President-elect Donald Trump is letting some bygones be bygones, but not others.

Sources close to The Donald’s victorious campaign team tell us now that the billionaire will be running the country, he no longer plans to sue nearly a dozen women who’ve accused him of sexual misconduct in the weeks leading up to the election.

“Trump has decided not to pursue the lawsuits against the women who spoke out against him,” says an insider with close ties to Trump. “The Trump camp went to attorneys to discuss the lawsuits, but they have no plans to pursue them.”(nydailynews.com)…[+]

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state-run Interfax news agency that some of his colleagues had corresponded with the Trump camp.

“Obviously, we know most of the people from his entourage,” Ryabkov said. “Those people have always been in the limelight in the United States and have occupied high-ranking positions. I cannot say that all of them but quite a few have been staying in touch with Russian representatives.”

“We have just begun to consider ways of building dialogue with the future Donald Trump administration and channels we will be using for those purposes,” Ryabkov added. Ryabkov, however, added that the Kremlin “does not cherish any special hopes in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president.” News of Ryabkov’s comments was first reported on by The Washington Post.(nydailynews.com)...[+]

A Houston-area man believed to be hiding information about his missing 16-year-old girlfriend and her slain mother and sister was arrested, police said.

Jesse Dobbs, 21, was booked into jail Wednesday on a resisting arrest charge the day after authorities issued an Amber Alert for Kirsten Fritch, according to the Baytown Police Department. Her mother Cynthia Morris and younger sister Breanna Pavilicek were found dead Tuesday.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump promised to move “rapidly” to make big changes in Washington during his first visit as President-elect, following visits with the Republican leaders who will be charged with executing his agenda in Congress.

“We can’t get started fast enough, whether it’s healthcare or immigration, so many different things, we’ll be working on them very rapidly and I think we’ll be putting things up very quickly,” Trump said in a brief press statement after dining alongside Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Vice President-elect Mike Pence. “We had a very good meeting, a very detailed meeting. We’re going to lower taxes as you know, we’re going to fix healthcare and make it more affordable and better, we’re going to do a real job for the public.”(nydailynews.com)…[+]

Despite the late hour, massive protests broke out across the country almost immediately after Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States.

The largest protests were staged on the West Coast, where angry demonstrators chanting “not our president” and “f–k Trump” took to the streets of Berkeley, Oakland and Los Angeles.In Oakland, people burned an effigy of Trump, smashed windows and set fires in the middle of streets, KNTV-TV reported. The Oakland Tribune’s newsroom reportedly had several of its windows broken during the tumultuous protests. “When our communities are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back,” protesters chanted as they marched through the streets of the East Bay city with their arms linked together.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

Mr. Trump is going to Washington. President Obama congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory and invited him to the White House for a meeting Thursday, the White House said. Obama plans to address Trump’s win in a statement on Wednesday. The meeting is expected to address the presidential transition.Obama also called Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and the president conveyed admiration for the “strong campaign she waged throughout the country,” the White House said. Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated as the United States’ 45th president on Jan. 20.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

World leaders dispatched mixed congratulations — some expressing joy, caution or discontent — to Donald Trump after his election upset. French President Francois Hollande congratulated Trump in a televised address but noted that the billionaire’s win “opens a period of uncertainty.” Trump garnered contrite congratulations from Russian President Vladimir Putin after showering the leader with compliments during his presidential campaign. Putin urged Trump to repair Russian-American relations and consider global security talks.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

Polls opened at 6 a.m. across New York City Tuesday, but not at PS 38, the Pacific School in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn — since no voting coordinator was present. Residents were irate about the mix-up. Those who arrived at 6 a.m. were denied the right to sign in, and the voting machines were down, attorney Sherri Donovan, 55, said. “We are being stopped from exercising our democratic right,” Donovan said. “This is unacceptable. we want to vote, it’s our right,” she added.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

A six-wheeler truck fatally struck a 68-year-old woman as she crossed a Midtown street Monday night, officials and witnesses said. The woman had just eaten at a nearby McDonald’s and was walking across E. 42nd St. near Fifth Ave. when the truck hit her just before 8:10 p.m., witnesses and police sources said.

“It was terrible. The sound was like, ‘Boom!’ ” said Jose Tavares 30, a security guard and witness. “She crossed in the middle of the street. She went down in the rear wheels.” The woman, whose name has not been released, died at the scene, an FDNY spokesman said. The truck, which belongs to Hugh O’Kane Electrical Co., was hauling two large spools of cable, and the driver stayed at the accident site. Police preliminarily don’t expect to charge him with any criminal activity, sources said.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

A schizophrenic subway rider who once claimed to have shoved a straphanger into the path of a train actually did it Monday — sending a 49-year-old woman tumbling to her death in Times Square, according to police. Cops took Melanie Liverpool-Turner, 30, of St. Albans, Queens, into custody moments after the gruesome tragedy on the 1 train platform. She was charged Monday night with second-degree murder for pushing Connie Watton of Queens in front of the train as it barreled into the 42nd St. station at 1:20 p.m, authorities said.(nydailynews.com)…[+]