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Boeing's aircraft deliveries and orders in 2024 reflect the company's rough year
Boeing delivered less than half the number of commercial aircraft to customers than its European rival in 2024 as the American aerospace giant's output suffered under intensified government scrutiny and a factory workers' strike, according to data released Tuesday. Boeing said it supplied 348 jetliners during the year. More than three-quarters of the planes that Boeing furnished were 737 Max jets, a stark reminder of how integral its best-selling airline model has been to the company's fortunes and challenges.
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New Orleans attacker had researched similar violent rampage and how to access Bourbon St. balcony
Before plowing a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 14 people, the man who carried out the Islamic State group-inspired attack had researched how to access a balcony on the city's famed Bourbon Street and looked up information about a similar recent attack at a Christmas market in Germany, the FBI said. Nearly two weeks after Shamsud-Din Jabbar's rampage, the FBI continues to uncover new information detailing the extensive planning by the 42-year-old Army veteran who scouted out the area multiple times in the months leading up to the attack. In the early hours of New Year's Day, Jabbar could be seen on video surveillance placing two containers with explosive devices, which would remain undetonated, in the French Quarter.
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Biden administration will announce it's lifting state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba
The Biden administration on Tuesday is expected to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to U.S. officials familiar with matter. White House National Security Council officials declined to comment on the matter. The determination is likely to be reversed as early as next week after President-elect Donald Trump takes office and incoming Secretary of State-designate Marco Rubio assumes the position of America’s top diplomat.
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How wildfire containment works: What it means to contain the L.A. fires
Deadly wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area as firefighters battle windy conditions to contain the blazes. But what does it mean to “contain” a wildfire?
AFP
Mexico hails $5 bn Amazon investment in face of Trump threats
Mexico on Tuesday trumpeted a multibillion-dollar investment pledge from Amazon as a sign of a "great future" awaiting Latin America's second-largest economy, despite US President-elect Donald Trump's threat of a trade war.Sheinbaum, Mexico's first woman president, said the center, to be located in the central state of Queretaro, showed that her country "not only has a great present but also a great future."
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Trump says he will create an 'External Revenue Service' agency to collect tariff income
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations. “We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying,” Trump said Tuesday on his social media site, Truth Social. The creation of a new agency requires an act of Congress, and Republicans hold the majority of both the House and the Senate.
USA TODAY
Manipulated image shows Melania Trump holding funeral booklet upside-down | Fact check
The image is digitally altered. NBC News footage of former President Jimmy Carter's funeral shows Melania Trump holding the program right-side up.
AFP
Venezuela restricts diplomats from France, Italy, Netherlands
Venezuela said Tuesday it would limit the number of accredited diplomats at the French, Italian and Dutch embassies, citing their governments' "hostile" response to Nicolas Maduro's inauguration for a third presidential term.Within 48 hours, he said, the embassies must each reduce to three their number of accredited diplomats.
Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq reverse early gains after PPI inflation data
Investors are weighing what a reported gradual rollout of Trump tariff hikes could mean for inflation and the Fed.
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USDA documented insects, slime and ‘general filth’ at Boar's Head plants, records show
Government inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar's Head deli meat plants, not just the factory that was shut down last year after a deadly outbreak of listeria poisoning, federal records show. Newly released reports from Boar's Head plants in New Castle, Indiana; Forrest City, Arkansas; and Petersburg, Virginia, described multiple instances of meat and fat residue left on equipment and walls, dripping condensation falling on food, mold, insects and other problems dating back roughly six years. The U.S. Agriculture Department released the inspection records in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from The Associated Press and other news organizations.
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What to do with your 401(k) when you retire
For many employees, what to do with a 401(k) plan at retirement has been a foregone conclusion: Roll it over. In  a 2021 Pimco survey of retirement plan consultants and advisors, 36% of firms said they were actively encouraging participants to stay put in their plans following retirement. If you’re pondering whether to leave the assets behind or roll them over for retirement, here are the key questions to ask, listed in order of importance. What’s the quality of the 401(k)?
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Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump's inauguration
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. The Republican leader's decision means that President-elect Donald Trump will not take the oath of office for his second term under a half-staff flag, a prospect that he had previously complained about. It mirrors actions taken in recent days by some Republican governors who have announced that flags in their states would be raised on Inauguration Day to mark Trump's second term.
Time
Pete Hegseth Faces Tough Questions on Women in Military
Senators of both parties hammered Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense nominee, over his past comments about women serving in the military.
Reuters
Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tech CEOs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, according to a source familiar with planning for the event. The chief executives of Tesla, Amazon and Meta will be featured prominently at Trump's swearing in, sitting with the Republican's Cabinet nominees and other elected officials, according to NBC News, which first reported their attendance.
CNN
Blinken offers most detailed picture to date of post-war Gaza plans
Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered his most detailed picture yet of his long-awaited plans for post-war Gaza on Tuesday as he stressed the importance of not leaving a power vacuum in the decimated Palestinian strip.
Yahoo Finance
Quantum computing stocks rebound after massive sell-off as industry exec says opportunity is 'real'
Quantum computing stocks rebounded Tuesday after a massive sell-off fueled by Big Tech CEOs expressing skepticism. The stocks recovered as D-Wave CEO Alan Barrett said quantum computing is "real."
Time
How Doctors Are Pushing Medical Credit Cards on Patients
Why the growing industry creates problems for patients
NBC News
TikTok pushes users to sister app Lemon8 ahead of potential ban
As the TikTok ban could take effect at the end of the week, another ByteDance-owned app has climbed the rankings in the Apple App Store: Lemon8.
Associated Press
Court tells SEC to lay out why it has declined Coinbase's request for crypto regulations
A federal appeals court says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission needs to better explain why it turned down a request from Coinbase to develop regulations to cover the booming crypto asset sector — although the judges stopped short of reversing the agency's decision. The 3-0 ruling issued Monday by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was a partial win for Coinbase Global Inc., which went to court after the SEC denied its July 2022 request that the agency make clear how securities laws apply to assets such as cryptocurrencies and tokens. Coinbase has argued that the SEC has been applying existing securities laws to digital assets, prompting a need for wide-ranging rules.
CNN
Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration
Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, her office said Tuesday, without providing an explanation for her decision.

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