The man who rammed a pickup truck into revelers on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day wore Meta smart glasses when planning and conducting the attack, the FBI said Sunday. While there’s no indication that the glasses were essential to the assault, which killed 14 people and wounded dozens more, their use as an...
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday met with families, survivors and local law enforcement affected by the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and wounded dozens of others. They met privately shortly before Biden arrived at St. Louis Cathedral, where he’s scheduled to speak at an interfaith prayer service Monday...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is getting wide pushback in European capitals as he tries to extend his recent political success to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Leaders in four European countries — France, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom — denounced his influence in separate statements Monday, warning that Musk, the Tesla and...
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is laying out a highly ambitious strategy to answer President-elect Donald Trump’s call for passing his agenda in “one big, beautiful bill” — a plan that will test the limits of his wafer-thin Republican majority. Johnson, R-La., said Sunday that the party-line bill will contain provisions on border security,...
The U.S. has recorded its first human death from bird flu, a grim milestone that comes as at least 66 cases have been recorded in the country. The patient, who was over 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized in Louisiana in December; the case was considered the country’s first severe human H5N1 infection. The...
Four years after launching a push for more diversity in its ranks, McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing a U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions. McDonald’s is the latest big company to shift its tactics in the wake of the 2023 ruling and a conservative backlash against diversity, equity and...
Former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning would consider becoming a minority owner of his old team if the Mara family is willing to sell him a stake. “It’s definitely something of interest,” said Manning, who spoke in a CNBC Sport interview. “There’s probably only one team I’d be interested in pursuing, and it’s the...
Actor John Amos’ daughter has hired a lawyer to investigate the circumstances surrounding her father’s death, the latest development in an ongoing verbal dispute with her brother regarding their father’s care in his final months. Amos, 84, best known for his 1970s television roles on “Good Times” and “Roots,” died Aug. 21 of congestive heart...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal, part of an effort to cut young kids’ exposure to the toxic metal that causes developmental and neurological problems. The agency issued final guidance that it estimated could reduce lead exposure from...
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