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A pickup truck plowed right into a crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Road early on New 12 months’s Day, killing no less than 15 folks and injuring dozens extra. The driving force, recognized as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was killed in a gunfire trade with police. The FBI is investigating the assault as an act of terrorism. Jabbar is believed to haven’t acted alone. Here is what we all know thus far.

🎧 The truck Jabbar was driving had an ISIS flag sticker on it, Drew Hawkins with the Gulf States Newsroom, an NPR community station, tells Up First. President Biden acknowledged final evening that regulation enforcement is searching for attainable co-conspirators or associations. Officers say Jabbar obtained previous police as a result of the automated bollards put in on the road over a decade in the past have not labored shortly. The bollards go up and down mechanically and block the road. Police cruisers parked on the intersection to stop visitors from getting into, however the suspect drove round and started dashing down the highway. Many within the metropolis are offended this occurred and are grappling with shock.🎧 Jabbar’s final recognized deal with has been traced to a neighborhood in northwest Houston by reporters from Houston Public, Lauren McGaughy with The Texas Newsroom says. He served within the army from 2007 to 2015 earlier than switching to the reserves. A U.S. official says Jabbar was honorably discharged however had disciplinary issues whereas within the army.➡️ See photographs of the aftermath of the assault.➡️ The Sugar Bowl was postponed in New Orleans final evening because of the lethal assault. A brand new kickoff time is about for this afternoon.

A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in entrance of a Trump resort in Las Vegas yesterday, killing the motive force and injuring no less than seven folks. A joint job pressure is investigating the blast however has not but mentioned if it was an act of terror. Las Vegas police say they’re any attainable connections between the explosion of the Cybertruck and yesterday’s assault in New Orleans.

🎧 Las Vegas police say the Cybertruck, which was rented, pulled into the valet parking space round 8:40 a.m., sat there for round 15 to twenty seconds after which started to smoke. NPR’s Frank Langfitt says fireworks then shot out of the car, and it caught on fireplace. Investigators have identified similarities between the 2 assaults: Each occurred on the identical day in vacationer cities, and each automobiles had been rented via an app known as Turo. The assaults haven’t been linked to one another.

Beginning in the present day, a overwhelming majority of Amazon’s staff are returning to the workplace 5 days every week. Office consultants are watching intently to see if this coverage will affect different corporations. Throughout the pandemic, Amazon let managers select what number of days company workers would work within the workplace. Monica Nickelsburg with NPR community station KUOW speaks with some Amazon workers about how the change to in-office work will impression them.

Editor’s Observe: Amazon is amongst NPR’s current monetary supporters.

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This 12 months, minimum-wage staff in 21 states will see greater paychecks. Wages will impression round 9.2 million staff and lift pay by a complete of $5.7 billion, based on the Financial Coverage Institute. California is without doubt one of the 14 states which have adjusted their minimal wage attributable to inflation. In the meantime, the federal minimal wage of $7.25 has not elevated in 15 years. The greenback spending energy shouldn’t be what it was, placing staff in a troublesome spot as costs have risen over time.

💰 A full-time minimal wage employee incomes $7.25 an hour makes simply $20 over the poverty tips for a single-person family. If youngsters or different relations are factored in that employee is under the poverty stage.💰 A “true dwelling wage” that helps a person’s fundamental meals and housing wants can be $20 to $26 or extra per hour, relying on the state, Drexel College’s Middle for Starvation-Free Communities present in 2021.💰 Ladies and Black and Hispanic staff most immediately profit from wage will increase are girls. Nearly 60% of the employees seeing the elevate are girls.

Are minimal wages rising the place you reside? Try a chart exhibiting the state-by-state modifications.

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NPR’s Tiny Desk noticed some superb artists grace their mic and placed on a present in 2024. As viewers, all of us have a favourite. So do the NPR photographers who seize the second. See photographs from their favourite live shows of final 12 months and examine why they picked it.

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Blake Energetic’s civil rights grievance towards Justin Baldoni has impressed different actresses to talk out towards poisonous masculinity and on-set harassment. Kate Beckinsale and Abigail Breslin made posts about their experiences, describing them as an industry-wide downside. Different actresses have issued a joint assertion of solidarity with Energetic.The looming shutdown of TikTok within the U.S., anticipated this month, will impression creators on the app. Some use it as their essential stream of earnings. Here is how a few of these creators are getting ready for the ban.Police have recognized the girl who was set on fireplace and killed on an F practice in Brooklyn, N.Y., earlier this month as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam from Toms River, N.J. NYPD says she was sleeping on the practice when it occurred. (by way of Gothamist)

This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.