City officials say security bollards to protect pedestrians in the French Quarter were being replaced for the Super Bowl.

Police in Washington on Wdnesday said they have upped security measures after the New Year’s attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans.   “While there is no known threat to the District of

The investigation into what motivated a U.S. Army veteran carrying an Islamic State flag on his truck to plow into a crowd of New Year's revelers intensified on Thursday as authorities beefed up security ahead of the Sugar Bowl football game to be played less than a mile from the scene of Wednesday's mayhem.

The FBI, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) and others speak in a news conference on Jan. 2 after a man drove a truck into a New Orleans crowd and killed at least 15.

Bollards began to malfunction shortly after the system was installed due to being clogged by Mardi Gras beads, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said.

The FBI and New Orleans police no longer believe there are any other suspects involved in the New Year's truck attack on Bourbon Street.

Officials said Thursday afternoon that they are still putting together the activities of suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar before he allegedly used a rented pickup truck to kill 14 people.

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