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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There's no evidence of a 'second attack' in New Orleans following New Year’s Day attack
“BREAKING: A second attack in New Orleans has been uncovered, police are searching.”
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Wrongly Tie New Orleans Attack to Illegal Immigration; Suspect Was a Citizen
Federal law enforcement officials have identified an Army veteran, who was born in the United States, as the sole person responsible for the Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and injured many more. But some Republican politi
PolitiFact→ No link between Fort Bragg and New Orleans, Las Vegas incidents, officials say
Social media posts are linking New Year’s Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas to the military base formerly known as Fort Bragg because the suspects served there. The investigations continue, but officials say they’ve found no evidence the i
The Dispatch→ New Orleans Reels After New Year’s Attack
A man rammed a car into a crowd, killing 14 people and leaving dozens wounded.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Confirm New Orleans Attack Suspect ‘Crossed Into The US From Mexico’ Two Days Before Rampage
Did federal investigators publicly confirm that the suspect in the January 1, 2025, New Orleans Bourbon Street attack "crossed into the U.S. from Mexico" two days before? No, that's not true: As of January 2, 2025, the FBI said that the s
PolitiFact→ How a Fox News report fueled false claims about the New Orleans suspect. He was a US citizen.
Fox News shared and then corrected a report about the truck that police say Shamsud-Din Jabbar used to kill 14 people celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans. But that didn’t stop some from spreading a false narrative about Jabbar’s immigration st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Orleans Bourbon Street Attacker Was NOT An Immigrant
Was the New Orleans attacker an immigrant, as a social media post implied? No, that's not true: The FBI and President Joe Biden said Shamsud-Din Jabbar was born in Texas and served many years in the United States Army. A widely shared vid
Full Fact→ New Orleans police chief’s upside down badge is tradition
Posts on social media in the wake of an attack on the US city have suggested the superintendent was pictured mistakenly wearing her badge upside down.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Crime Data Did NOT Report Zero Homicides In Los Angeles Or New Orleans In 2023
Did FBI crime statistics falsely record no homicides in Los Angeles or New Orleans in 2023? No, that's not true: The FBI's Crime Data Explorer shows that both cities had numerous homicides during that calendar year. The incorrect assertio
Logically→ Photo shows NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, not a film studio
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Does New Orleans Have Any Public Schools Left?
Students attend music class at the Encore Academy charter school in New Orleans. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) A viral tweet claims “there are no more public schools in New Orleans.” It stems from the idea that charter schools are not public
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Louisiana Withholding Flood Funding from New Orleans’ in Abortion Disagreement
On August 22 2022, an Imgur account shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which claimed that the state of Louisiana was withholding flood funding from New Orleans in an abortion-related disagreement — just as the anniversary of 2005’
Snopes→ Tornado Rips Through New Orleans and Its Suburbs, Killing 1
A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in an area of Louisiana pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.
Snopes→ New Orleans Hosts Its 1st Full-Dress Mardi Gras Since 2020
People are out to party as New Orleans’ first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020 dawns, with a day of back-to-back parades through the city and masks against COVID-19 required only in indoor public spaces.
Snopes→ A Season of Joy — and Caution — Kicks off in New Orleans
Vaccinated, masked and ready-to-revel New Orleans residents began ushering in Carnival season.
Snopes→ New Orleans: Seniors Left in Dark, Hot Facilities After Ida
Ida killed at least 13 people in Louisiana, many of them in the storm's aftermath.
Snopes→ Ida Aims To Hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina Anniversary
Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned.
Snopes→ Eye-Popping 6,000 False Lashes Seized at New Orleans Airport
Three thousand pairs of false eyelashes have been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after officials determined they were illegally imported from China to New Orleans.
AFP Fact Check→ This image shows the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans – not a recent flood in Khartoum
Several Facebook posts featuring an image of a flood have been shared on Facebook claiming it shows the Nile river inundating the streets of Sudan’s capital Khartoum in September 2020. But the claim is false: the image shows the aftermath of hurrican
Snopes→ New Orleans to Shut Down Bars during Mardi Gras Weekend
That’s usually among the busiest times of the year, but Mayor LaToya Cantrell says it is an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Snopes→ Did ‘Yardi Gras’ Replace Mardi Gras Parades in New Orleans?
New Orleans residents marked the holiday a little differently in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ 2nd Person in Days Killed by Mardi Gras Float in New Orleans
A man was struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous weekend street parade in New Orleans, becoming the second person in days killed along a parade route during this year's Carnival season.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: US Is NOT 3rd In Murders; Removing Chicago, Detroit, Washington, St Louis, New Orleans Would NOT Make It 189 out of 193
Does the United States rank third in murders throughout the world and would removing the cities of Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C., St. Louis, and New Orleans from the total make the U.S. 189th out of 193 countries in the world in homicides?
Snopes→ Latest ‘Obamacare’ Court Battle Plays Out in New Orleans
The ultimate outcome will affect protections for people with pre-existing conditions; Medicaid expansions covering roughly 12 million people; and subsidies that help about 10 million others afford health insurance.
Snopes→ The Swarm: Billions of Skeeter Lookalikes Plague New Orleans
Billions of mosquito lookalikes are showing up in the New Orleans area, blanketing car windshields, littering the ground with bodies and even scaring some folks.
Snopes→ ‘Dr. John,’ Funky New Orleans ‘Night-Tripper’ Musician, Dies
"Dr. John was a true Louisiana legend," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a statement.
Snopes→ Were Inmates Abandoned at Orleans Parish Prison During Hurricane Katrina?
Inmates at Orleans Parish Prison reported that they spent several days in flooded cells without food or water while awaiting rescue after Hurricane Katrina.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Flight Crew Did NOT Take A Knee And Did NOT Walk Off, NOT Leaving New Orleans Saints Stranded On Runway
Did a flight crew take a knee, walk off and leave the New Orleans Saints stranded on the runway in their plane? No, that's not true: several Macedonian fake news websites copied an old satire story from a liberal site that tries to get conserv
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, a flight crew did not take a knee and strand the New Orleans Saints
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | No, a flight crew did not take a knee and strand the New Orleans Saints A recent article describing a flight crew taking a knee and leaving the New Orlean Saints stranded on the runway is a fake news story p
Truth or Fiction?→ Flight Crew Takes Knee, Strands New Orleans Saints on Runway-Fiction!
Flight Crew Takes Knee, Strands New Orleans Saints on Runway-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A news report claims that the pilot and co-pilot of the Boeing 737 that the team was traveling on “took a knee” and stranded the Saints team on the ru
Snopes→ Flight Crew Takes a Knee, Leaving New Orleans Saints Stranded on Runway?
There is no truth to a widely-shared claim that the flight crew of the New Orleans Saints' team airplane "took a knee" and refused to perform their duties.
Snopes→ New Orleans Takes Down 3rd Confederate-Era Monument
Workers in protective gear removed a statue of Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans on 16 May 2017.
Snopes→ Dueling Protests as Jefferson Davis Monument Removed in New Orleans
Crews in protective attire worked around the clock to remove a statue of the Confederate leader.
PolitiFact→ What do we know about a smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group?
Politicians have tied a New Orleans terror attack to immigration, although the suspect was U.S.-born. Sen. Jim Banks discussed it in connection with a human smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI DID Unlock Phone Of Alleged Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, In July 2024
Have investigators been unable to unlock the phone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, as of January 6, 2025? No, that's not true: The FBI announced in July 2024 that they had successfully
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the First Week of 2025
A terror attack kills 14 in New Orleans.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Misleading Claims About FEMA’s Future Under Trump
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Social media posts misleadingly claim that “Trump’s Project 2025 will end” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and provide “ZERO federal he
FactCheck.org→ False Claims of Backlash to Taylor Swift’s Endorsement of Harris
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Pop star Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Sept. 10. Social media posts falsely claim that, as a result, Swift’s ticket sales have
FactCheck.org→ Opening Night of the Democratic National Convention
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary In a torch-passing speech, President Joe Biden vowed that he would be “the best volunteer” to help the campaign of his vice president, Kamala Harris. Biden also toute