New Orleans pedicab driver Tyler Burt had just dropped off his last fare of the night near Bourbon and Canal streets in the early hours of New Year's Day when disaster struck.
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An 18-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a football star suffered fatal injuries when the driver of a white pickup truck sped onto Bourbon Street, packed with holiday revelers.
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As New Orleans reels from Wednesday's deadly attack, local officials are rallying to raise funds to help those impacted by the tragedy.
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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.
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The death toll from Wednesday morning's attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans has risen from 10 to 15, according to the FBI.
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A law that requires Louisiana’s public K-12 schools, colleges and universities to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom takes effect Wednesday, and the state’s top lawyer said Monday she will soon provide guidance to aid with compliance.
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Bourbon Street re-opened in New Orleans Thursday afternoon, more than 24 hours after Wednesday morning's attack by a Texas man driving a Ford pickup truck plowed into a crowd of New Year's revelers.
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Officials are still trying to identify the person who placed bombs outside of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee offices in 2021. Now they have fresh details.
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Mexico City is the latest major metropolitan area to impose restrictions on Airbnb — after New York City and Barcelona. Soaring housing prices have displaced many longtime residents.
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President Carter delivered a crucial speech on July 15, 1979. As we look back at his life and administration -- what does his so called "malaise" speech say about Carter?
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On Thursday in Rome, Italy's foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador, demanding the immediate release of Italian reporter Cecilia Sala from Iran's notorious Evin prison.