LAS VEGAS — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Read More

Privately owned Cessna 208 Caravan 675 plane was carrying seven people when it crashed off Western Australia coast

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Three people have died after a seaplane crashed near Western Australia’s popular tourist destination Rottnest Island with seven people on board.

The privately owned Cessna 208 Caravan 675 seaplane is believed to have struck a small limestone outcrop called Phillip Rock while taking off from Rottnest Island, off the coast of Perth, at about 4pm local time on Tuesday.

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GUWAHATI, India — At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India's northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation. Read More

Livelsberger used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.

• Team ended regular season with 4-13 record
• Raiders need to address several problem areas

The Las Vegas Raiders fired Antonio Pierce on Tuesday after just one season as their full-time coach, the team’s latest in a line of coaching changes over the past several years.

“We appreciate Antonio’s leadership, first as an interim head coach and this past season as the head coach,” the team said in a statement. “Antonio grew up a Raiders fan and his Silver and Black roots run deep. We are grateful for his ability to reignite what it means to be a Raider throughout the entire organization. We wish nothing but the best for Antonio and his family in the future.”

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Men charged with felonies after skit leads to third-degree burns over 16% percent of pledge’s body, prosecutors say

Four fraternity members at San Diego State University are facing felony charges in connection with a skit performed at a party last year during which a pledge was set on fire, causing third-degree burns that covered more than 16% of his body, prosecutors said.

Caden Cooper, 22; Lucas Cowling, 20; Christopher Serrano, 20; and Lars Larsen, 19, were all charged with at least one felony Monday in San Diego superior court. All pleaded not guilty.

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• Sean M Higgins shuns offer of 35 years in prison
• Police say 44-year-old hit brothers while over the limit

The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment on Tuesday after turning down a prosecution offer of 35 years in prison.

Sean M Higgins, 44, appeared briefly in court in Salem county, New Jersey, and entered a formal plea to the recent indictment in the 29 August deaths. The case will now move toward trial.

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Elon Musk’s father says his billionaire son has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool

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The eldest son of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrived in Greenland on Tuesday for a private visit that has heightened speculation that the incoming U.S. administration could seek to take control of the Danish territory. Read More

Two bodies were found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at a South Florida airport, authorities said. Read More

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X

Polar vortex chilled central US, downing trees, blasting snow, shuttering schools and causing traffic pile-ups

The next round of bitter cold enveloped the southern US on Tuesday, after the first significant winter storm of the year blasted a huge swath of the country with ice, snow and wind as far south as Florida and Texas.

The immense storm system brought disruption over the weekend and on Monday to much of the mid-Atlantic region, triggering the announcement of states of emergency in several states. It even hit areas of the country that usually escape winter’s wrath, downing trees in some southern states, threatening a freeze in Florida and causing people in Dallas to dip deep into their wardrobes for hats and gloves.

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The petition accused her brother-in-law's wife of making “multiple racist, profane and hateful communications directed at Sheel — a woman of lndian descent.”

• Player receives warning during defeat to Díaz Acosta
• ‘I’m not happy with how I behaved,’ admits Briton

Britain’s Cameron Norrie apologised and avoided disqualification when a racket he threw in the air struck a spectator at the ATP Tour tournament in Auckland on Tuesday.

Norrie was facing match point against Facundo Díaz Acosta of Argentina when he lightly tossed his racket, which struck a woman in a court-side box who was unhurt. Norrie received a warning from the chair umpire and went on to lose 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the tournament. He reached the final in Auckland in 2023.

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The Israeli military launched a wave of raids across the occupied West Bank overnight and into Tuesday, killing at least three Palestinians it said were militants after a deadly shooting attack the day before

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The strongest winds in more than a decade could hit Southern California, potentially causing structural damage and bringing extreme fire risk to areas that haven’t seen substantial rain in months

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HONOLULU — A three-year-old boy who died Monday was the fourth person to succumb to injuries from a massive explosion of fireworks on New Year's Eve at a Honolulu home, and a doctor said six others faced long recoveries in Arizona, where they were sent to be treated for severe burns. Read More

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump Jr. is heading to Greenland, visiting the Danish territory as his father has continued to stoke seemingly far-fetched suggestions that the U.S. could take control of it. Read More

President-elect Donald Trump was thwarted Monday in his bid to indefinitely postpone this week’s sentencing in his hush money case, while his lawyers continue in their attempt to appeals the ruling that upheld the verdict. Read More

• Former world No 13 to face Sweden in qualifying tie from 31 January
• De Minaur, Thompson and Kokkinakis also selected in squad

Nick Kyrgios is in line to make a sensational return to Australia’s Davis Cup team for the first time in more than five years. The 2022 Wimbledon finalist, who has been taking the first tentative steps on the comeback road after long-standing injuries, is a shock selection by captain Lleyton Hewitt for the qualifying tie against Sweden in Stockholm starting on 31 January.

In the team nominations unveiled on Monday, the 29-year-old’s name in Australia’s four-man outfit raised eyebrows particularly as he’s shown no interest in the men’s “World Cup of tennis” ever since he last played against Belgium in November 2019.

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Sheriff’s deputies captured the monkey, which had opened a door to escape, before arrival of winter storm

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured just before a winter storm slammed the state.

The Jefferson county sheriff’s office described the apprehension of the primate in a Facebook post as “Bananas”.

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• Coach and GM will stay but owner ‘out of patience’
• Giants lost franchise-record 10 straight games in 2024

The New York Giants are sticking with general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll.

Team president and co-owner John Mara announced Monday that he and co-owner Steve Tisch decided to move forward with the Giants’ current leadership even after a 3-14 season that ranks among the franchise’s worst.

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