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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jurors in the Michael Slager murder trial are going home for the weekend. They have deliberated more than 16 hours over three days in the case of the white former South Carolina patrolman charged in the shooting death of Walter Scott, who was black. At one point today it appeared the jurors were deadlocked. But the jury foreman said he thought the panel could still reach a unanimous verdict.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has spoken with the president of Taiwan, a self-governing island that the U.S. broke diplomatic ties with in 1979. It's highly unusual, perhaps even unprecedented, for a U.S. president or president-elect to speak directly with a Taiwanese leader. Trump's transition team says the two noted the "close economic, political, and security ties" that exist between Taiwan and the United States.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to stop an election recount in Michigan that is scheduled to begin next week. Today's filing came after the state elections board deadlocked on his request to deny the recount, which means it will likely start Wednesday unless the courts intervene. Meanwhile, a federal court in Wisconsin has rejected an attempt by pro-Trump groups to stop a recount of that state's vote.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging the public to help save his health care law, which is in serious danger of being repealed under President-elect Donald Trump. In a Facebook Live appearance, Obama says the Affordable Care Act has improved millions of lives over the six years it's been the "law of the land." Obama says the country can't go "backward."
WASHINGTON (AP) — A national commission has delivered urgent recommendations to improve the nation's cybersecurity, weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The report follows the worst hacking of U.S. government systems in history and accusations by the Obama administration that Russia meddled in the U.S. presidential election by hacking Democrats.
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