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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/2016_top_news.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Some of 2016s Top News Stories Were Big Surprises' data-article-id='2114'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6208'>Today we look back at some of the biggest news stories of 2016.</span> <span data-start-time='6208' data-end-time='14167'>With stories of conflict, tension and peace, it was a “complicated” year.</span> <span data-start-time='14167' data-end-time='21917'>First on many people’s list was the result of the U.S. presidential election.</span> <span data-start-time='21917' data-end-time='38083'>On Election Day, the New York Times reported that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had an 85 percent chance of winning the presidency.</span> <span data-start-time='38083' data-end-time='44417'>But it was Republican Donald Trump who won.</span> <span data-start-time='44417' data-end-time='51750'>It was one of the biggest political upsets in United States history.</span> <span data-start-time='51750' data-end-time='59854'>Trump will become America’s 45th president on January 20.</span> <span data-start-time='59854' data-end-time='70875'>The billionaire businessman and television star was not even expected to win the Republican Party nomination.</span> <span data-start-time='70875' data-end-time='83333'>At the beginning of the year, political experts expected one of his many Republican opponents to become the party’s nominee.</span> <span data-start-time='83333' data-end-time='89646'>But Trump won the most Republican primaries.</span> <span data-start-time='89646' data-end-time='105188'>Then, on November 8, Trump won four important industrial states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.</span> <span data-start-time='105188' data-end-time='112417'>Those key victories helped him win the presidential election.</span> <span data-start-time='112417' data-end-time='120104'>Trump has promised to bring back factory jobs lost to other nations.</span> <span data-start-time='120104' data-end-time='127688'>During his campaign, he promised to “make America great again.”</span> <span data-start-time='127688' data-end-time='132813'>Here is how Trump explained his victory over Clinton:</span> <span data-start-time='132813' data-end-time='157958'>“As I’ve said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign, but rather an incredible and great movement made up of millions of hard-working men and women who love their country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their families.”</span> <span data-start-time='157958' data-end-time='162771'>The presidential campaign was divisive.</span> <span data-start-time='162771' data-end-time='167042'>Trump called his opponent “crooked Hillary.”</span> <span data-start-time='167042' data-end-time='178542'>Clinton described Trump as being “temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be President.”</span> <span data-start-time='178542' data-end-time='186750'>Clinton won the national popular vote by more than 2 million votes.</span> <span data-start-time='186750' data-end-time='199667'>But she lost several industrial states that Barack Obama, also a Democrat, won in 2008 and in 2012.</span> <span data-start-time='199667' data-end-time='210750'>Those losses hurt her; she was not able to receive enough electoral votes in the Electoral College.</span> <span data-start-time='210750' data-end-time='223188'>Members of the Electoral College base their votes on the winner in each of America’s 50 states and the District of Columbia.</span> <span data-start-time='223188' data-end-time='231479'>Trump gained more than the 270 electoral votes needed to be the winner.</span> <span data-start-time='231479' data-end-time='236229'>President Barack Obama campaigned for Clinton.</span> <span data-start-time='236229' data-end-time='254083'>After the election, he told National Public Radio (NPR) that the Democratic Party failed “to give people in rural areas” a sense “day-to-day that we’re fighting for them.”</span> <span data-start-time='254083' data-end-time='264792'>Another political surprise took place with Britain’s referendum on whether the nation would remain in the European Union.</span> <span data-start-time='264792' data-end-time='268708'>The movement was known as “Brexit.”</span> <span data-start-time='268708' data-end-time='276042'>London, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain in the European Union.</span> <span data-start-time='276042' data-end-time='281479'>But, other parts of Britain voted in favor of Brexit.</span> <span data-start-time='281479' data-end-time='291729'>Many supporters of Brexit were shocked -- as were opponents of the move -- when they won the vote on June 23.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/2016_top_news.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7851 data-hint-location='51750' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/trump_will_become__blank__on_january_20.m4a'>Trump will become <span class='blank'>president</span> on January 20.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='president'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/opponent.m4a'><span>opponent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/popular.m4a'><span>popular</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/elected.m4a'><span>elected</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/president.m4a'><span>president</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7852 data-hint-location='167042' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/what_does_unqualified_mean.m4a'>What does unqualified mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='not having the skills, knowledge, or experience'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/a_political_movement.m4a'><span>a political movement</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/not_having_the_skills_knowledge_or_experience.m4a'><span>not having the skills, knowledge, or experience</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/talented.m4a'><span>talented</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/crooked.m4a'><span>crooked</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7853 data-hint-location='120104' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/what_did_trump_promise_to_do.m4a'>What did Trump promise to do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='make America great again'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/lose_industrial_states.m4a'><span>lose industrial states</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/win_the_popular_vote.m4a'><span>win the popular vote</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/make_america_great_again.m4a'><span>make America great again</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1596/win_the_democratic_nomination.m4a'><span>win the Democratic nomination</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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