• More than 800 men, women, and children are enjoying turkey with gravy, candied yams, green beans, and biscuits this afternoon with help from volunteers and staff at the Orlando Union Rescue Mission. The organization’s annual Thanksgiving banquet is expected to draw some of central Florida’s homeless community and newly migrated residents.
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• U.S. Senator Bill Nelson said people should be fired if military commanders were given bad information. He’s responding to a New York Times story that intelligence reports were doctored to overstate progress in Syria.
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• Seminole County commissioners will consider an ordinance Dec. 8 that would require bear-weary residents west of Interstate 4 to secure their trash.
It’s a response to the problem of bears in neighborhoods in what wildlife authorities describe as the “epicenter of human-bear conflict.”
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• A University of Central Florida student group has created a cheaper way for quadriplegics to drive wheelchairs.
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• District 5 commissioner Regina Hill, along with volunteers from Parramore’s Shiloh Baptist Church and Orlando City Soccer Club, partnered to pass out more than 500 grocery bags for residents to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.
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• Blue Origin successfully launched and landed a rocket for the first time, beating SpaceX to the punch. The booster landed about four feet from the launch pad – vertical and intact.
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• Black Friday is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, the start of the holiday shopping season and the day that many retailers count on to get them out of the red and into the black.
It may not pack as big of a punch as it once did as more people turn to Amazon and other online retailers, but for many shoppers Black Friday is still an event they look forward to.
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