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Minimum wage rising in 21 states, 22 cities

Merry Christmas: You're fired!

Trump immigration plan could cost the U.S. billions

Manufacturing job openings at 9-year high

Half of US workers don't use all vacation days

Around the nation

East

An 80-year-old New York man was swept into a scam that cost him $4,000 in cash.

Man loses $4,000 in 'grandparent scam' WPIX

Mom arrested after second baby's death WFLA

Pet alligator allowed to stay in FL home WFTS

Police department adds 'grandma unit' WCHS

NC wildfires cost more than $55M WLOS

Alabama officer shot in head WALA

Donor gives church winning lotto ticket WBZ

Bodycam video of police shooting released WTVM

NC House GOP divided over HB2 repeal WRAL

Dueling holiday signs posted in CT town News 12 CT

Central

Family to bring home child after mysterious polio-like illness paralyzes him

Child mysteriously paralyzed to head home WIS

PD: Stolen TVs block driver's view before crash KOKI

Missouri to become permitless carry state KSHB

FedEx driver robbed, truck emptied WLS

Boy adopted days before Christmas KWCH

Man arrested after multi-state police chase KCTV

College called a 'scam' in viral post WDAF

Stray bullet hits daycare worker in face WBBM

Motorist hurt when ice chunk falls from semi WCCO

NFL rookie gets stuck with $16,000 tab KPRC

West

Black Panther, Darth Vader wanted in bank robberies KDVR

Girl shot in apparent road rage incident KPTV

Soon-to-be mom gets $900 tip KTVK

Whistleblower wins lawsuit against VA KCNC

Body found in search for missing nurse KTLA

City overpaid retirees, wants repayment KPIX

Gun sales surge ahead of 'bullet button' ban KCAL

New rescue dog joins Utah ski patrol KSTU

Family's gifts stolen, son killed East Idaho News

WWII vet's birthday is an Internet sensation KOIN

Photos

Norway, coastline near Alta. Reindeer waiting for the boat that will bring them to the island. They will stay there, because of more and better food, untill september, when they will be back on the mountains.

On patrol with the Reindeer Police

A supporter sports a homemade Trump jacket during a rally in the final city of the President Elect's "Thank You" tour at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, AL on Saturday, December 17, 2016.

'Where it all began': Photographing Trump's return to Alabama

Jonathan Caines poses in a traditional hobbyhorse costume in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on Saturday, December 19, 2015.

'Mummers' making a comeback

Young members of the Libyan forces affiliated to the Tripoli government chat while holding defensive position within a school in Sirte, Libya, September, 2016.(Manu Brabo/MeMo)

Libyans use 'leftovers' to defeat ISIS

Tonina is a woman in her fifties. At the age of three she was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.

A mother's devotion to her disabled daughter

HAITI, Port au Prince, July 2016
GISELE, 20 years old:

"My cousin told me that I had bad luck, that something was wrong with me. A friend of my parents said that he was a mason and therefore could help remove the ?bad eye?. He took me to an isolated place and asked me to get naked. He touched me and raped me. I even gave him 1000 gourds. I told my family what happened. Now he is hiding, and he is under the protection of a women judge. I want justice to be done. I also know he is a recidivist. He did the same to two little girls from my neighbourhood. The parents are scared so they don?t do anything. Both girls are 15 and 12."

BÈnÈdicte Kurzen / NOOR

Survivors of Haiti's rape crisis

Baruch Osorno (Mexique).
Homme Medecine porteur de la Tradition Azteque
Son prenom Baruch veut dire "Celui qui est benit".
Gardien des traditions ancestrales.
Membre du cercle de sagesse.
Genac, France.
30/04/2016

Baruch Osorno (Mexico).
Healer from the Aztec tradition.
Genac, France.
04/30/2016

Portraits of shamans from around the world

Italy. Rome. A group of nuns at the entrance to the Vatican take pictures and ask questions of the Swiss Guard on duty there. 2013

When in Rome

Brother Daniel at Buckfast Abbey. "I wanted to portray religion in a positive light," Bourne said. "A monastic vocation or devotion of life to a spiritual service can be found in Buddhism, Hinduism, etc., and so the work primarily aims to highlight the beauty of this service."

What it's like to live in a monastery

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Cindy Stowell, 41, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. Prior to her passing, she competed on Jeopardy! to raise money for cancer research. her episode appears next week.

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YouTube star claims racism on Delta flight

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the USA Thank You Tour 2016 at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center December 13, 2016 in West Allis, Wisconsin.

Trump team floats tariffs

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Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama talks to the media at the Trump Tower in New York on November 17, 2016.

Jeff Sessions' office accused of prosecutorial misconduct in the '90s

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Sen. Jeff Sessions speaks to the media after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on the Kagan confirmation during a markup hearing in July 2010.

Sessions' office accused of misconduct in '90s

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 21: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) speaks as his sons Eric Trump (L) and Donald Trump Jr. (R) look on during the Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel's 16th annual Outdoor Sportsman Awards at The Venetian Las Vegas during the 2016 National Shooting Sports Foundation's Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show on January 21, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Trump sons distance themselves from fundraiser

It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida where he is taking meetings on December 21, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

Are Trump's tweets designed to distract?

Man gets $75 after being wrongly imprisoned for 31 years

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CNN commentator questions TSA pat-down

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Sources: Russia tests anti-satellite weapon

Trump team expands search pool for No. 2 at State

Hillary Clinton shares a moment with Vice President Joe Biden on December 8, 2016, on Capitol Hill.

Poll: Democrats want someone new for 2020

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: FBI Director James Comey waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee September 27, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on "Fifteen Years After 9/11: Threats to the Homeland." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Comey under fire again over Clinton emails

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - DECEMBER 9: President-elect Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his victory tour across the country. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump calls Berlin rampage an 'attack on humanity'

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Basketball player surprised by soldier brother

Trump: Berlin rampage an 'attack on humanity'

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks during a press conference at the office of the New York Attorney General, September 13, 2016 in New York City.

Abolish NSEERS Muslim registry, NY attorney general tells Obama

Blackburn pushes ramped-up vetting of refugees

Former US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao arrives at Trump Tower on another day of meetings scheduled with President-elect Donald Trump on November 21, 2016 in New York. / AFP / Eduardo Munoz Alvarez

Trump transportation secretary hedges on massive new infrastructure injection

Gingrich: Trump dropping 'drain the swamp'

Trump: Berlin rampage an 'attack on humanity'

CNN host, congresswoman spar over immigration

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O'Reilly under fire for race comments

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Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski starts DC consulting firm

US vice presidential nominee Senator Joe Biden (L) and Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (R) enjoy ice cream cones as they speak with local residents at the Windmill Ice Cream Shop in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, August 29, 2008. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Joe Biden really, really likes ice cream

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President-elect Donald Trump pauses to briefly speak to the media at Trump Tower on December 6, 2016 in New York City.

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WASHINGTON - APRIL 14: CIA Director George Tenet makes a point as he testifies April 14, 2004 during the second day of the 10th public hearing on the performance of law enforcement and the intelligence community prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tenet defended the agency's pre-Sept. 11 efforts on combating terrorism. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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In this handout provided by General Motors, employee Maurice Vauss inspects the fit and finish of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco during final inspection on the assembly line in preparation for the Malibu's rollout to dealers across the U.S. at the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant January 18, 2012 in Fairfax, Kansas.

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