Authorities recovered the body of a missing teen at Thermalito Afterbay in Northern California, where he went missing with his brother while duck hunting more than two weeks ago.

A Butte County Sheriff's Office pilot spotted the body of Andruw Cornett, 19, in the original search area of the large reservoir near Oroville around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — This New Year’s Day, the state minimum wage will increase to $12.41 an hour, up from $12.

The change is a result of legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2020 that stated if the legislature failed to change the minimum wage by statute, beginning in January 2025, the minimum wage would be raised annually in accordance ...Read more

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s opponent Peter Magyar sought elections earlier than the one scheduled in 2026 amid opinion polls showing the ruling party losing its popularity. The government said elections will be held next year.

“Let there be a new election, to return the right of deciding their fate to the people,” Magyar ...Read more

As Kansans head into the new year, they may notice a slight decrease in their household bills starting Wednesday, Jan. 1.

That’s because the final phase of the state’s food tax elimination goes into effect on New Year’s Day. Kansans will no longer pay sales tax to the state on many grocery items.

Economist Donna Ginther, a distinguished...Read more

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone states that have asked the former colonial power to relinquish its military presence in West Africa.

The downscaling of defense ties comes 10 months before Ivory Coast holds elections in which 83-year-old President ...Read more

One person was killed and seven others injured after a Cybertruck burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the glass entrance doors of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, with police and FBI officials saying the type of vehicle and location of the fire raise many questions.

The incident occurred just hours after a driver in New ...Read more

Changes to tax policy, driving privileges and lawmakers’ salaries are among those that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2025.

Some of the 111 bills passed by the Kansas Legislature in 2024 will become law on New Year’s Day along with a number of provisions approved in previous years.

One such item is the removal of the state sales tax on ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — One person was killed and seven suffered minor injuries when a Tesla Cybertruck exploded in front of the entrance to Trump International Hotel early Wednesday morning, Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference.

The person who died was in the Cybertruck, and McMahill said it was unclear if it was a man or a woman.

The fire ...Read more

The man who drove a truck into a New Year’s Day crowd in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others in a terrorist attack had multiple Georgia and military ties, including earning a degree from Georgia State University.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas, was identified as the suspect by the FBI Wednesday. ...Read more

At least 10 people were killed and more than 30 injured after a pickup truck barreled through the French Quarter in New Orleans in what authorities are describing as a deliberate act of violence during New Year’s celebrations.

The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday near the intersection of Canal and Bourbon streets, New Orleans ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina will celebrate the arrival of its 76th governor on Jan. 11, when Josh Stein takes a ceremonial oath of office and delivers his inaugural address outside the State Capitol, followed by a block party on Fayetteville Street and an inaugural ball at Marbles Kids Museum.

But Stein officially became governor on New ...Read more

PASADENA, Calif. — After patrolling the Rose Parade for decades as members of the Pasadena Police Department, Keith and Shelley Jones joked that they’d had their fill of the petals and pageantry and would never return.

But on Wednesday morning, there they were — hanging out in the grandstands along Colorado Boulevard, just as giddy about ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A few hours before the ball dropped on New Year's Eve, the computer dispatch system for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department crashed, rendering all patrol car computers nearly useless and forcing deputies to handle all calls by radio, according to officials and sources in the department.

Department leaders first learned ...Read more

NEW ORLEANS — The Sugar Bowl offered University of Georgia football fans two reasons to head to New Orleans: celebrate the new year and cheer the Bulldogs playoff matchup against Notre Dame.

But within the first few hours of 2025, tragedy struck the city’s crowded entertainment district. Authorities say a driver raced a pickup truck into a ...Read more

The brother of Texas Christian University star wide receiver Jack Bech was among the people killed during the presumed terror attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve.

Tiger Bech, 28, was taken to a New Orleans hospital where he died Wednesday morning according to Kim Broussard, the athletic director at Bech’s former high school St. Thomas ...Read more

A University of Georgia student was critically injured in the New Year’s attack in New Orleans, said the school’s President Jere W. Morehead.

Morehead said he has spoken with the student’s family and shared his support on behalf of the UGA community.

No additional details were provided about the injured student, who is receiving medical ...Read more

CHICAGO — Some 300 new state laws take effect Jan. 1 covering everything from road safety to artificial intelligence, most of them passed during a two-year legislative term that enters its final days when lawmakers return to Springfield later this week.

The Democratic-led General Assembly is scheduled to meet for four days before a new ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — They arrived en masse, the thousands of dress-wearing, face-painted clowns, leopards, and sparkling aliens, with golden slippers on their feet and drinks in their hands, descending on Philadelphia’s City Hall for a storied annual tradition.

“Who are these people?” a little girl asked her mother on the sidewalk.

The ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Rosalyn Gross was on her couch on the evening of Aug. 18, watching TV and worrying about starting a new position at work the next day, when her phone started blowing up.

There was an emergency at a basketball court in East Baltimore’s Oliver neighborhood, where her son, Anthony Martin, had been shooting hoops like he did every ...Read more