2016年12月12日星期一

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After much wrangling, election recount ends

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 03:33 PM PST

Green Party candidate Jill Stein at a protest on Dec. 10 against stopping the election recount. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)The recount effort in three states by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein yields only one electoral review in Wisconsin.


Trump biz plan delayed for 'proper protocols'

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 04:49 PM PST

Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka on Oct. 26 during the grand opening of Trump International Hotel in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)The president-elect's legal team needs more time to develop a strategy for the Trump Organization, a spokesman says.


Outrage over post on Allen West's FB page

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 09:13 AM PST

Former Rep. Allen West at Trump Tower on Dec. 5. (Andrew Harnik/AP)An Islamophobic meme shows up on the former lawmaker's Facebook page and sparks a backlash.


Unexpected issue for 2 Cabinet contenders

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 01:04 PM PST

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson in March 2015 discusses a report by the National Petroleum Council on oil drilling in the Arctic. (Evan Vucci/AP)The likely choice to lead the State Department and the education nominee are called out over their links to Common Core.


After racist remark, official returns to work

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 12:25 PM PST

W.Va. official to return to work after racist Michelle Obama remarkPamela Taylor, suspended from her county job in West Virginia for a derogatory post about Michelle Obama, will reportedly be back soon.


Survivor: 'Suddenly … the engines went off'

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 06:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, rescue workers recover a body from the wreckage site of an airplane crash, in La Union, a mountainous area near Medellin, Colombia. The chartered plane was carrying a Brazilian soccer team to the biggest match of its history when it crashed into a Colombian hillside and broke into pieces. The Bolivian aviation official who signed off the flight plan of the chartered aircraft is breaking her silence in a public letter published on Thursday, Dec. 8, accusing her bosses of trying to stage a cover-up. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)Rafael Henzel, one of only six passengers not killed when a plane crashed in Colombia, recalls the terrifying final moments.


6 months later, Orlando victims remembered

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 03:46 PM PST

Family and friends of victims along with survivors of the Pulse nightclub attack gather. (Christal Hayes/Orlando Sentinel/TNS/Getty Images)Relatives and friends of the 49 killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, as well as survivors, read names aloud.


Headed east? Delays likely from winter weather

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 12:56 PM PST

Traffic on the Lodge Freeway in Detroit. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News/AP)Snow and icy conditions are on their way east, and many people's travel plans are likely to be affected.


Clinton team wants info revealed about hack

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 11:00 AM PST

Hillary Clinton (Cliff Owen/AP)The campaign said the Obama administration "owes it to the American people" to tell what it knows about Russia's hacks.


Trump confronted over climate change remarks

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 09:13 AM PST

Donald Trump (Getty Images)When asked about his inconsistent statements on the issue, the president-elect says "nobody really knows" if it's real.


Khizr Khan steps back into the spotlight

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 08:52 AM PST

Khizr Khan speaks to the crowd outside Hillary Clinton's election night rally. (Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)The Gold Star father first gained national attention five months ago for calling out the president-elect on his rhetoric.


Stinging rejection of Pennsylvania recount

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 11:37 AM PST

Green Party candidate Jill Stein holds a press conference at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after a hearing on the Green Party's request for a statewide recount, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. A federal judge allowed Wisconsin's presidential recount to move forward Friday as a another federal judge in Pennsylvania planned to take the weekend to decide on a Green Party-backed request to recount paper ballots and examine election computer systems for signs of hacking. Democrats and Republicans alike are criticizing her recount efforts as a ploy to raise her national profile for a future run. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)A federal judge rules against a Green Party-backed request to recount paper ballots in the state's presidential election.


Trump targets F-35 fighter jet costs

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 01:02 PM PST

Three F-35 joint strike fighters flying over Edwards Air Force Base. (Reuters)"The F-35 program and cost is out of control," the president-elect tweeted. "Billions of dollars can and will be saved."


Trump doubles down on Russia hack dismissal

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 07:19 AM PST

Common Core an unexpected flashpoint in Rex Tillerson's potential nominationThe president-elect reiterated disagreement with CIA's reported assessment that the Kremlin interfered in the election.


London's 1952 'killer fog' cause revealed

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 07:15 AM PST

Mystery Solved! Cause of London's 1952 'Killer Fog' RevealedFor five days in December of that year, the city was enveloped by a dense, pollutant-loaded cover.


Trump’s trade team sends a signal on China

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 03:15 AM PST

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross departs Trump Tower after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (Reuters)The president-elect is stacking his trade transition team with veterans of the U.S. steel industry's battles with Beijing.


Supreme Court snubs NFL concussion case

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 09:14 AM PST

A man stands at a window lit by the NFL logo in New YorkThe high court declines to hear a challenge to a $1 billion settlement with thousands of retired players brought by a small group of them.


Senate to probe Russia hacking

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 08:52 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (Yahoo News video)Congress will investigate a CIA report that Russia interfered in the election, Sen. Mitch McConnell said.


Kremlin praises secretary of state candidate

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 09:17 AM PST

ExxonMobil Chief Personally Known To Putin, Kremlin SaysRex Tillerson, reportedly the frontrunner for the Cabinet post, has dealt with Moscow in the past.


Transportation Dept. considers in-flight calls

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 06:44 PM PST

Here's a potential new reality on planes: Listening to another passenger chatting on a mobile phone.

As his term ends, Obama aims to break taboos

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 02:05 AM PST

The Last 100 Days: From Old Wounds to New Ties EditionThe president is making personal efforts to turn old foes into new friends — or something close to it.


New details in cyberattack on Clinton team

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 05:00 AM PST

Hillary Clinton (Evan Vucci/AP)Hackers believed to be working for Russia launched a wave of previously unreported attacks on the campaign and DNC, sources say.


Chinese media: Trump acting like a bully on Taiwan

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 04:11 PM PST

President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 9 in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Paul Sancya/AP)He's "ignorant as a child" for suggesting he might not abide by the current "one China" diplomatic policy, an official news outlet says.


Under Trump, 'dreamers' advised to end travel

Posted: 11 Dec 2016 10:17 PM PST

Nancy Lopez-Ramirez, 20, from Mexico, discusses her travel plans at City College of New York. (Claudia Torrens/AP)After Donald Trump is sworn in, advocates fear, immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children may face a crackdown.


Source: Rick Perry a candidate for energy post

Posted: 11 Dec 2016 11:34 AM PST

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta in 2015. (David Goldman/AP)The former governor of Texas, a leading oil-producing state, had once proposed scrapping the Energy Department.


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