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A day after a Texas man’s attack killed 14, Bourbon Street reopened for Sugar Bowl fans under heavy security. The FBI released new surveillance images of the suspect and a cooler containing an IED.

The FBI identified the attacker as a Texas Army veteran and confirmed he acted alone. Surveillance footage is shedding light on his actions leading up to the deadly attack.

Hours after a man drove through the French Quarter on New Year’s Day, killing 14 people, authorities implemented enhanced security measures citywide.

Thirty-six hours after a man drove into New Year’s Day revelers and opened fire, the Big Easy began to buzz back to life.

Notre Dame and Georgia fans packed the Superdome amid heightened safety measures. NBC5’s Allie Spillyards spoke with fans, including a Frisco family, about the extra precautions.

Authorities have preliminarily said the service’s use in both incidents is a coincidence.

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said the man who drove into a crowd of people in New Orleans posted videos online hours before the shooting that detailed a plan to commit another attack on his family.

Islamic State, known as both IS and ISIS, has been designated a “terrorist group” by the United Nations and several countries, including the United States.

The U.S. Army veteran who killed 14 in New Orleans acted alone and was “100% inspired” by the Islamic State, the FBI said.

The FBI says it recovered the stark black flag of the Islamic State extremist group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New Orleans’ French Quarter.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his administration “will support the people of New Orleans as they begin the hard work of healing.”

A Texas man is accused of driving a truck into a crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing 12 in what investigators are calling a terror attack. Authorities are now searching for accomplices as the investigation expands from Louisiana to Houston.

The FBI is investigating the New Year’s Day violence as a terrorist attack.

The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street, with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin withdrew a plea agreement reached on Wednesday between the Pentagon and three Guantanamo detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Three Guantanamo detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, terror attacks have reached plea agreements with the military, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.

The International Cricket Council World Cup 2024 is next month on Long Island.

The FBI has arrested Karrem Nasr, 23, of New Jersey for allegedly attempting to provide material support to the African-based terrorist organization al Shabaab after they claim he became inspired to wage Jihad following the October 7 terrorist attacks.

FBI director Christopher Wray testified Tuesday that the Israel-Hamas war has raised terrorism threats against the U.S. “to a whole other level.”

The U.S. is working with the foreign partners to shut down the travel routes used by the smuggling network and to identify the people who used it to enter the country, the NSC said.