(St. George, UT) — An effort to protect young Utahns online is now in place to begin 2025. The Children’s Device Protection Act went into effect yesterday, which requires the makers of smartphones and tablets to have a filter for keeping kids away from “obscene material.” If a child is […]
Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Authorities no longer believe there are any other suspects involved in the New Year’s truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that killed 14 people and injured 35 others, the FBI said Thursday. After investigators reviewed all of the surveillance videos […]
Tim Leedy/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Christmas season is one of the most carbon-intensive holidays of the year, experts say. The carbon footprint of the holiday season — from eating and drinking to giving and receiving — can weigh heavily on the environment. Household waste […]
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — The suspect in a deadly attack on New Year’s revelers in New Orleans has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S.-born citizen and U.S. Army veteran from Texas, according to the FBI. At least 15 people were killed and over two dozen injured […]
Members of the New York Police Department discuss a shooting in Queens, New York, at a press conference on Jan. 2, 2025. Via NYPD. (NEW YORK) — Ten people were shot after several men opened fire at a group of people waiting outside of a music venue in Queens, New […]
Undated photo of Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Via FBI. (NEW ORLEANS) — The man suspected of carrying out the New Year’s attack in New Orleans, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had a checkered marital history punctuated by multiple divorces and financial difficulty, according to court records reviewed by ABC News. The records also show that […]
Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada, Jan. 1, 2025. Obtained by ABC News. (LAS VEGAS) — Authorities investigating the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel have expanded their search for evidence to Colorado and […]
Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors are investigating former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, who has been suspended following sexual misconduct allegations. Investigators showed up with search warrants at several locations linked to Maddrey, including his home. Maddrey had submitted […]
Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS, LA) — The annual Sugar Bowl has been postponed one day in the wake of the truck-ramming attack early Wednesday morning on Bourbon Street that left at least 15 dead and dozens injured. The suspect was killed after allegedly opening fire on police […]
(Tom Weller/VOIGT/GettyImages) (NEW YORK) — American gymnast Simone Biles has added another title to her resume. The 11-time Olympic medalist was named Thursday by Sports Illustrated as its 2024 Sportsperson of the Year. The honor comes after a year in which Biles took the 2024 Paris Olympics by storm, adding […]
