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Years ago, retailers had an unofficial agreement: Black Friday would be the start of the shopping season. Then some stores started opening their doors and offering sales on Thanksgiving Day. That created some conflicts between consumerism and turkey consumption and now the pendulum is swinging back again.

After the Trump administration set limits on some government Twitter accounts, anonymous "rogue accounts" popped up. Homeland Security demanded to know who was behind one; Twitter is fighting back.

The university and city of Berkeley saw dueling, but peaceful demonstrations with police on hand. Coulter suggested that she might "swing by" to greet supporters but never did.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera about the former Russian spy who was found unconscious with a woman at a British shopping center. He had been convicted in Russia for spying for the U.K., and was resettled in England after a spy swap.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, once notorious for nudity and brawls, eases into its 78th year.

Given the rancor and acrimony that has defined Washington in recent years, the Congressional Baseball Game has been a welcome respite. On Wednesday, that peace and civility was shattered.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas, about the migrants who were found dead in a truck in a Walmart parking lot. He says human smuggling and trafficking is a big problem.

Prescribed burns — that is, setting fires on purpose — are one way to try and keep wildfires in check. But there are challenges to doing a lot more of them.

At least 42 are dead in Butte County, Calif., where a devastating fire tore through the small town of Paradise and other communities. Many residents were left with nothing. Hundreds are still missing.

Mayor Jody Jones estimates 90 percent of the residential structures were destroyed in California's Camp Fire. Crews search for those who may have perished in neighborhoods now marked by silence.