New Orleans was partway through replacing its street barriers, leaving a fatal opening

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The French Quarter, near Bourbon Street, was blocked off after a terrorist attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025
The entrance into the French Quarter where a driver plowed into pedestrians on New Year's Day.

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Who was Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspect in the deadly New Orleans truck crash now being investigated as terrorism

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The FBI investigates the area on Orleans St and Bourbon Street by St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter.
The FBI has identified the driver in the attack on New Orleans as 42-year-old US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar.

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A New York Times journalist who interviewed the New Orleans suspect in 2015 says there were no 'red flags'

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The FBI investigates the area on Orleans St and Bourbon Street by St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter.
The FBI has identified the driver in the New Orleans attack as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar.

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A European region has no heating after Russian gas stops flowing via Ukraine. An energy supplier told families to gather in one room to stay warm.

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Residents of the Transnistria region wait in line to vote during Moldova's second-round presidential election at a polling station in Costesti, northern Moldova.
Transnistria declared a state of emergency ahead of an anticipated halt in piped natural gas supplies from Russia.

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The FBI is examining if the deadly Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas was an act of terrorism

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Several investigators photographing an exploded Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas.
A Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and exploded in Las Vegas.

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The Tesla Cybertruck that exploded and the New Orleans attack vehicle were both rented using the Turo app

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A road blocked off with police tape.
A Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and exploded in Las Vegas.

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Elon Musk celebrated New Year's Eve with Donald Trump at a star-studded Mar-a-Lago party

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Elon Musk smiling wearing a tuxedo with his son X on his shoulders
Elon Musk celebrated New Year's Eve with his son X at Mar-a-Lago

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I moved to Puerto Rico for the entrepreneurial scene and I love it — except for the constant power outages

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Ryan Pamplin, who lives in Puerto Rico with his wife and 19-month-old son, is frustrated by the island's frequent power outages.

Ryan Pamplin

Puerto Rico is mostly without power after a huge electricity outage swept the island — and it could take 2 days to fix

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A power outage on New Year's Eve plunged much of Puerto Rico into darkness.

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Apple faces calls to remove new AI notification feature on iPhones after it generated inaccurate news summaries

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A new generative AI feature in iOS 18.2 has drawn backlash for inaccurately summarizing some news alerts.

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