Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence and death.
A mere three hours into 2025, terrorism struck in downtown New Orleans.
The Times journalists Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Mike Baker, and Christina Morales discuss what we know about the attack, the man who carried it out and the victims.
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, a reporter at The ... Show More
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