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US President Barack Obama, in a New Year’s address, made fighting gun violence a resolution for 2016, calling it a major piece of “unfinished business” in his time at the White House.

A fire engulfs The Address Hotel in downtown Dubai in the United Arab Emirates hours before a large New Year fireworks display was set to start nearby from the Burj Khalifa tower, the world’s largest building, on December 31, 2015.

Schimmerling’s in Binghamton is offering free rides home throughout Broome County between midnight at 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day.

Facebook’s Free Basics Internet service, formerly called Internet.org, has faced opposition in India, which has more people without Internet service than any other country.

The industry group said also that even the pricing models suggested by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in a discussion paper on differential pricing for data services contravene the watchdog’s own stated principles of being non-discriminatory, transparent,...

The ocean temperature was barely 40 degrees, but those taking part in the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s Polar Plunge at Portland’s East End Beach say they would jump at the chance to take part in it – in any weather.

One audience member told Breitbart News before the speech that he was unsure about Rubio but he appreciated Gowdy’s work in grilling Hillary Clinton during her Benghazi testimony.

And for the Big Ten, Michigan State’s Cotton Bowl Classic and College Football Playoff semifinal against Alabama might as well have doubled as a black eye for the rest of the Big Ten.

In itself the launch was significant, being the first Falcon 9 to take off since a disastrous explosion destroyed its unmanned International Space Station supply craft in June.

A USA science satellite slated to launch to Mars in March has been grounded due to a leak in a key research instrument, NASA said on Tuesday, creating uncertainty about the future of a widely anticipated effort to study the interior of the planet.

“The Saudi budget … reinforced the “lower for longer” sentiment in that market”, said analyst Augustin Eden at traders Accendo Markets, in reference to OPEC’s Saudi-backed policy of pushing oil prices lower to hurt non-OPEC producers. The...

Cruz’s campaign is aiming for top performances on March 1, when much of the Cruz-friendly South votes and on the single day on the GOP calendar with the most delegates at stake. On the other side, the Democrat presidential candidates drew only 8 million viewers to their...

“In the morning, terrorists tried to attack Fotokol, Kerawa, Dabaga localities but we managed to repel their assaults”, the security sources said. When they left, the militants took nearly 276 of the students with them.

The image of Pluto on the stamps is composted from actual photos taken by NASA which is also the case with these – more traditional but just as handsome – planet stamps.

Obviously today is one of the busiest days for the messaging platforms as people are celebrating the New Year.