While spending soared to almost $12 billion, per one estimate, the data shows a more complicated economic picture.

Target, Walmart, and Best Buy will be closed, while Whole Foods and some Starbucks locations will remain open.

Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year’s holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and online.

Speaking of the Lakers, Luka Dončić is frustrated with the NBA Cup courts. The superstar said he slipped numerous times in Tuesday's win over the Clippers and pleaded for the league to change the decal-laden flooring because it is "dangerous."

Black Friday used to be the biggest in-person shopping event of the year, but for six straight years, online sales have outpaced stores.

Expect partly sunny skies both Saturday and Sunday in and around Portland, National Weather Service forecasters say.

This Thursday morning brings 13 Amazon Black Friday deals so good, they'll likely vanish before lunchtime.

Chief Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum says Tonight’s cold blast settles into Central Alabama with lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Thanksgiving will be sunny but chilly, with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s and another frosty night ahead.