols and structures of colonialism and capitalism.” The incited direct action led to the destruction and vandalism of a veterans’ war memorial and downtown businesses.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock (D) is flying to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family despite advising residents against traveling for the holidays if possible as part of an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) on Thursday issued a stay-at-home advisory and called on residents to cancel their “traditional” Thanksgiving plans as part of an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends Americans host Thanksgiving Dinner virtually or outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Monday warned 12 states that “things aren’t looking up for Thanksgiving dinner” days after Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, suggested Americans may have to cancel their Thanksgiving plans to help combat the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.

Walmart will invest $428 million more in its workers with another bonus, for a total of $1.1 billion in special bonuses this year, the company announced Tuesday.

GLENPOOL, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma police chief says an officer bought Starbucks for 911 dispatchers working on Thanksgiving only to find that the word “PIG” was printed on the cups’ labels.

Colin Kaepernick celebrated “Unthanksgiving Day” by ripping the “US government” for having “stolen” over a “billion acres” from indigenous people, during an annual ceremony held in San Francisco, California, Thursday.

A beloved dog was reunited with her owner Thanksgiving Day after she went missing on Halloween night in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kiefer Police Chief Johnny O’Mara says when one of his officers went to pick up a Starbucks coffee, he received five cups labeled “Pig.”

A businessman is making sure people in need receive a free Thanksgiving meal this year in Orlando, Florida.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A day after bringing havoc to the Rocky Mountains, a powerful winter storm rolled across the Midwest on Wednesday, threatening to scramble Thanksgiving plans for millions of people during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.

NEW YORK (AP) — The beloved balloons were flying, if lower than usual, as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began after an anxious weather watch Thursday morning.

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday: invented in New England, proclaimed by George Washington, stamped into our national calendar by Abraham Lincoln, and celebrated with turkey, stuffing, dressing, love, laughter, and thankfulness with a similar distinctiveness all over this vast country of ornery and often deeply divided people.

First Lady Melania Trump brushed off the haters as she was all smiles in a monochromatic suede ensemble at the annual turkey pardoning days before Thanksgiving. 

The Philadelphia Eagles used $50,000 of the NFL’s “social justice fund,” to bail nine people out of jail for the Thanksgiving holiday, a report notes.

Few issues have generated more passion and interest over the last few years, than the NFL anthem protests. Though, for all the passion and emotion that topic brings out, no one was getting shot over it.

NFL ratings have soared since the divisive anthem protests which roiled the league over the last two years, finally subsided. In place of those protests, there’s been a resurgence of pro-police/military demonstrations and tributes which have led many fans to give the league a second chance.

Celtics guard Kyrie Irving said he was just “frustrated” and has apologized for flippantly saying “f**k Thanksgiving” at a press conference, after Wednesday’s 117-109 loss to the New York Knicks.

Veterans from the University of Alabama and Auburn University have united to march 150 miles as one to raise awareness for the 22 veterans lost each day to suicide.

A new poll released on Wednesday shows fewer than two in ten Americans are looking forward to discussing politics at the Thanksgiving dinner table, while four in ten hope to avoid political discussion altogether.

Thanksgiving Day football is a tradition in Massachusetts. Each year, throughout the “Bay State,” dozens of high school teams take the field and play the country’s most popular game on the day the nation gives thanks.

Vision shared to social media shows thousands of commuters sitting in gridlock traffic on Los Angeles’ 405 Freeway ahead of Thanksgiving Day.

Parts across the Northeast United States are bracing for record cold temperatures on Thanksgiving Day, meteorologists say. 

The Northeastern United States is likely in for a “frigid” Thanksgiving as chilly winds may bring “more rounds of snow and slick travel.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Bruno Mars will mark the end of his massive “24K Magic World Tour” by providing meals to 24,000 Hawaii residents in need for the Thanksgiving holiday.

A Louisiana mother is in custody after she allegedly threw her newborn son at the child’s father, causing the baby to break his skull.

Christmas season shopping exploded to a record $5 billion in online sales this Black Friday, showing that the Internet is growing as a major artery of commerce nationwide.