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Even though Black Friday is passed, Target is still offering some great discounts this weekend. Many of the bargains, which are available through Cyber Monday, are on computer, home, kitchen, and other items. You can ask for a price adjustment if you buy something from Target (online or in-store) and the price drops on or before December 24. As an assistant reporter for NBC Select, I regularly cover Target shopping events. I spent weeks sifting through sales to locate the finest Black Friday Target bargains that were truly worth purchasing. All of the ones listed below are highly regarded and have at least 20% off. I used price monitors wherever I could to make sure the deals were the lowest they had been for at least three months. This list will be updated often during Black Friday. GO Ah...

Now that almost all of the ballots for the 2024 election have been counted, we can thoroughly assess how well the national and battleground polls performed this year. The conclusion: Despite their flaws, they were more correct than incorrect, particularly in light of the difficulties and previous failures of the polling industry. First, let's look at the presidential horse race results. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump were equal at 49% each in the latest national NBC News poll, while the national RealClearPolitics average for the two-way race was 48.7% for Harris and 48.6% for Trump. Additionally, the New York Times averaged Trump at 48% and Harris at 49%. As of right now, the actual outcome of the popular vote is as follows, albeit it may somewhat alter during the final ballot count: Harri...

Award-winning news editor and writer Ashton Pittman said that he was the sole journalist from Mississippi using the Bluesky app when he first signed up. That was the case, he added, until roughly five weeks ago. However, as Bluesky has emerged as a favorite forum for reporters, authors, activists, and other organizations that have grown more estranged from X, Pittman stated that there are currently at least 15 Mississippi journalists using the platform. Pittman claimed the audience interaction on Bluesky is flourishing, and his source, the Mississippi Free Press, already has more followers on Bluesky (28,500) than it ever had on X (22,000), the platform that was originally known as Twitter. According to Pittman, Bluesky is seeing at least 20 times as much engagement as Twitter on posts tha...