Bourbon Street Terror Attack, Temperatures Plunge & Generation Beta - Thursday, January 2, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 2 January 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The news to know for Thursday, January 2, 2025!
We're talking about a terror attack that targeted New Year's partiers on a famous street for American nightlife and an explosion at another hotspot: the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.
Also, from unseasonably warm to dangerously cold: millions of Americans are getting a big drop in temperatures.
Plus, there are two new lawsuits in a feud between two movie stars, a change in a historic college football schedule, and the new year brings a new generation. We'll tell you what to expect from Generation Beta.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, January 2nd. We're talking about a terror attack that targeted New Year's partiers on a famous street for American nightlife and an explosion at another hotspot, the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. |
| 0:12.4 | Also from unseasonably warm to dangerously cold, millions of Americans are getting a big drop in temperatures. |
| 0:18.9 | Plus, two new lawsuits in a feud between two |
| 0:20.9 | famous movie co-stars, a change in a historic college football bowl schedule. And the new year |
| 0:26.1 | brings a new generation, what to expect from Gen Beta. Those stories and even more news to know |
| 0:32.3 | next. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:42.4 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:49.8 | We start today with a New Year's attack in New Orleans that's now being investigated as an act of terrorism. |
| 0:56.0 | The FBI says a Texas Army veteran drove a pickup truck into a crowd celebrating on Bourbon Street in the famous French quarter. |
| 1:03.1 | At least 15 people died and dozens more were hurt before the driver was killed in a shootout with police. |
| 1:09.3 | Two officers were also shot. |
| 1:11.1 | Now authorities are looking for any co-conspirators. Investigators found several explosive |
| 1:15.6 | devices in the area. President Biden gave an address to the nation last night, saying the attack |
| 1:20.2 | was inspired by ISIS. He pointed to videos the suspect posted on social media. An ISIS flag was |
| 1:26.0 | also found inside the man's truck along with weapons. |
| 1:28.9 | If it's confirmed as an ISIS-inspired attack, it would be the deadliest of its kind on U.S. |
| 1:33.6 | soil in years. Less than a mile from where the attack happened, Georgia was supposed to play |
| 1:38.1 | Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl yesterday, but it got postponed for safety reasons. Now the game |
| 1:43.2 | is set for this afternoon with extra security |
| 1:45.4 | in place. Though officials are still expected to be questioned about security long term. |
| 1:50.2 | One concern that's already been brought up, when the attack happened, the regular security |
| 1:53.7 | barriers were not in place. They had apparently been removed for repairs in preparation for next |
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