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This is AP news minute. 

1. President-elect Donald Trump¹ is back in New York, taking meetings at Trump Tower,  with former rivals and long-time allies. This comes a day after he indicated he's worked out agreements to fill major posts in his administration. 

2. Protesters and police clashed again near construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline². Authorities are defending their use of water douse³ on protesters over the weekend, during a skirmish in below-freezing weather. 

3. Pope Francis is stressing mercy in allowing all priests to absolve⁴ the faithful of the "Grave Sin" of  abortion. In a letter made public on Monday, the Pope said he was extending indefinitely the special permission he granted during the holy year of mercy, which just ended. 

4. And a group of musicians played music composed by holocaust⁵ victims in the halls of Jerusalem museum. One of the musicians said the music has been played elsewhere in the past, but staging in among the different holocaust displaces, held a special significance. 

Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.