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WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address. He won't directly appeal for Americans to keep the Democratic Party in the White House for a third straight term. And he won't endorse a specific candidate in the 2016 race. But White House officials say he will outline domestic and international priorities that build on steps he's taken during his two terms in office, a vision certain to be more in line with Hillary Clinton and other Democrats than the GOP presidential candidates.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Food and supplies are starting to reach Syrian towns that have been cut off by war for months. On Monday, food, medicine, fuel and other supplies reached three Syrians towns — one near Damascus and two in the country's north. The United Nations humanitarian chief says in Madaya, the town near Damascus, about 400 people need to be evacuated immediately to receive life-saving treatment.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A new report by a federal watchdog outlines a history of harassment on river trips through Grand Canyon National Park. The report mentions male park employees allegedly propositioning female colleagues for sex, touching them inappropriately and making lewd comments. The report, to be released Tuesday, comes after 13 current and former Grand Canyon employees filed a complaint in September 2014 saying women had been abused more than 15 years.
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Results could come Tuesday on an autopsy on an American woman found slain in her rented apartment in Florence, Italy. Thirty-five-year-old Ashley Olsen's body was found Saturday afternoon after her Italian boyfriend told the apartment's owner he was worried because he hadn't heard from her and they went together to open the apartment. Police say it appears Olsen was strangled.
LONDON (AP) — Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is marrying Jerry Hall, the former supermodel who has four children with Mick Jagger. Murdoch is 84 and Hall is 59, and this will be Murdoch's fourth marriage. The couple's wedding announcement was in Monday's Births, Marriages and Deaths section of the Times newspaper, which is owned by Murdoch's News Corporation.
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