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NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is promising a "busy day" assembling his government — but isn't sharing any details. The celebrity businessman is holed up in Trump Tower today, meeting with senior staff members. He tweeted that he had a "busy day planned in New York." He added that he "will soon be making some very important decisions on the people who will be running our government!" But Trump's staff has not offered any guidance as to what on the president-elect's schedule in the coming days.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as a post-election rally fades. Energy companies fell more than the rest of the market in early trading today as the price of crude oil turns lower.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jury deliberations have stretched into a third day in the murder trial of a white former police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a traffic stop near the University of Cincinnati. The judge sequestered the jury of 10 whites and two blacks for a second night. She says jurors have asked to review testimony by experts on police use of deadly force. Ray Tensing has said he feared for his life when Sam DuBose tried to drive away in July of last year.
UNDATED (AP) — Officials say arson is being investigated as the possible cause of more than 20 wildfires in a national forest in North Carolina. A division of the U.S. Forest Service says the fires have been burning on more than 25 square miles in the western part of the state. No arrests have been reported in those fires, but arson arrests have been made in Tennessee and Kentucky.
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff's deputy ordered George Zimmerman to leave a central Florida bar after Zimmerman accused a black customer of hitting him and used a racial slur. Citing an incident report, news outlets report the bar manager asked deputies to remove Zimmerman on Wednesday because he yelled at a female employee, snatched a credit card from her and used a racial slur. When deputies arrived, Zimmerman demanded that a black man be arrested for hitting him. Authorities say bar video shows the man had given Zimmerman two friendly pats on the arm. Zimmerman is the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of second-degree murder after fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager.
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