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(NEW ORLEANS) -- The man suspected of plowing a truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's, killing 14 people and injuring 35 others, pledged his support to ISIS, the FBI said Thursday.The suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, an Army veteran and U.S.-born citizen who lived in Houston, also died in the early Wednesday attack.After barreling through the crowd over a three-block stretch, the 42-year-old Jabbar allegedly got out of […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- The suspected driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded Wednesday outside the Trump International Las Vegas Hotel has been identified as active duty Army soldier Matthew Livelsberger, according to an official briefed on the probe.The FBI, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are searching his Colorado Springs home on Thursday morning, officials said.Livelsberger had already been identified as the person who rented the […]

(NEW ORLEANS) -- The FBI and New Orleans police no longer believe there are any other suspects involved in the New Year's truck attack on Bourbon Street that killed 15 people and injured dozens more, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News.After investigators reviewed all of the surveillance videos more closely, it appears that the suspect, 42-year-old Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, placed explosive devices in the area himself and then changed […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Christmas season is one of the most carbon-intensive holidays of the year, experts say.The carbon footprint of the holiday season -- from eating and drinking to giving and receiving -- can weigh heavily on the environment. Household waste increases by more than 25% from Thanksgiving to New Year's, from 4 million to 5 million tons, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Those who celebrate can significantly lower […]

Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Federal prosecutors are investigating former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, who has been suspended following sexual misconduct allegations.Investigators showed up with search warrants at several locations linked to Maddrey, including his home.Maddrey had submitted his resignation effective later this month, but is now suspended pending an investigation by the NYPD internal affairs investigation.The Manhattan District Attorney’s […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- Authorities investigating the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel have expanded their search for evidence to Colorado and three other states, federal sources have confirmed to ABC News, as law enforcement agencies probe the incident as a possible act of terror.The FBI is conducting operations and searches in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in relation to the Cybertruck explosion, sources told ABC […]

(NEW ORLEANS) -- The man suspected of carrying out the New Year's attack in New Orleans, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had a checkered marital history punctuated by multiple divorces and financial difficulty, according to court records reviewed by ABC News.The records also show that after his military service, Jabbar worked for two of the nation's largest professional services firms, Ernst & Young and Deloitte, as he aimed to grow his own fledgling […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada as a possible act of terror, law enforcement officials said.Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told reporters that investigators were looking into any possible connections to the deadly attack in New Orleans earlier Wednesday but had not yet discovered any.The driver of the Cybertruck pulled into […]

Members of the New York Police Department discuss a shooting in Queens, New York, at a press conference on Jan. 2, 2025. Via NYPD. (NEW YORK) -- Ten people were shot after several men opened fire at a group of people waiting outside of a music venue in Queens, New York, the New York Police Department said in a press conference early on Thursday.Officers received reports of several people shot […]