In the News Flashcards
On January 1st, 2025, a Tesla cybertruck…
…exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The person inside the vehicle was killed, and 6 other people were injured. Preliminary investigations suggest that the cause of the explosion was the detonation of fireworks or a bomb within the vehicle. This comes shortly before Trump’s inauguration on January 20th.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tesla-cybertruck-appears-burst-flames-trump-hotel-las-vegas-rcna185932
On December 31st, 2024 in New Orleans during the new year’s celebrations…
…a U.S. veteran named Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented pick-up truck into a crowd of celebrators, killing at least 14 people and injuring at least 30 others. Jabbar was killed by police in the aftermath of the attack. He was allegedly flying the ISIS flag, and the FBI has begun investigating it as an act of terrorism.
The college football “Sugar Bowl” set to take place on January 1st was postponed and the stadium was searched for safety threats.
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-car-bourbon-street-63a1b43d615af365cb8ba6f5f0583eca
Incoming president Donald Trump faced sentencing in a New York court on January 10th, ten days before his inauguration. What for?
Trump was convicted on May, 2024 of 34 felony counts of falsifying his business records, relating to a $130,000 payment (made through his former personal lawyer) to prevent porn actor Stormy Daniels from publicizing their affair.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-sentencing-whats-next-1347190de38eeef2efdac482e8144663 Trump’s sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here’s what could happen next
On January 6th, 2025 Canadian Prime Minister…
Justin Trudeau, leader of the Canadian liberal party, resigned from office in the face of increased discontent and amongst threats from incoming US president, Trump, of 25% tariffs.
As of January 9th, 2025, over 130,000 people in Southern California have been issued evacuation orders due to…
Wildfires that began in the Palisades (Palisades Fire), and in the afternoon on the 9th began in Los Angeles (Kenneth Blaze/Eaton Fire), including hollywood. Over 450,000 people have also lost power. Evacuees are being directed north.
On 1/10/25 activist, Young Lords chairman, and Rainbow Coalition co-founder…
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez sadly passed away at 76 years old. He fought against gentrification in Lincoln Park
On January 15th, 2025, a ceasefire deal was reached between…
…Israel and Hamas. 33 hostages held by Hamas will be released—women, children, seniors—in exchange for hundreds of civilians being held by Israel (the article says prisoners, but as far as I can tell they weren’t held on charges so they were also essentially hostages). Later phases will involve the exchange of men and members of the military.
Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza strip, has killed over 45,000 Palestinians, displaced over 90% of the 2.3 million residents of Gaza, and subjected a vast majority of the population to famine. They have blocked most humanitarian aid.
https://apnews.com/live/israel-hamas-ceasefire-updates
When did TikTok shut down and why?
TikTok was removed from app stores and disabled for users on January 18th, 2025. This was the evening before the law banning the app was set to take effect. TikTok was banned by federal law, with lawmakers citing security concerns regarding data collection and usage by the China-based company ByteDance. Many US users have questioned the validity of these concerns in light of US-based companies like facebook (Meta) collecting and selling the same kind of information. Many US users have also migrated to RedNote—the Chinese version of tiktok—out of apparent spite.
https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china-bdc79b7ce741a81761f67ea56d410103 TikTok goes dark in the US
What happened to tiktok on 1/19/25?
It was reintroduced and the app was made to work again with a message thanking Donald Trump, who promised an executive order to save it. It’s worth noting that Trump initiated the ban in the first place.
