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A Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion happened just hours after 15 people were killed and about 30 others injured in an attack involving a truck in New Orleans. The rescheduled Sugar Bowl will kick off on Thursday. We chatted with some of America's treasure hunters.
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President Joe Biden said federal authorities will investigate whether there may be a link between Wednesday's fatal truck assault in New Orleans and the deadly blast outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas just hours later. Federal agents say the deadly assault in New Orleans is "an act of terrorism" and are looking for potential acts of terrorism related to the Las Vegas incident that left one person dead and seven others injured. A Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and exploded, forcing an evacuation of a hotel and sending terrified guests pouring from the building Wednesday afternoon.
The FBI identified the driver of in the Bourbon Street rampage as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen and an Army veteran, who carried an ISIS flag on the trailer hitch of the truck.
Jabbar was fatally shot by police after he opened fire on officers. New Years revelers in Las Vegas and tens of thousands of college football fans in New Orleans were met with fear, confusion and grief following the attacks. "We're very somber.
You could hear a pin drop on Bourbon Street." ~ Coleman Sapp, . Fans of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Georgia Bulldogs had been eagerly awaiting the Sugar Bowl, which was set to take place Wednesday.
But they were awakened by the news of an overnight attack in New Orleans' French Quarter. Officials rescheduled the Sugar Bowl for 4 p.m.
ET on Thursday in New Orleans. Here's everything to know about the Sugar Bowl right now: brother of TCU's Jack Bech, . to make sure there are no security breaches before, during or after the game.
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of explosive devices . . A number of federal policies are destined to change when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
But alongside a busy election year, many states charged forward with their own legislative sessions, passing laws to tackle everything from restrictions on what eggs can be sold to penalties for those convicted in large-scale, smash-and-grab robberies. Since November, legions of amateur treasure hunters have been racing to decipher clues. What are they after? A treasure worth more than $2 million hidden by California crypto-millionaire Jon Collins-Black in five puzzle boxes in five secret locations across the country.
The public hunt, which kicked off in November, has swelled online discussion groups and sent aspiring millionaires searching from Vermont to California. . .
! . but . Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment.
Yellowstone is one of the planet's largest volcanic systems — the Yellowstone caldera is the enormous volcanic crater left from the last time Yellowstone experienced a giant eruption, 640,000 years ago. It covers an area about 30 by 45 miles. In the past this was often pictured as a single underground lake of lava beneath volcanos, but newer mapping and imaging techniques make it possible to see the complex systems of reservoirs the magma gathers in.
Ohio State got revenge for one of its two regular-season losses, and it's now headed to the College Football Playoff semifinal. The eighth-seeded Buckeyes to take down No. 1 Oregon in dominant fashion with a 41-21 victory in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
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