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The College Football Playoff quarterfinal between Notre Dame and Georgia, originally set to take place in New Orleans, was postponed for 24 hours after an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack struck Bourbon Street. The attack claimed the lives of 14 individuals and left others injured, casting a somber shadow over the anticipated Sugar Bowl.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded K-12 schools more than $100 million in grants supporting the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda.

A mosque near the home of the New Orleans terror attack suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, has raised eyebrows after instructing its worshippers to refrain from commenting on the incident to both law enforcement and media.

President-elect Donald Trump will hold a "victory rally" at Capital One Arena on Jan. 19.

A federal court has blocked two provisions of a California law aimed at protecting children from the addictions of social media.

An Illinois hospital system issued a mask mandate due to "widespread respiratory illnesses."

Geoffrey Hinton, often referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” has expressed his backing for Elon Musk's ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI over the company's controversial transition from a non-profit research organization to a for-profit entity. Hinton, a Nobel laureate and AI pioneer, criticized OpenAI's move to abandon its non-profit status, a decision that has sparked significant concern within the AI community, including among OpenAI's co-founders, such as Musk.

The United Kingdom's Labour Party is reportedly looking to "decolonize" science curricula to highlight findings from "other cultures."

Colorado has become the second state to allow psychedelic therapy. Residents voted to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the chemical compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, the Associated Press reported.

An 11-year-old boy named Kevin Ouda was struck by a car on December 21, 2024, while running with his Muay Thai teammates near El Cajon, California.