Four charred bodies found near an Ecuador military base were identified Tuesday as four boys who were last seen being forced into a military patrol car. A judge has ordered the detention of 16 air force members. At least three people were killed and dozens were critically injured in a massive New Year's fireworks explosion in Hawaii. The illegal fireworks exploded after midnight Wednesday at a home in Honolulu. Japan-based Nippon Steel has offered to give the U.S. government veto power over any potential reduction in steel output by U.S. Steel if the federal government approves a proposed merger. The death toll in the New Orleans "terror attack" has risen to 15, the FBI announced Wednesday, as they identified the suspect as a U.S. citizen from Texas who was driving a rented pickup truck loaded with weapons. "It Ends With Us" director Justin Baldoni, who has been accused of sexual harassment by his co-star Blake Lively, has filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times over a recent article. A brawl at a café in Cetinje, Montenegro, turned into a deadly mass shooting that killed at least 10 with the suspect at large Wednesday morning. Famed singer-songwriter Neil Young has dropped out of the lineup for this summer's Glastonbury music festival. The new year brought more death for civilians in Gaza as Israel Defense Forces airstrikes resulted in 17 killed on Wednesday, according to Palestinian accounts. Lionsgate released a new trailer for its Mark Wahlberg-Michelle Dockery thriller, "Flight Risk." A Tesla Cybertruck exploded and burned in front of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning, killing one person. Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant resigned from parliament Wednesday, nearly two months after he was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Kenya Space Agency on Wednesday identified a large metal object that fell from space earlier this week to likely be a separation ring from a rocket launch. The Allstate Sugar Bowl scheduled for Wednesday in New Orleans has been postponed until Thursday after a pickup truck drove into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street early New Year's Day. The rain that pummeled the northeast on New Year's Eve is just a beginning of things to come as New York faces up to 3 feet of lake-effect snow and a dreaded polar vortex takes aim at the U.S. East. A largely peaceful New Year's Eve turned chaotic as fireworks killed five in several incidents across Germany, where hundreds also were arrested for rioting in Berlin and other cities. U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a call for greater protections of judges at all levels from threats and "doxxing" while decrying officials who may attempt to subvert the rulings of the courts. Reality TV personality Gypsy Rose Blanchard has given birth to her first child. Ukraine says it has stopped Russia from transporting natural gas through its territory as of early New Year's Day out of interest for its national security. A man remained in critical but stable condition after he was pushed off of New York City subway platform in front of an oncoming train on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world rang in 2025, as more than a million revelers crowded into New York City's Times Square for performances and the traditional midnight ball drop. Rain did not deter a massive crowd from gathering in Times Square to ring in the New Year Tuesday night with an estimated 1 million people in attendance. Power was returned to more than three-quarters of Puerto Rico residents on Wednesday morning after a devastating blackout left nearly 80% of the Caribbean Island territory without electricity going into New Year's Eve. On Jan. 1, 1890, the first Tournament of Roses parade took place in Pasadena, Calif. |
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