Daily Breaking News Updated 11/26/2016

Syrian government regime forces retake 'full control' of largest rebel-held area in Aleppo: state TV - AFP

Donald Trump says Fidel Castro's legacy is 'one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights' - @OKnox

President Obama, who reestablished ties with Cuba, says: 'At this time of Fidel Castro's passing, we extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people.' - @markknoller

Long-time Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies at age 90, state TV announces

Wisconsin Elections Commission says Green Party candidate Jill Stein officially filed for a recount in state - @ByronTau

Lufthansa pilots' union says it rejects airline's latest pay offer, but says it has no plans now for further strikes beyond Saturday - Reuters

Penn State won't fight $2.4 million fine stemming from 5-year federal investigation spurred by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's arrest - AP

Daily Breaking News Updated 11/25/2016

Wisconsin Elections Commission says Green Party candidate Jill Stein officially filed for a recount in state - @ByronTau

Lufthansa pilots' union says it rejects airline's latest pay offer, but says it has no plans now for further strikes beyond Saturday - Reuters

Penn State won't fight $2.4 million fine stemming from 5-year federal investigation spurred by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's arrest - AP

Donald Trump selects KT McFarland to serve as deputy national security adviser, Don McGahn as White House counsel - statement

Report: Donald Trump names campaign finance lawyer Don McGahn as White House counsel, transition official says - Reuters, NBC News


US stocks post 3-week win streak as major indexes post record highs - CNBC

Man denied bail on 1st-degree murder in Wayne State University officer's death - Detroit News

Update: 7 people shot during Thanksgiving Day incident at Shawnee Park in Louisville, Ky.; 2 dead - WAVE

3 gold medals stripped in latest IOC doping retests from 2008 and 2012 Olympics - AP

Nasdaq composite index ticks above 5392.263 level to hit record high - Reuters

Murder charges filed in fatal shooting of Wayne State University officer; suspect to appear in court Friday - CBS News

Based on early results, Black Friday online sales expected to pass $3 billion for 1st time ever, according to Adobe Digital Insights - USA Today

Update: USGS says quake hit China's Xinjiang region with depth of 12 km (7.4 miles)

Charleston shooter, Dylann Roof,
declared competent to stand trial

Court finds Charleston, S.C. shooting suspect Dylann Roof fit to stand trial over deaths of 9 black parishioners - AP

6.8 magnitude earthquake hits 40 km northeast of Karakul, Tajikistan, USGS say - Reuters

Stephen Port given life sentence for drugging and murdering 4 men he met on dating websites in his flat in London, England - Sky News

High Court of Justice overturns report clearing police of serious wrongdoing following death of Tasered Briton Jordon Begley - @PA

ABC News report that Neil Prakash was arrested by Turkish authorities some weeks ago crossing from Syria to Turkey - @ABCNews24

Florence Henderson, who played mom on 'The Brady Bunch,' has died, manager says - AP

Florence Henderson Dies at 82
Pictured here at age 81

Otto weakens to a tropical storm over northwestern Costa Rica; Hurricane, Tropical Storm Warnings discontinued for Nicaragua, Costa Rican coasts - NHC

Coastal communities in El Salvador told to evacuate 1 km away from the sea following earthquake off shore

No damage reported in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala or Nicaragua following quake - TVN Noticias

Multiple victims reported after shooting incident at Shawnee Park in Louisville, Ky. - WAVE

El Salvador government says tsunami threat exists for coast following 7.2 tremor

National state of emergency declared across Nicaragua as earthquake hits while Hurricane Otto makes landfall - La Prensa Nicaragua

PTWC: Hazardous tsunami waves possible for coasts located within 300 km of Central America 7.2 earthquake epicenter

Magnitude 7.2 earthquake recorded off the west coast of Nicaragua - USGS

National Hurricane Center: Eye of dangerous Hurricane Otto makes landfall on southern Nicaraguan coast with 110 mph winds,Eye of Hurricane Otto makes landfall in southeast Nicaragua - AFP

Colombia government, rebels sign revised pact to end half-century conflict - AP

Iraqi officials say at least 20 Iranians dead in car bomb south of Baghdad that killed scores - AP

London Underground tube drivers to stage 24-hour strike on 6 and 7 December, coinciding with Southern Rail guards walkout, RMT say - @BBCBreaking