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Nathy Peluso: Tiny Desk Concert

Best of Tiny Desk 2024: "The intimacy of the Desk can often trigger nerves, but Nathy showed up authentically pumped-up." —Kara Frame
A woman stands in front of the home where a New Year's Eve fireworks explosion killed and injured people, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Honolulu.

A woman stands in front of the home where a New Year's Eve fireworks explosion killed and injured people, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Honolulu. Marco Garcia/AP hide caption

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An illegal fireworks explosion at a Honolulu home leaves 3 dead and dozens injured

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Officials say two were pronounced dead at the scene, and another died at the hospital. 23 adults and 3 juveniles were transported to multiple hospitals in life-threatening condition with burns and shrapnel injuries.
Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington in 2021. With the start of the new year, minimum wage increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will reach $15 an hour, meaning that 10 states and Washington, D.C., will have minimum wages at or above $15.

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington in 2021. With the start of the new year, minimum wage increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will reach $15 an hour, meaning that 10 states and Washington, D.C., will have minimum wages at or above $15. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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21 states are getting minimum wage bumps in 2025

Increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will bring those states' minimums to $15 an hour, meaning 10 states and Washington, D.C., will now have $15 or higher minimum wage.
33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta walks out of the NYPD 60th Precinct after being arrested and charged in the death of a woman aboard a subway train as she slept and was allegedly lit on fire by Zapeta in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Dec. 23, 2024.

33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta walks out of the NYPD 60th Precinct after being arrested and charged in the death of a woman aboard a subway train as she slept and was allegedly lit on fire by Zapeta in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Dec. 23, 2024. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu/Getty Images hide caption

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Police identify the woman who was burned on the New York subway

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Public records suggest the 57-year-old woman, from New Jersey, had faced hard financial times in recent years.
A group of Okalolies head toward a house belonging to one of their own in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean, on Dec. 31, 2023. New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it's known on the island, is a chance for the whole community to come together.
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A group of Okalolies head toward a house belonging to one of their own in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean, on Dec. 31, 2023. New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it's known on the island, is a chance for the whole community to come together. Julia Gunther hide caption

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A group of Okalolies head toward a house belonging to one of their own in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean, on Dec. 31, 2023. New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it's known on the island, is a chance for the whole community to come together.

A group of Okalolies head toward a house belonging to one of their own in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean, on Dec. 31, 2023. New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it's known on the island, is a chance for the whole community to come together.

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The Okalolies of Old Year's Night: Celebrating tradition on the world's most remote inhabited island

"Okalolies" ring in the new year on the world's most remote inhabited island by visiting the population of not quite 250 in masks and making mischief, an annual chance for the community to come together.
Morgan Minick paints a sign thanking former President Jimmy Carter in his hometown after he died Sunday in Plains, Ga. President Carter lived to be 100 years old, making him the longest living U.S. president in history.

Morgan Minick paints a sign thanking former President Jimmy Carter in his hometown after he died Sunday in Plains, Ga. President Carter lived to be 100 years old, making him the longest living U.S. president in history. Megan Varner/Getty Images hide caption

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Jimmy Carter will have funeral services in Plains, Ga., Atlanta and Washington, D.C.

Former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral services will span six days, three cities and multiple places of significance from his life.
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