New Orleans, Bourbon Street and Carnival

New Orleans holds 1st parade of Carnival season 5 days after deadly attack on Bourbon Street
Hundreds gathered in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed five days earlier by a careening pickup.
New Orleans Defiantly Opens Carnival Season, Days After Terror Attack
The Joan of Arc Parade, an annual event since 2008, honors the French heroine's birthday and marks the beginning of the Carnival season, leading up to Mardi Gras. She is considered the unofficial patron saint, or "Maid of New Orleans."
New Orleans holds vigil to mourn victims of Bourbon Street terror attack: 'An outpouring of love'
People in New Orleans mourned at a vigil Saturday evening where a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revelers early on New Year's.
New information released on terrorist who pulled off deadly attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
The FBI released a video showing Shamsud-Din Jabbar riding a bike through the French Quarter in October, about two months before the deadly attack.
Authorities lay out suspect’s timeline in deadly New Orleans terror attack
FBI investigators say a video shows the suspect placing a cooler containing an IED on Bourbon Street at 1:53 a.m. on New Year’s Day and a second cooler a block away at 2:20 a.m.
New Orleans attack came amid warnings of terrorism danger
There had been months of warnings about a resurgent terrorism threat. before the New Orleans attack was carried out by an Army veteran who spent years in the CSRA.

Bourbon Street, FBI and New Orleans

Victims of Bourbon Street attack in New Orleans include former Princeton football star, aspiring nurse, loving dad
At least 14 people were killed after a driver slammed into a crowd celebrating New Year's on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
What we know about the victims of the New Orleans attack: 'So beautiful and full of life'
Family members and friends have begun identifying the 14 people who died in the truck-ramming attack early Wednesday morning ...
New Orleans attack came at a time of political heat, and transition, for the FBI
The attack that killed 14 in New Orleans comes at a difficult time for the FBI, as it finds itself buffeted by suspicion and ...
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Attacker drove down 3 blocks of Bourbon Street with no barriers. How did that happen?
Most of the attack victims were killed on portions of the street that would have been protected by at least one police car.
New Orleans truck attacker identified as Army veteran from Texas who declared support for ISIS, officials say
A man "hellbent" on creating carnage drove around barricades and hurtled down Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter, ...
New Orleans attacker visited city twice in recent months, wore Meta glasses to record the scene in advance
The New Orleans attacker visited the city twice in the months prior to New Year’s, and used Meta smart glasses to film ...
The Uneasy Relationship Between New Orleans and Its Most Famous Street
Bourbon Street is the lifeblood of the New Orleans tourist industry. But after an attack that killed 14, along with other ...
Fact Check: Posts about barriers along New Orleans truck attack route lack context
Street-barriers known as “bollards” on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street were already absent for more than a month at the time of ...
The New Orleans attacker wore Meta glasses. What can they be used for?
The attacker who drove a truck through Bourbon Street in New Orleans used Meta smart glasses to scout the scene ahead of New ...