New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion kills three people in Hawaii | Hawaii
A fireworks explosion near Honolulu on New Year's Eve killed at least three people and seriously injured more than 20, authorities said. The accident occurred outside a home just before midnight, the Honolulu Fire Department said in a statement. Honolulu Emergency Services Director Jim Ireland said, “I've been a paramedic for over 30 years, and […]
Pelicans coach Willie Green ‘devastated’ by New Orleans New Year’s terror attack
Pelicans coach Willie Green didn't know about the tragic events unfolding in New Orleans until Wednesday morning when he received an email from his father wishing him a Happy New Year. That's when he learned the “devastating” news of the massacre that occurred in the early morning hours of 2025. Federal law enforcement is investigating […]
Ukraine war briefing: New Year’s Day drone strike kills two in Kyiv | Russia
The breakaway Moldova region of Transdniestria cut off heating and hot water to homes on Wednesday after Russia cut off gas supplies. To Central and Eastern Europe via Ukraine. The cut off in gas flow was immediately felt in the territory of about 450,000 people, mostly Russian-speaking, which broke away from Moldova in the early […]
2 men killed, 8 hurt in New Year’s Day slashings, stabbings, shootings: cops
As 2025 begins, two men were killed and eight others injured in multiple cuts, stabbings and two shootings across the Big Apple, police said. In the first homicide of the year, a 50-year-old man was found with a slashed neck on the corner of West 137th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem around 4:20 […]
Andy Cohen on why Diplo was ‘late’ to ‘New Year’s Eve Live’
Advanced questions. Diplo was late for a virtual appearance on Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper's New Year's Eve special on Tuesday, but it had nothing to do with psychedelics, according to the “Watch What Happens Live” host. Although clearly high on LSD, the 46-year-old DJ's trip was delayed due to a typical celebrity problem: his […]
Saints, Pelicans ‘deeply saddened’ by New Orleans New Year’s attack
The Saints and Pelicans have expressed “deep sadness” over Wednesday morning's New Year's attack in New Orleans, which the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism. Professional sports franchises released a joint statement Wednesday afternoon after a pickup truck driver struck people on Bourbon Street around 3:15 a.m., killing 10 people and injuring 35 […]
Sugar Bowl postponed after deadly New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans
A day after the horrific incident on Bourbon Street, Sugar Bowl officials announced that the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game will be played against Bourbon Street. notre dame cathedral The Georgia tournament, scheduled for Wednesday night, was postponed to Thursday. Early on New Year's Day, a driver crashed down historic and busy Bourbon Street into […]
New Orleans terror attack on New Years revelers not only deadly car-ramming
Unfortunately, the deadly ramming attack on people celebrating the New Year in New Orleans wasn't the only time a suspected terrorist used a truck to kill. The bloodshed on Bourbon Street comes just weeks after a Saudi-born doctor allegedly crashed his car into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on December 20, killing five […]
NOLA New Year’s Eve Crowd-Ramming Suspect Is Dead
The suspect who plowed his car into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans has died, the FBI announced hours after the Wednesday morning attack. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said 10 people were killed and about 30 injured in the attack early in the new year. “This morning, an individual drove his car […]
Comedian takes jab at CNN’s low ratings during New Year’s Eve special
Stand-up comedian Whitney Cummings mocked CNN's low ratings during a special live broadcast on New Year's Eve. During an appearance Tuesday night on CNN's long-running “New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen,” Cummings joked about the cable news channel's sparse audience. “I'm doing a show with 3,000 people right now, which is […]