The 2025 Sugar Bowl, which was scheduled to take place Wednesday night in New Orleans, has been postponed following a deadly terrorist attack that shocked the city. The attack, which took place earlier in the day, left at least 10 people dead and dozens more injured, prompting authorities to continue their investigation. The Sugar Bowl, one of the four college football playoff quarterfinals this year, was set to feature a highly anticipated matchup between Notre Dame and Georgia. The game will now be played on Thursday night, though the change has cast a shadow over the event.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ordered an open investigation into the mayor of Coalcoman, Michoacan, after a controversial Christmas party where local government officials allegedly praised drug lords from the notorious Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). The party, attended by city officials and a high-ranking military officer, reportedly saw cartel members distributing gifts to children, with a banner later thanking the cartel’s leader, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, and his sons for their “generosity.”
On December 24, 2024, Paul Clifford, a 53-year-old resident of Pima County, Arizona, was found deceased near a smoldering vehicle on a rugged dirt road close to Redington Pass and San Pedro River roads.
The suspect in the deadly New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to law enforcement sources confirmed by Fox 8 and the FBI.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a man who is believed to have the greatest number of explosive devices in the bureau's history. The FBI found "more than 150 apparent explosive devices on the property, preliminarily assessed as the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history," court documents say.
After 43 years, the murder of 18-year-old Ohio waitress Debra Lee Miller has been solved through advanced DNA technology. Mansfield Police Chief Jason Bammann announced Monday that James Vanest, Miller’s upstairs neighbor at the time of her death, was conclusively identified as her killer. Vanest, who was 26 in 1981, was fatally shot in November while authorities attempted to serve him an indictment on unrelated federal gun charges.
Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, has shut down its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) following a series of bone fractures suffered by seven infants under suspicious circumstances. The injuries, which include a fractured leg in one baby, have sparked an investigation by local authorities.
A Virginia man was arrested on December 17 after authorities uncovered a large stash of "finished explosive devices" on his property. Brad Spafford, 50, was apprehended outside Norfolk after the FBI found over 150 explosive devices, including pipe bombs, at his 20-acre farm.