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The Paris prosecutor says that the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed in a police raid.

With France still reeling from last week's deadly attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Manual Valls warned Thursday that Islamic extremists might at some point use chemical or biological weapons, and urged lawmakers to extend a national state of emergency by three months.

Some Republicans are pushing back against aggressive opposition in their party to Syrian refugees resettling in the U.S., offering fresh evidence of a rift within the GOP that could complicate the party's outreach to minorities heading into the 2016 presidential contest.

Members of the Eagles of Death Metal band say they're home safe after the Paris attacks and "are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France."

President Obama said Wednesday Republicans who demand the United States stop taking in Syrian refugees are engaging in "political posturing" — and took a pointed swipe at Gov. Chris Christie in the process.

A woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up Wednesday as heavily armed police tried to storm a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week's gun and bomb rampage was believed to be holed up, police said.

An official says a large police operation is under way in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis and it's believed to be linked to the deadly attacks on the French capital.

Encryption is used in a variety of ways these days. But in the wake of the horrific ISIS attacks in Paris, some U.S. lawmakers are re-igniting the debate over encryption, suggesting tech companies should be forced to give law enforcement agencies a so-called “back door” to all encrypted communications, so they can better fight terrorism.

Two prominent Democrats blasted Gov. Chris Christie's comments about Syrian refugees, saying they're "heartless and prejudiced."

Hannover's police chief says authorities have cancelled a friendly soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands because they had "concrete information" about a bomb threat.