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SANTA CLARA — It’s not unusual around this time for gifts to be exchanged in NFL locker rooms. A year ago, running back Christian McCaffrey gave the entire offense custom fit golf clubs with personalized bags and a bottle of high-end tequila as holiday gifts. What 49ers’ quarterback Brock Purdy had in mind wasn’t going to fit in a locker room. A video released by the club Friday on “X” featured Purdy leading his linemen to a parking lot recently with 10 new sports utility vehicles, each adorned with a red ribbon on top. The vehicles were gifted last week. “You guys can check ’em out, but these are yours,” Purdy said. “Thanks for all you do.” The sticker price for five Toyota Tundras and five Sequoias is more than $500,000, although Purdy does commercials for Toyota, which also serves as a 49ers sponsor. “I think it shows he’s a hell of a guy and that he got a hell of a deal,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday. Nick Zakelj, a center/guard and Purdy’s roommate during his first two seasons, took a seat in

By ALEX VEIGA A federal regulator sued JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America on Friday, claiming the banks failed to protect hundreds of thousands of consumers from rampant fraud on the popular payments network Zelle, in violation of consumer financial laws. Related Articles How to avoid financial stress during the holiday season It’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel Amazon workers are striking at multiple delivery hubs. Here’s what you should know Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to tire pressure monitoring system issue Average rate on 30-year mortgage snaps 3-week slide and rises to highest level since late November In the federal civil complaint, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asserts that the banks rushed to get the peer-to-peer payments platform to market without effective safeguards against fraud and then, after consumers complained about being defrauded on the service, largely denied them relief. “Shortly after Zelle’s launch, significant problems, including fraud being perpetrated on consumers using Zelle, quickly became apparent. But defendants did not take meaningful action to address these clear defects for years,” according to the complaint. The CFPB

By PHILIP MARCELO and MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO outside a Manhattan hotel is now in a federal jail in New York, after he was returned to the city in dramatic fashion to face charges that could bring the death penalty. Shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione was escorted Thursday by a contingent of heavily armed police officers as he was whisked by plane and then helicopter from Pennsylvania to downtown Manhattan. The Ivy League graduate, who prosecutors say inveighed against the health insurance industry and wealthy executives in his writings, then appeared in a packed federal courtroom on murder, stalking and firearms charges in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson. He was not required to enter a plea. Here’s what’s next in the case: Jailed in Brooklyn Mangione is being held without bail at Metropolitan Detention Center, the same federal jail where hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried are currently detained. The notorious Brooklyn facility, the only federal lockup in the city, has been

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Several people are injured, police said. By Felix Franz Friday, December 20, 2024 8:14PM A car plowed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday, injuring multiple victims and sending people fleeing in panic, according to police. Extensive police operations are underway at the Magdeburg Christmas market, which is now closed, police said. 20 December 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Rescue workers in action at the Christmas market in Magdeburg. Photo by Dörthe Hein/picture alliance via Getty Images Magdeburg is about a two-hour drive west of Berlin. Car drives into crowd at Christmas market in Germany. ABC News This incident comes nearly eight years to the day after a terror attack at a different German Christmas market. On Dec. 19, 2016, a man drove a truck into a crowd at a market in Berlin, killing 13 and injuring dozens. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2024 ABC News Internet Ventures. Top Stories

LOS ANGELES — An event celebrating the top restaurants in Los Angeles left at least 80 people sickened with norovirus due to an outbreak linked to raw oysters, L.A. County’s Department of Public Health confirmed to ABC News. The outbreak stemmed from an event at the Hollywood Palladium celebrating the Los Angeles Times’ list of the 101 best restaurants on Dec. 3, according to the agency. Norovirus is a very contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea and is commonly referred to as the “stomach flu” or the “stomach bug,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is the leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States. Other symptoms may include stomach pain, fever, headache, body aches or dehydration. Proper handwashing, disinfecting contaminated surfaces, washing laundry in hot water, and staying home when sick are ways to prevent further spread, according to the CDC. “At this time, over 80 attendees that consumed the oysters have reported illness,” a spokesperson with the L.A. County Department of Public Health said in a statement. The oysters that were served and have since been recalled

By Jordan Valinsky Friday, December 20, 2024 7:53PM Big Lots is preparing to close its remaining 963 locations after a sale to save the bankrupt retailer fell through. NEW YORK — Big Lots is preparing to close its remaining 963 locations after a sale to save the bankrupt retailer fell through. The company previously announced it was selling “substantially all” of its assets to private equity firm Nexus Capital Management in September, but Big Lots said in a statement Thursday it “does not anticipate completing” the transaction. As a result, Big Lots is starting its “going out of business” sales at all remaining locations in the coming days. However, it still plans to explore other options to save the company, including negotiating with Nexus or another buyer, with the aim of completing a sale by early January. A general view of the exterior of the North Bergen Big Lots store during the Big Lots Store Opening on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 in North Bergen, N.J. Bennett Raglin/AP Images for Big Lots “We all have worked extremely hard and have taken every step to complete a

New York — Party City is closing down all of its stores, ending nearly 40 years in business, CNN has learned. CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees Friday in a meeting viewed by CNN that Party City is “winding down” operations immediately and that today will be their last day of employment. “That is without question the most difficult message that I’ve ever had to deliver,” Litwin said at the meeting, which was held on a video conference call. Party City’s “very best efforts have not been enough to overcome” its financial challenges, he added, resulting in the company’s collapse. FILE – People shop in a Party City store on January 18, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images “It’s really important for you to know that we’ve done everything possible that we could to try to avoid this outcome,” Litwin said. “Unfortunately, it’s necessary to commence a winddown process immediately.” Party City didn’t immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment. Bankruptcy and collapse The chain is the largest party supply store in the United States and recently exited bankruptcy in September 2023.

The party is over for a US retailer that for decades bedazzled birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers and weddings. Party City Holdco’s chief executive told corporate employees on Friday that the company is shuttering all stores, according to a report by CNN. The nation’s largest retailer of party supplies has been dogged by lagging sales, putting pressure on the company to pay its rent at some 800 locations. “That is without question the most difficult message that I’ve ever had to deliver,” Barry Litwin said at the meeting, which was held on a video conference call and viewed by CNN. Corporate employees’ last day is Friday, according to CNN. No severance pay is expected. Bloomberg reported earlier this week that the company was planning to file for another round of bankruptcy in the next two weeks. That process likely would have led to a liquidation of its stores. The New Jersey-based company last exited bankruptcy in October 2023. Party City, founded in 1986, is one of several retailers in trouble. The bankrupt retailer Big Lots said earlier this week that it will not complete its asset sale

By JOE REEDY, Associated Press Netflix is planning to provide plenty of gifts for viewers of its two Christmas Day games, including Mariah Carey kicking it all off with a taped performance of “All I Want for Christmas is You.” Yet, Netflix executive Brandon Riegg realizes it all amounts to a lump of coal if there are streaming problems. Riegg, vice president of nonfiction series and sports, has had to answer plenty of questions about the streaming giant’s readiness for the influx of viewers on what could be its biggest day ever, especially after streaming problems during the Nov. 14 fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. “The sheer tonnage of people that came to watch was incredible. And for all the testing that the engineering team had done ahead of that, and I think they’re the best in the business, the only way to test something of that magnitude is to have something of that magnitude,” Riegg said. “We never want to have technical issues or a disappointing experience for our members. There was a subset of people that were watching that struggled with

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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Discount chain Big Lots is conducting going–out-of-business sales at its remaining locations after a sale of the company didn’t materialize. The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer, which sells furniture, home decor and other items, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early September and said private equity firm Nexus Capital Management LP had agreed to acquire “substantially all of the company’s assets.” But on Thursday the chain said it didn’t anticipate completing the purchase agreement. It said it continues to work toward completing an alternative transaction with Nexus or another party. Related Articles Business | Starbucks workers plan strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve Business | It’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel Business | Amazon workers are striking at multiple delivery hubs. Here’s what you should know Business | Trump was poised to inherit a strong economy. Then things got rocky and he added to the uncertainty Business | Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to tire pressure monitoring system issue Big Lots said its goal would be

BERLIN (AP) — A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported. The driver of the car was arrested, the agency said, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. Emergency services attend an incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday Dec. 20, 2024. (Dörthe Hein/dpa via AP) There was no immediate information on whether people were killed or injured. Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they suspected it was an attack. Magdeburg, which is west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 240,000 inhabitants. Emergency services attend an incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday Dec. 20, 2024. (Dörthe Hein/dpa via AP) On Dec. 19, 2016 in Berlin, an Islamic extremist attacker plowed through a crowd of Christmas market-goers with a truck, leaving 13 people dead and injuring dozens more. The attacker was killed days later in a shootout in Italy. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser had said late last month that there

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A federal complaint against Luigi Mangione included mentions of a notebook that investigators say he possessed, which apparently included hostile messages that could be used as evidence in the case against him. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.

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President Biden had endorsed the bipartisan spending bill that lawmakers worked out earlier this week before President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk pushed Republicans to scrap it. Now Congress is at an impasse with hours remaining before a government shutdown. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe has more.

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By SCOTT BAUER, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin 15-year-old who shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student Monday was only in her first semester at the school but seemed to be settling in, a school official said Thursday as families of the victims remembered them as people of faith who had deep connections within the Christian school. Abundant Life Christian School student Rubi Patricia Vergara, 14, of Madison and teacher Erin West, 42, of DeForest were killed Monday. Two other students who were shot remained hospitalized Thursday in critical condition. Barbara Wiers, the school’s director for elementary and communications, told The Associated Press that the attack lasted eight minutes — shorter than the school’s regular snack break. She said the community’s faith and connection to one another has sustained them as they struggle with the possibility that the shooter’s motive might remain undetermined. “Are we broken right now? Yes. Are we bruised and battered? Yes,” she said. “But we will laugh again, and He will turn our mourning into joy again. And we will go