Lamar Jackson wins the Heisman | CIA concludes that Russia sought to get Trump elected | Trump dismisses it | Obama calls for investigation into Russian hacking | China flies bomber in show of force to Trump | Trump says no thanks to daily intelligence briefings | Tillerson reported to be likely choice for secretary of state | Giuliani won’t work in Trump administration | Christie wanted attorney general, turned down other roles | Republican wins Louisiana Senate race | Romney’s niece for RNC chair? | ISIS recaptures Palmyra | Parliament votes to impeach South Korean president | Defeated Gambian president won’t accept election results | Dozens of police killed in Istanbul attack | Cathedral bombed in Egypt | Church in Nigeria collapses | Refrigerator not to blame in Oakland fire | Patti Smith stumbles while singing Dylan song at Nobel ceremony | American life expectancy drops | The longest Uber ride | Army breaks losing streak against Navy | Westbrook’s triple-double streak ends shy of record | Le’Veon Bell goes off | Fickell will coach Cincy | Charlie Strong to USF | Major Applewhite to Houston | Will Smith killer guilty of manslaughter | ‘Inconvenient Truth’ sequel | Erin Andrews is engaged | Midwest snow causes hundreds of flight cancellations | ‘Hatchimals’ are all the rage
Friday, December 9: Pantone’s color of 2017: greenery
‘Greenery’ chosen as Pantone’s color of 2017 | John Glenn dead at 95 | Dinosaur tail preserved in amber | Giraffes in danger of extinction | Supreme Court allows execution of Alabama inmate | Request for mistrial in Dylann Roof case denied | Roof’s mother suffered heart attack | Surgeon general warns against vaping | Fast food exec chosen to be labor secretary | Hillary warns about fake news | Trump makes ‘thank you’ stop in Des Moines | Abortion bill in Ohio | Trump will continue to have title on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ | DiCaprio talks climate with Trump | Powerful earthquake hits Solomon Islands | Small earthquake in California | Two Georgia cops killed | Deadly 40-car pileup in Michigan | Deadly crash after Facebook Live-ing and driving | Syrian military halts assault on Aleppo | Ash Carter visits Afghanistan | Malta bans conversion therapy | McDonald’s moves foreign headquarters to Luxembourg | Mylan will cut 3,000 jobs | Microsoft completes LinkedIn acquisition | App-friendly Facebook ad format | Twitter false alarm | Dexter Fowler to St. Louis | Deshaun Watson wins QB award | Lamar Jackson wins POY | Art Briles sues Baylor brass | Trademark denied for Las Vegas Golden Knights | Kings players sued for nightclub assault | McGregor on ‘Game of Thrones’ | Sia will divorce | Mick Jagger gets a new son at 73
Thursday, December 8: Michael Jordan wins rights to his name in Chinese
Company can’t use Chinese version of MJ’s name | Two youths charged with arson in Tennessee wildfire | 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack | Dozens killed in plane crash in Pakistan | Death toll surpasses 100 in Indonesia earthquake | Trump is Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ | Michigan recount won’t continue | White House condemns Duterte in wake of Trump comments | Fossil fuel ally chosen to head up EPA | Iowa governor picked to be ambassador to China | John Kelly selected for homeland security | Former WWE CEO gets Small Business Administration job | Recovery efforts end at Oakland warehouse | Dylann Roof trial begins | Assange gives his side of sexual assault accusation | Stock market soars | Ellison would give up congressional seat if he wins DNC race | Biden no longer keen on running in 2020? | Italian PM resigns | Impeachment vote for South Korean president | New leader of New Zealand | New Zealand changing uncouth names of geographical features | Walmart will invest more than $1 billion in Mexico | Starbucks will build up 12,000 more locations | Fireball in a box | Pandora Premium will compete with Spotify | Pebble shutting down | New ‘Harry Potter’ tops Amazon’s 2016 best-seller list | Kim to divorce Kanye? | John Glenn in the hospital | Oregon hires Taggart | McCaffrey going to the NFL | Cubs trade for Royals closer | White Sox deal Eaton to Nationals for top pitching prospect | Yankees land fireballing Chapman | Sneaky Brits steal from department store
Wednesday, December 7: Beyoncé leads Grammy nominations
Nine nominations for Beyoncé | Supreme Court rules in favor of Samsung in Apple dispute | Conflicting rulings in Michigan over recount | Joe McKnight shooter charged with manslaughter | Refrigerator the cause of Oakland warehouse fire? | Head of Bolivian airline detained | General John Kelly likely the choice for homeland security | Trump sold his stocks | Trump calls out Boeing for Air Force One costs | Boeing responds | Son of Trump adviser fired for ‘Pizzagate’ tweet | Bob Dole consulted for Taiwan, which led to phone call | Obama delivers last national security speech | Japanese company will invest $50 billion in the US | Syrian forces take Aleppo’s Old City | Dozens killed in earthquake in Indonesia | Merkel reelected as head of party, takes anti-immigrant position | Tufts frats suspended | Chipotle not feeling great about its 2016 financials | Trump Tower marketing Secret Service presence | Chance the first to get a Grammy nomination for streaming-only album | Chris Rock will tour for first time in nine years | ‘Game of Thrones’ actor dies at 93 | Former Heisman winner dead at 42 | Chris Sale traded to Boston | Jeter’s number will be retired in May | Baylor hires Rhule from Temple | Tennessee lands top recruit | Colts LB suspended for PEDs | Ronaldo will win top soccer award | ‘Like’ comments on Instagram or disable them | Google app update | Waffle fries at Canadian McDonald’s | New Huffington Post top editor | Man wins big on mistake lottery ticket
Tuesday, December 6: Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars
Kimmel will host the Academy Awards | Ben Carson named HUD secretary | Death count at 36, search suspended in warehouse fire | Amazon stores with no checkout lines | Tech companies collaborating to combat terrorist content | Gore talks climate with Trump | Trump says inaccurate press forces him to tweet | NYT subscriptions surging | McCrory concedes North Carolina governor’s race | Biden says he plans to run in 2020 | Republican elector won’t cast ballot for Trump | Italian president asks PM to not resign immediately | Japan’s PM will visit Pearl Harbor | Chapecoense awarded Copa Sudamerica title | Mistrial declared for officer who killed Walter Scott | Dylann Roof can have defense attorneys back | Damaging testimony can be used in Cosby’s trial | Georgia dad sentenced to life in prison | Pentagon suppressed report about exorbitant wasteful spending | Fake US embassy in Ghana | Lady Gaga has PTSD | Dylan sends Nobel speech to be read aloud | Under Armour will outfit Major League Baseball | Changes to McCafe | Rolling Stone wants verdict overturned | Huge night for Klay | Heisman finalists announced | Brohm will coach Purdue | MLB Winter Meetings | Chris Sale to Washington? | Giants sign closer Melancon | Dodgers keep Rich Hill | A bunch of reality shows coming to Netflix | Nordstrom selling an $85 rock | Indefatigable bell ringer