Tag Archives: New Orleans

The Associated Press reports: The Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesday, the latest in a string of settlements by the Catholic Church. The archdiocese, its parishes and several insurers will pay $179.2 million into a trust to benefit survivors, according to a statement by the …

The Washington Post reports: For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied on facial recognition technology to scan city streets in search of suspects, a surveillance method without a known precedent in any major American city that may violate municipal guardrails around use of the technology, an investigation by The Washington Post has found. Police increasingly use facial recognition software …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump will attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday. Trump’s trip to see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles was confirmed Tuesday by a White House official. It will be his first time attending the game as president. Trump is also scheduled to sit for an interview with Fox …

The Associated Press reports: As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL franchise. What followed was a months-long, crisis-communications blitz orchestrated by the New Orleans Saints’ president and other top team officials, according to hundreds of internal emails …

CNN reports: The New Orleans attacker visited the city twice in the months prior to New Year’s, and used Meta smart glasses to film Bourbon Street and plan out the attack, FBI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Lyonel Myrthil said Sunday. The attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, stayed at a rental home in New Orleans from October 30 for a few …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will head to New Orleans on Monday, the site of a New Year’s Day terror attack that killed 14 people and wounded dozens more, the White House announced Friday. The White House said in a statement that the Bidens will “grieve with the families and community members impacted by …

The Washington Post reports: The FBI said Thursday that it believes no one else was involved in the New Orleans attack, after previously saying investigators were looking into the possibility that others were involved. “We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack,” FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said during a news conference. …

CNN reports: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, “the shockingly violent attack in New Orleans is horrific,” adding that his thoughts were with “the people of the United States at this tragic time.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the news was “horrifying” and that his “heart is with the loved ones of the victims, those fighting to recover, and …

CNN reports: In a series of videos, the suspect in the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans discussed planning to kill his family and having dreams that helped inspire him to join ISIS, according to multiple officials briefed on the investigation. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old man who police suspect drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on …

CNN reports: At least 15 people have died in the attack in New Orleans, according to an official statement from New Orleans Coroner Dr. Dwight McKenna. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic events that unfolded in the French Quarter. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the victims, their families, and everyone affected,” McKenna’s statement read. “As of now, …

The Associated Press reports: The FBI is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism and said it does not believe the driver acted alone. An Islamic State group flag was found on the vehicle’s trailer hitch, the FBI said. Guns and pipe bombs were also found in the vehicle, according to a Louisiana State Police intelligence bulletin obtained by …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: The Allstate Sugar Bowl is expected to be played as scheduled Wednesday night in the wake of a suspected terrorist attack in downtown New Orleans earlier in the day, city officials said. The game between Georgia and Notre Dame, which is scheduled to kick off at 7:45 p.m. in the Caesars Superdome, “is still expected …

CNN reports: The suspect in Wednesday’s deadly New Orleans crowd attack had an ISIS flag at the time of the incident, two law enforcement sources tell CNN. One of the sources also said multiple suspected explosive devices were found in an ice chest in the pickup truck used in the attack. The FBI, which is leading the investigation, has said …

Via press release from the White House: I have been continually briefed since early this morning by federal law enforcement leadership and my Homeland Security team, including Secretary of Homeland Security Ali Mayorkas, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, White House Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall, and the Mayor of New Orleans regarding the horrific incident that occurred there overnight. I …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Dozens of people were evacuated from the St. Roch area Wednesday morning after a fire broke out an Airbnb that investigators believe is connected to a deadly New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street. Law enforcement officials and bomb squad detectives were called to 1329 Mandeville Street after firefighters doused flames that broke out at …

ABC News reports: A man in a white pickup truck, who was “hellbent” on killing as many people as possible, drove around barricades and plowed his vehicle through a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street, leaving at least 10 dead and injuring dozens of others early Wednesday, city and federal officials said. In addition to going at a …

The New York Times reports: At least 10 people were killed and 30 more were injured after a vehicle drove into crowds on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street overnight, according to New Orleans city officials. An online video stream from the popular nightlife area showed police officers gathered in a cordoned-off area of the street. The incident occurred at the intersection …

New Orleans’ NBC affiliate reports: A former New Orleans priest who pleaded guilty to rape and kidnapping has been sentenced to life in prison. Lawrence Hecker, 93, was sentenced Wednesday, just weeks after he entered his plea moments before jury selection was slated to begin in his trial He does not have the eligibility for parole. District Attorney Jason Williams …

New Orleans’ NBC affiliate reports: The Archdiocese of New Orleans is one step closer to ending its bankruptcy. Attorneys for the diocese and sex abuse survivors have filed a plan that outlines ways to make sure child sex abuse never happens again. The plans appear to create additional transparency. Sealed records will also soon be public through an archive. The …

The Weather Channel reports: Hurricane Francine’s dangerous eyewall is coming ashore in southern Louisiana. Dangerous storm surge, flooding rainfall, damaging winds and tornadoes will impact Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast and South. Francine has made landfall in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, as a Category 2 hurricane after rapidly intensifying Wednesday. Winds are …