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A look at songs and albums from George Michael's career. Michael's publicist said Sunday that the singer-songwriter has died. He was 53.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State Police trooper was critically wounded and a homicide suspect fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire in suburban Portland, authorities said.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jill Stein's bid to recount votes in Pennsylvania was in trouble even before a federal judge shot it down Dec. 12. That's because the Green Party candidate's effort stood little chance of detecting potential fraud or…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian investigation finds plane ran out of fuel before crashing with soccer team aboard.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) — Fairhope won't be hosting a Senior Bowl practice next month.

The Cowboys, who secured the NFC's No. 1 seed in Week 15, won't play a game in which winning or losing affects their Super Bowl ambitions for 17 days.

The Chinese like to feature whole steamed fish on the menu of their New Year's feasts. Said to signify togetherness, abundance and long life, it's a dish with symbolism that is as important as taste. Indeed, you're supposed to leave…

NEW YORK (AP) — If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama's approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador.

LONDON (AP) — Grieving fans on Monday mourned the death of George Michael as British charities revealed that the pop star had secretly been a major behind-the-scenes donor who gave his time and money to support cherished causes.

Coffee Culture, which has four locations in Corvallis, is expanding the roasting side of its business with a new brand of coffee beans, Holderness Coffee Roasters, that will be available at Market of Choice and other high quality grocers.

BEIJING (AP) — George Michael's death brought back memories in China of the heady 1980s when Wham! was the first major Western band to play in the country after the death of Mao Zedong and decades of cultural isolation.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Fragments of a plane were dragged out of the Black Sea on Monday amid a massive search operation as Russian officials declared that their investigation into the crash would focus on technical faults or pilot errors…

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — If a costume designer wanted to recreate a World War I era wraparound dress, a 1940s zoot suit or even a bodice from 1875, the sewing patterns are in Rhode Island.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):

PARIS (AP) — A little over 49 days — that's all it took Frenchman Thomas Coville to sail around the world alone, to set what French officials say is a new world record.

BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand on Monday charged a suspect with participating in recent hacking attacks on government computers that were billed as a protest against a restrictive law governing internet use.

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a Russian aircraft with 92 people on board en route to Russia's air base in Syria (all times local):

BEIRUT (AP) — Russia's Defense Ministry said on Monday that its troops had found mass graves in Syria's Aleppo with bodies showing signs of torture and mutilation.

MOSCOW (AP) — CORRECTS: Russian emergency officials: Rescue workers find fragments of jet that crashed into Black Sea. (Corrects APNewsAlert to show that officials now saying fuselage is not found)

LONDON (AP) — Grieving fans mourned the death of pop star George Michael as British charities praised his behind-the-scenes generosity on behalf of numerous causes.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia has decided to delay its presidential election for a fourth time amid allegations of fraud and intimidation, an electoral official said Monday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar-based satellite news channel Al-Jazeera accused Egypt on Monday of detaining one of its producers on "fabricated charges," its latest newsroom employee to be entangled in their bitter dispute.

BATANGAS, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday after killing at least six people and spoiling Christmas in several provinces, where more than 380,000 people abandoned celebrations at home to reach emergency shelters…

ALTOMUENSTER, Germany (AP) — It was filthy, cramped and in major disarray, but when art historian Eva Lindqvist Sandgren entered the library in Altomuenster Abbey, off-limits to all but the German monastery's nuns for more than five centuries, she immediately…

Monday should be cloudy throughout the mid-valley, with temperatures in the 40s and a chance of rain. But rain is likely tonight, with gusty winds.