(Reuters) -Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old Texas man accused of crashing a truck into New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 and injuring dozens of people, served in the U.S. Army for 13 years including a deployment to Afghanistan, the Army said. Federal officials and local law enforcement in New Orleans said that Jabbar …
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By Maria Alejandra Cardona ATLANTA (Reuters) – Sally Mae Hollis says she isn’t the sole owner of the house in Atlanta she’s lived in for the past 36 years, graciously telling visitors who stop by: “This is Jimmy’s home!” That would be Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who in 1988, along with his wife, …
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By Brian Thevenot NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -A U.S. Army veteran flying an ISIS flag from his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and plowed into New Orleans’ crowded French Quarter on New Year’s Day, killing 15 people in an attack officials said may have been carried out with the help of others. The suspect, identified as …
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The Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame has been postponed until Thursday following the deadly truck attack in New Orleans’ French Quarter early Wednesday morning, Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley announced Wednesday afternoon. “We have been in consultation with ESPN, with the College Football Playoff, with the Southeastern Conference, with the University of Georgia, …
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(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck Cobb in northern California on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 1.1 Km (0.68 mile), the USGS said. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday law enforcement is investigating whether there are any links between a New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 people and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel Las Vegas. “We’re tracking the explosion of a Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas,” …
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military appeals court has ruled that plea deals related to the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two accomplices can proceed after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had earlier moved to invalidate the agreements. In August, Austin rescinded plea deals that the Pentagon had …
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By AJ Vicens DETROIT (Reuters) -Federal authorities unsealed an indictment accusing a U.S. Army soldier of selling and attempting to sell stolen confidential phone records. Cameron John Wagenius was arrested Dec. 20 and charged in the courthouse for the Western District of Texas in Waco with two counts of unlawful transfer of confidential phone records …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – A woman who died after being set on fire on the New York City subway earlier this month was identified as Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey, the New York medical examiner’s office said on Tuesday. Kawam was identified through fingerprint analysis and her death from thermal and …
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By Rich McKay and Ivelisse Rivera SAN JUAN (Reuters) -Puerto Ricans were without electricity on New Year’s Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power, although energy was slowly being restored. Around 58% of clients were without power at 9 p.m. (0100 GMT) on Tuesday, down from 90% earlier in …
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