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☆ Grieving New Orleans gathers in prayer and healing after New Year's Day attack
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Deon J. Hampton | Deon J. Hampton Is A National Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

NEW ORLEANS — Kim Alexander sat in the middle of the half-filled sanctuary as music and prayer filled the room. Hundreds of New Orleanians gathered at the City of Love Church on Saturday morning to seek solace and understanding in the wake of the attack. The mood at the morning prayer service oscillated between grief and determination. “The city is hurting, but it is also resilient.”Congregants listen to Bishop Lester Love speak at a prayer service on Saturday morning. After the prayer service, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said the city will remain vigilant about keeping residents and tourists safe in the months ahead, but she couldn’t rule out another mass killing.

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☆ New Orleans attacker said in videos to his family that he considered killing them before joining ISIS
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“I wanted to record this message for my family,” Shamsud-Din Jabbar said in the videos. Jabbar, 42, drove a rented truck from Houston to New Orleans on New Year’s Eve, authorities said, posting videos online along the way. While it may not have surprised experts, Jabbar’s rampage has bewildered his family, friends and colleagues, who described him as kind and unassuming. “It’s a complete surprise, a shock to everyone,” Jabbar’s half brother, Abdur-Rahim Jabbar IV, 24, said in an interview this week. Jabbar expressed being upset about the situation, calling it “genocide on both sides.”After his most recent divorce, Jabbar seemed to become more devout, though he never discussed ISIS or any radical ideologies.

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LONDON — The royal family paid tribute Saturday to the British man killed in the New Orleans truck-ramming attack, a 31-year-old who was the stepson of Prince William and Prince Harry's former nanny. “The entire family are devastated at the tragic news of Ed‘s death in New Orleans. Our thoughts are with the other families who have lost their family members due to this terrible attack. In a post on X, he said that "our thoughts and prayers remain with the Pettifer family and all those innocent people who have been tragically impacted by this horrific attack." All but one of the victims of the truck-ramming attack have now been identified by the New Orleans coroner’s office.

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☆ New Orleans attacker had a transmitter to set off explosive devices, F.B.I. says
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The driver who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired attack by plowing into a crowded New Orleans street on New Year’s Day had planned to use a transmitter to detonate two explosive devices he had placed nearby, authorities have said. Neither of the explosive devices were detonated, and it remains unclear whether the failure was due to a malfunction, lack of activation, or another issue. The transmitter and two guns were recovered from Jabbar’s truck, the statement said, and are being transported to an FBI laboratory for testing. Federal investigators examining the attack say that Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound in the two devices, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News. The FBI has stated that the investigation remains ongoing and it has not changed its posture that Jabbar acted alone.

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The ISIS-inspired attack in New Orleans underscores how extremism online and political divisions at home have created “a perfect storm” for radicalization in America, experts say, with law enforcement struggling to track an increasingly fractured threat. And all that is playing into a perfect storm of factors that are leading to an increase in radicalization.”According to the federal government, the main terror threat to the U.S. now is lone actors inspired by extremism ideology. But sometimes, as in the New Orleans attack, the driving ideology is radical Islamism. Berger, an extremism researcher with the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said in an email. That shift had the center’s vice president, Oren Segal, worried even before the New Orleans attack, he said.

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Alexis Scott-Windham said in an interview with NBC News on Friday that her mother, Tryphena Scott-Windham, told her friends to make a tourniquet to control her blood flow. “They tied it around my ankle to cut out the circulation.”Then, Scott-Windham said, a stranger drove her to a nearby hospital. "So I just told my daughter's friend to just tie her other sock around her leg so she wouldn't bleed so heavy," she told NBC News. Scott-Windham said she tried to get away but the truck clipped the back of her right foot and she went down hard. “I was supposed to go, like, to work that Jan. 2, at 2 a.m.,” she told NBC News.

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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will head to New Orleans on Monday, the site of a New Year's Day terror attack that killed 14 people and wounded dozens more, the White House announced Friday. The White House said in a statement that the Bidens will "grieve with the families and community members impacted by the tragic attack on January 1 and meet with officials on the ground" while in Louisiana. Biden spoke on Thursday from the White House about the New Orleans attack and a separate New Year's Day incident in Las Vegas, where a vehicle exploded in front of a Trump-branded property. "We’re also continuing to investigate whether or not there’s any connection between the New Orleans attack and the explosion in Las Vegas. Biden added, "I directed my team to accelerate these investigations so we have answers to our unanswered questions.

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Mike Johnson fights to maintain his role as House Speaker. New session of Congress begins with House speaker voteIt’s the first day of the 119th Congress — and with it, two parts of the Republican trifecta of House, Senate and White House control are falling into place. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. Read more about Congress’ first day, and follow our live blog for updates throughout the day. After the House chooses a speaker, Republicans will have a tall to-do list when it comes to advancing Trump’s agenda.

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Another question is whether Trump should have weighed in when New Orleans was on edge and authorities were still piecing together what happened and why. Fox later corrected its report to say the truck had actually crossed the border in November, with a driver who "did not appear to be" the suspect in the New Orleans attack. Conservatives on social media took note of the initial report, concluding that the suspect was a migrant and that lax border security might be to blame for the attack. “President Trump rightfully highlighted that criminals crossing the border have committed some of the most heinous crimes this country has witnessed in its history," he said. A Trump transition official predicted that the attacks would help ensure those national security selections are ultimately confirmed.

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BEAUMONT, Texas — Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s high school friends knew him as “Sham” — a good student with a quiet disposition and a bright future. “It’s a complete surprise, a shock, to everyone,” Jabbar’s half-brother, Abdur-Rahim Jabbar IV, 24, said in an interview. “He was very grounded, reserved, quiet,” said Chris Pousson, who attended middle school and high school with Jabbar. Courtesy Abdur-Rahim Jabbar IVAfter he graduated in 2001, Jabbar sought to serve his country. “It set him straight,” Abdur-Rahim Jabbar said, referring to a period after high school when Jabbar was partying and had some minor run-ins with the law.

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☆ Bourbon Street reopens to lighter crowds a day after New Orleans attack
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Deon J. Hampton | Deon J. Hampton Is A National Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

NEW ORLEANS — Bourbon Street reopened Thursday to a light crowd as tourists and locals veered away from the world-famous destination after an attacker plowed through crowds of revealers, killing more than a dozen people on New Year’s Day. Police walk down Bourbon Street past reporters in New Orleans on Thursday, the day after an attacker drove into crowds on the street. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP - Getty ImagesDemelza Outram, 40, of Western Australia, was visiting Bourbon Street for the first time. They are heroes.”New Orleans police chaplain Ken DeSoto, center, leads other officers in prayer on Bourbon Street on Thursday. “I’m looking for a place to get dinner,” he said down on Bourbon Street.

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☆ How the New Orleans truck attack unfolded on the famous Bourbon Street
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The Sugar Bowl college football game between Notre Dame and the University of Georgia was postponed Wednesday and rescheduled for Thursday after the truck attack on Bourbon Street. The truck quickly turns onto Bourbon Street, appearing to maneuver around a patrol vehicle with its lights flashing. Lying in her hotel room above Bourbon Street, April McGee thought the sound of chaos below was fireworks, she told WDSU. In New Orleans, officials urged tourists to carry on, to enjoy the city but to steer clear of Bourbon Street. Matthias Hauswirth of New Orleans prays on the street near the scene of Wednesday's truck attack.

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He spoke to NBC News from his hospital room, where he is recovering with two broken legs. Survivor Jeremi Sensky spoke to NBC News from his hospital room, where he is recovering with two broken legs. "I just heard screaming and I heard gunfire," he recalled. The officer told Sensky that he “was lucky to be alive.”"I kept asking for someone to help me and get me out of there and it took a while," Sensky said. Sensky told NBC News that the entire experience has been "surreal."

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President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have blamed the deadly New Orleans truck attack on President Joe Biden's border policies even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen. The network walked back its reporting later Wednesday, but not before Trump and some of his allies echoed it. Donald Trump Jr., the president-elect's eldest son, posted a news article about the erroneous report, saying, "Biden’s parting gift to America — migrant terrorists." Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted shortly after the initial segment: “New Orleans terrorist attacker is said to have come across the border in Eagle Pass TWO DAYS AGO!!! !”Later Wednesday, Fox News quoted Trump's Truth Social posted and then noted, "To be clear, the suspect was born in the United States."

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The terrorist behind the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans posted videos online proclaiming his support for the Islamic State terror group before he rammed his truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14, the FBI said Thursday. It was premeditated and an evil act,” Raia said, adding that Jabbar acted alone. “He was 100 percent inspired by ISIS.”Investigators believe Jabbar, an Army veteran, picked up his rented white Ford truck in Houston on Dec. 30 and then headed for New Orleans the next evening. Police investigators surround a white truck that crashed into a work lift in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Wednesday. Jabbar died in a gunfight with police officers, officials said.

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And NBC News went back to high school — with an Olympic gold medalist. There were other possible IEDs planted nearby in the French Quarter, two of which have been rendered safe. The blast is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack, three senior law enforcement members briefed on the matter told NBC News. The pickup truck used in New Orleans and the Tesla in the Las Vegas explosion were rented from the same company, Turo, said officials. He still had two years left of high school.

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☆ Authorities probe possible military link between suspects in New Orleans attack and Trump Tower Cybertruck blast
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Andrew Blankstein | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Jonathan_Dienst_Byline.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Authorities are investigating a possible military connection between the New Orleans car-ramming suspect and the person who died after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside Las Vegas’ Trump International Hotel on New Year’s Day, two law enforcement sources familiar with the cases told NBC News. Weapons and a potential improvised explosive device were also found in the rented truck, the FBI said. Matthew Hinton / AFP - Getty ImagesHours later, the Las Vegas explosion triggered heightened security around Trump towers in New York and Chicago. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that “law enforcement and the intelligence community” were investigating “whether there’s any possible connection” between the incidents. The suspect in the Las Vegas Trump tower blast, who has not been publicly identified by law enforcement, also had previous military experience, two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation said.

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Tiger Bech was among those killed in the New Orleans attack on Wednesday. Virginia BechFormer Princeton football player Tiger Bech, 27, was among at least 10 people killed in the New Orleans attack on Wednesday, his sister confirmed to CNN. Virginia Bech, 29, said her younger brother was outside a pizza shop on Bourbon Street, walking back to his hotel with a friend, when the attack unfolded. His sister said he sustained internal injuries, including head trauma, in the attack when a driver rammed a pickup truck into the crowd on Bourbon Street. His friend, Quigley, is in a stable condition but suffered a severe laceration to the head and a broken leg, Virginia Bech said.

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☆ New Orleans raises specter of persistent ISIS threat
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

A heavy police and FBI presence blocks off the French Quarter near Bourbon Street in New Orleans late Wednesday morning after a terrorist attack. Emily Kask / AFP - Getty ImagesAuthorities have cited ISIS’ branch in Afghanistan, known as ISIS-K, as a particular danger. “While we don’t know the extent of ISIS involvement yet, this was either inspired by the group or directed from abroad,” Clarke said. In November 2016, authorities said, ISIS propaganda inspired a Somali refugee to drive a car into a crowd at Ohio State University and then stab students trying to help those hit by his car. Western intelligence agencies have generally managed to counter the threat posed by the group, Zelin told NBC News.

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Just hours into 2025, an attack in New Orleans killed 15 people and injured dozens more. Authorities have identified the suspect as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, and revealed that his truck flew an Islamic State flag during the attack. He drove his truck, which was flying an ISIS flag, onto a sidewalk and bypassed a police vehicle, officials said. The FBI revealed that Jabbar also had weapons and a possible improvised explosive device in his truck, which was rented. Eyewitnesses recalled "bodies and screams" in the moments after the attack, which took place in the city's French Quarter.

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☆ Police probe motive in New Orleans truck rampage
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

FBI investigators arrive at the scene where the white Ford F-150 pickup truck that crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year's revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025. The New Orleans attack injured about 30 other people, including two police officers wounded by gunfire from the suspect, taking place a mere three hours into the New Year in the historic French Quarter. One New Year's Day tradition - the classic college football known as the Sugar Bowl - was rescheduled for Thursday afternoon. The city will also host the NFL Super Bowl on Feb. 9. Police found weapons and a potential explosive device in the vehicle, while two potential explosive devices were found in the French Quarter and rendered safe, the FBI said.

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☆ Trump, GOP allies falsely blame New Orleans attack on immigration failures
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Rebecca Shabad | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have blamed the deadly New Orleans truck attack on President Joe Biden's border policies even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen. "The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before," he wrote. "Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department." The network walked back its reporting later Wednesday, but not before Trump and some of his allies echoed it. Later Wednesday, Fox News quoted Trump's Truth Social posted and then noted, "To be clear, the suspect was born in the United States."

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☆ Driver of Tesla Cybertruck that exploded was a US Army special-ops soldier: reports
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Theron Mohamed | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump hotel has been identified. Livelsberger had been an active-duty Army servicemember for nearly two decades, the US Army told BI. In addition, you accept Insider's Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyThe driver of the Tesla Cybertruck who died when it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday has been identified as an active-duty US Army servicemember, according to media reports. Livelsberger was a master sergeant who served as a special operations soldier, a US Army spokesperson said. "US Army Special Operations Command can confirm Livelsberger was assigned to the command and on approved leave at the time of his death," the Army spokesperson said.

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☆ A NYT journalist interviewed the New Orleans suspect in 2015. He says there were no 'red flags.'
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The suspect in the New Orleans attack was interviewed by a journalist back in 2015. The reporter said the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, gave "no red flags." Keenan told CNN his "head was spinning" when he found out. "What little I remember about that interview was a very cool, calm and collected guy," Keenan told CNN. AdvertisementReflecting on his old interview, Keenan told CNN he is "still processing it all."

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☆ Video: Doorbell cam catches New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar outside of Airbnb rental
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Ally Hill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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