Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers.
1. WHAT OBAMA IS AIMING TO DO ON LAST OVERSEAS TRIP
In Greece, Germany and Peru, the president is hoping to reassure America’s allies of the steadiness of U.S. resolve and its reliability as a security partner.
2. WHO IS FAVORED FOR TOP DIPLOMATIC POST
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a man with little foreign policy experience, is emerging as the favorite to serve as secretary of state in a new Trump administration.
3. ROE V. WADE IN JEOPARDY IN A TRUMP PRESIDENCY
If a reconfigured Supreme Court did overturn it, some states could protest abortion access, others may enact tough bans, and many would struggle over what new limits they might impose.
4. HOW MEXICO VIEWS MASS DEPORTATIONS FROM AMERICA
There are no jobs for them, billions of dollars in remittances would be lost and drug cartels might try to recruit returnees.
5. WOMAN PARTY BOSS, RARE IN ARAB WORLD, CRACKS GLASS CEILING
Moroccan Nabila Mounib is still a rarity in the region — a female politician in a leadership position.
6. SOME DRIVEN TO PLEAD GUILTY, LATER EXONERATED
More than 300 of the more than 1,900 people who have been exonerated in the U.S. since 1989 pleaded guilty, registry data find.
7. BOSNIAN HOSTEL OFFERING UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
Visitors can live like civilians in a war zone, complete with mattress on the floor, a soundtrack of bombs falling all night and plastic sheets on the window.
8. SO LONG, PINK MOUSTACHE
Ride-hailing service Lyft, the underdog rival to Uber, is getting rid of its iconic facial hair logo and replacing it with something more useful — beacons.
9. ‘LIVE WITH ME’
Mick Jagger recreates the first London apartment he and his band mates shared in 1962, complete with dirty dishes, beer bottles and blues records placed throughout the flat.
10. GIANT GAMBLE LEADS TO BIG WIN
Eli Manning threw his third touchdown pass of the game on a fourth-down and New York slips past Cincinnati 21-20 for its first four-game winning streak since 2013.
