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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is confirming that the 35 Russian diplomats President Barack Obama ordered out of the country have departed the United States, along with their families. Obama expelled the diplomats, saying they were really spies, and ordered new sanctions on Russian spy agencies for alleged Russian hacking of political sites during the presidential election. Obama also shuttered two Russian compounds in Maryland and New York.
ISTANBUL (AP) — The search continues in Turkey for the gunman who opened fire at a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year's celebrations, killing at least 39 people. Turkey's state-run news agency reports that 24 of the dead were foreigners. Close to 70 others were hurt, including three who are in critical condition, according to Turkey's prime minister. There's been no claim of responsibility for the attack.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have attacked a police station in a town in southeastern Turkey with rocket launchers. The Anadolu Agency says no one was hurt in today's attack. It says security forces have launched an operation to catch the assailants. The rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party have regularly targeted police and other security forces after a fragile peace process collapsed in 2015.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is under pressure in his final weeks in office to secure the future for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children who could face deportation under the Trump administration. Numerous Democrats are pushing Obama to grant pardons for the young immigrants who identified themselves to the government in exchange for a promise that they'd be safe from deportation. But the White House has repeatedly ruled that out.
EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) — Some young refugees in the Denver area are signing up for a quintessential American experience: the Boy Scouts. Troop 1532 is composed almost entirely of refugees who hail from far-flung places like Burma, Rwanda and Nepal. The troop's leaders say it helps refugee kids adjust to American culture while providing a safe haven where they can be themselves.
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