The nation’s electors will convene across the country to cast ballots for the president and vice president. Despite Republican claims of widespread violations, it seems that credible allegations of illegal voting were exceedingly rare. A bipartisan group, including John McCain and Chuck Schumer, called for the creation of a select committee on cyberactivity to lead the investigation. In Houston for a benefit in 1989, Mr. Trump, then a real estate developer, had the ear of the fallen president for two days. Former Gov. John B. Connally of Texas and his wife helped bring them together. In its final episode of 2016, “Saturday Night Live” again poked fun at the president-elect, including his relationship with the Russian president. The bears that come to the northern village of Kaktovik are climate refugees, on land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding. More than 50 years after the Lascaux caves were closed to the public, a new exhibition, featuring a reproduction of the prehistoric cave art, has opened. Ms. Gabor put a luster on American celebrity with her self-parodying glamour and revolving-door millionaire marriages. She was 99. The episode is seen as one more reason to fear Beijing, and to doubt whether the American Navy will rise to the defense of allies in the region. Across the country, more and more towns have used local zoning laws as barriers to new mosques and Islamic schools, underscoring what civil rights advocates say is a growing wave of intolerance. Federer got a taste of retirement with his longest break from the ATP Tour since he turned professional in 1998. Now, he will try his hand at a comeback. A vote is set to take place on Monday morning. Russia had vowed to block a previous resolution, but diplomats said they had reached an agreement. After a halt in evacuations, new convoys reached opposition-held eastern Aleppo on Sunday, while five of the buses entering government-held villages near Idlib Province were set on fire, according to local activists. Some publishers are repurposing modern classics, making simplified picture books of them for children and cutting out the R-rated details. The filmmakers incorporated anti-hate activists as they tried to persuade members to leave the Klan — or at least to leave their children out of it. The joyful, fiery performance drew a classic Gotham crowd: a mix of those in the know, those with friends in the know and those lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. A Beethoven work for string quartet, with 23 bars of music, went unsold at Sotheby’s last month after a scholar called it a fake. The attack was the second this month to kill scores of security forces near a military base in the southern port of Aden. The violence began when a patrol was sent to check on reports of a house on fire. Gunmen then attacked a police station in the city. Despite off-putting weather, the latest film in the “Star Wars” franchise collected an estimated $155 million at theaters in North America, the second-biggest December opening on record. The concern over playing consecutive matches is a source of amusement for an older generation, who played when easing the schedule was hardly a priority. Elsewhere, the Giants topped the Lions, and the Patriots and Raiders both won to remain atop the A.F.C. playoff standings. More Recent Articles |
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