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Two anti-Dakota Access Pipeline protesters interrupted the Minnesota Vikings-Chicago Bears game Sunday, climbing the rafters to unfurl a banner urging stadium sponsor US Bank to "divest" from the pipeline project. Karl Mayo, 32, and Sen Holiday, 26, dangled down using rappelling gear before being taken into custody and charged with trespassing. - CNNChicago Murder Rate Hits 20-Year High
New figures released by the Chicago Police Department shows there were 762 murders in the city during 2016, the highest number in 20 years. There were 3,550 shooting incidents in total, described by the department as an "unacceptable rise in violence." New, district-based police intelligence centers will be set up in the city later in January. – NBC News
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Russian Diplomats Leave the US
The 35 Russian diplomats expelled by President Obama have now left the US along with their families, according to the Russian embassy. Obama ordered the expulsion and imposed sanctions over the hacking and election interference that the White House and US intelligence agencies believe was ordered by the Kremlin. – The GuardianPossible Missing Plane Debris Found at Lake Eerie
Officials in Ohio said possible debris from the small plane that went missing shortly after leaving Cleveland Thursday has been found washed ashore on Lake Eerie. It has not yet been verified as coming from the plane. Superior Beverage Company CEO John T. Fleming was piloting the plane, and his wife, their sons, and two close friends were also on board. - APISIS Claims Responsibility for Istanbul Nightclub Shooting
ISIS has claimed it carried out the attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul in the early hours of Sunday that left 39 people dead. Turkish police are still searching for the gunman who burst into the club and shot those celebrating the New Year. ISIS described the man as a "heroic soldier." Another 69 people were hospitalized with injuries. According to Turkish media reports, 27 of those who died were foreign. – BBC NewsDaughter of South Korean Presidential Advisor Arrested
The daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the South Korean president's former confidante accused of interfering in the country's political affairs, has been arrested in Denmark. Chung Yoo-ra, 20, was arrested on charges of staying in Denmark illegally. Special prosecutors in South Korea had sought Interpol's help in finding Chung after she did not return to the country to answer questions about the corruption investigation. – Al Jazeera
The 35 Russian diplomats expelled by President Obama have now left the US along with their families, according to the Russian embassy. Obama ordered the expulsion and imposed sanctions over the hacking and election interference that the White House and US intelligence agencies believe was ordered by the Kremlin. – The GuardianPossible Missing Plane Debris Found at Lake Eerie
Officials in Ohio said possible debris from the small plane that went missing shortly after leaving Cleveland Thursday has been found washed ashore on Lake Eerie. It has not yet been verified as coming from the plane. Superior Beverage Company CEO John T. Fleming was piloting the plane, and his wife, their sons, and two close friends were also on board. - AP
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ISIS has claimed it carried out the attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul in the early hours of Sunday that left 39 people dead. Turkish police are still searching for the gunman who burst into the club and shot those celebrating the New Year. ISIS described the man as a "heroic soldier." Another 69 people were hospitalized with injuries. According to Turkish media reports, 27 of those who died were foreign. – BBC NewsDaughter of South Korean Presidential Advisor Arrested
The daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the South Korean president's former confidante accused of interfering in the country's political affairs, has been arrested in Denmark. Chung Yoo-ra, 20, was arrested on charges of staying in Denmark illegally. Special prosecutors in South Korea had sought Interpol's help in finding Chung after she did not return to the country to answer questions about the corruption investigation. – Al Jazeera
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Migrants Attempt to Storm Spanish Border
A Spanish border guard lost an eye after more than 1000 migrants tried to clear a fence at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the North African coast. Only two migrants made it over the fence, but both were injured and hospitalized in the process. Five Spanish border guards and 50 Moroccan guards were injured in all. – APCar Bomb in Baghdad Leaves 16 Dead
A car bomb detonated in the Sadr City district of Baghdad has killed 16 people and wounded another 40. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but ISIS has regularly targeted civilians in the Iraqi capital. Separately on Monday, ISIS militants killed 16 pro-government fighters in military attacks north of the capital. – ReutersHollywood Sign Changed to 'Hollyweed'
Los Angeles' hillside "Hollywood" sign was creatively vandalized to read "Hollyweed," an apparent nod to California's legalization of recreational marijuana. Police said the vandal could face a misdemeanor trespassing charge if caught. – ABC NewsDick Clark Denies Mariah Carey Sabotage Claim
Dick Clark Productions has angrily denied Mariah Carey's claim her live New Year's Rockin' Eve performance was sabotaged. The company said the accusation it had "set her up to fail" after she struggled to sing with a pre-recorded track was "defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd." - VarietyAriana Grande to Star in Final Fantasy Mobile Game
Ariana Grande will feature as a character in the mobile video game Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius. She described her avatar, who wears black bunny ears, as "the cutest thing I've ever seen in my entire life." - TIMEThe XX Drop Track from New Album
British chillwave heroes the XX have released new track Say Something Loving from the forthcoming third album I See You. The band also tweeted a clip of themselves singing the new track at a karaoke bar in Tokyo. - NoiseyResearchers Discover Anti-Hunger Neurons
Harvard Medical School researchers have identified "anti-hunger" neurons in the brain that counter the neurons that urge you to eat. Activating the ARC glutamatergic neurons reduced the food intake of mice under study. - MotherboardNasty Women Exhibition Gives Proceeds to Planned Parenthood
January's "Nasty Women" exhibition in Brooklyn, which features artists' responses to Donald Trump, will donate all sales proceeds to Planned Parenthood. Co-director Roxanne Jackson said organizers wanted to channel "angst into something productive." – The Creators Project
A Spanish border guard lost an eye after more than 1000 migrants tried to clear a fence at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the North African coast. Only two migrants made it over the fence, but both were injured and hospitalized in the process. Five Spanish border guards and 50 Moroccan guards were injured in all. – APCar Bomb in Baghdad Leaves 16 Dead
A car bomb detonated in the Sadr City district of Baghdad has killed 16 people and wounded another 40. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but ISIS has regularly targeted civilians in the Iraqi capital. Separately on Monday, ISIS militants killed 16 pro-government fighters in military attacks north of the capital. – Reuters
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Los Angeles' hillside "Hollywood" sign was creatively vandalized to read "Hollyweed," an apparent nod to California's legalization of recreational marijuana. Police said the vandal could face a misdemeanor trespassing charge if caught. – ABC NewsDick Clark Denies Mariah Carey Sabotage Claim
Dick Clark Productions has angrily denied Mariah Carey's claim her live New Year's Rockin' Eve performance was sabotaged. The company said the accusation it had "set her up to fail" after she struggled to sing with a pre-recorded track was "defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd." - VarietyAriana Grande to Star in Final Fantasy Mobile Game
Ariana Grande will feature as a character in the mobile video game Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius. She described her avatar, who wears black bunny ears, as "the cutest thing I've ever seen in my entire life." - TIMEThe XX Drop Track from New Album
British chillwave heroes the XX have released new track Say Something Loving from the forthcoming third album I See You. The band also tweeted a clip of themselves singing the new track at a karaoke bar in Tokyo. - NoiseyResearchers Discover Anti-Hunger Neurons
Harvard Medical School researchers have identified "anti-hunger" neurons in the brain that counter the neurons that urge you to eat. Activating the ARC glutamatergic neurons reduced the food intake of mice under study. - MotherboardNasty Women Exhibition Gives Proceeds to Planned Parenthood
January's "Nasty Women" exhibition in Brooklyn, which features artists' responses to Donald Trump, will donate all sales proceeds to Planned Parenthood. Co-director Roxanne Jackson said organizers wanted to channel "angst into something productive." – The Creators Project