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Today — 5 January 2025Main stream

How the Islamic State Radicalizes People Today

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By: Alissa J. Rubin
4 January 2025 at 13:01
A man who pledged allegiance to the terrorist group carried out a deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.

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The F.B.I. said the man who killed 14 people when he drove into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day was “100 percent inspired by ISIS.”
Yesterday — 4 January 2025Main stream

Tracing the New Orleans Attacker’s Secret Radicalization

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By: Edgar Sandoval， Eduardo Medina， Adam Goldman and Rukmini Callimachi
4 January 2025 at 18:01
Recordings and interviews detail Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s growing discontent with American society and increasing isolation even within his local Muslim community.

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People grieved at a memorial on the corner of Bourbon and Canal Streets in New Orleans on Thursday.

New Orleans Attacker Had Transmitter to Set Off Explosives, F.B.I. Says

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By: Isabelle Taft， Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Eduardo Medina
4 January 2025 at 08:42
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.

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F.B.I. agents searched a short-term rental house where Shamsud-Din Jabbar had stayed.

New Orleans Releases Most Names of Victims Killed in Attack

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By: Isabelle Taft
4 January 2025 at 08:00
Those who died after a man drove a pickup through the French Quarter highlighted the diverse mix of people who are drawn to the city.

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A memorial to the victims of the attack that killed at least 14 people in New Orleans.

New Orleans Was Called Resilient After Attack. It Didn’t Need the Reminder.

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By: Rick Rojas and Campbell Robertson
3 January 2025 at 23:45
The city was seeing glimmers of optimism for what the new year might bring before the horrendous attack on the French Quarter.

© Emily Kask for The New York Times

Many in New Orleans have expressed a certain comfort and satisfaction at the strength of the community’s bond and its collective ability to navigate disaster and hardship.
Before yesterdayMain stream

New Orleans Attacker Most Likely Acted Alone, Officials Say

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By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs， Isabelle Taft and Michael Levenson
3 January 2025 at 06:49
They also said they did not see a “definitive link” between the attack and an explosion at a Trump hotel in Las Vegas, but cautioned that it’s too early to be sure.

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New Orleans hosted the Sugar Bowl, a college football game, at the Superdome a day after it was postponed because of the attack on the French Quarter.

Could Better Security Have Stopped the New Orleans Terror Attack?

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By: Adam Nossiter， Mattathias Schwartz， Julie Bosman， Maria Cramer and Jack Healy
3 January 2025 at 08:51
City officials were warned in 2019 that the bollards designed to block vehicles did “not appear to work.” They were being fixed when a truck rammed through Bourbon Street on Wednesday.

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Law enforcement officials on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday.

Turo Car Rental App Was Quietly Growing Before New Orleans and Las Vegas Attacks

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By: Eli Tan
3 January 2025 at 05:11
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.

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A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department vehicle blocks the road near the Trump International Hotel on Wednesday.

Tesla Cybertruck Explodes Outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas: What We Know

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By: Jacey Fortin
3 January 2025 at 03:39
The F.B.I. says no connection has been found between the truck explosion outside a Trump Hotel and the truck attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans.

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A Tesla Cybertruck exploded at the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing its driver.

In New Orleans, Celebration Is Followed by Terror in the French Quarter

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By: Jenna Russell， Keith Bradsher， Devlin Barrett and Emily Cochrane
2 January 2025 at 21:10
The attack that left 15 dead and about three dozen injured followed a distressingly familiar pattern of assailants turning vehicles into weapons.

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Police officers near the scene where a man drove a pickup truck into pedestrians in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Wednesday.

Investigators Search for Links Between New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Blast

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By: Glenn Thrush
2 January 2025 at 11:37
The two episodes have superficial similarities, including that both suspects used the same car rental app.

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The remains of a Tesla Cybertruck at the entrance of a Trump hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Trucks in New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Explosion Were Rented Using Turo

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By: Jenny Vrentas， Shannon Sims and Eli Tan
2 January 2025 at 12:07
Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.

© Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times

Police vehicles near the scene of the truck attack in New Orleans on Wednesday.

Who Were the Victims Killed in the New Orleans Attack on New Year’s?

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By: Christina Morales， Clyde McGrady， Kate Selig， Jesus Jiménez and Emily Cochrane
3 January 2025 at 04:06
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.

© Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times

Police officers and vehicles gathered near the scene of the attack in New Orleans.

What to Know About ISIS Terror Attacks

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By: Eve Sampson
2 January 2025 at 07:56
The group whose flag was found after a New Orleans truck-ramming attack has never stopped orchestrating and inspiring acts of terror.

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Members of the F.B.I. walk around Bourbon Street in New Orleans during their investigation of the fatal truck crash on New Year’s Eve.

Officials Trying to Determine if New Orleans Suspect Had Ties to Terrorist Groups

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By: Eric Schmitt
2 January 2025 at 08:21
U.S. officials have warned that the conflict in Gaza and Lebanon could spill into the United States, most likely in the form of small radicalized groups acting on their own initiative or lone-wolf terrorists.

© Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times

A counterterrorism analyst said the attack in New Orleans on Wednesday was a fairly sophisticated assault, given the multiple layers involved: truck ramming, firearms and improvised explosive devices.

New Orleans Attacker Evaded a Security System Under Repair

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By: Emily Cochrane
2 January 2025 at 06:08
Bollards that normally protect pedestrians from vehicles were to be replaced as part of the city’s preparations for the Super Bowl next month. The attacker drove his pickup around a police vehicle parked to block traffic from the street he struck.

© Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times

Pedestrians walk past police tape and a small white metal barrier near where a pickup smashed into New Years crowds early on Wednesday, leaving at least 10 people dead.

Vehicle Ramming Attacks: Using Cars and Trucks as Weapons Has Become Common

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By: Eve Sampson
2 January 2025 at 02:53
A New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans killed at least 10 people.

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Police investigators surrounding a truck that crashed into a crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans today.

Why the FBI Is Investigating the New Orleans Bourbon Street Truck Attack as Terrorism

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By: Devlin Barrett
2 January 2025 at 03:11
An Islamic State terror group flag was found in the suspect’s vehicle, investigators said, as well as a bomb near the vehicle used in the attack.

© Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times

Vehicles near the scene where a man drove a pickup truck into people in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Wednesday.

Vehicle Ramming Attacks: Using Cars and Trucks as Weapons Has Become Common

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By: Eve Sampson
2 January 2025 at 01:46
A New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans killed at least 10 people.

© Matthew Hinton/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Police investigators surrounding a truck that crashed into a crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans today.
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