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Investigators are looking for answers in New Orleans and Las Vegas.

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I'm Leila Fadil, that's Stephen Skiba, and this is Up First from NPR News.

I'm Leila Fadil, that's Stephen Skiba, and this is Up First from NPR News.

And the explosion outside the Vegas hotel involves two big brand names connected by politics.

And the explosion outside the Vegas hotel involves two big brand names connected by politics.

And the explosion outside the Vegas hotel involves two big brand names connected by politics.

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The Vegas incident involved a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump Hotel. But first, we hear from New Orleans, where a pickup plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street. Investigators have learned a little more over the past 24 hours.

The Vegas incident involved a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump Hotel. But first, we hear from New Orleans, where a pickup plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street. Investigators have learned a little more over the past 24 hours.

The Vegas incident involved a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump Hotel. But first, we hear from New Orleans, where a pickup plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street. Investigators have learned a little more over the past 24 hours.

Cham said Dean Jabbar was from the Houston area and drove a rented pickup to New Orleans. So far as we know, his 42 years were filled with mostly ordinary life events.

Cham said Dean Jabbar was from the Houston area and drove a rented pickup to New Orleans. So far as we know, his 42 years were filled with mostly ordinary life events.

Cham said Dean Jabbar was from the Houston area and drove a rented pickup to New Orleans. So far as we know, his 42 years were filled with mostly ordinary life events.

Yeah, a joint terrorism task force of FBI agents and local law enforcement is investigating that blast, which killed the driver and injured at least seven other people.

Yeah, a joint terrorism task force of FBI agents and local law enforcement is investigating that blast, which killed the driver and injured at least seven other people.

Yeah, a joint terrorism task force of FBI agents and local law enforcement is investigating that blast, which killed the driver and injured at least seven other people.

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