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• Republican foreign policy veterans in quandary over Trump

  09-11-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Matt Spetalnick and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Republican foreign policy veterans who came out against Donald Trump during the presidential campaign said on Wednesday they were sticking to their guns following his election victory, but a few others signaled that objections to serving in his new administration were softening. Trump’s stunning upset over Democrat Hillary Clinton has created a new dilemma for the Republican national security establishment, much of which ha
  
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• Mexico braces for powerful winds of 'Hurricane Trump'

  09-11-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico's central bank chief warned back in September that a Donald Trump victory in the US election would hit his country like a powerful storm. After Hurricane Trump made landfall, the peso fell to an all-time low Wednesday and the Mexican stock market plunged on fears Trump would make good on his promises to upend economic ties. Pena Nieto said he had congratulated Trump for his victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton during a "cordial, friendly and respectful" phone conversation.
  
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• 'List': Trump camp 'notes down enemies'

  09-11-2016 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump surrogate Omarosa Manigault said the President-elect's campaign is keeping a list of people who did not support his run to the White House.
  
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• World stocks rally on Trump's rise to the White House

  09-11-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Global stock markets rallied Wednesday in response to Donald Trump's capture of the White House, recovering from the sharp downturn overnight in the initial aftermath of Hillary Clinton's shock defeat.
  
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• Wizards' Wall fined $25,000 for bumping ref

  09-11-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The NBA fined Washington Wizards guard John Wall $25,000 on Wednesday for bumping into official Marc Davis during a game against the Houston Rockets on Monday. The Wizards were trailing 111-106 with less than a minute to play when Wall, making his way toward the bench, brushed Davis with one side of his body. The Wizards lost the game 114-106.
  
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• Bodies found on suspected serial killer's land identified

  09-11-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two bodies found on the rural property of a South Carolina man linked to five other deaths were a couple who had a history of panhandling and had been buried there for nearly a year, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Some protest new president-elect

  09-11-2016 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  Students blocked a highway in Austin, Texas, burned a flag on the campus of American University in Washington and walked out of class in high schools and colleges across the countryafter the victory of President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Bogut rips 'two-faced' former club before facing Warriors

  09-11-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Australian big man Andrew Bogut ripped the NBA for "two-faced" and "fake" people ahead of facing his former team, the Golden State Warriors, who traded him to the Dallas Mavericks. Bogut, sent packing in a deal to help the Warriors make room to sign star forward Kevin Durant, spoke to USA Today ahead of his return to Oakland with the Mavericks on Wednesday to face a Warriors club he helped to an NBA crown in 2015.
  
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• The Latest: Democrat Maggie Hassan wins NH Senate seat

  09-11-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. election. (All times EST):
  
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• How the polls, including ours, missed Trump's victory

  09-11-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Maurice Tamman and Guy Faulconbridge NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Two days ago, pollsters and statisticians gave Hillary Clinton odds of between 75 and 99 percent of winning the U.S. presidential election. Some were national surveys designed to estimate the entire country’s popular vote, but not the outcome in individual states, where the contest is actually decided.
  
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• Asia shares to rally as turnaround 'astonishes'

  09-11-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares were set to rally hard on Thursday after global markets made a truly remarkable comeback from the shock of Republican Donald Trump's presidential victory, dumping safe-havens for the tempting returns of risk assets. Copper alone added 3.4 percent while iron ore surged 4.7 percent to its highest since January 2015.
  
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• Senate quadrupled in women of color

  09-11-2016 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  While the results of the presidential election didn't shatter the proverbial glass ceiling, the Senate quadrupled in women of color.
  
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• Vitamin D deficiency is widely overestimated, doctors warn

  09-11-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Doctors are warning about vitamin D again, and it's not the "we need more" news you might expect. Instead, they say there's too much needless testing and too many people taking too many pills ...
  
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• US stocks surge after surprise Trump win; Dow up 1.4%

  09-11-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks surged Wednesday following Donald Trump's shock win of the US presidency, with pharmaceutical and banking shares especially strong in anticipation of favorable policies.
  
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• Trump begins to play catch up on transition to White House

  09-11-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The true test now begins for Donald Trump.
  
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• Gender politics: Women spurned Clinton

  09-11-2016 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton came so close to winning the White House that she had planned to deliver her victory speech beneath a symbolic glass ceiling.
  
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• US stocks surge following Trump victory; bond prices tumble

  09-11-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It turns out that President Donald Trump may not be bad for the stock market after all.
  
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• Russia hails Trump victory

  09-11-2016 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  Global financial markets fell as US allies convened emergency meetings of their financial and security agencies to assess the impact of Republican candidate Donald Trump's ascension to the White House.
  
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• Mexican president to meet Trump to set ‘new phase’ in ties

  09-11-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto reached out to US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, agreeing to meet with the Republican billionaire whose anti-immigrant rhetoric has infuriated Mexicans. Pena Nieto said he had congratulated Trump for his election victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton during a "cordial, friendly and respectful" phone conversation. "I agreed with the president-elect to meet, preferably during the transition period, to define with clarity the direction that the rela
  
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• U.S. stocks, bond yields jump after Trump shock, Mexican peso falls

  09-11-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks rallied on Wednesday after a dramatic overnight sell-off, while bond yields jumped on inflation expectations and the Mexican peso was battered as investors reacted to Donald Trump's surprise win in the U.S. presidential election. While equity investors' election night panic turned to daytime jubilation, bond investors worried Trump's protectionist policies would ultimately weaken the dollar and hike inflation. U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yie
  
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• Obama, Trump and the 'zigzag' nation

  09-11-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — One country, two tribes, the United States elected in turn Barack Obama, then a president as opposite to him as can be.
  
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• Anger over Trump explodes; protesters set fires, smash glass

  09-11-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Demonstrators angry about the election of Donald Trump smashed windows and set garbage bins on fire early Wednesday in downtown Oakland, California, joining protesters elsewhere in the country who swarmed ...
  
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• Obamacare repeal 'high-item on the list'

  09-11-2016 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said passing a repeal to the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature health care, is a "high-item on the list," following Republican victories in Tuesday's election.
  
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• McConnell dashes hopes for Pacific trade deal vote before Trump takes office

  09-11-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday dashed any remaining hopes that President Barack Obama's signature Pacific-Rim trade deal would come up for a vote before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. "It's certainly not going to be brought up this year," McConnell said of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership at a news briefing in Washington. McConnell said any decisions on TPP or other future trade agreements would be up
  
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• Trump due in court before Oval Office

  09-11-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Within a few weeks of winning the White House, President-elect Donald Trump could face another group of U.S. citizens, a federal jury in California, courtesy of a lawsuit by former students of his now-defunct Trump University who claim they were defrauded by a series of real-estate seminars. A hearing in federal court in San Diego is set for Thursday, and the trial is scheduled to begin on Nov. 28, barring any delays or if Trump decides to settle the case. While presidents enjoy immunity from la
  
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• Big victories for legal pot, but path ahead is uncertain

  09-11-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of Americans living in states with recreational marijuana more than tripled after at least three states voted to fully legalize the drug. But the election of Republican Donald Trump and GOP majorities in the Senate and House tempered advocates' excitement about an easing of federal restrictions.
  
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• VW's Audi hit with fresh emissions cheating lawsuit

  09-11-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Embattled Volkswagen is facing a new lawsuit in US courts over devices used to cheat emissions standards, this one against luxury brand Audi, according to court documents. The new case filed Tuesday in Illinois court, cites a media report Audi installed the cheating devices on gasoline-powered cars to hide the true emissions of climate-warming gas carbon dioxide, court papers say. The latest suit follows last month's $14.7 billion class action settlement in Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating
  
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• The Latest: No verdict yet in Ohio police shooting trial

  09-11-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a white former police officer charged with murder following the shooting of an unarmed black man in a traffic stop (all times local):
  
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• Republicans governorships rise to highest mark since 1922

  09-11-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican power in state capitols will be at its strongest levels in nearly a century when several newly elected governors take office next year.
  
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• Gregg Allman cancels shows due to vocal cord injury

  09-11-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rocker Gregg Allman has cancelled or rescheduled his shows for the rest of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 after a vocal cord injury.
  
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• Pledging unwavering defence, NATO braces for Trump

  09-11-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO promised on Wednesday to defend all allies despite election victor Donald Trump's call to set conditions for U.S. help, as the alliance braced for a more impulsive leader some fear could withdraw funding to deter Russia. During the presidential election campaign Trump threatened to abandon U.S. allies in Europe if they do not spend enough on defence, comments that were particularly unnerving for the ex-Soviet Baltic states on Russia's border which fear M
  
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• 'France is not the U.S.,' presidential hopeful Juppe's camp says

  09-11-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - "The French never vote like the Americans," a politician told a rally for presidential favorite Alain Juppe on Wednesday as France wondered if it would be the next country to prove the opinion polls wrong. Juppe, mayor of the southwest city of Bordeaux and a former prime minister, has topped the polls for months. Surveys predict he will win both a primary later in November to be the center-right's candidate and the presidential election in six mont
  
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• Donald Trump's election victory: the winners and losers around the world

  09-11-2016 22:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin will be celebrating Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton, but it’s not such good news for Mexico, Iran, Japan and EuropeDonald Trump wins US election – follow all the live updatesBecome a Guardian supporter or make a contributionDonald Trump triumphed, but so did Bashar al-Assad. Like other leaders around the world, Syria’s isolated president most likely spent the day after assessing the impact on him of the Republican’s unexpected vi
  
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• The math: Did Clinton get more votes?

  09-11-2016 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump may have scored an astonishing upset presidential victory, but Hillary Clinton could still receive more votes.
  
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• US airstrikes killed 64 civilians in Iraq and Syria over 10-month period

  09-11-2016 22:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Pentagon releases details of casualties between November 2015 and September 2016, included in total of 119 civilian deaths in US strikes since 2014Sixty-four civilians were killed and eight injured in 24 US airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria between 20 November 2015 and 10 September 2016, the US military said in a statement on Wednesday. “In each of the cases released today, the assessment determined that although all feasible precautions were taken and strikes comp
  
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• Obama legacy imperiled as Trump weighs Supreme Court pick

  09-11-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump's presidential election victory all but dooms major Obama administration initiatives that are already tied up in legal challenges and gives him the chance to appoint a pivotal fifth conservative justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Democratic President Barack Obama's signature 2010 healthcare law, his plan to combat climate change, his executive action on immigration, his transgender rights policy and other issues were challenged in
  
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• California movie producer held in $26M New York fraud case

  09-11-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A California movie producer has been arrested on charges in a $26 million New York investment fraud case. Prosecutors say David Bergstein was arrested Wednesday in Hidden Hills, California, and faces an ...
  
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• Surprising study finds possible culprit in preterm births

  09-11-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers have uncovered a surprising possible trigger for some preterm births: calcium buildup in the womb, similar to the kind that stiffens older people's arteries or causes kidney stones.
  
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• Democrats lick their wounds, Republicans see work to be done

  09-11-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cheers and tears. Market whiplash. A glass ceiling not quite shattered. Calls to "lick our wounds."
  
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• California, Nevada and Massachusetts vote to legalize recreational marijuana

  09-11-2016 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
  How Americans voted on a range of ballot initiatives around the countryUS elections live results county by countySupport our fearless, independent journalism by making a contribution or becoming a memberVoters around the US cast ballots for a diverse range of initiatives that seek to reform laws on marijuana, the death penalty, climate change and more. Below are results in the most important contests.Continue reading...
  
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• A nasty shock to the system for feminists

  09-11-2016 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  That Donald Trump won the presidential election Tuesday night was a nasty shock to many Americans, especially feminists who were thrilled at the prospect of our country's first female president.
  
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• How Clinton lost: Failure to connect with minorities

  09-11-2016 21:40 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton just couldn't hold onto the Obama coalition. And that proved to be a large part of her undoing.
  
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• US election: Trump at 290 electoral votes, Clinton at 228

  09-11-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Republican Donald Trump has won the US presidency with at least 290 electoral votes, securing more than the 270 he needed to succeed Barack Obama.
  
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• Bali police death: Australian woman and British boyfriend face court over alleged murder

  09-11-2016 21:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Sara Connor ‘stressed’ as she and David Taylor face court for first day of their trial over the death of Wayan Sudarsa, whose body was found on a tourist beach A British DJ and his Australian girlfriend have faced court in Bali over their alleged involvement in a fatal assault on a police officer.A nervous David Taylor, 34, and Sara Connor, 45, arrived at court from Kerobokan jail to face three separate charges of unpremeditated murder, assault causing death and group assault, carryi
  
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• Dear liberals: 'Please chill out a bit'

  09-11-2016 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  When President Barack Obama suggested that Americans might soon be on Mars, who knew that he'd be flooded with volunteers? The victory of Donald Trump last night has many liberals saying that they don't want to live on this planet anymore. Social media is in meltdown. The website for Canadian immigration crashed.
  
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• Your smartphone may be hurting your sleep

  09-11-2016 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  You love your smartphone, but it may be ruining your ZZZ's. Use of these devices, especially near bedtime, is associated with worse quality of sleep, according to a new study.
  
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• Boris Johnson says looks forward to continuing UK-U.S. partnership with Trump

  09-11-2016 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has previously criticised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, congratulated him on his victory on Wednesday and said he looked forward to continuing the partnership between the two nations. "I believe passionately in the importance of the UK - US relationship and am confident we can take it forward together," Johnson, who was formerly mayor of London, said on his Twitter feed. ...
  
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• Clinton on pace to win popular vote, despite losing election

  09-11-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite losing Tuesday's presidential election, Hillary Clinton appears to be on pace to win the popular vote, an ironic twist in an election in which her opponent repeatedly said the system was rigged against him.
  
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• The Latest: Sen. Warren proposes truce with Trump

  09-11-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. election. (All times EST):
  
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• Iran once again exceeds a nuclear deal limit: IAEA report

  09-11-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has exceeded a soft limit on sensitive material set under its nuclear deal with major powers, the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Wednesday, hours after Donald Trump - who has strongly criticized the agreement - won the U.S. presidential election. It is the second time Tehran has surpassed the 130 metric tonne threshold for heavy water, a material used as a moderator in reactors like Iran's unfinished one at Arak, since the deal was put in place in January
  
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