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A Harris County Sheriff's Office vehicle is parked near the last known home of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a man the FBI said perpetrated a terrorist attack on New Orleans, on Jan. 1, 2025.

WWNO

FBI identifies New Orleans terrorist attack suspect as Texas resident, Army veteran

Athina Morris

The man suspected of crashing his pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street early Wednesday morning has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a resident of Texas, according to the FBI.

Investigators work the scene after a person drove a vehicle into a crowd earlier on Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

WWNO

Death toll in Bourbon Street truck attack rises to 15, FBI says

Athina Morris

The death toll from Wednesday morning's attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans has risen from 10 to 15, according to the FBI.

FILE -This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue). (CDC/NIAID via AP, File)

Public Health

Health officials say Louisiana patient is first severe bird flu case in US

The Associated Press

A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday.

A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. In motions filed Monday, July 8, 2024, parents challenging a new Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms are asking a federal court to block implementation of it while their lawsuit progresses — and before the new school year starts.

Education

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

The Associated Press

A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.