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Mourners watch as others carry the Turkish flag-draped coffin of Yunus Gormek, 23, one of the victims of the attack at a nightclub on New Year's Day, during the funeral in Istanbul, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained eight people in connection with the Istanbul nightclub attack. The gunman, who escaped after carrying out the attack, wasn't among the eight. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed 39 people, most of them foreigners. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

The Latest: Turkish tourism professionals march to nightclub

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Idaho woman, born January 1, gives birth on New Year’s

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San Francisco-bound plane diverted over disruptive passenger

By ALINA HARTOUNIAN - Associated Press

Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) shoots over New York Knicks center Willy Hernangomez (14) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/Bob Levey)

New year will bring more games on more nights in the NBA

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

This is a Tuesday, June, 14, 2016 file photo of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as she arrives by carriage on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting at Ascot, England. Buckingham Palace said Sunday Jan. 1, 2017 that Queen Elizabeth II will not be well enough to attend a New Year church service because of a lingering heavy cold. On Jan. 3, the queen reportedly took place in a private ceremony at her personal estate in Sandringham, although no pictures were taken, according to the Reuters new service. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant/file) **FILE**

Queen Elizabeth II misses church due to ‘heavy cold’

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

Funeral services were held for victims of what Turkish authorities are calling a terrorist attack. A gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with New Year's revelers and killed 39 people before fleeing the scene. (Associated Press)

Turkey’s New Year’s ‘terrorist’ hunted

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Officials place the trophy on the stage after the Peach Bowl NCAA college football playoff game between Alabama and Washington, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Atlanta. Alabama won 24-7. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

College Football Playoff viewership on ESPN rises slightly

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

New year brings bump in minimum wage, easier records access

By BOB SALSBERG - Associated Press

South Koreans watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's New Year's speech, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. North Korea's development of banned long-range missiles is in &quot;final stages,&quot; the country's leader Kim was quoted as saying in his New Year's message. The letters read &quot;New Year for Reunification.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea’s leader hints of long-range missile test launch

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE- In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, file photo, a Christmas tree and skyscrapers illuminated for the New Year celebrations are seen in downtown Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, File)

Revelers bid adieu to a year of conflicts, celebrity deaths

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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, Ryan Seacrest attends Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden in New York. Seacrest says he and about five other people got stuck in a Times Square elevator before an appearance on ABC's &quot;Good Morning America&quot; and were rescued by firefighters. The host of &quot;Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest&quot; was heading up to the crystal ball on Friday morning, Dec. 30, 2016, when the elevator got stuck. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Ryan Seacrest gets stuck in Times Square elevator, rescued

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Kaitlin Olivi of Yonkers, N.Y., and Lucas Pereira, of Sayreville, N.J., kiss as confetti falls during a celebration of the new year in New York's Times Square, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

The Latest: 1 million ring in New Year in Times Square

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Free transit, extended service in Los Angeles for New Year’s

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No wood-burning allowed in Phoenix on Saturday, Sunday

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

Analysis: Medical pot, Trump shape Arkansas politics in ‘17

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Tim Kelly speaks during a press conference about the security plans for the 2017 New Year's celebrations on the Las Vegas Strip and downtown's Fremont Street Experience at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Erik Verduzco /Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Love, marriage, no major incidents in Vegas on New Year’s

By MICHELLE RINDELS - Associated Press

NHP and Metro Police officers block off the entrance off Flamingo Road to the Rio Hotel &amp; Casino after reports of smoke coming from the 21st floor of the Masquerade Tower led to guests being evacuated Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. The Rio casino in Las Vegas scrambled to find alternate lodging for guests Thursday after a power outage led to the evacuation of 900 rooms just before the busy New Year’s Eve weekend, officials said. Nobody was injured, but emergency responders helped some guests with disabilities get to the bottom of the tower.(Yasmina Chavez/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Official: Power won’t be fully back at Vegas casino for days

By MICHELLE RINDELS - Associated Press

Water fee hikes, financial guards among new Louisiana laws

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

New year means new Nevada laws on marijuana, mopeds

By MICHELLE RINDELS - Associated Press