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Hinds brings listening tour home

by Richie Davis Recorder StaffDecember 19, 2016

FILE - In this June 24, 2016, file photo, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper speaks during a forum in Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina legislators will repeal the contentious HB2 law that limited protections for LGBT people and led to an economic backlash, the state's incoming governor, Roy, said Monday, Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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Date set for session to undo N.C. ‘bathroom bill’

by Jonathan Drew Associated PressDecember 19, 2016

Protesters demonstrate ahead of Pennsylvania's 58th Electoral College at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The demonstrators were waving signs and chanting in freezing temperatures Monday morning as delegates began arriving at the state Capitol to cast the state's electoral votes for president. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Trump cruises to Electoral College victory despite protests

by Stephen Ohlemacher Associated PressDecember 19, 2016

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, left, holds the ballot box as elector Marie Turley casts her vote at the Statehouse in Boston, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The 11 members of the Electoral College from Massachusetts have officially cast their votes for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Mass. electors cast ballots for Clinton

by Staff Report Associated PressDecember 19, 2016

A man gestures near to Andrei Karlov on ground, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. An Associated Press photographer says a gunman has fired shots at the Russian ambassador to Turkey.Burhan Ozbilici/Turkey

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Russian ambassador to Turkey slain

by Staff Report December 19, 2016

One of President-elect Donald Trump’s first, and defining, acts next year could come on Republican legislation to cut off taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood.

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Trump action on health care could cost Planned Parenthood

by Andrew Taylor Associated PressDecember 18, 2016

In this undated photo released by the U.S. Navy Visual News Service, the USNS Bowditch, a T-AGS 60 Class Oceanographic Survey Ship, sails in open water. The USNS Bowditch, a civilian U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship, was recovering two drones on Thursday when a Chinese navy ship approached and sent out a small boat that took one of the drones, said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman. He said the Chinese navy ship acknowledged radio messages from the Bowditch, but did not respond to demands the craft be returned. (CHINFO, Navy Visual News via AP)

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China says it will give drone back, but Trump says ‘keep it’

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressDecember 18, 2016

FILE- In this June 15, 2012, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson shake hands at a signing ceremony of an agreement between state-controlled Russian oil company Rosneft and ExxonMobil at the Black Sea port of Tuapse, southern Russia. President-elect Donald Trump selected Tillerson to lead the State Department on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool, File)Mikhail Klimentyev

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Trump picks Exxon executive Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State

by Julie Pace Associated Press, and Catherine Lucey Associated PressDecember 13, 2016

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Leverett activist: Trump presidency calls for ‘shift of consciousness’

by Richie Davis Recorder StaffDecember 12, 2016

Rick Santorum, right, looks around the Trump Tower lobby as he arrives, in New York, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Top GOP leaders back probes of Russia hacking

by Alan Fram Associated PressDecember 12, 2016