The FBI says the Houston man who killed 14 people on Bourbon Street on New Year’s day visited New Orleans on at least two occasions in the weeks leading up to his terror attack. FBI Special Agent in Charge Lyonel Mytrhil says during an October visit, he recorded reconnaissance video of Bourbon Street with smart glasses…
Deputy Assistant Director of the counterterrorism division, Christopher Raia, says they still believe Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone…
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President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans today where he’s expected to visit with victim family members and attend a prayer service.
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is critical of New Orleans leadership for not doing more to prevent the Bourbon Street terrorist attack. Nungesser doesn’t understand why there wasn’t more of an impediment for vehicles to get on Bourbon Street. The city says they were making repairs to their bollard system, but Nungesser wonders why those repairs were not done before the New Year’s holiday…
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Winter break is over and schools re-open today and there’s a new law that says public school classrooms must display the Ten Commandments. A federal judge has ruled the law is unconstitutional and Louisiana has appealed the ruling. Attorney General Liz Murrill says there are constitutionally sound ways to implement the law and her office has provided schools with guidance….
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Murrill concedes that posting the Ten Commandments by itself without any educational context violates the First Amendment.