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Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday, officially inaugurating the Holy Year on Christmas Eve with an act that symbolizes hope and redemption. #pope #jubilee #christmas #news #abcnews

Bystander footage captures firefighting planes picking up water from the Pacific Ocean and flying over homes in Los Angeles in an effort to battle wildfires raging in California. #news #abcnews

Former Pres. Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump spoke inside Washington National Cathedral at the state funeral ceremony for former Pres. Jimmy Carter. #news #donaldtrump #barackobama #potus #jimmycarter

BREAKING: Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, including first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism. Mangione's attorney argued he is "entitled to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence," calling out state officials who have made public remarks about the case and Mangione. #mangione #crime #news #abcnews

NEW: President-elect Trump says he intends to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." "That covers a lot of territory ... what a beautiful name." #trump #gulfofmexico #news #abcnews

"Uh, excuse me, buck." A woman in Canada used the security camera on her front porch to communicate with a buck that was caught nibbling on her holiday decorations. The buck politely complied with the woman's request "to stop eating my holiday arrangement." #animalsoftiktok #abcnews

"I can't imagine it's the enemy, because if it was the enemy they'd blast it out." President-elect Trump claims, without evidence, that "the government knows what is happening," with the repeated drone sightings over parts of New Jersey. #drone #trump #news #abcnews

In the wild of Alaska, the race to find a serial killer. The chilling new docuseries – “Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls” – is now streaming, only on @hulu. #WildCrime

The Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas was rented on the same app used to rent the pickup truck in New Orleans, law enforcement sources said. Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada as a possible act of terror. An official briefed on the probe told ABC News that the Tesla Cybertruck had a load of fireworks-style mortars onboard. Investigators were urgently working to determine a motive and whether the driver intended to set off an explosion and why. #cybertruck #trump #lasvegas #news #abcnews

Heavy rain brought flooding to parts of southern Portugal on Thursday, with footage showing rushing waters inundating streets in Albufeira. #portugal #floods

Pete Hegseth pushed back against Sen. Tim Kaine's question over whether violence against a spouse would disqualify a candidate as defense secretary pick. Hegseth called the question a "hypothetical" but did not answer. "I don't think it's a hypothetical," Kaine said. "Violence against spouses occurs every day." #politics #military #news #abcnews

"If those hostages aren't back ... if they're not back by the time I get into office, all hell will break out in the Middle East. And it will not be good for Hamas." President-elect Trump warned that "all hell will break out" if the hostages being held by Hamas since the Oct. 7 attack in Israel aren't released by the time he takes office in less than two weeks. #israelhamaswar #trump #news #abcnews

Plane passengers were shocked by what they saw as they came in to land in Los Angeles, as the wildfires ravaging local neighborhoods could be seen clearly below them glowing in the darkness. #news #weather #california #losangeles

As of 11:30 p.m. ET, in the race for 270 electoral votes, former Pres. Donald Trump has won 23 states and 214 electoral votes to Vice Pres. Kamala Harris' 11 states and 165 electoral votes, according to ABC News projections. Watch live analysis on ABC. #election2024 #news #abcnews

BREAKING: A man in a white pickup truck, who was "hellbent" on killing as many people as possible, drove around barricades and plowed his vehicle through a crowd of New Year's Eve revellers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early on Wednesday, leaving at least 10 dead and injuring dozens of others, city and federal officials said. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/1-dead-vehicle-strikes-crowd-new-orleans-police/story?id=117246329

A child was hospitalized after being hit by one of several drones that crashed into each other during a Saturday night aerial holiday show in Orlando, authorities said. #news #drone #holiday #florida #abcnews

A multistory building in New Orleans, Louisiana, partially collapsed on Dec. 30, leaving hundreds without power, according to officials. Dashcam footage captured the moment the historic building collapsed into the street below. #news #neworleans

The United Arab Emirates rang in the new year at Dubai's Burj Khalifa — the world's tallest building — with a remarkable light display and fireworks show. #happynewyear #newyearcountdown #nye #newyearseve #2025 #abcnews

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms started to flower on Thursday, for the first time in 15 years at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia. Dubbed the “corpse flower,” the plant's scientific name is amorphophallus titanum but she's Putricia — a portmanteau of "putrid" and "Patricia" — to her fans who have been lining up to view her. #news #corpseflower #plants

BREAKING: The judge in President-elect Donald Trump's New York criminal hush money case indicated Friday that he intends to sentence Trump to an "unconditional discharge" out of respect for the presidential immunity doctrine. Judge Juan Merchan ordered Trump to appear, either in person or virtually, for his sentencing on Jan. 10. #news #donaldtrump