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A driver in a pickup truck who officials said was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district, killing 10 and injuring 30 in an act being investigated as a New Year’s Day terrorist attack. The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street, known worldwide as one of the largest destinations for New Year’s Eve parties, and with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for the Sugar Bowl college football playoff game at the nearby Superdome later in the day. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “He was hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” said Police Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick.

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[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] If your New Year’s resolution had something to do with expanding your horizons, there are plenty of ways to do so on Netflix in January 2025. After spending oodles of time with family, you might find cathartic the send-ups of in-law dynamics, Meet the Parents and its sequels Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers—all available Jan.

The last of 2024 is in the rearview mirror. But before forgetting it ever existed, consider reflecting on everything good and bad and weird and inspiring that happened to you over the past 12 months. “When we stop and stand and look back at where we’ve been, and how we felt when we were there, it can serve as a blueprint for where we want to go forward,” says Caroline Fenkel, chief clinical officer with the virtual mental-health platform Charlie Health.

As Dry January begins, there’s one generation that has already begun cutting back on alcohol: Gen Z. Data from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism indicates that alcohol consumption in the U. S. has risen overall. But research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that lifetime drinking, past month drinking, and past year drinking among young people began to decline around the year 2000.