🗞️ Terrorist Attack In New Orleans and A Cybertruck Explosion

January 1st, 2025

Good Evening 🇺🇸 and Happy New Year,

What happened today,

• A horrific act of violence took place in New Orleans early in the morning today as a person drove a vehicle at a high rate of speed into a crowd celebrating the new year killing at least 15 people and leaving more than 30 injured, the suspect was killed in a firefight with police shortly after the attack

• Since then it is known that the suspect did not act alone and there were pipe bombs in the truck that were wired for remote detonation, the governor of Louisiana has declared a state of emergency

• 1 person died and 7 were injured after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, it is being investigated as an act of terror

• Nearly a quarter of baby boomer and late Gen X men are ‘unretiring’ or planning to because they can’t afford to retire per Fortune

• The stock market was closed today for New Year’s Day

• Ukraine has made good on its promise to halt the transport of Russian gas to Europe through its territory after a key deal with Moscow expired today

• Power was restored to nearly all electrical customers across Puerto Rico today after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S. territory into darkness yesterday

Plus: An interesting post about the change in the color of the Statue of Liberty over time

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