It's Game Over for Gazprom in Ukraine (Newser Morning 8)

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January 1, 2025     "And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." —Rainer Maria Rilke   1 'Mass Casualty Incident' Reported on Bourbon Street Tragedy in New Orleans on the first day of 2025: CNN reports 10 people were killed and 30 more injured after a vehicle drove into a Bourbon Street crowd early Wednesday. Keep reading   2 It's Game Over for Gazprom in Ukraine Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers that pass through the country after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of last year. Keep reading     At a Glance People with fancy hats and caps attend the annual New Year's swimming of the winter swimming club 'Seehunde Berlin', on New Year's Day at the Oranke Lake in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)   3 15 Men Are No Longer on Death Row in NC In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, reducing the state's death row population by more than 10%. Keep reading   4 Elon Musk Rebrands Himself on X Elon Musk is no longer going by that name on X. The BBC reports Musk "has sparked speculation" after changing his profile name to "Kekius Maximus" and pairing it with a profile photo of an armored Pepe the Frog, who appears to be holding a gaming console. Keep reading   5 South Korea Asks for US Help With Jeju Air Black Box The US is stepping in to assist South Korean investigators with data extraction from one of the two black boxes from Sunday's deadly Jeju Air plane crash, which killed all but two of the 181 people aboard. Keep reading   6 New Laws Coming in 2025 Artificial intelligence, abortion, guns, marijuana, minimum wages: Name a hot topic, and chances are good there's a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 She Ran a Marathon on All 366 Days in 2024 Finally coming to a halt on Tuesday—the last of leap year 2024's 366 days—Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne felt she had done all to take the world record as the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year. Keep reading   8 400 Kegs Stolen in UK Guinness Heist Some criminals in the UK might be toasting the new year with large quantities of ill-gotten Guinness. Keep reading   This Day in History In 1818, Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" was first published in London, when Shelley was 20 years old. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2017: Mariah Has Something to Say About Weird NYE Performance   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2025 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved