Thursday, November 24, 2016

Evening Edition: Billionaire expected to be Trump’s pick for Commerce

How is Trump spending Thanksgiving? He says he's trying to save an Indiana factory.; President-elect turns away intelligence briefers; 2016 gift and gadget guide; Michelle Obama didn't like to discuss her clothes, but they spoke volumes; ; Attack claimed by Islamic State kills at least 70 of Shiite pilgrims in Iraq; Five countries send help to Israel as massive fires burn out of control; Gia, a greyhound, wins the National Dog Show; After Brexit and Trump’s victory, Europeans are beginning to like the E.U. again; Colin Kaepernick gets into intense debate with reporter over Fidel Castro shirt; ‘I’m very proud of you': Obama meets 6-year-old who wrote to him about adopting Syrian boy; A repo man didn’t want to seize an elderly couple’s car. So he helped pay it off for them instead.;
 
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Billionaire expected to be Trump's pick for Commerce
Wilbur Ross, known as the "king of bankruptcy," built his fortune buying the distressed companies that were once at the heart of American industry — steel mills, coal mines and textile factories, to name a few — and then selling them in short order.
How is Trump spending Thanksgiving? He says he's trying to save an Indiana factory.
The president-elect promised during the campaign to keep an air-conditioning plant's 1,400 jobs from moving to Mexico.
 
President-elect turns away intelligence briefers
Analysts planned to give Donald Trump daily updates after he won, but he has made time for just two classified briefings — fewer than most of his predecessors.
 
2016 gift and gadget guide
Aiming for that gee-whiz factor in your holiday gift selections? Here are the year's top smartphones, video games and high-tech toys that are sure to impress.
 
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Michelle Obama didn't like to discuss her clothes, but they spoke volumes
The pictures are captivating. But are they the totality of the first lady's fashion legacy?
 
 
Attack claimed by Islamic State kills at least 70 of Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
An explosive-laden tanker truck detonated at a gas station south of Baghdad, killing scores of pilgrims from Iran in what has become the country's deadliest bombing since July.
 
Five countries send help to Israel as massive fires burn out of control
Fires in Haifa have forced thousands of residents from their homes as eye witnesses describe Israel's third-largest city as resembling a "war zone."
 
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Gia, a greyhound, wins the National Dog Show
The event is not quite as prestigious as the Westminster Dog Show, but the spectacle makes for some compelling television on Thanksgiving.
 
After Brexit and Trump’s victory, Europeans are beginning to like the E.U. again
Two very different events that are being perceived as catastrophic in Europe could now help glue the political union back together.
 
Colin Kaepernick gets into intense debate with reporter over Fidel Castro shirt
The controversial quarterback — who is set to lead the 49ers on Sunday in Miami, where the former Cuban leader remains a largely reviled figure — praised Castro's work on education.
 
‘I’m very proud of you': Obama meets 6-year-old who wrote to him about adopting Syrian boy
More than two months after a video of Alex Myteberi reading his letter went viral, the White House speechwriting team invited his family for a visit.
 
A repo man didn’t want to seize an elderly couple’s car. So he helped pay it off for them instead.
After the bank wouldn't allow Jim Ford to make a payment on the couple's 1998 Buick, he started an online fundraising effort.
 
 
     
 
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