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New Orleans attack suspect named, accused of killing at least 10, injuring dozens  NOLA.comView Full Coverage on Google News

A man drove a pickup truck into crowds celebrating the New Year on Bourbon Street in the early morning, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens.

‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect  The Guardian

A Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base has died at the age of 103.

Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korean plane disaster have visited the crash site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day.

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.

Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes have killed at least 12 people in Gaza, mostly women and children.

FBI finds 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home in one of the largest such seizures, prosecutors say  The Associated Press F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm  The New York Times FBI says it

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death.

Increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will bring those states’ minimums to $15 an hour, meaning 10 states and Washington, D.C., will now have $15 or higher minimum wage. (Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite)