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By Jessie Yeung, Holly Yan and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — As New Orleans kicks off its extravagant Carnival season this week, Louisiana is launching a new investigation into the New Year’s Day massacre that killed 14 people while the city will get more federal resources to help prevent another horrific attack. State Attorney General

By Michelle Watson, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford, Karina Tsui and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The snow, sleet and ice that swept from the Plains to the East Coast in the past four days has mostly ended, but dangerously cold temperatures are coming in their wake, forecasters say. The storm caused chaos as it dumped

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Army veteran who drove a truck through a crowd in New Orleans and the Special Forces master sergeant who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas last week briefly overlapped in their service at Fort Liberty, formerly called Fort Bragg, and while in Afghanistan on deployments. For less

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department has reached an agreement with the Antioch, California, police department, resolving an investigation into racist text messages allegedly sent and received by some of its officers. Under the agreement, the department will hire a consultant to review and update its policies, procedures and training on

WVUE-DT, CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The man who carried out an attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early New Year’s morning visited the city twice in the months prior and used Meta smart glasses to film the street and plan out the attack, FBI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Lyonel

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The man who carried out an attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early New Year’s morning visited the city twice in the months prior and used Meta smart glasses to film the street and plan out the attack, FBI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Lyonel Myrthil said

By Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — January brought some good news for seniors on Medicare: a $2,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket drug costs. It’s one of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s most helpful provisions to lower prescription prices. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was •

By Andi Babineau, Jason Hanna and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The active-duty US Army Green Beret who authorities say exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas this week struggled with injuries relating to his military service and said he was depressed while they were together a few years ago,

By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — At 3:13 a.m. on the first day of the new year, Alexis Scott-Windham laughed in a video on Bourbon Street with friends while holding a New Orleans signature cocktail. “I was having a blast,” Alexis, 23, told CNN. Just minutes later, the whole night would change. As Alexis’ group

By Ray Sanchez, Tierney Sneed and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that federal investigators have described as inhumane, violent and unsanitary. The 71-page proposed consent decree, along with a complaint, were filed in federal court, and must still be

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — The nuns inside a migrant shelter in southern Mexico gave Jason De León an ominous warning: “Whatever you do, don’t go outside. That’s where all the bad people are.” De León sensed there was more to the story. “Of course, the first thing that I did was go

By Michelle Krupa, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — Not yet 30 hours after a driver on a terror mission turned her city’s most famous street into a nightmare of indiscriminate bloodshed, a barista at a coffee house far Uptown carried an order to the counter. “Cortado!” shouted Ciara Daigrepont from beneath a chalk-written menu touting

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A Bronze Star recipient who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas wrote of “political grievances,” armed conflicts elsewhere and domestic issues in the days leading up to his suicide, officials said Friday. The writings were found in the cellphone of Matthew Alan Livelsberger,

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A massive piece of space debris crashed into a remote village in Kenya this week, prompting an immediate investigation by the country’s space agency. Experts say the fallen object — a metallic ring measuring about 8 feet wide — likely separated from a rocket and failed to burn up

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A massive piece of space debris crashed into a remote village in Kenya this week, prompting an immediate investigation by the country’s space agency. Experts say the fallen object — a metallic ring measuring about 8 feet wide — likely separated from a rocket and failed to burn

By Dakin Andone, Karina Tsui, Emma Tucker and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The warning signs and safety concerns were obvious – to New Orleans residents, tourists and experts alike. Throngs of New Year’s Day revelers packed in the city’s bustling French Quarter had no strong barriers to protect them from speeding vehicles like the