Biden 2020? If you're already missing the circus surrounding the 2016 election then you're in luck, as speculation has already begun around the 2020 race. Speaking to reporters, vice-president Joe Biden said he would run for president in 2020. However, he then slightly walked back those remarks when asked for confirmation by saying he was not committing either way. "I learned a long time ago, fate has a strange way of intervening," he added. It would mark his third presidential bid, he previously ran in 1998 and 2008 but dropped out of both races early. He was considered a contender for this year's election but decided against it following the death of his son. Joe Biden hints at 2020 presidential run: 'Fate has a strange way of intervening' Michigan recount hits snag The recount of votes in Michigan hit a serious hurdle after it was revealed that voting machines in the state's largest county broke on election day. According to Detroit's election director, Daniel Baxter, dozens of voting machines broke in Wayne County as the number of votes cast did not match the number of ballots issued in a third of the county's voting precincts. In counties where the numbers do not align, the original votes will stand. The recount is taking place after a lawsuit filed by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin due to fears that there may have been tampering with electronic voting. US elections: broken machines could throw Michigan recount into chaos Criminal charges possible in Oakland fires District attorney Nancy O'Malley has joined the investigation into the fire at a warehouse party in Oakland, in the pursuit of possible criminal charges, as the death toll rose to 36 on Monday. O'Malley said an expert from her office had joined the investigation of the site, which is now considered a "potential crime scene", alongside federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. They were on the lookout for evidence of murder or manslaughter, O'Malley said. Some of the victims were identified by police on Monday, and they were mostly in their 20s and 30s, including a young teacher and musicians. There were also three foreign nationals from Finland, South Korea and Guatemala. Oakland warehouse fire: charges possible as death toll rises to 36 Trump strikes fear in Kiev Trump's victory was met with surprise in capitals the world over, however, none felt fear quite as acutely as in Kiev. The Ukrainian government was alarmed by what a Trump presidency would mean for its ongoing conflict against Russian intervention. Trump's perceived overtures to Vladimir Putin throughout the campaign, and comments he's made on Crimea and more, has left the Ukrainian government fearing his presidency could mean an end to critical US support. Georgia's former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, also served as a regional governor in Ukraine, hosted Trump in the country on numerous occasions. He said that he believed the president-elect was fond of Putin's macho-man image rather than being on board with Russia's strategic goals in Ukraine. 'It's a pretty disturbing time for Ukraine': Trump's Russia ties unnerve Kiev Rainy days ahead, study finds While extreme downpours of rain are already on the rise, a new study finds that they could increase dramatically in the years to come. The study, in the journal Nature Climate Change, suggests that storms that now occur in the US about once a season could happen five times a season by the century's end, a 400% increase and such storms will likely produce 70% more rain. This will have an impact on infrastructure that already struggles to deal with severe rain in places like Louisiana and West Virginia. US could see extreme rains increase of 400% by end of century Fake news as a weapon of war People who spread stories such as the the fake news "Pizzagate," which motivated a gunman to "self-investigate" a pizza restaurant, do not necessarily believe what they're reading, writes Ijeoma Oluo, but they do believe that liberals are their enemy, who they are at war with. The internet's fake news is providing the weaponry for this war, Oluo writes: "People can and will die because of these lies, but people will continue to spread them, because people die in war." Pizzagate is a lie. But what it says about our society is real LeBron James won't stay at Trump hotel LeBron James will not stay at the Trump SoHo – a Donald Trump-branded hotel, which is not owned by the president-elect – when the Cleveland Cavaliers travel to New York to play the Knicks this week. Cavaliers general manager, David Griffin, reportedly said half the team may join James in boycotting the hotel and separate accommodation was being organized for those athletes. LeBron James will not stay at Trump-branded hotel in New York And finally... Google lapses over 30 years Google Earth timelapse show how the earth has changed over 32 years. Google combined over five million satellite images from more than the past three decades to create a series of videos that highlight the changing faces of urban and natural environments across the globe. | 
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Winter arrives in Standing Rock, the day after the Army Corps of Engineers denied the easement needed to build the pipeline. Photograph: Michael Nigro/Pacific/Barcroft 
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