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☆ Nikki Glaser’s Golden Globes Monologue Had Hard Punchlines and Impressions
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-05 | by ( Jason Zinoman | More About Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When I started following Nikki Glaser in early December as she began putting together her Golden Globes monologue, she planned a joke that never made it into Sunday’s awards show about shouting out Harrison Ford and then saying, “Harrison Ford is here to show us a cool rock he found.”It was more off-kilter than her usual material, and it absolutely delighted Glaser. She told her staff that this was a different kind of laugh they should embrace: “Don’t be scared to be weird.”You saw evidence of this in her stellar monologue at the Globes that included the kind of hard punchlines she is known for, including a good insult of Paramount+, a joke about the effect of Sean Combs’s arrest on the after-party and a sharp feminist shot at the Globes for ignoring women for best director in past years (two, Coralie Fargeat and Payal Kapadia, are nominated this year). But there was also a new bit added in the last week: an impression of Adam Sandler pronouncing Timothée Chalamet’s name that was just pure silliness. She even got Sandler to join in. Glaser doesn’t usually do impressions, but she committed and it went over really well, adding to a celebratory, fun tone to kick the night off.

Persons: Nikki Glaser, Harrison Ford, “ Harrison Ford, Glaser, Sean Combs’s, Coralie, Payal Kapadia, Adam Sandler, Timothée, Sandler Organizations: Globes, Paramount

☆ New Orleans attacker said in videos to his family that he considered killing them before joining ISIS
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“I wanted to record this message for my family,” Shamsud-Din Jabbar said in the videos. Jabbar, 42, drove a rented truck from Houston to New Orleans on New Year’s Eve, authorities said, posting videos online along the way. While it may not have surprised experts, Jabbar’s rampage has bewildered his family, friends and colleagues, who described him as kind and unassuming. “It’s a complete surprise, a shock to everyone,” Jabbar’s half brother, Abdur-Rahim Jabbar IV, 24, said in an interview this week. Jabbar expressed being upset about the situation, calling it “genocide on both sides.”After his most recent divorce, Jabbar seemed to become more devout, though he never discussed ISIS or any radical ideologies.

Persons: “, ” Shamsud, Din Jabbar, ”, Jabbar, Abdur, Rahim Jabbar IV, It’s, Rahim Jabbar, Din Organizations: U.S . Army, ISIS, NBC, The New York Times, NBC News, New Orleans ’ Locations: Texas, Louisiana, New Orleans, Houston, Bourbon, revelers, Gaza

The Justice Department on Friday urged the Supreme Court to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay the implementation of a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. or force its sale by its Chinese parent company by Jan. 19. TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, sued to try to stop implementation of the law, arguing that it violates its free speech rights under the First Amendment. “The Act satisfies any level of First Amendment scrutiny, and this Court should uphold it,” they added. “Nothing in the Act would prevent a post-divestiture TikTok from presenting exactly the same content in exactly the same manner. The Act targets control by a foreign adversary, not protected speech,” Justice Department lawyers wrote in Friday’s filing.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Jan, D, John Sauer, “, ByteDance, ByteDance’s, ”, TikTok, Trump, Donald Trump, Rebecca Noble, ” Sauer, Kamala Harris, Charlie Kirk, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Joe Biden Organizations: Department, DOJ, Supreme, Justice, U.S, U.S ., Fox News, NBC News, Foreign, ” Locations: U.S, ByteDance

The Summary A report from the U.S. surgeon general suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk. Doctors on Friday applauded a new report from the U.S. surgeon general that highlights links between alcohol consumption and seven types of cancer and suggests that alcoholic drinks should come with cancer warning labels. Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., behind tobacco and obesity, according to the surgeon general’s report. Compared to smoking, doctors said, there’s less research on how long it takes to see reductions in cancer risk after a person stops drinking. Already, adults under 35 have become less likely to drink alcohol than that group was decades ago, according to a 2023 analysis.

Persons: Doctors, ” Bruce Scott, Vivek Murthy, Murthy, ”, Rotonya Carr, Paul Gilbert, John Rensten, Carr, ” Dr, Frances Lee, William Dahut, ’ ” Lee, it’s, Kenneth Nahum, “, ” Will, Gilbert, Elizabeth Kovacs Organizations: American Medical Association, U.S, NBC News, gastroenterology, University of Washington, World Health Organization, University of Iowa College of Public Health, International Agency for Research, Cancer, Department of Health, Human Services, National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine, American Cancer Society, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Locations: U.S, United States, Mount Sinai, New York, Canada

☆ Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser promises light roasting and laughs: ‘I understand the assignment’
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Video Ad Feedback Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser says her jokes won’t warrant ‘mean mugs.’ Here’s why 02:22 - Source: CNNSo tell me how you were asked to be the host of the Golden Globes? There’s roast elements to it. These people are just going, they’re nominated, they’re not signing up to be roasted at all. In the scheme of things, I’m going to go pretty light. It’s tough, so I think they’re going to be really generous with laughs.

Persons: Nikki Glaser, Netflix Tom Brady, “, ” Glaser, I’ve, Glaser, Beverly Hilton, Ricky Gervais, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, it’s, ‘ Nikki, ’, Tina, Fey, Amy, Poehler, It’s, Whoopi, Goldberg, Ellen, DeGeneres, Tom Brady, There’s, Ricky, Gervais, they’re, They’re, I’m, Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie’s, Seth Rogan, You’re, Don’t, Seth Meyers, Nikki, Selena Gomez, something’s Organizations: CNN, Globe, Netflix, Globes, Beverly, Golden Globes

☆ Green Beret who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas struggled with injuries and said he was depressed, ex-girlfriend says
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Andi Babineau | Jason Hanna | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Livelsberger suffered concussions, but it’s not clear how many, Arritt told CNN. Like, ‘We can’t hang out today; I’m too depressed today,’” Arritt told CNN. A Tesla Cybertruck is on fire in front of the Trump International Tower in Las Vegas on Wednesday. “I had no idea (he was planning anything), and I have so much guilt because I feel like I could have done something,” Arritt told CNN. From LinkedInLivelsberger, 37, of Colorado, was on leave from his base in Germany at the time of Wednesday’s blast, sources told CNN.

Persons: Matthew Alan Livelsberger, texted, Alicia Arritt, Livelsberger, Arritt, “, ” Arritt, ”, Tesla, Alcides Antunes “, ” Matthew Livelsberger, Spencer Evans, ” Evans Organizations: International Association for Suicide Prevention, Befrienders, CNN, Army Green Beret, Trump International, Army, Associated Press, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, AP, Trump, LinkedIn, Las Vegas Division Locations: Las Vegas, Colorado, Afghanistan, Germany

☆ New Orleans’ terror attack forces a great city yet again to face down a nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Michelle Krupa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And a street-cleaning crew was poised near the desecrated upper blocks of Bourbon Street to erase the reminders so revelers could return. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters‘I can’t believe it happened’Before Wednesday’s attack, New Orleans had been riding perhaps as high as anyone here could remember. “We don’t want them to win.”Weber had heard the screaming when the attack happened, watched people run, saw a body on the ground. “This city is here to stay.”Flowers lean Thursday against a wall near where people were killed by a man driving a truck in New Orleans. His wife had just told him about the French Quarter attack.

Persons: New Orleans CNN —, ”, Ciara Daigrepont, Daigrepont, Crews, Anne Kirkpatrick, “, ” Jennifer Jones, Eduardo Munoz, Mary, Will Bryant, Orleanian, ’ ”, ’, we’re, Michael Hecht, “ We’ve, We’ve, ” Bryant, … It’s, Taylor Swift, George Thornton Jr, Du, Cleo Ebanks, Li’l, it’s, Ebanks, you’re, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, President Helena Moreno, Moreno, Charles Weber, “ They’re, They’re, We’re, ” Weber, “ We’re, Steve Gleason, Katrina, Gleason, ” Gleason, ” CNN’s Omar Jimenez, Jaide Timm, Garcia Organizations: New, New Orleans CNN, Army, Louisiana, ”, Allstate Sugar, Bourbon, Reuters, Sugar, New Orleans Inc, US Army, Caesars Superdome, The Times, of Terrorism, Getty, President, New Orleans Saints, Saints, Atlanta Falcons Locations: New Orleans, Uptown, Texas, Orleans, America, Crescent City, Mississippi, Carrollton, Tremé, Harahan, Bourbon, AFP, Lower Garden District, ”, “, Covid

☆ Mike Johnson hangs on, but his challenges are only beginning: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

In today’s edition, we dive into how Mike Johnson managed to survive a tight re-election bid for House speaker on the first day of the 119th Congress and the challenges that await him. Plus, "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker" sits down with the new majority leader in the Senate, John Thune. A trio of conservative rebels initially voted to block Johnson from being re-elected speaker, defying President-elect Donald Trump, who backed the Louisiana Republican, and threatening to paralyze the House. But that’s when Trump began getting involved, making multiple phone calls personally urging the holdouts to rally behind Johnson to enact his agenda. Read more →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Kristen Welker, John Thune, Scott Wong, Sahil Kapur, Kyle Stewart, Syedah Asghar Mike Johnson, Johnson, Donald Trump, Thomas Massie, Tom Emmer, Ralph Norman, Jim Jordan, Keith Self, Byron Donalds, Trump, Nancy Mace, Norman, “, ‘ Norman, we’ve, ’ ” Norman, ‘ Mr, Mike, ’, Andy Harris, Scott Perry, Hakeem Jeffries, Read, Michael Waltz of Florida, Elise Stefanik, Matt Gaetz’s, Alexandra Marquez, Thune, he’s, ” Thune, haven’t, Joe Murphy, Sen, Jim Justice, Joe Manchin’s, X, S., Su Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, 119th, Trump, Louisiana Republican, Rep, GOP Rep, Freedom, GOP, Republicans, Senate, “, Press, of American, Joe Manchin’s Senate Locations: Louisiana, Ky, Ohio, Texas, South Carolina, D, New York, Washington, Legistorm

JetBlue has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty after federal regulators charged the U.S. carrier with operating multiple chronically delayed flight routes. Half the penalty will go toward compensating JetBlue customers affected by the airline’s chronic delays or any future disruptions caused by JetBlue within the next year — with a minimum of $75 for each harmed passenger. “Illegal chronic flight delays make flying unreliable for travelers. JetBlue had the seventh-worst on-time rate among North American carriers last year, trailing only Frontier Airlines, Air Canada and the Canadian carrier WestJet, according to the International Air Transport Association. The transportation department's investigation found JetBlue operated four chronically delayed routes, with the airline responsible for around 80% of the disruptions.

Persons: Pete Buttigieg, we’ve Organizations: JetBlue, U.S . Department of Transportation, Transportation, Frontier Airlines, Air, Canadian, International Air Transport Association, U.S ., Spirit Airlines, American Airlines Locations: U.S, Air Canada, Northeast, Florida

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson walks to the House Chamber from his office at the US Capitol on December 20. The speaker is “not inclined to negotiate or make backroom-side deals,” a leadership source told CNN. Whether that posture changes remains to be seen since Johnson’s allies are uncertain whether he can win the speakership on the first ballot on Friday. If Johnson fails to win on the first vote, the House could proceed to a second vote immediately after. They could also decide to continue to vote on the floor.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Kent Nishimura, Kevin McCarthy, Johnson, ”, Thomas Massie, Chip Roy, Victoria Spartz, they’d Organizations: Chamber, Capitol, CNN, Republican

Mike Johnson fights to maintain his role as House Speaker. New session of Congress begins with House speaker voteIt’s the first day of the 119th Congress — and with it, two parts of the Republican trifecta of House, Senate and White House control are falling into place. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. Read more about Congress’ first day, and follow our live blog for updates throughout the day. After the House chooses a speaker, Republicans will have a tall to-do list when it comes to advancing Trump’s agenda.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Donald Trump’s, ’, Din Jabbar, ” Jabbar, ”, Christopher Raia, Jabbar, “ Sham, Man, Matthew Alan Livelsberger, Livelsberger, Kevin McMahill, Yoon Suk, Yoon, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Denise Chow, — Elizabeth Robinson, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: New, Congress, Republican, White, U.S . Capitol, Trump, Republicans, GOP, University of Alabama, Princeton University, ISIS, Army, Army Reserve, Deloitte, Trump Hotel, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, U.S . Army, Command, Authorities, NBC News, South, NASA, AFP, Getty, International, NBC Locations: New Orleans, House, U.S, revelers, Texas, Las Vegas, Clark, Las, Germany, Republic of Congo, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Korea, South Korea, Seoul, South Korean

☆ Could Joe Burrow really win NFL MVP? His stats say yes. Precedent doesn't.
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Andrew Greif | Andrew Greif Is A Freelance Sports Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

To win the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award, it won’t be enough for Joe Burrow to produce league-leading statistics. Simpson in 1973 was the last player to win the MVP award but miss the playoffs. Running back Chris Johnson was the last Offensive Player of the Year to miss the playoffs, in 2009, when Tennessee finished 8-8. That is also the worst record for any team to produce an Offensive Player of the Year, according to NBC Sports Research. In both MVP and Offensive Player of the Year, then, a .500 or better record has been the baseline.

Persons: Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Burrow, Simpson, Barry Sanders, Brett Favre, Chris Johnson, hasn’t, Micah Parsons, ”, Parsons, ” Parsons, We’ve, Lamar, Troy Aikman, Bettors, Allen, Jackson, Barkley, Russell Wilson, “, you’ve, it’s Organizations: Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo, Philadelphia Eagles, Pro Bowl, Bengals, Pittsburgh, Denver, NBC Sports Research, Detroit, Green Bay, NFL, Tennessee, ” Cowboys, Cowboys, Bills, AFC, Kansas City, Ravens Locations: Miami, Baltimore

☆ Jill Biden gets the priciest gift from a foreign leader in 2023 — a $20,000 diamond
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Vanessa Valdivia, a spokesperson for Jill Biden, said the diamond will be turned over to the archives after they leave office. Of the gifts destroyed, they were worth more than $132,000 combined. But Burns reported receiving and destroying an $11,000 Omega watch, while numerous others did the same with luxury timepieces. Another CIA employee reported receiving a men’s Yacht Master II Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch worth $18,700, another reported getting a lady’s Rolex Oyster Datejust watch valued at $12,500, and one other got a $7,450 Rolex Air King watch. Another employee reported receiving a collection of pricey Amouage Perfume worth $10,670, the destruction of which is pending, the report says.

Persons: Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Narendra Modi, Suk Yeol Yoon, Israel, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vanessa Valdivia, William Burns, Burns, Al Grew Organizations: WASHINGTON, State Department, Indian, The U.S, National Archives, East, U.S, State Department’s Office, Federal Register, CIA, General Services Administration, Omega, Rolex Air Locations: Ukrainian, United States, Egypt, The, South, Brunei, White, Libyan

☆ Jimmy Butler suspended for 7 games by Heat for ‘conduct detrimental to the team’
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( James Jackson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games for “multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team” and announced they are “listening to offers” for the All-Star forward eight days after team president Pat Riley publicly said the team “will not trade” Butler. “Through his actions and statements, he has shown he no longer wants to be part of this team,” the Heat wrote in a team statement on Friday. “Jimmy Butler and his representative have indicated that they wish to be traded, therefore, we will listen to offers.”AdvertisementThe decision marks the latest turning point in an obviously eroding relationship. Miami HEAT statement on Jimmy Butler: We have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games for multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season and particularly the last several weeks. I’m going out to compete to win either way, whether I score nine points or 29 points,” Butler said Thursday.

Persons: Jimmy Butler, Pat Riley, ” Butler, “, “ Jimmy Butler, Butler, ”, Tyler Herro, Bam, —, he’s, Riley bemoaned, ” Riley, She’s, Terry Rozier, “ It’s, I’m, Butler’s, we’ll, Megan Briggs Organizations: Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers, ESPN, NBA, Miami, — Miami, NBA.com, Star, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, Mavericks, Suns, Chicago Bulls, Heat, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards, Getty Locations: Miami, South Florida, Utah

☆ Jimmy Butler indicates he wants a trade away from the Miami Heat
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“I felt like I did my job, or at least what my job is now,” Butler said of Thursday’s defeat. Following the press conference, ESPN’s Shams Charania and Brian Windhorst reported that Butler had informed the Heat of his desire to be traded. The news comes just over a week after Heat president Pat Riley categorically ruled out trading the star. “If you’re not on the court playing against Boston, or on the court playing against the New York Knicks, you should keep your mouth shut,” Riley responded at his end-of-season press conference. The Heat are 17-15 and sixth in the Eastern Conference, two wins worse off than they were at this point last season.

Persons: Jimmy Butler, “, ”, Butler, ” Butler, we’ll, I’m, ESPN’s Shams Charania, Brian Windhorst, Pat Riley, Riley, ” Riley, Lynne Sladky Organizations: CNN, Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Pelicans, Pacers, Pelicans, ESPN, Boston Celtics, Boston, New York Knicks, AP, Eastern Conference Locations: Miami, ”

☆ Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agree to share chess’ World Blitz Championship title, causing outcry from top players
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. 1 Carlsen suggested to Nepomniachtchi that they should share the crown. Now, the decision to share the Blitz title with long-time rival Nepomniachtchi has sparked outcry from some of the world’s top players – the first time in history that a world championship title has been shared. “This is a situation where I cannot stand with what Magnus has done,” prominent player Hikaru Nakamura said on his YouTube channel. This was Carlsen’s record-extending eighth Blitz World Championship title and Nepomniachtchi’s first having finished runner-up to Carlsen in 2014.

Persons: CNN — Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi, Arkady Dvorkovich, “, ” Carlsen, Magnus, Hikaru Nakamura, “ I’m, ” Nakamura, wasn’t, ” Hans Niemann, ” Niemann, Alexandra Botez, Garry Kasparov, Ivan Sokolov, “ I’ve, ”, ” Nepomniachtchi, Nepomniachtchi’s Organizations: CNN, FIDE, Dvorkovich, YouTube, “ FIDE, Carlsen Locations: New York, Norwegian

☆ Jill Biden got the priciest gift from a foreign leader in 2023 — a $20,000 diamond
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington AP —President Joe Biden and his family were given tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders in 2023, according to an annual accounting published by the State Department on Thursday, with first lady Jill Biden receiving the single most expensive present: a $20,000 diamond from India’s leader. Vanessa Valdivia, a spokesperson for Jill Biden, said the diamond will be turned over to the archives after the Bidens leave the White House. But Burns reported receiving and destroying an $11,000 Omega watch, while numerous others did the same with luxury timepieces. Another CIA employee reported receiving a men’s Yacht Master II Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch worth $18,700; another reported getting a lady’s Rolex Oyster Datejust watch valued at $12,500; and one got a $7,450 Rolex Air King watch. Another employee reported receiving a collection of pricey Amouage Perfume worth $10,670, the destruction of which is pending, the report says.

Persons: Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Narendra Modi, Biden, Suk Yeol Yoon, Israel, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vanessa Valdivia, William Burns, Burns, Al Grew Organizations: Washington AP, State Department, Indian, National Archives, East, State Department’s Office, Federal Register, CIA, General Services Administration, Constellation, Rolex Air Locations: Ukrainian, United States, Egypt, South, Brunei, White, Libyan

☆ Americans have already been ditching spirits and beer. Alcohol companies are future proofing themselves
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Since then, it’s expanded into zero-sugar energy drinks, non-alcoholic beers like Peroni 0.0 and, this year, is bringing a popular zero-proof Australian canned cocktail alternative called Naked Life to US shelves. The largest craft brewer making non-alcoholic beers is Athletic Brewing Company, which is now the top-selling beer at Whole Foods. Video Ad Feedback A non-alcoholic beer that actually tastes good? Non-alcoholic beer sales have jumped more than 100% in all months between 2021 and 2024 (excluding unreleased December figures), he said. “Although non-alcoholic beer tends to have the largest share of beer dollar sales overall in January, the share is only marginally higher than the other months in the year,” said Gacioch.

Persons: Pernord Ricard, it’s, Smirnoff, Bryan Steffy, Miller, Beer, we’ve, ” Kevin Nitz, Nitz, Stella Artois, Corona, there’s, Matt Gacioch, ”, Johnnie Walker Scotch, margarita, Debra Crew, ” Pernod Ricard, Hélène de Tissot, Moët Hennessy, David Serre, ‘, ’, hasn’t, Steve Jackson Organizations: New, New York CNN, Molson Coors, Anheuser, Busch InBev, Diageo, Gallup, & Bar Media, Coors, Molson Coors Beverage Company, Miller Lite, Molson Coors Beverage Company’s, Budweiser, Athletic Brewing Company, Foods, CNN Brewers, CNN, Society Locations: New York, IWSR, United States, French Bloom, Spain

The L-shaped Archer barriers that were installed one day later are portable, reusable and designed to stop a car that is careening toward a pedestrian-only area. Archer barriers were installed on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Thursday. George Walker IV / APWhen asked about where the Archer barriers came from, Kirkpatrick told reporters: “Actually, we have them. He confirmed that the barriers that appeared on Bourbon Street on Thursday looked the same as the ones from eight years ago. When asked Thursday about whether she was upset she hadn’t known about the Archer barriers, Kirkpatrick demurred.

Persons: revelers, Anne Kirkpatrick, George Walker IV, Archer, Kirkpatrick, Peter Whitford, ”, Meridian, Eve, Bourbon, “, Kirkpatrick demurred, Lisa Derderian, Derderian, ” Derderian Organizations: New, New Orleans Police, Islamic State, Department of Homeland Security, ” New, Meridian Rapid Defense Group, “, The, city’s Department, Public, Archers Locations: Orleans, New Orleans, Texas, Bourbon, California, ”, ” New Orleans, Pasadena , California, Pasadena

And NBC News went back to high school — with an Olympic gold medalist. There were other possible IEDs planted nearby in the French Quarter, two of which have been rendered safe. The blast is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack, three senior law enforcement members briefed on the matter told NBC News. The pickup truck used in New Orleans and the Tesla in the Las Vegas explosion were rented from the same company, Turo, said officials. He still had two years left of high school.

Persons: Shamsud, Din Jabbar, Jimmy Cothran, ”, ” Jabbar, Tesla, Elon Musk, We’re, Zachary Yack, Shawn Hubbard, I, Eugene , Ore, I’m, Noah Lyles, She’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Quincy Wilson, Wilson, Wilson didn’t, Greg Rosenstein, Elizabeth Both, — Organizations: NBC, New Orleans ’, FBI, Ford, NBC News, Army, Deloitte, Authorities, Trump International, New, Officials, Eastern, National Weather Service, U.S, Olympic, Bullis School, dermatologists Locations: New Orleans, Texas, Bourbon, Trump, Las Vegas, Las, U.S, Eastern United States, Chicago, Minneapolis, Eugene ,, Paris, Washington

☆ Palestinian Authority temporarily suspends broadcast of Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The Palestinian Authority temporarily halted operations of Qatar’s Al Jazeera television in the territory including its broadcasts, citing the network’s dissemination of “inciting material,” the Palestinian news agency WAFA said on Wednesday. The Palestinian Authority criticized Al Jazeera last week over its coverage of the weeks-long standoff between Palestinian security forces and militant fighters in the Jenin camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera denounced Wednesday’s decision as “an attempt to discourage it from reporting spiraling events in the occupied territories,” according to a statement. The decision was not expected to be implemented in Hamas-run Gaza where the Palestinian Authority does not exercise power. Fatah, the faction that controls the Palestinian Authority, said the broadcaster was sowing division in “our Arab homeland in general and in Palestine in particular”.

Persons: Qatar’s Al, WAFA, ” WAFA, Al Jazeera, Wednesday’s, Fatah, Al Jazeera’s Organizations: Palestinian Authority, West Bank, Al Locations: Qatar’s, Qatar’s Al Jazeera, Jenin, Gaza, “, Palestine, Ramallah, Israel

☆ South Korea police search Jeju Air and airport operator over fatal plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police said Thursday they had raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of their investigation into Sunday’s crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on the country’s soil. Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed the Thai capital of Bangkok for Muan in southwestern South Korea, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport’s runway, exploding into flames after hitting an embankment. Jeju Air was cooperating with the police, a director at the airline, Song Kyeong-hoon, told a media briefing. U.S. and South Korean investigators at the site of the Jeju Air plane crash in Muan, South Korea, on Tuesday. Investigators from the NTSB, FAA and Boeing are in South Korea to help with the investigation.

Persons: Joo Jong, ”, Najmedin Meshkati, ” Joo, Joo, Son Hyung, AP Joo, Korea’s, Choi Sang, mok, ” Choi, Choi Organizations: Jeju Air, Muan, 7C2216, Boeing, Police, Air, South, Reuters, University of Southern, South Korean, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, NTSB, U.S, AP Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, South, Bangkok, Muan, Seoul, South Jeolla, University of Southern California, United States

☆ Gunman who killed at least 12 people in a shooting rampage in Montenegro dies by suicide
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A gunman who fatally shot at least 12 people, including two children, in Montenegro has killed himself while surrounded by police, officials said Thursday. At least four others were wounded in the shooting rampage in the western town of Cetinje on Wednesday that followed a bar brawl, officials said. The shooter, identified as 45-year-old Aco Martinović, killed the owner of the bar, the bar owner’s children and his own family members, Interior Minister Danilo Šaranović said. Wednesday’s shooting was the second shooting rampage over the past three years in Cetinje, Montenegro’s historic capital. An attacker killed 10 people, including two children, in August 2022 before he was shot and killed by a passerby in Cetinje.

Persons: Danilo Šaranović, Šaranović, Martinović, ”, Milojko Spajić, ” Šaranović, Lazar Šćepanović, Šćepanović, Jakov Milatović, ” Milatovic Organizations: Martinović, Police Locations: Montenegro, Cetinje, Podgorica, Montenegro’s

☆ ISIS no longer rules a territory. But its recruits still pose a global threat
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Analysis Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

ISIS is far from moribund, even if it is now a loosely linked network rather than a self-declared caliphate controlling sizeable cities. There is also the perennial concern among Western security services that individuals inspired by ISIS will launch low-tech attacks – such as stabbings, shootings and driving vehicles into crowds. Events in the Middle East have pushed already radicalized individuals to violence, according to Rita Katz, executive director of SITE Intelligence, a non-governmental organization that monitors terror groups,. Syrian vacuumThe US is concerned that should a security vacuum emerge in Syria, ISIS will regroup and expand there. On the day Bashar al-Assad fled the country, US Central Command hit more than 75 ISIS targets in Syria.

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☆ Notre Dame tops Georgia in Sugar Bowl Playoff quarterfinal delayed by New Orleans attack
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Matt Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

It happened 19 and a half hours later than planned, in front of a smaller-than-expected Caesars Superdome crowd and in an environment that felt neither normal nor abnormal. AdvertisementNotre Dame used a swarming defense and a 54-second scoring burst to top second-seeded Georgia 23-10 in Thursday’s Sugar Bowl, the last quarterfinal of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Two men sold white Sugar Bowl shirts on opposite corners of Canal Street, a heavily trafficked thoroughfare teeming with tourists. Late Thursday morning, a pair of Sugar Bowl tickets ($27 apiece) was cheaper than an admission for two at the Audubon Aquarium a mile away. It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown Georgia had allowed since 2018, and it helped turn a 3-3 tie into a 20-3 Irish lead.

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