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News Wrap: Power in Puerto Rico largely restored after widespread New Year's Eve outage

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, power in Puerto Rico has been restored after an island-wide outage struck on New Year's Eve, one person is dead after a Tesla truck caught fire and exploded outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas, Israeli air strikes killed at least a dozen Palestinians in Gaza and Ukraine is halting the flow of Russian gas through its pipeline network to European customers. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

The day's other news begins with the restoration of power in Puerto Rico following an island-wide

0:05.6

outage that struck on New Year's Eve. The U.S. Territory's private energy provider says that

0:10.8

as of this afternoon, 98% of its customers have their lights back on. But Luma Energy warns

0:17.0

there could be temporary outages in the coming days as it works to fully restore power across

0:22.1

the island. The exact cause of the outage is still under investigation, but early indications

0:27.3

point to a problem with an underground power line. At the peak of yesterday's outage, nearly 90%

0:33.5

of Luma Energy customers were without power, forcing people to start the new year in darkness.

0:40.0

And in Las Vegas, authorities say one person is dead and seven others were injured today

0:45.2

when a Tesla cyber truck caught fire and exploded outside the city's Trump International Hotel.

0:51.3

Eyewitness video captured the vehicle as it burned in the valet area of the hotel.

0:56.2

The driver is the only known fatality. The cause of the explosion is unclear, though a law

1:01.1

enforcement official tells the Associated Press that the truck appeared to be carrying a load of

1:06.0

fireworks. Authorities are reportedly investigating the explosion as a possible act of terror.

1:12.0

Authorities in New York City have arrested in charge a 23-year-old man after a Manhattan subway

1:17.2

passenger was shoved onto the tracks as a train approached. Security camera footage shows the

1:22.4

45-year-old victim wearing an orange jacket being pushed violently from behind.

1:30.0

Police say he's in critical but stable condition.

1:33.0

The suspect has been identified as Kamel Hawkins.

1:36.7

He has been charged with attempted murder and second-degree assault. It's just the latest act of violence to raise concerns among New York's transit passengers.

1:42.5

The police figures show major crimes on subways are down compared to last year.

1:48.0

Israeli air strikes killed at least a dozen Palestinians in Gaza overnight as the war grinds on into the new year.

1:55.0

Hospital officials say one strike hit a refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a woman and child. Israeli forces say the

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