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Terrorist Attack at Nightclub in Istanbul Kills Dozens

New York Times - ‎53 minutes ago‎
BURSA, Turkey - At least 39 people were killed and dozens more were wounded when a single gunman attacked a crowded Istanbul nightclub about an hour after midnight on New Year's Day, Turkish officials said.
Shooter wearing Santa garb kills 39 in Turkey nightclub shooting
Istanbul new year Reina nightclub attack 'leaves 39 dead'
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N. Korea's Leader Hints of Long-Range Missile Test Launch

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
TOKYO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted Sunday that Pyongyang may ring in the new year with another bang - the test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers

Washington Post - ‎28 minutes ago‎
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President-elect Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration is likely to use for everything from ...
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Thanks To Russia, 2016 Isn't Really Going To End For Obama And Trump

NPR - ‎21 hours ago‎
In the Washington of 2016, even when the policy can be bipartisan, the politics cannot. And in that sense, this year shows little sign of ending on Dec. 31.
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The Latest: 1 million ring in New Year in Times Square

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
NEW YORK - The Latest on New York's New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square (all times local):. 12:25 a.m.. An estimated 1 million revelers have rung in the new year in Times Square.
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Texas judge halts federal transgender health protections

Washington Post - ‎9 hours ago‎
AUSTIN, Texas - A federal judge in Texas on Saturday ordered a halt to another Obama administration effort to strengthen transgender rights, this time over health rules that social conservatives say could force doctors to violate their religious beliefs.
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Hello, 2017! Cities Around the World Ring in Start of New Year

NBCNews.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
Revelers rang in 2017 across the globe with dazzling fireworks displays at midnight, draping skylines from Sydney to Singapore and Bangkok to Berlin with sparkling bursts of color hours before the ball dropped in New York's Times Square.
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ISIS Claims 2 Bombings in Baghdad, While Fighting to Hold On to Mosul

New York Times - ‎15 hours ago‎
Residents fleeing their home in the Intisar district of Mosul took cover behind a wall on Saturday as Iraqi forces advanced against fighters from the Islamic State.
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Greek ambassador to Brazil killed by wife's lover, police say

CNN - ‎11 hours ago‎
(CNN) Police contend Greece's ambassador to Brazil was killed by his wife's lover -- a military police officer -- and the widow is being questioned in the crime, Brazil's state-run Agencia Brasil news agency reported Saturday.
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Man accused of killing Pennsylvania trooper is shot dead by the officers pursuing him

Washington Post - ‎12 hours ago‎
A man who authorities believe shot and killed a Pennsylvania State Police trooper on Friday was killed Saturday during a confrontation with the officers pursuing him, authorities said.
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Small planes collide mid-air in Texas, killing 3

Tulsa World - ‎4 hours ago‎
Two people have been killed after two airplanes collided in midair near McKinney, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. The Federal Aviation Administration says the collision occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m.
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Recovery of missing plane with 6 aboard to start Sunday

USA TODAY - ‎3 hours ago‎
CLEVELAND - Recovery efforts are expected to begin Sunday for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie after taking off Thursday night from Cleveland's lakefront airport.
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Latino leaders ask: When will Trump reach out to Hispanics?

CNN International - ‎18 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) Latino leaders around the country say they want to keep an open mind about Donald Trump's presidency, but less than one month before Inauguration Day, many are disappointed he has not done more to reach out to them.
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China's Manufacturing Expands for 5th Consecutive Month

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
BEIJING - Activity at China's factories slowed in December but still represented the fifth consecutive month of expansion in the latest sign that the world's No.
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Roth IRA Contribution Limits in 2017 -- and How to Work Around Them

Motley Fool - ‎17 hours ago‎
Roth IRAs are a great way to save for retirement, because they let you set money aside and have it grow tax-free for as long as you leave the money in the retirement account.
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Business Day|F. Ross Johnson, Symbol of '80s Corporate Excess, Dies at 85

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
F. Ross Johnson, right, in 1982, when he was president of Nabisco, with Robert Schaeberle, the company's chief executive at the time.
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2017 could be another good year for Wall Street's bull

CNBC - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
The bull market enters the new year with a bit more spring in its step, but 2017 is not without its risks. Stocks rang out 2016 with an unexpected late-year surge, rallying in the postelection Trump trade.
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Android Circuit: New Galaxy S8 Leaks, Android's Biggest Success In 2016, New Google Pixel Problem

Forbes - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week's Android Circuit includes a new voice for the Galaxy S8, the return of Samsung's S-Pen, Pixel power problems, Android's battery win, the shutdown of Cyanogen ...
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Apple iOS 10.3 Release, It's A Big One

Forbes - ‎20 hours ago‎
Apple has its hands full with the ongoing iPhone '30% Bug' which I exclusively revealed last month, especially with iOS 10.2 making it worse.
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Hyundai Fuel Cell SUV with 348 Mile Range Coming in January 2018: Nikkei

PerfScience - ‎1 hour ago‎
Green cars and automated technologies have been termed as the future of automobile industry. While many companies are working on electric vehicles, some are also trying their luck in fuel-cell technology including Asian car makers Hyundai, Toyota and ...
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Tesla makes Reno critical pit stop on way to Vegas CES

Worcester Telegram - ‎49 minutes ago‎
As far as Tesla's concerned, what's happening in Las Vegas can stay in Las Vegas. The real action is some 400 dusty miles northwest, across the state in Reno.
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Leap second added to 2016

9NEWS.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
BOULDER - You probably didn't notice, but at 5:00 p.m. in Colorado on New Year's Eve, an extra second was added to 2016. In fact, a second has been added to the clock 36 other times since 1972.
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A comet on New Year's Eve?

EarthSky - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková is near the moon Saturday evening, December 31, 2016. It's too faint to see with the eye alone, but some photographers might catch it.
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See Mars and Neptune get close on New Year's Eve & New Year's Day

Astronomy Now Online - ‎18 hours ago‎
This looping animation shows the waxing young crescent Moon's nightly motion at dusk through the zodiacal constellations of Capricornus and Aquarius from 31 December 2016 to 3 January 2017, passing dazzling planet Venus and first-magnitude Mars ...
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[ January 1, 2017 ] Space station battery work starts New Year's Eve News

Spaceflight Now - ‎6 hours ago‎
Working over the New Year holiday weekend, robot arm operators at the Johnson Space Center will begin a complex procedure to replace 12 aging batteries in the International Space Station's solar power system with six state-of-the-art lithium-ion power ...
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Zika Fears, Opioid Abuse Crisis Top Health News for 2016

Bloomington Pantagraph - ‎2 hours ago‎
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- When news reports first began to emerge of mysterious, severe birth defects in Brazilian newborns, few could have imagined these isolated tragedies would explode into the leading health news story of 2016: ...
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China confirms another human bird flu case

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
BEIJING Health authorities in the southern China province of Jiangxi have confirmed a new case of a person infected by the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, state news agency Xinhua said late on Saturday.
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A powerful new form of medical marijuana, without the high

Washington Post - ‎15 hours ago‎
Jackson Leyden had always been a healthy kid; he practiced taekwondo, and he played lacrosse and baseball. But in 2011, a few months after his eighth birthday, he began having seizures several times a day.
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