1980s Retro-Retailer RadioShack Is Coming Back — But Never Really Left Wyoming

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/29/radioshack-is-back-and-wyoming-might-give-the-retro-retailer-a-future/

RadioShack is back. Or rather, the electronics store that hit its peak in the 1980s never disappeared altogether.

The niche electronics retailer known for catering to experts and hobbyists disappeared from the American zeitgeist after filing for bankruptcy in 2015. That's why some Wyomingites might be surprised to see RadioShack signs in their communities.

David Nielsen, owner of Nielsen's Furniture and Appliance in Kemmerer, has been an authorized RadioShack reseller for more than 25 years. He still has a RadioShack retail outlet operating out of his business, and it brings people in. 

"We have a lot of customers that come in just to see an actual RadioShack," he said. "I wouldn't say it's a significant part of our business, but it brings people in."

Wyoming might seem like the last place where RadioShack would want to stage a comeback, yet that's precisely what it's attempting. For longtime customers, they're still the best in the business. 

Mississippi 'Miracle' Catapults 4th-grade Reading Scores from Bottom into top 10 by getting back to Phonics

Joseph MacKinnon November 29, 2025

In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th out of the 50 US States in grade four reading on the National Assessment of Education Progress -- the largest continuing national assessment of American students' knowledge and capability in math, reading, science, and writing.

In what has repeatedly been dubbed a "miracle," the sate made its way up the list-- to 29th in 2019 and then 10 spots higher to ninth place nationally for reading scores last year.

According to the NAEP, black students in Mississippi ranked third nationally last year among their cohort for reading and math scores.  Hispanic students in the state ranked first in the nation for reading and second for math scores.  An poor students in the Magnolia State ranked first for reading and second for math scores nationally. ....

Wyoming Shoshone Dancers Showcase Culture In Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Six-year-old Shoshone tribal member Ethanial Austin Brown  of the Wind River Indian Reservation performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year as a fancy feather dancer with his grandfather George Abeyta.  [both pictured here]

His performance made the highlight reel for the parade, and his grandfather could not be more proud of “Baby E,” as Brown is known as on the powwow circuit.

He danced hard on the on the asphalt for 2-and-a-half miles,” Abeyta said. “He just stopped and danced his little heart out up to 30 times along the route.” 

The pair had been invited this year by Native Pride Productions to perform in New York City over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Fourteen men have been arrested in connection with a large-scale “porch pirate” operation in Long Island, New York, in which authorities say the group targeted 31 communities over the course of nearly two years. The ring allegedly focused on areas including Brentwood, Central Islip, Shirley, and Deer Park. Investigators tracked the thefts from October 2023 through February 2025 until the operation was dismantled.

Most of the suspects are reportedly from the Bronx. Authorities say they hacked into computer systems to track when phones and electronics were scheduled for delivery to AT&T and Verizon customers. The group then dispatched runners to steal the packages from doorsteps. More than 200 cellphones and tablets were allegedly stolen during the operation.

"They were gaining access to the tracking numbers as well as the deliveries, and through that they could tell which would be an electronic device from AT&T and Verizon," Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said, according to CBS News.

The stolen items were taken to a fencing location and a stash house, where the suspects reportedly recorded videos of hundreds of boxes and bagged phones before selling them to locations worldwide.

One victim, Glenn Bernhard, described the theft as potentially dangerous. “He grabbed the package out of my hand, and took off. He ran into a car. The plate on the car was stolen," Bernhard recalled. "It's a well organized bunch of people to hack into everybody's computer." 

Erica Bernhard added, "The hacker was able to get into my account.”

‘Rental Family’ spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives and friends

‘Rental Family’ spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives and friends

‘Rental Family’ spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives and friends

Grab & Dash

Fourteen men have been arrested in connection with a large-scale “porch pirate” operation in Long Island, New York, in which authorities say the group targeted 31 communities over the course of nearly two years. The ring allegedly focused on areas including Brentwood, Central Islip, Shirley, and Deer Park. Investigators tracked the thefts from October 2023 through February 2025 until the operation was dismantled.

Most of the suspects are reportedly from the Bronx. Authorities say they hacked into computer systems to track when phones and electronics were scheduled for delivery to AT&T and Verizon customers. The group then dispatched runners to steal the packages from doorsteps. More than 200 cellphones and tablets were allegedly stolen during the operation.

"They were gaining access to the tracking numbers as well as the deliveries, and through that they could tell which would be an electronic device from AT&T and Verizon," Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said, according to CBS News.

Referendum Rejects Contested Assisted Dying Law

Bojan KAVCIC AFP, 
Nov 23, 2025 

Slovenians on Sunday voted to suspend a new law to legalize assisted dying in a referendum held after critics mounted a campaign against the legislation.

Around 53 percent of voters had rejected the law, while 47 percent voted in favour, meaning its implementation will be suspended for at least one year.

Slovenia's parliament had approved a law in July allowing assisted dying after a 2024 referendum supported it.