Mama Ayesha's, a popular restaurant in Washington D.C. known for its Presidential Mural featuring every US President from Eisenhower to Obama, will not add President-elect Donald Trump to the mural until the restaurant can afford to make the update....
Reiterating his doubts that Russia was behind cyber meddling in the US elections, President-elect Donald Trump said that he knew "things that other people don't know" about the hacking, and that the information would be revealed "on Tuesday or Wednesday"....

2017 dawned on the US with promise of momentous changes as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched the ceremonial drop of the iconic ball at Times Square, the "Crossroads of the World," cheered by a crowd of revelers estimated at two million....
US politician Chris Corley was arrested on felony charges of domestic-violence after the children of the South Carolina lawmaker could be heard screaming "just stop, dad" on a 911 recording....

US President-elect Donald Trump wished a Happy New Year for all American citizens, including his "many enemies" and those who fought and lost the battle against him and now "don't know what to do." ...
New York Police Department (NYPD) will now allow Sikh officers to wear turbans and beards marking another milestone for members of that religion although it restricts the beard size to half-an-inch....

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday bid farewell to the United Nations where he has worked for 10 years....
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected a suggestion of the Foreign Ministry to expel 35 American diplomats in response to a similar move by the US....
Russias Foreign Ministry on Friday proposed expelling 35 American diplomats in response to the recent sanctions imposed by Washington....
US President Barack Obama ejected 35 Russian diplomats from the country as a punishment over the alleged hacking during the 2016 US presidential election and also imposed sanctions on Moscows two leading intelligence services. ...