The people have spoken and now chickens in Massachusetts are guaranteed their space. A ballot measure approved overwhelmingly in Tuesday's election prohibits farms in the state from confining any egg-laying hen, breeding pig or calf raised for veal in a manner that inhibits the animal from lying down, standing up, stretching or turning around freely.

Like many of his ilk, radical activist Al Sharpton said during the recent campaign he would leave the country if Donald Trump won. Now he says his comments were "all in jest." Comedian Amy Schumer also said she was kidding when she threatened to seek other shores.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announces -- notably after the election -- that 46,195 illegal immigrants poured across the U.S.-Mexican border during October, an increase over 39,501 in September. And those are just the ones who were apprehended.