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New Orleans attack suspect searched for Germany truck-ramming incident hours before carrying out attack: FBI

Michael Democker/Getty Images, FILE(NEW ORLEANS) -- The man who is suspected of committing the New Years Day vehicle-ramming attack in New Orleans searched online for information about the Christmas market car-ramming attack in Germany, just hours before carrying out his own attack on Bourbon Street, according to the FBI.In a report released Tuesday, the FBI said a search of Shamsud-Din Jabbar's "electronics" showed that he "conducted many online searches" related to the New Orleans attack "as late as mid-November," including […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

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The Village People will perform at Trump’s inauguration, though their ‘preferred candidate lost’

The Village People in 2017; Albert L. Ortega/Getty ImagesThe Village People hit "Y.M.C.A." has pretty much become synonymous with President-elect Donald Trump, so perhaps it's no surprise that the '70s disco group has decided to participate in his inauguration on Jan. 20. However, they've posted a message on Facebook defending their decision.The group wrote on Jan. 13, "We are announcing today that VILLAGE PEOPLE have accepted an invitation from President Elect Trump's campaign to participate in inaugural activities, including at least […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

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Judge to rule on whether Rudy Giuliani must give up World Series rings, condo in defamation case

Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rudy Giuliani's New York Yankees World Series rings must be stored in a closet in his son's apartment until a judge decides whether the former New York mayor must relinquish them as part of a defamation judgment he owes to two Georgia election workers, the judge ordered Tuesday."The point was to ensure the security of the rings," Judge Lewis Liman said during the final hearing before trial begins Thursday.The trial will determine whether Giuliani, 80, […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

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New CBS special ‘Ringo & Friends at the Ryman’ to tape in Nashville and air this spring

ABC/Randy HolmesRingo Starr will headline a new CBS special that will help those affected by the California wildfires.The special, Ringo & Friends at the Ryman, will be a two-hour concert featuring footage recorded Tuesday and Wednesday during the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s two shows at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The concerts are celebrating the recent release of Ringo’s new country album, Look Up, which was produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett.As for those “Friends,” they include Sheryl Crow, […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

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On This Day, Jan. 14, 1980: Rush released the album ‘Permanent Waves’

On This Day, Jan. 14, 1980 ...Rush released their seventh studio album, Permanent Waves, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard album chart. It was the Canadian band’s first album to land in the top five, making it their most successful album at that time.The record featured several songs that were considered more radio friendly than previous albums, with tracks like “The Spirit of the Radio" and “Freewill” going on to become Rush classics.The album closed with a nine-minute track, “Natural Science,” which […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

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Trump asks appeals court to reconsider overturning $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict

Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President-elect Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider overturning a jury's verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and awarded her $5 million in damages.After the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit determined last month that Trump failed to prove he deserved a new trial, lawyers for Trump on Tuesday requested an en banc hearing, in which the full court would hear the case rather […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

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What hazards will remain in Southern California after the wildfires subside?

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Fires are continuing to burn in Southern California, with further weather-related threats expected to increase as another Santa Ana wind event picks up this week.While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe, especially due to the urban nature of many of the burn zones, experts told ABC News.The fires burning in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties are occurring […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

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Judge orders Steve Bannon to explain why he switched attorneys close to fraud trial

Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Steve Bannon must appear in court next week to explain why he switched lawyers so close to trial, a judge in New York ordered.Bannon, once a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, is scheduled to stand trial Feb. 25 on charges he defrauded donors of "We Build the Wall," an online fundraising campaign to support a wall along the U.S. southern border.Bannon hired Arthur Aidala after his prior attorneys moved to withdraw from […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

Music News

New ‘super deluxe edition’ of Yes’ ‘Close to the Edge’ coming in March

RhinoThe classic Yes album Close to the Edge will be reissued this March, with plenty of extra goodies for fans.Rhino is set to release a "super deluxe edition" of the album as a five-CD, one-LP and Blu-ray set, which comes with a newly remastered version of the album on CD and LP,  plus Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Mix DTS-HD MA mixes by producer Steven Wilson on Blu-Ray.The set also includes a disc made up of previously unreleased recordings, including alternate […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025

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