Three California mosques receive hateful letters mentioning Trump
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hateful letters sent anonymously to three mosques in California with a warning that President-elect Donald Trump would “cleanse” the United States of Muslims have stirred fears among congregants, a community leader said on Satur…
One ticket has winning numbers in $421 million Powerball lottery
(Reuters) – A lottery ticket sold in Tennessee had the winning numbers for a $421 million Powerball jackpot, one of the biggest on record, officials said after Saturday’s draw.
Thanksgiving, Black Friday store sales fall, online rises
(Reuters) – Sales and traffic at U.S. brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday declined from last year, as stores offered discounts well beyond the weekend and more customers shopped online.
Clinton team to take part in U.S. state vote recount, Trump blasts effort
WASHINGTON/WEST PAlM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign will take part in a recount of Wisconsin votes in the U.S. presidential race, an effort Republican winner Donald Trump called “ridiculous” on Saturday.
Anti-pipeline protesters told to leave North Dakota camp by December 5
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – Activists protesting plans to run an oil pipeline beneath a lake near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota said on Saturday they have no intention of leaving a protest camp after U.S. authorities warned it m…
Four dead in Alaska hotel room, police probe as murder-suicide
(Reuters) – Four people, including a 8-week-old girl, have been found shot to death in an Alaska hotel room in what authorities are investigating as a murder-suicide, police said.
Wisconsin agrees to statewide recount in presidential race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wisconsin’s election board agreed on Friday to conduct a statewide recount of votes cast in the presidential race, as requested by a Green Party candidate seeking similar reviews in two other states where Donald Trump scored narr…
Shootings outside U.S. stores on Black Friday leave two dead
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Good Samaritan who tried to stop a woman being assaulted was shot to death outside a Texas Walmart packed with shoppers on Black Friday while another man in New Jersey was also killed outside a mall, authorities said.
U.S. crowds pick up slightly on Black Friday, online sales jump
(Reuters) – U.S. online sales surged on Black Friday, with Amazon.com Inc offering the steepest discounts among e-commerce sites as it set the agenda for what has traditionally been the biggest shopping day of the year for brick-and-mortar retailers.
Venezuela’s Maduro calls nephews’ drug conviction ‘U.S. imperialism’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that the United States convicted his wife’s nephews on drug charges last week to weaken his leftist government.
