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The FBI says Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the driver who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, acted alone. The agency backed off of an earlier statement that Jabbar was “not solely responsible” for the attack that left at least 14 people dead.
A new Congress is set to be sworn in today. The first order of business in the House is to elect a speaker. Republicans have a narrow majority, meaning they must almost unanimously decide on a leader. House Speaker Mike Johnson has the endorsement of President-elect Donald Trump, but he faces the challenge of some GOP holdouts.
The FBI is sharing new details and footage about the person who planted pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on the night before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. The agency is still trying to identify the person who placed the devices, which didn’t detonate. Authorities have combed through 39,000 videos, conducted 1,000 interviews and sifted through 600 tips, but the alleged bomber remains elusive. For the first time, the FBI shared an estimated height of the person — approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall — as one of the details they hope will lead to the suspect’s capture.
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Check out what NPR is watching, reading and listening to this weekend:
🍿 Movies: Timothée Chalamet plays Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. The biopic covers the period shortly after Dylan arrived in New York City and started to fall in love with the city’s folk music scene.
📺 TV: In Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Colin Firth plays a grieving father searching for justice following the death of his daughter in the 1988 bombing of Lockerbie, Scotland. Firth speaks with NPR’s A Martinez on Morning Edition about what inspired him to star in the series.
📚 Books: NPR staff and book critics have recommended 10 heart-pounding mystery or thriller novels perfect for winter reading by the fire. You can find more in the annual Books We Love guide.
🎵 Music: SZA’s expanded edition of SOS, titled SOS Deluxe: LANA, landed her on top of the Billboard 200 chart. The album sports a whopping 38 songs, with reports of more tracks being added soon.
🍔 Food: Sour cherry and pistachio have been picked by industry groups, famous chefs and trendwatchers as some of the predicted foods and flavors that will be hot this year.
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