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US President Barack Obama holds a year-end press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, December 16, 2016.

Obama meets press for final time as president

Approval hits 60% as end of his term approaches

Rating the President's biggest speeches

100 moments from Obama's presidency

Obama pops in final WH briefing

Around the nation

East

Nina Simone's house

Nina Simone's childhood home for sale WLOS

Dog alerts family to house fire KYW

Woman: Trump bumper sticker vandalized WECT

Stray dog changes life of marine WFOR

Dog kills child, injures another WGCL

That's one enormous gator WFTS

Priest attended MLK's 'dream' speech WFSB

Teens ejected from car going 100+ mph WFLA

95 dolphins stranded off Florida coast WBBH

Aspiring poet's dreams come true WTIC

Central

Trump candy hair

This shop sells Trump hair cotton candy WHO

PD: Teacher threatens to kill PTA president KTBS

Doctor's humorous obit honors her legacy KFVS

5 pounds of matted fur shaved off kitten WGN

Dog survives 18 hours in ice storm KTVI

School stays open on MLK day WWLP

Ice storm cancels woman's 100th birthday KFOR

This baby loves the Dallas Cowboys KDAF

Man to receive one millionth penny for charity WTVG

School district misplaces more than $100k WOIO

West

Cowboy loses thumb, gets it reattached KCNC

Thieves try to steal ATM from restaurant KTUU

LGBT curriculum sparks debate KCBS

Woman found dead on bus KPIX

Swordfighting used to fight human trafficking KTVK

PD: Grandfather stops attempted kidnapping KTXL

Overdue book returned 100 years later KGO

Fundraisers held for fallen detective KVVU

"Cats on Mats" is yoga for cat lovers KTVH

Local bake sale benefits Syrian refugees KVOA

Photos

Former ExxonMobil executive Rex Tillerson testifies during his confirmation hearing for Secretary of State before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 11, 2017.
Donald Trump's secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson hit out at China Wednesday during his Senate confirmation hearing, warning that the Asian power pursues its "own goals" and has not sufficiently helped rein in North Korea. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

The week in politics

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: (AFP OUT) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden wipes his eyes as Preident Barack Obama presents him with Medal of Freedom during an event in the State Dinning room of the White House January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

The week in 25 photos

Markus Eisenbichler of Germany soars through the air during his trial jump at the third stage of the 65th four hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

What a shot! 32 amazing sports photos

Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump held a campaign rally in Lowell, Mass. on January 4, 2016.

A front-row seat to Trump's rise

When Kuwait was on fire, they saved the day

Surviving birth, struggling to live

'The Good Life Goes On' in Palm Springs

A female wrestler practices her tachi-ai (initial charge) against Nanjidsurch Davaajamts, 17, at a sumo wrestling training camp on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

Sumo's next superstars? Why Mongolia is a wrestling powerhouse

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.

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US President-elect Donald Trump boards the elevator after escorting Martin Luther King III to the lobby after meetings at Trump Tower in New York City on January 16, 2017. / AFP / DOMINICK REUTER (Photo credit should read DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images)

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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt arrives at Trump Tower on December 7, 2016 in New York City.

Trump's EPA pick: Human impact on climate change needs more debate

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Obama stops to talk with visiting school children outside the West Wing of the White House, April 29, 2015. The President was returning from a walk with Shanna Peeples, the 2015 National Teacher of the Year, when he met the children and their chaperones.

Obama administration drops last-minute Education Department rule change

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Capitol Hill January 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. Pruitt is expected to face tough questioning about his stance on climate change and ties to the oil and gas industry. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Senate grills Pruitt on environmental issues

3 workers die in underground pipeline

Obama calls voter fraud fears 'fake news'

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Obama: Voter fraud fears constitute fake news

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Nikki Haley hopes to "educate" Trump

Little Elm Police Detective Jerry Walker died from injuries sustained in a fire fight with an armed man barricaded inside a residence, Little Elm Police Chief Rodney Harrison said at a press conference Tuesday night.

Walker was with a group of Little Elm police officers responding to a call a call of an armed man in a backyard of residence, Harrison said. The unnamed suspect, armed with a long gun, ran into the residence, and after a period of time talking with officers, began firing his weapon either through a door or window. Walker was struck, placed in a squad car, and transported by helicopter to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, according to Harrison.

The scene is still active and police say the suspect is still barricaded inside the residence. Harrison said officers from the Little Elm police department, SWAT team and Denton County Sheriffs Office are still at the home and were able to extract an elderly female relative from a window. Officers exchanged fire with the suspect, but his condition is unknown at this time, according to Harrison.

Detective Walker was a father of 4, and served with the Little Elm Police Department since 1998. Tonight the Town of Little Elm lost a hero, read a statement on the towns Facebook page.

Texas police salute slain detective

Film Subject President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Mrs. Barbara Bush attend the HBO Documentary special screening of "41" on June 12, 2012 in Kennebunkport, Maine.

George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush hospitalized

Melania Trump considering male social secretary

Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) (3rd R) speaks during a news conference with a bipartisan group of House members outside the U.S. Capitol May 20, 2014 in Washington, DC.

Schumer: Mulvaney disqualified for budget director job due to unpaid taxes

Gabbard makes unannounced trip to Syria

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Democrats challenge Trump's education pick

Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos arrives before testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Trump education pick painted by Dems as unqualified

President Barack Obama with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, left, walk on the tarmac to board Air Force One at Air Station Cape Cod in Massachusetts on August 21, 2016.

Obama cites daughters as example for how to react to election outcome

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a press conference January 11, 2017 at Trump Tower in New York.
Trump held his first news conference in nearly six months Wednesday, amid explosive allegations over his ties to Russia, a little more than a week before his inauguration. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Bus driver rescued by good Samaritan in Houston floods

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Gretchen Carlson: "For god's sake, stand up for yourself"

Vice President-elect Mike Pence speaks with reporters following a GOP caucus meeting at the Capitol on January 4, 2017.

Mike Pence: Trump 'getting very close' to Obamacare replacement

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The Talladega College marching band rehearses ahead of their performance in the presidential inauguration parade.

Talladega College band on inauguration: 'Forget the politics... We are musicians'

The women behind the Women's March on Washington

circa 1989: Forty-First president of the United States George Bush (1989 - 1993). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

41: President George H.W. Bush

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate Scott Pruitt arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EPA pick breaks with Trump on climate change

Obama: President not a job you can do alone

Ethics office fires back at Tom Price

Commander of the US Central Command Gen. James N. Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2014 and the future years of the defense program on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, Tuesday, March 5, 2013.

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Nolan Ryan looks on from the dugout.

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Former US Vice President Dick Cheney during a dedication ceremony at Emancipation Hall of the US Capitol Visitor Center on December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC

Dick Cheney Fast Facts

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie exits a voting booth after casting his ballot for New Jersey governor in the general election as his wife Mary Pat Christie (L) looks on in a polling center on November 05, 2013 in Mendham, New Jersey.

Christie: My wife wouldn't move with me to DC

Obama final briefing Earnest

Obama pushes through controversial moves before Trump takes over

People march to demand the release of Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera near the White House in Washington, DC, on January 11, 2017. / AFP / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama commutes FALN member Oscar López Rivera's prison sentence

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Obama thanks press in final news conference

COLLEGE STATION, TX - JUNE 13: Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (C, bottom) performs a tandem parachute jump with Army Golden Knight Sgt. Bryan Schnell on June 13, 2004 over the Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. (Photo by U.S. Army/Texas A&M University via Getty Images)

George H.W. Bush Fast Facts

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Obama: Manning's sentence was disproportionate

"Two days after the election, the President meets with President-elect Donald Trump." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Source: Trump national security team slow to engage

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt arrives at Trump Tower on December 7, 2016 in New York City.

Trump's EPA pick took hands-off approach to environmental crisis that shook Oklahoma

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Trump nominee: We can't trust Russia

Trump was saying 'Make America Great Again' long before he claims he thought it up

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Trump on Lewis: 'He got caught in a bad lie'

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"We all feel like ... America loves us. We're America's band right now."

Meet the Marching Tornadoes

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Power: Grave mistake to ignore Russian actions

Fishermen hurled from boat traveling 55 mph