<p>Local SWAT teams patrol outside the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans ahead of the Sugar Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff game Thursday.</p>

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<p>Fans leave the New Orleans Caesars Superdome after the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football playoff game amid a major presence of security officers after the terror attack on Bourbon Street the previous night that killed 14 peopleamid security after the Sugar Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff game, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. </p>

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<p>A suspect drove a truck into a crowd on New Year’s Day, killing 15 people and injuring dozens of others – the lastest in vehicle ramming incidents </p>

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<p>President-elect Donald Trump speaks at right-wing Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix last month </p>

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<p>Military personnel walk down Bourbon street, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 in New Orleans.</p>

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<p>Rudy Giuliani asked a federal judge to attend his contempt hearing virtually due to lung issues ‘attributable’ to visiting ground zero on 9/11, his lawyers said </p>

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<p>Elon Musk is threatening to sue media companies over coverage of the Cybertruck explosion that took place outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day</p>

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<p>The FDA advised restaurants against serving or selling oysters that were harvested by Ruco’s Shellfish from a portion of Hammersley Inlet growing area in Washington state from December 2 to December 17 due to norovirus contamination </p>

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<p>Senator Bernie Sanders at the U.S. Capitol in Washington late last year. The Vermont Senator publicly disagreed with Elon Musk of defending the H-1B visa program, calling it a way for hm to hire ‘cheaper’ labor </p>

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<p>Erin Quinn was attempting to pick up toys for a Christmas toy drive when she was attacked in her own car by a woman she claims was her former housekeeper in disguise</p>

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<p>Wesley Cornett (left) and Andrew Cornett were duck hunting when they both disappeared into California’s Thermalito Afterbay last month </p>

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<p>U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is joined by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) at the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Maryland, U.S., December 14, 2024</p>

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<p>Donald Trump and Republicans are relying on cutting federal spending in order to reduce taxes for Americans and decrease the U.S. debt </p>

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<p>James Carville speaks onstage during Election Night Live With Brian Williams at Amazon Studios on November 05, 2024 in Culver City, California</p>

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<p>U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on securing 235 judicial confirmations, at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 2, 2025.</p>

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<p>Yekaterina ‘Katya’ Belaya (left) vanished 10 years ago. A Sonar group say they have found her remains inside a submerged minivan </p>

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<p>Apple has agreed to the huge payout </p>

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<p>A woman uses a flat iron to straighten her hair. Formaldehyde, a dangerous chemical found ‘nearly everywhere’ and used to help smooth curls, has been determined to present an ‘unreasonable risk of injury to human health, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday </p>

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<p>‘The subway — please stay safe. Just please stay safe,’ Olsen told his followers </p>

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<p>Yaneliz Munguia, 10, was struck by an unknown stray bullet on New Year’s Eve as she celebrated at home with her family </p>

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<p>Millie Bobby Brown says ‘women grow’ as she responds to criticism about looking old</p>

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<p>Tom Holland says he recently stopped a fight between two men in a grocery store</p>

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<p>The airline did not provide any arrangements for the travellers after the 24 hour delay left them stranded in Turks and Caicos, they claim </p>

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<p>Kevin Graves went missing at the Electric Forest music festival </p>

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<p>Marcel the spider monkey, confiscated from a speeding motorist on Monday December 30 2024 in Madera County, California</p>

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<p>Porn restrictions are now enforced across 17 US states</p>

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<p>The daring 25-year-old social media star (pictured) was brutally attacked by a venomous rattlesnake (pictured right) on December 18 while performing a deadly stunt in Florida </p>

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<p>Multiple posts online called out the jewellry worn by Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan, who provided initial updates on the attack in New Orleans </p>

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<p>Fox News reports that the New Orleans terror suspect’s truck was spotted crossing the US-Mexico border two days prior. The network soon walked back the story, noting that it was actually two months ago and the suspect wasn’t the driver.</p>

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<p>Police say Shamsud-Din Jabbar, pictured during his military service, drove a truck bearing the ISIS flag into a New Orleans crowd on New Year’s Day </p>

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<p>Matthias Hauswirth of New Orleans prays on the street near the scene where a truck plowed into New Year’s Eve revelers on New Year’s Eve, killing at least 14, in a suspected terrorist attack.</p>

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<p>U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on New Year's Eve at his Mar-A-Lago club on December 31, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida</p>

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<p>Joshua Nassaru Ward (pictured left) was killed in a tragic New Year’s Eve crash along with three others in South Carolina – Nicholas Shane Meeks, 32, (pictured right) is facing DUI charges in relation to the crash</p>

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<p>Tesla’s stock plummeted on Thursday morning </p>

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<p>Ukraine-Russia latest: Zelensky says ‘decisive’ Trump can help stop Putin as Kyiv hits Kursk command post</p>

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<p>Assassination attempt prompted intensive review of presidential security system </p>

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<p>Elon Musk changed his name to ‘Kekius Maximus’ on X </p>

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<p>File. Rescuers inspect the carcass of a bus hit by an Israeli strike in Al Mawasi, Gaza </p>

Israeli attacks on Gaza ‘safe zone’ kill 11 as flooding worsens crisis

<p>Aubrey Vanlandingham is accused of killing a classmate’s show goat by force-feeding it pesticide</p>

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<p>A pickle display is shown at a Giant Eagle market in Glenshaw,</p>

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<p>Bryce (right) also received college offers from Ohio State and Duquesne University</p>

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<p>Scott Levitan, 66, died falling through ice while fishing and Mary Lou Levitan, also 66, was killed in traffic accident</p>

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Michigan couple tragically dies days apart in separate accidents

<p>Judge Stephen Yekel had failed in his re-election bid </p>

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Georgia judge shoots himself in his courtroom on final day in office

<p>Bryan Johnson, 47, believes there is a real chance he will live to see the end of involuntary death</p>

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<p>Pearl Harbor survivor Harry Chandler, 102, of Tequesta, Fla., speaks to the media during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu</p>

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Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor dies at 103

<p>Paul Clifford was found dead on Christmas Eve near a burned out vehicle after setting out to help a stranger with car trouble, police have said</p>

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Man and two teenagers arrested in death of good samaritan found dead near smoldering vehicle

<p>Gypsy Rose Blanchard welcomes daughter Aurora with boyfriend Ken Urker</p>

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<p>Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned about elected officials saying they should ignore rulings from the court </p>

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SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts warns elected officials not to ignore Supreme Court decisions

<p>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters outside of the House Chambers on December 19. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will make phone calls to back Johnson’s bid to retain the speaker chair </p>

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<p>Donald Trump’s one-time White House strategist lays down the law over H-1B visas with Elon Musk </p>

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<p>Donald Trump Jr dumps on New Year’s Eve </p>

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Don Jr trashes Trump's 'amateur night' New Years parties at Mar-a-Lago full of a 'thousand drunk people'

<p>JD Vance, Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donald Trump Jr have all been tipped to run in 2028 </p>

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<p>Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said uninsured Americans ‘don’t have a right to health’ </p>

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