The New Orleans attacker recorded visits to the city weeks before
The US Army veteran who deliberately disrupted New Year’s revelers in New Orleans visited the city twice in the weeks before the attack and recorded videos using Meta smart glasses, the FBI revealed Sunday.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar also had the Meta glasses during his New Year’s attackbut they were not activated for a live broadcast and there was no indication he was recording the attack.
He recorded videos during the tour aimed at your familyin which he spoke of plans to kill them and told them that he had joined the Islamic State.
on saturday Hundreds of New Orleanians gathered at City of Love Church. seek comfort and understanding: singing, shouting and praying.
“Even though we are going through this, things will get better,” Bishop Lester Love told the congregation. “The city is suffering, but it is also resilient.”
Experts warn that polarization in the United States and online is contributing to a rise of extremism. “The online environment has algorithms set up to make you angry. And all of that is contributing to a perfect storm of factors that are leading to increased radicalization,” said Seamus Hughes, senior research fellow and policy associate at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Major winter storm threatens the US
Tens of millions of people are under winter storm warnings, with Heavy snowfall and extremely cold temperatures are expected across the country..
Kansas, Arkansas, Kentucky and Virginia declared states of emergency, and the National Weather Service warned of “significant disruptions to daily life,” including “dangerous or impossible driving conditions and widespread closures.”
Temperatures are expected to drop 10 to 30 degrees below average through Friday across the central and eastern U.S. From Montana to Wisconsin, wind chills will drop to between -25 and -35 degrees.
Washington, D.C., was one of the major cities bracing for snowy and icy conditions until Monday, when Congress is due to certify the results of the presidential election. “Whether we’re in a blizzard or not, we’re going to be in that chamber to make sure this gets done,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
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Independent filmmaker Jeff Baena dies at 47
Jeff Baena, an independent writer and director known for films such as “Life After Beth” and “I Heart Huckabees,” He died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 47..
He died by suicide in a home, according to medical examiner records.
Baena was married to actor Aubrey Plaza since 2021. The couple collaborated on several films, including “Life After Beth” in 2014, which Plaza directed and starred in.
The circumstances of Baena’s death are unknown at this time.
Meet the press
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that the attack in New Orleans shows that Kash Patel should not be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the FBI.
Schiff said on “Meet the Press” that the attack “underscores” the importance of an FBI director “who has experience, judgment, character, who prioritizes defending the country against the violence that we saw in New Orleans or the violence that we experienced.” . I saw him on January 6.”
he said that Patel’s top priority is ‘political vendettas’ and that the Senate should not confirm someone “who believes in ‘deep state’ conspiratorial thinking.”
You can see the full interview here.
Politics in brief
The highest civilian award: president joe biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to prominent figures including Hillary Clinton, billionaire George Soros, actor Michael J. Fox, fashion icon Anna Wintour and Bill Nye, the scientist.
Carter’s long goodbye: Jimmy Carter’s lengthy public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with procession and private family service at the Carter Center before Thursday’s state funeral in Washington, D.C.
Trump’s priorities: President Johnson told House Republicans that Trump favors passing a single reconciliation bill, rather than two or more. which could be a blow to some hardline Republicans.
47 and 16: Trump has a particular fixation on Abraham Lincolntreating him not only as a giant of history but also as a kind of political contemporary (and an imperfect one at that).
TikTok ban: The Department of Justice urgeed The Supreme Court will reject Trump’s request to delay implementation.ing a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States or force its sale by its Chinese parent company by January 19.
Hollywood gathers for the 82nd edition of the Golden Globes
Hollywood awards season officially begins tonight with the 82nd edition of the Golden Globeshosted by comedian Nikki Glaser.
“Dune: Part Two,” “A Complete Unknown” and “Nickel Boys” are among the films nominated for best drama, while “Wicked,” “Challengers” and “Anora” compete for best comedy.
Karla Sofía Gascón, who plays the main character in “Emilia Pérez” (the night’s most nominated film), made history as the first openly transgender woman to be nominated for a Globe for a leading role in a film.
In the television categories, acclaimed shows such as “Shōgun,” “Hacks” and “The Bear” compete for top honors.
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In case you missed it
- Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who He held the Guinness World Record as the oldest person in the world.He died on Saturday at the age of 116.
- Motorists entering Manhattan’s busiest neighborhoods You will now have to pay up to $9 in congestion chargeswhen the first New York City Congestion Relief Zone in the country officially opened Sunday.
- More than 500 animals in a Dallas shopping center died in a structure fireaccording to the authorities.
- Missing 8-year-old boy found alive after having spendt Five days alone in a Zimbabwe game park full of wild animals, said a member of the country’s parliament.
- “Swipe fees,” payments that companies make to banks and card companies each time customers swipe, face growing opposition from some lawmakers. who say that the rates are excessive and are transmitted to buyers.
- Syria’s new leadership plans changes to the country’s educational curriculum. Some worry that the changes are an indication of an intention to install an Islamist agenda in schools… and beyond.
- Israel faces pressure over the detention of the head of a Gaza hospital. and human rights groups expressed great concern about their fate. The Israel Defense Forces said the prominent pediatrician was suspected of “participation in terrorist activities.”
- Doctors applaud the surgeon general’s suggestion to place cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages. Several told NBC News Patients are generally unaware of the risks associated with alcohol consumption..
- Dietary supplements are more popular than ever. Are any of them really worth it?
