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Winter storm takes aim at parts of Colorado

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Atlanta Falcons running back Qadree Ollison (30) celebrates his touchdown run against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Falcons’ loss leaves 2-game win streak looking like old news

By CHARLES ODUM - Associated Press

Activists walk with a person wearing a turkey costume outside Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. The PETA activists are asking people to "Be More Like Trump" referring to President Donald Trump's pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

PETA activists protest eating turkey on Thanksgiving

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this May 23, 2014 file photo, traffic moves on the Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway, in Hyattsville, Md., outside Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

Thanksgiving weekend traffic in D.C. area to have ‘mind-numbing gridlock’

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

1.75M travelers expected at Orlando airport over holiday

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President Donald Trump listens as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks in the East Room of the White House during an event about Trump's judicial appointments, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Congress moves closer to averting government shutdown

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The annual release of Beaujolais Nouveau is a sign that Thanksgiving is near, and D.C. area chefs are preparing with some traditional and not-so-traditional dishes. (Associated Press/File)

Thanksgiving at D.C. area restaurants features world of flavors

By Corinna Lothar - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on finding common ground politically by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Finding common ground with liberals at Thanksgiving

By Kay Coles James

Analysis: A Thanksgiving tradition, watered down

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2018, file photo taken with a long exposure, traffic streaks across the John F. Kennedy Expressway at the start of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in Chicago. The Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, that it expects to screen more than 26.8 million passengers from Nov. 22 through Dec. 2, a 4% increase over the comparable period last year. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Flying this Thanksgiving? Expect record crowds at airports

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

This May 2019 photo shows a plate of turkey, mash potatoes and gravy and a side of sauteed broccoli rabe, corn and onions with crispy bacon, on a table in New York. If you remember that the turkey breast will take less time to cook than the legs, and that you can get a head start on your gravy, Thanksgiving will be a whole lot less stressful. (Cheyenne Cohen/Katie Workman via AP)

Set the table early, and other tips for Thanksgiving hosts

By KATIE WORKMAN - Associated Press

The Latest: Assembly declares evergreen is Christmas tree

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It’s turkey time: Hampton farm gearing up for Thanksgiving

By ELIZABETH DINAN - Associated Press

This November 2019 photo shows a glass of wine being poured around a selection of other wines in New York. There are plenty of good wines to choose from to accompany your Thanksgiving dinner, from Rieslings to Grenaches to Pinot Noirs. (Cheyenne Cohen/Katie Workman via AP)

The ideal wine for Thanksgiving dinner? It’s complicated

By KATIE WORKMAN - Associated Press

A live turkey is brought into the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room before the media at the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. The pardoning ceremony, to happen later, will mark its 71st year since it first took place in 1947. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

HuffPost post: Save the planet — skip Thanksgiving

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2018, file photo people wait in line in front of an adjacent pet store for a Best Buy store to open for an early Black Friday sale on Thanksgiving Day in Overland Park, Kan. Black Friday is Nov. 29, 2019, but it might as well be the whole month of November. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Millennial Money: Secrets of a Black Friday Shopper

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet - Associated Press

On this Sept. 12, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at the Capitol in Washington. The good news is that it doesn’t look like a bitterly polarized Washington will stumble into another government shutdown. But as Democrats controlling the House unveil a stopgap, government-wide spending bill to keep the lights on and pay the troops, there’s scant evidence that power sharing in the U.S. Capitol will produce further legislative accomplishments anytime soon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House OKs measure to prevent possible end-of-month shutdown

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 1993, file photo, Dallas Cowboys' Leon Lett (78) and Miami Dolphins' Bert Weidner (60) reach for a ball after Lett slides into the ball after the Cowboys blocked a field goal attempt in the snow during an NFL football game in Irving, Texas. After Lett touched the ball the Dolphins recovered and then kicked again for the 16-14 win. (Star-Telegram via AP)

NFL at 100: ‘93 ending sent teams in different directions

By ARNIE STAPLETON - Associated Press

Jennifer Kupcho, right, and her caddie Brian McKinley, walks past a pond to tee off the 16th hole in the final round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Saturday, April 6, 2019. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Column: At the Masters, it’s not the players who are stars

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2018, file photo, Woodland Park Police Chief Miles De Young speaks about the arrest of Patrick Frazee in the murder of his fiance Kelsey Berreth, seen right, who has been missing since Thanksgiving, at the Woodland Park, Colo., City Hall. Additional charges have been filed against Frazee, charged with murder and solicitation to commit murder in the death of his missing fiancee, prosecutors said Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File)

The Latest: Judge orders trial in Colorado woman’s death

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