1. The death toll from a New Year’s Day vehicle attack in the southern US city of New Orleans has risen to at least 15. The suspect was killed in a shootout with police. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism. The FBI identified the suspect who was driving the vehicle as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, from Texas.
2. One person died and seven others were injured when a vehicle exploded and caught fire Wednesday morning outside one of President-elect Donald Trump’s hotels in Las Vegas in the western US state of Nevada. The car was made by Tesla, where Elon Musk, a businessman who is close to Trump, serves as CEO. The explosion happened outside the Trump International Hotel at around 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday. One person died inside the vehicle. 3. People in Syria are voicing their expectations for the interim government to build a better future, as the country ushers in the New Year. On New Year’s Day, people in the capital Damascus expressed hope for stable security and the recovery of the economy battered by civil war.
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