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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) enjoys spending his holidays — both real and made up — on Twitter. In December, he celebrated Festivus by airing his grievances online, and for New Year's Day, the Republican presidential candidate decided to tweet out a few of his resolutions.

Wayne Rogers, the actor best known for playing the beloved MASH character Trapper John McIntyre, died Thursday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia. He was 82.

He's always been willing to help people in need, and Officer Eric Crowder went the extra mile on Tuesday when he donated a kidney to his friend and mentor, Sgt. Chip Davis.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a New Year's Day suicide bombing at a restaurant in Kabul, the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital.

Singer and Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole died Thursday night, her publicist confirmed Friday. She was 65.

Speaking to thousands of people below him in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis shared his wishes for peace and compassion from a window in the Vatican on Friday.

In cities across the globe, the new year started off with an array of festivities, including spectacular fireworks shows, dazzling laser and light displays, and underwater concerts. In New York City, more than one million people came out to Times Square to watch the famed ball drop, while in Brazil, revelers celebrated on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach. In Japan, balloons were released by Tokyo Tower, and traditional bell-ringing could be heard across South Korea. China had one of the more interesting events ... Читать дальше...

Police are searching for the suspect in a deadly shooting that killed two people and wounded at least four near a pub in Tel Aviv Friday.

Police are searching for the suspect in a deadly shooting that killed two people and wounded at least seven near a pub in Tel Aviv Friday.

German authorities shut down and evacuated Munich's main train stations on New Year's Eve after receiving a "very concrete" tip that Islamic State suicide bombers were planning a suicide bomb attack at a train station at midnight.

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President Obama is expected to announce as early as next week executive actions aiming to make it harder for "a dangerous few" to get guns. Obama said in his weekly radio address, released a day early on Friday, that he would meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to discuss the moves, which are expected to include expanded background checks, and licensing requirements for small-scale firearm sellers. The powerful National Rifle Association opposes such restrictions.

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In his weekly address, President Obama said he will meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to "discuss our options" when it comes to "new actions" he can take to "help reduce gun violence."

Lindsey Graham is confident that government surveillance only applies to terrorists.

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By the end of September, Donald Trump had insulted the media at least 43 times since launching his Republican presidential bid in June — an average of over 10 insults a month. Since then, we've kind of lost count.

January 1

The Hateful Eight

What it is: Quentin Tarantino's latest is a bloody western ensemble drama, with eight nasty gunslingers forced to hole up together in the same small inn during a blizzard.

Why you should care: The Hateful Eight is far from Tarantino's best movie — in fact, it's probably his worst — but there are fleeting glimpses of brilliance in Tarantino's characteristically sharp dialogue and twisty narrative structure. The premise is solid, and the performances are uniformly strong... Читать дальше...