A cowboy whose friend has been swindled out of his ranch and then murdered must take care of the man’s son; then, he goes after the killers. The Montana Kid is a 1931 American film directed by Harry L. Fraser. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature…

BERLIN/AMSTERDAM/MILAN—Europeans snapped up smartphones, Christmas decorations, sweaters, and jewelry during a surge in shopping over the Black Friday weekend, though prospects for the festive season remained gloomy, retailers said. A survey of 400 businesses by Germany’s HDE retailers’ association showed just over half of merchants said they were still dissatisfied with sales last week, versus…

Kazuki Takahashi, a Japanese artist responsible for the international hit manga series “Yu-Gi-Oh!” that included a popular-card game, was found dead in the sea this week, officials said. He was 60. The body of Takahashi, whose real first name was Kazuo, was recovered off the coast of Okinawa, a Japanese island in the East China Sea,…

The owner of Old Corner Saloon in Clements, California, was arrested and charged for allegedly selling fake COVID-19 vaccine cards, California state officials announced Wednesday. California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) officials received a complaint that the saloon owner was selling fake vaccination cards and opened an investigation in April, according to the agency….

A family has been reusing the same card for almost 50 years—and it is so fragile they now hand-deliver it. John Saunders, from Bath, Somerset, England, says his family’s unique birthday card tradition was kicked off by his 69-year-old father, Dave, after receiving a card for his 21st birthday from his sister Sheila in 1972. Saunders,…