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Attorney General Eric Holder and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg speak at the 81st meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors  to discuss the fiscal cliff agreement, Sandy response, immigration and gun control.

Dogs, cats, parrots and other pets, some dressed in their finest winter coats, entered churches across Spain on Thursday to be blessed on the feast day of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals.

House Democrats hold a gun violence prevention meeting called "Gun Violence Prevention: A Call to Action."

The president and vice president announce a package to reduce gun violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting.

President Barack Obama holds the last press conference of his first term in office ahead of beginning a second term next week.

One month after the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a group of Newtown, Conn., citizens are launching a nonprofit group - Sandy Hook Promise - in an effort to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.

President Barack Obama nominates White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew as his next Treasury secretary.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to address gun laws, and the Aurora theater shootings, during his State of the State speech.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo to focus on expanding gun-control laws, rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy and increasing the minimum wage in his third State of the State address.

Florida court hearing to determine if Casey Anthony's misdemeanor conviction of lying to cops should be overturned. If the judges rule she was in police custody when she lied to them, her conviction might be tossed.

President Barack Obama announces his picks of Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.