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Istanbul Reina nightclub attack 'leaves 39 dead'

BBC News - ‎19 minutes ago‎
At least 39 people, including 16 foreigners, have lost their lives in an attack on a nightclub in Turkey, the interior minister has said.
Istanbul nightclub attack kills 35 in New Year carnage
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Donald Trump Looks to Press Intelligence Agencies on Russia Cyberattack Claims

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he wanted to press U.S. intelligence agencies to make sure they are correct in asserting that Russia was behind a cyberattack aimed at disrupting the 2016 presidential race.
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Texas judge halts federal transgender health protections

Washington Post - ‎5 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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North Korea's Kim says close to test launch of ICBM

Reuters - ‎59 minutes ago‎
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the first party committee meeting in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) December 25, 2016.
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Chicago Violence: Silent March Memorializes More Than 760 Killed

NBCNews.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
Image: Residents And Activists Hold Anti-Violence March After Deadly Year In Chicago Residents, activists, and friends and family members of victims of gun violence march down Michigan Avenue carrying nearly 800 wooden crosses bearing the names of ...
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Hello, 2017! Cities Around the World Ring in Start of New Year

NBCNews.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
Revelers rang in 2017 across Asia and parts of the Middle East and Europe with dazzling fireworks displays at midnight, draping skylines from Sydney to Singapore and Bangkok to Berlin with sparkling bursts of color.
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ISIS Claims 2 Bombings in Baghdad, While Fighting to Hold On to Mosul

New York Times - ‎12 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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Wife and Her Lover Are Arrested in Killing of Greek Envoy in Brazil

New York Times - ‎22 hours ago‎
Françoise Oliveira and her lover, Sérgio Gomes Moreira, confessed to the murder of Kyriakos Amiridis, the Greek ambassador to Brazil and Ms. Oliveira's husband, Brazilian investigators said.
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Suspect in trooper's death killed in encounter with police

Fox News - ‎12 hours ago‎
The suspect in the murder of a Pennsylvania state trooper was killed Saturday morning in a confrontation with police who had tracked him down to an unoccupied mobile home, authorities said.
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Small planes collide, killing 3 in Texas

WHIO - ‎52 minutes 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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Man accused of kidnapping Mercer County baby suspected of kililng child's mother

WPXI Pittsburgh - ‎59 minutes ago‎
MERCER COUNTY, Pa. - A man accused of kidnapping an infant Saturday in Mercer County is also suspected in connection with the death of the infant's mother.
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Business Day|F. Ross Johnson, Symbol of '80s Corporate Excess, Dies at 85

New York Times - ‎8 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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Growth in China's factories, services slows in December: official PMI

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
An employee works at a steel factory in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer. BEIJING China's manufacturing sector expanded for a fifth month in December, but growth slowed a touch more than expected in a sign that ...
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Starting In 2017, French Workers Will Be Legally Protected From Off-Hours Work Email

Huffington Post - ‎9 hours ago‎
One study found that more than a third of French employees worked online outside of their regular hours. Beginning Sunday, workers in France will have legal protections to avoid checking their email inboxes outside of their regular working hours.
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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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The robots are coming to CES! (And we can't wait to meet them)

CNET - ‎16 hours ago‎
Expressive Sophia by Hanson Robotics is one of the most impressive bots of 2016. Photo by Katie Collins/CNET. There's nothing better at CES than discovering a robot on the show floor.
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Hyundai developing next fuel cell SUV with 348-mile range

SlashGear - ‎15 hours ago‎
Hyundai's first fuel cell was the 2014 Tucson SUV, and despite it already being overpriced and lacking in range compared to rival vehicles, the car maker is hard at work on a successor that ups the ante.
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Steve Martin Deletes Carrie Fisher Tribute After Claims of Sexism

Just Jared - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
Steve Martin deleted a tweet that he wrote as a tribute to the late Carrie Fisher after people called his words sexist. The 71-year-old actor was trying to convey that he was captured by the Star Wars actress' beauty at a young age and later learned of ...
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When Bats Squeak, They Tend To Squabble

NPR - ‎16 hours ago‎
If movies were trying to be more realistic, perhaps the way to summon Batman shouldn't have been the Bat-Signal - it should have been the bat squeak.
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Extra leap second added to 2106

9NEWS.com - ‎4 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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Fireworks Not Your Thing? Then Look Out For a Comet on New Year's Eve

Smithsonian - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
Fireworks are the traditional way to ring in the new year, but for those wishing to mark the year's end more quietly, astronomers have offered a solution: a comet.
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The hottest year in history sees the election of a new president who questions climate science.

Burlington Hawk Eye - ‎19 hours ago‎
AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file FILE - This June 2, 2014 file photo shows a hill of coal at the North Omaha Station, a coal-burning power station, in Omaha, Neb.
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Zika threat isn't over, CDC director warns pregnant women thinking about beach vacations

PBS NewsHour - ‎13 hours ago‎
Research scientist Dan Galperin holds vials marked “Zika” during his work on Purified Recombinant Zika Enveloped Protein at the research laboratory where they are working on developing a vaccine for the Zika virus based on production of recombinant ...
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Why New Year's resolutions fail… and how to make them stick

CBS News - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
Every year, millions of Americans make New Year's resolutions, but research suggests only a fraction actually keep them. Things like weight loss and getting more exercise are typically among the most popular resolutions, but this year a new Marist poll ...
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A powerful new form of medical marijuana, without the high

Washington Post - ‎13 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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