FILE PHOTO: Louisiana State Police stand guard next to a vehicle, on the day of 2025 Sugar Bowl, after people were killed by a man driving a truck in an attack during New Year's celebrations, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., January 2, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
WASHINGTON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Law-enforcement officials in U.S. cities were beefing up security on Thursday after a deadly attack in New Orleans and an explosion outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas raised fears of more threats in a month packed with large-scale public events.
Police in Washington, the site of the Jan. 9 state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter and President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, said in a statement it has raised security across the city "in light of recent events," and that the community will notice an increased police presence.
