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Jill Stein speaking at a Green Party Presidential town hall in Mesa, Ariz., in March 2016. (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons) 

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein now has raised enough money to formally request a recount in three key swing states

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This photo provided by Anki shows the Cozmo Memory Match game. Whether you’re looking for something educational or a toy that’s just for fun, there are a lot of choices for the holidays. New toys include little robot friends full of personality and magnetic blocks that snap together to teach the basics of computer programming. (Anki via AP) 

New toys work to teach children through tactile play, not screen time

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This August 2016 image provided by TheLantern.com shows Abdul Razak Ali Artan in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities identified Abdul Razak Ali Artan as the Somali-born Ohio State University student who plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a knife Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, before he was shot to death by an officer. (Kevin Stankiewicz/TheLantern.com via AP) 

The Somali-born student who carried out the car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University was angry over the treatment of Muslims

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In this Nov. 21, 2016 photo, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao arrives at Trump Tower in New York, to meet with President-elect Donald Trump. President-elect Trump has picked Elaine Chao as Transportation secretary. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) 

President-elect Donald Trump chose fierce "Obamacare" critic Georgia Rep. Tom Price to oversee the nation's health care system

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This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. A judge ruled Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, that Roof is competent to stand trial for the killing of nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) 

The white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a church was allowed Monday to act as his own attorney

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Student Nicholas Flores reacts as police respond to an attack on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. Multiple people were injured in the attack and a suspect was shot, school and hospital officials said. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP) 

A man plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday

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Donald Trump speaks in Hershey, Pa., Nov. 4, 2016. President-elect Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump’s investments could undercut any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File) 

Trump makes the reckless claim on Twitter as opponents look at his business interests and pursue recount effort

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Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, file photo, protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline stand on a burned-out truck near Cannon Ball, N.D., that they removed from a long-closed bridge a day earlier on a state highway near their camp in southern North Dakota. President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump’s investments could undercut any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File) 

Video: President Obama says more study and more tribal input needed

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Recruiters talk to those looking at employment opportunities at a job fair in Pittsburgh, March 30, 2016. States that voted for Hillary Clinton in last week’s presidential election reported stronger job growth in the previous year than states that supported Donald Trump, according to data released by the Labor Department Friday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) 

Midwestern states that went for Trump had slowest job growth

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Construction continues on the presidential reviewing stand on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016. The reviewing stand is where then President Donald Trump will view the inaugural parade on Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) 

Video: Trump biographer speaks to Oxford university students

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