Friday, December 9, 2016

Evening Edition: Obama orders review of Russian hacking during elections

Trump request at Energy Dept. raises concern that some may be targeted over climate views; Trump's answer to gender issue: Take women from the Hill; Goldman Sachs veteran Gary Cohn expected to head National Economic Council; A gender sensitivity class in India was going well — until a dowry dispute turned deadly; The polar vortex is coming. Here’s what that means — and how cold it could get.; One-third of long-term users of prescription opioids say they became addicted or dependent; Red-state Democrats flirt with a brief government shutdown over coal miners' health care; In Germany, the language of Hitler is no longer a thing of the past; This is what happens when Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter ; Anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders guilty of inciting discrimination; Obama authorizes larger raise for federal employees; To John Glenn, the real hero was his wife, who conquered disability; Am I being judgmental by skipping a deadbeat dad's third baby shower?;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
Obama orders review of Russian hacking during elections
President Obama said he wanted the report before he left office, according to homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco, who did not commit to making the report public. In October, the intelligence community accused Moscow of seeking to interfere in the election through the hacking of "political organizations."
Trump request at Energy Dept. raises concern that some may be targeted over climate views
The transition team has asked department officials to identify which employees have worked on forging an international climate pact, raising concerns that Donald Trump's team may be singling out people who have helped implement certain policies under President Obama.
 
Trump's answer to gender issue: Take women from the Hill
The president-elect's Cabinet picks (and people rumored to be in the running) are reducing the thin ranks of female Republicans in Congress faster than they can be replaced.
 
Goldman Sachs veteran Gary Cohn expected to head National Economic Council
The president-elect has repeatedly turned to alumni of the bank to serve in his administration or help with the transition.
 
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A gender sensitivity class in India was going well — until a dowry dispute turned deadly
An effort to address the centuries-old attitudes that still result in widespread oppression and violence against women in India seemed promising in one village. That is, until an unexpected death by poison that pitted family member against family member threatened to reverse the hard-won gains.
 
The polar vortex is coming. Here’s what that means — and how cold it could get.
It could be 20 to 35 degrees below average for this time of year in the Midwest, and daytime highs from D.C. to New York will struggle to climb out of the 20s.
 
One-third of long-term users of prescription opioids say they became addicted or dependent
Virtually all long-term users said they were introduced to the drugs by a doctor's prescription, not by friends or through illicit means, a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll found. But more than 6 in 10 said doctors offered no advice on how or when to stop taking the drugs.
 
Red-state Democrats flirt with a brief government shutdown over coal miners' health care
This fight is the first sign of an emerging strategy for Democrats who are looking to force their Republican counterparts to respond to Donald Trump's campaign promises.
 
In Germany, the language of Hitler is no longer a thing of the past
The reemergence of words that were weaponized by the Nazis is generating a fierce debate over the power of language in politics, especially as nationalists surge on both sides of the Atlantic.
 
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This is what happens when Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter
After Trump criticized a college student during the election campaign, she was blasted by calls, emails and social-media messages attacking her. "I didn't really know what his supporters were going to do, and that to me was the scariest part," Lauren Batchelder said.
 
Anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders guilty of inciting discrimination
If the far-right politician becomes the next Dutch prime minister, Wilders has vowed to ban the Koran, close mosques and Islamic schools, and stop immigration from Muslim countries.
 
Obama authorizes larger raise for federal employees
In letters to the House and Senate, the president authorized an average pay raise for 2017 of 2.1 percent, instead of the 1.6 percent he submitted in August.
 
To John Glenn, the real hero was his wife, who conquered disability
For most of her life, Annie was afflicted with an 85 percent stutter, meaning she would become "hung up on 85 percent of the words she tried to speak, which was a severe handicap," as John put it.
 
Am I being judgmental by skipping a deadbeat dad's third baby shower?
The advice columnist takes your questions about the strange train we call life.
 
 
     
 
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