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Details: Written by By MAE ANDERSON, AP Technology Writer; Published: 22 December 2016

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Amazon has added warehouses and package carriers have increased shipping to address last-minute demand

Details: Written by THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary; Published: 20 December 2016

On Monday, the President granted commutation of sentence to 153 individuals and pardons to 78 individuals

Details: Written by BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press; Published: 18 December 2016

Hillary Clinton speaks in Washington, Nov. 16, 2016. Clinton says Russian interference had a bearing on her defeat in the presidential race, citing a long-running effort by Russian President Vladimir Putin to discredit America and its government. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Mistrust is part of the landscape in countries around the world

Details: Written by CALVIN WOODWARD and RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press; Published: 18 December 2016

Don't look to the Electoral College to upend Trump victory

AP spoke to 330 electors and found little enthusiasm for revolt

Details: Written by By JULIE PACE and JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press; Published: 18 December 2016

In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin talks to reporters as he arrives at Trump Tower in New York. There's growing concern among Republicans about the upcoming Senate confirmation hearings Mnuchin, the Wall Street financier Donald Trump has chosen to head the Treasury Department (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden to take lead in Finance committee hearings

Details: Written by By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press; Published: 18 December 2016

Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. He is charged with sexually assaulting one woman in 2004, but prosecutors are hoping to call 13 other accusers to testify at his spring trial. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Cosby lawyers want to block 13 accusers from testifying

Details: Written by BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSH LEDERMAN , Associated Press; Published: 16 December 2016

Obama administration suggested that Putin personally authorized the hacking of Democratic officials’ email accounts in the run-up to the presidential election. (Stock Image)

Russian president in question of authorizing hacking in election run-up

Details: Written by Jeffrey Collins and Meg Kinnard; Published: 15 December 2016

In this June 19, 2015 file photo, police tape surrounds the parking lot behind the AME Emanuel Church as FBI forensic experts work the crime scene, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

In his confession to the FBI, the gunman said he carried out the killings after researching "black on white crime" on the internet

Details: Written by Craig Newmark Foundation; Published: 14 December 2016

New poll on voting (Stock image)

New poll commissioned by Craig Newmark Foundation finds disproportionate impact of voting restrictions on non-white and young voters

Details: Written by KEN RITTER , Associated Press; Published: 13 December 2016

Ammon Bundy (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office)

Judge set trials for 17 men accused of armed standoff against federal agents near Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's property in April 2014

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