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NEW YORK (AP) — Top New York officials say the federal government's keeping of terror watch-list information from state officials is creating a dangerous "terror gap." Sen. Charles Schumer and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are demanding that watch-list information be shared so that the state can block such people from buying guns legally. Cuomo says, "This loophole does nothing more than help radical people kill innocent Americans, and it must be closed."
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans Monday to visit the Pentagon and the National Counterterrorism Center to further explain his strategy to fight the Islamic State group and its supporters in the United States. Fears of terrorism are hanging over America's holiday season, and President Obama is planning a series of events this week to try to allay those concerns.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon has slammed into the eastern Philippines, where flood- and landslide-prone communities are bracing for destructive winds, heavy rains and coastal floods of up to 13 feet. Thousands of residents have evacuated. The government's weather bureau says the typhoon is packing winds of 95 miles per hour and gusts of 115 mph. It's already made landfall in tiny Batag Island in the eastern Philippines and is expected to make landfall again in Sorsogon province.
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S., Australian and Japanese air force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific. It's part of the U.S. military's longest-running humanitarian relief mission. The packages will support 20,000 people across 56 islands in Micronesia, the Mariana Islands and Palau. The boxes include books, canned food and items like fishing nets that will help islanders maintain their largely subsistence lifestyle. This year, each package will also include a soccer ball.
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors want to seize about $10,000 from the prison account of a 98-year-old ex-mobster they say boasted about killing 60 people in his life. John "Sonny" Franzese's son Michael tells the Daily News his father needs the money to buy eye drops, soup and ice cream. He says the money comes from family members. Sonny Franzese was convicted of extorting a strip club while he was underboss of the Colombo crime family. He's at a Federal Medical Center in Massachusetts.
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