Facebook for fact-checking agencies to identify fake news
It should be noted that even just 1 percent of Facebook users in the USA amounts to almost 2 million people. People who try to share stories that have been found false will also see an alert before they post.
12/17/2016

Bitterly cold this afternoon. Snow likely tomorrow morning
High temperatures ranged from the upper teens in the Litchfield Hills to the mid and upper 20s in cities along the I-95 corridor. Brrrr! It's been a frigid start to Friday , with single digit temperatures and wind chills running as much as -10°.
12/17/2016

West Bank settlers laud Trump pick for ambassador to Israel
The Palestinians seek east Jerusalem, home to key Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites, as the capital of their future state. However, Trump advisers have insisted in recent days that the president-elect will follow through on moving the embassy.
12/17/2016

12-year-old suspected of nail bomb attempt in Germany
The boy, a young German-Iraqi who was born in Ludwigshafen , is below the age of criminal responsibility. Inside they found a glass jar packed with firecrackers with nails taped to it, Focus reported .
12/17/2016

Cuba offers to pay multi-million-dollar debt in rum
Authorities from Prague, Czech Republic , proposed that the payment of the $ 276 million debt should be paid in bottles of rum. In the 1970s and 1980s, Cuba took out development loans from private, non-US banks and then defaulted in 1986.
12/17/2016

Rajya Sabha Adjourned Sine Die; Ansari Asks Members To Introspect
We want those who have been preaching from roof tops about transparency and probity for a debate on these issues. This led to furious Congress members again storming the Well raising slogans denouncing the Modi government.
12/17/2016

What? No Whipped Cream? Nationwide Shortage of Nitrous Oxide Empties Some Shelves
According to Conagra Foods-makers of Reddi-Wip-the missing nitrous has been a major blow to canned whipped cream manufacturers. It may be noted here the nitrous oxide is the same gas that is used as a propellant for the "aerosol whipped" topping.
12/17/2016

The Walking Dead A New Frontier Skipping Previous Gen Consoles
The first step of transferring the save files is that players have to import the save files from their Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. However, those looking to continue the experience on PS3 or Xbox 360 are about to be left in the dust.
12/17/2016

EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions until mid-2017 - diplomats
Aleppo's destruction, refugee exodus from Syria and increasing migrant numbers from Africa were some of the themes of the summit. The anxieties of the Dutch voters were addressed by the leaders with a legally binding text.
12/17/2016

British Airways Cabin Crew Vote to Strike
A spokesman for the company downplayed the walkout, saying Unite only represented 15 percent of the company's cabin crew. Members of Unite employed by Swissport will walk out on December 23 and 24 in a long-running dispute over pay.
12/17/2016