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WATCH: Train Derails in Brooklyn Causing Injuries, Delays
ABC News - 5 Jan 2017 03:27
More than 100 people were hurt after a LIRR train derailed during rush hour.
U.S. obtained evidence after election that Russia leaked emails: officials
Reuters - 5 Jan 2017 03:40
WASHINGTON
Bernie Sanders Brings Giant Printout of a Donald Trump Tweet to Senate Floor
Time - 5 Jan 2017 00:29
And it quickly became a meme
Trump wants to shake up the CIA
New York Post - 5 Jan 2017 04:35
Donald Trump is working on a plan that would restructure the CIA — cutting staff at the agency’s headquarters in Langley and moving more agents to field posts across the globe, a report says. "The view from the Trump...
Donald Trump Continues to Challenge U.S. Intelligence Reports of Russia Hacking
Time - 5 Jan 2017 04:13
He appears to embrace Julian Assange's contention that Russia did not give Wikileaks emails hacked from top Democrats
Georgia boy grows his hair out for 2 years to donate it to a friend
The Week - 5 Jan 2017 07:56
After letting his hair grow long for two years, it was finally time for Tyler Boone, 10, to chop it all off for a good cause. Boone's friend, 12-year-old Gabby Ruiz, was diagnosed at age four with Alopecia areata, an aut...
Man accused of locking woman in box, forcing her to perform oral sex
New York Post - 5 Jan 2017 07:50
MILWAUKEE -- A Wisconsin man locked a woman inside a wooden box that he screwed shut after using a stun gun to subdue her and forcing her to perform oral sex on him, investigators allege. The arrest report indicates the ...
Three Girl Suicide Bombers Have Been Gunned Down in Northeastern Nigeria
Time - 5 Jan 2017 06:08
Boko Haram has used scores of women and girls as young as 7 in suicide bombings
Trump and Julian Assange, an Unlikely Pair, Unite to Sow Hacking Doubts
The New York Times - 5 Jan 2017 03:47
Mr. Trump used comments by Mr. Assange, the WikiLeaks founder long reviled by many Republicans, to buttress his questioning of the conclusion that Russia was at fault.
The Recruiter Said 'You Think Pretty Highly Of Yourself, Don't You?'
Forbes - 5 Jan 2017 07:16
Eleanor wasn't expecting the recruiter Chuck to react the way he did when they talked on the phone. What would you do in Eleanor's situation?
China tells Trump to lay off Twitter
CNN - 5 Jan 2017 06:42
China has slammed US President-elect Donald Trump over his use of Twitter to conduct international diplomacy in a commentary published by the country's official news agency Xinhua.
Why is Trump sweet on Russia, sour on China?
CNN - 5 Jan 2017 06:33
President-elect Donald Trump has been playing global favorites on Twitter.
Leader of Philippine group sympathetic to IS group killed
Miami Herald - 5 Jan 2017 05:17
A leader of suspected sympathizers of the Islamic State group was killed Thursday in a clash with Philippine police after resisting arrest at a beach resort in the south, officials …
Russia has tried to interfere in elections for "years," Democratic senator says
CBSNews - 5 Jan 2017 05:10
"This is not just about one political party, one candidate -- it isn't even about one country," Sen. Amy Klobuchar told CBSN's "Red & Blue"
U.S. to transfer four Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia
Reuters - 5 Jan 2017 04:48
WASHINGTON
Republicans' 4-Step Plan to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
The New York Times - 5 Jan 2017 04:02
Though much remains unclear, a determined Republican president and Congress can gut President Obama's signature accomplishment.
WATCH: Showdown Begins Over Obamacare
ABC News - 5 Jan 2017 03:29
President Obama met with congressional Democrats to urge them to protect the ACA, while Mike Pence met with GOP members to push for a repeal.
Man gets harpooned on fishing trip
New York Post - 5 Jan 2017 17:48
A fisherman is lucky to be alive after he was shot in the head with a harpoon during a fishing trip in Brazil. The 27-year-old man — identified in local television reports as Hugo Periera da Silva — was on a fishing ...
How To Get Tickets To Obama's Farewell Address: President Barack Obama To Deliver Final Public Speech In Chicago On Jan. 10
IBTimes - 5 Jan 2017 12:25
President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver his farewell address in his home city of Chicago on Jan. 10, just days before he leaves office. In a message emailed to reporters Monday, Obama wrote: "On Tuesday, January 1...
Menendez Brothers' Cousin Who Testified About Sexual Abuse Speaks Out
ABC News - 5 Jan 2017 16:43
Diane Vander Molen has no doubt Lyle and Erik Menendez were sexually abused.
Syria's Civil War: Deaths as car bomb hits Jableh town
Al Jazeera English - 5 Jan 2017 16:32
At least nine killed and 25 others wounded in the government-controlled town in Latakia province, state media reports.
Shia militias using arms from 16 countries: Amnesty
Al Jazeera English - 5 Jan 2017 16:20
The report calls for countries selling arms to Iraq to ensure they won't be used by Shia militias to commit war crimes.