Police in New Orleans scour debris for leads in truck rampage that killed 15, injured 30 three hours into New Year
FBI officials said they were also looking for any links between the deadly attack and a separate incident on Wednesday in which a Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House on Jan. 20.
Fragile geopolitical relations place world on high nuclear war alert as US, Russia grow stocks
However, the most concerning changes regard North Korea, which maintained its military nuclear programme as a core national security strategy. It amassed an estimated 50 warheads and enough fissile material for up to 90 warheads, with developments in ballistic and cruise missile technologies aimed at nuclear delivery.
Pope refocuses on abortion in New Year Day message as he calls for commitment to protect life
Francis now regularly refers to procuring an abortion as “hiring a hitman to solve a problem.”
FBI link driver flying ISIS flag and rammed into New Orleans crowd, killing 15 to terrorism
Police found weapons and a potential explosive device in the vehicle, while two potential explosive devices were found in the French Quarter and rendered safe, the FBI said.
Kenya’s biosafety authority kicks off campaign for GMO maize against backdrop of steep ignorance
NBA Acting Director of Biosafety Research and Compliance Josphat Muchiri confirmed the authority’s readiness for the exercise in the listed counties, adding that the campaign would be expanded to cover all maize-producing regions in Kenya.
US Supreme Court Chief Justice warns of threats to the judiciary’s independence as calls to disregard rulings rise
Chief Justice John Roberts in an annual year-end report on the judiciary released just weeks before Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office did not directly address what polling suggests has been a decline in public confidence in the judicial system broadly.
US plans WHO exit on account it ‘cannot be reformed, corruption is rampant, compromised relationship with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GAVI alliance
Internist, bioweapons expert and WHO critic Dr Meryl Nass wrote on her Substack that the announcement was “Great news, if reliable!” noting the article cited only “globalist attorney” Gostin and “hapless former Covid czar Ahish Jha.”
On federal death row they feared Biden would set up another Trump killing spree, then he commuted 38 death sentences
Since the re-election of Donald Trump, a rising chorus of activists, lawmakers and members of the legal community had been calling on President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of all 40 men on federal death row to life without parole.
US Treasury accuses Chinese hackers of stealing documents in ‘major incident’
Tom Hegel, a threat researcher at cybersecurity company SentinelOne said the reported security incident “fits a well-documented pattern of operations by PRC-linked groups, with a particular focus on abusing trusted third-party services – a method that has become increasingly prominent in recent years,” he said, using an acronym for the People’s Republic of China.”
Leaked Trump’s tax returns: Whistleblower Charles Littlejohn at risk of revenge as Biden’s in office winds down
With Biden winding down his time in office, Littlejohn’s advocates, including tax code reformers from the groups Revolving Door Project and Patriotic Millionaires, are worried for the incarcerated IRS consultant. They’re calling on Biden to commute Littlejohn’s sentence before it is too late and he is forced to spend Trump’s second term in prison at risk of retribution.
