If you feel devastated and puzzled that while Hillary Clinton actually received more individual votes, she will not be the next president, grab a tissue and allow us to explain what happened. The United States voting process is centered on the electoral college, which is an organized group that elects the president and vice president. Each state gets a certain number of electors (representatives who actually vote) based on the size of its population. Highly populated states like California get more electors (55), while smaller states like Vermont get fewer (three). Most states have a winner-takes-all rule instead of a proportional allocation of votes. When you voted on Nov. 8, you were actually
PopSugarMIAMI -- A Florida teenager accused of taking part in the brutal machete murder of a schoolmate is seen crying and screaming at police in an interrogation video released by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and obtained by the Miami Herald. Desiray Strickland, 19, has been indicted for first degree murder in the 2015 death of 17-year-old Jose Guardado, along with 23-year old Joseph Cabrera, 20-year-old Kaheem Arbelo, 18-year-old Jonathan Lucas and 19-year-old Christian Colon. Prosecutors say the group spent two weeks planning Guardado’s death, including digging a shallow grave in the woods near their school days before he was killed. In June 2015, the group allegedly lured Guardado into
CBS NewsPop star Katy Perry has pulled out of a star-studded extravaganza put on by China’s largest online retailer.
BloombergJust how much do wealthiest of the wealthy earn? Using an interactive tool from The New York Times, we gathered the annual household income required to be in the top 10%, top 5%, and top 1% of earners in the 17 largest US cities. Read on to see how
CNBCDonald Trump’s stunning performance in the U.S. presidential election triggered shock and angst around the world, where observers fretted over the implications for everything from trade to human rights and climate change. (AP) See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr.
Yahoo News Photo StaffTwo Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets collided over the waters off San Diego today, military officials said.
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Dear Amy: My husband has become very good friends with a guy I have known for years from my small town. They treasure the friendship, and share a love for a certain sport. The friend is going through a divorce. Recently when I was unable to get ahold of my husband, I reached out to him to ask if he had seen him. We texted a few times that day about a gift I wanted to get my husband for their sport. He advised me to erase the messages. He said he didn’t know how my husband would take us texting (no matter how innocent). I told him I couldn’t imagine he’d have an issue with it. He replied, “You must have never told him about us?!” I had a fleeting thought when they started hanging out that I might
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Is Johnny Depp moving on from his ugly divorce with Amber Heard... by moving backward? Sources say Depp might be seeking solace in the arms of someone very, very familiar: his ex, Vanessa Paradis. OK! magazine reports that Depp and Paradis were seen together having a dinner at a romantic restaurant in Los Angeles. "They were flirting with each other in a quiet corner at the end of the bar and didn't seem to care who was looking," an onlooker told the magazine. The source continued, saying that Depp "didn't want to leave her side" - apparently so much that he even followed her into the bathroom. We'll give you three guesses what we think they were doing in there. Depp and Paradis already have
SheKnowsThis doesn’t guarantee that you’ll remain free from liver damage for the duration of your life, but it’ll tip the odds in your favor. All of those dietary and herbal supplements that Americans are hooked on? A new study, published in the medical journal Hepatology, says that herbal and dietary supplements can cause chemical-induced liver damage.
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