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On Friday, President Biden will award the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, to service members who displayed exceptional valor in combat. Here, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff above the White House following the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29.

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  • Politics

Biden to award Medal of Honor to Korean and Vietnam War veterans

The Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, is awarded to service members who display exceptional valor in combat.

January 03, 2025
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  • Lexie Schapitl
A state trooper stands by New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets on Thursday, the day after a truck slammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14 people.

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  • National

FBI says the suspect in the deadly New Orleans truck attack acted alone

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the driver of the pickup truck who plowed into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing at least 14 people, acted alone, the FBI said Thursday.

January 02, 2025
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster and
  • Emma Bowman
A man walks down a war-ravaged street in Pokrovsk, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Dec. 19, 2024. Behind him is the hotel Druzhba, which was destroyed by a Russian missile last summer. Pokrovsk was once home to 60,000 people. Now it's largely abandoned, with Russian troops active within a mile of the outskirts.

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  • Europe

Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia's siege of Pokrovsk tightens

Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold on to the key city of Pokrovsk, in one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower.

January 02, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson, who headed the Jan. 6 committee, will be honored by President Biden with the Presidential Citizens Medal.

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  • Politics

Biden honors Liz Cheney, Bennie Thompson with top civilian award

The pair led the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 , 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

January 02, 2025
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Claudia Grisales
Fire vehicles surround the valet area where a Tesla Cybertruck caught fire at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Jan. 1.

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  • National Security

Cybertruck driver had likely self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, sheriff says

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill says the driver, Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, sustained the wound prior to the Cybertruck explosion in front of Trump's Las Vegas hotel.

January 02, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
A street in Oakland, Calif., viewed through AI-enhanced cameras from the start-up Hayden AI. Transit agencies across the U.S. are deploying the company's systems to keep bus lanes clear of illegally parked cars.

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  • National

Transit systems turn to AI-powered cameras to catch drivers who block bus lanes

The nation's biggest transit systems are using AI-enhanced cameras to keep bus lanes clear of illegally parked cars. That's making buses move faster, but the rollout has hit a few speed bumps.

January 02, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
A cold front, combined with potential lake-effect snow — as seen here in Erie, Pa., in December — could bring freezing temperatures and travel disruptions to much of the central and eastern United States.

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  • Weather

An Arctic outbreak will send a chill through much of the U.S. Here's how to prepare

Blasts of Arctic air are poised to bring below-average temperatures to much of the central and eastern U.S. throughout the first half of January. Here's what to expect and how to prepare.

January 02, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
The Cunard cruise liner RMS Queen Mary 2 was among several ships to see an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea caused by norovirus this winter.

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  • Health

Norovirus outbreaks are on the rise around the country and on cruise ships

Outbreaks of the gastrointestinal illness are surging both at sea and on land. Here's what to know.

January 02, 2025
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  • Yuki Noguchi
On Jan. 9, Kemp and other agricultural lobbyists are set to return to Atlanta for the Wild Hog Supper, which serves as the largest fundraiser for the Georgia Food Bank Association and as a kick off for the legislative session.

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  • Politics

Wild Hog socializing, legislative policy briefings set stage for Georgia’s 2025 Gold Dome debates

Several new legislators will begin their first legislative session on Jan. 13 as they join returning legislators and leadership for another year of lawmaking inside the Gold Dome.

January 02, 2025
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Kate Beckinsale (left) and Abigail Breslin are sharing stories of on-set harassment and retaliation, inspired by Blake Lively's public accusations against Justin Baldoni.

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  • Pop Culture

Blake Lively inspires more actresses to speak out against Hollywood toxicity

In the wake of Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against co-star Justin Baldoni, more actresses are speaking up about their own similar experiences on set.

January 02, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after a person drove a truck into the crowd.

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  • National

Here's what we know so far about the deadly attack in New Orleans

In the early hours of New Year's Day, a truck rammed into crowds on the French Quarter's heavily foot-trafficked street. Police are looking into whether the suspect had ties to any terror groups.

January 02, 2025
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after a person drove a truck into the crowd.

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  • News

Details on the deadly attack in New Orleans. And, Amazon workers return to the office

The attack in New Orleans left at least 15 people dead and dozens more injured. Here's what we know so far about the driver who plowed through the crowd. And, Amazon workers return to the office.

January 02, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Edward Bruski, right, hugs New Orleans police officer Zachary Stevenson at the scene where a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street.

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  • National

Photos: Scenes after the attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street

Authorities say the driver drove around a barricade and plowed through a crowd along Bourbon Street, the city's iconic stretch of bars and hotels near the French Quarter.

January 01, 2025
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  • Matt Bloom,
  • Drew Hawkins,
  • and 1 more
The new kickoff time at the Caesars Superdome is 3:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, according to the Sugar Bowl as of Wednesday evening.

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  • National

The Sugar Bowl is postponed to Thursday after the deadly attack in New Orleans

The new kickoff time for the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs is 3:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, according to the Sugar Bowl as of Wednesday evening.

January 01, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
TikTok creators are preparing for the app to potentially be shut down in the U.S. this month unless it's sold to a non-Chinese company.

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  • Arts & Life

Here's how TikTok creators are preparing for a TikTok ban

TikTok will be shut down in the U.S. this month unless it's sold to a non-Chinese company. Here's how creators are preparing.

January 01, 2025
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  • Claire Murashima
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