Alabama

• AG Marshall confirms that he will NOT be running for governor in 2026
• New tax exemption for deployed National Guardsmen now in effect in AL
• Enrollment open for eligible families for  new school choice program
• Jefferson county man sleeping in bed is injured by NYE celebratory bullet
• State lawmaker Juandalynn Givan plans to run for Birmingham mayor

National

• 10 people are dead after terror attack by man with truck in New Orleans
• Sugar Bowl delayed by a day in New Orleans following the terror attack
• Police investigate how a Tesla burst into flames outside of Trump hotel in NV
• FL congresswoman leaves Democrat party due to anti-semitism
• DNA technology used to solve a 43 year old murder case in Ohio
• Bill Gates funds new research into making mosquitoes "flying vaccinators"