should have known something was up

At 3:17 a.m., the attacker sped virtually unimpeded for almost 1,000 feet, plowing through a crowd of people until he struck a piece of construction equipment that happened to be there for a project unrelated to security, according to photographs, videos and witness accounts.

Police officers were patrolling at the time of the attack, and portable crowd-control fences that resembled bike racks were placed along parts of the street, according to video footage and witnesses, who said they saw nothing that would stop a vehicle.

The city acquired temporary anti-vehicle barriers known as “archers” after the 2016 attack in France, but did not use them on New Year’s Eve.

After passing the police vehicle, the attacker reached a hydraulic "wedge" vehicle barrier that according to plans obtained by The Post should have been deployed.

It wasn't — instead the wedge acted as little more than a speed bump as the F150 Lightning raced down Bourbon St.

A witness standing at a streetcar stop in Canal Street at the time told us the "the truck had enough space to turn... they had plenty of space if the goal was to go over people."

At various times on NYE, the placement of a police SUV meant to block Bourbon Street left a gap more than twice the width of the attacker’s truck, The Post found.

Shortly after 3.15 a.m. the attacker accessed Bourbon Street through this gap in front of a police SUV.

Way back in March we saw Huracan beat River in a thrilling game at their iconic stadium in Buenos Aires. (h/t to @jonawils who opens his brilliant book on Argentine soccer here).

Will be pulling for them tomorrow…

Wild final round to the season in Argentina this weekend. Tomorrow Huracan plays first place Velez Sarsfeld with a chance to win the league (if Talleres doesn’t win).

Racing also beating River 1-0 tonight.

A dateline that would have seemed impossible just weeks ago.

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NEW: The @washingtonpost.com spoke to a guest who said one of his roommates at an Upper West Side hostel was a man who closely resembled the person in footage police released as part of their investigation into the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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The Post has obtained exclusive surveillance video from midtown that appears to show a suspect matching NYPD descriptions exiting a subway station prior to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday. via: @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social

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Two women testified that Matt Gaetz paid them for sex, lawyer says

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Horrifying air quality readings in New Delhi today

The best minds still over on twitter unfortunately

Trump broke the Democrats’ thermostat

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Day 10 of whatever strain this is.