Jan 02 Puerto Rico’s new governor takes office amid anger following major blackout By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago. Continue reading
Jan 02 Giuliani fighting to keep his Yankees World Series rings after $148 million defamation verdict By Michael Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press As Rudy Giuliani’s life gets stripped for parts to satisfy a $148 million defamation verdict, the former New York City mayor is fighting to keep one gleaming set of sports memorabilia in the family. Continue reading
Jan 02 Man killed in Cybertruck explosion was active-duty U.S. Army soldier, officials say By Tara Copp, Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long, Associated Press Officials say the man who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside the Trump tower in Las Vegas was an active-duty U.S. Army soldier and member of its elite Green Berets. Continue reading
Jan 02 AI, housing and other top issues for state lawmakers in 2025 By Hannah Grabenstein As the new Congress goes to Washington, state lawmakers, too, will be starting fresh with a new slate of priorities. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 7:58 New Year’s celebrations turn to horror as death toll rises in New Orleans attack By Laura Barrón-López, Azhar Merchant, Courtney Norris, Dan Sagalyn, Ryan Connelly Holmes A deadly attack in New Orleans early New Year’s Day killed at least 15 people and left dozens injured after a man driving a truck barreled through the city's French Quarter. Authorities say they found an ISIS flag and weapons… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 6:08 Examining possible security lapses in New Orleans attack By Laura Barrón-López For a closer look at how things unfolded from a security perspective in the New Orleans attack, Laura Barrón-López spoke with Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and faculty chair of the Homeland Security… Continue watching
Jan 01 WATCH: Biden says New Orleans attacker posted video indicating he was inspired by ISIS By Associated Press A driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck rammed into a crowd of New Orleans revelers on Bourbon Street early on New Year’s Day, killing at least 15 people in what the FBI is investigating as an act of… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: Power in Puerto Rico largely restored after widespread New Year’s Eve outage In our news wrap Wednesday, power in Puerto Rico has been restored after an island-wide outage struck on New Year's Eve, one person is dead after a Tesla truck caught fire and exploded outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas,… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 6:53 Jimmy Carter’s work promoting global public health remembered as core piece of his legacy By William Brangham, Ian Couzens President Jimmy Carter channeled his work on the world stage through his non-profit Carter Center for more than four decades after leaving the White House. One of his key achievements was the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease that once affected… Continue watching
Jan 01 Barriers to stop vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced in New Orleans By Christopher Weber, Jeff Martin, Kevin McGill, Associated Press Bollards were in the process of being replaced and some were apparently not engaged on New Year’s Day when a motorist rammed a pickup truck through a crowd of revelers, killing ten people in New Orleans. Continue reading