New Orleans kicks off Mardi Gras 2025

New Orleans kicks off Mardi Gras 2025 with a focus on security after Bourbon Street attack
The deadly New Year's Day attack was in the forefront of the city's offical Kings' Day event that begins the Carnival season.
Louisiana AG orders investigation after New Year’s Day massacre as New Orleans gets heightened security status for Mardi Gras
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.
New Orleans mayor declares 'terrorist attack' on Bourbon Street, FBI confirms investigation
At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured in New Orleans after a driver plowed a car into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street, police and city officials said.
New Orleans officials were warned in 2019 that Bourbon Street was vulnerable to car-ramming attack
New Orleans city leaders were warned in a 2019 confidential physical security assessment that Bourbon Street was vulnerable to a vehicle-ramming attack.
New Orleans Holds 1st Parade of Carnival Season 5 Days After Deadly Attack on Bourbon Street
Hundreds gathered in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed five days ago by a careening pickup
New Orleans officials knew risk years before Bourbon Street attack
A confidential report warned that bollards needed to be fixed. New Orleans didn't start to replace them for five years.
How the New Orleans terror attacker avoided Bourbon Street security barriers
Axios Visuals The suspect in the New Year's Day attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens of others was able to drive down three blocks of Bourbon Street before crashing his rented F-150. Why it matters: The suspect's truck cruised around an NOPD SUV and through the locations of at least three sets of vehicle-resistant bollards — but they weren't in use that night,
New Orleans holds parade 5 days after deadly attack on Bourbon Street
Women dressed as angels, hands clasped in prayer, passed through New Orleans to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season.
New Orleans mayor calls for ‘tactical expert’ to review the city’s safety plans ahead of Super Bowl
New Orleans mayor calls for ‘tactical expert’ to review the city’s safety plans ahead of Super Bowl - The security expert is ...
Biden tells New Orleans mourners they are not alone as he honors victims of attack
President Joe Biden has visited a makeshift memorial at the site of the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans as he visits ...
Biden offers ‘full federal support’ to New Orleans mayor after truck attack kills at least 15
President Biden called New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Wednesday “to offer full federal support” after a truck driver ...
New Orleans mayor says New Year’s Day mass casualty incident was a ‘terrorist attack’
The suspect in the New Orleans crash that killed 10 and injured 30 in New Orleans on New Year's Day was killed after a ...
New Orleans Mayor Says Steel Bollards Weren’t Up
Steel bollards, or barriers meant to prevent vehicles from driving into busy streets, weren’t up at the time of the attack, ...
‘Get Back Up’: Biden Urges a New Round of Resilience for New Orleans
President Biden and the first lady joined a city already exhausted by disaster to remember the victims of a Jan. 1 terror ...
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Biden grants New Orleans SEAR 1 threat rating for Mardi Gras 2025. Here's what it means.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been trying to get the rating increased to SEAR 1 since 2019. Here's what kind of help the city ...
Mayor Cantrell wants ‘tactical expert’ to review New Orleans’ security plan, bollard installation
Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she wants a “tactical expert” to review New Orleans’ security plan and planned installation of new ...
President, first lady visit New Orleans, meet with families of terror attack victims
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled Monday to Louisiana following the recent New Year's Day terror attack ...