Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say  —  The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton …

Massachusetts college won't fly US flag on campus  —  Hampshire College, a liberal arts school with about students 1,400 in Massachusetts, will no longer fly the U.S. flag on its campus.  —  “We hope this will enable us to instead focus our efforts on addressing racist, misogynistic …

Antarctic Sea Ice Has Not Shrunk In 100 Years  —  Antarctic sea ice had barely changed from where it was 100 years ago, scientists have discovered, after pouring over the logbooks of great polar explorers such as Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.  Experts were concerned that ice …

Trump expected to tap billionaire investor Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary  —  Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the “king of bankruptcy” for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is expected to be President-elect Donald Trump's choice for commerce secretary …

New Yorker profile: Flynn broke ‘stupid’ rules during Army career  —  Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn routinely broke rules and security measures during his career with the Army, he told The New Yorker for a new profile.  —  Flynn, Donald Trump  —  's newly named national security adviser …

Campaign: Stein has raised enough for Wisconsin recount  —  Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has raised enough money for a recount in Wisconsin, her campaign said early Thursday.  —  Donations totaled at least $2.7 million in less than one day, according to a fundraising page on her web site.

Brexit can be stopped, insists Tony Blair as he rules out return to frontline politics  —  Britain's exit from the EU could be blocked, Tony Blair has said, as he ruled out a return to frontline politics because there is “too much hostility” towards him.  —  The former Labour prime minister …

Republicans claim 43 voters are ineligible felons.  Many of them aren't.  —  Larry Smith got an odd phone call last week: Someone had filed to throw out his vote, claiming he was a felon serving an active sentence.  —  Smith, who lives in Stokes County, is no felon.

Muslim kindergarten student assaulted by teacher at CMS elementary school, civil rights group claims  —  The nation's largest Muslim civil rights group called Wednesday for an investigation into what it said were assaults by a female teacher on a Muslim kindergarten student at a Charlotte-Mecklenburg elementary school.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage moving to the US: report  —  Brexit leader Nigel Farage is planning to move to the U.S., according to a new report.  —  The Times reported Thursday that Farage and his wife, Kirsten, are planning to leave the U.K.  —  Insiders told the newspaper that Farage …

Be That Obnoxious Conservative Uncle At Thanksgiving  —  Thanksgiving is a magical time when families gather together in a traditional celebration featuring gratitude, joyous fellowship, and the cruel mockery of insufferable millennial relatives.  We are also seeing the rise of a new Thanksgiving tradition …