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Victory for the Chicago Cubs came 350 miles to the east of Wrigley Field, in Cleveland. Wrigley was still where fans gathered to celebrate.

Meng Hongwei will lead the global police agency. The move could facilitate China's anti-corruption drive, but rights groups worry that Beijing might use the agency to track down political dissidents.

Jones, known for generating powerful, energetic performances despite her small stature while fronting The Dap-Kings for the past decade, had been fighting pancreatic cancer since 2013.

Sarah Gerhardt is the first woman to ever surf Mavericks, the famously dangerous big-wave spot in northern California. Soon she will be part of the first women's heat in a surfing contest there.

Thousands of people demonstrated in Pretoria before the release of a report on alleged corruption by President Jacob Zuma. The Nelson Mandela Foundation has accused Zuma of looting the state.

The president-elect's team is rolling out staff to carry out the transition with Obama administration staff at various agencies, as Trump talks with more world leaders and potential Cabinet picks.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican representing Mississippi, about the presidential election.

Japanese voters have elected Yuriko Koike as the capital's first female governor. She's taking the helm amid high-pressure preparations for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Questions about the direction of U.S. foreign policy as the State Department operates without a full complement of staff are expected at the deputy secretary of state nomination hearing for John Sullivan.

The disgraced former congressman from New York pleaded guilty to one charge of transferring obscene material to a minor. Weiner is the estranged husband of Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin.