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WATCH: FBI posts new video in hunt for Jan. 6 pipe bomber

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The suspect remains at large four years afterward and despite a $500,000 reward.
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Trump taps team to work with US Treasury nominee Scott Bessent

  • News source: FOX News
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President-elect Trump announced several appointments to his administration Thursday, including the team that will work with his nominee for the U.S. Treasury, Scott Bessent.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump announced that Ken Kies will serve as assistant secretary for tax policy.

Kies, who has worked as a tax lawyer for 47 years, has served as the chief of staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation and the chief Republican tax counsel of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Also joining the team is Alexandra Preate, who Trump appointed as senior...
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A missing surfer in Australia is believed dead in a shark attack, police say

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Authorities say a surfer missing in Australia is believed dead in a shark attack and they are searching the waters where the man disappeared
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'No one deserves this': Victims' families seek answers in New Orleans attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The family of one 25-year-old victim says they have had "zero information" about how he was killed.
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Two dead after plane hits factory roof near LA

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police say that 18 people were also injured during the incident in Fullerton, California.
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Rosita Missoni, co-founder of Italian label, dies aged 93

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Lombardy's president, who confirmed the news, says Missoni's death is "a great loss for Italy".
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Sweden's green industry hopes hit by Northvolt woes

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Financial problems at battery maker Northvolt have shaken hopes for Sweden's green industry sector.
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To conserve or cull? Life in Australia's crocodile capital

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Northern Territory is home to over 100,000 saltwater crocodiles, but not everyone wants them there.
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Music brings New Orleans' French Quarter back to life

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Buskers returned to the iconic streets one day after the New Year's Day tragedy.
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Biden to announce decision on U.S. Steel acquisition as early as Friday

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Biden is likely to announce a decision as soon as Friday on whether he will approve Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, according to people familiar with the process.

The president has said in the past he opposed the deal, saying it was vital for U.S. Steel "to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated."

In recent days, Mr. Biden's top advisers have had extensive discussions with him about whether or not to approve the deal. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also spoken directly with...
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Timeline of suspect Shamsud-Dim Jabbar's New Orleans attack

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As a portrait begins to emerge of the suspect behind the deadly New Orleans attack, federal investigators have laid out a timeline of events.
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New Orleans attacker had 'remote detonator' for explosives in French Quarter, Biden says

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New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone and planted "remote detonator" explosives inside coolers in two nearby locations in the French Quarter, just a few hours before he drove a pickup truck at a high rate of speed into a crowd of people celebrating New Year's on Bourbon Street, President Biden said at a news conference Thursday.

"We have no information that anyone else was involved in the attack," Biden said during a news conference about his administration's 235 judicial confirmations. "They've established that the attacker was the...
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Watch: Mixed emotions as people return to street of New Orleans attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As businesses and bars re-open, the BBC's Carl Nasman talks to people returning to Bourbon Street.
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Slovakia threatens to cut benefit for Ukrainians

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A dispute between Slovakia and Ukraine over Russian natural gas transit has been escalating.
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Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera TV channel in West Bank

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Foreign Press Association has said the move "raises serious questions about press freedom".
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