Investigators look for possible collaborators and a purpose behind the attack in New Orleans. During the first few weeks of January, a surge of arctic air is predicted to reach the United States. Additionally, an Olympic gold medalist returned to high school with NBC News.
What to know today is as follows.
Investigators probe for motive, possible accomplices in New Orleans attack
In an attack the FBI says is being looked into as a possible act of terrorism, a Texas man drove a pickup truck bearing an ISIS flag into New Year’s Day revelers on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street, killing 15 and wounding over 30.
At approximately 3:15 a.m., the driver, a 42-year-old American citizen named Shamsud-Din Jabbar, crashed the white Ford vehicle and then opened fire on the responding police officers, wounding two of them. The gunfight claimed his life. Jimmy Cothran, who saw the incident from a nightclub balcony, told NBC News that it was unreal. It simply continued. He claimed that in a matter of seconds, he witnessed several bodies—many of them severely disfigured—lying on the roadway.
According to the FBI, Jabbar, a Deloitte employee and Army veteran, also had firearms and an improvised explosive device in the rental truck. Two of the other potential IEDs that were planted close by in the French Quarter have been made safe.
The FBI is trying to ascertain the suspect’s possible ties to terrorist groups, and authorities are searching a Texas location for information about him. Additionally, it is looking into if he had any collaborators.
Get real-time updates here.
More coverage of the New Orleans attack:
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Here s what we know about the attacker.
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A former wide receiver at Princeton and a father of two are among those killed.
What we know about the other victims.
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Security barriers intended to protect people on Bourbon Street from vehicles malfunctioned and
were being replaced
before the attack.
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As the suspect had an ISIS flag in his truck,
the case underscores the threat still posed by the militant group,
which continues to churn out online propaganda to inspire terrorist assaults.
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Watch witnesses
describe the chaotic scene
as the suspect drove a truck into the crowd.
Tesla Cybertruck bursts into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one
According to local officials, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded just outside the Trump International Hotel’s entrance in Las Vegas, killing the occupant and wounding other people who were standing nearby.
Three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the situation told NBC News that the explosion is being looked into as a potential terrorist assault. There is still no known motive.
Two law enforcement sources familiar with the incidents told NBC News that authorities are looking into a possible military connection between the suspect in the automobile crash in New Orleans and the individual in the Cybertruck. The pickup truck used in New Orleans and the Tesla in the Las Vegas explosion were rented from the same company, Turo, said officials.
Theexplosion was caused by fireworks or a bombcarried in the bed of the Cybertruck, Elon Musk said on X. Authorities verified that the vehicle’s rear contained big fireworks mortars and gasoline canisters.
U.S. braces for serious cold with a blast of Arctic air
A blast of Arctic air will send temperatures dropping across the Eastern United States this week and the frigid conditions could linger longer and expose millions to a dangerous bout of winter weather. Zachary Yack, a Chicago-based National Weather Service meteorologist, stated that we will be trapped in a colder pattern. Without a doubt, it will continue until the middle and early hours of the following week. Temperatures in the northern Plains states have already plummeted due to the Arctic outbreak. According to forecasters, the high temperature in Minneapolis would be 20 degrees on Thursday and 12 degrees on Saturday.
Distortions in the jet stream will allow the cold air to stagnate andlinger over much of the Eastern United States.
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Ohio state dominated Oregon
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in Hawaii.
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Research over the last year has found that certain diet and exercise regimens
may help reduce a person s biological age.
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Blake Lively sued It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni
alleging harassment and a smear campaign.
Staff Pick:
The Olympic gold medalist with high school homework to finish
When I attended the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. last June, one runner stood out among the rest. No, I m not talking about Noah Lyles, She Carri Richardson or Gabby Thomas. I m talking about Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who tore up the track in the 400-meter against men twice his age. After three blistering runs that week, he was chosen to compete in Paris on the 4×400 relay team. Though he didn t run in the final, the squad earned gold and so did Wilson, making him the youngest male Olympic track and field gold medalist in history.
But unlike his teammates, Wilson didn t return home to train for a professional career. He still had two years left of high school. NBC News visited Wilson at Bullis School in suburban Washington D.C. to see how he balances classes and homeworkwith being the best teenage runner in the country.Greg Rosenstein,sports editor
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