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Louisiana’s Attorney General announced Monday a “full review” of New Orleans’ security plans in the wake of the New Year's Day terror attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 revelers and injured dozens more. State Attorney General Liz Murrill ordered the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation to examine the city’s security plans for New Year’s Eve and the Sugar Bowl after consulting with the governor, she said in a statement. The move comes after criticism and questions about New Orleans’ security protocol, in which it failed to deploy anti-vehicle barriers that it had owned for years. Additionally, other barriers, known as bollards, had recently been removed because they were malfunctioning and needed to be replaced. New Orleans officials have defended the city's New Year's Eve security measures, which they said included installing temporary barriers, vehicles and law enforcement personnel throughout the French Quarter.

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NEW ORLEANS — Vehicle attacks are a rising global terror threat that can be difficult to prevent — but the deadly assault on New Year’s revelers in New Orleans shows how a city’s efforts to protect a heavily crowded and vulnerable area can fall short, experts said. “New Orleans does have mobile vehicle barriers that are designed to block streets and sidewalks,” Don Aviv, CEO of Interfor International, told NBC News on Friday. Asked hours later whether the police had considered the possibility of a driver mounting the sidewalk on Bourbon Street, Capt. The sense of betrayal was echoed by Bourbon Street workers as they returned to their jobs this week. “It seems worse than poor planning,” said Rory Windhorst, who works at a business on Bourbon Street near the site of the attack.

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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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☆ 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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☆ Notre Dame stuns Georgia in an emotional Sugar Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Jacob Lev | Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard delivered a quick strike wide receiver Beaux Collins for a 13-yard touchdown, taking a 13-3 lead to the locker room. Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton made his first career start against Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. Notre Dame celebrates Sugar Bowl win. USA!”A Notre Dame player kneels and prays ahead of kickoff of the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Sixth-seeded Penn State will face seventh-seeded Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl on January 9, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

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☆ Visual timeline: What happened in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Caroll Alvarado | Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Using surveillance footage and witness video and accounts, CNN has pieced together a visual timeline of the attack. Around 3:16 a.m., a white pickup truck was captured on a surveillance camera driving northwest on Canal Street toward the intersection with Bourbon Street. WVUEPanic and fear surged through the crowd as the driver accelerated down Bourbon Street, ramming into more pedestrians. A group of law enforcement officers rush down Bourbon Street after appearing to receive a call about the attack. Law enforcement officers rush past several bodies, which CNN has blurred, that lay on Bourbon Street after the attack.

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At least 10 people are dead and 30 were injured in what police are calling a “mass casualty” event in New Orleans after a vehicle drove into a crowd during New Year's celebrations early Wednesday, city officials said. Historic Bourbon Street, in the French Quarter, is a popular tourist area filled with bars and restaurants and was expected to be busy overnight. Police said Tuesday that they expected the city to be busy as locals and visitors rang in the new year. New Orleans Police Department said it would be staffed at 100% and would draft in another 300 officers to help keep the peace. This is a developing story, check back here for updates soon.

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☆ New Orleans shootings: 2 dead, 10 injured
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Melissa Alonso | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Two people were killed and 10 others were injured in two shootings during a popular New Orleans second-line parade on Sunday, according to the New Orleans Police Department. They are 45 minutes apart from each other,” Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said during a Sunday evening news conference. “Approximately 45 minutes later, up on the bridge, we did have another outbreak of gunfire,” Kirkpatrick said. Police say it is still unclear whether the shootings are related because they occurred 45 minutes apart. The term “second line” refers to the people who follow the main brass band procession, the “first line.”“It’s a wonderful event … and we wanted to keep it a wonderful event,” she said.

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☆ Netflix's Hit Man has a dark but satisfying ending. Here's how it compares to Gary Johnson's real-life story.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNetflix's "Hit Man" is based on the true story of former fake hitman Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) — but the ending is different from reality. Adria Arjona as Madison and Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in "Hit Man." Last year, Netflix bought "Hit Man" for $20 million to stream on their platform. In 'Hit Man,' Gary and Madison get away with killing two people and raise a family togetherAdria Arjona and Glen Powell in "Hit Man." The real Gary Johnson didn't murder anyone or marry MadisonAustin Amelio, Sanjay Rao, and Retta as New Orleans detectives Jasper, Phil, and Claudette in "Hit Man."

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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore City Council on Monday confirmed Richard Worley as the city’s new police commissioner, a leadership change that comes amid an ongoing push for reform of the embattled agency that began after Freddie Gray’s 2015 death. Harrison led the New Orleans Police Department through a similar reform process before moving to Baltimore. While Harrison brought an outsider’s perspective to the job, Worley is a Baltimore native and a longtime department veteran. Political Cartoons View All 1193 Images“I’ve dedicated my life to serving the Baltimore City Police Department,” he said during a confirmation hearing last month. During the hearing last month, council members once again criticized the department’s lackluster response.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Monday that she has chosen Anne Kirkpatrick, a former chief of police in Spokane, Washington, and Oakland, California, to head the New Orleans Police Department, a nomination subject to the approval of the City Council. Kirkpatrick, if approved, would be the permanent replacement for Shaun Ferguson, who retired from the job last year. The post has been held on an interim basis by Michelle Woodfork, a longtime veteran of the New Orleans department, who had also applied for the job. She was tapped to help with police reform efforts in Chicago under then-Mayor Rahm Emmanuel in 2017. Voters approved a measure last year granting the council the right to approve or reject a nominee for police chief.

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☆ A man is fatally shot near a popular New Orleans restaurant on first day of Jazz Fest
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Jay Croft | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A man was fatally shot and a woman wounded Friday night outside a New Orleans restaurant near the annual Jazz Fest, which started Friday. They found a man dead at the scene near Mandina’s Restaurant, a 90-year-old institution. A woman on the streetcar at the time told WDSU the streetcar was stopped and police told everyone to get off but did not say why. “The neighborhood comes alive during Jazz Fest,” he said. “It would be busy on any Friday night, but especially after Jazz Fest.”

☆ Mass Shootings Kill One at a Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans, One at a Memphis Nightclub
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Sara Randazzo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Law-enforcement officers arrived Sunday night in New Orleans moments after shots were fired and arrested a suspected shooter. Two people were killed and 14 others injured in mass shootings that occurred over the weekend during the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans and at a nightclub in Memphis, police said. In New Orleans, law enforcement arrived Sunday night moments after shots were fired around 9:30 p.m. and arrested a suspected shooter, according to the New Orleans Police Department. One male later died and two other men and two women—including one juvenile—were being treated at a hospital in stable condition, according to officials.

☆ Mass Shooting at New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade Kills 1, Injures 4
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Sara Randazzo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The scene of a shooting during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans Sunday night. One person died and four others were injured after a shooting during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans Sunday night, police said Monday. The New Orleans Police Department said law enforcement arrived moments after shots were fired around 9:30 p.m. and arrested a suspected shooter. One man later died and two other men and two women—including one juvenile—were being treated at a hospital and are in stable condition, according to officials.

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