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Biden visits New Orleans after New Year's attack
President Biden visited New Orleans on Monday and met with the families of the victims of the deadly New Year's Day truck attack. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca is on Bourbon Street with ...CBS News - 39m -
Biden visits New Orleans as authorities give new details about planning of New Year's attack
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden were in New Orleans on Monday to meet with the families of those killed in the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street. The visit comes as authorities ...CBS News - 48m -
New Orleans officials knew risk years before Bourbon Street attack
A confidential report warned that bollards needed to be fixed. New Orleans didn't start to replace them for five years.CBS News - 5h -
Biden heads to New Orleans today amid mourning over New Year's truck attack
The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.CBS News - 5h -
FBI investigates potential associates of New Orleans attacker in US and abroad
Officials say evidence supports theory suspect, 42, carried out deadly attack alone but reveal leads are being pursued. Federal authorities investigating the avowed Islamic State (IS) sympathizer ...The Guardian - 1d -
FBI: New Orleans attacker recorded area using Meta smart glasses weeks before attack
FBI officials said the man behind the deadly New Year's Day attack in New Orleans had visited the city twice in late 2024 and recorded the Bourbon Street area using Meta smart glasses. NBC News' ...NBC News - 1d -
An Ivy League football player, a cook, a mother: the victims of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans
Those who died on Bourbon Street had gathered to celebrate the new year and were locals, tourists, students and parents. University students. Parents and other people pursuing careers. A former ...The Guardian - 1d -
New Orleans’ planned barriers only designed to withstand crashes of 10mph
Files reviewed by Reuters show new system not able to prevent vehicle attacks at moderate to high speeds. Months before the deadly New Orleans vehicle attack on New Year’s Day, the city modeled ...The Guardian - 1d -
New Orleans attacker said in video message to family he had joined ISIS
The man authorities say killed 14 people during a New Year's Day truck ramming attack in New Orleans left a video for his family, saying that he joined ISIS and considered killing them before ...NBC News - 2d -
Grieving New Orleans gathers in prayer and healing after New Year's Day attack
Hundreds of New Orleanians gathered at the City of Love Church on Saturday morning to seek solace and understanding in the wake of the New Year's Day attack.NBC News - 2d -
New Orleans assailant said in videos to his family that he considered killing them before conducting attack
A U.S. Army veteran from Texas who drove to Louisiana and deliberately plowed into New Year’s revelers in New Orleans recorded videos during the drive addressed to his family, in which he talked ...NBC News - 2d -
New Orleans attacker used very rare explosive in bombs, officials say
Shamsud-Din Jabbar used a rare explosive in New Orleans that has never before been used in a U.S. or European terrorist attack. A key question is how he learned of the explosive and managed to ...NBC News - 2d -
New Orleans Attacker Had Transmitter to Set Off Explosives, F.B.I. Says
Bomb-making materials were found at a short-term rental house, and the authorities said they had recovered a transmitter intended to set off explosives on the city’s famous Bourbon Street.The New York Times - 2d -
How New Orleans' security measures failed to prevent a vehicle attack, experts say
New Orleans has 700-pound steel barriers but did not put them on Bourbon Street until a day after the attack, which the lieutenant governor called “a complete failure of responsibility.”NBC News - 3d -
What to know about Turo, the car rental app used in New Orleans attack and Las Vegas bombing
The car rental app Turo is working to understand how two of its vehicles were used in the deadly New Orleans attack and Cybertruck bombing in Las Vegas. The Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside ...CBS News - 3d -
New Orleans attacker posted recordings on his beliefs in year before rampage
Shamsud-Din Jabbar made no mention of plans for violence or affiliations with extremist groups in the recordings.CBS News - 3d -
How can police prevent attacks like the one in New Orleans?
Fourteen died and dozens more were injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Streets.The Hill - 3d -
New Orleans had top-of-the-line barriers to prevent car attacks — but didn't use them on New Year's
New Orleans had access to effective anti-vehicle barriers ahead of the Bourbon Street attack on New Year’s Eve revelers that killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more.NBC News - 4d -
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Turo Car Rental App Was Quietly Growing Before New Orleans and Las Vegas Attacks
Turo, which investigators say was used to acquire the vehicles involved in the attack in New Orleans and explosion in Las Vegas, was emerging as an alternative car-rental service.The New York Times - 4d -
What's Turo? The 'Airbnb of cars' was used in New Orleans and Las Vegas incidents
An online car rental service is under scrutiny after it was used in two incidents Wednesday.NBC News - 4d -
Who Were the Victims Killed in the New Orleans Attack on New Year’s?
This is what we have learned about a few of the 15 people who died when a man slammed a pickup into crowds on Bourbon Street.The New York Times - 4d -
Trump uses New Orleans attack to push security and border agenda
President-elect blames US military veteran’s alleged terror act on Biden’s immigration policyFinancial Times - 4d -
‘It’s devastating’: New Orleans reels from deadly New Year’s Day attack
As life in the historic French Quarter tried to return to normal, the grief and sadness among residents was acute. At the cross-street of Bourbon and Saint Phillip, a few dozen yards from the ...The Guardian - 4d -
New Orleans attack and Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion put car-rental app Turo in the spotlight
The peer-to-peer service was used to rent vehicles used in the incidents on New Orleans’ storied Bourbon Street and at a Trump Organization–operated hotel in Las Vegas, leading investigators to ...MarketWatch - 4d -
The Guardian view on the New Orleans attack: a familiar horror marks an anxious new year | Editorial
The deadly assault on crowds in the US city echoes those elsewhere. A bigoted and kneejerk reaction will not dispel the threat from terrorism. The deadly attack on new year revellers in New ...The Guardian - 4d -
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What is Turo? Car rental app used in New Orleans and Las Vegas
Turo, a San Francisco-based company founded in 2010, operates differently from traditional car rental services.The Hill - 4d -
DC police tighten security after New Orleans New Year's attack
Police in Washington on Wdnesday said they have upped security measures after the New Year's attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans. “While there is no known threat to the District of Columbia, out ...The Hill - 4d -
What we know so far about the deadly New Orleans truck attack on New Year's Day
Early Wednesday, Texas man Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck through a New Orleans street, killing 15 people, in what the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.NBC News - 4d -
What to know about the car-renting app used in the Las Vegas and New Orleans attacks
The car-renting app Turo is in the spotlight after both the cars used in the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks on New Year's Day were rented through the company. In New Orleans, a pickup truck ...The Hill - 4d -
What is New Orleans’ French Quarter, the location of the New Year’s Day truck attack?
Founded in 1718, the neighbourhood is also known as the Vieux Carre – or Old Quarter – and is the historic colonial centre of the city. Full report: truck flying Islamic State flag drives into ...The Guardian - 5d -
Louisiana lawmakers condemn 'evil' New Orleans New Year's attack
Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday condemned the “evil” driving attack in New Orleans, in which a truck plowed through the crowds on Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Ten ...The Hill - 5d -
Suspect in deadly New Orleans attack was 13-year US army veteran, Shamsud-Din Jabbar
Texas man, 42, who was killed by police, served in Afghanistan and held rank of staff sergeant. New Orleans vehicle attack – follow updates Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old Texas man ...The Guardian - 5d -
New Orleans New Year's car attack: What we know
Early New Years Day terror struck New Orleans as a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens more. The driver was identified as Shamsud-Din ...The Hill - 5d -
YouTube video of New Orleans attacker uncovered, ex-wife had restraining order against him
We're learning more about the New Orleans truck attacker who killed at least 10 people early Wednesday morning when he plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street. CBS News Anna Schecter has the latest.CBS News - 5d -
Why law enforcement thinks New Orleans truck attacker may have had help
The FBI says the driver is not believed to be "solely responsible" for the early New Year's Day truck attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street. CBS News' Samantha Vinograd and Nicole Sganga have more.CBS News - 5d -
New Orleans city council member on bollards and the New Year's Day truck attack
New Orleans City Council Member Eugene Green spoke with CBS News' Kati Weis about the traffic bollards that were being upgraded when a driver plowed through a group on Bourbon Street early on New ...CBS News - 5d -
Latest details on deadly New Year's Day truck attack in New Orleans | Special Report
At least 10 people have been killed and 35 injured after a truck rammed into a Bourbon Street crowd early on New Year's Day in New Orleans. The FBI is investigating the attack as an act of possible ...CBS News - 5d -
What we know about deadly New Year's Day truck attack in New Orleans
At least 10 people were killed early on New Year's Day when a truck slammed into a crowd on New Orleans' Bourbon Street. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism and sources say ...CBS News - 5d
