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The U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans posted a series of videos to social media in the hours before the attack, the FBI said Thursday.

Chicago Bulls legend Derrick Rose is being honored throughout the week leading up to a ceremony at the team’s Saturday game, but a pop-up flower shop drew a crowd of hundreds Thursday.

A major winter storm system across Missouri and Kansas this weekend is set to dump heavy snow across the central plains through early next week, the National Weather Service said, with as much as a foot of snow possible in Illinois.

The payment schedule for social security recipients will look a bit different for the start of 2025 — and beneficiaries will want to take note that they won’t receive a payment for at least one month early this year.

The calendar has flipped to 2025, and Americans will soon be tasked with filing their tax returns for the previous year.

A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train in the northern suburbs Thursday, leading to “extensive delays” and shifted train schedules, Metra said.

A major Real ID deadline is set to finally arrive this year after several delays.

TODAY co-anchor Hoda Kotb will exit the NBC show this month after the beloved host announced earlier this year in an emotional moment on live television that she was planning to step down.

The postponed Sugar Bowl College Football Quarterfinal Playoff game between the University of Georgia and the University of Notre Dame is set to take place Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Snow was in the Chicago area forecast Thursday as a clipper storm system moves in from west to east, the NBC 5 Storm Team said, though how much snow you could see will depend on where you live.

The Chicago Police Department has increased patrols near Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded near Trump’s Las Vegas hotel and casino in what’s being investigated as a possible terror attack.

The Chicago Bears figure to kick their coaching search into another gear after their season finale at Green Bay on Sunday.

The death toll in a New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans has risen to at least 15, New Orleans coroner Dr. Dwight McKenna said.