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WASHINGTON (AP) — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has filed a request for a recount with Wisconsin election officials. An elections official says the request was filed about an hour and a half ahead of today's deadline. Stein's campaign has been raising millions online to cover the costs of recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. She says she wants to make sure hackers didn't skew the results in those swing states.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has filled two more top administration posts. Trump has chosen Fox News analyst Kathleen "KT" McFarland to serve as deputy national security adviser, and campaign attorney Donald McGahn as White House counsel. Neither position requires Senate confirmation. Meanwhile, there's apparent split on team Trump over consideration of Mitt Romney as secretary of state. Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway tweeted today that some core supporters opposed Romney, who called Trump a "phony" during the campaign.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the 22-year-oild white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black people at a South Carolina church last year is competent to stand trial. That means jury selection will begin Monday in the hate-crimes trial of Dylann Roof. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Starting next week in Ohio, a self-driving truck will begin traveling on two roads. A vehicle made by self-driving truck maker Otto will travel a 35-mile test zone stretch of U.S. Route 33 on Monday in central Ohio between Dublin and East Liberty. It will travel in regular traffic, and a driver in the truck will be positioned to intervene should anything go awry.
NEW YORK (AP) — Armed with mailers and apps, bargain hunters are out on the annual Black Friday mission to find deals on holiday purchases. Store executives say they see customers doing more research online before they go shop. That can mean more browsers turn into buyers, but also that they are visiting fewer stores in person. The National Retail Federation expects holiday sales to rise 3.6 percent to $655.8 billion for November and December, better than the 3 percent growth seen for those months last year.
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