Terrorist Attack at Nightclub in Istanbul Kills Dozens  —  By an EMPLOYEE of THE NEW YORK TIMES and CHRISTOPHER MELEJanuary 1, 2017  —  BURSA, Turkey — At least 39 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in a terrorist attack on a crowded Istanbul nightclub about an hour after midnight …

Federal Judge Halts Obamacare Transgender, Abortion-Related Protections Nationwide  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell and President Obama  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas on Saturday issued a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of Obama administration protections …

Trump kicks biographer off golf course  —  President-elect Donald Trump on Friday ejected from his West Palm Beach golf course one of his most critical biographers, Harry Hurt III, who had been preparing to play in a foursome with billionaire mega-donor David Koch.

WATCH: Singer caught screaming hate against ‘perverted’ gays - just days before her appearance on Ellen  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A video has emerged of gospel singer Kim Burrell attacking LGBT people as “perverts” and sinners, just days before she is scheduled to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Shooting in Mount Vernon on New Year's Eve  —  A young woman was accidentally shot in a car and killed on New Year's Eve in the area of Pease Street in Mount Vernon, according to City Council President Marcus Griffith.  —  “I literally heard the shots,” Griffith said.

Four Cabinet spots still open in the Trump administration  —  With less than a month before the inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump  —  's Cabinet still has four major spots waiting to be filled.  —  Trump has picked most of his top Cabinet nominees already.

Obama: I won't leave on Jan 20  —  President Obama used his final weekly address in 2016 to make it plainer than ever that he won't retire quietly once Donald Trump is sworn in as president.  —  Couching his address to the nation as assurance that he will remain committed to defending the …

Shielding Seized Assets From Corruption's Clutches  —  An effort by the United States to seize assets from officials who stole their countries' wealth is now focused on returning the loot without enriching the looters.  —  One would think that an iconic Michael Jackson “Bad Tour” glove …

Palin calls for Trump to leave UN  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said this week that President-elect Donald Trump  —  should withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations.  —  During an interview with the “Breitbart Daily News” radio show on Thursday, Palin outlined two ways that the country could extricate itself from the U.N.

The West Must Prevent Cold War 2.0  —  If we don't resist Russian political warfare, very soon, Putin will win  —  It was a year of profound, indeed systemic crisis.  Across the West, friends of the Kremlin were surging in democratic elections, playing on legitimate fears of voters about economic anxiety and societal erosion.