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This year, conflicts dominated headlines.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now 4.17 according to AAA. That surpasses the previous record set in the summer of 2008, when not accounting for inflation.

A Kenyan intelligence official says that the "high-value terrorist leader" whose residence was targeted in a Navy SEAL raid was the senior al-Shabab leader Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, alias Ikrima. Ikrima is a Kenyan of Somali descent who boasts connections to both al-Shabab in Somalia and to a Kenyan jihadist group called al-Hijra.

A Navalny spokesperson said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer in Lithuania's capital.

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.

Also: Georgia's lieutenant governor threatens to end Delta's tax break over NRA ties; a new report warns of the dangers of U.S. poverty and racial inequality; and a warm Arctic means a colder Europe.

The Kingsmen's enduring recording of the song turns 60 this year, and remains a classic, in part because of its dramatic history.

It's mud season in Vermont — time to put on a pair of boots and head to a sugar house where the sap is boiling. Mud season, of course, is one of the six seasons in Vermont — yes, six! There's also "stick season" in the late fall.

Also: Army general agrees to plea deal in sexual assault case; winter storm wallops the mid-Atlantic; mayors and Guinness pull out of St. Patrick's Day parades because of bans on gay marchers.

Also: President Trump hints three Americans could be freed in North Korea; students walk out of class in support of gun rights; and it's World Press Freedom Day.