samedi 31 décembre 2016

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Photos: New Year's celebrations

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 01:30 PM PST

Photos: New Year's celebrationsFireworks are seen during the New Year Celebrations at Ala-Too Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on December 31, 2016. (Nezir Aliyev/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Top 10 undercovered stories of 2016

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 12:29 PM PST

The top 10 undercovered stories of 2016. (Reuters/AP)From protests against the North Dakota pipeline to flooding in the South, these 10 stories received less attention.


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A poet's take on 2016: The year in verse

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 11:31 AM PST

A poet's take on 2016: the year in verse. (Yahoo News)Jerry Adler, Yahoo News' poet-in-residence, offers his impression of the year that is ending.


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NYC finally opens long-awaited subway line

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 11:10 AM PST

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the new 86th Street subway station. (Seth Wenig/AP)Manhattan's Second Avenue line was first dreamed up in the 1920s and will give those on the city's Upper East Side transportation options.


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Geraldine Ferraro's son pardoned 30 years later

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 10:29 AM PST

Geraldine Ferraro's son, John Zaccaro Jr., pardoned for 1988 cocaine conviction. (AP)John Zaccaro Jr., the son of the former vice presidential nominee, has been pardoned for a 1988 cocaine conviction.


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Revelers bid adieu to 2016, usher in 2017

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 09:29 AM PST

Revelers bid adieu to 2016, usher in 2017. (AP)From Australia to India, people around the world are bidding farewell to 2016 and celebrating the New Year.


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10 heartwarming moments from 2016

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 08:52 AM PST

Olympic runners embrace after collision. (Getty Images)Amid all that darkness this year, there were still some moments that inspired and made us smile.


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Trump: Happy New Year to all, even 'enemies'

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 08:12 AM PST

Trump sends New Year wishes to all, even his 'many enemies.' (AP)Donald Trump wishes all his Twitter followers a happy New Year, including those who have fought him "and lost so badly."


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How Trump is remaking the GOP in his image

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 05:20 AM PST

President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan on Nov. 10. (Alex Brandon/AP)After eight years of opposing President Obama, Republicans now have a leader who doesn't always toe the party line.


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China's domestic ivory trade to shut down

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 03:11 AM PST

Confiscated ivory and ivory carvings at an ivory destruction ceremony at Beijing's wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center in 2015. (Wu Hong/EFE/EPA)China's plan to end the processing and selling of ivory by the end of March will be a "game changer for Africa's elephants," says one conservationist.


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Central Baghdad struck by 2 deadly blasts

Posted: 31 Dec 2016 12:28 AM PST

Iraqi security forces at the site of a bomb attack at a market in central Baghdad on Dec. 31. (Ali al-Mashhadani/Reuters)Bombs explode early in the morning near a busy market, killing dozens of people, officials say.


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Report: Russians hacked into Vermont utility

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 08:32 PM PST

Vladimir Putin (AP)A code associated with Russian hackers has reportedly been detected within the system of a Vermont electric company.


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Kennedy relative's murder conviction reinstated

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 07:04 PM PST

Michael Skakel (AP)Michael Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy, was previously found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old girl in 1975.


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Greek envoy allegedly killed by wife's lover

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 05:54 PM PST

Kyriakos Amiridis, center, at a government ceremony in May. (AP)Police say the murder of Greece's ambassador to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis, was facilitated by the diplomat's wife.


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Power restored to N.C. governor — for now

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 02:23 PM PST

Some power restored to North Carolina's governor-elect — for now. (AP)A judge has blocked a law by the state's GOP lawmakers stripping its Democratic governor of control over elections.


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Trump praises Putin for withholding sanctions

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 01:07 PM PST

Donald Trump praises The president-elect continues to applaud Vladimir Putin, one day after President Obama punishes Russia for election interference.


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Miami cops fired over target practice 'joke'

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 12:46 PM PST

Miami Police during an anti-Trump protest in downtown Miami on Nov. 11. (Sergi Alexander/FilmMagic/Getty Images)The rookie officers had made remarks about using primarily black neighborhoods as shooting ranges.


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Russia responds to sanctions on Twitter

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 12:25 PM PST

Russia taunts U.S. on Twitter. (Twitter/RusEmbUSA)Russian government entities are showing some humor on social media in response to Obama's hacking sanctions.


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Bourdain: Liberals scorn working class

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 10:00 AM PST

Anthony Bourdain speaks during South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, in March. (Photo: Rich Fury/Invision/AP)Anthony Bourdain says this disdain created "the upswell of rage and contempt" that led to Trump winning the presidency.


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Britain scolds Kerry, edges toward Trump

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 08:39 AM PST

Britain, edging toward Trump, scolds Kerry over Israel. (AP)Britain takes issue with Secretary of State John Kerry's description of Netanyahu's coalition as the "most right-wing."


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Putin won’t expel U.S. diplomats

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 05:24 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP)The Russian president contradicts his foreign minister's suggested response to the hacking flap.


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‘The Katie Couric Interview’: Best of 2016

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 11:43 PM PST

Khan family (Yahoo News)Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric looks back at some of the fascinating, funny, and entertaining people of the year.


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States face off over future of Obama global warming plan

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 09:51 PM PST

President Obama (Getty Images)Democratic officials from 15 states have asked the President-elect Trump to preserve President Obama's plan to curb global warming.


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Obama leaves Russia's top spy off the hook

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 07:17 PM PST

Obama hits back for Russia hack, but leaves top spy off the hookThe White House portrays its measures against Moscow for an election cyberattack as tough, but they omit a key name.


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Trump ally asked to resign from school board

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 06:15 PM PST

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, Donald Trump, left, is joined by Carl Paladino during a gun rights rally at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, N.Y. Paladino, a co-chairman of Trump's New York presidential campaign who publicly insulted Democratic President Barack Obama and his wife has been asked to resign from a local school board. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)Carl Paladino, who publicly insulted Barack and Michelle Obama, is asked to step down from his local position in New York.


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FBI fingers Russian intelligence for hacks

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:55 PM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a New Year reception in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)The bureau squarely blames Moscow for meddling in the U.S. presidential election, starting as far back as mid-2015.


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Trump could reverse Obama's Russia order

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 04:57 PM PST

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)The president-elect has the power to reverse the executive action in the wake of the hacking scandal.


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Big drop in the prison population

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 04:13 PM PST

FILE PHOTO -- Patrol vehicle is seen along the fencing at the Federal Correctional Complex, including the Administrative Maximum Penitentiary or The number of inmates in the U.S. fell to 1.53 million at the end of last year, resulting in the lowest rate of incarceration in a decade.


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Congressman: Russia did what 'media should have'

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 03:51 PM PST

GOP congressman: Russia did 'what the media should have done' by leaking emailsArizona Republican Trent Franks says that the leak of hacked emails during the presidential campaign was actually a public service.


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Minimum wage is rising in 19 states

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 03:15 PM PST

Pay to rise for millions as 19 states increase minimum wageIt will be a happy new year for millions of the lowest-paid workers, including those in New York and California.


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