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House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks about the election during a news conference in Janesville, Wis., on Wednesday.

GOP Leaders Make Peace With Trump In Favor Of 'Unified Republican Government'

After months of criticism, top congressional Republicans were quick to congratulate Donald Trump's win and promised to work together to enact GOP policy priorities.

Kenya's Jemima Sumgong celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's marathon Sunday in Rio in a time of 2:24:04. Despite Kenya's wealth of distance running talent, she's the first from her country to win the women's marathon since it was introduced to the Olympics in 1984.

Kenya's Jemima Sumgong Pulls Away To Take Women's Marathon

The Kenyan took the lead with about two miles to go and never looked back. All three Americans finished in the top 10, but they failed to make the medal podium.

Cleveland's Coco Crisp hits the RBI single that allowed the Indians to beat the Cubs 1-0 in Game 3 of the World Series in Chicago on Friday. Cleveland leads the Series two games to one.

Cleveland Indians Beat Chicago Cubs 1-0 In Game 3 Of The World Series

Thanks to strong pitching from Cleveland, the Indians now lead the Series two games to one.

Maggie Barcellano prepares dinner in January 2014 at her father's house in Austin, Texas. Barcellano, who lives with her father, enrolled in the food stamps program while she works as a home health aide and raises her 3-year-old daughter. A study suggests that social safety nets, including food stamps, helped cushion income losses for middle- and working-class Americans during the recession.

Study Suggests Recession, Recovery Have Not Left The Rich Richer

Conventional wisdom is that income inequality has gotten worse in the years since the financial crisis, but new research by a George Washington University professor says that's not what the data show.

Marine Corps Gen. John Allen during today's hearing.

'Justice Will Be Done,' Pentagon Official Says Of Afghan Massacre

On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are hearing about the ripple effects on the mission in Afghanistan from the murders of 16 civilians, allegedly by a U.S. Army staff sergeant.

In this satellite image provided Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane Sandy's huge cloud extent of up to 2,000 miles churns over the Bahamas, as a line of clouds associated with a powerful cold front approaches the East Coast of the U.S.

A Hurricane Once More, Sandy Defies The Rules

It's still unclear whether Sandy, which was both downgraded then upgraded early Saturday morning, will be a devastating storm or just a bad one. It is clear, however, that Sandy will be remembered as the storm that broke all the rules and baffled the nation's top weather forecasters.

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