A person shops in an Apple store on Black Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, HALELUYA HADERO and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Retail Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers eager to start holiday shopping but weighed down by inflation are hunting for the best deals at stores and online this Black Friday. Retailers that had offered mostly lackluster discounts earlier in the season responded this week with new bargains. Elevated prices for food, rent, gasoline and other household costs have taken a toll on shoppers. As a result, many are reluctant to spend unless there is a big sale and are being more selective with what they will buy — in many cases, trading down to cheaper stuff and less expensive stores. Shoppers are also dipping more into their savings, turning increasingly to “buy now, pay later” services that allow users to pay for items in installments. They are also running up their credit cards.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a man convicted of third-degree murder in a Thanksgiving Day 2016 crash that killed three people following a police chase can be sentenced to a mandatory life prison term. The Tribune-Review reports that the state’s highest court cited what it called the “clear and unambiguous language” of the statute in siding with an appeals court that ordered a new sentencing hearing for 28-year-old Demetrius Coleman of Homewood, who is serving a 70- to 140-year term. Prosecutors said Coleman reached speeds of 100 mph while fleeing a traffic stop before colliding with a car, killing the driver, his fiancée and their toddler daughter.

ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say three people were killed and two others were injured in a Thanksgiving Day crash along Interstate 79 in West Virginia. The vehicle carrying two adults and three children was traveling from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania to Kentucky when the crash occurred Thursday north of Charleston. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office says the southbound SUV went off the right side of the roadway and came to rest along a hillside. No other vehicles were believed to be involved. Two female adults and a child were killed. Two other children were transported to a hospital and were in serious condition. The accident remains under investigation.

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(Hopewell Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they identified a 2019 Nissan Sentra that had been stolen along Green Garden Road in Hopewell twp., Beaver County,  and attempted to make a traffic stop on that vehicle at 11:52 AM Monday morning, November 21, 2022.
Troopers said that the vehicle wouldn’t stop and a pursuit ensued. The vehicle eventually stopped and a 16-year-old Monaca Juvenile and a 17-yer-old Ambridge Juvenile were taken into custody without and incident. One of the Juveniles was found to be in possession of a fire-arm, Charges are currently pending.

Of all the food being cooked today, depending on who you ask there is sure to be a mix of answers of what the best thanksgiving dish is here in Pennsylvania. Turkey takes the top spot for main course but according to Google searches, green bean casserole is the most popular side dish for the state. Cranberry sauce takes the second spot, followed by mashed potatoes.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York is planning tight security around the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the wake of mass shootings elsewhere in the U.S. Police said Wednesday that there’s no known, credible threat to the famed event itself. But New York Police Department counterterrorism Chief Martine Materasso says police will deploy additional resources to make sure the festivities are safe. Security measures include heavy weapons teams, explosives detection dogs, a bomb squad, radiological and chemical sensors, drone detection, blocker vehicles and additional cameras on the route.

MONTROSE, Pa. (AP) — A plea hearing has been scheduled for next week in the case of a natural gas driller facing felony charges in Pennsylvania over allegations it polluted a small community’s drinking water. Houston-based Coterra Energy Inc. will appear in Susquehanna County Court on Tuesday. That’s according to online court records. Coterra’s corporate predecessor, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., was charged with drilling faulty gas wells that leaked flammable methane into residential water supplies in Dimock and surrounding communities. Dimock drew national notoriety after residents were filmed lighting their tap water on fire in the 2010 documentary “Gasland.”