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Obama: Climate change deal forged in Paris is ‘best chance’ to save the planet

President Barack Obama speaks about the Paris climate agreement from the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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President Obama said the climate agreement reached in Paris by the United States and nearly 200 nations Saturday offers “the best chance to save the one planet we have.”

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French President Francois Hollande, right, and French Foreign Minister and president of the COP21 Laurent Fabius react after the final conference at the COP21, the United Nations conference on climate change, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Governments have adopted a global agreement that for the first time asks all countries to reduce or rein in their greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Landmark deal: Nearly 200 nations adopt 1st global climate change pact

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No consensus about legality of Donald Trump’s idea of Muslim ban

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A Saudi woman casts her ballot at a polling center during municipal elections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Saudi women are heading to polling stations across the kingdom on Saturday, both as voters and candidates for the first time in this landmark election. (AP Photo/Aya Batrawy)

Few Saudi women expected to vote for first time in landmark election

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In this Jan. 13, 2015, file photo, a gun rights advocate carries a rifle on his back and a cardboard cutout of a pistol on his waist as a group protests outside the Texas Capitol, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Cecile Richards, national head of Planned Parenthood, speaks during a rally in Englewood, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The event was organized as a response to the mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., a week ago in which three people died. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Navy players climb into the stands after winning an NCAA college football game against Army, 21-17, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump smiles as he has his photograph taken with supporters after being endorsed at a regional police union meeting in Portsmouth, N.H., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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U.S. and Philippine military officers salute during the opening ceremony for the joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise dubbed Balikatan 2014 (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) Monday, May 5, 2014 at the Armed Forces of the Philippines headquarters at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. More than 5,000 U.S. and Filipino troops began two weeks of military exercises Monday to prepare to jointly deal with any potential crisis in the Philippines, which is prone to natural disasters and has been locked in a dangerous territorial standoff with China.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Migrants family wait to register with the police in a refugee center in the southern Serbian town of Presevo, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. Refugees fleeing war by the tens of thousands fear the Paris attacks could prompt Europe to close its doors, especially after police said a Syrian passport found next to one attacker&#8217;s body suggested its owner passed through Greece into the European Union and on through Macedonia and Serbia last month. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump energizes the crowd during a campaign rally at Dorton Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson) ** FILE **

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A needle of suspicion in an information haystack

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Dr. Michael Neeki, center at podium, an emergency room doctor who doubles as a member of the local SWAT team, with Dr. Dev GnanaDev, second from right, chief of surgery at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, comments on the victims of the San Bernardino shootings at a news conference in San San Bernardino, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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In this Jan. 13, 2015, file photo, a gun rights advocate carries a rifle on his back and a cardboard cutout of a pistol on his waist as a group protests outside the Texas Capitol, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Kentucky off-duty officers told to disarm or leave concert 21 minutes ago

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A Saudi woman casts her ballot at a polling center during municipal elections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Saudi women are heading to polling stations across the kingdom on Saturday, both as voters and candidates for the first time in this landmark election. (AP Photo/Aya Batrawy)

Few Saudi women expected to vote for first time in landmark election

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The Geminid meteor shower will peak on Sunday night; here's a previous display as a single meteoroite streaks across the aurora borealis in Norway. (Image courtesy of NASA)

Arriving at 78,000 mph: Geminid meteor shower predicted to be a mighty big show on Sunday

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Election 2016

Hillary Clinton lone beneficiary of Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric, drawn-out GOP primary

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No consensus about legality of Donald Trump’s idea of Muslim ban

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Nationals Park, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Stephen Strasburg feels healthy, not worrying about free agency21 minutes ago

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Alabama's Derrick Henry kisses the Heisman Trophy while posing for photos after winning the award as the country's top college football player, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Derrick Henry becomes second Heisman Trophy winner from Alabama

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Navy players climb into the stands after winning an NCAA college football game against Army, 21-17, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Keenan Reynolds leads No. 21 Navy to comeback win over Army

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Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry looks down during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 108-95. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Warriors’ 24-game winning streak ends with road loss to Bucks

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Politics

President Barack Obama speaks about the Paris climate agreement from the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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No consensus about legality of Donald Trump’s idea of Muslim ban

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In this Oct. 23, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a concert hosted by his campaign in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Bernie Sanders’ Iowa supporters try to get new people out to caucus

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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson takes questions from reporters Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago after a roundtable meeting with pastors. (Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Carson threatens to bolt from the GOP if party leaders manipulate convention

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Chicago, Toronto named among potential ISIS targets 21 minutes ago

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Cecile Richards, national head of Planned Parenthood, speaks during a rally in Englewood, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The event was organized as a response to the mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., a week ago in which three people died. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Poll defies narrative, shows most Americans favor GOP plan to defund Planned Parenthood

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Breen Peck, 52, an air traffic controller, was arrested in Long Island Wednesday on illegal weapons and drug charges. (Image: Nassau County Police Department)

Air traffic controller who botched White House flight tells cops: ‘I smoke meth to stay awake’

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University of Maryland president Wallace Loh is recommending that Byrd Stadium be renamed due to the segregationist views of former school President H.C. Curley Byrd. (Wikipedia) ** FILE **

Regents board votes 12-5 to rename Univ. of Md.’s Byrd Stadium to Maryland Stadium

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Cecile Richards, national head of Planned Parenthood, speaks during a rally in Englewood, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The event was organized as a response to the mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., a week ago in which three people died. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Navy players climb into the stands after winning an NCAA college football game against Army, 21-17, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Islamophobia means fear of Muslims, not hatred

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov at a meeting with top military officials in the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. President Vladimir Putin said that a Russian military action in Syria is aimed at protecting Russia from extremists based there. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin strengthens nuclear forces as tensions with U.S. rise

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U.S. M1A2 SEP Abrams battle tanks cross the Hantan river during a river crossing operation, part of an annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States against a possible attack from North Korea, in Yeoncheon, south of the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. It was the last day of the exercise by the two allies that began on Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea says it’s ready to detonate H-bomb

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