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• Natalie Cole, Grammy Winning Singer, Has Died
• What Congress Has Planned for 2016
• 2 Killed in Tel Aviv Bar, Suspect Remains at Large
• Munich terror threat remains in place, stations open again
• Obama's challenge in 2016 campaign year: stay relevant

Natalie Cole, Grammy Winning Singer, Has Died Posted: 01 Jan 2016 09:04 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat "King" Cole who carried on his musical legacy, has died.

What Congress Has Planned for 2016 Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:35 AM PST Looking for your congressman in the new year? Try the campaign trail.After a productive and tumultuous 2015, lawmakers begin 2016 with roughly 30 work weeks on the schedule, a lighter load meant to accommodate the presidential conventions in July and reelection races.Lawmakers still have a full agenda for President Obama's final year in office. ...

2 Killed in Tel Aviv Bar, Suspect Remains at Large Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:35 AM PST A gunman opened fire at a bar in Tel Aviv today, killing at least two people and injuring several others, according to police.The shooter is believed to still be on the loose.Israel Police Spokesman Superintendent Micky Rosenfeld posted updates on Twitter, noting that police are "concentrating on searching buildings in the area where the shooting incident took place."Further details about the shooting, including the identities of the victims, have not yet been confirmed.

Munich terror threat remains in place, stations open again Posted: 01 Jan 2016 12:23 PM PST BERLIN (AP) — A terror warning in Munich on New Year's Eve that led to the evacuation of two train stations was not a false alert, security officials said Friday, although there have been no arrests.

Obama's challenge in 2016 campaign year: stay relevant Posted: 01 Jan 2016 03:15 PM PST By Jeff Mason HONOLULU (Reuters) - Advancing gun control, closing the U.S. military prison in Cuba and reforming criminal justice laws are likely to top President Barack Obama's State of the Union address agenda next month as he starts his last year with a key goal: remaining relevant. Obama, who returns from a two-week vacation in Hawaii this weekend, will deliver his last State of the Union speech to both houses of Congress on Jan. 12, kicking of his final year in office just as the campaign to succeed him moves into a higher profile phase. Current and former White House advisers noted that Obama avoided any slide into "lame duck" status in 2015 with big policy moves including the Iran nuclear deal and an international agreement to fight climate change.

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