About 40% of the fresh vegetables and 60% of the fresh fruit in the United States are imported. And Mexico is the largest contributor among the countries of origin for those products, so if President-elect Donald Trump fulfills his most recent pledge to impose a 25% tariff on all goods imported across the southern border, U.S. consumers may see higher prices for a variety of produce and grocery items. Mexico is the United States' top foreign supplier of bell peppers, strawberries, raspberries, avocados, tomatoes, and avocados, according to data from the University of California, Davis. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mexico accounted for 51% of all fresh fruit imports and 69% of all vegetable imports into the United States in 2022. The value of Mexico's horticulture export...

Walmart customers can start their holiday shopping early this year with discounts of up to 70% off on a variety of categories, including tech, beauty, home and kitchen, and more, as Black Friday approaches. Walmart Plus customers with a monthly or annual subscription will have early online access to Black Friday deals during the retailer's second holiday event, which begins today (Nov. 25) at 12 PM ET, after the retailer's first Black Friday Deals event, which runs from Nov. 11 to Nov. 17. The in-store sales will start on November 29 at 6 AM local time, while all other customers will have access to the internet later today at 5 PM ET. On Sunday, December 1, Cyber Monday sales begin at 5 p.m. ET for Walmart Plus members and 8 p.m. ET for all other consumers.Additionally, from now until Dece...

Although they may not be as common in home gyms as other well-known exercise equipment like treadmills, ellipticals, and exercise bikes, vertical climbers are a great way to work out your entire body and burn hundreds of calories, according to fitness experts. Usually standing 7 to 8 feet tall, vertical climbers are exercise equipment with foot pedals and handlebars that may be adjusted in height. "As if you were climbing or scaling something," says Kyle Gonzalez, head of content at nutrition and supplement firm Momentous and integrative health and wellness specialist, these devices assist you in pulling up and down against calibrated resistance. Additionally, according to Andrew Schillaci, a personal trainer at Casa Cipriani in New York City, this exercise equipment works best for high-in...

Two years after being found not guilty of attempted murder, an FBI agent was caught and charged with several charges of sexual assault. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Montgomery County Police Department charged Eduardo Valdivia, 40, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, with two counts of second-degree rape, four counts of fourth-degree sexual crime, and four counts of second-degree assault. Police said Valdivia may have more victims, and two women claim they were raped inside a tattoo parlor. According to police, the two ladies were sexually assaulted at DC Fine Line Tattoos, a studio run by Valivida under a false identity on Washingtonian Boulevard in Gaithersburg. According to the first woman, a man named Lalo Brown sexually assaulted her in October. According to authorities, a second la...

According to someone with firsthand knowledge of the talks, Blake Snell has agreed to a five-year, $182 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the winners of the World Series. Because the arrangement is contingent on a successful physical, the individual spoke to The Associated Press Tuesday night under the condition of anonymity. The two-time Cy Young Award winner personally broke the news by sharing a picture of himself wearing a No. 7 Dodgers uniform on social media. The specifics of his contract were initially published by ESPN. The Dodgers would get their first big deal of the summer with Snell joining two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani in a star-studded rotation after Ohtani signed a $700 million, 10-year contract last winter. During his recuperation from elbow surgery, Ohtani did not ...

A memorandum of understanding between the White House and President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has been signed after a protracted delay, enabling the incoming administration to interact with government agencies. Susie Wiles, Trump's incoming White House chief of staff, said in a statement that the signing of the memo enables important preparations to start. President-elect Trump is embarking on the next stage of his administration's transition by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with President Joe Biden's White House, Wiles said in a statement after concluding the selection of his incoming Cabinet. Through the agreement, a new administration can start the presidential transition process and gain access to federal resources, including federal agency staff and documents. Trump...

An appeals court on Tuesday agreed to dismiss charges related to Donald Trump s alleged mishandling ofclassified documents, effectively ending Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump. Smith's office on Mondaysought to dismiss charges, first made in June 2023, against Trump on allegations that he willfully retained national defense information after he left office and that he directed the deletion of security video at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Additionally, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan granted the special counsel's office's request on Monday to drop charges against Trump for his attempts to rig the 2020 election. A request for comment on the decision on Tuesday night was not immediately answered by a Trump lawyer. Smith's office representative chose not to comment. Th...

Bel Air, Md. Local law enforcement agencies are getting ready to expand a contentious program that permits them to collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration tightens its plan for mass deportations. The new administration will probably use the 287(g) program, which gives state and local law enforcement officials the authority to assist in enforcing federal immigration law, to increase its workforce as it prepares to begin what it claims is the greatest deportation campaign in American history. But as Inauguration Day approaches, it might also serve as a trigger for an impending judicial battle. Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, traveled to Texas on Tuesday to promote the incoming administration's mass deportation plans. Ho...

As millions of passengers started their trips to reach loved ones for what forecasters anticipate will be a frigid Thanksgiving, dozens of flights were canceled and others more delayed. Two weather systems are predicted to spread a "Arctic outbreak" throughout the Central United States until Thanksgiving, according to the National Weather Service. In its national forecast discussion on Tuesday, the meteorological service stated that "a significant arctic outbreak will arrive in the northern Plains on Thanksgiving and advance farther south and east on Friday into the weekend." During the lead-up to the holiday, ground travel may also be challenging due to congested highways. Although there haven't been any reports of significant disruptions thus far, air travelers in particular may see sign...