More cops than confetti are expected to be prevalent on parade routes when Mardi Gras goes into full swing in New Orleans this weekend.
The suspect in the truck attack that killed 14 and injured dozens on New Orleans' Bourbon street on New Year's had traveled to Egypt in 2023 for about a month.
In the wake of the attack in New Orleans, the San Francisco Police Officers Association is asking for SFPD to reinstate its partnership with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, which was originally suspended in 2017.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning that copycats seeking to emulate the attack in New Orleans.
There are no known threats to the state funeral for Carter, but it is an attractive target "for violent extremists to attack," according to a new security assessment.
"Thinking about how egregiously the two individuals who perpetrated these heinous crimes abused our platform, I'm outraged... We do not believe these two individuals would have been flagged by anyone."