Jan 03 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after deadly incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas By Associated Press The Pentagon weighed in on the deadly New Year's Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas Friday. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 8:09 FBI says New Orleans attacker acted alone but was inspired by ISIS By Laura Barrón-López, Karina Cuevas Answers are beginning to trickle out in the deadly New Year's truck attack in New Orleans. Officials revised the death toll to 14 victims plus the suspect. They also gave more details about his activities in the hours before the… Continue watching
Jan 02 Aspiring nurse, football star, single mother and father of 2 among those killed in New Orleans attack By Associated Press Officials have not yet released the names of the 14 people killed in the New Orleans New Year's Day truck attack, but their families and friends have started sharing their stories. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 7:58 New Year’s celebrations turn to horror as death toll rises in New Orleans attack By Laura Barrón-López, Azhar Merchant, Courtney Norris, Dan Sagalyn, Ryan Connelly Holmes A deadly attack in New Orleans early New Year’s Day killed at least 15 people and left dozens injured after a man driving a truck barreled through the city's French Quarter. Authorities say they found an ISIS flag and weapons… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 6:08 Examining possible security lapses in New Orleans attack By Laura Barrón-López For a closer look at how things unfolded from a security perspective in the New Orleans attack, Laura Barrón-López spoke with Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and faculty chair of the Homeland Security… Continue watching
Jan 01 Barriers to stop vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced in New Orleans By Christopher Weber, Jeff Martin, Kevin McGill, Associated Press Bollards were in the process of being replaced and some were apparently not engaged on New Year’s Day when a motorist rammed a pickup truck through a crowd of revelers, killing ten people in New Orleans. Continue reading
Jan 01 Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame postponed after deadly truck attack in New Orleans By Brett Martel, AP Sports Writer The College Football Playoff quarterfinal in New Orleans has been postponed a day after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away from the site of the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame. Continue reading
Jan 01 WATCH: FBI identifies driver in New Orleans attack, believes he may have had help By Associated Press Authorities say a man driving a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30. Continue reading
Jan 01 New Orleans New Year’s Day ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon By Associated Press Police say a person who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans was hell-bent on creating carnage. Continue reading
Jan 01 Driver kills 15 New Year’s revelers in New Orleans truck attack, FBI doesn’t believe he acted alone By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin McGill, Jack Brook, Associated Press Authorities say a driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police. Continue reading