Vehicle Ramming Attacks: Using Cars and Trucks as Weapons Has Become Common
A New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans killed at least 15 people.
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Turo Car Rental App Was Quietly Growing Before New Orleans and Las Vegas Attacks
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How New Orleans' security measures failed to prevent a vehicle attack, experts say
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New Orleans officials were warned Bourbon Street was vulnerable to car-ramming
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New Orleans had top-of-the-line barriers to prevent car attacks — but didn't use them on New Year's
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Vehicles are increasingly the terrorists’ weapon of choice
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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 - 1d -
Sugar Bowl postponed after deadly truck attack
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Trucks in New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Explosion Were Rented Using Turo
Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.The New York Times - 2d -
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What to know about the car-renting app used in the Las Vegas and New Orleans attacks
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Ex-Princeton football star killed in truck attack
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New Orleans New Year's car attack: What we know
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Former New Orleans mayor on truck attack
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FBI investigating New Orleans vehicle attack as 'act of terrorism'
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‘I heard the pops and I just ran’: New Orleans in shock after vehicle attack
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Suspect identified in deadly New Orleans truck attack
The suspect in the deadly New Year's truck attack in New Orleans has been identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar, two federal officials tell CBS News. At least 10 people were killed in the attack. CBS ...CBS News - 2d -
Details on suspect's weapons, body armor in New Orleans truck attack
At least 10 people were killed and several more were injured early on New Year's Day when a man rammed a truck into a crowd on New Orleans' Bourbon Street. CBS News' Nicole Sganga and Anna Schecter ...CBS News - 2d -
Superdome gets security sweep after truck attack
The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans was on lockdown for security sweeps ahead of Wednesday's Sugar Bowl after a pickup truck plowed into a New Year's crowd about a mile away, killing at least 15 ...ESPN - 2d -
Truck used in New Orleans attack was flying large black flag from rear bumper, authorities say
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Trump reacts to deadly New Orleans truck attack
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Former Louisiana congressman on New Orleans truck attack
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Biden response to New Orleans truck attack
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Witness describes deadly New Orleans truck attack
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Security in New Orleans amid deadly truck attack
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