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Obama, with an eye toward history, will give a different kind of SOTU
2 U.S. Navy boats held by Iran but Tehran says they'll be released
Immigrant raids divide Obama from Democrats and Clinton
Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
Obama accuses Donald Trump of campaigning by 'scapegoating'
Investigators: friends say US woman stayed behind at club
Obama, with an eye toward history, will give a different kind of State of the Union
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Obama, with an eye toward history, will give a different kind of SOTU

Posted: 12 Jan 2016 02:37 PM PST

The White House is billing the president's seventh and final State of the Union address as "untraditional."

2 U.S. Navy boats held by Iran but Tehran says they'll be released

Posted: 12 Jan 2016 04:34 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small boats that drifted into Iranian waters after experiencing mechanical problems. Iran accused the sailors of trespassing but American officials said Tehran has assured them that the crew and vessels would be returned safely and promptly.

Immigrant raids divide Obama from Democrats and Clinton

Posted: 12 Jan 2016 03:48 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration raids have wrenched open new divides between President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies, including the woman who hopes to replace him, Hillary Clinton.

Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul

Posted: 12 Jan 2016 10:57 AM PST

By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul's historic heart on Tuesday, in an attack Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed on Islamic State. All of those killed in Sultanahmet square, near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia - major tourist sites in the center of one of the world's most visited cities - were foreigners, Davutoglu said. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said the bomber was believed to have recently entered Turkey from Syria but was not on Turkey's watch list of suspected militants.

Obama accuses Donald Trump of campaigning by 'scapegoating'

Posted: 12 Jan 2016 05:59 AM PST

The president says Trump is waging a White House campaign based on "simplistic solutions and scapegoating."

Investigators: friends say US woman stayed behind at club

Posted: 11 Jan 2016 07:32 PM PST

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Friends of an American woman found slain in her rented Florence apartment have told police she stayed behind at a nightclub when they left, investigators said Monday.