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New Orleans: local authorities say they believe ‘multiple people are involved’ in attack

House fire in New Orleans home also believed to be ‘connected to this event’, says Louisiana attorney general Liz Murrill

Las Vegas
One dead after Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel

Middle East crisis live
Israeli strikes kill at least 18 people in attack on al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’

Marine life
Florida’s manatees are actually relative newcomers, historical research suggests

US politics
Republican-run states see opportunity to push extreme policies under Trump

In focus

Migration
The nameless dead: scientists hunt for identities of thousands who tried to reach Europe

Experts’ group employs new technologies and techniques to help relatives of those missing in the migration crisis

New Orleans attack
‘I heard the pops and I just ran’: New Orleans in shock after vehicle attack

Bangladesh
Threadbare facilities, high mortality, cats in the corridors: the realities of life for new Rohingya mothers in Cox’s Bazar

Spotlight

Fitness
‘The best abs I’ve ever had – but it hurt!’: the punishing rise of extreme pilates

Intense workouts like Solidcore and SLT are booming, one $43 class at a time. Are they making women stronger or feeding Ozempic-era expectations for thin bodies?

Disability
MacArthur genius Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’

Film

Ridley Scott is a genius film-maker who can do anything – even start a political crisis in Malta

Stuart Heritage

Skiing
‘Grief doesn’t bend’: professional big mountain skier Hadley Hammer on moving forward past loss

‘Extraordinary longevity’
Great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone

Books
Gobsmacked! by Ben Yagoda review – the British invasion of American English

Opinion

My new year resolution? Abandon new year resolutions once and for all

Moira Donegan

Emmanuel Macron was the great liberal hope for France and Europe. How did it all go so wrong?

Oliver Haynes

Sports

Sport
A quarter of a century on: what we got right and wrong about sport’s future

College football
Ohio State thrash No 1 Oregon to join Texas in national semi-finals

Culture

Music
Phish review – spiraling jams and communal bliss at Madison Square Garden

Phish review – spiraling jams and communal bliss at Madison Square Garden

Art and design
Jeff Koons on why he has drawn a red line on AI in art: ‘I don’t want to be lazy’

In case you missed it

Economics
A year of two halves: how global financial markets fared in 2024

Good for equities, good for the US, and good for crypto but the year spawned mixed blessings for the UK, China and Europe

Politics
‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: Historian predicts trouble for president-elect

Make a much shorter to-do list!
Fifteen quick, simple ways to avoid overwhelm

Toronto
‘I just ran a lot’: the Strava user whose runs became a viral art phenomenon

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