News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆🎇🎉🥳 pic.twitter.com/GjkC1Xn1bf
— EarthCam (@EarthCam) January 1, 2025
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for New Year’s Eve in Times Square with this captivating time-lapse video. Watch as the iconic location transforms to welcome millions for the unforgettable countdown celebration! pic.twitter.com/RTpVa5MLp4
— EarthCam (@EarthCam) December 31, 2024
BREAKING: FBI says the Islamic State group flag was recovered in the vehicle used by a 42-year-old U.S. citizen who killed at least 10 people in New Orleans. https://t.co/mVAaUjOAXE
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 1, 2025
Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada as a possible act of terror. The driver pulled into the valet area of the hotel and the vehicle exploded, according to an official. https://t.co/8SdBYCVJ9I pic.twitter.com/1T5p52UCej
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation’s independent judicial system and the rule of law. https://t.co/23rJzVQHO0
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2025
A judge was found dead in a Georgia courtroom on what was to have been his last day on the job, authorities say. https://t.co/tQbJxEkfVg
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 1, 2025
If you just found out about Generation Alpha, brace yourself for another big change.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 30, 2024
Generation Beta will start arriving in 2025, and many of them will live to see the 22nd century. https://t.co/k5EIhskh8k
About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering well-wishers at the long-awaited reopening of their nunnery in Nepal https://t.co/C6xW67GtK8 pic.twitter.com/i86RC0XNIT
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 1, 2025
Here’s your 2025 guide to the night sky and other celestial wow moments https://t.co/do1xrMGqAe
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 1, 2025
When you just got married and can’t decide how to arrange the furniture. 😆
— StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻 (@strictlychristo.bsky.social) December 28, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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