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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. PROTESTS PERSIST AFTER TRUMP’S ELECTION<\/p>\n
The epicenter was in Portland, Oregon, where thousands marched and some smashed store windows, lit firecrackers and started a dumpster fire in what police declared a riot.<\/p>\n
2. TRUMP-CONGRESS ALLIANCE FACES TOUGH REALITY<\/p>\n
Even with unified GOP control of Washington, the president-elect’s priorities may have trouble getting through on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n
3. HOW IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL COULD BE JEOPARDY<\/p>\n
Trump’s vows to renegotiate the terms and increase enforcement could imperil an agreement that has put off the threat of Tehran developing atomic weapons.<\/p>\n
4. WITH TRUMP, A MAJOR US SHIFT IN MIDEAST<\/p>\n
Besides Iran, he vowed to ramp up the war on IS jihadis, could make the Palestinians desperate by siding with Israel, and seems set to end Obama’s cold-shoulder to authoritarians in the region.<\/p>\n
5. AFTER DEADLY POLICE ENCOUNTERS, VOTERS BACK CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT<\/p>\n
The trend reflects growing demand for independent reviews of misconduct after deadly police encounters in cities like Ferguson, Baltimore, and New York.<\/p>\n
6. RARE CANCER MAY BE LINKED TO VIETNAM SOLDIERS<\/p>\n
The government acknowledges hundreds of patients with cholangiocarcinoma, a disease linked to parasites in raw or undercooked fish, have passed through the VA in the past 15 years.<\/p>\n
7. WHAT CHINA HAS IN STORE FOR RESTIVE MYANMAR REGION<\/p>\n
Beijing’s plan for its foothold on the Bay of Bengal includes an industrial zone, oil refinery and deep-water port that could transform sleepy Kyaukpyu into a thriving business hub.<\/p>\n
8. MEET THE ‘McQUINTS’<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old Curtis quintuplets all work at a McDonald’s restaurant in Potterville, Michigan.<\/p>\n
9. FAMED SINGER-SONGWRITER LEONARD COHEN DIES<\/p>\n
The baritone-voiced Canadian who blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like “Hallelujah,” ”Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire” is dead at 82.<\/p>\n
10. RAVENS, BROWN GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS<\/p>\n
Baltimore gains sole possession of first in the AFC North with a 28-7 win over Cleveland, which has opened a season with 10 consecutive losses for the first time since joining the NFL in 1950.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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