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Obama’s orders will increase checks, tighten loopholes

Obama’s new execution actions are designed to curb gun violence, and focus on increased background checks, increased mental health treatment and closing gun show loop holes.

Newsweek

Saudi Arabia-Iran row spreads to other nations

The fallout of Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shiite cleric is spreading beyond a spat between the Saudis and Iranians, as other Middle East nations choose sides and world powers Russia and China weigh in.

CNN

Who was Nimr al-Nimr — and why does his death matter?

Montreal Gazette

Oregon protesters hold fast as their heroes surrender

Gun-toting protesters remain holed up in a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon even though the two men whose prison sentences sparked their action turned themselves into authorities and repudiated the protest.

NBCNews.com

Militiamen speak out from occupied site

ABC News

Oregon militia takeover: How did we get here?

USA TODAY

Hundreds of military kids are sexually abused annually, mostly by GIs, Pentagon says

Incidents involving sexual assault in which the children of service members are victims occur hundreds of times each year, data released by the Defense Department show.

Associated Press

Sweden halts flow of refugees across borders

Sweden has begun carrying out identity checks on commuters arriving from Denmark and Germany in an attempt to slow down the number of refugees claiming asylum.

CNN

VW sued over emissions-cheating software

The Justice Department has sued Volkswagen over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the U.S.

Associated Press

IN-DEPTH

Moms may be the real ‘mean girls’

When it seems kid-on-kid bullying is dominating the news headlines, it’s even more disconcerting for parents to realize they need to be on the alert to a whole new mean girl: moms. It’s called “social engineering."

ABC News

All stories are the same

From Avatar to The Wizard of Oz, Aristotle to Shakespeare, there’s one clear form that dramatic storytelling has followed since its inception.

The Atlantic

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Obamacare vote to kick off combative year

Legislation repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law comes to the forefront as Congress reconvenes, marking a sharply partisan start to a congressional year in which legislating may take a back seat to politics.

U.S. News & World Report

Executive action on gun control: an analysis

After paying little attention to gun control in his first term, President Barack Obama appears determined to decrease unregulated guns sales during his final year in office.

Christian Science Monitor

TERROR

Site of San Bernardino mass shooting reopens

Employees at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino went back to work as the campus reopened for the first time since the Dec. 2 shooting that killed 14 people and wounded 22.

San Bernardino Press-Enterprise

Pakistan helps India investigate base attack

Pakistan says it is working on leads shared by India on the terror attack on Pathankot Air Base. India has shared the details of phone call records of the militants and the cellphone numbers of their Pakistan-based handlers.

Times of India

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN human rights investigator resigns, citing Israel’s 2-year denial of access to West Bank

An investigator into alleged Israeli human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories has resigned, citing Israel’s two-year refusal to grant him a visa to the West Bank so he could see the situation firsthand.

Jerusalem Post

Can ISIS continue its reign of fear in 2016?

Intelligence agencies scramble to adapt to a nimble, unorthodox extremist movement that nobody predicted would become so effective at sowing violence and fear from the Iraq-Syria border to the outskirts of Los Angeles.

U.S. News & World Report

ISIS video shows killing of 5 British ‘spies’

ABC News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Stocks down worldwide over China downturn

U.S. stocks traded sharply lower as 2016 trading began, weighed by renewed concerns of global economic slowdown and increased tensions in the Middle East.

CNBC

Should Tesla fear competitors?

Given the focus on clean vehicles and long term targets of zero emission, an increasing number of automakers are now investing heavily in electric vehicles.

Forbes

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Four elements added to periodic table

Four chemical elements have been formally added to the periodic table, completing the scheme’s seventh row. They are the first to be included in the table since 2011, when elements 114 and 116 were added.

BBC

Increased water clarity threatens polar wildlife

As ice disappears from the Arctic, the waters below are changing. Light, once blocked by thick ice, is now penetrating deeper than ever before, and it will have a huge impact on Arctic ecosystems.

New Scientist

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Methane emissions in Arctic cold season higher than expected

Space Ref

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GOOD NEWS

‘Secret Kindness Agents’ spread good will with smiles, encouragement, invitations

Inspired by a local author and university instructor, young people throughout the Omaha metro area are committing themselves to spreading kindness.

Omaha World-Herald

Rescue dog leads way to missing senior

A dog rescued from a shelter in August turned into the hero who did his own rescuing this week. While on a walk in Suffolk, Virginia, she found a missing elderly woman who was lost in the cold wearing just a nightgown.

WTKR

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Nonprofits face the future ‘not giving up’

Nonprofit agencies in Greenwich saw an increased need for their services in 2015, at the same time they experienced sweeping state budget cuts and decreases in private funding

Greenwich Time

NGOs want transparency in Smart City project

Fearing that the Smart City project of Nagpur Municipal Corporation will lead to privatization of basic amenities, NGOs, and social organizations have launched a campaign demanding greater transparency.

Times of India

ENVIRONMENT

6.7-magnitude quake hits northeastern India

A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck northeastern India, killing at least six people and causing widespread damage.

CNN

Video of quake damage

Times of India

Southern U.S. states brace for flooding

Officials continue to closely monitor river levels and brace for more flooding as the dangerously high crests of the Mississippi River move south toward Mississippi and Louisiana.

USA TODAY

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Can New York state force homeless people into shelters? Governor says yes

Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order requiring all homeless people in the state of New York to enter a shelter when temperatures are below freezing – even against their will.

Christian Science Monitor

New York City declares end to chronic vets homelessness

Military Times

Giant UK bank cuts ties with Muslim charity over fear that funds could go to terror groups

HSBC has ended its banking links with Britain’s biggest government-funded Muslim charity, Islamic Relief, amid concerns that cash for aid could end up with terrorist groups abroad.

The Sunday Times

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