The French Quarter’s metal barriers were gone on New Year’s Day, leaving a critical security gap

New Orleans police and federal agents investigate a deadly New Year’s Day truck attack on Bourbon Street. (Chris Granger / Associated Press) After an Islamic State sympathizer rammed a truck into Bastille Day crowds in Nice, France, in 2016, horrified New Orleans leaders were eager to protect their city’s French Quarter, where crowds of revelers … Read more

Hotel employee arrested in connection to Liam Payne’s death after allegedly supplying singer with drugs

An ex-employee at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Argentina, where Liam Payne fatally fell, has been arrested for allegedly supplying the former One Direction member with drugs leading up to his death on Oct. 16. Braian Nahuel Paiz was taken into police custody outside of his home in Buenos Aires Friday, his attorney, Fernando Madeo Facente, … Read more

U.S. in 1899 Awaited a Century of Wonders

They were a nation of the optimistic and the euphoric, those Americans awaiting their new century 100 years ago. The Spanish-American War was behind them. They flocked to the Tournament of Roses. The economy boomed, and Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” was a hit. In short, they looked forward to the 20th century as an … Read more

House Democrats Vow Attack on Deficit : Congress: Party leaders, new lawmakers say they will combine their efforts with Clinton’s economic growth proposals.

House Democratic leaders vowed Monday to combine deficit-reduction measures with the economic growth package that President-elect Bill Clinton is expected to make a top priority for the new Congress. Speaker Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) said there will be more emphasis on curbing red-ink spending than the public expects or that Clinton so far has acknowledged … Read more

Meet the 9 new House members from California

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), the speaker emerita, arrives in the House chamber on Friday. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images) Friday was the first day of work for California’s nine new House members, and their first order of business involved typical congressional chaos, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) narrowly won reelection to his … Read more

Hochul unveils vague plan to tackle NYC mental health crisis as subway violence plagues city

Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged Friday to stop the runaway train of subway violence by making it easier to involuntarily commit and treat dangerous mentally ill New Yorkers — but critics quickly blasted her largely detail-free plan as too little, too late. In a vaguely worded statement, Hochul said she’ll introduce legislation in New York’s upcoming … Read more

As British as ever, ‘Wallace & Gromit’ are back for a new feature-length movie

Aardman’s four-time Academy Award-winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award-nominated Merlin Crossingham return with a brand new epic adventure, “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.” (Richard Davies/Netflix) The cheese-loving English inventor Wallace and his loyal dog Gromit have been stars since the beginning. In the 35 years since Nick Park introduced the world to his … Read more

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