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NEW YORK (AP) — A new year is upon us and celebrations are underway in cities across America. The country's biggest bash is taking place in New York City's Times Square where an estimated million or more revelers are cheering the start of 2017 by watching the Waterford Crystal ball drop at midnight. Las Vegas is also planning a big celebration with an estimated 300, 000 people in attendance to watch a giant fireworks display along the Strip.
ISTANBUL (AP) —It started out as a happy new year in Turkey's most populous city but quickly turned to horror when a gunman opened fire at a nightclub during New Year's Eve celebrations on Saturday. Istanbul's provincial governor says the assailant killed at least 35 people and wounded 40 others in what he describes as "a terror attack." The attack occurred despite thousands of police officers deployed in both the capital, Ankara and in Istanbul.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia's U.N. ambassador is urging the international community to ensure that a political settlement of the Syrian conflict is reached in 2017. After the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Saturday supporting Russian and Turkish efforts to end the fighting in Syria and jumpstart peace negotiations, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told the Council that its backing "is very important."
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Several states are asking cybersecurity experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont power company's laptop computer was found to contain malware. The Burlington Electric Department has confirmed it found on one of its laptops the malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name the U.S. government has given to malicious cyber activity by Russian civilian and military intelligence services.
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Authorities now say three people were killed when two small planes collided in midair near McKinney, Texas. It was reported earlier that two people had died in the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration says it has been told by local fire department officials that three people died. According to the FAA, the collision occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Saturday near Aero Country Airport., about 35 miles north of downtown Dallas.
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