Big discounts and the continued growth of mobile shopping are expected to fuel $240.8 billion in online sales this holiday season, according to Adobe. Adobe’s online holiday shopping forecast calls for 8.4% growth year-over-year. Shopping on mobile devices is expected to hit a new milestone, jumping 12.8% from last year for an estimated $128.1 billion this holiday season. Adobe … [Read more...] about More mobile, more AI and big discounts in online holiday shopping forecast
FOX45: Squeegee kid shot in back by motorist in Baltimore, speaks from hospital bed
A teenage squeegee worker is recovering after he said he was shot in the back by a motorist. The teen, who was wounded, spoke with FOX45 News from his hospital bed Friday. “Somebody in the next lane [where it happened] got me to the hospital, saved my life,” he said. At the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and West Franklin Street, so-called squeegee kids, individuals who … [Read more...] about FOX45: Squeegee kid shot in back by motorist in Baltimore, speaks from hospital bed
Coast Guard investigates sheen near vessel anchored in Inner Harbor Thursday
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to the report of an oil sheen near a bulk carrier anchored in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Thursday night. Watchstanders from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland National Capital Region received a report around 6:42 p.m. about an unknown sheen around the SSI Defiant following what the Coast Coast described as a “propulsion casualty,” according to a … [Read more...] about Coast Guard investigates sheen near vessel anchored in Inner Harbor Thursday
Cruz demands answers on DHS flying illegal border crossers nationwide
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is demanding answers from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about how many illegal border crossers are being flown across the country on the taxpayers’ dime who pose national security threats. His call came as the greatest number of individuals on the U.S. terrorist watchlist have been apprehended under the Biden-Harris … [Read more...] about Cruz demands answers on DHS flying illegal border crossers nationwide
NYC Mayor Eric Adams arrives at court in illegal-contributions case
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s embattled mayor, Eric Adams, arrived at a federal courthouse Friday morning to be arraigned on charges that he accepted illegal campaign contributions and free overseas trips from people looking to buy his influence in city government. Adams gave a thumbs up but did not pause to speak to reporters as he … [Read more...] about NYC Mayor Eric Adams arrives at court in illegal-contributions case