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Facebook admits rules for fake news needed

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:58 PM PST

Mark Zuckerberg (Yahoo Finance)"We resisted having standards about whether something's newsworthy ... And that was wrong!" said a company VP.


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Environmentalists not discouraged by Trump

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:36 PM PST

Trump hasn't crushed environmentalists' hopesNonprofits are looking to multinational firms that advance sustainability agendas rooted in bottom-line concerns.


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Roof's former lawyers want back on case

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:13 PM PST

Shooting suspect Dylann Roof (AP)Attorneys dismissed by the Charleston church shooting suspect are worried he may not present evidence that could spare his life.


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Gatlinburg residents survey wildfire toll

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:52 PM PST

Gatlinburg residents survey wildfire toll. (Brian Blanco/Getty Images)The death count is at 13, and the number of buildings damaged is now approaching 1,000.


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Jury deadlocked in Walter Scott case

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:08 PM PST

Former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager, left, is escorted from the courthouse. (AP)A judge tells jurors they must try again to reach a verdict in the trial of former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager.


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Syrian rebels defend key Aleppo district

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 11:29 AM PST

A Syrian child, who fled with his family from rebel-held areas of Aleppo, pictured at a shelter in Jibrin. (Youssef Karwashan/AFP Photo))Opposition forces control at least 70 percent of the neighborhood, but rebels put up ferocious resistance.


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Efforts underway to stop 3 state recounts

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 10:11 AM PST

Supporters of Trump have filed lawsuits in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania to halt the Green Party's recount request.

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Efforts underway to stop 2 state recounts

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:34 AM PST

Efforts underway to stop recounts in two states. (AP)Supporters of Trump have filed a lawsuit trying to stop Wisconsin's recount, spearheaded by Jill Stein.


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Weed business a fast-growing job generator

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:58 AM PST

Weed business to be huge US job generatorIndustry analysts say the cannabis industry will hit $6.5B in 2016, and surpass $20B by the year 2020.


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U.S. unemployment rate falls to 4.6 percent

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:05 AM PST

President-elect Trump tours Carrier factory. (AP)American companies added 178,000 nonfarm payrolls during the month of November, according to a new report.


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Trump isn't quite done with the campaign

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:05 AM PST

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a stop at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Ty Wright/Getty Images)In a speech to supporters in Ohio, the president-elect focused on replaying triumphs and feuds from his race against Hillary Clinton.


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Trump taps Mattis as defense chief

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 06:24 PM PST

In Gen. Jim Mattis, Trump chooses a 'warrior monk' as secretary of defenseRetired Marine Gen. James Mattis formerly served as head of U.S. Central Command during the Obama administration.


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Trump taps Mattis as defense chief

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 06:04 PM PST

Trump to nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to lead PentagonRetired Marine Gen. James Mattis formerly served as head of U.S. Central Command during the Obama administration.


Trump supports completion of Dakota Access pipeline

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 05:26 PM PST

Donald Trump supports completion of Dakota Access Pipeline. (Reuters)The president-elect said in a statement that his support for the Dakota Access pipeline "has nothing to do with his personal investments."


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Trump faces tough nuclear weapons questions

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 05:04 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump is poised to take a victory lap, appearing first in Indiana to salute workers at a factory that he made a campaign promise to save. He then goes to Ohio on the first stop of a The president-elect will face politically fraught decisions about an arsenal in need of modernizing.


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Trump's Carrier deal raises red flags

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 04:23 PM PST

The president-elect quadrupled a spurned tax incentive the state of Indiana had offered to keep company jobs from going to Mexico.

Trump takes Indiana victory lap on Carrier deal

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:28 PM PST

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Carrier Corp. in Indiana. (Darron Cummings/AP)The president-elect keeps a campaign pledge to prevent some jobs at the air conditioning firm from relocating to Mexico.


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Starbucks CEO stepping down for a second time

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 01:51 PM PST

Howard Schultz stepping down as Starbucks CEOHoward Schultz, who joined the coffee chain in 1982 and has served two stints as chief executive, will stay on in a different capacity.


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Chris Christie reportedly angling for a new job

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 01:13 PM PST

Report: Chris Christie looking at becoming GOP chairThe deposed head of Donald Trump's transition team is said to be eyeing the Republican National Committee chair.


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Nobel laureates' open letter to Trump

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 11:46 AM PST

Donald Trump (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP)More than 2,300 scientists are urging the president-elect to support science and use it when shaping policy.


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San Bernardino, one year after the attack

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 10:46 AM PST

A faded photo collage showing images of the 14 victims who were killed in the Dec. 2, 2015, San Bernardino terror attack. (AP)Residents feared a backlash after a Muslim couple killed 14 people at a lunch meeting on Dec. 2, 2015.


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Obama suggests no last-ditch Israel push

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 09:37 AM PST

President Obama (AP)The president has nearly ruled out any effort to pressure Israel over stalled peace talks before he leaves office, officials say.


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What you need to know about pot and your job

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 09:20 AM PST

Voters in California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada approved the use of recreational marijuana on Nov. 8. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)States that have legalized pot offer exemptions from workplace drug policies, but that doesn't mean you can't be tested or fired.


Ex-Cuban prisoner likens Trump to Castro

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 08:58 AM PST

Alan Gross likens President-elect Trump to Fidel Castro. (Yahoo News Now)Alan Gross spent five years in a Cuban prison after being arrested while working on a technology project there.


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Breitbart escalates fight with Kellogg’s

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 08:21 AM PST

Breitbart urges war with Kellogg's. (Yahoo Finance Video)The far-right website calls for a boycott over what the breakfast cereal maker did with its advertising.


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Why Trump could lose his prized D.C. hotel

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 07:43 AM PST

Pedestrians cross Pennsylvania Avenue across the street from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)Language in the lease could force the president-elect to relinquish his equity stake in the newly refurbished property.


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Putin sounds optimistic on U.S. ties

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 07:04 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state-of-the-nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow. (AP)The Russian president gives a conciliatory state-of-the-nation address that reflects Moscow's take on Trump.


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Tacoma police slaying suspect killed

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 06:28 AM PST

Police: Suspect in Tacoma officer's death shot and killed. (AP)An 11-hour standoff started after a police officer was shot and killed while answering a domestic violence call.


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The real problem behind fake news

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:52 AM PST

(Yahoo News/Getty Images)You can try to stamp out the supply of garbage news, but the Web is a vast place, and it will always find a crack through which to seep.


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Clown who charmed Aleppo's children killed

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 05:10 PM PST

Syrian social worker Anas al-Basha, 24, dressed as a clown in Aleppo. (Courtesy of Ahmad al-Khatib, via AP)Anas al-Basha dies in a presumed Russian or government missile strike in the war-ravaged city.


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Adviser: Trump picking 'insiders' and 'disrupters'

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 04:49 PM PST

Anthony Scaramucci, a member of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team executive committee, leaves Trump Tower. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)Transition team member Anthony Scaramucci defends the president-elect's choice of finance bigwigs and D.C. veterans.


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Activists deride Texas' fetal remains burial rule as unconstitutional

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 04:07 PM PST

Abortion rights advocates (Getty Images)Abortion rights advocates say the rules place an unconstitutional burden on a woman and could lead to unsafe options.


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Questions surround Trump's Treasury pick

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 03:10 PM PST

Mnuchin has a nagging foreclosure problemSteve Mnuchin helped turn around a bank but in the process foreclosed on thousands of irate homeowners.


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Trump Cabinet picks share a familiar trait

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 02:32 PM PST

Wilbur Ross, Steve Mnuchin, and Todd Ricketts. (AP; Getty Images)Despite pledging to "drain the swamp," the president-elect is surrounding himself with millionaires and billionaires.


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Erdogan’s remark about Assad surprises Russia

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 01:55 PM PST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AP)The Kremlin asks the Turkish president to explain his comment about the purpose of sending troops into Syria.


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