'ISIS-Inspired' Plot, Net Neutrality Scrapped & Awards Season Begins - Friday, January 3, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 3 January 2025
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The news to know for Friday, January 3, 2025!
We'll bring you the latest details about two deadly attacks: a mass killing in New Orleans and an explosion in Las Vegas. Despite a lot of similarities, authorities don't believe they're connected.
Also, we're talking about high drama in South Korea as authorities try to arrest the president.
Plus, we'll cover another reversal for net neutrality, an update on the first congestion tolls in the United States, and how being boring has become cool.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, January 3rd. We're bringing the latest details about two deadly attacks, |
| 0:05.3 | a mass killing in New Orleans and an explosion in Las Vegas. Despite a lot of similarities, |
| 0:10.3 | authorities don't believe they're connected. Also, high drama in South Korea as authorities |
| 0:14.8 | try to arrest the president. Plus another reversal for net neutrality, an update on the first |
| 0:20.0 | ever congestion tolls in the U.S. |
| 0:21.9 | And how being boring has become cool. |
| 0:24.8 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:29.4 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:31.7 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:34.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:36.6 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:38.9 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:41.1 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:48.8 | Bourbon Street is back open in New Orleans as investigators start getting answers about the terror attack there on New Year's Day. The FBI now says the suspect acted alone when he drove up pickup truck |
| 0:54.9 | into a crowd, killing at least 14 people and hurting dozens more. Federal agents say just |
| 1:00.4 | hours before the attack, the driver posted five videos on Facebook, proclaiming his support for ISIS |
| 1:06.3 | and explaining his violent plans. Besides the crash, surveillance video also shows the same suspect |
| 1:11.5 | placing explosives nearby. But for some reason, they never went off. Still, it was the deadliest |
| 1:17.0 | ISIS-inspired assault on U.S. soil in years. And now, investigators are trying to understand more |
| 1:22.2 | about the attacker's path to radicalization. He was killed in a shootout with police officers, |
| 1:26.9 | so authorities are relying on |
| 1:28.0 | other people who knew him and any evidence he left behind. The FBI has recovered his devices, |
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