Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Evening Edition: Trump sold his entire stock portfolio in June, spokesman says

Citing high cost, Trump says Boeing's contract to build Air Force One should be canceled; Trump says Japanese corporate giant is investing $50 billion in the U.S.; As Dylann Roof's trial begins, a genteel Southern city is forced to confront racial hatred; Pentagon hid study exposing $125 billion in wasteful spending; Fixated on false story of child sex ring, man may have been deluded into 'hero mission' at D.C. pizzeria; Syrian rebels in talks with U.S. about surrender in Aleppo and evacuation; Germany's Merkel backs sweeping limits on 'full veil' Islamic coverings; Supreme Court sides with Samsung in patent infringement battle with Apple ; After mistrial, what’s next in the Walter Scott shooting case? More trials.; One brother died at Pearl Harbor, the other lived. 75 years later, they'll be reunited.; Washington Post reporter to write memoir about his 18 months in an Iranian prison; Beyoncé or Adele? This year's big Grammy faceoff feels a lot like last year's.; Suspect in Lyon sisters murders charged in 1996 rape of 6-year-old girl in Virginia;
 
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Trump sold his entire stock portfolio in June, spokesman says
The move to sell his stock, confirmed by spokesman Jason Miller, would have created a cash windfall as he began to invest more money in his general election campaign. The sell-off could help address conflict-of-interest concerns about his stock portfolio, a pivotal part of Trump's financial life that was worth as much as $40 million as of December 2015.
Citing high cost, Trump says Boeing's contract to build Air Force One should be canceled
The president-elect tweeted that the cost of the project — a $4 billion contract for two planes to serve as Air Force One — is "out of control." The company's 747-8 is the only plane made in the U.S. that could meet the requirements for the presidential aircraft.
 
Trump says Japanese corporate giant is investing $50 billion in the U.S.
It was not immediately clear how much of the investment was new, and how much was previously committed. Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son said in an interview that the money will come from a $100 billion joint investment between the company and Saudi Arabia.
 
As Dylann Roof's trial begins, a genteel Southern city is forced to confront racial hatred
In Charleston, the brutal night that left nine dead is about to come to the forefront again for the worshipers of Emanuel AME Church, and the rest of this historic seaside city, as Roof's federal hate crimes trial starts Wednesday.
 
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Pentagon hid study exposing $125 billion in wasteful spending
Senior defense officials moved to kill the internal study — which revealed more administrative waste than expected — by discrediting and suppressing the results, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post. The military feared Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget.
 
Fixated on false story of child sex ring, man may have been deluded into 'hero mission' at D.C. pizzeria
A North Carolina man told police he was trying to rescue children when he, armed with an assault-style-rifle, spent 45 minutes searching Comet Ping Pong on Sunday, according to court documents. The restaurant was the target of a viral conspiracy theory that falsely suggested that its owner and powerful political allies were hiding a child sex trafficking ring.
 
Syrian rebels in talks with U.S. about surrender in Aleppo and evacuation
Secretary of State John Kerry said he will discuss a proposal for the rebels' departure with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who said that rebels who don't leave "will be wiped out."
 
Germany's Merkel backs sweeping limits on 'full veil' Islamic coverings
The proposal, which comes amid political battles over migrants and assimilation, would make it illegal for women to cover their faces in courtrooms and schools, as well as while driving or attending demonstrations.
 
Supreme Court sides with Samsung in patent infringement battle with Apple
The justices ruled that Samsung can seek to recover some of the damages it paid to Apple. The court also upheld the conviction of a man who gave an insider trading tip to a relative.
 
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After mistrial, what’s next in the Walter Scott shooting case? More trials.
The Trump administration could halt the officer's prosecution, but former prosecutors say that is unlikely.
 
One brother died at Pearl Harbor, the other lived. 75 years later, they'll be reunited.
As swarms of Japanese airplanes began attacking the USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941, John Anderson asked his turret commander if he could join his brother out on deck. "He needs help," Anderson said. But then an enormous explosion occurred.
 
Washington Post reporter to write memoir about his 18 months in an Iranian prison
Jason Rezaian's "Hostage" will be an "intensely personal" account of his ordeal and life in Iran.
 
Beyoncé or Adele? This year's big Grammy faceoff feels a lot like last year's.
A politically minded black artist is up against a commercially dominant white artist — again.
 
Suspect in Lyon sisters murders charged in 1996 rape of 6-year-old girl in Virginia
Authorities could use the new case against Lloyd Welch to push for more answers in the 1975 disappearance of the two young Maryland girls.
 
 
     
 
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