Bengals select Princeton WR Andrei Iosivas in sixth round

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Blinken heads to Asia, Europe on last expected trip as top US diplomat
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on what is expected to be his final overseas trip in office this weekend, traveling to South Korea, Japan and France. The State Department announced Friday that Blinken would visit Seoul, Tokyo and Paris beginning Sunday. In South Korea, which is in the midst of political turmoil following the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japan, Blinken intends to highlight the expansion of U.S. cooperation with both nations as part of the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
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'I feel like Batman': What Tesla driver texted his ex-girlfriend before explosion outside Trump Hotel
Just a few days before New Year’s Eve, Alicia Arritt received a text message out of the blue from her ex-boyfriend, a decorated U.S. special forces soldier named Matthew Livelsberger.
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Menendez brothers family to meet with Los Angeles County DA in push for reduced sentence
The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will meet with the Los Angeles County district attorney on Friday in a continued push for a reduced sentence for the brothers, who are serving life without parole for the heavily publicized 1989 murders of their parents.
USA TODAY
When is Mardi Gras? New Orleans celebrations still scheduled after deadly truck attack
Parades are set to commence Monday less than a week after a deadly truck attack killed 14 people and injured dozens in what FBI officials have called an "act of terror."
USA TODAY
Green Beret in Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion had been receiving mental health treatment
Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, a highly decorated Special Forces soldier, had three recent visits for mental health treatment.
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Cybertruck bombing appears to be suicide of veteran who had PTSD, FBI says
Las Vegas police identified Matthew Alan Livelsberger as the driver of the Cybertruck who died in the New Year's Day bombing.
NBC News
Alcohol labels should carry cancer risk warning, U.S. surgeon general urges
Alcohol is the third leading cause of cancer in the U.S., after tobacco and obesity, according to a new report from the U.S. surgeon general.
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Bomb-making materials found at home of New Orleans attacker, officials say
Federal investigators previously said they found two IEDs near the site of the New Orleans truck attack. They also detonated some materials found at a New Orleans Airbnb.
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Excerpts from the judge's ruling to go ahead with Trump sentencing
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money case in New York dealt with a host of weighty, unprecedented questions before deciding Friday that the president-elect should be sentenced later this month for the crime of falsifying business records. In an 18-page legal opinion, Judge Juan Merchan laid out his reasoning for the ruling. “Indeed, the sanctity of a jury verdict and the deference that must be accorded to it, is a bedrock principle in our Nation’s jurisprudence,” Merchan wrote.
Politico
Judge turns down Jan. 6 felon’s request to attend Trump inauguration at invitation of GOP lawmakers
It’s the second time a federal judge has denied a Jan. 6 defendant’s request to attend Trump’s inauguration.
AFP
Brazil says 2024 was its hottest year on record
Last year was Brazil's hottest on record, its weather agency said Friday, after a record-breaking drought and flooding in the South American country that climate experts have linked to global warming.The weather agency said that the "statistically significant trend... may be associated with climate change resulting from rising global temperature and local environmental changes."
CNN
Trump gets Johnson across the finish line but dramatic speaker vote signals challenges ahead
With two Republican lawmakers standing between Mike Johnson and the speaker’s gavel, President-elect Donald Trump picked up the phone.
AFP
Soldier in Vegas Tesla blast suffered PTSD, no 'terror' link: FBI
The decorated Green Beret who died by suicide in a blazing Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas was suffering from post-traumatic stress, investigators said Friday, saying they had found no links to "terrorist" groups.Livelsberger's body was burned beyond recognition, but Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill said authorities had confirmed via dental records and DNA that he was indeed the person who died inside the Cybertruck.
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A deaf sheepdog named Rags was stolen last year. He was just reunited with his owner.
Rags was stolen from his home in Silverhill, Alabama on Dec. 9, 2023, by a masked intruder. He was found about a year later in Arizona.
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Video shows arrest of Olympian Fred Kerley after confrontation with police
The track athlete is facing two charges after physical incident Thursday night.
CNN
Barricades were supposed to keep Bourbon Street revelers safe. Here’s why they didn’t
The warning signs and safety concerns were obvious – to New Orleans residents, tourists and experts alike.
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Sen. John Thune says House Speaker Mike Johnson has a ‘really tough job’ ahead with a thin GOP majority
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the incoming Senate majority leader, said Friday that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have a "really tough job," navigating a narrow majority.
Associated Press
The last high-profile trip to India by the Biden administration will focus on technology
National security adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to India for a visit focusing on cooperation on strategic technology, including in defense, space and artificial intelligence. The Biden administration said Sullivan's visit on Sunday and Monday will include a speech at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi in which he will stress that the outgoing administration sees the U.S. partnership with India as central to its regional and global priorities, and one with support from both major political parties.
CNN
Biden awards Medal of Honor to 7 US Army soldiers in White House ceremony
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor – the nation’s highest military award for valor – to seven US Army soldiers in a White House ceremony Friday, marking the last time he would preside over such an occasion as commander in chief.
CBS News
Green Beret behind Cybertruck attack wrote letter signaling mental health crisis
There's mounting evidence that the Tesla Cybertruck bombing at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was in fact a public display of a private tragedy.

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