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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n
1. AMID STRAINS, TRUMP SAYS ONLY HE KNOWS FINALISTS FOR CABINET<\/p>\n
The president-elect’s unannounced evening out with family is a contrast to the behind-the-scenes machinations that suggest a struggling transition as names surfaced and sank for top administration positions.<\/p>\n
2. WHO THINKS TRUMP COULD BE ‘NATURAL ALLY’<\/p>\n
In an interview with a Portuguese news agency, Syrian President Bashar Assad says the U.S. president-elect could be just that to the Damascus if his administration is “genuine” about fighting “terrorists.”<\/p>\n
3. OBAMA TOURS ANCIENT GREEK ACROPOLIS<\/p>\n
The U.S. president will also deliver a speech to the Greek people as he winds up the first leg of his final foreign tour as commander in chief and heads from Greece to Germany.<\/p>\n
4. YEMEN WAR RAISES QUESTIONS OF WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS<\/p>\n
The Saudi-led coalition denies the claims, but rights activists say support from the U.S. and its allies has given the coalition a blank check in its bombardment.<\/p>\n
5. IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES PUSH DEEPER INTO MOSUL<\/p>\n
The troops are backed by airstrikes but under attack by rockets and suicide bombers from the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n
6. WHAT MAY BE NEXT POPULIST BATTLEGROUND<\/p>\n
Trump’s election gives a fresh boost to French conservative leaders competing in a presidential primary Sunday, as well as the far-right Marine Le Pen, who is convinced her anti-immigration, anti-Islam views can propel her to power.<\/p>\n
7. DO-IT-YOURSELF BREAST RECONSTRUCTION<\/p>\n
A device being tested by doctors uses a tiny pump to release gas into a pouch to slowly create a pocket for a permanent implant.<\/p>\n
8. DENVER VOTERS APPROVE POT IN BARS, RESTAURANTS<\/p>\n
The catch is that smoking marijuana wouldn’t be allowed inside, and the locations would have to first get the approval of neighbors.<\/p>\n
9. MAYOR IN WEST VIRGINIA RESIGNS AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA IMBROGLIO<\/p>\n
Beverly Whaling faced a backlash after responding to a racist comment about First Lady Michelle Obama on Facebook, and the small community of Clay is trying to move on.<\/p>\n
10. WHERE ‘FUTBOL AMERICANO’ IS A PASSION<\/p>\n
The NFL returns to Mexico for the first time in 11 years when Houston faces Oakland on Monday night in a sold-out Azteca Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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