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PACIFIC, MO - DECEMBER 31: Residental homes are seen submerged in flood water from the Meremac River on December 31, 2015 in Pacific, Missouri. The St. Louis area and surrounding region are experiencing record flood crests of the Mississippi, Missouri and Meremac Rivers after days of record rainfall. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
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'We Have Nowhere to Go'

The worst of the deadly winter flood is over in the St. Louis area, leaving residents of water-logged communities to assess the damage. "We're just basically homeless," said Damon Thorne, 44, whose Arnold mobile home washed away. "We have nowhere to go"

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media during his year end news conference in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House December 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. Later today, Obama will travel to San Bernardino, California to meet with families of the 14 victims of the recent mass shooting, before departing to Hawaii for Christmas vacation, returning January 3, 2016. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Obama to Discuss Gun Control Plans With Attorney General

"I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing," Obama said in his weekly radio address, adding that tackling the U.S. epidemic of gun violence was "one piece of unfinished business"

DraftKings CEO Jason Robins speaks during the DFS Players Conference in New York in this file photo

New York: FanDuel, DraftKings Must Return Money

New York's attorney general has filed a lawsuit asking FanDuel and DraftKings to give back all the money they made in the state, the latest salvo in an ongoing clash with a pair of increasingly popular daily fantasy sports websites

The Force Awakens Is About to Break Titanic’s Record

By the end of New Year’s Day, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will have passed Titanic to become the second-biggest domestic movie of all time, Disney said. The film is currently about $100 million shy of passing record-holder Avatar

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, November 26, 2015. Turkey only procures oil and gas from known sources and those who accuse it of buying from Islamic State need to prove their accusations, President Erdogan said on Thursday. Speaking to a group of local officials in the capital Ankara, Erdogan also said that Turkey was taking precautions to stop oil smuggling at its borders, a key source of revenue for the Islamist militant group. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTX1VXQL

Turkey’s President Wants to Be More Like Adolf Hitler

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for constitutional changes that would turn Turkey's political system into a presidential system expanding the powers of his office, has cited Hitler's Germany as an example

A police officer, right, walks past revelers playing with confetti in New York's Times Square after the New Year's Eve celebration as seen from the Marriott Marquis hotel, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New Year’s Day Brings New Laws Across U.S.

New legislation went into effect across the U.S. on the first day of 2016, including a raised legal smoking age, and locked pill bottles. Some gun owners will also have an easier time carrying their firearms, while others will have a harder time

ATLANTA, GA - JUNE 26: Recording Artist Natalie Cole performs atJazz 91.9 WCLK 41st Anniversary Benefit Concert at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on June 26, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images)

Singer Natalie Cole Dead at 65

The daughter of Nat 'King' Cole overcame battles with substance abuse and the long shadow of her famous father to earn worldwide success of her own with hits such as "This Will Be", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"

Hillary Clinton Holds Last Campaign Event Of 2015 In New Hampshire

Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Exceeds 2015 Fundraising Goal

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign announced that it raised $37 million in the last three months, bringing its yearly fundraising total to $112 million and beating a fundraising goal of $100 million set by the campaign earlier in the year

Pope Francis speaks during a mass on New Year's Day at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito - RTX20P8V

Pope Francis Hopes for End to ‘False Neutrality’ in 2016

Pope Francis welcomed 2016 with a call for an end to the "arrogance of the powerful" that relegates the weak to the outskirts of society, and to the "false neutrality" toward conflicts, hunger and persecution that triggers exoduses of refugees

Bill Cosby Arraignment

Bill Cosby Breaks His Silence With Message to Fans

Bill Cosby gave a first, brief public statement since being arrested and charged with sexual assault following an alleged incident at his home in 2004. “Friends and fans, Thank You,” a tweet posted to Cosby’s verified account read

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Kim Jong Un Promises ‘Holy War of Justice’ If Provoked

The North Korean leader said in an annual New Year's speech Friday that he was ready for war if provoked by "invasive" outsiders, but he stayed away from past threats involving the country's nuclear weapons and long-range missile ambitions

Dr. Ben Carson at a news conference in Henderson, Nev. on Nov. 16, 2015.

Why Ben Carson's Campaign Manager Quit

Communications director Doug Watts and campaign manager Barry Bennett both quit after simmering tensions within Carson's camp boiled over, with much of the resentment focused on Carson's relationship with political commentator Armstrong Williams