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If you want a salad that shouts “holiday,” then you have landed in a very good spot.First of all, anytime you want to make a salad feel very festive and holiday-ish, you can’t go wrong with pomegranate seeds. That’s just a fact. Bright ruby little arils, kind of glowing and translucent, with their sweet-tart flavor instantly make a salad feel like a holiday salad. You can remove them from a whole pomegranate, or purchase them in little containers, and save yourself the hassle of dismantling a full pomegranate.Then we get to the pears, which have a lovely holiday vibe. Fruit…

The FAA Air Traffic Control tower at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFlight cancellations eased across the U.S. on Wednesday ahead of a House vote on a funding bill that could end the longest federal government shutdown in history.House lawmakers could vote around 7 p.m. ET on the bill, which was passed by the Senate earlier this week. The shutdown again put air travel in the spotlight and heightened strains on air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without receiving their…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 2:05 PM ET, Tue November 11, 2025 Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts have launched their Black Friday Sale, offering up to 65 percent off stays and travel credits of up to $1,500 for Sandals stays and $1,000 for Beaches stays through 2027, available to book now through December 2. At Sandals Resorts, travelers can enjoy an adults-only all-inclusive resort experience with a little more money in their pocket this Black Friday. Travelers can snag steep discounts across seventeen properties, plus up to $1,500 in instant booking credit, a $200 spa credit for stays five nights or…

Indian online brokerage platform Groww’s IPO on Wednesday proved to be the largest listing by an Indian fintech so far this year, as the company raised ₹66.3 billion (about $748 million) with its shares closing 29% higher from their issue price. The company’s shares opened at ₹112, about 12% above their issue price of ₹100, and closed at ₹128.85, lending it a market cap of ₹795 billion (approximately $9 billion). Groww’s listing comes amid a broader pickup in Indian startup IPOs. Eyewear retailer Lenskart made its market debut earlier this week, and payments platform Pine Labs is scheduled to list…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Outdoor Christmas decorations aren’t flying at U.S. Air Force base housing in the Florida Panhandle, at least not before Thanksgiving.The private company that operates a community of homes near Tyndall Air Force Base has recently instructed residents to remove their Yuletide decorations and refrain from putting them back up until after Turkey Day.“All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday,” the landlord said in the message.Air Force Capt. Justin Davidson-Beebe, a Tyndall spokesman, said Wednesday that the landlord, Balfour Beatty Communities, had set…

To help travelers unwind from less-than-stellar family holidays, Hilton unveiled the “Hilton Sale,” which provides discounts of up to 25% for bookings made by Dec. 15, 2025, for stays between Nov. 12 and April 6, 2026.In conjunction with Morning Consult, a global intelligence and AI company, Hilton surveyed upward of 2,000 adults, which found that “53% of holiday travelers have made excuses to cut stays with relatives short,” with “63% of holiday hosts saying it is exhausting and 46% admitting  they would enjoy the season more if guests stayed somewhere else.” The survey also found that 36% of respondents said…

Australia’s intelligence head Mike Burgess has warned that China-backed hackers are “probing” the country’s critical infrastructure, and in some cases have gained access.  Burgess, who heads the country’s main intelligence agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, said that at least two China government-backed hacking groups are pre-positioning for sabotage and espionage. The comments, made during a conference speech in Melbourne on Wednesday, echo similar remarks by the U.S. government, which has warned that the ongoing hacking campaigns may pose risks of economic and societal disruption. According to Burgess, a hacker group known as Volt Typhoon is trying to break into…

Toyota display is seen at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBCToyota Motor on Wednesday said it has started production at a new $13.9 billion battery plant in North Carolina and confirmed plans to invest up to $10 billion more than previously expected over the next five years in the United States.The Japanese automaker did not release details about the increased investment other than Toyota Motor North America CEO Tetsuo Ogawa calling it a “pivotal moment” in the company’s history along with the new battery plant, according to a release.The facility is Toyota’s…

Power demands of data centers have grown from tens to 200 kilowatts in just a few years, a pace that has data center developers scrambling to design future facilities that can handle the load. “In the next couple of years, it’s going to be 600 kilowatts, and then we’re going to a megawatt,” Tim Heidel, CEO of Veir, told TechCrunch. “We’re speaking to folks that are now trying to wrap their heads around the architecture for how you design data centers that have multi-megawatt racks.” At those scales, even the low-voltage cables that bring power to the racks start to…

Birding. Photography. The great outdoors. Big Macs.Chances are good there’s a nonfiction book out there to suit just about anybody on your holiday gift list.Some ideas:For your puzzlersImagine, if you will, a world without mobile phones, the internet or The New York Times (digital OR print). Would your favorite puzzler survive? The good folks at the Times have something perfect to put in the bunker: “Puzzle Mania!” It’s a stylish hardcover book full of Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and more. By a lead Times puzzle editor, Joel Fagliano. Authors Equity. $38.Contemporary artPainting, collage, photography, sculpture, performance. Derrick Adams has…