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Romney changes his tune after dinner with Trump

Republican Mitt Romney made an impassioned statement in support of President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday to try to erase doubts about him among Trump’s supporters and remain in contention for U.S. secretary of state.

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Seen from space: The Leaning Tower of San Francisco

The European Space Agency has released detailed data from satellite imagery that shows the Millenium Tower in San Francisco’s financial district is continuing to sink at a steady rate — and perhaps faster than previously known.

Neil Young implores Obama to protect Dakota pipeline protesters

Neil Young is calling on President Barack Obama “to step in and end” what he calls the “violence” against protesters demonstrating against an oil pipeline being built in North Dakota on part of an Indian reservation.

 
75 dead, 6 alive in Brazilian soccer team plane crash

A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 75 people, Colombian officials said Tuesday.

3 people die after eating Thanksgiving dinner at church

San Francisco Bay Area health officials were trying to determine if three people who died and five who were sickened after eating Thanksgiving dinner at a church event got sick there or at the assisted living facility where they all lived.

It’s finally official: Trump certified winner of Michigan

Nearly three weeks after Election Day, Michigan officials certified Monday that Donald Trump won the state by 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million to claim all of its 16 electoral votes. There’s morewrangling to come, though.