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There are easy ways to increase our levels of daily gratitude, and good mental and physical health reasons to do so.

Despite a breast cancer diagnosis, Thanksgiving Grandma and the young man she met nearly a decade ago via an accidental text will continue their holiday tradition today for the ninth year in a row. But Wanda Dench's annual gathering with Jamal Hinton will look a little different. https://cnn.it/4i8foXs

Kimberly Walker convinced her husband to take early retirement and leave California to go travel and eventually settle in Portugal. Then tragedy struck.

For many, Thanksgiving kicks off a season filled with festive gatherings and indulgent meals. After each hearty feast, it’s all too common to feel heavy, bloated and sluggish. While it’s easy to blame the turkey for your tiredness and sink into the couch for a nap, there are some simple activities you can do to avoid a post-meal slump.

When Elizabeth Kahane's husband asked where in New York they should live following their engagement in 1998, she had a very specific requirement for their marital home: A view of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The couple moved into a third-floor apartment on the corner of Central Park West and 64th Street. Its street-facing windows offered the perfect vantage point to watch — and photograph — the procession, which travels down through midtown Manhattan to Macy’s department store on Thanksgiving morning. The photographer has captured the spectacle almost every year since, missing the parade just twice in over a quarter of a century. Kahane’s images, 160 of which feature in her new book “Come Join the Parade,” depict marching brass bands, pom pom-waving cheerleaders, themed floats and some of the millions of spectators who line the streets. These small human figures give a sense of scale to the photos’ real stars: the iconic, gargantuan balloons. https://cnn.it/3Vblxbi

The makers of weight loss drugs and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are both pushing for Americans to change their diets. But the owner of Twinkies and Uncrustables is predicting that nothing will be able to stop America’s insatiable hunger for snacks.

California health officials are warning not to drink another lot of raw milk from Fresno-based Raw Farm after it tested positive for bird flu virus

From Wolf Blitzer's beloved Buffalo Bills to the fiction books that inspire us all, CNN anchors share what they're thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Pawpaws and American persimmons are among the rare, native fruits that some farmers and gardeners are exploring as extreme weather becomes more common. Warmer winters followed by sudden cold snaps, have devastated many of the conventional fruit crops people are used to eating like apples, pears and peaches. Read more: https://cnn.it/3Vbyimm

The US Department of Justice threw even more doubt into a new way of paying for real estate brokers this week, raising concerns about a recent wide-ranging legal settlement