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Turkish police detained 75 suspected Islamic State members in two operations on Friday, state media and police said, after arresting about 120 such suspects across Turkey a day earlier, tightening security ahead of the New Year. Some 500 police officers took part in simultaneous raids across Ankara, and many of those detained were foreign nationals, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Materials seized in the raids indicated some of the suspects had made preparations for an attack over New Year, it added. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ct1lZc

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Monday becomes the nation's largest state to offer legal recreational marijuana sales. Here's a snapshot of how the market will work and how the state will regulate a pot economy estimated to be worth $7 billion: from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CpvYB5

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese police and soldiers on Sunday set up checkpoints across the capital Kinshasa and fired teargas at opposition supporters outside a church where they had gathered to prevent planned protests against President Joseph Kabila. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2lwVz0v

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it will look at revving up water deliveries to farmers from California's Central Valley Project, the largest federal water project in the United States, in what environmental groups called a threat to protections for struggling native salmon and other endangered species. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Cox5kv

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for "pragmatic cooperation" in his New Year wishes to US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin said on Saturday. In a statement on the Russian president's New Year wishes to world leaders, the Kremlin said Putin told Trump that "a constructive Russian-American dialogue is especially needed to strengthen strategic stability in the world". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ct7Vin

Two people were killed during protests in Doroud city, in the Lorestan province of western Iran, according to semi-official news agency Mehr News. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero http://ift.tt/2DEtThp

The Iranian government denounced President Donald Trump on Saturday after he escalated his support for the anti-government protesters who have been holding demonstrations in the country for three days. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2pZogIR

A man has been arrested in Los Angeles in connection to a hoax phone call that led to the death of an unarmed man in Wichita, Kansas, according to multiple reports from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DBZErr

A Gazan died on Saturday after being wounded by Israeli fire during a protest on the border over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a Palestinian health official said. Jamal Muslih, 20, of Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, had been seriously wounded by live fire on Friday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. He was buried on Saturday afternoon. Muslih’s death brings to 13 the number of Palestinians killed since US President Donald Trump announced on December 6 that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv. Mourners at the funeral of Jamal Muslih, who died after being wounded by Israeli fire Credit: Mahmud Hams/AFP Eleven protesters died after clashes with Israeli troops, and two others were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza earlier in the month. More than 50 Palestinians were wounded in the Friday clashes on the Gaza-Israel border as part of a "day of rage" over the US declaration, calle

Germany's constitutional court has ruled that a 96-year-old German must go to jail over his role in mass murders committed at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War Two, refusing to overturn a lower court ruling. Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" for his job counting cash taken from the camp's victims, was sentenced to four years' jail in 2015, but wrangling over his health and age have delayed the start of his sentence. The constitutional court rejected the argument by Groening's lawyers that imprisonment at his advanced age would violate his right to life, adding that the gravity of his crimes meant there was a particular need for him to be seen to be punished. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EcV18B

Unverified videos on social media appeared to show thousands marching through the western cities of Khorramabad, Zanjan and Ahvaz and many smaller towns, while reports spread rapidly that several people had been shot dead by police in the town of Dorud. Several Iranian news agencies warned Telegram, the most popular social media service in the country, might soon be shut down after communications minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi accused one channel, Amadnews, of encouraging an "armed uprising". Annual rallies marking the defeat of the last major protest movement in 2009 had already been scheduled for Saturday morning and brought thousands of regime supporters to the streets across the country. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EiUO3P

A Connecticut court has refused to free three elephants from a zoo after an animal rights group asked it to do so. The court ruled that Minnie, Beulah, and Karen do not qualify as “persons entitled to liberty and equality” under state law. Judge James Bentivegna wrote in the decision that “the petition is wholly frivolous on its face” because it relied on applying “human rights of freedom and equality” to the animals. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ce8yPD

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Turkish journalists face possible life sentences on charges they sent "subliminal messages" on television encouraging a government coup. In Hungary, oligarchs loyal to the prime minister have gained control of much of the media after the leading independent newspaper was shut down. And in Poland, a reporter is being threatened with a military trial for writing a book critical of the defense minister. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DuLBnx

Temperatures are set to remain below minus 10 degrees Celsius in the area for the next week. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2DDtvA7

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A group of Polish mountaineers set off for northern Pakistan on Sunday to start an attempt to be the first to scale K2, the world's second highest peak, in wintertime. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2lwgcde

After three days of demonstrations, the country's Revolutionary Guard threatens a crackdown. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2q01uAF

An Australian diplomat was told about "dirt" on Hillary Clinton in a London bar, reports say. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2CrQIFY

The 28-year-old was shot by police after his address was allegedly given to police in prank call. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2CqyxAg

The helicopter pilot was among eight Turkish soldiers to flee after the 2016 failed coup there. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2lorxwB

New regulations also prohibit double amputee and blind climbers from scaling the world's highest peak. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2EiNJzU

Mohammed Morsi has been detained since he was overthrown in 2013. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BYYfLl

So-called Islamic State has said it was behind the supermarket blast, which injured several people. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2zP7eNc

She became a Black Lives Matter activist after her father died while under police restraint. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2lm9FT4

The controversial period epic has sparked protests across India by Hindu and caste groups. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2CkRmay

Sue Grafton's series of murder mystery 'alphabet' novels have been translated into 26 languages. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2q0qmbt

Footage from the town of Dorud shows a crowd carrying what appears to be a wounded man. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2q2kwGC

A man has been arrested after an alleged prank call led to police shooting dead a 28-year-old man. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2lpOnUF

The ex-wife of an American leader in the Islamic State group describes her journey out of extremism. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2Bp3bcA

Workers on some of the highest electricity cables in the world give a new meaning to "power walking". from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2ClwfEV

Parents of a Lorde fan turned her request for concert tickets into a joke that delighted social media. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2CrGqFA

Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot top a list of 2017's top-grossing actors. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BUyN9N

Teenage environmentalist Autumn Peltier will speak in front of the UN General Assembly this spring. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BZp2qS

What are the key dates and developments to watch out for as Britain and the EU move forward? from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2CsBMre

Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man in California for a “swatting” prank emergency call that led to the death of an innocent 28-year-old Kansas man who was shot by police responders on Thursday evening as he stood on his front doorstep. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zPruhD

Speaking with the New York Times, the president acknowledged he’s “been soft” on China on trade, and decried the Russia investigation, but said he thinks Robert Mueller is “going to be fair.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ehfclw

For the New Year, former President Barack Obama shared three uplifting news stories from 2017, encouraging Americans to look beyond the negativity that has seemed to dominate the news this year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BUITHx

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A shooter opened fire at a southern California law firm Friday, killing one man and injuring another before fatally turning the gun on himself, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zR1mTB

Investigators were also looking into allegations Michael Hamill had consensual sex while on the job. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zRVLwg

California adults not content to ring in the New Year with the traditional fizz of champagne can look forward to celebrating with the buzz of marijuana, purchased for the first time from state-licensed retailers of recreational pot. Dozens of newly authorized marijuana stores are due to open for business across California on Jan. 1, launching yet another chapter in America's drug culture and the largest regulated commercial market for cannabis in the United States - one valued at several billion dollars. Newly permitted retailers will rely on a hodge-podge of marijuana producers in the state's illicit "gray market" to stock their shelves for the next six months, until state-licensed growers can harvest their first crops. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CaqsDa

Days after her headline-making arrest, Luann de Lesseps is heading to rehab from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ChvgWz

On Dec. 23, 2016, school psychologist Heather Lindsay was diagnosed with the breast cancer that would eventually take her life. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DCyjFO

A White House intern appeared to flash a white power hand gesture in a photo with President Donald Trump, a signal that some far-right groups have adopted in recent months. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CkJ8iw

We spoke with Americans on their hopes for the U.S. in 2018. Here’s what they had to say. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CfEWSe

Police in Slidell, Louisiana, have arrested a man who allegedly helped scam people out of thousands of dollars in “Nigerian prince”-style email schemes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2q5YPFG

Clips show the gunman who killed nine walking away unchallenged for 10 minutes from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2lumbPO

thanked his supporters and friends during a speech in Minneapolis Thursday night, in what is expected to be one of his final public appearances as a senator. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BV8yQm

There are barely any traces of fire on the apartment building's facade, no puddles of water on the ground, and only a handful of onlookers. On Friday, only two fire trucks, their lights still flashing, hinted at the drama that had unfolded the evening before in the Bronx. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Eho5M3

A North Korean nuclear scientist deported back to his home country after defecting to China has reportedly committed suicide in his prison cell hours before he was due to be interrogated. The defector, who is in his 50s, was a lead researcher in the physics centre of the State Academy of Sciences in Pyongyang. He was identified by Radio Free Asia as Hyun Cheol-huh, although it is not known if this was his real name. A source in North Hamgyong province told RFA that he was forced back on November 17 and placed in solitary confinement at the state security department in Sinuiju city, where he consumed poison. “He died before he could be questioned about the reasons for his escape, who had helped him and what his route had been,” he said. Mr Hyun is said to have taken leave from his job “because he was showing signs of anxiety over his research projects,” added the source. “Suddenly, he visited relatives near the border without letting his family know and without carrying valid documents

“Teen Mom OG” reality star Catelynn Lowell Baltierra is heading back home to Michigan after six weeks in a treatment center following a struggle with suicidal thoughts. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CnObyQ

Following a year of deadly terrorist attacks, security is going to be tighter than ever before. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CjK2My

By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday. Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website. "This is the first such case in Ukraine linked to bitcoins," Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said in a phone text message. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Cm6S5Z

HOUSTON (AP) — A man walked into a Houston auto shop where he used to work Friday and fatally shot two employees before going outside and killing himself, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zOQOEL

Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents, an official said Saturday. The cabinet late Thursday endorsed a revision to the Himalayan nation's mountaineering regulations, banning solo climbers from its mountains -- one of a string of measures being flagged ahead of the 2018 spring climbing season. "The changes have barred solo expeditions, which were allowed before," Maheshwor Neupane, secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, told AFP. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2lnSCjo

The White House has reportedly fired the members of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) without explanation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2lsMJAS

Lauren Wasser is again opening up about the toll toxic shock syndrome has taken on her life from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2pYMTW9

Women in the Iranian capital will no longer be arrested for failing to wear a headscarf, Tehran police have said, in a move which follows an unexpected raft of gender reforms in Saudi Arabia. Morality police will no longer automatically detain women seen without the proper hijab head-covering in public, a strict Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution. For nearly 40 years, women in Iran have been forced to cover their hair and wear long, loose garments. Younger and more liberal-minded women have long pushed the boundaries of the official dress code, wearing loose headscarves that do not fully cover their hair and painting their nails, drawing the ire of conservatives. The announcement signalled an easing of punishments for violating the country's conservative dress code, as called for by the reform-minded Iranians who helped re-elect President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, earlier this year. But hard-liners opposed to easing such rules still dominate Iran's

CNN's Nic Robertson reports that Iranian protesters are calling for the overthrow of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Several people have reportedly been shot during the protests. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero http://ift.tt/2BWWhej