There are plenty of quirky traditions in America that leave the rest of the world scratching their heads - and the Thanksgiving turkey pardon is arguably the most peculiar. Every year on the fourth ...

Are you turkeymaxxing this Thanksgiving? The US gobbles up more than 46 million turkeys on the holiday each year, with nearly 9 in 10 Americans expected to pile the bird onto their plates Thursday.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday added two Thanksgiving turkeys to his long list of second-term pardons, offering the birds a dose of his much-discussed presidential immunity. After a White House ...

In the English language, the turkey gets kind of a tough break. Talking turkey requires serious honesty and speaking harsh truths. Going cold turkey is, often, an onerous way of quitting something ...

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact.com.Turkeys are supposed to go "gobble-gobble," not "Ah-CHOO!" But bird flu is on the rise in the U.S. again. The recent jump in cases might hike the ...

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