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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to use executive action to strengthen gun laws. One of his proposals is to expand background checks on gun sales by forcing more sellers to register as federally licensed gun dealers. The changes would be aimed at some unregistered sellers who skirt the background check, especially at gun shows. Obama is to meet with his attorney general and other top law enforcement officials this afternoon.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Sudan and Bahrain have now severed their diplomatic relations with Iran, following Saudi Arabia's similar move. The Saudis cut ties with Tehran after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric, and protesters in Tehran stormed and set fire to the Saudi Embassy. The United Arab Emirates says it's downgrading its diplomatic relations with Iran.
LONDON (AP) — A video from the Islamic State group is threatening more action against the United Kingdom. British security officials are looking for clues about the identity of a masked man who, on the video, speaks with a British accent and shoots to death a man he accuses of being a British spy. Four others accused of being British spies are shot dead by other militants. Another British-accented militant known as "Jihadi John" was killed in a drone strike in Syria in November.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The San Bernardino, California, Regional Center that was the scene of a shooting massacre will reopen today. Since the Dec. 2 attack, few of the 600 employees have gone to the office, although they've been visiting their clients — autistic children and mentally disabled adults. The actual conference center where the attack occurred will remain closed. The employees were attacked by a fellow employee and his wife. The couple was killed hours after they killed 14 people and wounded others.
EAST TROY, Wis. (AP) — The search will resume today for two Illinois men who disappeared at a southern Wisconsin lake while going canoeing. The bodies of their two canoeing partners were pulled yesterday evening from Lake Beulah. Friends told investigators the four, ages 20 to 23, went outside to smoke early Sunday, but hours later, the friends found footprints in the snow to the boathouse and a canoe overturned in the lake.
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