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Massive storm slams US with snow, ice, bitter cold 05 Jan 2025 - 02:44 pm
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NYC starts driver congestion charging despite opposition 05 Jan 2025 - 01:26 pm
One World Trade Center (C), also known as the Freedom Tower, stands out on the Manhattan skyline on December 31, 2024 in New York. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
39 bell tolls begin final national sendoff for Jimmy Carter 04 Jan 2025 - 07:51 pm
The hearse carrying President Jimmy Carter's flag draped casket passes near the main street of Carter's hometown on January 04, 2025, in Plains, Georgia. (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
AI expected to star at CES gadget extravaganza 04 Jan 2025 - 02:21 pm
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Bono, Messi, Soros get Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden 04 Jan 2025 - 01:22 pm
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Chris Kleponis / AFP)
Biden blocks US Steel sale to Japan's Nippon Steel 04 Jan 2025 - 08:22 am
(Files) An entrance sign for Japanese company Nippon Steel's East Nippon Works Kashima Area facility is pictured in Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Trump-backed Republican Johnson elected speaker of US House 03 Jan 2025 - 10:35 pm
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with members of the media while walking to his office on January 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images via AFP)
Biden blocks US Steel sale to Japan's Nippon Steel 03 Jan 2025 - 07:52 pm
File: An entrance sign for Japanese company Nippon Steel's East Nippon Works Kashima Area facility is pictured in Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo on December 6, 2024.  (Photo by Richard A Brooks / AFP)
Apple agrees to $95 mn deal to settle Siri eavesdropping suit 03 Jan 2025 - 06:29 pm
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Bereaved orca seen carrying another dead calf in US waters 03 Jan 2025 - 02:40 pm
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US stocks rise on first trading day of 2025 02 Jan 2025 - 09:51 pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first day of trading of the new year on January 02, 2025 in New York City.(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
New Orleans killer acted alone, professed loyalty to Islamic State: FBI 02 Jan 2025 - 09:27 pm
A woman speaks with a police officer near a blocked off street in the French Quarter on January 2, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one 02 Jan 2025 - 01:02 pm
An investigator photographs a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump's hotel on January 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. Photo by WADE VANDERVORT / AFP.
'Numb' New Orleans grapples with horror of deadly truck attack 02 Jan 2025 - 08:31 am
People look at a blocked off road from Canal Street after at least 15 people were killed on Bourbon Street, after an attack early in the morning, on January 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
New Orleans attacker named as US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar: FBI 01 Jan 2025 - 10:06 pm
Police investigators surround a white truck that has been crashed into a work lift in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Matthew Hinton / AFP)
Power restored to most of Puerto Rico: utility 01 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm
Residential buildings and a hotel are seen in the dark in San Juan, Puerto Rico after a major power outage hit the island on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)
Ten dead as man drives truck into New Year crowd in New Orleans 01 Jan 2025 - 04:36 pm
Police cordon off the intersection of Canal Street and Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Matthew HINTON / AFP)
10 dead, 30 injured as vehicle hits crowd in New Orleans: city authorities 01 Jan 2025 - 03:10 pm
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