The FBI now says it believes the suspect in the New Year’s attack in New Orleans acted alone. We’ll have an update on the latest.

Ted Cruz is poised to take over leadership of the powerful Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

As of Jan. 1, works published in 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 have entered the public domain. The Standard’s Shelly Brisbin shares some notable highlights of what’s now freely accessible.

And: Opposition mounts against an LNG export terminal along the Texas Gulf Coast.

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