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10 Things to Know for Thursday

Posted November 16, 2016 6:00 am

By The Associated Press

A part of carved stone slabs which were destroyed by the Islamic State militants is seen at the ancient site of Nimrud some 19 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Iraqi troops entered Nimrud on Sunday in what was the most significant gain in several days for government forces. The late 1980s discovery of treasures in Nimrud's royal tombs was one of the 20th century's most significant archaeological finds. The government said the IS militants, who captured the site in June 2014, destroyed it the following year, using heavy military vehicles. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) The Associated Press

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:

1. TRUMP: TRANSITION PROCEEDING 'SO SMOOTHLY'

The president-elect and his team reject charges that infighting is roiling efforts to set up his White House, national security and economic teams.

2. HILLARY CLINTON REFLECTS ON DEVASTATING DEFEAT

In her first public appearance since her emotional concession speech, she acknowledges the difficulty of her loss for her supporters and urges them to persevere through the Trump era.

3. SYRIAN WARPLANES POUND ALEPPO

Bombs rain down on the beleaguered city for a second straight day, battering a rebel-held area that also houses several medical facilities.

4. COP CHARGED IN SLAYING MADE KNOWN VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

The Minnesota officer is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of a black man whose girlfriend streamed the gruesome aftermath of the shooting live on Facebook.

5. WHERE VAST OIL FIELD HAS BEEN DISCOVERED

Shale rock in west Texas could yield 20 billion barrels of oil, making it the largest source of shale oil the U.S. Geological Survey has ever assessed.

6. ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES DESTROYED

Iraqi troops entering the ancient city of Nimrud, near Mosul, find that Islamic State extremists left behind extensive damage.

7. WHAT HASN'T HELPED DRIVE DOWN DRUG PRICES

Congress has issued more than a dozen subpoenas to price-hiking drugmakers and berated execs for more than 16 hours of public hearings. But drug costs haven't budged.

8. FORMER US DEFENSE SECRETARY DIES AT 94

Melvin Laird served in the cabinet during the years President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam.

9. WHO HAD STARRY FLING WITH HARRISON FORD

Carrie Fisher reveals that Princess Leia's romance with Han Solo in "Star Wars" extended off-screen, as well.

10. BASEBALL HONORS SEASON'S BEST PITCHERS

Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox wins the AL Cy Young Award while Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals takes the NL prize.

FILE - In this May 18, 2015, file photo, more than 30 oil drilling rigs stood idle in Odessa, Texas. Ken Medlock, director of an energy-studies program at Rice University in Houston, says an assessment Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 by the U.S. Geological Survey that the Wolfcamp Shale in the Midland-Odessa region could yield 20 billion barrels of oil is another sign that "the revival of the Permian Basin is going to last a couple of decades." (Courtney Sacco/Odessa American via AP, File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this July 10, 2015, file photo, Carrie Fisher, left, and Harrison Ford kiss at the Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" panel on day 2 of Comic-Con International in San Diego, Calif. Fisher revealed in an interview with People magazine published online on Nov. 15, 2016, that she had an affair with Ford during the filming of the 1977 film, "Star Wars." (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) The Associated Press

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