Sometimes, Black Friday deals are on older products that retailers are trying to push out of their inventory. These products are still very good, but not necessarily the latest and greatest.
This isn’t one of those deals.
Walmart has the newest model of the Apple iPad on sale for just $249, or $80 off its retail price, making this one of the best Black Friday deals we’ve seen so far.
Retailing for $329, the Apple iPad (2018) features the company’s powerful A10 Fusion chip for easy multitasking and zippy performance every time you pick it up. The iPad comes with iOS 12 with augmented reality features and speedy performance with 2GB of memory and 32GB of storage.
Meanwhile, you won’t believe how photos and videos pop on the Apple iPad’s 9.7-inch multitouch Retina display, while the tablet can capture brilliant images with its 8-megapixel rear shooter and 1.2-megapixel FaceTime selfie cam on the front.
The Apple iPad was built for entertainment and productivity with over a million apps to pick and choose from in the Apple App Store, while it can also support the Apple Pencil and Bluetooth keyboard cover accessories to get some real work done.
Want a second opinion? Walmart customer MrMan writes:
“My new 2018 9.7” iPad (32G) is awesome. So far it’s perfect. Very fast. does exactly what I got it for. Not a “gamer,” so I can’t comment on that. For business, it’s great. Held off on buying new one for a long time, no regrets. Delivered early too! Thank you.”
Tony Bellew was beaten by Oleksandr Usyk at the Manchester Arena on 10 November in his final fight
Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has confirmed his retirement from boxing, 12 days after his defeat by Oleksandr Usyk.
In the aftermath of the eighth-round loss to the Ukrainian, the Briton said his career in the ring was “over”.
Everton fan Bellew said his greatest achievement was beating Ilunga Makabu at his beloved Goodison Park in 2016 to win the WBC cruiserweight title.
“There will be no more fighting from me,” said Bellew, who retires aged 35.
The Liverpudlian, who won 30 of his 34 professional fights, added: “The only thing you will see me doing from here on in is trying to act sensible and being myself. I have had a fantastic career and have realised my dreams.”
After one defence of his cruiserweight title, Bellew stepped up to heavyweight and twice beat compatriot David Haye in two lucrative fights in 2017 and 2018, before returning to cruiserweight to face Usyk.
Bellew, who made his professional debut in 2007, also held the British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles and European cruiserweight title in his career.
When asked what purse would tempt him out of retirement, Bellew added: “Eddie [Hearn] gets £100m together for me and offers me one more fight, what do I say? Wow, wow – that is probably what I would say. Wow, wow and then walk into the missus and say ‘Eddie has come on board with £100m’ and she would probably hand me divorce papers.
“Money is good but money comes and goes, that is the best way of saying it.”
Black Friday shopping or Online shopping, we ask the people in NYC which would be the best way to shop? USA TODAY
Forget dessert. Millions of Americans are abandoning the Thanksgiving dinner table to head to the mall.
While in years past, shoppers had to line up before dawn on Black Friday to get first dibs on holiday deals, a number of retailers are now flinging their doors open before the dishes have been cleared from the holiday feast. And many are more than willing to skip football to shop until they drop.
Of the more than 164 million planning to shop over the Thanksgiving weekend, 21 percent, or 34 million, say they intend to shop on Thanksgiving Day, according to the National Retail Federation, an industry trade group.
Discount seekers who don’t feel like braving the cold don’t have to leave the house at all; they can shop for sales by clicking on a keyboard. Consultancy PwC forecasts that over 70 percent of shoppers plan to start ticking off their holiday lists on Thanksgiving Dayand 55 percent are expected to shop online, up from 45 percent last year.
The software company Adobe Analytics is projecting Thanksgiving online sales will set a new record of $3.5 billion, up from the $2.9 billion in 2017. As of 10 a.m. ET Thursday, shoppers spent $406 million, 23.2 percent above last year’s tally.
At the peak, Shopify merchants worldwide generated more than $250,000 in sales per minute on Thanksgiving, according to the e-commerce company’s data as of 5 p.m. ET. The average shopping cart order was $80.78 and clothes and shoes were the most popular items. In the U.S., the states that spent the most were California, Texas and New York.
While the Thanksgiving weekend officially kicks off the holiday shopping season, Walmart, Amazon and J.C. Penney are among the retailers who began rolling out deals days or even weeks earlier in the race to win shoppers.
Retail spending this holiday season is expected to rise between 4.3 and 4.8 percent as compared to 2017, totaling roughly $717 to $721 billion, according to the National Retail Federation.
Roughly 20 customers trickled into the Cabela’s in Gainesville, Virginia, early Thursday morning as “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” played lightly in the background. The outdoors gear and hunting store opened its doors at 8 a.m. nationwide on Thanksgiving, promising customers deals for holiday shopping.
However, as with many other stores, Cabela’s is saving its heaviest artillery for Black Friday. At the Northern Virginia location, a whole section in the middle of the store is covered by plastic wrap, with signs that say “Just like Mom said, No Peeking! See you Friday 11/23 @ 5:00am.”
The Kmart in nearby Springfield, Virginia, has about 40 customers walking the aisle. The 10- to 50-percent-off sale wasn’t Thanksgiving-related; the store is one of the 142 Sears and Kmart locations slated to close, parent company Sears Holdings announced when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month.
“I like coming here while my turkey is at home cooking,” said local Betty Summerlin, 50, who works in banking.
Things had picked up by late morning in New York City. Outside Lord & Taylor on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, Janna Holly, 21, outlined her battle plan.
“We normally wait until Black Friday to shop for the Christmas gifts. This year, I plan on going to Macy’s, Forever 21 and Sephora,” said the college student from Austin, Texas. “My holiday budget should not be that much, because I have to pay for tuition, but I’ll probably do a lot of shopping anyway.”
Marlina Kozdra of West Orange, N.J., came to New York City to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with her family, but then went hunting for deals.
“Shopping on Thanksgiving is fine as long as you get to do it with your family,” the 34-year-old stay-at-home mom said.
USA Today’s Dalvin Brown and Ben Tobin contributed to this report.
You’ve saved up a little money, you have your credit card ready to swipe away and willing to digest the turkey dinner while waiting outside your local Best Buy to snatch some Black Friday deals. Susana Victoria Perez has more. Buzz60
The teaser for Disney’s live action version of The Lion King has dropped, and we just can’t wait for it.
James Earl Jones’ iconic voice returns to narrate as the king of the pridelands, Mufasa, through the teaser for director Jon Favreau’s forthcoming film.
We get a few glimpses of Simba as a young cub and a grown-up (voiced Donald Glover), the horrifying stampede scene, and that shot of Simba being presented to all by wise Rafiki.
The Lion King is set for release in the summer of 2019.
The Kingdom has been promising reform and more freedom for females. But reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch suggest that anyone speaking out was at a risk of being locked up and abused.
The reports allege that women in these prison had difficulty walking and their hands shook uncontrollably after interrogations.
Amnesty admits the accounts could not be verified because it could not access the prisons but added that they come from three different and credible sources.
Is sexual abuse – and the stigma attached to it – used to suppress women demanding their rights in conservative societies?
Presenter: Laura Kyle
Guests:
Hana Al-Khamri – Writer and analyst
Abdulaziz Almoayyad – Saudi Human Rights Activist
Omaima Al Najjar – Saudi political refugee based in Italy
When golfers think they’re boxers: Mickelson and Woods face off
The Match: Woods v Mickelson
Venue: Shadow Creek, Las Vegas Dates: 23 November
Coverage: Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website
An entertaining showdown between two of the game’s all-time greats to settle a score which has rumbled on for more than two decades?
Or simply a crass cash generator for two ageing millionaires which leaves the sport looking desperate for attention?
Opinion has been divided over ‘The Match’ between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods in Las Vegas on Friday, a $9m (£7m) winner-takes-all showdown which is being streamed on pay-per-view across the United States on Thanksgiving weekend.
One thing everybody can agree on is, for better or worse, golf will never have been seen anything like this before.
No spectators will be allowed on the course, meaning the only way to watch the matchplay contest in the US is by paying the $19.99 (£15.50) fee for commercial-free coverage on television.
Viewers will be provided with a candid insight into what the microphone-wearing players and their caddies are saying between shots, while betting odds will be displayed on the screen to tempt them into wagering.
Real-time, hole-by-hole statistics, displaying the probability of different outcomes, will help them make their choices.
Other gimmicks include drones providing camera angles that “have never been seen before” in live golf coverage, according to the organisers, and a one-hour pre-event programme featuring NBA legend Charles Barkley and Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson.
“This is me versus him, this is winner take all and it has a unique, special feel golf doesn’t have all the time, or rarely has ever had, if ever,” said Mickelson.
“I am hopeful this is received well, I am hopeful we provide a glimpse into the future of what sport-watching is all about.”
Woods and Mickelson are the two most successful players of their generation
All about the cash?
Woods and Mickelson, who will tee off at Shadow Creek around 20:00 GMT on Friday, were pictured behind stacks of cash – purportedly the money the victor will take home.
But the image of the American pair, who are among the richest golfers in history, drew some criticism.
Despite being outside the world’s top 10 and winning few tournaments, Woods and Mickelson still earned more money last year than any other golfers – $43.3m (£33.6m) and $41.3m (£32.1m) respectively – according to sports finance experts Forbes.
BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter was not impressed by the picture of Woods and Mickelson behind stacks of cash
Money, unsurprisingly, is a key theme of an event being held in the US gambling capital.
During the round Mickelson and Woods will challenge each other with side bets – for example, nearest the pin or longest drive – with the money reportedly going to charity.
The bravado started at Tuesday’s news conference when Mickelson laid down a $100,000 (£77,600) wager that Woods would not birdie the first hole. Woods told him to double it to $200,000 (£155,200).
If, indeed, that money is coming out of the pockets of the players – or sponsors – the rest of the pot is being paid for by the viewers.
Mickelson says the watching public are being given the ability to play “fantasy golf” and believes allowing them to take part in live, real-time betting will only pique interest in the sport.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan admitted in April that “there are commercial opportunities” for the professional body in the expansion of legalised sports betting in the United States.
Fifteen years too late?
With 19 majors between them and two decades apiece at the top, Woods and Mickelson are two of the most recognisable golfers on the planet.
Battles for the game’s biggest prizes and the number one ranking, plus a frostiness in their relationship which has since thawed, created an enduring rivalry between the pair.
In recent years their powers have waned, 42-year-old Woods not adding to his 14 majors since 2008 after personal and injury problems and 48-year-old Mickelson not lifting one in the past five years.
However, both have shown glimpses of recapturing their form by claiming PGA Tour victories this year and, in Tiger’s case, threatening at the Open Championship and US PGA Championship.
Nevertheless, it does not seem to have captured the imagination of the younger generation of leading players.
“Look, if they had done it 15 years ago it would have been great,” Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy said. “But nowadays, it has missed the mark a little bit.”
World number four Justin Thomas, who is an American Ryder Cup team-mate of Woods and Mickelson, indicated last month he would not be paying the $19.99 subscription fee to watch.
“Love TW and Phil to death, but there’s a zero percent chance I order that,” Thomas tweeted. “I’ll be watching football!”
Spain’s Jon Rahm, ranked eighth, said he felt the match is “10 years too late”.
“Maybe when they were both in their prime it would have been extremely amazing,” he said.
England’s Eddie Pepperell, the world number 38, described the match as “putrid attempt at attention” which will “be futile for everyone”.
English golfer Eddie Pepperell voiced his concerns in a Tweet containing an explicit word…
Anyone in favour of exhibition golf?
While there have been plenty of dissenting voices, few high-profile players have publicly backed the event.
When the Mickelson versus Woods match was confirmed earlier this year, former Masters winner Adam Scott said he was open to more exhibition golf being played and welcomed the prospect of a 18-hole match against fellow Australian Jason Day.
“I think it’d all be in good fun,” Scott said. “I’d like to think there is room for exhibition golf; it’s something the tour down there should maybe look at trying to do.”
One suspects any future plans will depend on the number of people who engage with – and most importantly, spend money on – Friday’s match between Mickelson and Woods.
During a performance celebrating the new Broadway musical “The Prom,” actresses Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle McCalla shared a smooch, a moment that is believed to be the first kiss between a lesbian couple broadcast during the Macy’s holiday event.
“The first #LGBTQ kiss in the Parade’s history,” cast member Josh Lamon tweeted. “We here at @ThePromMusical have never been so proud. #LoveIsLove.”
“The Prom” debuted in New York in October, telling the story of an Indiana high school student who wasn’t allowed to bring her girlfriend to prom.
The kiss elicited many positive reactions from the LGBTQ community.
User @TinaLandau said she shared tears of joy: “Two girls. Just kissed. On live TV. On the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I suddenly cried. Lovely. Thanks given to @ThePromMusical. (& Macy’s/NBC.) & lesbians everywhere. & turkeys. For their sacrifice. But esp. @ThePromMusical.”
Two girls. Just kissed. On live TV. On the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I suddenly cried. Lovely. Thanks given to @ThePromMusical. (& Macy’s/NBC.) & lesbians everywhere. & turkeys. For their sacrifice. But esp. @ThePromMusical.
@Melissaradz exclaimed “YES YES YES.” “Wait, that performance of The Prom — was that the first time a kiss between two women aired during the #MacysParade?!?!”
Wait, that performance of The Prom — was that the first time a kiss between two women aired during the #MacysParade?!?!
@Pumpkindino said she is thankful for the moment: “I finally live in a world where national TV isn’t ashamed to show this on a wildly broadcasted event.”
The only thing better than a Target run is a Target run during a sale.
We are obsessed with Target and could easily spend hours in the store or on the site just for fun — so Target with slashed Black Friday prices is an IRL dream. Target dates just turned into Target marriage proposals.
The variety here is one of the best we’ve seen this Black Friday season, folks: Smart TVs, iPhones, Instant Pots, DSLR cameras, DNA kits, and nearly any gaming console you could want are on sale — meaning foodies, techies, and every other person on your gift list is covered. And if you’ve been waiting for that one perfect place to get all of your holiday gift shopping over with (and only enter your card info one time), Target’s your homie.
Here are the best deals at Target for Black Friday 2018:
TVs and accessories
iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, and other smartphone deals
— Free $250 Target gift card with purchase and activation with Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint
— Free $150 Target gift card with purchase and activation with Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint
— Free $300 Target gift card with purchase and activation with Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint
— Free $200 Target gift card with purchase and activation with Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint
Apple Watches, Fitbits, and smart watches
Laptops, tablets, and printers
Gaming
Instant Pots
Small appliances: KitchenAid, Keurig, and more
Headphones
Smart home
Other home tech: Vacuums, electric toothbrushes, and more
The death of an American missionary on a remote Indian island has cast a rare spotlight on the Sentinelese, one of the world’s most reclusive hunter-gatherer tribes.
John Allen Chau, 27, was killed with arrows last week when he illegally set foot on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean after paddling there in a kayak.
A statement attributed to his family posted on his purported Instagram account said that Chau “had nothing but love for the Sentinelese people. We forgive those reportedly responsible for his death.”
Chau had paddled his kayak towards the shore carrying fish and a football as gifts, according to a journal quoted by various news agencies.
Tribespeople reportedly fired arrows at him, one of which pierced his Bible, and he returned to a fishermen’s boat where he spent the night writing about his experience before going back to the island the next day.
“He invited that aggression,” PC Joshi, professor of social anthropology at Delhi University in India’s capital, told The Associated Press news agency.
Isolated, vulnerable tribe
The hunter-gatherer Sentinelese people, estimated to be a few dozens to a few hundred in number, are the most isolated among the native tribal groups that inhabit the Andaman Islands.
They are protected by Indian laws, which ban any contact with the indigenous people.
“They, I think, are the very, very precious citizens of our country. And we should respect their freedom, we should respect their rights, and we should respect their life also,” said Joshi.
“Because if I go there, I am a product of so many antibiotics, so I am carrying so many germs with me. If I even shake hands with them, I may pass hundreds of thousands of bacteria to them. And they can die with influenza also. A simple thing like flu may kill them because they are not immune to anything.”
Sentinelese are protected by the Indian laws, which ban any contact with the tribe [Al Jazeera]
The sole inhabitants of North Sentinel Island, around the size of Manhattan, Sentinelese guard their territory fiercely. They rely on forest produce and sea resources for survival.
Their number was estimated to be some 8,000 when the British first made attempts to colonise these islands in the late 18th century.
“We do not even know how many of them are there,” said Anvita Abbi, who has spent decades studying the tribal languages of India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Most of what is known about the Sentinelese has been gathered by viewing them from boats moored at a safe distance from the shore.
They are near-naked, with the women wearing fibre strings tied around their waists, necks and heads, and the men also wearing necklaces and headbands. Some have their faces painted.
Rare photos show them carrying spears, bows and arrows.
“What language they speak, how old it is, it’s anybody’s guess,” Abbi said. “Nobody has access to these people.”
And, she said, that’s how it should be.
Rare contact
Scholars believe the Sentinelese migrated from Africa roughly 50,000 years ago, but most details of their lives remain completely unknown.
Brief visits have been paid to the island, but the Sentinelese remain untouched by modern civilisation.
Starting in the 1960s, anthropologists succeeded in exchanging gifts and conducting field visits but abandoned their efforts some 25 years ago in the face of renewed hostility.
Veteran anthropologist TN Pandit, who visited North Sentinel 50 years ago, believes there should be no rush to make contact with the Sentinelese.
“Of the four Andaman tribal communities, we have seen that those in close contact with the outside world have suffered the most. They have declined demographically and culturally,” he told Down To Earth magazine in a recent interview.
“The government’s responsibility should be to keep a watch over them in the sense (that) no unauthorised people reach them and exploit them. Otherwise, just leave them alone.”
An Indian Coast Guard helicopter that flew over the island after the 2004 Asian tsunami was attacked with arrows, AFP news agency said.
The authorities then declared that no further attempts would be made to contact the Sentinelese.
They do make periodic checks, albeit from a safe distance, to ensure the tribe’s well-being, following a strict “eyes on, hands off” policy.
“Just for our curiosity, why should we disturb a tribe that has sustained itself for tens of thousands of years?” Abbi asked.
“So much is lost: People are lost, language is lost, their peace is lost.”
Mane has scored seven goals for Liverpool this season
Liverpool and Senegal forward Sadio Mane has agreed terms on a new long-term deal at Anfield.
The 26-year-old joined the club from Southampton on a five-year contract in June 2016 for a fee of £34m.
Since then he has gone on to make 89 appearances in all competitions for Jurgen Klopp’s side, scoring 40 goals.
“I am very happy to extend my time at Liverpool. It is a great day for me and I have made the best decision in my career,” he said.
Talks over the new deal, which is believed to run until 2023, were opened at the end of last season but have only been finalised now.
“I am looking forward to everything – to helping the team, to helping the club achieve our dreams and, especially, to win trophies,” he added.
“I’ve always said, when I knew I had a chance to come here I didn’t have to think twice. The right club in the right moment and with the right coach as well. I came here and was very happy.”
Mane was voted the club’s Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year in his debut season and then scored 10 of his 20 goals last season in the Champions League as Liverpool reached the final.
He went on to play for Senegal at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, scoring once in three outings.
He was recently named on the 30-man shortlist for the 2018 Ballon d’Or and is among the five contenders for this year’s BBC African Footballer of the Year.
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