The Times-Picayune 06-28-2025 by The Advocate

Ninthjailescapee recaptured

Massey nabbed sixweeks afterbreakout

BY KASEY BUBNASH and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writers

Six weeks on the lam ended Fridayafternoon for NewOrleans jail escapee Antoine Massey,whose arrest in Hollygrove leavesonly convicted double murderer Derrick Groves still free from the early morningjailbreak last month by 10 detainees. Acting on atip, ofﬁcers with the New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana State Police andfederal agents with the FBI,Department of Homeland Security and U.S.

Marshals Service surrounded a rental home in the9400 block of Stroelitz Street, ofﬁcials said.

By 3:30 p.m.Massey,33, had surrendered peacefully. State Police said Friday that Massey would be taken to Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Authoritiesdid not disclose whether anyone else was in the house, which was reportedly used as ashort-term rental, or whoelse couldpotentially face accessory charges.

An anonymous tipsternotified Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson of Massey’swhereabouts

at 11 a.m., Hutson said at anews brieﬁng. The sheriff, who has been under heavy political fire, suspending her reelectioncampaign over the escape and conditions inside the 9-year-old lockup, said she passedthe information to detectives to spark thearrest

“Together we made this happen, and I’m grateful,” Hutson said.

“When the community believes in and trusts their police departments and law enforcementagencies, they work cooperatively,” said NOPD Superintendent Anne

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“People who live in ruralcommunities tendtobeolder,poorer and sicker.”

MIKE

WHITTINGTON,CEO of Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite

Federalcutscould devastate ruralhospitals in Louisiana

As possible budgetcutsloom,rural health care facilities likeHood Memorial Hospital in Amitefacegrowinguncertainty

Medicaid changes mean deep uncertainty

BY EMILY WOODRUFF Staff writer

Tucked behind acircular drive lined with crepe myrtles and oak trees, Hood Memorial is atwo-story brick hospital built in 1971 that anchors astretch of Amite linedwith typicalsmall-town

businesses: alocal pharmacy,anaccountant’s office andacombination chimney sweep, locksmith and nursery Inside, the25-bed hospital offers the only emergency room andinpatient care for northern Tangipahoa Parish. Ablock away,its ruralhealth clinic is the ﬁrst stop for manylow-income residents seekinghelpfor infections or chronic conditions before they spiral into emergencies. Hospitalslike Hood Memorial are

facing deep uncertainty. Amassive federaltax and spending bill—dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by the Trump administration —isracing toward aJuly 4deadline in the Senate, with Medicaid provisions changing by the hour

Both the House and Senatereconciliation bills aim to cut hundreds of billionsfromMedicaid, mainly through work requirements, reduced provider

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RFKJr.,Landrytout‘MAHA bills’

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

U.S. Health Secretary RobertF

Kennedy Jr.visitedBaton Rouge on Friday to join Gov.Jeff Landry as he signed two pieces of legislation aligned withKennedy’s“Make America Healthy Again” movement. Landry on Friday signed one bill aimed at reducing artiﬁcial additives and colors in food and another that makes ivermectin available over the counter.

The governor also sent aformal

request to the Trumpadministration askingfor federal approval to ban theuse of food stamps for soft drinks andcandyinLouisiana.

“Wehave achronic disease epidemic in this country now,and it’sunlike anything that humanity has ever faced,” Kennedy told thecrowd of supporters and news media gathered at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center

“Weare literally the sickest nation in theworld,” Kennedy said. Landry said that the MAHA movement “celebrates our commitment to health and well-being”

and“promotes aculturalshift toward healthier living,betternutrition,abrighter futurefor our children and our families.”

TheU.S.healthsecretaryandLouisiana governor made their remarks infrontofagroupofabout20women and20children whodonnedgreen baseballcapsthatsaid“MAHALouisiana” andstood in front of abanner emblazonedwith the phrase “Make Louisiana Healthy.”

Outside the building, asmall group of protestersheld up signs

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BY MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON Aunited conservative majorityofthe Supreme Court ruledFridaythat federaljudgeslack theauthority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decisionleft unclear whether President Donald Trump’s restrictionsonbirthrightcitizenship could soon take effect in parts of the country

The outcomerepresented avictory for Trump, who has complained about judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda. Nationwide, or universal, injunctions had emerged as an importantcheck on the Republican president’sexecutive power and efforts to remakethe governmentand asource of mounting frustration to him and his allies.

But the court leftopen the possibility that the birthright citizenship changes could remain blocked nationwide.

Trump’sorder would deny citizenship to U.S.born childrenofpeople who areinthe country illegally or temporarily

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ä Justices uphold Texas age verification lawfor adult websites. Page 3A

ä Decision delayedon Louisiana’s congressional districts. Page 7A

The cases nowreturn to lower courts, where judges will have to decide how to tailor their orders to comply with the high court ruling, whichwas written by JusticeAmy Coney Barrett. Enforcement of the policy can’ttake place foranother 30 days, Barrett wrote. Even then it’sunclear whether the court’s decision could produce apatchwork of rules

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STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

STAFFPHOTO By JAVIER GALLEGOS Gov. Jeff Landryintroduces U.S. Department of Health and Human Services SecretaryRobertF.KennedyJr. at abillsigning on Thursday

PHOTO PROVIDED By LOUISIANA STATEPOLICE

Escaped inmate Antoine Masseyisarrested at ahome in the 9400 block of Stroelitz Street in Hollygrove on Friday

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Newsom sues Fox News over alleged defamation SAN FRANCISCO California Gov Gavin Newsom sued Fox News on Friday over alleged defamation, saying the network knowingly aired false information about a phone call he had with President Donald Trump around the time the National Guard was sent to Los Angeles.

The lawsuit alleges Fox News anchor Jesse Watters edited out key information from a clip of Trump talking about calling Newsom, then used the edited video to assert that Newsom had lied about the two talking Newsom is asking for $787 million in punitive damages in the lawsuit ﬁled in Delaware, where Fox is incorporated.

That’s the same amount Fox agreed to pay in 2023 to settle a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems. The company said Fox repeatedly aired false allegations that its equipment had switched votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden during the 2020 election, and the discovery process revealed the network’s efforts not to alienate conservatives in its audience in the wake of Biden’s victory “If Fox News wants to lie to the American people on Donald Trump’s behalf, it should face consequences — just like it did in the Dominion case,” Newsom said in a statement. “I believe the American people should be able to trust the information they receive from a major news outlet.”

He asked a judge to order Fox to stop broadcasting “the false, deceptive, and fraudulent video and accompanying statements” that Newsom said falsely say he lied about when he spoke to Trump regarding the situation in Los Angeles, where protests erupted on June 6 over Trump’s immigration crackdown.

6 arrested for trying to send bottles to N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles ﬁlled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said.

The Americans were apprehended on front-line Gwanghwa Island before throwing the bottles into the sea so they could ﬂoat toward North Korean shores on the tides, two Gwanghwa police officers said They said the Americans are being investigated on allegations they violated the law on the management of safety and disasters.

The officers, who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to media on the issue, refused to provide personal details of the Americans in line with privacy rules.

Gwanghwa police said they haven’t found what is on the USB sticks. The U.S. Embassy in South Korea had no immediate public comment.

Slain Minnesota lawmaker lies in state

ST PAUL, Minn. — Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman lay in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday Hortman, a Democrat, is the first woman and one of fewer than 20 Minnesotans accorded the honor She laid in state with her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert. Her husband was also killed in the June 14 attack, and Gilbert was seriously wounded and had to be euthanized. It was the first time a couple has laid in state at the Capitol, and the first time for a dog. The Hortmans’ caskets and the dog’s urn were arranged in the center of the rotunda, under the Capitol dome, with law enforcement officers keeping watch on either side as thousands of people who lined up filed by Many fought back tears as they left. Among the first to pay their respects were Gov Tim Walz, who has called Hortman his closest political ally, and his wife, Gwen. The Capitol was open for the public from noon to 5 p.m. Friday. House TV was livestreaming the viewing. A private funeral is set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday The service will be livestreamed on the Department of Public Safety’s YouTube channel.

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Senate aims to get big bill on track

Hurdles remain in passing Trump’s domestic policy

package

BY LISA MASCARO AP congressional correspondent

WASHINGTON Senate Republicans appeared Friday to push President Donald Trump’s big bill back on track after a ﬂurry of last-minute revisions, including deep cuts to food stamps, but there’s still a long way to go ahead of expected weekend votes.

Trump himself at ﬁrst gave Congress some breathing room as senators race to meet his Fourth of July deadline, declaring, “It’s not the end all,” during a press conference at the White House. But he reversed course a short while later, insisting Republicans in the House ensure it’s done by the Independence Day holiday

“We can get it done,” Trump said in a post. “It will be a wonderful Celebration for our Country.

As the party in majority power, Republicans are grinding through a punch-list of still-unsettled issues as they try to push the package to passage over uniﬁed Democratic opposition. Republicans are relying on steep cuts to health care, food stamps and green energy investments to help pay for $3.8 trillion in tax breaks, their top priority Any one of the roadblocks could doom the sprawling package.

The proposed Medicaid cuts, in particular have raised stark concerns among some GOP senators worried that millions in their states will lose access to the health care program. At the same time, a tentative deal between the White House and House GOP lawmakers from New York and other high-tax districts over the size of a state and local tax deduction, called SALT, needs broader agreement

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who sent his lawmakers home for the weekend with plans to be on call to return swiftly to Washington, said they are “very close” to ﬁnishing up.

“We would still like to meet that July 4th, self-imposed deadline,” said Johnson, R-Benton.

Johnson and Senate Majority Leader

John Thune have stayed close to the White House throughout the process of drafting the big package, which they stress is needed to avoid a massive tax hike at the end of the year when current tax rates expire. The GOP leadership is relying on Trump to pressure holdout lawmakers to push it to passage

“My expectation is at some point tomorrow we’ll be ready to go,” Thune said. He was referring to the start of what is

expected to be a multi-day process of speeches and voting in the days ahead, before a ﬁnal roll call vote.

The speaker made the walk across the Capitol to join Senate Republicans for lunch, where they also met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the emerging SALT deal.

But it’s not a done deal yet, Bessent said afterward. He acknowledged the Senate’s reaction to the latest offer was “varied.”

The White House and House Republicans had narrowed on a plan to keep the SALT provision on the House-passed terms of a $40,000 cap on deductions — but for ﬁve years, instead of 10.

The SALT deduction has been a key holdup as lawmakers from New York and other high-tax states negotiate. They want to quadruple what’s now a $10,000 cap. Senate Republicans argued that it’s too generous, costing hundreds of billions of dollars for the beneﬁt of a few lawmakers’ home regions.

With their narrow majorities in the House and Senate, they need almost every lawmaker on board with the package to ensure passage. One GOP holdout, Rep. Nick LaLota, of New York, says he can’t support the compromise.

But other provisions were being shored up after a series of setbacks when the Senate parliamentarian advised they would not pass the chamber’s strict “Byrd Rule” that largely bars policy matters from inclusion in budget bills, unless they can pass the 60-vote threshold that GOP leaders want to avoid.

The Republican proposal to shift the costs of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, has been accepted by the Senate parliamentarian.

Sen. John Boozman, of Arkansas, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said provisions to make certain immigrants ineligible for food aid were also accepted.

“This paves the way for important reforms that improve efﬁciency and management of SNAP,” he said.

But the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota said her party will “keep ﬁghting these proposals that raise grocery costs and take food away from millions of people, including seniors, children and veterans.”

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has said some 10.9 million more people will go without health care and at least 3 million fewer would qualify for food aid under the House-passed bill. CBO has not yet publicly assessed the Senate draft, which has proposed steeper reductions.

The top income earners would see about a $12,000 tax cut under the House-passed bill, while the poorest Americans would see a $1,600 tax hike, the CBO said.

University of Virginia president, pressured over DEI, resigns

BY ERIC TUCKER and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press

WASHINGTON The president of the University of Virginia, facing heavy pressure from conservative critics and the Trump administration over the school’s diversity equity and inclusion practices, announced Friday that he was resigning rather than “ﬁght the federal government.”

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The departure of James Ryan, who had led the school since 2018, represents a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to reshape higher education. Doing it at a public university marks a new frontier in a campaign that has almost exclusively targeted Ivy League schools It also widens the rationale behind the government’s aggressive tactics, focusing on DEI rather than alleged tolerance of antisemitism Ryan had faced conservative criticism that he failed to heed federal orders to eliminate DEI policies, and his removal

was pushed for by the Justice Department as it investigated the school, according to a person who was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press. Ryan referenced the Trump administration pressure in a statement to the university community Friday in which he said he had submitted his resignation with a “very heavy heart.”

“To make a long story short, I am inclined to ﬁght for what I believe in, and I believe deeply in this University,” he said. “But I cannot make a unilateral decision to ﬁght the federal government in order to save my job.”

Ryan had already decided that next year would be his last, he said, and remaining in his position until then would be “knowingly and willingly sacriﬁcing this community.”

The New York Times ﬁrst reported on the resignation and the Justice Department’s insistence on it. The Justice Department declined to comment Friday.

Trump halts trade talks with Canada over tech firm tax

BY MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack on our country.”

Trump, in a post on his social media network, said Canada had just informed the U.S. that it was sticking to its plan to impose the digital services tax, which applies to Canadian and foreign businesses that engage with online users in Canada. The tax is set to go into effect Monday

“Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,” Trump said in his post.

Trump’s announcement was the latest swerve in the trade war he’s launched since taking ofﬁce for a second term in January Prog-

ress with Canada has been a roller coaster, starting with the U.S. president poking at the nation’s northern neighbor and repeatedly suggesting it would be absorbed as a U.S. state.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that his country would “continue to conduct these complex negotiations in the best interests of Canadians. It’s a negotiation.”

Trump later said he expects that Canada will remove the tax.

“Economically we have such power over Canada. We’d rather not use it,” Trump said in the Oval Ofﬁce. “It’s not going to work out well for Canada. They were foolish to do it.”

When asked if Canada could do anything to restart talks, he suggested Canada could remove the tax, predicted it will but said, “It doesn’t matter to me.” Carney visited Trump in May at the White House, where he was polite but ﬁrm. Trump last week traveled to Canada for the G7 summit in Alberta, where Carney said that Canada and the U.S. had set a 30day deadline for trade talks.

Senate rejects effort to restrain Trump on Iran

BY JOEY CAPPELLETTI

Associated Press

WASHINGTON Democratic efforts in the Senate to prevent President Donald Trump from further escalating with Iran fell short Friday with Republicans blocking a resolution that marked Congress’ first attempt to reassert its war powers following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. The resolution, authored by Sen. Tim Kaine, of Virginia, aimed to afﬁrm that Trump should seek authorization from Congress before launching more military action against Iran Asked Friday if he would

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bomb Iranian nuclear sites again if he deemed necessary, Trump said, “Sure, without question.” The measure was defeated in a 53-47 vote in the Republican-held Senate One Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in opposition, while Sen Rand Paul, of Kentucky, was the only Republican to vote in favor Most Republicans have said Iran posed an imminent threat that required decisive action from Trump, and they backed his decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites last weekend without seeking congressional approval.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives Friday for a closed-door Republican meeting to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill at the Capitol in Washington.

High courtrules forparents in LGBTQ+ bookscase

Justicessay Md parentscan pull kids from public school lessons

BY MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ+ storybooks. With the six conservative justices in the majority,the court reversed lower-court rulings in favor of the Montgomery County school system in suburban Washington. The high court ruled that the schools likely could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to the material.

The Supreme Courtruled on Fridaythat Maryland parents whohavereligious objections can pull their children from public schoollessons using LGBTQ+ storybooks.

Thelack of an “opt-out,” Justice Samuel Alitowrote for the court, “places an unconstitutional burden on the parents’ rights to the free exercise of theirreligion.”

JusticeSonia Sotomayor wroteindissent for thethree liberaljustices that exposure to different views in amulticulturalsociety is acritical feature of public schools.

“Yet it will become amere memory if childrenmust be insulated from exposureto ideas and concepts that may conflict with theirparents’ religiousbeliefs,” Sotomayor wrote. “Today’sruling ushers in thatnew reality.”

The decision was notaﬁnalruling in the case, but the justices strongly suggested that the parents will winin theend. The court ruled that policies like theone at issue in the case are subjected to thestrictestlevel of review, nearly always dooming them.

The school district introduced thestorybooks,including “Prince &Knight”and “Uncle Bobby’sWedding,” in 2022 as part of an effort to better reﬂect thedistrict’s diversity.In“UncleBobby’s Wedding,” aniece worries thather uncle won’thave as much time for herafter he gets marriedtoanother man.

The justices have repeatedly endorsed claims of

religious discrimination in recent years, and the case is among several religiousrights cases at thecourt this term. The decision also comes amidincreases in recent years in booksbeing bannedfrom public school and public libraries.

Many of the removals were organized by Moms for Liberty and other conservative organizations that advocate for more parental input over whatbooksare available to students. Soon after PresidentDonaldTrump,aRepublican, took ofﬁce in January, the Education Department calledthe book bans a“hoax and dismissed 11 complaints that had been filed under Trump’spredecessor,President Joe Biden, aDemocrat.

The writers’ group PEN America said in acourt ﬁling in theMaryland case that the objecting parents wanted “a constitutionally suspect book ban by another name.” PEN America reported more than

10,000 books were banned in the last school year

“By allowing parents to pull their children out of classrooms when they object to particular content, the justices are laying the foundation for anew frontier in the assault on books of all kinds in schools,” said EllyBrinkley,alawyer for the group’s U.S. Free Expression Programs. “In practice, opt outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools and usher in amore narrow orthodoxyasfear of offending anyideologyorsensibility takes hold.”

LawyerEric Baxter, who represented theMaryland parents at theSupreme Court, saidthe decision was a“historic victory for parental rights.”

“Kids shouldn’tbeforced intoconversationsabout drag queens, pride parades, or gendertransitions without their parents’ permission,” Baxter said.

Justices uphold Texasage verification lawfor adultwebsites

BY LINDSAYWHITEHURST Associated Press

WASHINGTON— The Supreme CourtonFridayuphelda Texas law aimed at blocking children from seeing online pornography

Nearly half of the states have passedsimilar lawsrequiring adult website users to verify their ages to access pornographic material. The laws come as smartphones and other devices makeit easier to access online porn, including hardcoreobscene material.

Thecourt split alongideological lines in the 6-3 ruling. It’s alossfor an adultentertainment industry trade group calledthe Free Speech Coalition,which challenged theTexas law Themajority opinion, authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, found themeasure didn’tseriously restrict adults’ free-speech rights. “Adults have the right to access speech obscene only to minors but adultshave no First Amendmentright to avoidage verification,” he wrote.

In adissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that thecourt should have used ahigher legal standard in weighing whether the law creates free-speechproblemsfor adults. “I would demand Texasshowmore, to ensure it is notundervaluingthe interest in free expression,” she wrote. Pornhub,one of the world’sbusiest websites, has stoppedoperating in several states, including Texas, citing the technical and privacy hurdles in complying with the laws.

TexasAttorney General Ken Paxton,aRepublican, celebrated the ruling. “Companies have no right to exposechildren to pornography andmustinstitute reasonable age veriﬁcation measures,” he said. The decisioncould pave the way for more states to adopt similar laws as oneofseveralsteps to prevent children from being exposed to pornography,the group National Center on Sexual Exploitation said.

While theFree Speech Coalition agreed that children

shouldn’tbeseeing porn, it saidthe lawputs an unfair free-speechburden on adults by requiring them to submit personal information that could be vulnerableto hacking or tracking.

AlisonBoden, itsexecutive director,called the ruling disastrous. She said that minorshavealreadyfound ways to ﬁnd sexualcontent online despitethe lawand its “massive chilling effect on adults.”

The age verification requirements fall on websites that have acertainamount

of sexual material,rather thansearchenginesorsocial-media sitesthatcan be used to ﬁnd it. Samir Jain, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Center forDemocracy & Technology,said that age verification requirements raise serious privacy and free-expression concerns. Thecourt’sdecision “overturns decades of precedent and has the potential to upendaccesstoFirst Amendment-protected speech on the internet for everyone, children and adults alike.”

Trump: Iran must open itself to internationalnuclear inspections

BY DAVID RISING and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—

President Donald Trump said on Friday that he expects Iran to open itself to international inspectionto verify that it doesn’trestart its nuclear program.

Asked during aWhite House news conference if he would demand during expected talks with Iran that the International Atomic Energy Agency,the U.N. nuclear watchdog, or some other organization be authorized to conduct inspections, Trump responded that the Islamic Republic would have to cooperate with the group“or somebody that we respect, including ourselves.”

ment programinexchange for sanctions reliefand other beneﬁts.

That deal unraveled after Trump unilaterally pulled out the U.S. during his ﬁrst term. Trump has suggested he’sinterested in new talks with Iran and saidthe two sides wouldmeet next week.

In an interview on Iranian state television broadcast late Thursday, Foreign Minister AbbasAraghchi left open thepossibility that his country would againenter talksonits nuclear program,but suggested it wouldn’tbe anytimesoon.

Earlier,Iran’stop diplomat said that the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country’snuclear program has been “complicated”bythe American attack on three of the sites, which he conceded caused “serious damage.”

The U.S. was one of the parties to the 2015nuclear deal in which Iran agreed to limits on its uranium enrich-

“No agreement has been made for resuming the negotiations,” he said. “No time has been set, no promise has been made, and we haven’teventalkedabout restartingthe talks.”

TheAmerican decision to intervene militarily “made it more complicated andmore difﬁcult” for talks on Iran’s nuclear program, Araghchi said Many imams, during Fridayprayers, stressed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’smessage from Thursday that the war had beena victoryfor Iran

Cleric Hamzeh Khalili, who is alsothe deputychiefjustice of Iran, vowed during a prayer service in Tehran that the courts would prosecute people accused of spying for Israel “in aspecial way.”

During the war withIsrael, Iran hanged several people whom it already had in custodyonespionage charges, sparking fears from activists that it could conducta wave of executions after the conflict ended. Authorities reportedly have detained dozens in various cities on the charge of cooperating withIsrael.

Israel relentlessly attacked Iran beginning on June 13, targeting itsnuclearsites, defense systems, high-ranking militaryofficials and atomic scientists. In 12 days of strikes, Israel saidthatitkilled around 30 Iranian commanders and 11 nuclear scientists, while hitting eightnuclear-related facilities andmore than 720 militaryinfrastructure sites. More than1,000 people were killed, including at least417 civilians, according to the Washington-based Human Rights Activistsgroup.

Iran fired more than550 ballisticmissiles at Israel, most of whichwereintercepted, but thosethat got

through caused damage in many areas and killed28 people.

Israelimilitary spokesper-

son Brig. Gen. Efﬁe Defrin said Friday that in someareas, it had exceeded its operational goals, but needed to remain vigilant. “Weare undernoillusion, the enemyhas not changed its intentions,” he said.

BYCOLLEEN SLEVIN

Associated Press

DENVER Aman accusedof hurling Molotov cocktails at agroup of people who were demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages pleaded not guilty Friday to federal hate crime charges.

MohamedSabry Soliman was indictedearlier this week on 12 hate crime counts in the June 1attack. He is accused of trying to kill eight people who were hurt by the Molotov cocktails and others who were nearby Soliman’sattorney,David Kraut, entered the not guilty plea on Soliman’sbehalf during aquick hearing.

Magistrate Judge Kathryn Starnella noted that lawyers had acknowledged thata plea agreement in the case

waspossible later. Soliman, wearing akhaki jail uniform,entered the courtroom smiling and holding an envelope in his handcuffedhands.His right hand and arm were wrapped in a thick bandage as theywere when heappeared in court last week,when an investigator testiﬁed thatSolimanhad burned himself as he threw the second oftwo Molotov cocktails at thegroup. He listened to atranslationofthe hearing provided by anArabicinterpreter through headphones. He did not speak during the hearing. Investigators say Soliman told them he intended to kill theroughly 20 participants at the weekly demonstration on Boulder’sPearl Street pedestrian mall. But he threw just two of his over two dozen Molotov cocktails while yell-

ing “Free Palestine.”

Soliman, who is also being prosecuted in state court for attempted murder and other charges, told investigators he triedtobuy agun but was not able to because he was not a“legal citizen.” He posed as agardener, wearinga construction vest, to get close to thegroup before launching the attack, according to court documents. He was alsoindicted for using ﬁre and an explosive to attack the group and for carrying an explosive, which were included in thehate crimecounts. Authorities saySoliman, an Egyptian national, hasbeen living in the U.S. illegally with his family Soliman is being represented in stateand federalcourt by public defenderswho do notcomment on their cases to the media.

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Kirkpatrick. Massey was the ninth fugitive arrested after ajailbreak that sparked asprawling citywide manhunt and several investigations into the jail’soperations. Well over adozen people have been arrested on suspicion of helpingthe escapees,along with ajailplumber accused of facilitating their ﬂight.

“It’sprettyobvious over the last six weeks, to remain afugitive that long,hehad assistance he hadhelp,”said State Police Superintendent Col. RobertHodges of Massey.“Whether or not it was someone helped him with the Airbnb, we would have to think ‘yes’ butwho (it was) and all those things will be determinedlater.”

The arrest marked the first progress in weeksfor amanhunt that hasinvolved 200 officers. It leaves only Groves, 27, who is facing life in prison following his convictions, in the crosshairs. Officials onFriday urged Grovesto surrender Massey,who has ahistory of skirtingcustody,was most recently jailed on charges of parole violation, motor vehicletheft and domesticabuse battery involving strangulation, after what investigators describedasagruesomefight with agirlfriend in November 2024 thatlefther bruised and bloodied.

The same woman has since been arrestedand accusedofhelping Massey after the jailbreak. The Times-Picayune does notidentify

alleged victims of domesticviolence.

Massey is also wanted by St Tammany Parish authoritieson suspicion of kidnapping and rape, law enforcementofﬁcialssaid. A judge issued aprotectiveorder in Orleans Parish, andMassey hadn’t entered aplea before hisescape, accordingtocourt records.

He had recently posted to social media while afugitive, proclaiming hisinnocence and lambasting what hecalled abroken criminal

“the deadliest vaccine ever made.”

justice system. Massey petitioned celebrities,including Lil Wayne andKim Kardashian, for help. Theposting prompted araid but no signs of Massey Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issueda statement applauding Friday’s arrest and pledging to prosecuteMassey fully “Great work by all our law enforcement partners whohave been working so hard for thisoutcome. Onemore to go,” Murrill said.

The 10 men ﬂed thejail at 1a.m.

on May 16, after breaking through acelldoor and squeezing through ahole behind aripped-out toilet as aloneguard took ameal break. Jail staff didn’t discover their absence until 8:30 a.m. during ahead count. Escapees Kendell Myles, Robert Moody,Dkenan Dennis and Gary Price were arrested in the days following the escape. Corey Boyd, Lenton Vanburen,Leo Tate and Jermaine Donald were arrested outside of New Orleans on Memorial Day

Massey’sescapemarked his ﬁfth, including his twicecutting offankle monitors. He first escapedjuveniledetention, then in 2019 he broke outofthe Morehouse Parish DetentionCenter in Collinston, about 20 miles outside of Monroe, with another inmate. They ran through ahole in the fence andescaped in arental car that pulled up nearby,aMorehouse Parish sheriff’sofﬁcial said. JohnSimerman contributed to this report.

criticizing Kennedy.The health secretaryhas often attracted controversy for his skepticism of vaccines, which many health experts say is not rooted in science and underminespublic health.

At Friday’sevent, Kennedy accused the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of being at fault for the country’shigh rates of chronic illness.

He also claimed that the increase in autism rates in recent decadesand a“fertility crisis” owed to decreased in sperm count in American teenage boys both stem from the same “etiology,” or cause.

He went on to say that “our children did not suddenly become gluttonous and indolent.”

“Weare mass poisoning them, and we’re mass poisoning them mainly with processed foods. They’re swimming around in atoxic soup today.”

Kennedy opened his remarks on Fridaybyrecalling that he and Landrygot to know each other during the COVID-19 pandemic when they were aligned in their criticism of governmentresponses to the global health crisis.

“Weformed not only a bond at thatpoint, but also adeep personal friendship,” Kennedy said.

In 2021, when he was attorney general, Landry invited Kennedy to testify before Louisiana state lawmakers at acommittee meeting on school vaccine mandates Kennedy at the time said the COVID vaccine was

On Friday,Kennedy said that while“mostof thepolitical leaders in this country were unwilling to raise their voices” about government censorship and“impingement on constitutional rights” during the COVID pandemic, Landry was among theveryfew whodid The health secretaryon Friday said duringthattime that doctors and scientists were being censored, includingMartin Kulldorff.

Earlier this month, Kennedy ﬁred all17members of an inﬂuentialnationalvaccine advisory committee that helps determine whoshould be vaccinatedagainst certain diseasesand when.

Kennedy named several replacement members, includingsome vaccine skeptics, but several open seats have yet to be filled. Kulldorff is nowchairman of the committee.

Earlier this year,Kennedy’sconfirmationasthe nation’stop health official was tenuous —and it hinged in significant part on approval by U.S. Sen.Bill Cassidy,a Baton Rouge Republican who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee.

Cassidy,a physician and vocal vaccineproponent,ultimately gave Kennedy his blessing and cleared theway for Kennedy’sconﬁrmation to thepost.

Cassidy said the health secretary promised not to discourage parentsfrom vaccinating their kids and to have “anunprecedented close collaborative working relationship” with the senator andhis committee.

But after the health secretary dismissed the entire membershipofthe CDC’s

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP,Cassidyhas voiced some concerns.

On Monday, Cassidy called on ACIP to delay meeting until the group was fully staffed withmembers that have “moredirect relevant expertise” in epidemiology, immunology or microbiology and withmRNAvaccine technology ACIP, however,went forward with its two-day meeting on Wednesday and Thursday Cassidy on Fridaydid not immediatelyrespond to questions aboutthe vaccine panelorrecentconversations with Kennedy about thattopic. He did, however, release avideo on social media welcoming Kennedy to his hometown.

“I knowhow passionate you are —and Iam— about having good nutrition to Make American Healthy Again,” Cassidy said from his ofﬁce in Washington.

Sponsored by Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Covington, SenateBill 14 reshapes how schools, food manufacturers and restaurants address nutrition and ingredient transparency andrequires doctors tostay up-to-dateon nutrition education.

“This is by far andaway themost comprehensive MAHA bill in the country right now,” McMath told those gathered at Friday’s event.

“Perhaps most importantly,itgives Secretary Kennedy andPresidentTrump the leverage to forcethe food companies to the table to change andalter theingredientsthat are all making us sick,”hesaid.

The bill has fourmajor components.

SchoolsinLouisianawill

not be allowed to serve certain artiﬁcial colorsand additives in breakfasts and lunches beginning in the 2028-2029 school year

Food manufacturers selling products in Louisiana thatcontain certain artificial ingredients will have to include aQRcode on the packaging that links to information about thoseingredients. Those rules takeeffect in 2028.

Restaurants and food businessesusing seed oils will have to ﬂag that for customers, also starting in 2028.

And, beginning in January,certain health care providers in theareas of family medicine,internalmedicine,

pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology and several other areas of medicine will have to complete at least one hour of training on nutrition andmetabolic health every four years.

An earlier version of SB14 sought to prohibit thepurchase of softdrinks using SNAP benefits. But that provision was ultimately removed from the bill.

Landry,however,inApril signed an executive order directing the Department of Childrenand Family Services, which administers SNAP in Louisiana, to ask for permissionfromthe federalgovernment to exclude soft drinks andcandy

fromeligibility forSNAP purchases.

Senate Bill 19, sponsored by Sen. Mike Fesi,R-Houma, authorizes Louisiana pharmacies to sell ivermectin, an antiparasiticdrugthat has gained in popularitysince the COVID-19 pandemic, under astanding order issued by the Louisiana DepartmentofHealth. Adults arenow able to get ivermectinwithout adoctor’sprescription.

The Associated Press and staff writersEmily Woodruff and Mark Ballard contributed to this report. Email Alyse Pfeil at alyse pfeil@theadvocate.com.

employer-provided benefits.When those benefits endwithretirement, paying dental bills out-of-pocket can come as a shock,leading people to put off or even go without care

Simply put— without dentalinsurance, there may be an importantgap in your healthcare coverage.

STAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER

Court rules Orgeron’s ex-wife entitled to $8M

LSU coach received $17M buyout in 2021

BY ANDREA GALLO Staff writer

The Louisiana Supreme Court handed down a ruling Friday that said Ed Orgeron’s ex-wife, Kelly Orgeron, is entitled to half the money that the now-former football coach received from his LSU buyout, awarding her $8.13 million.

The state’s high court pointed to language in Ed Orgeron’s term sheet with LSU that said it was a legally binding contract when he signed it Jan. 14, 2020 at the time he and his wife were still married. Orgeron ﬁled for divorce 43 days after signing the deal. That contract included provisions for the coach’s buyout if he was ﬁred without cause, which happened the next year in 2021.

“The coach, and his wife, were given the comfort, the assurance, the confidence, and the peace of mind, that even if his coaching was

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payments and stricter eligibility checks. But the Senate version proposes deeper cuts and is still being revised.

In a blow Thursday to negotiators, the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian ruled that a key Medicaid provider tax overhaul violated budget reconciliation rules. That means one of the methods they were considering to cut Medicaid spending can’t be used, forcing Republicans to reconsider their strategy While it’s still unclear what will make it into the final package, cuts appear all but certain. In Louisiana, where about one-third of the population relies on Medicaid, the impact could be devastating for rural health care.

“People who live in rural communities tend to be older, poorer and sicker,” said Mike Whittington, CEO of Hood Memorial He said the hospital and clinic play a critical role in caring for patients near their homes, especially in areas where getting to a hospital in a larger community is not easy for many

“How are you gonna get there?

There’s no bus,” Whittington said. “If you pulled up the Uber app, could you ﬁnd an Uber driver? I don’t think people understand the amount of transportation difﬁculties that exist.”

Hood Memorial is one of 33 rural hospitals in Louisiana ﬂagged as ﬁnancially vulnerable if the Medicaid cuts now under debate are enacted That’s the second-highest number of any state, behind only Kentucky according to a June letter from Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and other Senate Democrats. Nationwide, 338 rural hospitals are at risk.

Among them is Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence, a 24-bed critical access hospital with over 40% of patients using Medicaid. If patients lose their health insurance or have to ﬁnd a way to get

terribly unsuccessful, or even if for other reasons that could not be labeled as ‘for cause,’ the school felt the need to part ways, he would not do so empty-handed,” wrote Justice Jefferson Hughes on behalf of the majority in a 5-2 ruling.

“This comfort and peace of mind inured to the beneﬁt of both husband and wife in the college football coaching business,” Hughes added “Because this security blanket was provided for in the Employment Agreement, effective during the community it was community property as would be any other community asset.”

Justice Piper Grifﬁn agreed with Hughes in the ruling, along with three ad hoc judges appointed to hear the case in place of Chief Justice John Weimer, Justice Will Crain and Justice John Michael Guidry, each of whom was recused. Replacing them were former 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal

judge John Conery; former state Supreme Court justice Joseph Bleich; and former 22nd Judicial District judge Martin Coady Justices Jay McCallum and Cade Cole dissented.

“The issue in this case is uncomplicated,” McCallum wrote in an 11-page dissent. “All of the sums Mr Orgeron received post-community — whether in the form of salary, supplemental salary, incentive compensation or liquidated damages were received by Mr Orgeron for work he performed after the termination of the community property regime. It is all his separate property.”

Ed Orgeron signed a contract extension with LSU shortly after winning the College Football National Championship in 2020, which raised his salary to roughly $7 million annually Orgeron signed the extension the month before he ﬁled for divorce, but the LSU board of supervisors did not approve it until the divorce proceedings were underway

the patient lives.

That contract extension paved the way for Orgeron’s $17 million buyout when LSU ﬁred him in 2021.

Kelly Orgeron’s attorneys celebrated the ruling Friday after arguing to the Supreme Court that she was entitled to some of her exhusband’s money from his buyout and contract extension.

“We are extremely pleased that Kelly Orgeron’s contribution to the couple’s success has been recognized by the Louisiana Supreme Court,” said her lead attorney, Robert Lowe, in a statement. “The decision is grounded in a proper interpretation of Louisiana community property law The community was a partnership; justice and equity were served.”

Kelly Orgeron’s legal team said the raise for Ed Orgeron after he won the championship was partially meant to compensate the coach for his past performance, which included during the time they were married she supported his career

Attorney Randy Smith, who represents Ed Orgeron, said they plan

to seek a rehearing on the issue from the full court.

“We respectfully disagree with the majority opinion for all of the reasons stated by Justice McCallum in his well-articulated dissent,” Smith said.

Smith had argued to the high court that the money Ed Orgeron received after he ﬁled for divorce belonged to him alone. The coach’s raise in 2020 was compensation for his future work coaching football at LSU, not a reward for his past success, Smith said.

Smith also said Ed Orgeron gave his ex-wife half the money he earned over the 43 days that passed between him inking his contract extension in 2020 and ﬁling for divorce. The coach also split his incentives in half with his ex-wife that he earned after winning the championship, including $1.775 million.

Both a district and appeals court ruled in Ed Orgeron’s favor before theLouisianaSupremeCourtagreed to hear arguments on the case.

to a hospital that is farther away, they will be less likely to seek care until they are really sick.

That might look like putting off preventive screenings like colonoscopies or mammograms, said Dr John Couk, clinical lead for health care effectiveness at Lallie Kemp, which is managed by LSU Health.

“Rural health care is the crisis,” said Couk. “The big cities are going to have hospitals.”

Unlike urban facilities, rural hospitals typically don’t offer high-revenue procedures like orthopedic and cardiac surgeries, said Walter Lane, a health economist at the University of New Orleans. That makes them vulnerable to even small shifts in Medicaid policy

“They operate on very, very small margins. When you start making cuts to people on the very brink, going from there to bankruptcy is not very far,” Lane said.

Of the 33 at-risk rural hospitals in Louisiana, 18 fall within the 5th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Julia Letlow R-Start, who said in a statement that she is “having productive conversations with Louisiana health care leaders about rooting out waste and protecting Medicaid for those who need it most: the disabled, the elderly, chil-

dren, and people who are physically unable to work.”

She added that the House version of the spending bill struck that balance and urged the Senate to follow suit.

Sen Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, also criticized the Senate’s proposal.

“My position is that cuts, and especially drastic cuts to Medicaid have to be avoided. The Senate bill cuts Medicaid too much. I agree with President Trump, the House version is better,” Cassidy wrote on X.

Sen. John N. Kennedy RMadisonville, said that the Senate parliamentarian’s ruling has complicated efforts to pass the reconciliation bill by the July 4 deadline, making a vote less likely He said failing to preserve Trumpera tax cuts in the bill could hurt the economy

At Hood Memorial hospital and clinic, some of the visits are routine: getting people back on their feet after a long illness, standard checkups or chronic disease management. Others are not.

Hood has treated patients gored by a pet deer bitten by snakes and injured in fourwheeler accidents on back roads. Then there are the strokes, heart attacks and infections where minutes matter The next hospital is often more than 45 minutes away depending on where

“There are deﬁnitely people walking the streets today that would not be alive were it not for this emergency room,” Whittington said.

At Hood, about 1 in 3 patients are on Medicaid, mirroring the statewide average. At the rural health clinic, Medicaid makes up 47% of patients. Louisiana is the only state in the Deep South that expanded Medicaid, meaning a larger share of its population depends on it

“There is more to lose, because we have more people enrolled,” said Kevin Callison, a health economist at Tulane University.

Margaret Cooper, 70, leaned on a cane as she stepped outside Hood Memorial to warm up. She was waiting for scans for a suspected blood clot in her leg. She lives in Kentwood, 15 minutes north, and got to her appointment using a Medicaid-funded ride service along with her home health aide.

“I love coming here,” said

Cooper, who uses both Medicare and Medicaid. “They’re real patient and nice.”

Tim Cowell, 63, collapsed from heat exhaustion while trying to stay upright long enough to see his son graduate from Southeastern Louisiana University in May

Doctors discovered that bacteria from a dog bite had triggered a dangerous infection that was progressing toward sepsis. A former construction worker on disability after a stroke, Cowell was hospitalized at Hood for an extended recovery and intensive antibiotics.

“They weren’t so overcrowded,” said Cowell, who has an insurance with Humana through Medicaid. “I get more attention and better care here.”

Senate leaders have ﬂoated a change to the bill that would create a $15 billion fund over several years to subsidize rural providers who suffer from Medicaid cuts, but that likely is not sufﬁcient, said Callison. A study

commissioned by the American Hospital Association estimated that Louisiana rural hospitals could lose $1.875 billion in federal funds over the next decade if the Senate plan moves forward.

Louisiana Hospital Association President and CEO Paul Salles called the proposed fund “inadequate to maintain existing services.”

“We urge Senators to return to the carefully crafted compromise language in the House-passed H.R. 1,” he said.

The House version of the bill imposes Medicaid work requirements. Up to 158,000 Louisianians are likely to lose coverage if that remains.

Regardless of what the ﬁnal bill looks like, any cuts to Medicaid are threatening to rural providers, said Denae Hebert, executive director of the Louisiana Rural Health Association.

“We risk losing service lines,” Hebert said. “And even losing hospitals.”

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

Nurse Scarlett Breckwoldt checks on Tim Cowell, 63, as he sits in a wheelchair receiving IV treatment at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite on Thursday.

SupremeCourt delays decision on redistricting

yearslongbattleover

La.congressional maps continues

BY MARK BALLARD Staff writer

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Supreme Court postponedFriday deciding whether Louisiana should have one or two members of Congress elected from Black-majority voting districts.

The high court was slated to decide the case, which was argued in March, on Friday morning.The court instead stated it wouldsoon issue a“supplemental brieﬁngorder” that would set forth the issues to be reargued in the next term.

The Louisiana case was theonly one of 66 argued this termon which justices postponed making adecision.

Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed, saying he saw “no reason to avoid deciding the cases now.”

“These cases also warrant immediate resolution because, due to our Janus-like election-law jurisprudence,” statesdon’tknow how to draw election maps that comply both with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Thomas wrote.

Thedelaylikely means that Louisiana will keep the currentconﬁgurationofthe 6thCongressional District, whichstretchesbetween Baton Rouge andShreveport, for another two-year term. The2026 congressional party primary election is on April 18.

Louisiana asked the nine justices to explain how best to balance the

often-conﬂicting requirements of the Voting Rights Act, which forbids watering down the number of voters whoshare the same race or language, and theEqual Protection Clause,which forbids using race as the primary factor to decide which voters can elect their representatives to the U.S. House.

“There are two important issues on which, at least for now,the Courtis not ready to articulate,”

U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, the Baton Rouge Democrat elected last year in theredrawn 6th District, said minutes afterthe courtpostponed its decision.

“Although we hoped fora decision this term,” Louisiana Attorney General LizMurrill saidina statement, “we welcome afurther opportunitytopresent argument to the Court regarding the states’ impossible task of complying with theCourt’svotingprecedents.”

Every 10 years, state legislatures are tasked with drawingthe congressional districts of voters to comply with thelatest U.S.Census count.

Initially,Louisiana legislatorsreuppedthe mapsthat spread Black voters among vast majorities of White voters, leading to ﬁve White Republicansand one Black Democrat in theHouse.

Abouta third ofthe state’spopulationnow identiﬁes as Black. And, since White majorities in Louisiana have never elected aBlack candidate to Congress, agroup of African Americanvoters —who were called the Robinson litigants —challengedthe Legislature’s maps.

They arguedthat simple math would dictate that two of the six congressional seats should be

drawn to include enough minority voters togive Black candidates a ﬁghting chance. The state, however, argued that the Black population in Louisiana lived too far apart, making it difﬁcult to meet other redistricting criteria,suchasgroupinglike communitieswith similar political wants in acompact geographic area.

U.S.District ChiefJudge Shelly D. Dick, of Baton Rouge, found thatseveral alternative maps would indeed meet Voting Rights Act standards enough to create a second Black majoritycongressional district.A 5thU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed. Confronted withthe possibility of the federal courts drawing the new congressional map, Gov.Jeff Landry called aspecial session of the Legislature soon after his inauguration in January 2024.

TheRepublican supermajority Legislature decided to target Republican Garret Graves and his BatonRouge-based 6th CongressionalDistrict.Graveshad angered Landry and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson

Theresultisa6th District that links Black neighborhoods from Baton Rouge to Lafayette to Alexandria to Natchitoches to Shreveport.A Republican supermajority Legislature negated the previous maps andapprovedthe newconﬁguration for twoBlack majority districts and four White majority districts, which Landry in January 2024 signed into law Alternative mapswould have signiﬁcantly added Black voters to the north Louisiana-based districts that elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton,and Rep.Julia

Letlow,R-Start, amember of the House Appropriations Committee.

Adozen voters who describe themselvesasnon-African Americanfiled alawsuitinMonroe, where federal trial judges appointed by President Donald Trump preside.These “Callais litigants” argued that the new congressional districtsthat favored Black voters in two of the state’ssix seats were drawn primarily to satisfy racial needs and thus were improperly gerrymandered underthe Equal Protection Clause —that is, the voters primarily were sortedby race.

The state, which nowhad to ﬂip sides, countered that, under the circumstances of needing asecond minority-majority district to satisfy the Voting Rights Act, the primary motivation of choosing where that second Black majority would go was political —protecting Johnson and Letlow while targeting Graves.

TheRobinson voters, who became intervenors under the new Callais case, argued that the new constituency waslinked by a shareddisinterest of theWhite congresspersons who rarely visited the minority communities along the RedRiver and did not champion their needs in Washington.

Twomembers of athree-memberpanel of 5th Circuit judges ruledthe Legislature’snew congressional configuration was a racial gerrymander and ordered aMay 2024 hearing to draw new maps. The third found that politics predominated the Legislature’s decision.

Louisiana asked the Supreme Court to stay the proceedings because the elections were so close

that the Secretary of State could not properly stage the November 2024 congressionalrace without knowingwhat the districts would look like. The high court agreed, then accepted the case forarguments to sort howpoliticsand race are to be considered in redistricting.

The election was held using the Legislature’s newmapsand Fields, aBaton Rouge Democrat whowas astate senator,won. He joined the House in January 2025. He has since voted with the Democrats, forthe most part,ina House with anarrow GOP majority that often advances legislation by asingle vote.

“The mapadoptedbythe Legislature wasa productofbipartisan negotiation, judicial review,and compliance with federal law.Itis not aracial gerrymander —itis aremedialmeasure responding to decades of underrepresentation,” Rep. Troy Carter,the New Orleans Democrat who represents the state’sother Black majority district, saidFriday.“Theongoinglegal challengesare deeply troubling, especially when they are driven by bad-faith arguments that twist the Equal Protection Clause into aweapon against equitable representation. Attempts to roll back the progress we’ve made arenot aboutthe Constitution, they’re about power.” Louisiana argued that legislators were put in an impossible predicamentofbeing suedbyone side under the Voting Rights Act if minorityvoting strength was dilutedand suedbyanother forviolating the EqualProtection clause if the redistricting had aracial component.

that might differ in the 22 states that sued over the Trump order and the restof the country

The justices agreed with the Trump administration, as well as PresidentJoe Biden’sDemocratic administration before it,that judges are overreaching by issuing orders that apply to everyone instead of just the parties before the court. Judges have issued more than 40 such orders since Trump took ofﬁcefor asecond term in January

The administration has filed emergency appeals with the justices of many of those orders, including the ones on birthright citizenship. The court rarely hears arguments and issues major decisions on its emergency, or shadow,docket, but it did so in this case. Federal courts,Barrett wrote, “do not exercise general oversight of theExecutive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistentwiththe authority Congress has given them. When acourt concludes that theExecutive Branch has acted unlawfully,the answer is not for the court to exceed its power,too.”

The president, speaking in the White House brieﬁng room, said that the decision was “amazing” and a“monumental victory for the Constitution,” the separation of

powers and therule oflaw Senate Democratic leader ChuckSchumer,ofNew York, wroteonXthat the decision is“an unprecedented and terrifying step toward authoritarianism, a grave danger to our democracy,and apredictable move from this extremistMAGA court.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing in dissent for the three liberal justices, called thedecision “nothing less than an open invitation for thegovernment to bypass the Constitution.” This is so, Sotomayorsaid, becausethe administration may be able to enforcea policy even when it has been challenged and found to be unconstitutional by alower court

Theadministration didn’t even ask, as it hasinother cases, for the lower-court rulings to be blocked completely,Sotomayor wrote. “Toget such relief, the government would have toshow thatthe order is likely constitutional, animpossible task,” shewrote. But the ultimate fate of the changes Trump wants to make were not before the court, Barrett wrote, just the rules that would applyasthe court cases continue Rights groups that sued over thepolicyfilednew court documents following thehigh court ruling, taking up asuggestion from Justice BrettKavanaugh that judges still may beable to reach anyone potentially affected by the birthrightcitizenship

order by declaringthem part of “putative nationwide class.” Kavanaugh was part of the court majority on Fridaybut wrote aseparate concurring opinion.

States that also challenged thepolicy in court saidthey would try to show that the only way to effectively protect their interests was through anationwide hold.

“Wehave everyexpectation we absolutelywillbe successful in keeping the 14th Amendment as thelaw of the land and of course birthright citizenship as well,”saidAttorney General Andrea Campbell, of Massachusetts.

Birthright citizenship automatically makes anyone born in theUnited States an American citizen, including children borntomothersin thecountry illegally.The right was enshrined soon after theCivil Warinthe Constitution’s14th Amendment In anotable Supreme Courtdecision from 1898, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, thecourt held that the only childrenwho did not automatically receive U.S citizenship uponbeing born on U.S. soil were thechildren of diplomats, who have allegiance to another government; enemies present in the U.S.during hostile occupation; those born on foreign ships; and those born to membersofsovereign NativeAmerican tribes.

The U.S. is among about 30 countries wherebirthright citizenship —the principle of jus soli or “right of the

soil” —isapplied. Most are in theAmericas,and Canada and Mexico are among them.

Trump and his supporters have argued that there should be tougher standards forbecoming an American citizen, which he called“apriceless and profound gift”inthe executive order he signedonhis ﬁrst day in ofﬁce. The Trumpadministration has asserted that children of noncitizensare not“sub-

ject to thejurisdiction” of the UnitedStates, aphrase used in the amendment, and therefore arenot entitled to citizenship.

But states, immigrants and rights groupsthat have sued to block the executive order have accusedthe administration of trying to unsettle the broader understanding of birthrightcitizenship that has been accepted since the amendment’sadoption.

Judges have uniformly ruled against the administration.

The JusticeDepartment had argued that individual judges lack the power to give nationwide effect to their rulings.

The Trumpadministration instead wanted the justices to allowTrump’splantogo into effect for everyone except the handful of people and groups that sued.

NewOrleans Forecast

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rain. Some places that do not getany rain will be hotter with highsreaching into the90s and feeling likethe triple digits.Ifyou are so fortunate to getrain,itwill cool down thearea for alittle bit, buthaving

neverhurts. This patternwill continue into next week with rain chancesand daily highs remaining relatively thesame. The rain chancescould increase with theupper-level low. As it gets closer,wewill update rain chancesaccordingly,but for now, it’sabout a 40% chance next week

BY CHINEDU ASADU, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Democratic Republic of Congoand Rwanda on Friday signed apeace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly ﬁghtingin easternCongo while helping the U.S. government and American companiesgain access to critical minerals in the region.

“Today,the violence and destruction comes to an end, and the entire region begins anew chapter of hope and opportunity,harmony,prosperity and peace,” President Donald Trump told the foreign ministers of the two countries at aWhite House meeting.

The agreement was signed earlier at the State Department’sTreaty Room beneath

aportrait of Colin Powell, the ﬁrst African American to hold the joboftop U.S. diplomat. There, Secretary of StateMarco Rubio called it “an important moment after 30 yearsofwar The CentralAfrican nation of Congohas beenwracked by conflict withmorethan 100 armed groups, themost potent backed by Rwanda, that haskilledmillions since the 1990s.

While the deal is seenas aturning point, analysts don’tbelieve it will quickly endthe fighting because the most prominentarmed group says it does not apply to it.

Many Congolese seeit mainly as an opportunity for the U.S. to acquire critical minerals needed for much of theworld’stechnology after their government reached outtoTrump for support in ﬁghting the rebels. Trump has pushedtogain

accesstosuch minerals at a time when the United States and China areactively competing for influence in Africa.

Congo’sForeignMinister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner invoked themillions of victims of the conflict in signingthe agreementwith RwandanForeign Minister OlivierNduhungirehe. Both expressed optimism but stressed significant workstill to do to end the fighting.

“Some wounds will heal, but they will neverfully disappear,” Wagner said. “Thosewho have suffered the mostare watching. They are expecting this agreement to be respected,and we cannot fail them.”

Nduhungirehe noted the “great deal of uncertainty” because previous agreementswerenot put in place.

“There is no doubt thatthe road ahead will not be easy,”

Combs’ lawyer mockscaseinclosing

BY MICHAELR.SISAK and LARRYNEUMEISTER Associated Press

NEW

YORK

Sean“Diddy” Combs’ lawyer implored ajury on Friday to acquit the hip-hop mogul, arguing overzealous federal prosecutors twisted his drug use and swinger lifestyle into asex trafﬁckingand racketeering case that could put him behind bars for life.

“He is none of these things.

He is innocent,” defense attorney Marc Agnifilo said, glancing at Combs during a four-hour closing argument.

“He sits there innocent. Return him to his family who have been waiting for him.”

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating Monday Agnifilo repeatedly mocked the government’s case, peppering his presentation with folksyquips and bawdy observations. He said prosecutors “badly exaggerated” theevidence, and he belittled federal agents who seized hundreds of bottles of baby oil and lubricantin

raids last year at Combs’ homesinLos Angeles and the Miami area

“Way to go, fellas,” the defense lawyer said.

Agniﬁlo accused thegovernment of targetingCombs, irritating prosecutors and the judge, andquestioned whyno oneelsewas charged in what the prosecution allegeswas aracketeering conspiracy involving Combs’ personalassistants, bodyguards and otheremployees. Judge Arun Subramanian instructed jurors they were not to consider why or how thegovernment obtainedan indictment.

In arebuttal, Assistant U.S Attorney MaureneComey said Agnifilo hadspent “a whole lot of energy” trying to distract from Combs’ “inexcusablebehavior.”

“Make no mistake,”Comey told jurors, “thistrial was about how in Sean Combs world,‘no’ was never an option.”

Agnifilo calledCombs’ prosecution a“faketrial” andridiculed the notion that

the“I’ll Be Missing You” singer engagedinracketeering.

“Are you kidding me?”

Agnifilo asked. “Did any witness getonthatwitness stand and say,‘Yes, I was part of aracketeering enterprise —Iengaged in racketeering?’” No, those accusationswere aﬁgment of the prosecution’simagination, he argued.

Combs, in asweater and khakis, watched Agnifilo with rapt attention after looking down andslouching during Thursday’sprosecution closing. He didn’ttestifyduring the seven-week trial, and his lawyers called no witnesses of their own.

Combs’ family,including six of his children and hismother, satbehindhim When theday was ﬁnished, Combs hugged one of his lawyers and smiled as he conversedwith others. As the jury filedout of the courtroom for the last time this week,Combswatched them, but thejurorsdidn’t look his way

Congo, Rwanda sign U.S.-mediatedpeace deal

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOByMARK SCHIEFELBEIN

SecretaryofState Marco Rubio, center,stands with Rwanda’sForeignMinister Olivier Nduhungirehe, left, and Democratic Republic of the Congo’sForeign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner as theyshakehandsFriday after signing apeace agreement at the State Department in Washington.

he said. “But with thecontinued supportofthe United States and other partners, we believe that aturning point

has been reached.” They, along withRubio, laudedthe support of the Gulf ArabnationofQatar in

facilitating the agreement, whichDoha has been working on for months at the request of the U.S. and others. The agreementhas provisions on territorial integrity prohibition of hostilities and thedisengagement,disarmament and conditional integration of nonstate armed groups. Asked in theOvalOffice about violations of the agreement, Trumpsaid he didn’t think that would happen but also warned of “very severe penalties, ﬁnancialand otherwise,” if it did. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group is themost prominent armed groupinthe conﬂict, and its major advance earlythisyearleftbodies on the streets. With 7million people displaced in Congo, theUnited Nationshas called it “one of the most protracted, complex, serious humanitariancrises on Earth.”

Russia andUkraine trade long-range droneattacks

BY ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press

KYIV,Ukraine Russia and Ukraine exchanged more long-range droneattacks that have become astaple of themorethanthreeyear war,ofﬁcials saidFriday,asRussian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is ready for afresh round of direct peace talks in Istanbul. Russian andUkrainian officials are discussing the timing of apotential newmeeting, Putinsaid. Speaking to reporters during avisittoBelarus, he said that the terms of a potential ceaseﬁre, which the Kremlin hassofar effectively rejected, are expected to be on theagenda.

The war shows no signs of abatingasU.S.-ledinternational peace efforts have so far produced no

breakthrough. Tworecent rounds of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul were briefand yieldednoprogress on reaching asettlement. Ukraine wants the next step in peace talks to be a meetingbetween Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Putin, UkrainianDefense MinisterRustemUmerovsaid.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said 39 Ukrainian drones were downed in several regions overnight, including 19 over the Rostov region and 13 over the Volgograd region. Both regions lie eastofUkraine. Ukraine’sGeneral Staff said later on Friday that four military aircraftstationed at the Marinovka airfield in the Volgograd regionhad been destroyed during amissioninvolving Special Forces and Ukrainian intelligenceovernight.

Given Putin’srecent comments, it’sunclear how this will panout. The Russian leader hassaidasummit meeting should take place only after the main provisions of apeace deal have been agreed,and thatcould take months or years. Putin has also repeated his claimthatZelenskyy lost hislegitimacy afterhis presidential term expired last year —anallegation rejected by Kyiv and its allies. Meanwhile, Russian forces launched 363Shahed anddecoy dronesaswellas eight missilesatUkraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Friday, claiming thatair defenses stoppedall but four of the drones and downed six cruise missiles.

Feds cut crucial satellite data

Info used to track hurricanes

BY KASEY BUBNASH Staff writer

A month into the start of an Atlantic hurricane season that forecasters expect to be unusually busy, the federal government has announced plans to end the use of satellite data that hurricane experts say is crucial to tracking storms and spotting the early warning signs of rapid intensiﬁcation

Tulane drops charges against students

Seven supported Mahmoud Khalil in pro-Palestinian protests

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

Tulane University has dropped disciplinary charges it levied in March against seven students who rallied in support of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student detained after participating in pro-Palestinian protests.

The students will be able to resume their studies in the fall, a major win for protesters and their supporters who saw the disciplinary action as an overreach by the university and a threat to free speech.

“It feels great to have my rights as a student back,” said Rory Macdonald, one of the students who faced repercussions for participating in the protests “We do have First Amendment rights and we are students and both of those

Metairie Catholic school fires gay music teacher

Mark Richards accused of breaking morality clause

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

A longtime music teacher and band director at a Catholic school in Metairie contends that he was fired this week after a parent complained about his same-sex marriage, sparking an outcry from some parents, students and alumni. Mark Richards, who began teaching at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in 2003 and helped the K-8 school establish a successful band program, said he was let go on Wednesday after a parent brought

A service change notice issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday states that all data collected through the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program will be suspended by June 30.

DMSP satellites, which are operated by NOAA and the U.S. Air Force, provide environmental and weather information

used both in the planning of U.S. military operations and NOAA’s weather forecasts, according to NOAA.

“This service change and termination will be permanent,” the notice reads, though it does not offer a reason for the program’s suspension.

NOAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment The Defense Department referred questions to the Air Force, which had not immediately responded.

The move came as a shock to much of the meteorological community, including Miami-based meteorologist and hurricane specialist Michael Lowry

“My ﬁrst reaction was, ‘I must be reading something wrong,’ ” he said.

Lowry said the program’s suspension means hurricane researchers across the country, including National Hurricane Center forecasters, will no longer receive real-time data from three microwave satellites. Those sat-

ellites, unlike traditional satellite technology, allow scientists to see through clouds and inside tropical storms and hurricanes, even in the dark.

Though it appears the satellites will continue to orbit Earth, Lowry said the federal government will no longer ingest, process or transmit the data they collect. And while there are other satellites with similar capabilities operated by foreign countries and

Graffiti fines raised

Former N.O. mayor gathers data for voters

Landrieu has criticized Trump, GOP administration

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Mitch Landrieu has been busy Since Donald Trump’s November election victory, the former New Orleans mayor and top adviser to Trump’s predecessor has traversed working America,

Landrieu has criticized Trump’s Republican administration in TV appearances and social media. And

through his recent work are a pair of ideas that can occasionally seem to conﬂict. Much of Landrieu’s response to Trump’s election hinges on the view that extricating the country

Lee LaFleur, owner of Mike’s Hardware and Supply on Elysian Fields Avenue, said he supports the heightened penalties and hopes to see the city clear grafﬁti that has been sitting for several years in some areas. He said his business has donated paint and other supplies to volunteers who work to clean up grafﬁti across the city, and that he’s seeing an increase in the vandalism in his area.

“I grew up in Gentilly,” LaFleur said.

“My mom is a retired Orleans Parish schoolteacher, my dad is a retired New Orleans policeman, so I’m about as New Orleans as it comes. I’m here to stay I’d like to see things like grafﬁti get mitigated. I think it chases people off. It’s kind of a shame that we have so much of it.

Though no one appeared in person to speak against the updated ﬁnes, some did write to Green to push back against

Concern grows over DA in transparency committee

Sims’ involvement in St. Tammany rankles some

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

A recently formed DOGE-like committee in St Tammany drew criticism Wednesday from some government agencies over the role that northshore District Attorney Collin Sims is playing. The involvement of the parish’s top prosecutor as the committee’s fact-ﬁnder has rankled some taxing bodies, who question his mo-

tives and ability to be impartial. The Transparency and Resource Accou ntability Committee, or TRAC, was formed amid concerns around the future of funding for Sims’ office and the judiciary in the wake of repeated voter defeats of tax proposals to fund those criminal justice costs. But Sims, who was not at Wednesday’s St. Tammany Parish Council meeting when the

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To combat what they say is an uptick in graffiti, the New Orleans City Council has voted to increase fines for those caught tagging buildings and other property The fine has increased from $100 to up to $1,000. Graffiti is all around in New Orleans on Friday.

the increase, Green said. Most of them feared the increased ﬁnes could hurt young artists who are simply looking for creative expression and to leave their mark on the city, Green said.

Carlos Fundora, a photographer who formerly led street-art walking tours in the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods, called the approach “misguided.” He said raising ﬁnes would do little to curb grafﬁti

“I just think there needs to be more investment in the community, not concerted efforts to siphon money from the community,” he said. “A lot of local artists, they’re not wealthy

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criticism surfaced, sees the questions around his involvement in TRAC as a distraction and said Thursday that his primary concern is with the way government is structured in the parish, where independent taxing bodies like the parish’s fire districts and its mosquito control district have their own budgets with little to no oversight from the Parish Council.

“There’s no global approach,” Sims said.

Parish Council member Joe Impastato asked the council Wednesday in a resolution to remove Sims from membership of TRAC, while keeping his ofﬁce and its forensic auditor as a free resource the committee can rely on to provide data and analysis of different agencies’ budgets. At the same time, the resolution also said TRAC could review the budget of any taxing agency whose dedicated tax the council must agree to put on the ballot for a vote, such as Mosquito Abatement.

But for some taxing bodies, Sims’ involvement has practically tainted the committee. Mosquito Abatement Director Kevin Caillouet, whose agency Sims has been reviewing first, had a tense back-and-forth with Sims in May after a tour of the organization’s facility Caillouet said Wednesday that while he supported TRAC’s goal of efficiency, he thought Sims had a predetermined outcome, insufficient expertise and was going against his clients’ interest, since

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his late husband’s obituary from 2023 to the attention of Archdiocesan officials and school administrators. The obituary names Richards as the man’s surviving spouse Richards’ contract with the school includes a provision that prohibits teachers from supporting or engaging in same-sex marriage, a so-called “morality clause” that is commonplace in contracts of Catholic schoolteachers to ensure teachers abide by church teachings. Richards said that school administrators were aware of his samesex marriage and did not voice any issue with it until a parent complained to the school.

“There’s no reason for me to slink away with my tail between my legs,” Richards said Thursday “If I can make things better for the next gay teacher, then I need to speak out.”

Sarah McDonald, a spokesperson for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, declined to comment on Richards’ case but pointed to a letter that school administrators sent to families on Wednesday after Richards emailed the school community saying he was ﬁred because he is gay The school’s letter con-

individuals. Whether they got fined $500 or $5,000, they wouldn’t have it to pay either way So I think this is a misguided approach to grafﬁti abatement when really what our community in New Orleans needs is community-centered investment not a punitive approach.”

But Green called on young artists to instead focus on the “many” productive artistic opportunities across the city Among others, he pointed to a few including the Art Council of New Orleans’ Young Artist Movement program, People for Public Art’s mural painting program, the Ogden Museum’s teen internship program and the Contemporary Art Center’s mentorship program. “This is writing on the buildings of other people.

Sims is also technically the legal counsel for Mosquito Abatement.

Randy Hess, the chief of Fire District No. 2 in Madisonville, was more blunt. “If we remove the DA, I don’t think anybody has a problem,” adding, “it’s no secret he needs money.”

“To have somebody looking over our books forensically he could potentially smear us just because he can,” Hess told the council. Sims admitted he can sometimes be a “bull in a china shop.” But while Sims said he understands the concern and readily admits that his office and the judiciary need money, he maintains that his role is that of a fact-finder and poses no conflict of interest.

If a taxing body does reduce its dedicated tax rate as a result of TRAC’s work, he said, the savings cannot be rerouted directly to his ofﬁce, but rather might help restore credibility with taxpayers. Sims said that when he campaigned across the parish this spring in support of a tax proposition to fund his ofﬁce and the judiciary, he felt credibility was missing. The voters shot down the tax proposition.

The Parish Council postponed Impastato’s resolution until August, but Sims’ review of Mosquito Abatement is ongoing, and he said he plans to have a report with information about its budget and other parishes mosquito control budgets sometime this summer

Email Willie Swett at willie.swett@ theadvocate.com

ﬁrmed that Richards’ contract was not renewed and alleged that his email “did not provide a fully accurate description of the employment situation,” while saying the school could not legally comment further

“We feel it important to state that this decision is ﬁnal and will not be revisited,” the letter said.

“Should you have concerns you wish to express, please send them to us, and we will respond as we are both pastorally and legally able.”

Since his dismissal, Richards said he has received an outpouring of support.

One parent started an online petition on Thursday that already has garnered nearly 1,500 signatures.

“(Richards) was not just an educator but a beacon of kindness and understanding in their lives,” the petition says, calling his dismissal “unjust and deeply concerning.”

Contract’s provision

Morality clauses expanded in use in religious schools across the country more than a decade ago after the legalization of same-sex marriage and court rulings that protected workers from discrimination for sex or religion

Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld an earlier court ruling that sided with a Catholic high school in

To combat what they say is an uptick in graffiti, the New Orleans City Council has voted to increase fines for those caught tagging buildings and other property. The fine has increased from $100 to up to $1,000. Graffiti is all around in New Orleans on Friday

If you write on somebody else’s building without permission, you have committed vandalism,” Green said. “That is not

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from its current polarization will require Americans to exercise more patience for others’ circumstances to look past labels imposed by party politics and social media. Yet in the face of Trump’s executive orders and budget cuts, Landrieu said that many of the administration’s priorities call for Democrats to give no quarter

“One of the missions of (E Pluribus Unum) is to show people the building blocks of how you work together, not just that you should work together,” Landrieu said in an interview Thursday as that group convened for a summit in New Orleans. “There are certain instances where you say, ‘I’m sorry, but what you’re trying to do is so aggressively against my values I have to stand up and tell you no.’”

“That’s clearly true with a lot of what the president is doing in a lot of different areas,” he said.

The Trump era

Trump, polarization, the struggle of America’s working class and the country’s path forward animated Landrieu’s wideranging interview Thursday, as well as an hourlong discussion that morning between the former mayor and the author Eddie S. Glaude Jr Their talk focused on “belonging, democracy, and the South’s role in shaping America’s future.”

In that discussion, Landrieu expounded on E Pluribus Unum’s belief that by grappling with some of the nation’s deepest rates of economic inequality and

North Carolina that ﬁred a gay teacher who expressed plans to marry his partner

The appellate court ruled that the school did not violate federal protections for LGBTQ workers with his termination.

Richards’ contract stipulates that he can be fired for “immorality” or “any personal conduct or lifestyle” which would violate any Archdiocese of New Orleans policies or moral or religious doctrines or teachings of the Catholic Church. The church does not recognize same-sex marriages, but Pope Francis issued guidance in 2023 that allows churches to bless some same-sex partnerships.

A separate “lifestyle policy” cited in the contract says educators cannot engage in or support sexual relations outside marriage, which must be heterosexual. It also forbids educators from publicly opposing church teachings on issues including abortion, euthanasia, stemcell research and in vitro fertilization.

In the email to St. Francis parents on Wednesday, school leaders said employment contracts are renewed annually

“Please know we strive to always make decisions that uphold the teachings of the Catholic faith that are in the best interest of our school,” the letter said,

art. Too many business owners who have invested signiﬁcantly in businesses and properties that sustain themselves and their fami-

especially polarized politics, leaders in Deep South states can serve as a model for an embittered country

He and Glaude, a professor of African American studies at Princeton University, talked about how growing up in the South imbued them with an understanding that Americans harbor views more nuanced than simple labels suggest.

“We need to understand ourselves in a more robust way,” Glaude said. “That may require recognizing the complexity of human beings on the ground. I am not just simply a leftist I was raised in Moss Point, Mississippi, in a Josephite Catholic tradition. I went to mass every Sunday I got some conservative streaks in me.”

Landrieu reﬂected on lessons learned from growing up in a New Orleans household with eight siblings.

“When the nine of us sat at the kitchen table, and we threw something on the table and we really argued about it, we more often than not could ﬁnd a solution that we could live peacefully with,” he said. “That’s the way I grew up and I think that’s the way that government ought to be. Unfortunately, there are people in this country who now think, no, power’s the most important thing to me, not solving people’s problems.”

Founded in 2018, E Pluribus Unum leans on partnerships, communications campaigns and fellowships for emerging young leaders to support “civic trust building” across the South. Moving forward

Landrieu, who won national attention for a campaign to remove New Orleans’ Confederacy monu-

adding that the school’s music and band programs would continue.

Support for ‘Mr Mark’

Richards met his late husband, John Messinger, in 2001 shortly after moving to New Orleans for a teaching job at Holy Cross, and they married in 2014 in New York. Richards said he did not discuss their relationship with students or parents, but said his principal and co-workers knew about Messinger

“It was always a wink and a nudge when we signed the lifestyle policy,” Richards said, adding that his sense was that school administrators were not concerned about his marriage as long as it was kept private. “For 22 years, we did that and there was no problem.”

When Messinger died of a sudden heart attack in 2023, Richards said his school community supported him But a few weeks ago, a parent emailed the Archdiocese of New Orleans and the Rev. Joe Palermo, pastor of St. Francis Xavier, flagging Messinger’s obituary, Richards said. The obituary named Richards as Messinger’s husband but did not include a picture of Richards or any other identifying information.

Richards said that Palermo and Jessica Dwyer St. Francis’ principal, told

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other programs, Lowry said DMSP satellites represent about 50% of the microwave data available to forecasters in the U.S.

“This is a big deal,” Lowry said. “For hurricane forecasting, this is the biggest hit that I’ve seen to our capabilities in a very long time.”

Immediate impacts

lies have been targeted.” Email Desiree Stennett at desiree.stennett@ theadvocate.com.

ments while he was mayor and later emerged as a trusted member of Democratic former President Biden’s inner circle, has maintained his national profile in part by criticizing Trump in recent months.

He took to Instagram on Thursday to criticize federal agents’ arrest of Mandonna Kashanian, a 64-year-old Iranian woman who has lived in New Orleans since 1978 with the feds’ permission and was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Sunday while gardening outside her home

In a Thursday interview, Landrieu also weighed in on New Orleans’ affairs, and had praise for Republican Gov Jeff Landry, whose influence has loomed large in the city’s crime prevention, homelessness prevention strategy and other affairs after a campaign in which he promised to bring the city to heel.

Landrieu said Landry as governor has proved he is willing to work with the city That spirit of collaboration, Landrieu said, should guide city and state leaders alike amid the specter of federal cuts from Trump’s White House.

“New Orleans is not the cause of Louisiana’s problems,” Landrieu said.

“New Orleans is a beacon of hope and light that the rest of the world knows really, really well. And I hope that the governor and the next mayor work really well together to continue to set the example that I think the country’s seen since the Super Bowl.”

Email James Finn at jﬁnn@theadvocate.com.

him Wednesday that his contract was not being renewed because he broke the morality clause in his contract.

Shortly after the meeting, Richards sent an email to his former co-workers and parents of his students saying he had been fired because “I am a gay man.” Richards said he has since received widespread support from other faculty members, parents and former and current students, who refer to him as “Mr Mark.”

Rick English, whose 10-year-old son is a rising ﬁfth grader at St. Francis, called Richards a kind and fair instructor with a knack for drawing musical talent out of students — including English’s son, whom Richards helped teach to play bass guitar

“He’s there to teach music and that’s what he did,” said English, who called Richards’ dismissal “unacceptable.”

Penny Lane, whose daughter Lennon attended St. Francis from pre-K through sixth grade, called Richards a staple of the school community whose departure is “heartbreaking.”

“Whatever he did in his private life, we never knew, we never saw, we never had any concerns about because he took care of his kids,” she said. “He’s just Mr Mark.”

The program’s suspension comes just two days after Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of 2025, formed over the central Atlantic about 1,205 miles west of the Azores Andrea dissipated later the same day, but it’s the ﬁrst storm in a season that NOAA forecasters and Colorado State University researchers have warned will likely see above-average tropical activity fueled in part by warm ocean temperatures and reduced wind shear NOAA is predicting 13 to 19 named storms this year Of those, six to 10 are expected to become hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes of Category 3 strength or more. An average season ends with 14 named storms, seven hurricanes with three major hurricanes.

While NOAA has faced a deluge of stafﬁng and funding cuts at the hands of the Trump administration, Lowry said even very tangible impacts like reduced weather balloon launches “pale in comparison” to the loss of this data. As the season carries on and tropical activity picks up, Lowry said the U.S. is going to see immediate impacts to hurricane modeling and forecasting, both of which are informed by microwave satellites.

“So this couldn’t have really come at a worse time because there’s little room for correction on this,” he said, adding that the announcement came with little to no warning or explanation. “We’re not going to have the data we need for peak hurricane season.”

Seeing ‘under the hood’

While traditional satellites essentially take photos of the Earth’s surface, New Orleans meteorologist Scot Pilié said microwave satellites offer scientists a look “under the hood of a storm,” allowing them to analyze the structure, intensity and changes happening within a storm’s core. This, he said, is especially important at night, when many other kinds of satellites struggle to collect data, and in between Hurricane Hunter missions. Hurricane Hunter flights are often hailed as one of most useful tools available to forecasters, but Pilié said they can’t fly into every storm. They rarely fly out to the Pacific Ocean and never go out to the storms brewing hundreds of miles away near Africa’s coast.

Plus, they can’t be in the air all the time.

Hurricane Hunter flights are often scheduled for every 6-8 hours, Pilié said, and a lot can change inside a hurricane’s core in that amount of time.

That’s where microwave data comes in handy

“So this is a really critical tool for spotting rapid intensiﬁcation,” he said. When Hurricane Otis was headed for Mexico’s Pacific coast in 2023, Pilié said one of the only reasons forecasters knew it was undergoing rapid intensiﬁcation was because of microwave data. That storm, he said, went on to strengthen from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in less than 48 hours.

Pilié said the latest cut is “a huge loss.”

“This is kind of one of the deepest cuts that I’ve seen when it comes to real-time weather analysis,” he said.

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La.Supreme Courtstandsbyruling

Manconvicted of RapidesParish quadruple murder

BY JOHN SIMERMAN Staff writer

In its third review of

athorny Rapides Parish

capital case, the Louisiana SupremeCourt on Friday stood by their own December ruling that reinstated the conviction and death sentence of Darrell Robinson for abrutal 1996 quadruple murder

The 4-3 decision came in afour-sentence, unsigned opinion. Chief Justice John Weimer and Justices Piper Griffin and John Michael Guidry dissented.

Justice Jefferson Hughes, who had agreed at first to vacate Robinson’s conviction and deathsentence then dissentedwhen the court reversed itself, changed his vote Friday He sided with Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell’sofﬁce to keep Robinson on death row

After Friday’s ruling, Terrell said he intends to swiftly seek adeath warrant for Robinson,regardless of Robinson’sability to still seek relief in federal court.

“We’re going to do everything we can do to put it on the fast track,” Terrell said Aunanimous jury convicted Robinson andsentenced him to die for the execution-style slayings of Billy Lambert, 50; his sister,Carol Hooper,54; her daughter,Maureen Kelley, 37; and Kelley’sinfant son, Nicholas Kelley Robinson andBilly Lambert had met at aVeterans Administration treatment center foralcoholism, and Robinson came to live with Lambertnearthe town of Poland eight daysbefore the murders. Awitness said Robinson

started drinking again, and Lambert wanted himout

On May28, 1996,acousin found the four relatives fatally shot in the head on theliving-roomﬂoor. Robinson was seen fleeing in Lambert’struck and ran cars off the road.Police foundLambert’s knife in Robinson’spocket andthe dead baby’sblood on the bottomofashoeand ona shoelace.

Buta series of alleged shortcuts by authorities left thecourt split on conﬁdenceinthe verdict and death sentence.The withheld evidence allegedly included aquid pro quowith ajailhouse informant, Leroy Goodspeed, for his testimony against Robinson, and blood analysis from the crime scene.

Robinson has maintained his innocence, claiming he came uponthe murder scene, tromped through it and was miscast as the killerafter fleeingin fear.His attorneys argue that theblood evidence points to an alternate suspect.

In January 2024, amajority led by Weimer found too many failuresbyprosecutors to stand by Robinson’s convictionand deathsentence, vacating them.

But the court soon agreed to rehear the case and reversed itself,reinstating Robinson’s death sentence. Justice JayMcCallum dwelled on the suffering of the victims, whiledisputing evidence of aquid pro quowith Goodspeed.

“Afterfurtherreview and careful consideration of the record, we findno merit to the claims raised .and we erred in vacating defendant’sconviction and sentence,” he wrote

The courtin March again agreed to reconsider,an unprecedentedwaffling in acriminalcase that mayrelate to achange in the court’smakeup, with

Guidrycomingonthis year after hiselection to anew, second Black-majority district.

Robinson’scase took on added urgency that same month when Louisianaresumed executionsafter 15 years, using nitrogengas to kill JessieHoffman, Jr.Attorney General LizMurrill is pressingtomove other condemnedinmates closer to execution.

Robinson’sattorney, Matilde Carbia of the Mwalimu Centerfor Justice, had asked thecourt to consider two recent federal court decisionsrelated to withheld information aboutstarwitnesses. In its ruling Friday,the majority said it agreed to consider oneofthose cases, Glossip v. Oklahoma, but found it “does not alter the outcome of ourpriord ecision.”

Terrell praised thecourt Friday for backingMcCallum’sopinion reinstating Robinson’s death sentence

“Thenextthing we’ll do immediately is obtain a death warrant. We believe allofhis state post-conviction (claims) have been exhausted.”

Terrellacknowledged that Robinson has aright to challenge his conviction and sentence in afederal habeascorpus petition.

“It’snot over yet, but it’s good,” Terrell said of the ruling. “It’snot certain he’s exhaustedall of his federal habeas. If that’sexhausted, we’ll go forward. If it’snot, we’ll ﬁght that battle.”

Carbia said Friday that Robinson “hasn’teven entered federal habeas, which is amandatory part of the appeals process in anycapital case.” She dismissedthe idea that adeath warrantcould stick.

“Any warrant that the state attempted to obtain at this point would not be valid,” shesaid.“That’sa waste of judicial resources

andpolitical grandstanding.”

In vacating Robinson’s convictionand deathsentence, Weimer had found that DNA testing supported Robinson’sclaims. He pointed to awithheld serology report and notes, in addition to the alleged deal withGoodspeed,who scoreda breakonacharge in adifferent parish, among otherbreaks allegedly relatedtohis testimony

Aprosecutor told the jury that Goodspeed “was not given anything. He was not offeredanything. He did notask foranything.”

In his dissent Friday, Weimer noted a9-page “joint stipulation” that prosecutors agreed to several yearsago that “documentsthe plethora of evidence thatwas withheld by the prosecution” in Robinson’scase,hewrote. Weimer said the court’s flip-flopping was reason alone for anew trial.

“Thefact thatopinions of some of those deciding the case have changedsooften in andofitself is proofthat there is aquestion about the validity of the trialand alack of conﬁdenceinthe verdictitself,”hewrote

Added Griffin: “Four people —including an infant—were horrifically murdered. They and their families deserve justice. But justice and due process are not meted out on asliding scale inversely proportional to society’s distaste for the accused or the circumstances of the crime.”

At ahearing in March, however,some justices appeared to consider whether thestate could convict Robinson againinaretrial. Goodspeed is now dead, andJusticeWill Crain suggested that it could hamstring prosecutors.

Friday’s decision leaves Robinson among55death rowinmatesinLouisiana.

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things are true.”

Tulane spokesperson Mike Strecker saidina statement that the university could not comment on individualconduct cases. He saidthatthe conduct review process is “educational in nature” and can range from “major matters investigations” to “informalresolution processes” depending on the circumstances.

“TulaneUniversityfundamentally respects the right to protest and regularly supportslawfuldemonstrations on campus,” thestatement said. “However,wedonot tolerate behavior that violates university conduct policies and/or the law.”

After participating in an off-campus rally in March for the release of Khalil, seven students were notified by theuniversity’s Ofﬁce of Student Conduct that they were underinvestigation for charges that included “disruptive conduct” and“failure to comply.”

Onestudent wascited with “creating an emergency,” acharge she said likely stemmed fromanincident in which she put asign on herbackpack that urged studentstogotoschool elsewhere after Tulane dismantledits diversity equity and inclusion ofﬁce.

Five of the students who had previously faced disciplinary action were at risk of suspensionorexpulsion with the launch of the new investigation.

Tulane’sresponse came months after the universitywas among60universities flagged by the Trump administration for complaints of alleged antisemitism andwarned that inaction could result in losing federal funding.

It also came ayear after students and community members formed an encampment on Tulane’s

campus,which wasshut down by Louisiana State Police. Policearrested14 people, including several Tulane and LoyolaUniversity students. In September,anOrleans Parish judge acquitted all 14 pro-Palestiniandemonstrators whowere arrested and charged with remaining in aplace afterbeing forbidden, amisdemeanor The group behind that encampment, Tulane Studentsfor aDemocratic Society,was banned from campus after the encampment was dismantled. A group with adifferent name, Together United Students fora Democratic Society, formedinthe priorgroup’sabsence, and helped organize theprotest in support of Khalil.

Students havemaintained that the new group is separate and is not aregisteredstudent organization,thoughthe university told some of the students they violatedthe school’s conductcodebyengaging with the group.

Theuniversity’slatest move incited outcry from students, facultyand free speech activists suchas Foundation for Individual Rightsand Expression who sent aletter to Tulane President Mike Fitts requesting that the charges be dropped.

Zach Greenberg, an attorney at FIRE, said the group was heartened that Tulane dropped the disciplinary chargesagainst thestudentsbut that they should not have been brought in the ﬁrst place.

“Going forward, we encourage Tulane to better protect students’ free speech rights by allowing them to protest off-campus,” the statement said. Macdonald, ahistory major,isoptimistic but slightly wary aboutreturning to school, Macdonald said.

“I have no plans to stop organizing or stop criticizing Tulane for things they’re doing, so I’m nervous there will be moreretaliation,” Macdonald said.

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Statton, Barbara

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Oberschmidt, Paul St Tammany

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Obituaries

Helmstetter, Brian G.

Brian G. Helmstetter,58, passed awayonMay 8, 2025 in Lakewood,CO.

Son of Inez N. Buttone and Gus Helmstetter, Jr. Father of Nicholas, Riley, Rory and Austin. Grandfather of Oaklynn and Ezra. We allloved him very much and he willbe missed. Service was private.

AlineKainLamkin, born May 24,1939, passedaway peacefullyathomeonJune 18, 2025 at 8:21 am.She was thebestmotherinthe world to Nadine Lamkin Douzart andshe adored her son-in-law,Barry Douzart.She waspreceded indeath by herbeloved husband,Solon "Dede" H. Lamkin; herparents,Mar‐tin A. Kain Sr.and Leona Baldo Kain; andher sib‐lings:Anthony J. Kain Sr., Anna MayJeanfreau,Mer‐lin M. Kain,ErnestJ.Kain Sr.,JohnE."Jackie Kain Chester L. Kain,EstherR Quatroy,Jules B. Kain Sr and Martin A. Kain Jr.Pri‐vateserviceswereheldat GardenofMemoriesFu‐neral Home &Cemetery, 4900 AirlineDr. Metairie,LA 70001. Online condolences may be offeredatwww.gar denofmemoriesmetairie com.

Oberschmidt, Paul August

fulyears,Deborah Ober‐schmidt, hisdaughters Brigitte Toupsand Heather Grytza, hisdevoted sonsin-lawMichael Toupsand ThomasGrytzaand his beloved grandchildren HannahToups,Abby Toups,and Paul Grytza.He issurvivedbyfamilyand friends who lovedhim dearly. Gerry Ricks, William Pfaff, Paulaand James Kelly who comfortedhim until theend.Alsosurvived byhis sister Henrietta Bar‐baraShepardsonand a hostofextendedfamily and friends. He is preceded indeath by hisparents Williamand Antionette (Garofalo) Oberschmidt and brotherWilliam Ober‐schmidt Jr.Paulwas aded‐icatedand hardworking man,who retiredafter 44 years from BohBros. Con‐struction Co.where he madenumerouslifelong friends.The familyis gratefulfor thekindness and compassionatecare providedbyCompassus in the last days of hislife. His celebration of life will be heldinprivate with close familyand friends.

County, Arkansas,Tax As‐sessor’sOfﬁce formany years before spending the majorityofher life caring for herfamily. Shewas a lover of thebeach with a particularfondnessfor seashells andturtles Known as “Barbs”tomany ofher friends, shewillbe rememberedfor heroutgo‐ing,lovingpersonality,and she will be dearly missed. In lieu of ﬂowers, contribu‐tions in memory of Mrs. Statton maybemadeto the St.Timothy on the NorthshoreChurch Memor‐ial Garden at https://www sttimothyns.org/give.Rela‐tives andfriends arein‐vited to attend thememor‐ial serviceonMonday, June 30, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. at St Timothy on theNorthshore Church Memorial Garden 335 Asbury Drive, Mandev‐ille, Louisiana. E. J. Fielding FuneralHomeofCoving‐ton,Louisiana,ishonored tobeentrusted with Mrs. Statton’s funeralarrange‐ments.Her familyinvites you to sharethoughts, memories,and condo‐

BarbaraJoBryan Stat‐ton,age 87, of Covington, Louisiana,passedawayon Friday, June 27, 2025. She was born on September19, 1937, in Rogers,Arkansas, tothe late Jeff andMildred MooreBryan.She is sur‐vived by herchildren, Diana StattonBrown of Yulee, Florida, Larry Stat‐ton andwifeAlisonofMur‐ray,Kentucky, Deborah Statton Perkinsand hus‐bandWayne of Oceola, Arkansas, andJom Statton and wife Judy of Galveston, Texas;grandchildren Melea Sawyer,Becky Franzese, Dana Thompson LeahStatton,AutumnStat‐ton,Chris Perkins, andTori Statton;six great-grand‐children; andmanyex‐tendedfamilymembers and friends. Shewas pre‐ceded in deathbyher lov‐ing husband of 64 years, James Wendell“Jim” Stat‐ton;and grandchildren, Madison Stattonand Jew‐eliaGans. Barbaragrewup inRogers,Arkansas, and graduated from Rogers HighSchool.She worked as aclerk in theBenton

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Euro.io to open training hub in Houma

Euro.io, a division of Switzerland-based health tech company MindMaze, said it is planning to build an advanced manufacturing facility and digital therapeutics training center in Houma.

The campus will be built at the former home of the Houma Courier newspaper The company plans to purchase the building, according to local economic development ofﬁcials.

Founded in 2012 by neuroscientist Tej Tadi, MindMaze creates digital therapeutics — essentially video games with a health beneﬁt designed to treat neurological damage caused by stroke, Parkinson’s disease and other brain conditions In 2021, Bloomberg said the company had a valuation of $1.5 billion.

Known as BrainHUB, the Louisiana facility will be the company’s ﬁrst U.S. operation and focus on advancing large-scale AI applications and brain technology Louisiana Economic Development said it is offering an incentive package that includes a $10 million performance-based grant for infrastructure and facility improvements.

Cohen Guidry of the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority said the incentives are tied to performance.

“They’ve got milestone targets they have to hit per time frame and number of jobs,” he said Facility, expansion brings jobs to Shreveport

Ascentek, which manufactures ﬂuid and lubricants, said it will spend $50 million to expand and enhance its Shreveport facility, which will create 91 jobs.

Louisiana Economic Development estimates the plant expansion will create 247 indirect jobs Ascentek has 105 employees currently at the plant.

Work on the 270,000-square-foot plant is set to begin before the end of the year and should take between 18 months and 2 years to ﬁnish.

The expansion will include new high-speed production, material handling and storage equipment that will improve efﬁciencies in the company’s industrial ﬂuid, lubricant and chemical manufacturing processes.

To win the project in Caddo Parish, LED offered a competitive incentive package. The company is also expected to participate in the state’s Industrial Tax Exemption and Quality Jobs programs.

Bessent: China, U.S. sign earth mineral deal

BANGKOK Washington and Beijing have signed a trade agreement that will make it easier for American ﬁrms to obtain magnets and rare earth minerals from China that are critical to manufacturing and microchip production, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday

The agreement comes after China retaliated against steep import tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on Chinese goods and moved to slow export of rare earth minerals and magnets much-needed by U.S. industrial interests.

Bessent said on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” that Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping “had a phone call” previously “and then our teams met in London, ironed this out, and I am confident now that we, as agreed, the magnets will ﬂow.”

“Part of the agreement was tariffs coming down and rare earth magnets starting to ﬂow back to the U.S ” Bessent said “They formed the core of a lot of our industrial base. They were not ﬂowing as fast as previously agreed.” His comments follow President Donald Trump announcing two weeks earlier an agreement with China that he said would ease exportation of magnets and rare earth minerals.

That pact cleared the way for the trade talks to continue The U.S. has previously suspended some sales to China of critical U.S. technologies like components used for jet engines and semiconductors. It has also agreed to stop trying to revoke visas of Chinese nationals on U.S. college campuses.

BUSINESS

BR consulting firm acquired

National company to buy CSRS

BY TIMOTHY BOONE Staff writer

Westwood Professional Services, a Texas-based engineering and consulting ﬁrm with ofﬁces across the U.S., plans to acquire Baton Rouge-based CSRS.

Tim Barfield, CSRS president, conﬁrmed the ﬁrm was exploring a strategic transaction that would

be “mutually beneﬁcial to clients, employees and principals.”

Westwood, based in suburban Dallas, has more than 1,600 employees with ofﬁces in 13 states. The company was founded in Minnesota more than 50 years ago and specializes in a number of sectors, including renewable energy, power delivery, electric vehicle infrastructure, commercial, residential and public infrastructure projects.

Blackstone, the massive private equity firm, bought a majority stake in Westwood about a year

ago. While Westwood has ofﬁces from California to Virginia, the company does not have a presence in Louisiana.

CSRS was founded in 1978. The company has about 175 employees and posted $40 million in revenue.

The business operates in a number of sectors, including program management, planning, civil engineering and project management.

Along with its Baton Rouge headquarters, CSRS has ofﬁces in New Orleans; Lafayette; Lake Charles;

Dallas; Victoria, Texas; and Long Beach, California.

Some of the projects it has been involve in included serving as design consultant and handling civil engineering work for the Amazon fulfillment center at the former Cortana Mall site, acting as project adviser for the redevelopment of University Lakes, providing program management for the cityparish Green Light road construction plan and helping the Port of Lake Charles with Hurricane Laura disaster recovery grants.

U.S. stocks close at all-time high

Recovery erases springtime plunge

BY DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP business writers

U.S. stocks closed at an all-time high

Friday, another milestone in the market’s remarkable recovery from a springtime plunge caused by fears that the Trump administration’s trade policies could harm the economy

The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, ﬁnishing above its previous record set in February The key measure of Wall Street’s health fell nearly 20% from Feb 19 through April 8.

The market’s complete turnaround from its deep swoon happened in about half the time that it normally takes, said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA

“Investors will breathe a sigh of relief,” he said The Nasdaq composite gained 0.5% and set its own all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1%.

President Donald Trump’s decision Friday to halt trade talks with Canada threatened to derail Wall Street’s run to a record, but the market steadied.

The gains on Friday were broad with nearly every sector within the S&P 500 rising. Nike soared 15.2% for the biggest gain on the market, despite warning of a steep hit from tariffs.

The broader market has seemingly shaken off fears about the Israel-Iran war disrupting the global supply of crude oil and sending prices higher A ceaseﬁre between the two nations is still in place.

The price of crude oil in the U.S. is mostly unchanged on Friday Prices have fallen back to pre-conﬂict levels.

Investors are also monitoring potential progress on trade conflicts between the U.S. and the world, specifically with China. The U.S and China have signed a trade deal that will make it easier for American firms to obtain magnets and rare earth minerals from China that are critical to manufacturing and microchip production, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday

An update on inflation Friday showed prices ticked higher in May though the rate mostly matched economists’ projections.

Inﬂation remains a concern for businesses and consumers. Trump’s on-again-off-again tariff policy has made it difﬁcult for com-

panies to make forecasts. It has also put more pressure on consumers worried about already stubborn inﬂation A long list of businesses from carmakers to retailers have warned that higher import taxes may hurt their revenues and proﬁts.

The U.S. has 10% baseline tariffs on all imported goods, along with higher rates for Chinese goods and other import taxes on steel and autos. The economy and consumers have remained resilient under those tariffs, though some analysts and economists expect to see the impact grow as import taxes continue to work their way through businesses to consumers.

“While we also would have expected to already to be seeing a bit more pass through into the inﬂation statistics, we still expect these impacts to show up in a more meaningful way in the next few months,” said Greg Wilensky, head of U.S. ﬁxed income and portfolio manager at Janus Henderson.

The threat of more severe tariffs continues to hang over the economy. The current pause on a round of retaliatory tariffs against a long list of nations is set to expire in July Failure to negotiate deals or further postpone the tariffs could once again rattle investors and consumers.

The Federal Reserve is monitoring the tariff situation with a big focus on inflation The rate of inflation has been stubbornly sitting just above the central bank’s target of 2%. In a report Friday, its preferred gauge, the personal consumption expenditures index, rose to 2.3% in May That’s up from 2.1% the previous month. The Fed cut interest rates twice in late 2024 following a historic series of rate hikes to cool inflation. The PCE was as high as 7.2% in 2022, while the more commonly used consumer price index hit 9.1%.

The Fed hasn’t cut rate cuts so far in 2025 over worries that tariffs could reignite inﬂation and hamper the economy Economists still expect at least two rate cuts before the end of the year Bond yields held relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.27% from 4.24% late Thursday. The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for what the Federal Reserve will do, edged up to 3.74% from late Thursday All told, the S&P 500 rose 32.05 points to 6,173.07. The Dow gained 432.43 points to 43,819.27, and the Nasdaq added 105.55 points to 20,273.46.

Key inflation gauge ticks slightly higher in May

Americans’ overall spending falls 0.1%

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP economics writer

WASHINGTON A key inﬂation gauge moved higher in May in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated while Americans also cut back on their spending last month.

Prices rose 2.3% in May compared with a year ago, up from just 2.1% in April, the Commerce Department said Friday Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 2.7% from a year earlier an increase from 2.6% the previous month. Both figures are modestly above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. The Fed tracks core inflation because it typically provides a better guide to where inflation is headed At the same time, Americans cut back on spending for the first time since January, as overall spending fell 0.1%. Incomes dropped a sharp 0.4%. Both figures were distorted by one-time changes: Spending on cars plunged, pulling down overall spending, because Americans had

moved more quickly to buy vehicles in the spring to get ahead of tariffs. And incomes dropped after a onetime adjustment to Social Security benefits had boosted payments in March and April. Social Security payments were raised for some retirees who had worked for state and local governments.

Still, the data suggests that growth is cooling as Americans become more cautious, in part because President Donald Trump’s tariffs have raised the cost of some goods, such as appliances, tools and audio equipment. Consumer sentiment has also fallen sharply this year in the wake of the sometimes-chaotic rollout of the duties. And while the unemployment rate remains low, hiring has been weak, leaving those without jobs struggling to ﬁnd new work. Consumer spending rose just 0.5% in the first three months of this year and has been sluggish in the ﬁrst two months of the second quarter

And spending on services ticked up just 0.1% in May, the smallest monthly increase in four and a half years. “Because consumers are not in

a strong enough shape to handle those (higher prices), they are spending less on recreation, travel, hotels, that type of thing,” said Luke Tilley, chief economist at Wilmington Trust.

Spending on airfares, restaurant meals, and hotels all fell last month, Friday’s report showed.

At the same time, the ﬁgures suggest that President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs are still having only a modest effect on overall prices The increasing costs of some goods have been partly offset by falling prices for new cars, airline fares and apartment rentals, among other items.

On a monthly basis, in fact, inﬂation was mostly tame. Prices rose just 0.1% in May from April, according to the Commerce Department, the same as the previous month. Core prices climbed 0.2% in May, more than economists expected and above last month’s 0.1%. Gas prices fell 2.6% just from April to May.

Economists point to several reasons for why Trump’s tariffs have yet to accelerate inﬂation, as many analysts expected. Like American

consumers, companies imported billions of dollars of goods in the spring before the duties took full affect, and many items currently on store shelves were imported without paying higher levies.

There are early indications that that is beginning to change.

Nike announced this week that it expects U.S. tariffs will cost the company $1 billion this year It will institute “surgical” price increases in the fall. It’s not the ﬁrst retailer to warn of price hikes when students are heading back to school. Walmart said last month that that its customers will start to see higher prices this month and next as back-to-school shopping goes into high gear

Also, much of what the U.S. imports is made up of raw materials and parts that are used to make goods in the U.S. It can take time for those higher input costs to show up in consumer prices. Economists at JPMorgan have argued that many companies are absorbing the cost of the tariffs, for now. Doing so can reduce their profit margins, which could weigh on hiring.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By RICHARD DREW Traders Ryan Falvey, left, and Robert Charmak work on the floor of the New york Stock Exchange on Friday.

OPINION

ANOTHERVIEW

Americans reacttothe realitiesofwar

Much has happened since the U.S. attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities. Each day brings new perspectives, hopes and fears. It’s still early for polling to provide afull grasp of what Americans think about all this, but what we’ve seen so far shows deep public concern and discomfort, even when the news is good.

The Economist/YouGov poll, conducted June 20-23, caught pre-bombing sentiments as well as initial postbombing reactions. It found that 64% of voters see Iran’s nuclear program as asubstantial threat. Republicans are twice as likely to view this threat as “serious” and “immediate” as are Democrats.

Though 66% of voters favored U.S. negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, only 31% favored bombing its nuclear facilities, with six times more Republicans than Democrats in support. Just 25% of Americans thought airstrikes against Iran would make the U.S. safer

While 77% of Republicans trusted President Donald Trump to make the right decisions about nuclear weapons, only 28% of independents and 4% of Democrats did. Among all voters, 40% expressed approval of Trump’shandling of the current situation, with 52% disapproving. That’sfar from “rallying around the ﬂag,” a concept that historians often talk about when the U.S. enters foreign conﬂict —and one that may have become obsolete.

While these survey results give us aread on current conditions, they also bring to the fore adeeper question: To what extentis America willing, as John F. Kennedy once demanded of us, to “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe” to secureour interests? Does the answer depend upon changingcircumstances? Will each new foreign adventure retest resolve?

There are three underlying trends at work. The ﬁrst is agrowing “Fortress America” attitude Voters who once favored bold military initiatives are becoming reluctant to join any foreign conﬂict. Some call this, often inaccurately, isolationism. It has been caused by so-called “forever wars” with unclear objectives, wars that cost taxpayers trillions of dollars, distort national priorities, run up the national debt and risk American lives. Trump’s campaign for president played on this reluctance When the Economist/ YouGov poll asked voters if, in general, they wanted the U.S. to take an active

part in worldaffairs or to stay outofthem, less than half chose the “active part” option, and they did so on anonpartisan basis. Interestingly, almost an equal percentage of Democrats and Republicans (roughly athird each) picked the “stay out” option. As one national security expert told me,“Americans have learned that modern warfare is not what they seein movies —neat beginnings, middles and endings. It’s unpredictable, frustrating, sloppy and can spiral out of control.”

Second, voters barelyconsider foreignpolicy issues when electing candidates. This diminishes the need for politicians to think seriously about war and peace. It also makes it lesslikely that America will evercommit to long-range defense strategiesthatgo beyond two-yearelectioncycles.

WhenGeorgeW.Bush ran against Al Gore in2000,for example, terrorismand nationalsecurity were hardly mentioned, eventhough they would consume the Bushpresidency.

Right before the 2024 election, only 3% of Americans pickedforeignpolicyas the most important issue in deciding their vote —and this was during bloody wars in Ukraineand the Middle East, hostilities in which the United States was playing large support roles.

Third, peopledon’tknow what to believeanymore. As everything has become politicized, information coming fromall sources— governments,news outlets, politicians,pundits, social media —isseen as selfservingspin. There are no facts, onlystructured narratives.AsGeorgeOrwell wrotein“1984,”“If thought corruptslanguage, language canalso corrupt thought.”

As contradictoryinformation has trickledout since U.S.airstrikes on Iran,as oftenhappens in the fog of war,it’sbeendifficult to knowwhat’strue.Did the U.S.really obliterate Iran’s nuclearcapacity,ordid it just delayitafew months? The nationalaudience, in response, is listening to voices that most comfortably confirm theirown biases. Republicans believe the best, becauseTrump is in command; Democrats believe the worst,again because Trump isincommand; and independents just scratch their heads in puzzled distrust. Warchangesthe world, but the worldalso changes war —how we look at it, howwefight it and when we’rewilling to risk it.

Ron Faucheux is a nonpartisan political analyst, pollster and writer based in Louisiana.

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Atoast to McCollum, theultimate Pelicans pro

be missed by fans

Saints running back Alvin Kamara holds theballasheruns adrill withteammates during minicamponJune 10 at the Ochsner Sports PerformanceCenter STAFF PHOTO By

SOPHIA GERMER

Projecting who’sin, who’sout followingSaintsOTAs, minicamp

After two months of offseason workouts, theNew Orleans Saints’roster battles have started to crystallize.Besides theobvious competition takingplace at quarterback,numerousspots —especially at running back, wide receiver and along the defensive line —are up for grabs.

Anew coaching staff inplace only adds to theintrigue.

When the Saints finallyhave to trim down the roster from90to53players come thefall, it remains to be seen how first-year coach KellenMoore’spreferences will influencethe team’s final cuts. But after fivepractices open to reportersthis offseason, let’sprojectwhatthe Saints’ opening-day roster might look like.

Quarterback(3):

Tyler Shough, Spencer Rattler,JakeHaener: Moore’s imprint onthe roster could be best reﬂectedatthisposition.In addition to choosinga starter,does he believe in ateam carryingthree quarterbacks on theroster? If he’d rather use the ﬁnalspot elsewhere, that could mean badnews for Haener.Still, Haenerisonly in histhird season, and the past fewyears in the NFL have reminded teams that quarterback depth isabsolutely necessary

Runningback(4):

Alvin Kamara, Devin Neal,Kendre Miller, Clyde Edwards-Helaire: It was tempting to leave Miller off this list, but as much ashis career has stalled since the2023 third-rounder was drafted, things would have to get signiﬁcantly worse for him to be asurprise cut. TheSaints’ coaching staff has made clear,however,that everyone not named Kamaraisﬁghting for a job. New Orleansnot only rotated reps between the backs consistently throughout the spring, but the

LOUISIANASPORTSHALLOFFAME

teams also added another veteran (Cam Akers) to thegroup recently. Wide receiver (6): Chris Olave, Rashid Shaheed, Brandin Cooks, Cedrick Wilson, Bub Means, Dante Pettis: Of these six, thelast three spotsﬁgure to be themost up for grabs. Wilson has familiarity with Moore, dating to their days in Dallas. Means has had an impressive offseason, which could give him the ä See SAINTS, page 5C

Former LSUstandout, NFLAll-Pro star makesimpact on andoff the field

BY JAKE MARTIN

Contributing writer

This is an entry in aproﬁle series of inductees for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The induction ceremony is set for Saturday in Natchitoches.

Don’task Andrew Whitworthtocatalogue binge-worthy Netﬂix series.

Chances are he hasn’tseen it. In order to contribute to the conversation, one would have to actually sit down to, you know, watch. And if you know anything aboutthis year’sLouisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee,well, that ain’thappening

“No, Idon’t binge shows,” Whitworth said “I love tobeactive. Rightnow,Ijustwalked seven or eight miles hittinggolf balls. I’m alwaysoutside. That’s my version of agreat day Iwake up, get my coffee, hike amountain, hit 6,000 golf balls andthengohangout at the beach with my kids. Idon’tlike to sit down.” Makessense when youthink aboutit. Longevity in the NFL doesn’t accompanyanAllProcareer by happenstance.Lazinessisn’t exactly acommon trait for 16-year NFL veterans either The former West Monroe High School and LSU standout, who helped teams at all three levels win championships,headlines the LSHOF’sClass of 2025 being enshrined over the weekend in Natchitoches. The never-idle Whitworth actively participated in sportsgrowing up, like tennis, basketball, baseball, golf andpowerlifting.

ä See WHITWORTH, page 5C

Rod Walker

Today seemslike the perfect day to pop open abottle of CJ McCollum’s Heritage 91 brand wine. On behalf of the city of NewOrleans, I’m proposing atoast and raising my glass to aguy who proved to be the ultimate professional. Typically whena playerleaves ateam, the playerthanksthe city But sometimes, the city should thank the player This is one of those times.

McCollum deserves it. The Pelicans traded McCollum on Tuesday,along with Kelly Olynyk and afuture second-round draftpick to the Washington Wizards in exchange forJordan Poole, Saddiq Bey and this year’sNo. 40 draftpick. The moveallowed the Pelicans to

ä See WALKER, page 3C

Veteran guard CJ McCollum STAFF FILE PHOTOByDAVID GRUNFELD

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TheAssociated

INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA is considering a proposal that would allow athletes and staff memberstobet on professionalsports and shift enforcement efforts to college sports betting and “behaviors that directly impact gameintegrity.”

TheDivisionICouncil introduced the proposal that will be considered this fall and be implemented if Divisions II and III ofﬁcials also approve.

TheNCAAwould still bar betting on college sports and sharing information about college events with bettors. Advertising and sponsorships associated with betting arealso not allowed at NCAA championship events. The shiftcomes as the organization grapples with the growth of legalized gambling acrossthe UnitedStates. NCAA president Charlie Baker and othercollege sports leaders have raised concerns about gamblers attacking athletes on social media for their play and there have been scattered allegations, including some earlier this year against programsinvolving betting.

The NCAA said Wednesday that “several sports betting-relatedviolations by staff members at NCAAschools” have been

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Catcher Serna commits to LSU, forgoes MLB draft

LSU baseball will be adding standout high school catcher Omar Serna to its 2026 roster as he announced his withdrawal from the 2025 MLB Draft via social media on Friday

The Houston native joins coach Jay Johnson’s championshipwinning program after being ranked the No. 132 player on MLB.com’s list of top draft prospects.

Knapp makes history at Rocket Classic

BY LARRY LAGE AP sportswriter

still wasn’t enough to put him in the top six, entering the weekend at Detroit Golf Club.

Chris Kirk (65), Philip Knowles (64) and Andrew Putnam (66) share the second-round lead at 14 under Jackson Suber (65) was another shot back.

Aldrich Potgieter, who had a 70 after sharing the 18-hole lead with Kevin Roy after a recordsetting 62, was two strokes back with Michael Thorbjornsen (67) and Mark Hubbard (69). Knapp was in a large pack of players, including with Collin Morikawa (64), Hideki Matsuyama (66) and Roy (71), three shots off the lead going into the third round.

The 31-year-old Knapp, who won the Mexico Open last year as a rookie, started the second round 130th in the 156-player ﬁeld after opening with a 72. He surged into contention with nine birdies and an eagle in a bogeyfree round.

“I was just probably upset all night and this morning, so I think that maybe helped a little bit,” he said.

Knapp, ranked No. 99 in the world, is the only player on the tour to shoot 61 or better in two rounds this season.

He shot a 59 — one off the tour scoring record of 58 set by Jim Furyk in 2016 at the Cognizant Classic four months ago, when he broke the tournament scoring record before cooling off and tying for sixth.

Knapp broke the 18-hole record at Detroit Golf Club that was set Thursday in the ﬁrst round when Potgieter and Roy both shot a 62.

“I feel like when I start making birdies, I want to make more,” Knapp said “I was even kind of thinking about 59 when I stuck it close on my third to last hole.”

The 28-year-old Knowles, shooting for his ﬁrst PGA Tour win, made the cut for just the third time in 11 events after failing to make it to the weekend at ﬁve straight tournaments.

“It’s not been my best year thus

far by any stretch of the imagination, but golf is funny,” he said. “When you’re playing bad, you never feel like you’re going to play good again. And when you have days like today, you just don’t understand how you could ever shoot a bad round of golf.”

The 40-year-old Kirk, whose sixth win was the season-opening tournament last year at Kapalua, opened the second round with three straight birdies and finished with nine birdies and two bogeys.

Most of the leaders were in

morning groups, when conditions were more favorable, and Putnam was an exception. Putnam played in the afternoon when the wind was stiff and swirling on a hot and steamy day He started strong with three birdies and a bogey on the front nine before getting only one birdie on the back, putting him in a position to possibly win his second PGA Tour event and ﬁrst since 2018.

“The wind came up, got a couple tricky holes out there, so glad I could grind it out,” Putnam said

Women’s Australian Open set for March 2026

By The Associated Press

ADELAIDE,Australia The Women’s Australian Open will make its return as a stand-alone tournament in 2026, officially ending Golf Australia’s attempts at playing both men’s and women’s events at the same time.

After sharing the tournament with the men in a mixed and alternate-tees format from 2022 to 2024, the women’s event to be co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour will move from December to March 12-15 at Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide. Golf Australia said Friday that Adelaide, the South Australian state capital, will host the tournament for the next three years. While the 2026 LPGA Tour schedule has not been announced, the U.S.-based circuit typically plays co-sanctioned events in Asia in February and March. That could result in greater opportunities for international players to travel to Australia from the Asia region, including recently-crowned Women’s PGA champion Minjee Lee, Australia’s top women’s player

Last month, Golf Australia announced that Rory McIlroy will headline the men’s Australian Open this year at Royal Melbourne from Dec. 4-7.

This year’s Masters champion is also contracted to play at nearby Kingston Heath, another Melbourne sandbelt course, in 2026. Dow Championship

In Midland, Michigan Jennifer Kupcho and Leona Maguire shot a 10-under 60 in better-ball play Friday to take the secondround lead in the Dow Championship, the LPGA Tour’s only team event. The Solheim Cup rivals had a

13-under 127 total at Midland Country Club after opening with an alternate-shot 67 on Thursday

“The plan today was just to give ourselves as many chances as we could, try to get two chances on every hole,” said Maguire, from Ireland. “For the most part, we did that. It was nice to start off with a birdie and sort of an eagle very early on to get the ball rolling.”

They had a one-stroke lead over Cassie Porter and Gemma Dryburgh, the ﬁrst-round leaders who parred the ﬁnal six holes in a 62. The teams will play another alternate-shot round Saturday and close with a better-ball round Sunday

“Lots of golf to go,” said Kupcho, the 2022 winner with fellow American Lizette Salas. “I think just kind of staying where we’re at and continuing what we’re doing the best we can.”

Roundup

The teams of Sarah SchmelzelAlbane Valenzuela (61), Manon De Roey-Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (61) and and Yan Liu-Yahui Zhang (62) were 11 under

“It was a great round,” Valenzuela said, “I feel like I deﬁnitely feed off Sarah’s energy She makes it really easy for me on the course.”

Lexi Thompson and Meghan Kang, tied for second after an opening 67, had a 65 to drop into a tie for ninth at 8 under.

“Fairways and greens, hole a few more putts,” Thompson said.

“That’s the goal.”

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Minjee Lee kisses the trophy after winning the Women’s PGA Championship on Sunday in Frisco, Texas. With the Women’s Australian Open returning as a stand-alone tournament in 2026, making it easier for players like Lee, Australia’s top women’s player, to play in the tournament. GOLF

Defending champions Ruoning Yin and Jeeno Thitikul, both among the top ﬁve in the women’s world ranking, were 6 under after a 66. LIV Championship

Patrick Reed and Harold Varner III each shot 5-under 67 on Friday at Maridoe Golf Club to share the ﬁrst-round lead in LIV Golf Dallas. Reed eagled the 655-yard, par5 second hole and had four birdies and a bogey Varner, Reed’s 4Aces teammate, had six birdies and a closing bogey Jon Rahm was a stroke back Abraham Ancer shot 69, and Dustin Johnson was at 70 with

Graeme McDowell, Anirban Lahiri, Richard Bland and David Puig. Bryson DeChambeau opened with a 72. He lives in Dallas and played his college golf at SMU. Points leader Joaquin Niemann, coming off a victory at LIV Golf Virginia, shot 78. He had a 10 on the par-5 seventh. Brooks Koepka withdrew during the round because of illness. He smashed a tee marker with his driver on the ninth hole.

The 18-year-old from Lutheran South High School is touted as “having well-above-average raw power and arm strength,” according to his scouting report on MLB.com.

The 6-foot-2, 226-pound Serna is also compared to freshman LSU catcher Cade Arrambide who was the No. 1 high school catcher in 2024 by MLB.com

Ujiri fired as Raptors president after 13 years

Toronto Raptors president and vice chairman Masai Ujiri was ﬁred Friday after 13 years with the franchise.

Ujiri joined the Raptors in 2013 as executive vice president and general manager He was promoted to president in 2016 and surrendered his responsibilities as GM in 2017, when Bobby Webster took over Webster was given a contract extension, the Raptors said. Terms of that deal were not disclosed. Maple Leaf S&E CEO Keith Pelley in a statement says he feels it’s the best move for the organization.

The 54-year-old Ujiri, who was heading into the ﬁnal year of his contract, led the Raptors to their only NBA title in 2019. The Raptors ﬁnished 30-52 last season and missed the playoffs.

Mets pitcher out for year after Achilles surgery

New York Mets pitcher Griffin Canning had surgery on Friday to repair a ruptured left Achilles and will miss the remainder of the season and possibly part of the 2026 season.

Canning was injured during Thursday night’s 4-0 win over the Atlanta Braves in New York.

Signed to a $4.25 million, oneyear contract as a free agent in the offseason, the 29-year-old righthander was 7-3 with a 3.77 ERA in 16 starts as he bolstered an injurydepleted rotation. Third baseman Mark Vientos was reinstated from the 10-day injured list before Friday’s series opener at Pittsburgh, left-handed reliever Colin Poche’s contract was selected from TripleA Syracuse and right-hander Blake Tidwell was recalled from Triple-A.

49ers CB Lenoir arrested following traffic incident Star 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday night and charged with a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest. According to NFL media Lenoir’s arrest charge was for penal code 148(a)(1), also known as resisting arrest. Lenoir, 25, was released from jail on Friday and has an L.A. court date set for July 25; 49ers training camp opens July 22. Lenoir, a ﬁfth-round pick from the 2021 draft, received a $92 million, ﬁve-year extension last season. He’s heading into his fourth season as a starter and is a cornerstone of the 49ers’ defense. The 49ers issued a statement Friday afternoon saying, “We are aware (...) and are in the process of gathering further information.”

Empty seats abound at Club World Cup

After a group stage played in front of more than 1 million empty seats, the Club World Cup moves on to knockout rounds that could soon resemble a Champions League clone. About 56.7% of publicly listed capacity was ﬁlled for the 48 group stage matches, which included crowds of 3,412 and 6,730 in Orlando, Florida; 5,282

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Jake Knapp tees off on the fifth hole during the Canadian Open in Caledon, Ontario on June 7. Knapp shot an 11-under 61 on Friday to break a Rocket Classic record.

Broometostart NBAjourney a2nd-round pick for76ers

BY AARON BEARD AP basketball writer

Johni Broome was acollege basketballheadlineratAuburn, the Associated Press first-team All-American an undeniable force poweringthe Tigerstothe Final Four His NBA journey is coming with less fanfare.

The ﬁfth-year big man went to the Philadelphia 76ers with the No. 35 pick in Thursday’ssecond round of the draft. If offered an example of how elite college production doesn’talways equateto high-end NBA potential or draft status, particularly when it comes to an older player deemed more of aﬁnished product compared to the youngster with rising upside. Still, theplayer ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas described simplyasa winner is tough, tested and eager to start his pro pursuit all the same.

“I think what he said was right,” Broome said of Bilas during Thursday’sESPN broadcast.”I’m awinner.Iget things done, offensively and defensively, so theSixers got agood one.”

The 6-foot-9, 249-poundBroome —who started his career as an unheralded recruit for two years at Morehead State—averaged 18.6 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks last year for Auburn, which started the yearatNo. 11 in the AP Top25poll butimmediately climbed to atop-5 status it wouldn’tyield for the rest of the yearbehind Broome’sbrilliance. That included eight straight weeks ranked at No. 1from midJanuary to early March. Broome stuffed box scores so

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move away from the expiring $30.7 million contract of McCollum, who turns 34 in September The Pelicans, meanwhile,get Poole, who just turned 26last week and is coming off aseason in Washington where he averaged acareer-best20.5 points and 4.5 assists.

Basketball-wise and ﬁnancially, the deal makes sense.

But if you have followedMcCollum’scareer,you know he’s about much more than basketball. He brought amuch-needed level of leadership and professionalism to the Pelicans’ locker roomwhen he was traded from PortlandtoNew Orleans in February of 2022. McCollum showed up to work even when his body told him not to. He played in 75 games in the 2022-23 season, includingthe past three months with hisright thumbinasplint after tearing a ligament in January that year

Here’saneven more telling stat. McCollum, in 31/2 seasons in New Orleans, played in 223 games.Zion Williamson, who justﬁnished his sixth season,has played in just 214 games. McCollum understands the level of commitment it takestobe withstand the grind of agrueling NBA season. He constantly prepared himself both mentally and physically He did it even when times got hard, like they so often didthis season. It was McCollum’scareer-hightying 50-point masterpieceagainst the Washington Wizards inJanuary that snapped the Pelicans’ 11game losing skid. That game came just two days after the Bourbon Street terroristattack that killed 14 people in New Orleans.

thoroughlythat he was theplayer of theyear in arugged Southeastern Conference, which was hands down thenation’stop conference and produced arecord 14 bids to the NCAA Tournament. And he ﬁnished as runner-up for AP national playerofthe year to Duke freshman and eventual No. 1 overall draft pick Cooper Flagg in what was atrue two-man spotlight this season, with Broome collecting athird of the vote as theonly other player named on aballot.

He pushedthe Tigersprogram to only its second trip to college basketball’sbiggest stage,grinding through an elbow injurysuffered during the Elite Eight win against Michigan State and then being hampered by it during the loss to eventual champion Florida in thenational semiﬁnals aweek later

That all seemingly hadhim positioned to be aﬁrst-round prospect who led Auburn to 59 wins in the past two years alone.

NBA evaluations, however, are different Broome lacks elite athleticism. His testing and measurements at the combine didn’t help his ﬁrstround chances; he hada28-inch maxvertical leap,tied for second worst at the combine, while only six playersposted alower standing vertical leap (24.0). He also ﬁnished tied for fourth-worst in theshuttle run(3.23 seconds)designed to test agility.

Numbers aren’t everything, of course. Maryland big man Derik Queen tied Broome for the second-worst max vertical and still went on to go late in the lottery (No. 13). But Queen is the stilldeveloping prospectgrowing into

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Pelicans guardCJMcCollum reactsafter scoring against the SacramentoKings on Feb.13at theSmoothie King Center

“It’s nice for (thepeople in the city) to have something to enjoy for alittle bitand kind ofescapeeverythingthatmay be going on right now,”McCollum said thatnight.

Sixweekslater,McCollum scored 43 points in awin over the Sacramento Kingstosnap a10game losingskid.

“He’sone ofour guys that’sliterally holdingthings together in thelocker room withthese young guys,” coach Willie Green said that night.“He’sbeen through so much throughout the courseof hiscareer.He’sa staple for us. We see it week in and week out that hecomes outand gives it everythinghehas everynight.”

That willingnesstoleave it all on the ﬂoor is whyMcCollum will take his placewith former Pelicanslike Jrue Holiday and Jonas Valanciunas as fan favorites.

He’ll get cheers everytime he steps foot back in the Smoothie KingCenter

McCollumleaves as thefranchise’sall-time leader in made 3-pointerswith 692. He is one of just three players in franchise history to score 50 points in game.Anthony Davis andJamal Mashburnare theothers.

Flaggsettles in Dallas goingNo.

BY SCHUYLER DIXON AP sportswriter

DALLAS Cooper Flagg didn’twait for Mavericks generalmanager Nico Harrison to break the silence with an opening statement as the No. 1pick in the NBAdraftwas introduced to apacked Dallas news conference.

“Hello,” Flagg said about the timethe clock struck noon Friday

The18-year-old formerDuke star only grew morecomfortable from there, twodaysafter walking across the stage in Brooklyn to be greeted by Commissioner Adam Silver Flaggwas deferential to the history of European stars Dirk Nowitzki and Luka Doncic —the latter being the generational talent traded in February,before theMavs magically landedthe potentialof their next face of the franchise despitejust a1.8% chance to win thedraft lottery

his upside at 20 years old and with just 36 games of college experience,comparedtoBroomebeing theas-is prospect who turns 23 on July 19 after playing 168 college games.

Whenitcomes to his game, he plays morebelowthe rim and lacksthe defense-stretching range essential in today’sgame built around ﬂoor-spacing.

Hisjumper is ratedas“below average” in Synergy’sanalytics rankings, withhim making 27.1% to rank in the 25thpercentile with most of those attempts coming in catch-and-shoot situations. That underlying data aligns with his outside-shooting statistics, whereBroome made just 31.4% of his 3-point attempts (53 of 169) over the last two seasons and had at least twomade 3s in just15of 71 games. He was at his best in post-ups, as acutter,working as the roll man in pick-and-rolls andattacking the offensive glass,ranking “good” to “very good” in all of those categories in Synergy.Healsoranked as “very good” in ﬁnishing layups and dunks at the rim, converting 65.9% of thoseattempts to rank in the81st percentile.

Metrics aside, there’saplace in theNBA for guyswho can rebound anddefendwith toughness. He’salready proven he can, along with putting in the work going back to being athree-star signee with Morehead State.

“He may notbeanabove-therim big guy,but he carves out space and he gets things done,” Bilassaid during thebroadcast. “A really productive player that has been overlooked before and has comethrough.”

Yeah, there were some rough patches along the way.McCollum madejust 24 of his 80 3-point attempts in his 10 playoff games with the Pelicans. Butthe good far outweighed thebad. His 1,113 assistsrank ﬁfth in franchise history

That doesn’tinclude all the assists he made off the court in New Orleans. McCollum partnered withthe Pelicans to create career opportunities for McCollum Scholars and expand mentorship for youth.

He spearheaded thePelicans becoming moreactive in conversations around policy reform and racial injustice. McCollum continues to worktoward reforming Louisiana’syouth incarceration system

He opened an education and innovation hub at the Westbank Boys& Girls Club last spring. His generous donations to the New OrleansAssociation of Black Journalists helped aspiring journalists pay for their college tuition. He was aﬁnalist for theNBA Social Justice Champion Award this season. Lastseason, McCollum won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award. The samerespect he earned in during his nine seasons in Portland, he also earned in New Orleans. He’ll no doubt do the same in D.C. Thetrade itself could be awinwin. Awin for the Pelicans. Awin for theWizards. Butfor the city of New Orleans, it’sa loss. Aloss of one of those rare athletes who just does things the right way To theultimate professional, thepeople in New Orleanspop open abottle of your wine, raise their glasses and thank you for what you meanttothe city. Cheers!!!

TheAssociated Press men’scollege playerofthe year quickly declared hislovefor Mexican food and barbecue —the same question allthe Texasnewcomers get —and easilyrattled off Mount Rushmores for the NBA, and the WNBA.

Forthose wondering,Flagg’s NBApicks wereLarry Bird, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and KobeBryant, and he appropriately skippedthe last names of thelast two.

The WNBA choices wereCandace Parker,BrittneyGriner, A’ja Wilson and,after abrief pause to think, Caitlin Clark, “because she’s changed the gamesomuch.”

Of course, Flaggisabout to join quite acollection of names in KyrieIrving,Anthony Davisand Klay Thompson, all three with NBA titles on their resumes.

Although fellow Duke alum Irving won’tjoin Flagg on the court until possibly January as the ninetime All-Star recovers from atorn ACL, the Mavs areexpecting a return to the playoffs after falling short in 2025, ayear after Irving and Doncic led Dallas to the NBA Finals, where the Mavs lost to Boston in ﬁvegames.

Throwinthird-yearplayer

Dereck Lively II —anotherexDuke player,and onewho visited Flagg going into his only season withthe Blue Devils last fall andthere areplenty of reasonsto believe Flagg gets asofter landing than many top picks whoend up in rebuilding situations.

“He’sverylucky to have veterans, future Hall of Famers,”said coach Jason Kidd, aHallofFame

point guard who was the second overallchoicebythe Mavericks 31 years ago. “Whenyou talkabout Kaiand Klay and then AD,just understanding the vets are going to protect him and helphim, and they’re going to push him.” Flagg flew to Dallas with Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont and both of their families. Among those at the team’s practice facility near American Airlines Center was Mark Cuban, the high-proﬁle former owner whosold amajority stakeayearand ahalfago to the Las Vegas-based Adelsonand Dumontfamilies and is now alternate governor So was MarkAguirre, the other No.1overall pick by Dallas in 1981. The 65-year-old wasjust afew seats from ShawnMarion, who played with Nowitzki on the franchise’sonly championship team in 2011.

That row also included Rolando Blackman, aformer player who represented the Mavs when they won the draft lottery.Itwas the ﬁrst timeinfranchise history that Dallashad moved up in the lottery

Nearly the entire history of the 45-year-old franchise was represented when Flagg was asked about following Nowitzki, who has astatue outside the arena, and Doncic, whose departure was a heartbreaker for countless Mavs fans whonodoubt got aboost with the arrival of the third one-anddone Duke player on the Dallas roster

“I’m coming in just trying to learnand tryingtoget better every single day,” Flagg said. “And Ithink if Ican do that to the best of my ability,Ithink expectations and pressures that other people will put on me and our team, that will kind of workitself out. So I’m just trying come in and be the best thatIcan be andjust win at the highest level.”

The 6-foot-9 Flagg’sposition is one of the more intriguing questions on the court, and the Mavs will have avoid at point guard until Irving returns.

“I wanttoput him at the point guard,”saidKidd, who satto Flagg’sleftonastage,withHarrison on his right. “I wanttomake him uncomfortable andsee howhe reacts.”

There wasn’tanything that made Flagg look uncomfortable on his ﬁrst day in Dallas as aMav

BY TOYLOY BROWNIII Staff writer

Former LSU guard Cam Carter will join the San Antonio Spurs at the NBA SummerLeague after going undrafted, according to Jon Chepkevich of DraftExpress. The 6-foot-3 combo guard averaged 16.4points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game for LSU (14-18). He shot 42.5% from the field and39.2% from 3-point range and playedall 32 games, averaging the fourth mostminutes in the Southeastern Conference (33.2).

In hisone year under coach Matt McMahon, Carter increased his scoring average by twopoints andhis 3-point percentage by nearly10% from his junior season at Kansas State. Carter’sstatistical growth

camedespite the Tigers having less surroundingtalentthan expected afterLSU’shighest-scoringreturner TyrellWard (9.1 points) neverplayedlastseason in an effort to focusonhis mental health.Mattersbecame more challenging forCarter when starting center Jalen Reed tore his ACL in the eighth game of the season and never returned. The NBA SummerLeague starts July 5withthe California Classic and Salt Lake City Summer League and will continue from July 10-20 in Las Vegas. While theDonaldsonville native isn’tguaranteed to make the Spurs roster, this opportunity in the league gives him achance to audition for atraining campinvitation for any team Another possibility is that he is offered atwo-way contract, which allows him to split his time between the NBAand the G-League afﬁliate.

Email Toyloy Brown III at toyloy.brown@theadvocate.com

Flagg

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Former AuburnAll-American Johni Broome smiles as he talks to media at the NBAdraft combine in Chicago on May14.

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LSU guard Cam Carter takes the courtduring player introductions before tip-off againstArkansas on Jan. 14 at the PMAC.

Wimbledon draw comes with intriguing scenarios

Alcaraz going for third straight championship

BY HOWARD FENDRICH

LONDON Carlos Alcaraz will begin his bid for a third consecutive Wimbledon championship and put his career-best 18-match winning streak on the line by facing the volatile Fabio Fognini in the ﬁrst round at Centre Court when the tournament begins Monday

The singles brackets for the grass-court Grand Slam tournament were set in Friday’s draw, including potential men’s quarterﬁnals of No. 1 Jannik Sinner against No. 7 Lorenzo Musetti, No. 4 Jack Draper against No. 6 Novak Djokovic — who has won seven of his 24 major trophies at the All England Club No. 2 Alcaraz against No 8 Holger Rune, and No. 3 Alexander Zverev against No. 5 Taylor Fritz.

The possible women’s quarterﬁnals are No 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs. No. 6 Madison Keys, and No. 4 Jasmine Paolini vs. No. 5 Zheng Qinwen in the top half, and No 2 Coco Gauff vs. No. 8 Iga Swiatek or 2022 champion Elena Rybakina, and No. 3 Jessica Pegula vs. No. 7 Mirra Andreeva in the bottom half.

In addition to Sinner, Djokovic, Draper and 2024 semifinalist Musetti, the top half has No. 10 Ben Shelton and No. 13 Tommy Paul of the United States, along with Alexander Bublik, an unpredictable and underarm-serving player from Kazakhstan. He reached his first major quarterfinal at the French Open by defeating Draper — his potential third-round opponent next week — and then won a grass-court title at Halle, Germany, for the second time, beating Sinner along the way Alcaraz and Sinner could only meet at Wimbledon in the July 13 final, which would be a rematch of their epic showdown for the French Open title won by the

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resolved in recent years and noted its enforcement staff is working on issuing notices of allegations in several ongoing gambling cases Still, the NCAA has acknowledged the challenges in barring adult athletes at hundreds of schools from gambling on pro sports. Two years ago, it made reinstatement policies more lenient and the NCAA has a multi-year partnership with Genius Sports, which distributes official NCAA data to licensed sportsbooks, an arrangement that bars negative prop bets.

“NCAA rules prohibiting sports betting at all levels were written and adopted at a time when sports gambling was largely illegal nationwide,” said Josh Whitman, athletics director at Illinois and council chairman. “As betting on sports has become more widely accepted across the country, Division I members have determined that further discussion of these sports betting rules is warranted, particularly as it relates to the potential distinctions between betting on profes-

22-year-old Alcaraz for his fifth major trophy. In Fognini, Alcaraz faces a 38-year-old veteran who has been ranked as high as No. 9 and was a French Open quarterfinalist in 2011 but is currently No. 130 and never has been past the third round in 14 previous appearances at Wimbledon Fognini, who is married to 2015 U.S Open champion Flavia Pennetta, has described himself as a hot-head and is known for midmatch flareups, including at Wimbledon, where he was fined $3,000 in 2019 for saying he wished “a bomb would explode at the club” during a third-round loss and a then-record $27,500 in 2014 for a series of outbursts during a firstround victory. He was put on a two-year probation by the Grand Slam Board in 2017 after insulting a female chair umpire at the U.S. Open and getting kicked out of that tournament. Gauff, coming off her second major title at the French Open, will open Wimbledon on Tuesday against Dayana Yastremska, a 2024 Australian Open semifinalist. Win that, and Gauff might face former No. 1 and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria

sional vs. collegiate sports.”

Current NCAA rules do not allow athletes or institutional staff to engage in sports betting for any sports that have NCAA championships; bets by an athlete on their own team or own sport risks a lifetime ban from college athletics.

“The enforcement staff’s sports betting-related caseload has significantly increased in recent years, and our staff — including our new sports betting integrity unit — has been effective in detecting and pursuing violations,” said Jon Duncan, NCAA vice president of enforcement.

Dr Deena Casiero, the NCAA’s chief medical ofﬁcer, said allowing pro sports betting may be more effective and realistic than an “abstinence-only” approach, clearing the way for education and better understanding of the risks.

“By meeting student-athletes where they are, schools may be more effective at preventing, identifying and supporting student-athletes with problematic gambling behaviors,” Casiero said.

In other NCAA moves, the Di-

vision I Board of Directors this week formally adopted roster limits for NCAA sports as part of the $2.8 billion House settlement

In-Season Challenge

BY CHARLES ODUM AP sportswriter

HAMPTON, Ga. — The debut of NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge in Saturday night’s Cup Series race in Atlanta generated differing opinions and expectations from drivers.

After all, there’s a points race to attend to. Every team’s top priority is qualifying for the playoffs and trying to win the championship. Some drivers acknowledge they simply haven’t paid attention to the new race within the race.

Joey Logano says he sees no reason to view the new tournament as a distraction.

“If there’s something to win, you want to go win it,” Logano said.

Denny Hamlin is the No. 1 seed in the 32-driver In-Season Challenge, a fiverace, bracket-style tournament. Chase Briscoe, who held off Hamlin for his ﬁrst win for Joe Gibbs Racing last week at Pocono Raceway, is the No. 2 seed.

A $1 million prize awaits the winner as part of a new media rights deal that includes TNT Briscoe said Friday he felt “deﬁnitely a sigh of relief, you know, just a weight off your shoulders” following last week’s win. He said that sense of relief was shortlived.

“I’m expected to win multiple races, not just one,” Briscoe said.

“It’s a sense of relief, but also more pressure because now they know you can win.”

NASCAR hopes the tournament generates midseason interest. The single-elimination format cuts the field to 16 at Chicago, eight at Sonoma, four at Dover and the ﬁnal two at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Many drivers expect their interest in the tournament will increase after Saturday night’s race.

Added Ricky Stenhouse, who is 24th in the points race, of the new tournament: “It’s cool. I think after this weekend you’ll have a little better idea of what you have. Our main goal in Atlanta is winning and getting into the playoffs.”

Drawing ‘Uncle’ Noah

Briscoe is facing No. 31 seed Noah Gragson in the ﬁrst bracket.

He says it’s a difﬁcult matchup, in part because “he’s actually probably my best friend on the circuit and my son’s favorite driver.” Briscoe said his 3-year-old son, Brooks, thinks of Gragson “like that uncle that just you take your kid to, and he has Pop-Tarts and ice cream and everything else when he’s with them.”

Added Briscoe: “Hopefully I’ll win. If not I’ll never here the end of it from Noah or my son.” Briscoe posted a photo on his X account of his son’s bracket. The photo shows the smiling Brooks holding a bracket with his father’s No. 19 winning every round of the tournament.

Azarenka in the second round, while a rematch with No. 28 seed Sofia Kenin could await in the third. Kenin eliminated Gauff in the opening round at Wimbledon two years ago.

Sabalenka, the runner-up to Gauff at Roland-Garros three weeks ago, finds herself in an intriguing quarter of the women’s bracket. Sabalenka, who owns three Slam titles, begins against Canadian qualiﬁer Carson Branstine, and could meet 2024 Wimbledon quarterﬁnalist Lulu Sun in the second round and 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu or 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in the third.

Reigning champion Barbora Krejcikova begins Tuesday’s Centre Court schedule against Alexandra Eala, who is the ﬁrst woman representing the Philippines to be ranked inside the top 100 and upset Swiatek on the way to reaching the Miami Open semiﬁnals in March.

In their section of the draw, 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, who announced she will retire later this year, takes on No. 10 Emma Navarro in the ﬁrst round.

that also allows revenue-sharing and schools to award as many scholarships as they wish within the roster caps.

Also this week, the Division I Council:

 Endorsed a recommended cap of 32 regular-season games in both men’s and women’s basketball beginning with the 202627 season. Critics include earlyseason tournament organizers who say the change could result in fewer marquee matchups.

 Introduced a proposal to add women’s ﬂag football to the emerging sports for women program Flag football has grown rapidly in popularity and will make its Olympic debut at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

 Adopted scheduling ﬂexibility changes allowing Football Championship Subdivision programs to compete in 12 regular-season games every year, starting in 2026.

 Voted to introduce proposals that, if also supported by Divisions II and III, would establish NCAA championships for women’s stunt and women’s acrobatics and tumbling as early as spring 2027. The sports have grown in popularity

“I think some of the drivers have been kind of dismissive over the bracket challenge,” said Brad Keselowski, who enters the race No. 30 in the points standings and in need of a win in Atlanta to earn a playoff spot in his RFK Racing Ford.

“I think it’ll become a lot more real, whether it be for the drivers or for the media or the fans, as it progresses into the later rounds over the next few weeks,” Keselowski said.

Racing for Rhealynn

Chase Elliott has a special paint scheme on his No 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet that was designed by 11-year-old cancer patient Rhealynn Mills. Elliott chose Mills’ design to highlight his foundation’s efforts to raise money for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Elliott said the “Design to Drive” program has raised $500,000 for the children’s hospital.

Claims of Verstappen talking to Mercedes could overshadow race

BY JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP sportswriter

The idea of Max Verstappen joining Mercedes would have seemed outlandish when he fought Lewis Hamilton in the controversial title decider in 2021. Now it’s the hot topic in the Formula 1 paddock.

The buildup Friday to the Austrian Grand Prix was dominated by comments made the day before by Mercedes driver George Russell to British broadcaster Sky Sports.

Russell has yet to get a contract extension for 2026 and seemed to suggest that Verstappen and Mercedes were in talks.

“As Mercedes, they want to be back on top, and if you’re going to be back on top you need to make sure you’ve got the best drivers, the best engineers, the best pit crew, and that’s what Mercedes are chasing,” Russell was quoted as saying. “So, it’s only normal that conversations with the likes of Verstappen are ongoing. But from my side if I’m performing as I’m doing, what have I got to be concerned about? There are two seats in every Formula 1 team.”

It would be one of the biggest driver changes ever in F1 on par with Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari — if Verstappen, a Red Bull driver since childhood, joined the team which has often been his toughest challenger

It would mean working with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, who was left to exclaim “that was so not right” at a deci-

sion which helped Verstappen beat then-Mercedes driver Hamilton to the 2021 title on the last lap of the season.

Asked about Russell’s comments and whether any talks with Verstappen were happening, Wolff signaled Mercedes would “need to explore” future developments.

“I like what George says, and I’m always supportive of the driver, and there’s no such thing as saying things I wouldn’t want him to say,” Wolff said.

“I think we are very transparent in the team for what we do, what we plan, and we’ve been like that since I was put in charge of that. So that’s not the issue. And at the moment, clearly you need to explore what’s happening in the future, but it doesn’t change anything of what I said before about George, about Kimi, about the lineup that I’m extremely happy of having.” Mercedes has yet to confirm either Russell or rookie Kimi Antonelli for 2026 despite both having strong seasons so far. Verstappen has a long-term contract through 2028, so in theory his Red Bull seat should be one of the safest on the grid. However the deal has performance-related clauses which could reportedly allow a move.

“I don’t think we need to talk about that,” Verstappen said Thursday when asked to conﬁrm whether he’ll stay with the team for 2026. “It’s not really in my mind. It’s just driving and trying to push the performance, you know And then we focus on next year.”

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Carlos Alcaraz, left, and Novak Djokovic arrive for a Wimbledon practice session on Thursday in London. Alcaraz is the two-time reigning champion at Wimbledon, while Djokovic has won the event seven times.

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edge over other young prospects like Kevin Austin and Mason Tipton. Pettis is an obvious returner candidate, though he’s also displayed some chemistry with the quarterbacks.

Offensive line (8):

Kelvin Banks,Trevor Penning, Erik McCoy, Cesar Ruiz,Taliese Fuaga, Dillon Radunz,Will Clapp, Landon Young: Eight offensive linemen may seem too few given the emphasis that Moore has made about building through the trenches. But with numbers tight elsewhere, and a 16-man practice squad, perhaps the Saints can afford to go a little lighter at the position.

Tight end (4): Juwan Johnson, Foster Moreau, Jack Stoll, Moliki Matavao: You’ll note no Taysom Hill on this list, but that’s because of uncertainty regarding his knee injury For these purposes, expect Hill — who tore his ACL and suffered additional damage last December — to open the season on the league’s Physically Unable to Perform list. That would knock him out for at least the ﬁrst four games of the season. If Hill can go, he’ll obviously make the ﬁnal roster

The same consideration was given for Moreau, who is also coming off a serious knee injury but said he hopes to be back by training camp.

Edge rusher (4):

Chase Young, Carl Granderson, Cam Jordan, Isaiah Foskey

Defensive line (6): Bryan Bresee, Davon Godchaux,Vernon Broughton, Khalen Saunders, Nathan Shepherd, Jonah Williams: Good luck ﬁguring this one out right now The Saints’ defensive line is arguably the most crowded spot on the roster And there are plenty of questions that come with it. Can New Orleans afford to keep both Saunders and Shepherd after acquiring Godchaux and Broughton? Are they going to part ways with Khristian Boyd and John Ridgeway? Is Isaiah Foskey, a 2023 second-rounder, in danger of missing the roster?

Linebacker (5):

Demario Davis, Pete Werner, Danny Stutsman, Nephi Sewell, D’Marco Jackson

The top three seem pretty solidiﬁed, but there’s room on the back end to make a dent. Sewell and Jackson, for now, get the nod for special-teams purposes, but Jaylan Ford could also contribute well in that area. It was tempting to put only four linebackers here, but defensive coordinator Brandon Staley went with ﬁve inside linebackers in each of his three seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Cornerback (5):

Alontae Taylor, Kool-Aid McKinstry, Quincy Riley, Isaac Yiadom, Ugo Amadi Safety (5): Justin Reid,Tyrann Mathieu, Jordan Howden, Jonas Sanker, J.T. Gray: Terrell Burgess and Amadi were two of the toughest calls when doing this exercise. Both players can play inside cornerback and safety, and both appeared to have strong offseasons. But Amadi has been a steady presence in the Saints’ secondary over the last two seasons. That gives him the nod, for now

Specialists (3):

Blake Grupe, Matthew Hayball and Zach Wood: If James Burnip beats out Hayball this summer the Saints’ incumbent punter will have lost his job in three straight training camps. But Hayball showed promise as a rookie, and if he can take a step forward, that should be enough to hold off Burnip Grupe also is expected to face competition from Charlie Smyth, but Grupe has been the more consistent of the two.

Shough ‘optimistic’ on unsigned contract

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

THIBODAUX Tyler Shough was just happy to get a golf cart this time.

For his third appearance at the annual Manning Passing Academy, Shough received additional perks that he didn’t during his two previous invites when he last served as a camp counselor in college. That included transportation, so the 25-year-old did not have to walk everywhere and could escape the blazing sun when needed.

The treatment was the camp’s way of taking care of the New Orleans Saints quarterback especially after he asked to be there.

“We don’t really ask NFL quarterbacks to come back and this is kind of their break time,”

Peyton Manning said, adding, “We’ve never wanted to bother guys that are still playing but Tyler reached out to my dad and said he wanted to come (help). It says a lot about him that he’s here.”

Shough wouldn’t have it any other way The second-round pick, who has stuck around Louisiana this offseason, said it was a “nobrainer” to come back and that he wanted to because of his relationship with the Mannings. This year Shough said he’s looking forward to sharing his draft experience with the handful of college quarterbacks who have also attended the camp.

Shough’s attendance was part of what has been a busy summer for the rookie. And he has no plans to slow down.

Once the camp concludes Sunday, Shough said his next step will be to go work out with the Saints’ receivers in Dallas and Oregon. The goal is to build on the chemistry that started to form over the last few months of organized team activities (OTAs).

“For me, I know the window of opportunity is only so big for anybody,” Shough said. “You have to come in and be prepared. Now that we’ve got the playbook installed I just want to continue to grow and then attack training camp.

“There’s a sense of urgency,” he

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Heck, he even threw the shot put in track and ﬁeld But each had its importance. Every sport taught the future Los Angeles Ram something that indirectly contributed to retiring as the oldest offensive lineman to win a Super Bowl. In some ways, Whitworth’s activity was his greatest gift.

“Play multiple sports,” said Whitworth with passion. “I grew to be 6’7” 330 pounds. I was going to be able to push people around with my God-given ability But playing tennis and baseball and track and all those other things taught me a skill. Basketball, for example, helped me with my pass protection. What does playing defense look like in basketball? It’s like trying to slide protect. If you want to be a great blocker, you have to keep the defender between yourself and the quarterback. That’s just like in basketball, using your body to stay between them and the goal. A lot of things carry over.”

For a man who prides himself on being mobile, the irony isn’t lost on Whitworth that his most viral moment involved him sitting on the ﬂoor of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. His career peaked with the Rams’ Super Bowl LVI victory against (of all teams, the one he spent his ﬁrst 11 NFL seasons with) the Cincinnati Bengals just days removed from Whitworth being named the 2021 Walter Payton Man of the Year Talk about a whirlwind. Amongst all the confetti on the turf the West Monroe native sat with his family and told his children that it was “Daddy’s last ballgame.”

“It will forever be special,” Whitworth said “You’ll meet somebody, and you can tell they’re trying to explain to their wife who you are Then they’ll say you probably saw him on the ground with his family at the Super Bowl. And that’s immediately when they recognize me. I don’t ever sit down and take a breath and that was the moment for me to do it with my kids. It was one of the calmest moments of my career I knew it was over.”

Perhaps the saddest person to see Whitworth go was his head coach Sean McVay, who didn’t mince words when it came to Whitworth’s importance to the franchise.

It was a master stroke to acquire a left tackle who ﬁnished his career with 250 NFL starts, meaning McVay was protecting quarterback Matthew Stafford’s blindside with an experienced All-Pro, sure.

said later “We’ve got to get going.” Before then, Shough’s focus was helping out at the Mannings’ camp. Shough said his biggest advice to the college quarterbacks would be not to worry about preseason rankings and draft lists. After all, at this time last year, Shough was simply a transfer at Louisville, focused on rebuilding his stock after a handful of injuries. He knew he wasn’t on the draft board for a lot of teams back then, let alone the eventual second-round pick he’d become. Shough’s path, though, was motivating for Miller Moss — Shough’s replacement at Louisville who served as a camp counselor this year The 23-year-old said Shough’s rise factored in his decision to transfer to the program after spending four years at USC. He remembers seeing how Shough thrived at the line of scrimmage, able to audible into run plays correctly to beneﬁt the offense.

The two got to know each oth-

But it also provided leadership for a ﬁrst-year head coach on the job.

“When we lost him, I thought I appreciated how valuable he was in terms of his leadership and giving me the ability to hear what I needed to hear and not what I wanted to,” McVay said “I thought I valued it a whole lot, but since he retired, I realized what a unique human being he is. You can’t say enough good things about him. I can’t describe what he means to me. I think he has to go down as one of the greatest free agent signings of all time.”

A storybook ending for a career that featured multiple first-team All-Pro accolades (2015, 2017) and four Pro Bowl selections is quite the contrast to Whitworth’s rocky start. Put it this way — no confetti fell during Whitworth’s first live rep of middle school football at Ouachita Christian School. Not when he stood opposite of the coach’s daughter, Molly Harper, during his first practice. What happened next would be told time and again over the next three decades.

“I get in line and realize I’m going against a person with really long hair and I’m like, ‘This is the ‘90s… There aren’t too many boys with long hair.’ Other players are like, ‘Hey dude, you better lock in,’” Whitworth remembered. “I’m thinking I don’t know how hard I want to hit her because she’s a girl, and she pancaked me and knocked me down.

“I remember thinking, ‘Maybe football isn’t for me,’ because I was a basketball kid at the time. I love to tell that story because if you have a totem pole of where you career is, near the bottom has to be what people think of when the coach’s daughter trucks you. But it’s not about that. I didn’t quit. I made a commitment to ﬁnish something, and I ended up falling in love with it.”

Whitworth quickly ascended to one of the top prep players in Louisiana with the West Monroe Rebels and played a part in two national championship teams in 1998 and 2000, arguably the peak of that prestigious football program.

At West Monroe, Whitworth played for the legendary Don Shows, the 2011 LSHOF inductee who holds the ﬁfth most wins in LHSAA football history Whitworth transitioned from tight end to tackle his senior year and ultimately chose to play football for Nick Saban at LSU, despite admiring Steve Spurrier and the Florida Gators growing up. Saban was honest about Whitworth projecting better as an offensive tackle, and Whitworth ap-

er when Shough sat down with Moss on his visit with the Cardinals, but this week would provide another chance for them to catch up.

The Manning Passing Academy was another chance for Shough to learn. The quarterback recalled how he talked with former NFL coach Jon Gruden for an hour on Thursday, The coach emphasized the need for urgency, Shough said, and the quick “mental process” a quarterback has to have.

Shough said he hopes he gets a chance to work out with Gruden, who has also mentored Jake Haener and fourth-string quarterback Hunter Dekkers.

But Shough will have to ﬁnd the time. Beyond the trips with his receivers and preparing for training camp, Shough still technically has to ﬁnalize his rookie contract with the Saints.

The Saints and Shough have been in a holding pattern, waiting to see what happens around the league as

preciated Saban’s candor Wholeheartedly Whitworth believed Shows made him tough, while Saban brought out the best in him.

“Don lived hanging off of my facemask, chewing me to pieces,” Whitworth said. “Don would take me down to get his point across He wanted to take down our best player and fire the other guys up. It was manipulation a little bit. He was like VinceMcMahon Hewasashowman

“Nick was all about having a sense of urgency to be great. Here’s the playbook, what all has to happen and what it looks like to chase greatness. Can you keep up? I loved that challenge of matching his urgency every day to be great.”

Whitworth played for legends in high school and in college and ultimately played for a Super Bowl winning coach with McVay

“He’s the closest thing I saw to Nick Saban,” Whitworth said.

It’s quite the compliment for McVay, who isn’t afraid to give Whitworth immense credit for changing the culture of the Rams organization. McVay astutely pointed out the Rams had 10 straight losing seasons beforeWhitworthjoinedin2017.The Rams went 55-26 with ﬁve straight winning seasons, four playoff runs and two Super Bowl appearances with Whitworth at left tackle.

“I just finished up my eighth year and I can’t imagine what that would have looked like without him to help me as a ﬁrst-year head coach,” McVay said. “That was a big edge for us.”

Before Whitworth completed the trifecta of winning a ring at every level, he was a valued member of an LSU football team that broke through and won the 2003 national championship.

“We were freaking rock stars,” Whitworth said. “Every single day going back-and-forth to practice, we felt like we were a part of Guns N’ Roses or Aerosmith Fans were outside our hotel. They were shaking and hitting the busses. Playing in New Orleans for the national championship when it’s been almost 50 years since you won it, that’s hard to replicate. Yeah, they’ve had talented teams since, but what that one meant, it was really special.”

Changing the culture is what Whitworth’s career is all about. He was front and center of Saban ushering in the golden era of LSU football. And you could argue he did the same for Cincinnati, as the Bengals morphed into a consistent winner from 2006-16 after posting just two winning seasons in the previous 17 years. The numbers and accolades speak

30 of the second round’s 32 picks remain unsigned.

Many, including Shough’s camp, are negotiating over the guaranteed portion of the fourth-year salary after the Houston Texans and Cleveland Browns made history by fully guaranteeing the contracts of second rounders Jayden Higgins and Carson Schwesinger

“The whole second round, (we’re) just seeing kind of where things lie,” Shough told The TimesPicayune when asked about his optimism that a deal gets done before camp begins. “There’s not like a demand or — obviously, you’re super optimistic That’s just part of it, this whole process, so yeah, we’ll see.”

The situation, however, has not been a distraction for the Saints and Shough. The rookie participated in the entire offseason program, and deals for second-round prospects, in particular, tend to take longer to ﬁnalize.

loudly, but his leadership inside the locker room reveals even more about the man whose Big Whit 77 Foundation donated $250,000 to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank during the pandemic.

Former Cincinnati offensive lineman Clint Boling, who was drafted in 2011 during the NFL lockout, had no communication with the Bengals for three to four months due to the work stoppage. A week after being drafted, Whitworth reached out to Boling, invited him to a charity golf tourney in the offseason and paid for his ﬂight and hotel room to stay and bond with all the offensive linemen that came. Later on, Whitworth organized voluntary workouts, and once more ﬂew Boling out to practice at the University of Cincinnati with other Bengal players. Boling never forgot it.

“One of the best ways to describe his leadership is to describe the void when he left in 2016,” Boling said. “There weren’t very many guys who could take on that leadership role because he was such a big presence with the way he would lead our group.”

Football remains a focal point of Whitworth’s life, even though it’s in a different capacity His work now consists of breaking down the game in front of a camera, rather than taking on many hall of fame pass rushers he’s faced through the decades.

Evolution was a big part of Whitworth’s game, as he slimmed down and embraced ﬂexibility exercises to counter the speedy pass rushers that ﬂooded the league in the latter stages of his career And here he is parlaying retirement to evolve once more.

Surprisingly, Whitworth admitted this new venture is a little more nerve-wracking too. Some might think he’s making a fashion statement with the hoodie under his suit on Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night Football telecast, but it actually has little to do with that.

“When you get feedback from people who say they love seeing you on T.V., it makes you feel good because you just don’t know,” Whitworth said “I’m not super conﬁdent in it. That’s why I wear my hoodie. It makes me feel comfortable to be myself. I’m just trying to be me.”

Traveling from one NFL city to the next as part of a broadcast crew is a ﬁtting “retirement” for the Louisiana legend. Nope, you won’t catch Whitworth slowing down any time soon For a man who is seemingly always on the move, it’s a lifestyle well earned.

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Saints quarterback Tyler Shough, center, gives instructions to campers during the Manning Passing Academy on Friday at Nicholls State in Thibodaux.

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Has your crib grown hohum,channeling Jim and Pam from “The Ofﬁce,” rather than Beyoncé and Jay Z, as you feel is more your vibe? Or, perhaps, your brood has outgrown your abode, leading toa setup resembling acollection of dorm rooms. Maybe you are just ready for achange?

Whatever thecase, there’sa cure for that: The 2025 Parade of Homes, the second weekend of which is from 1p.m. to 5p.m. Saturday and Sunday, is showcasing 16 newly built homes by 14 area builders

The homes feature thelatest amenities and design elements,including lighting, fixtures and appliances,aswell as flexible, multifunctional floor plans and outdoor living spaces designed for yearround use. Attendees can also obtain advice from builders, designers, lenders and real estate professionals.

Studies show consumers are driven to seek new homes that offer style, increased space

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WHAT: The Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans hosts the open house at 16 metro-area newbuilds ranging from $250,000 to over$2million. WHEN: 1p.m.to5 p.m. Saturdayand Sunday COST: Free.

MORE: Select homes can also be seen virtually starting July 31. See hbagno.org/ signature-events

and affordability,aswell as comfort, safety and asense of community.Luxury touches are high on thewish list, too. Eight of the16homes on this year’stour feature either a scullery or abutler’spantry Six of them have wine cellars. Oneofthem has an elevator and apickleball court. Another was built specifically to be affordable and energy efficient with its own fortified roof and wind mitigation certificate.

This is no one-stop tour

These homes are spread across avariety of desirable New Orleans area neighborhoods: Lakeshore subdivision, The Parks of Plaquemines (a growing area in Belle Chasse with four homes on the tour); Giaise in Marrero; Place Pontchartrain, Gabriel and Louisiana Trace in Kenner; Old Metairie; Bonnabel Place in Metairie; Live Oak Manor in West Jefferson; and Lakeview,Bucktownand the Fairgrounds areas in NewOrleans. The event is organized annually by the HomeBuilders Association of Greater New Orleans.

What’s on trend

This year,the industry is seeing large porcelain tiles (48 inches) being used in homes, reducing the number of grout joints in bathrooms, backsplashes, ﬁreplaces and more. Fiber cement siding on exteriors has becomemore common in recent years (it doesn’tburn, it doesn’trot, and nothing eats it), and vinyl windowsare now standard for

CreativeBuilders’ Kenner kitchen includes a coffered ceiling, butler’spantryand paneled refrigerator

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DIA Custom Builders createdaninvisible scullery/pantrythat looks like an armoire outside, but inside, one sideconceals the refrigerator and freezer and the other side openstoreveal afully concealed room with ample pantry shelving storage, cabinets, and awet bar (or place to do the dishes).

Hyman L. Bartolo Contractors built the $700,000 St. Jude Dream Home in Bucktown. PROVIDED ILLUSTRATION

maintaining awell-insulated interior during the hot, humid New Orleanssummers.

Also, it seems few want to gaze lovingly upon thecoffee maker once theappliance has completed its task. Ditto indulging the compulsion to do thedishes halfway through adinner party.These desires have madethe butler’spantry, aka the scullery,anecessity. Just tossthose dishes in the sink behind aclosed door and get right back to an otherwise pristine showplace kitchen.

MattHannan, founder and president of DIA Custom Builders, took theconcept of thescullery astep further. Enter theinvisible scullery/ pantry.

From theoutside, this buildout looks like ahandsomearmoire, yet on one side aset of panels conceals the refrigerator and freezer; on theother side of the armoire, apanel with over 6feet of headway clearance opens to reveal afully concealed room with ample pantry shelving storage, cabinetsand awet bar (or place to do thedishes) and electrical outlets for that unsightly coffee maker.

“In apinch, it could be a safe room,”Hannan said. “I

started doing this three years ago, and now Itry to include it in all my builds. People love it.”

Outsideofthe invisible room,the primary kitchen has apanel-ready dishwasher concealed in the island, leaving nothing to distract from the showstopper 48-inch Jenn Air range withdual fuel ovens.

The kitchen’scounters are kept clean of unsightly outlets with clever hideaway pop-up power strips forboth electrical and charging that recess into thekitchen counters with aquick press.

On theﬂoor,luxury vinyl plank matches the natural honey-hued custom wood cabinets.

“LVP is theway to go,” Hannan said. “It’s water and stain resistant,defect resistant, moredurable than wood, and it’shalf thecost.”

Hannan designed his Old Metairie home on the tour to have thelook of the architecture found on Florida’s celebrated 30A, a24-mile stretch of highway sometimes described as the “Hamptons of the South,”with arecessed arched entryway and abalcony supported by corbels off theprimary bedroom.

Upsizing,not gettingsmaller

Rather than downsizing, clients of custom builder Adam Bertuglia, founder and president of Creative Builders, wantedacustom home where they could enjoy pickleball with their children and grandchildren. The $2 million Kennerhome features four bedrooms, 41/2 baths and 6,600 square feet of living space. Other lux touches include an elevator and aseries of hidden doors on the second ﬂoor to conceal alaundry area, agaming room, decorative ceilings, and aglass railing off the second ﬂoor that affords views of Lake Pontchartrain.

When building out this year’s St. Jude Dream Home (the Home Builders Association is asupporter), Hyman L. Bartolo Contractors spared no expense on the $700,000 abode that was to be rafﬂed off to support St. Jude’sChildren’s Research Hospital.

The Dream Home, 425 Live Oak St., in Bucktown is 2,768 square feet withthree bedroomsand 21/2 bathrooms. It has asleek, chic, contemporary design. Standout touches include aﬂoating staircase withlighted treadsand abutler’spantry.

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Yoga classes offered at Longue Vue

Longue Vue House and Gardens offers Yoga with a Vue from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on its grounds to promote health and wellness for all skill levels. The yoga class presented in partnership with Pilates and Yoga Loft Old Metairie is $10 a class for members and $20 a class for general admission.

Registration is recommended as class size is limited. All participants must bring their own yoga mat. Longue Vue is at 7 Bamboo Road in New Orleans. Visit longuevue.com.

Property research seminar Saturday

Orleans will offer summer tours of the Notarial Archives Research Center, where the answers to those questions may reside.

Clerk Chelsey Napoleon will open the archives at 1340 Poydras St., Suite 260, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. July 7 and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 24, Aug. 7 and 26.

A seminar on learning about the history of a piece of property will be Saturday at the New Orleans Jazz Museum in the Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., on the edge of the French Quarter Sponsored by the Friends of the Cabildo, “Researching Your New Orleans Property” will feature Robert J. Cangelosi Jr., an adjunct lecturer at Tulane School of Architecture. The talk will outline developing the history using primary and secondary sources, preparing a chain of title and also discovering improvements made over the years.

The seminar will be at 10 a.m. in-person and on Zoom. Cost is $35, $25 for members, for either in-person or Zoom.

To join the class or for information, visit friendsofthecabildo.org.

Notarial Archives to open in July, August

What to know more about the history of a property?

Starting in July, the Clerk of Civil District Court in New

Longue Vue House and Gardens in New Orleans is holding yoga classes under the trees on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

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introduce the ancient Asian art of gardening while attendees enjoy a beer at a local brewery. Dwarf jade (Portulacaria afra) will be the planting.

Instructors will lead participants in lessons on the core concepts to pot, prune and design a bonsai tree.

Additional sessions in July include:

For information, email civilclerkresearchctr@orleanscdc. com or call (504) 407-0106.

HNOC to host antiques forum

The weekendlong celebration of history and aesthetics returns to The Historic New Orleans Collection for the annual Antiques Forum.

“Light and Distraction: Material Culture of Southern Amusement” will be the theme for the Aug. 8-10 incarnation. Board games, the circus, pleasure gardens, horse racing and more will be examined.

A lineup of experts and enthusiasts include Tara Gleason Chicirda, of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Claudia Pfeiffer, of the National Sporting Library & Museum; and Allison Robinson, of The NewYork Historical Society Registration is open for a single day or for the full forum, plus add-on activities. Sessions start at $60. Visit hnoc.org.

Learn art of bonsai over a beer

Horticulture will be what’s on tap at 6:30 p.m. July 11 at Abita Brewing Co. Tap Room, 127 Barbee Road, in Covington for Bonsai Bar, which aims to

n July 16, 6:30 p.m. at Port Orleans Brewing Co., New Orleans

n July 19, 2 p.m. at Oak Street Brewery, New Orleans n July 23, 6 p.m. at Skeeta Hawk Brewing, New Orleans n July 26, 3 p.m. at Saint August Maison, Slidell

Cost starts at $85. For information, visit bonsaibar.com.

Volunteer projects abound at City Park

A variety of cleanup days and initiatives are on tap at City Park to improve and maintain the extensive urban green space. Those coming up include:

n Couturie Forest Trail Team Zoom Info Session: 9 a.m. Saturday. n City Park Kayak cleanup: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. Meet at gravel launch at the intersection of Dueling Oaks and Dreyfous drives. Volunteers are sought to join City Park’s kayak krewe that will work with staff to remove litter from waterways with the use of personal kayaks. Register for the programs and ﬁnd out more about what to bring at friendsofcitypark. volunteerhub.com.

Have a home and garden event coming up? Send it to events@theadvocate.com.

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Think of the column as the Atlas of architecture. These columns of different sizes and shapes, plain or ornamented, exist to up hold your home, the center of your world.

— Karen Taylor Gist

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GARDEN TIPS

SKEETER WATCH: Rainyweather creates pools of standing water,which provide mosquitoes with plenty of placesto breed. Gardeners often work outdoors in early morning and late afternoon to avoid the heat, but these are also times when mosquitoes are active.West Nile virusisstill aconcern,and youshould always put on an effectivemosquito repellent before workingin your garden. Remember to reapply it as needed, which is likely more oftenthan youthink given howmuch we sweatthis timeof the year.

DEADHEADS: Remove spent flowers from annuals such as marigolds, zinnias, cosmos, gaillardia and rudbeckia to encouragethem to continue blooming as long as possible.

SHELL GAME: Plant arow or twoof peanuts in the home garden nowas earlysummer crops are pulledup. Shell rawpeanuts andplant about three to four seeds per foot of row.Waterdaily until the seeds come up.They will be readytoharvest in October.Peanutsalso makeanexcellent green manurecrop. Just as the peanut plantscomeinto flower turnthem under.Theywill enrich thesoil with nitrogen and organic matter.

MEASURING RAINFALL: Rain is often widely scattered this time of the year youmay see adownpour where you work, only to gethome and find not one drop fell there.Watching the weather reports often does not accurately reflect the amount of rainfall your yard actually gets.And, of course, that knowledge has agreatinfluence on how youwater.The solution to this is to pick up arain gauge at anurserytokeep track of the rainfall in your yard.

With shrubs and flowers in full growth mode, it may already be time for some pruning.

Gardenerssometimesplay refereeinkeeping lovely growth from turning to chaos

Remember how bad our landscapes looked in the spring because of the devastating freezes in January? My how thingshave changed. Ourlong, warm growing season, fertile soil and generous rainfall are providing rapid growth and recovery

This is amixed blessing. It is often said among area gardeners that the challenge of gardening in southeast Louisiana is ﬁnding plants that will grow wellhere and then keeping them under control.

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After the bark peels, smooth trunks add to crape myrtles’

BY DAN GILL

Contributing writer

My daughter has several crape myrtles in her yard. Some of them have started to lose the bark on their trunks, and there is an orange residue where the bark has fallen off. Is this something to be concerned about? If so, what should we do to clear this up? — Jeremy Simpson

It is normal, natural and even desirable for the bark of crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia species and hybrids) to peel off, revealing different colors of bark underneath This is one of the attractive features of these wonderful summerblooming trees.

The fact that the bark peels is why the trunks of crape myrtles always appear so smooth. The rusty color underneath the bark is typical in many of the hybrid crape myrtles.

The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark peels. So, there is no need for concern. If your daughter likes, she can remove the bark as it loosens up and begins to fall away to make the tree look neater

What is the best way to deal with crape myrtle suckers? — Mary Dugan Brignac

It seems that crape myrtles are trees with aspirations to be big shrubs. Leave a tree alone and eventually most will send up lots of shoots from the base.

To maintain a pleasing tree shape, we regularly remove these shoots — called suckers — from the base of the trunk. Remove suckers as soon as they appear They are easier to deal with and cause less damage to the tree when they are removed early Prune them all the way back to their

the freshly cut spots with a product such as Monterey Sucker Stopper (some nurseries may carry this, or you can order online). With proper management, you can keep suckers under control. Older trees tend to produce fewer suckers and don’t require so much attention.

I am having a problem with my hibiscus bush. There are large numbers of small dark insects clustered on the flower buds and even open flowers. What are these insects and what would be the best way to control them? — Laura Cespedes

These are aphids: small, sucking insects that cluster on the ﬂower buds, new growth and under leaves in the spring and early summer

point of origin at the trunk or a root. Make a ﬂush cut. Do not leave a stub or several suckers will appear for every one you cut off.

To prevent suckers from growing back so fast, treat

Aphids are not fatal to hibiscuses, but as they feed on the sap, they weaken the plant and can cause stunted growth, deformed leaves, bud drop and yellow leaves.

Control aphids with spray applications of light horticultural oils (Year Round Spray Oil, All Seasons Oil), insecticidal soap or a pyrethroid, like permethrin, bifenthrin or others.

The pink hibiscus mealybug is also a common pest to watch for They cluster on the new growth and buds of the hibiscus plant and are covered with a white, fuzzy/powdery material. Like aphids, they feed by sucking out the sap of the bush. But they also inject toxic compounds that can seriously damage or even kill a plant.

Pink hibiscus mealybugs can be controlled with several applications of a light horticultural oil, or you could use

one of the pyrethroids. Imidacloprid, applied as a drench, can also be used to control pink hibiscus mealybugs, either alone or in conjunction with the insecticides already mentioned.

Dan Gill is a retired consumer horticulture specialist with the LSU AgCenter. He hosts the “Garden Show” on WWL-AM Saturdays at 9 a.m. Email gardening questions to gnogardening@agcenter.lsu. edu.

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As we move into summer,it is important for gardeners to keep an eye on ﬂower beds, shrubs and vines in the landscape, looking for plantsthat are growing too large or beds too crowded. Lots of plants have grown enthusiastically since spring. By midsummer, it is highly likely that beds of annuals, perennials and tropicals may beneﬁt from a gardener’scontrolling hand.

Agardener often has toplay the role of areferee.Plants grow larger than expected

and start crowding other plants. Tall plants shadeout or fall over ontosmaller plants. Plants spread into areas where they were not intended to grow. Vines develop amind of their own and take off in totally unexpected directions Without aguiding hand, the resulting chaos can lead to disaster —particularly if things are allowed to grow unchecked for an extended period.

Some of these problems can be avoided by becoming familiar with aplant beforeyou include it in the landscape. Youshould always know what the maturesizeofaplant will be, but this often doesn’t

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happen. This can result in planting trees, shrubs,vines and perennials that will eventually become too large for theirlocations.

Even in awell-planned landscape, though, control is always important. The most useful methods for dealing with especially enthusiastic plantsare pruning, supporting and digging out or barriers to prevent unwanted spreading.

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When it comes to pruning, it’s good to remember that it is better to prune lightly,occasionally,asneeded, than to allow aplant to getway overgrown and then cut it back severely.Ialmostalways carry apair of pruners when Iwalk through my garden. Afew judicious snips here and there help to keep morevigorous plantsfrom overwhelming theirless vigorousneighbors. Done properly and regularly, this type of pruning is not even noticeable.

tractive. And, of course, removing or shortening growth that is covering nearby plants will help those plants to stay healthy.

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Pruning can be usedto control the size or shape of aplant or inﬂuence how it grows.Lightly trimming back aplant such as acoleus, hibiscus or impatiens every now and then will keep it more compact and bushier.Cutting wild shoots that occasionally occur on shrubs will keep them shapelier and moreat-

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Staking or otherwise supporting plantsisdone to keep plantsfrom leaning or falling over onto nearby plants. It helps thetall plant lookbetter andobviously beneﬁts the plantsthat would otherwise be covered. Isuggest you use bamboo or plastic-covered metal stakes. With the constantpresence of termites, wooden stakes arealmost certaintobecome infested. They

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arealso more prone to decay The stake should be tall enough to do the job, but not be tooobvious. If young childrenwill be playing around the garden, however, the stakesshould be taller than theyare to reducethe possibility of injury.You should also be careful whenbending over in beds where plants have been staked. Stakesmay simply be placed in sucha way that the plant is supportedleaning up against it, or it may be necessary to tie the plant to the stake.Green,brown or black twine or plastic tieswill be less obvious thanother colors. Make sure youtie the lower andupperparts of the plant to the stake to provide proper support.

Anotherlessnoticeable and useful waytosupport plants involvesthe use of abrick or stone andworks remarkably well. Straighten the plant up into the desiredposition and thenwedge abrick or stone at the base.You will ﬁnd that the support at the base will usually hold the plant more upright without being visible. If this doesn’twork, astake might be necessary.

Othertechniquesfor support include tying twine in aloop allthe wayaround a plant, using awire cage (best done early in the growing

FILE PHOTO By RICHARD ALAN HANNON Roses are among the plants that maybenefitfrom usingstakes.

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Butterflygingers are herbaceous plants that spread through rhizomes.

season allowing the plant to grow into it), tying aplant to asturdier,nearby plant or usingone of the commercially available support systems, of which there are many

Controllingspread

Many perennials and tropicals spread by underground rhizomes, some fast and some slowly.Ifgrowth shows up outside the area you have allotted for that plant, promptly dig outthe unwanted growth. Or dig up the whole clump anddivide it in spring or fall. This can be done annually to control aggressivespreaders. Extra divisionscan be replanted somewhere else, potted up and given to friends or discarded.

Barriers extending at least 8to12inches down in the ground around aggressive spreaders can help keep them under control. Aplant can be planted into the ground in a containerwith its bottom cut out to limit or slowspreading. Use your imagination and deal with each situation creatively.The important thing is to deal with these situations where control is necessary promptly and regularly.We gardeners often think of ourselves as designers andcultivators, but don’tforget,we must also often play the role of mediators and referees.

SerenitaRaspberry angelonia is in full bloom and maybereadyfor atrim.

Alittle trimming of abeautiful Kauai Torenia Lemon Drop likethis one, which has white flowers with yellowpatches on each petals, will keep theplant healthier.

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40-year-old youngster fits in with avenue’s elegance

BY VICTOR ANDREWS Staff writer

Ride along St. Charles Avenue between Napoleon and Jefferson avenues and you’ll see that the architectural styles vary greatly along the grand thoroughfare.

A Tudor-style home sits across from a seemingly “Mary Poppins”inspired august ladies’ club, and the red-tiled Milton H. Latter Library is close to a Georgian two-story.

Tucked in behind a wrought-iron fence is a charming white brick home with a portico, a youngster at 40 years old along a street ﬁlled with century-old dwellings.

Charm is the key word for this home, which has more than 3,800 square feet of space, with ﬁve bedrooms, easy entertaining style and an attractive price of $1.7 million.

From the street, the arched pattern over the windows, including those on the second ﬂoor, and on the roof line mimics the rounded interest of the portico, which covers the front stoop. Step up the brick front walk to the four-columned portico and ﬁnd the elegant lead-glass front door, complete with sidelights and a lead-glass transom.

A sweeping curved stair in the marble-ﬂoored foyer is the main anchor in the soaring two-story space, illuminated by the door and windows, plus an additional upper-level window. Under the stairs is a convenient powder room for guests.

To the right, the primary suite features a gracious bedroom chamber with wood ﬂoors that receive natural light from a pair of windows on the front of the home.

The en suite is a medley of stone textures in light tones that highlight a double vanity, soaking tub, standing shower and two closets. A large walk-in closet is accessible.

On the other side of the foyer, wood ﬂoors anchor an elegant dining room, edged with chair molding and accented with a ceiling medallion. Twin ﬂoor-length windows provide a view of the front lawn and allow plenty of light into the space. A swinging door leads to the kitchen, and a set of bifold doors lead into the sitting room.

and symmetrical, the

A two-story foyer is the receiving room of the home, a marble-floored space that moves into the family room, dining room and stairs to the upper bedrooms.

The family room includes a wall of shelves and cabinets, illuminated by a pair of French doors overlooking the covered patio on one side, above, while across the room, left, a wet bar balances the dark and commanding working fireplace.

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home at 5018 St. Charles Ave. is a charming dwelling on one of the city’s most famous thoroughfares

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Stainless appliances abound in the linear kitchen, warmed by wood cabinets and featuring open stretches of counter space.

A bayed wall of windows allows a cascade of natural light into the breakfast area, just off the kitchen and family room of the house.

The unique shape of the sitting room, curved at the corner of the home, is formed by a set of tall windows looking out over the avenue, creating a bright and inviting spot for entertaining guests.

Behind the foyer lies the central open family room. A corner ﬁreplace with black marble surround and hearth creates a focal point opposite the wall of shelves and cabinets that separates the room from the kitchen. A wet bar is also part of the package in this multifunction space, which boasts twin sets of French doors and transoms that overlook the covered patio.

The kitchen, a well-composed linear space, has plentiful wood and glass cabinets in warm tones, contrasted by the light counters that end in a short peninsula with seating. Stainless appliances are abundant.

A breakfast room, off the kitchen and living room, looks out over the covered patio via a bayed wall of windows, making it a jewel boxlike spot for coffee and a morning meal.

An additional half-bath is just off the kitchen and the garage.

Four additional bedrooms are upstairs, each with generous closet space. One bedroom also is connected to an ofﬁce.

Two full baths, one with a standing shower and one with a tub/shower combination, are located on the second ﬂoor as well.

A paved patio on the back of the home enjoys a transparent cover to allow plenty of light but protection from the elements, shaded by large trees.

The home is listed by Eleanor Farnsworth, of Latter & Blum | Compass, (504) 891-1142.

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Five linear windows bayed over the front corner of the home in the sitting room provide a colorful backdrop and a view of stately St. Charles Avenue.

A soaking tub is part of the primary bath, which also includes a standing shower, two closets and a doorway into a larger walk-in closet.

residence offersanairy, inviting ambiance perfectfor both everyday living andentertaining. Theheart of thehome is thewelcoming eatinkitchen with amplecounter space to inspire your culinarycreativity. Wood flooring flowsseamlessly throughout themainlivingareas,addingwarmthand

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Vaulted ceiling, giant oaks and clever updates make ’60s home a haven

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BY NICOLE DUFOUR Contributing writer

As his miniature dachshund housemates Dewey and Bubba barked excitedly at his feet, Curtis Herring described the many joys of living in his New Orleans home.

“It always feels like I’m on vacation here,” the New Orleans interior designer said from the kitchen of his Lakewood North home of two years. “The wonderful terrazzo ﬂoors, amazing ﬁreplace, nice pool ... the neighborhood is so hidden and quiet. I don’t feel like I’m in the city.”

Lakewood North, that blink-and-you-miss-it subdistrict of Lakeview, is nestled between Veterans Memorial Boulevard to the north, the Interstate 10 overpass to the south, Pontchartrain Expressway to the east and the 17th Street Canal to the west Herring’s corner-lot, midcenturymodern home sits on a shady, oak-lined street. Before stumbling across the home on a real estate app, Herring, a Shreveport-Bossier City

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ABOVE: The midcentury modern home in Lakewood North was built in 1962. RIGHT: Interior designer Curtis Herring sits with his two dachshunds, Dewey and Bubba

A sectional sofa that Herring’s late parents bought in 1957 is featured steel sculpture by contemporary artist Pard Morrison is placed ove

featured in the living area, where the vaulted ceiling slopes upward to reach 18 feet. A 3-by-9-foot triptych by local artist Allison Stewart hangs behind the sofa, while a vibrant stainless ver the fireplace.

The mature trees were a selling point for Herring. The ’60s retro beat goes on with high-gloss Hunter Green metal, diamond mesh poolside patio furniture.

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native, wasn’t familiar with the neighborhood.

“I really didn’t know the neighborhood existed. But I grew up in a midcentury home — built in the late 1950s — and always knew in the back of my mind that I would eventually end up living in one again,” he said.

How he got there

Herring moved to New Orleans in the 1990s after graduating from LSU with a degree in inte-

rior design. For several years, he lived and worked in a traditional two-story Uptown Broadmoor home, building a successful business catering mostly to high-end residential and commercial work, including restaurants for chef John Besh, such as Pizza Domenica and Shaya. In recent years, Herring kept his eyes on real estate listings and open house announcements, particularly in Lake Vista and Lake Terrace. In early 2023, his real estate app alerted him about a 2,050-square-foot, three-bedroom home in Lakewood North that had been on the market for less than a week.

When he walked into the home with his real estate agent, it was love at first sight. “We walked in, I saw the terrazzo floor, nice vaulted ceiling, open floor plan and so many other wonderful features. I said, ‘I gotta have it,’” Herring recalled.

The sale went through quickly, and Herring had a new home.

The home’s history

It was designed in 1962 for Moise Alaynik by New Orleans architect Leonard Dreyfus. A preWorld War II graduate of Tulane University’s school of architecture, Dreyfus learned alongside many of the South’s modernist

Herring’s college friend Christopher Brent created this piece as well as others in the art-filled home.

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design vanguard, including Albert C. Ledner and Arthur Davis.

Herring recently discovered that Dreyfus also had designed a stunning two-story international-style Shreveport home he had admired while growing up there.

Alaynik died in the early 2000s and his widow, Dorlene, remained in the home until her death a few years ago.

Making some changes

The Alayniks made very few changes to the house over the years, except for post-Hurricane Katrina ﬂooding repairs and updates to the kitchen and bathrooms.

Herring removed the carpeting installed in the hallways and the three bedrooms and replaced it with wood plank ﬂooring.

He also removed some of the louvered closet and cabinet doors, commonplace among midcentury homes. In one case, he removed the doors of a two-sided louvered closet, which divided the living room and entrance hall and, using the frame and shelves, created a sleek display shelf for his pottery collection.

Other updates included widening a narrow kitchen peninsula to create a roomier, more practical “eat at” counter For seating, Herring found two vintage rattan and chrome cantilevered Cesca chairs. The quartz countertop Herring installed runs along the breakfast room wall to create a new buffet/bar with cherry wood

cabinetry, ideal for entertaining Adding a pop of color above the buffet is a framed abstract on canvas by Louisiana artist Yvette Owens.

Complementing a circular walnut dining room table, made by Alexandria furniture designer Glenn Armand, are six vintage Bruno chairs Herring snared on 1stdibs.com. A framed 5-by-5-foot landscape by Louisiana artist Gaither Pope hangs on a wall nearby. Herring especially loves the dining and living area’s graduated vaulted ceiling that slopes upward from 10 to 18 feet. The living room features a threepiece Flexsteel sectional sofa that Herring’s late parents bought in 1957. “It connects me to my parents and my childhood home,” he said.

The room also has two dark brown leather Barcelona chairs and a Parsons coffee table with olive ash burl veneer.

A 3-by-9-foot triptych by local artist Allison Stewart graces one of the walls. Over the ﬁreplace, a vibrant stainless steel sculpture by Colorado contemporary artist Pard Morrison nicely contrasts with the red brickwork. A Daniel Degroot wall sculpture that Herring rescued from a Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, junk shop has pride of place on a wall near the foyer, which leads to other rooms and more artwork

Herring calls the hallway his art gallery, where he showcases works of creative friends, such as Nashville, Tennesseebased artist and printmaker

Mike Martino, and framed originals by New Orleans artists Wayne Amadee, Jean Geraci and others.

Herring transformed one of the home’s original three bedrooms into his man cave, where he watches television, works on his computer and relaxes with Dewey and Bubba.

In a cheery, sun-ﬁlled guest room, Herring keeps colorful heirloom quilts and vintage bedding.

The master bedroom has a nice backyard view, with a 16-by-34 foot in-ground pool that Herring completely overhauled. Outdoors, the ‘60s retro beat goes on with high-gloss

Hunter Green diamond-mesh metal patio furniture.

“I’m so happy living here, and you can’t beat the neighborhood,” Herring said. “It’s quiet, hidden and has lots of families. And Dewey and Bubba love it, especially when I take them for long walks along the 17th Street Canal levee.”

Herring watches TV or works on his computer in his home’s man cave

Herring installed a quartz countertop that runs along the breakfast room wall and extends on to create a buffet/bar with cherry wood cabinetry, ideal for entertaining Adding a pop of color is a framed abstract on canvas by Louisiana artist yvette Owens.

A circular walnut dining table, made by Alexandria furniture designer Glenn Armand, is paired with six vintage Bruno chairs.A 5-foot by 5-foot landscape painting by Louisiana artist Gaither Pope hangs nearby.

A touch of New Orleans

BY JYL BENSON

Contributing writer

Shaun Watson started We Might Be On Fire in 2019 as a ﬂoral printmaking business, but it really started to take off just last year with a new Crescent City-centric identify, blooming into a textile business based on his own designs inspired by local ﬂora, fauna and culture.

Clothing, rugs and pillows feature things like Watson’s cat Vinnie, roseate spoonbills, alligators, tropical leaves, star jasmine blossoms, birds of paradise blooms and magnolias.

pany’s “Around Town” series feature local businesses, such as Snake N Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge, Brother’s Three Lounge, Ms. Mae’s bar, Vaughn’s and, from a growing series of collaborations with other local entities, potholes featured on the Look At This F***** Street Instagram page.

PROVIDED PHOTOS Tropical leaves are among the designs of We Might Be Fire’s rugs, which are made of either wool or a blend of wool and silk. Designer Shaun Watson’s We Might Be On Fire textile business bases its prints on New

Cotton-backed rugs are made of wool or a blend of wool and silk. Pillows are made of cotton.

Woven cotton blankets from the 7th Ward-based com-

“I didn’t really have a cohesive idea when I started,” Watson said. “I just wanted a successful business doing what I wanted to do. When I ﬁgured it out, things started taking off.”

Now, with a focus on the Crescent City theme, “I walk around town and try to ﬁnd the joy,” Watson said. “I am inspired by nature, vibrance

and the joy of New Orleans and the South. I snap a picture, then go home and draw it on my computer. I ﬁnd massive inspiration in everything here.”

The tipping point came when a blanket Watson designed featuring a cat (a frequent subject) on the porch of what is clearly a New Orleans home generated 45,000 likes on Instagram (@wemighhtbeonﬁre). In October, We Might Be On Fire had 10,000 followers on the image-driven website. Now it has 20,500. In February, Watson’s life partner, Nancy Harrison, quit her day job in restaurant management to join Watson as his full-time business partner, focusing on national and international marketing. Orders for rugs, pillows, blankets, T-shirts, prints and caps are coming in from around the globe

A recent Saturday sample sale at the now-shuttered Zony Mash Beer Project opened at noon with a line of 200 people waiting to get the

INSIDESOURCES

WE MIGHT BE ON FIRE

WHERE TO FIND IT:

Products are available on the company’s website, wemightbeonfire.net, and selected goods are carried locally at Dirty Coast and in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art gift shop.Watson also hosts frequent pop-ups at local hotels and breweries (see website for information).

MAKE IT YOUR OWN: Rugs can be custom-designed and crafted.The company also takes suggestions for themes, such as a blanket featuring your favorite bar or restaurant, or your house.

DOING GOOD: This rising tide is also carrying ships: A portion of sales benefits the Healthy Gulf Project.

drop on $135 blankets, $45-$60 pillows and $275-$1,200 rugs. The inventory sold out in an hour.

Watson’s products are made in the United States, except for the rugs, which are woven in India.

He gets lots of questions about the name.

“The name originally came from a typo for a different project where I meant to type ‘we might be alright’ and it somehow autocorrected to ‘we might be on ﬁre,’ which I thought was funny,” said the 30-year-old London native.

“Now I’m stuck with it! I do like that it can be interpreted in multiple different ways, though.”

Despite its ambiguous moniker, We Might Be On Fire is most deﬁnitely on ﬁre.

Inside Sources is a column that tracks trends and provides consumer information from experts in their home and gardening ﬁelds.

The tipping point for Watson’s textile company came when a blanket he designed featuring a cat (a frequent subject) on the porch of a New Orleans home generated 45,000 likes on Instagram.

We Might Be On Fire partnered with a satirical Instagram account, Look At This F***** Street, that skewers New Orleans’ infamous road conditions for some featured textile designs.

REALESTATETRANSFERS

NEWORLEANS

TRANSFERS ISSUEDJUNE 17-21

DISTRICT 1

BANKS ST.2751: $291,000, Arlette

G. Smith, Gregory J. Smith and Smith revocable trust to Ann Hart Ferrygood and Terry Ferrygood.

COLISEUM ST.1223-25: $305,000, Michelle Anne Canerot to HatchardFamily Trust.

PORTOFNEW ORLEANS PLACE

600: $1,600,000, KarenSpencer Shales to Sharon Poche and TimothyJ.Poche.

REV.JOHN RAPHAEL JR. WAY

1514: $5,820, City of NewOrleans to Nola Trouvaille Fund LLC.

ST.CHARLES AVE. 731: $1,025,000, Roberta Dejean Slaton and StevenVerlin Slaton to James Blake Boudreaux and Michelle Mayeur Boudreaux.

S. DUPRE ST.1101: $157,000, Senoli LLCtoHelen H. Hendricks and Kenneth Hendricks.

S. GAYOSO ST.1119: $7,803, City of New Orleans to JohnMilan Batiste.

S. GENOIS ST.221: $350,000, Colleen Mary Stephens to Ann Frances Long Reynaand Scott Allen Reyna.

S. PIERCE ST.508: $385,000, Van Vuong Tran to Sophie AnneMary Leeand Young Lee.

TERPSICHORE ST.2219: $5,820, CityofNew OrleanstoDGProperties LLC.

TERPSICHORE ST.2227: $13,500, CityofNew OrleanstoELPO Group LLC.

DISTRICT 2

CANAL BLVD.6901, 6911: $10 and other valuable consideration, Andrew Sheehyand Gwendolyn LastrapesSheehytoJon Lashley Sr. and Kara Lashley.

CHARTRESST. 921: $270,000, Doyle J. Smith III Family Trust to Rimland Properties LLC.

ESPLANADE AVE. 3342: $1,064,000, Alice Fras Alwardand Austin D. AlwardtoMegan Elizabeth

Shefﬁeld Capital Solutions LLC to BenRay Brownand Kathleen Ann Brown.

HERON ST.31: $100, Charlene Finfrock Babovich and Wayne M. Babovich to Bethaney Vincent

LOUISVILLE ST.6235: $724,000, RichardB.Bonnet and Sandra Thaller Bonnet to Brian Joseph Prattini and Gina LoverdePrattini.

MARSHAL FOCH ST.6170: $420,000, Barbara M. Hebert to Andrew Ryan Drummondand Megan Marsalone.

N. RENDON ST.1015: $598,000, Felicia M. McCarrenLaichi to Andrew Kelly.

ORCHID ST.2734-36: $655,000, Angelle GravoisRuppertand

ST.PHILIP ST.3223-25: $415,000, Philip Raeisghasem to Molly F. Mueller.

SPANISH FORT BLVD.37: $1,150,000, Joseph Fein III and Louise TiblierFein testamentary marital trust to Anastasia McCarthyand James McCarthy.

VICKSBURG ST.6856: $270,000, Bridget MarySullivan Buck and Sharon RowanSullivan to Judith GremillionRowley.

WEST END BLVD.6565: $270,000, Julie Anne O. ConnellJuliano to Harry William Slick revocable trust.

DISTRICT 3

A.P.TUREAUD ST.1801-1803: $44,000, JennyLawsontoRobert Bassler.

ALABO ST.2111: $5,820, Cityof New Orleans to NicoleMichelle HartfordBrown.

ALFRED ST.3627: $50,700, Cityof New Orleans to WernerRodelbi PerezFuentes

ANDRYST. 1220: $38,500, Cityof New Orleans to SkygateProperty &Investments LLC.

ANNETTE ST.3400: donation, no value stated, Nora Lewis Dejoie to Rachael Dejoie.

BARTHOLOMEW ST.1700: $120,000, DavidG.Munroe to KGV Investments LLC.

BELFORTAVE. 3221-23: $354,000, Kaiser Investment Properties 4 LLCtoJoseph M. Schwartz.

BENTON ST.1421: $6,195, City

MarieBee Reaux and Jerome AnthonyReaux.

BRUXELLESST. 3429: $220,000, ElizaDoreen Holden Craft to Conor John Saldana.

BULLARD AVE. 40141: $24,200, CityofNew Orleans to Anwar Rosado and Stephen Michael Samuel

BURGUNDY ST.2724: $600,000, AmyDavidsonStembridge and RichardStembridge to Montie Lewing.

CAMBERLEY DRIVE 6916: $175,000, Charlestine Derico Hardy to HoaLeThi Pham and JohnnyHoang.

CAMPUS BLVD.6000: $335,000, YolanySarai Gonzales Perezto Gwendolyn Saul.

CARDENAS DRIVE 4753: $6,020, CityofNew Orleans to ByronAndrew Tillman and PatS.Tillman.

CATHERINE ST.3600: $45,000, LA Property Team LLCtoContainer Companies LLC.

CHARBONNET ST.1428: $6,070, CityofNew Orleans to Rising SunHomesLLC

CHARBONNET ST.1730: $7,640, CityofNew Orleans to Cecilia Alejandrina Calcano Lizardo.

CHARBONNET ST.2428: $5,885, CityofNew Orleans to DarleneB. Sentmore.

CHARBONNET ST.919: $5,820, CityofNew Orleans to Marlen Linares and Orestes Linares.

CHARTRES ST.5020: $177,000, RobertM.Porter to Dicheono Tito Simmons.

CITRUS DRIVE 4522: $7,025, City of NewOrleans to Zee&Gee Housing.

CORSICAPLACE 4910: $179,500, Kim Anh Thi Nguyen to Jawanza KamaraAlexander

DANNEEL 2400: $390,000, SMS Development LLCtoJordan Rashan Westerﬁeld and Kayla Joi Callahan.

DAUPHINEST. 3116-18: $330,000, Ivan M. Valentino to Tracy Oliver Ball.

DELERY ST.46465: $6,007, Cityof NewOrleans to Trinette Marie Robinson Tucker

DESIRE ST.1233: $315,000, JBS 1 Property LLCtoSarah Rachel Ravits.

DESLONDE ST.632: $655,000, Emily L. MawMcDuff and RobertB. McDuff to DesireeCannon Wattis and Samuel Doores.

DESLONDE ST.2400: $5,970, City of NewOrleans to HerbertErnesto Merino Munoz.

DESLONDE ST.2402: $5,820, City of NewOrleans to HerbertErnesto Merino Munoz.

DODTAVE. 4774: $65,000,Dianne T. Alexander to ThomasE Keelen.

DORAL COURT5940: donation,no value stated, Michael Mansion to David Gilyot.

EADS ST.2425, PERLITAST. 4307: donation, no valuestated,Velma Williams Watkins to Keith L. Watkins.

ESPLANADE AVE. 405,UNIT 403: $2,000, Hotel De La Monnaie Owners Association to Douglas Egan.

ESPLANADE AVE. 1015: donation, no value stated,Samuel L. Steele III to Casmier J. Blanda.

FLOOD ST.1813: $5,875, City of New Orleans to ChadRogers.

FLORIDAAVE. 3040: $5,860, City of New Orleans to David Eugene Sr. and Patricia Eugene.

FORSTALL ST.2342: $5,865, City of New Orleans to Byron Anthony Dezaraand NedraEdith Dezara.

HAMBURG ST.3515: $17,200, City of New Orleans to Fournette Group LLC.

HORSESHOE BEND 121: $25,200, City of New Orleans to 121 Horseshoe Bend.

INDUSTRYST. 2361: $5,820, Cityof New Orleans to HD Real Estates.

JOURDAN AVE. 2539: $5,870, City of New Orleans to Adams Realty LLC.

LAFAYEST. 5411: $59,000, Sandra BrownCummings and Stanley Catchings to Sarah Cornish Alexee.

LAFON DRIVE 4540-4542: $225,000, Michael P. Villavaso to Kawanda Sherrell Warren.

LAINE AVE. 4444: $124,000, 4444 Laine LLCtoJona Washington and Phillip Washington.

LAMANCHE ST.2012: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Valerie Dionne Harris.

LAMANCHE ST.2212: $5,940, City of New Orleans to AlbertJohn Barriere.

LAPEYROUSE ST.2622: $375,000, Eileen Frisbee Capritto to Holly KayBrunner.

LAVENDER ST.2785: $16,400, City of New Orleans to R6 Investments LLC.

LAWST. 5000: $6,040, City ofNew Orleans to Scott Allen Taylor.

LEON CSIMONDRIVE2222: donation, no value stated,Clayton B. Struck to Priscilla B. Struck

LIZARDI ST.1731: $5,908, City of New Orleans to Iris Carter.

LIZARDI ST.2211: $6,055, City of New Orleans to Dorian Donald Sr.

LONELYOAK DRIVE 56032: $15,100, City of New Orleans to Mokeith Properties.

REALESTATETRANSFERS

LONGFELLOWDRIVE 4934: $8,005, CityofNew OrleanstoHunter and Hearn LLC.

LOUISAST. 1716: $6,377, City of NewOrleans to Matthew William Schwarzfeld and Rachel Sarah Stein Schwarzfeld.

LYNHUBER DRIVE 4720: $6,925, CityofNew Orleansto3RWinslow Enterprise.

MANCHESTERST. 7010: $5,820, CityofNew OrleanstoNicole Kelly Gainesand Perrin Gaines.

MANDEVILLE ST.5232: $306,000, AlejandraTovar andShea Danielle Bowers TovartoAmanda Rae BolesDewitt and Wendy ReneeBoles Dewitt.

MONTICELLOST. 2430: $5,995, CityofNew OrleanstoNicole Michelle HartfordBrown.

MUSIC ST.2011: $11,440, City of NewOrleans to JohnPatrick Prior and Marshall T. Hawks.

NAPLESST. 4658: $35,000, Diane Hendawi andKhalid M. Hendawi to Susan Cetinski Noftal and Terrence Noftall.

NEW CASTLE ST.7400: $235,500, MetroNew OrleansCleaning Services LLCtoKearaMcMullen.

NEW ORLEANS ST.2633: $45,000, Sun Realty 9LLC to Decisive HouseLLC

N. CAVELIER DRIVE 13648: $6,070, CityofNew OrleanstoExquisite Design By Faust.

N. DERBIGNYST. 1912: $24,000, CityofNew OrleanstoBB611 LLC.

N. DORGENOISST. 5020: $5,933, CityofNew OrleanstoEdris Lamont Stone.

N. GALVEZ ST.2412: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Living Rock Missionary Baptist Church.

N. GALVEZ ST.4940: $16,000, City of New Orleans to Robert Henery

Armstrong.

N. PRIEUR ST.6119: $6,000, City of New Orleans to Patrick John Thompson.

N. PRIEUR ST.6121: $8,300, City of New Orleans to Patrick John Thompson.

N. ROBERTSON ST.1661: $6,395, City of New Orleans to Anthony Vincent Valenti Jr.and Stacy Irene Valenti.

N. ROBERTSON ST.1718-1720: $220,000, AnthonyV.Valenti Jr. and Stacy Simon Valenti to Benjamin DanielBeltran, Debra Susan Beltran and Victor Beltran.

N. ROBERTSON ST.4316: $8,282.50, City of New Orleans to Karl Palmer.

N. ROMAN ST.6415: $5,875, City of New Orleans to CCampbell Real Estate& Property Management.

N. ROMAN ST.6419: $6,777, City of New Orleans to CCampbell Real Estate& Property Management.

N. TONTI ST.2713: $6,722, City of New Orleans to DonAnthony Palmer Sr.and Troylyn Billew Palmer.

N. TONTI ST.2817: $21,154, City of New Orleans to GCH Group LLC.

N. TONTI ST.6117-171/2-19-191/2: $150,000, Blanche L. Reed Pratt to Monola Holdings LLC.

N. VILLERE ST.2459-2461: $69,500, Fence CuttersLLC to Camden Heights LLC.

N. VILLERE ST.4812: $8,314, City of New Orleans to Jose H. MacIas

N. ROMAN ST.5000: $7,846, City of New Orleans to KendraMarie Jones.

ONEIDAST. 7930: $199,000, Monique Miller to Teriece Reynolds. PAINTERS ST.4931: $325,000, ConorJ.Saldana and Kimberly

F. Saldana to Katelyn Riesand Stephen James Kelly

PAUGER ST.3337: $10,600, City of New Orleans to Total Home Renewal LLC.

PAULINE DRIVE 4842: $223,500, Dawn Renee Johnson Richard and Leslie LeeJohnson Jr. to BrandiM.Bradley

PECANST. 4926: $8,020, Cityof New Orleans to Latoya Baylor.

PELTIER DRIVE 14200-02: $170,000, BJS General Properties LLCto Jose Martinez.

PORTST. 2025: $10,100, Cityof New Orleans to 345 Elm St. LLC.

PRARO ST.6420: $5,875, Cityof New Orleans to CCampbell Real Estate& Property Management.

PRENTISS ST.6238: $5,870, Cityof New Orleans to Eric Brown.

RABBITS ST.3106: $6,120, Cityof New Orleans to LatrievaMiller.

REYNES ST.2413: $5,820, Cityof NewOrleans to Edris Lamont Stone.

ROFFIGNACST. 2315: $5,820, City of NewOrleans to RC Service and Construction LLC.

ROYALST. 4820, 4824, 43701: no value stated, Emily L. Maw McDuff and RobertB.McDuff to DesireeC.Wattis and Samuel R. Doores.

S. EASTOVERDRIVE 30216: $30,500, CityofNew Orleans to KarenSnead Timmons and Karl Timmons Sr.

S. EASTOVERDRIVE 5520: $19,040, CityofNew Orleans to Natalie Toppins.

S. EASTOVERDRIVE 5550: $15,772, CityofNew Orleans to Tuxor Realty and Yang Su.

SEAWOOD ST.10218: $6,295, City

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of New Orleans to Denise Parker.

SENATE ST. 1558: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Ronneida Lashallnaye Johnson Mose

SHOREWOOD BLVD. 7673: $9,432, City of New Orleans to Taylor Briana Navarre.

SPAIN ST. 3113: $6,722, City of New Orleans to Don Anthony Palmer Sr. and Troylyn Billew Palmer.

ST. ANTHONY ST. 1803: $7,890, City of New Orleans to Nolapcc LLC.

ST. MARIE COURT 13525: $5,870, City of New Orleans to Kim Torregano Adams.

ST. MARIE DRIVE 13517: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Kenny Guidry Jr.

ST. ROCH AVE. 5936: $130,000, Succession of Joyce Wilkerson Polite to Terrence Marie Dugas.

SPAIN ST. 619-621: $648,000, Charles Nigel Hamilton and Raynel Mary Shepard to Alannah Dickinson and Jennifer Fallon.

STONEWOOD ST. 7584: $5,952, City of New Orleans to Nidia Vanessa Hill.

TENNESSEE ST. 2301: $6,216, City of New Orleans to Jared Dion Williams.

TIMOLEON ST. 2121: $304,420, Amy Louise Lynch Carubba and Anthony John Carubba to Catina M. Landry.

TOURO ST. 1617: $12,120, City of New Orleans to Cachobar LLC.

TOURO ST. 2663: $189,000, Crew Buyers LLC to Cynthia Lewis and Raymond Lewis.

REALESTATETRANSFERS

TRAFALGAR ST. 3420: $315,000, Megan Carter Stair and Sean Michael Stair to Lorenza Mercante Zwain and Maxwell Marc Zwain.

TRICOU ST. 1418: $5,890, City of New Orleans to Rita R. Barard.

TRICOU ST. 1418: $5,908, City of New Orleans to Priscilla Ann Perkins.

UNITY DRIVE 7911: $115,000, Philip Rogers III to Marguerite Bailey Kelly

VIRGILIAN ST. 7129: $5,980, City of New Orleans to David Lee Berke.

W. GREENBRIER DRIVE 100:

$6,020, City of New Orleans to Christena Domenique Durand and Drew Patrick Durand.

WILDAIR DRIVE 5507: $320,000, Antonia Marie Bookout and Douglas Eugene Bookout to John Brophy, Rebecca Westmore Brophy and Samantha Brophy.

WILSON AVE. 4816: $13,043, City of New Orleans to Z Squared Enterprise.

DISTRICT 4

BRAINARD ST. 2218: $624,000, Sandra Hill Gunner to Chaya Rivkin Slonim and Israel Slonim.

CHESTNUT ST. 2532: $2,330,000, John Hay Wells II and Lindsay Mains Wells to Danielle Louise Maggio Kiefer and Megan Kiefer Maggio.

FOURTH ST. 3821: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Burnell Colton.

JACKSON AVE. 1430: $320,000, Dorothy Ewin Isacks to Mary Elizabeth McGarry

JOSEPHINE ST. 1239-41: $1,200,000, Scott Leyba and Shannon Kearney Leyba to Shaun Norris.

PRYTANIA ST. 2831: $775,000, Mary Hays Peller, Stephen D. Pel-

ler III and Yvonne B. Peller Trust to Elridge J. Schwartzenburg III and Ross Adrial Burris Schwartzenburg.

SECOND ST. 2514-2516: $293,000, Lifeline Properties LLC to Onunze Ubaka.

SEVENTH ST. 1329: $100, John D. Kirkendoll and Peiper Hastings Kirkendoll to Caitlin E. Taylor and Killian H. Lapeyre.

S. DORGENOIS ST. 2718: $6,040, City of New Orleans to KB Consulting and Solutions.

S. JOHNSON ST. 2309: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Atkins Consulting Management LLC.

S. PRIEUR ST. 2330: $9,920, City of New Orleans to Robert Dean Whitecotton Living Trust.

S. PRIEUR ST. 2508-10-12-12A: $12,000, BKDJ Investment LLC to TRK 2021 INV1 Trust.

DISTRICT 5

BEHRMAN AVE 1636: $5,945, City of New Orleans to Timothy Bush.

BLAIR ST. 3326: $5,870, City of New Orleans to Marian Gullage Wheeler.

CARVER ST. 3035: $14,420.20, City of New Orleans to Brian Charles.

DE ARMAS ST. 601: $24,500, Iola Chopin Brunet, John A. Brunet Jr. and John Arthur Brunet Sr. to Charit Chimwala Selico and Lee Andre Selico II.

DIANA ST. 3226: $5,875, City of New Orleans to Leslie Ann Buraimoh.

EASTER LANE 2311: $250,000, Joseph C. Merola to Bianca Yelder Walter and Lewins Christopher Walter.

ENGLISH TURN DRIVE 266: $100, Brionne Marcelle and Trent Marcelle to Corey Rosales and

Hillary Alma Hafner Rosales.

HUNTLEE DRIVE 138: $203,000, Burney Courtney Jr. and Mary Hohensee to Andrew Vanhoosier.

HUNTLEE DRIVE 741: $9,990, City of New Orleans to Derly Castellon Archaga.

INDIANA ST. 3821: $365,000, Jerry L. Martin Jr. to Denice White Morris and Jonathan J. Morris.

LEES LANE 709: $21,701, City of New Orleans to Amanda Harrison Richard and Anthony L. Richard Sr.

MANSFIELD AVE. 3500: $6,070, City of New Orleans to Gerard M. Julien and Michelle White Julien.

MIMOSA COURT 3566: $280,000, Angela L. Sommersville Reyes and Donald R. Reyes to Kendal Randy Whitley.

ODEON ST. 1508: $5,820, City of New Orleans to QLS Properties LLC.

ODEON ST. 1645: $7,124, City of New Orleans to Joseph Bailey III and Wanda Anderson Bailey

RIVER TREE COURT 1911: donation, $250,000, Barbara Ann Witt Iacovone to Larry Bennett Iacovone.

SOMERSET DRIVE 2618: $185,000, Humberto E. Solorzano to Taurean Vincent Johnson.

SULLEN PLACE 3094: $14,100, City of New Orleans to Emergency Rooter LLC.

SUMNER ST. 704: $265,000, Alejandro Mejia Andrade and Erika Rocio Irigoyen Avila to Adam Louis Busch and Crystal Rose Clark Busch.

TEXAS DRIVE 3301: $204,000, City of New Orleans to Crescent City Schools Foundation Inc.

TEXAS DRIVE 3401: $201,000, City of New Orleans to Crescent City

Schools Foundation Inc.

DISTRICT 6

27TH ST. 3525-27: $299,000, Elenesse Marquis Properties LLC and RLM Development LLC to Jerrell Lee Johnson and Mariecar Garcia Johnson.

AUDUBON ST. 2913: $44,300, City of New Orleans to Bolz Audubon LLC.

BENJAMIN ST. 6029: $100 and other good and valuable consideration, Graham Andre Wogan and Molly Hennessy Wogan to Ana Vadillo Mitchell and Walker Mitchell.

CADIZ ST. 1724: $1,100,000, Dial Morrison Abernathy and Sloan Lowry Abernathy to J’Aimee Deniel Candelora and Peter David Candelora.

CALHOUN ST. 3000: $100 and other good and valuable consideration, Lundy Treleaven Ryan and Shawn P. Ryan to Administrators of The Tulane Educational Fund.

CARONDELET ST. 4110; PALM TERRACE 12: $450,000, Lawrence Michael Hanafy to Meagan Anne Lewis.

FOUCHER ST. 830: $1,155,000, Elizabeth L. Deigaard Whitecloud to Jeffrey E. Flint 2021 revocable trust.

JEFFERSON AVE. 1325: $1,250,000, Charles Christopher Lapeyre and Sibyl Stumm Lapeyre to John Bechtold Shortess and Paula Floersch Shortess.

JENA ST. 2506: no value stated, Nuevo Leon LLC to AMG Property Development LLC.

JOSEPH ST. 335: $799,000, Synthia Scalﬁ to Anne Waterman Ferguson, James Holland Ferguson, Kelsey Amlie Reiss Ferguson and Samuel Creager Ferguson.

LAUREL ST. 4015-19: $940,000, Meagan Grifﬁn Howard and William Turner Howard to Roy I. Seinfeld and Shari Weiss Seinfeld.

LAUREL ST. 4871-4873: $540,000, Rodolfo G. Damaggio to Nola PMG LLC.

MILAN ST. 1612: $815,000, Susan Gail Seerman to Betty Lou Maizlish and Gerald Maizlish.

MILAN ST. 1704: $1,625,000, Helen Baffes Febry and Ricardo Febry to Julie Babin and Patrick Babin.

NAPOLEON AVE. 2327: $735,000, Celeste Brustowicz, John B. Pfeffer and Theodore Roger Brustowicz to Eric Lynn and Shelby Mills Lynn.

NASHVILLE AVE. 1027: $854,000, Patrick J. Scanlon to Anne E. Ward Chambers and Thomas A. Chambers.

OLIVE ST. 7011: $400,000, Hongtu

Investment Group LLCtoJiemin Yang.

PALMER AVE. 2223: $1,455,000, Jaimee Welch Candelora and Peter DavidCandelorato45 Beechwood LLC.

PERRIER ST.3807: $1,219,000, Justin Napoli and Kristin Hafstad Napoli to ClaireElizabeth Juneau.

PINE ST.1024: $1,080,000,Roll Wave LLCtoBabs JansenLLC.

PRYTANIA ST.5600-04: $1,165,000, Michael Allen Owings, Sarah Saunders Cockerham andWalter Doty Cockerham to Brad Gerner and LauraDodd Gerner.

S. LIBERTY ST.3426: $176,000, Johnnie Robinson Jr. to Mothball Properties LLC.

STATEST. 709-711: $763,565, Home Bank NA to ConnerScott Bancroft and Gabrielle Marie Daigle Bancroft.

TOLEDANO ST.3700: $325,000, AllegraNoelle Ploeg,LisaRenee Woods Ploeg and Michael Kent Woods to William C. Harrell.

VENDOME PLACE 4209: $935,000, Andrew Thayerand Kelsey McNabb ThayertoAlix Hyman Loomis and Ilia Dodd Loomis.

WEBSTER ST.624-26: $535,000, Rema L. Schenken and Susan Chiasson Schenken to Naprodesigns LLC.

WEBSTER ST.1015: $1,220,000, Allen J. Pertuit and MonaBouquet Pertuit to JayH.Joseph and Stacy M. Joseph.

DISTRICT 7

ALINE ST.1202,CAMP ST.3507: $900,000, Adam Bryant andJeanetta ZeidlerBryant to Christopher Robert Smith.

BELFAST ST.7833: $343,000, Dustin Scott Goodman to BrittanyMarie Kolveand Matthew Charles Doyle.

BURDETTE ST.1616-1618: $750,000, SonnyShlomo Bleicher to John Paul Simanonokand Kirsten Johannsen Simanonok.

FERN ST.3311: $205,000, Charity ClaytoPatrick Edward Milicevic.

FRERET ST.7715: $420,000, Nuview Trust Co. to Margaret Gammage Kramer.

GENOGDEN ST.4310: $6,268, City of New Orleans to Roy Simon.

GREEN ST.7938: $666,000, John A. Kosta IIIand KatherineE. Crory KostatoJoel Brouwerand Wendy Rawlings Brouwer.

HAMILTONST. 4115: $6,621, City of New Orleans to Elite Homes LLC.

HOLLYGROVE ST.1828: $40,700, City of NewOrleans to Antonio Flores Martinez and JaneCrystal Aprill Martinez.

REALESTATETRANSFERS

HOLLYGROVE ST.4216: $5,870, CityofNew OrleanstoCalvin L. Gordon and Cynthia M. Gordon.

LAKE MARINA DRIVE 300: $480,000,Marion Alice Dunn Hackmanand SandraHackman Young to DonaldD.Hensel and Patricia McKinnonHensel.

LEONIDAS ST.1019: $530,000, Andrea DriscollGermond and Jeffrey D. GermondtoAllisyn L. Swift Sauerbrey andJacob C. Sauerbrey

MISTLETOE ST.2426: $20,500, CityofNew OrleanstoBlueprint AcquisitionsLLC.

MONROE ST.2414-16: $345,000, AmyMarie Anderson King and William Niels KingtoChristopher Kerrigan and Kelli Craig.

NEW ORLEANS HAMMOND HIGHWAY 531: $371,000,Keith Edward Robinson andPaige Hubbard Robinson to AnthonyChristopher Cibilich andShayMarie Driscoll Adams.

OAKST. 8616: $365,000, Jake Joseph Madison toPiney Forest Tree Farms LLC.

OLEANDER ST.7821: $61,809, City of New Orleans to Nationwide Real Estate InvestmentsLLC.

PALMETTOST. 8501: $267,500, Matthew F. EatontoMichelle Ann Johnson.

PALMETTOST. 9001: $12,000, City of New Orleans to Tres Barones.

PLUM ST.8619: $450,000, Matthew BenjaminDuncan and Vanessa Marie Duncan to Thomas LeeJones.

PONTCHARTRAIN BLVD.6234: $170,000,Keith W. Long to JSE Investments LLC.

SYLVIA DRIVE 5852: $581,000, Justin Thomas Foxand Natalie Robinson FoxtoDarryl Forges and Kia AndrewsForges.

EAST JEFFERSON

n TRANSFERS FORJUNE 14-18

JEFFERSON

CLAIBORNE DRIVE 1209: Johnson DorothyAnn Wallace Revocable Living Trust to Bobcat Property Solutions LLC, $144,000.

DODGEAVE. 300-02: LuraL Wall to Michelle M. Maillard, $125,000.

JEFFERSON HEIGHTS AVE. 715: Norma J. M. Tycer to Asahel Barahona, $410,000.

MORRIS PLACE4317: Melissa P. KleintoMark E. Morrison, $241,000.

RIO VISTAAVE. 713: Austin K. Reeder to Ala M. Mubarak, $825,000.

KENNER

31ST820: Chelaine Mccray to Roxann G. Williams, $122,500.

COLEMAN PLACE205: Henry Carey Jr. to TwoO.FiveColeman HoldingsLLC,$60,000.

DUKEDRIVE 304: TwoHundred Eight MarionCourt LLCto Weiwei Zhang,$322,985.

DUKEDRIVE 308: TwoHundred Eight MarionCourt LLCtoAster Investment LLC, $322,985.

DUKEDRIVE 324: TwoHundred Eight MarionCourt LLCto Dandan Wu,$351,485.

DUKEDRIVE 328: TwoHundred Eight MarionCourt LLCto Meixin Wu,$351,485.

ECHEZEAUX DRIVE 3: Joann C. Schmalz to Dana D. Zajac, $320,000.

EMERSON DRIVE 217: Stephen

C. Hartel Jr. to Aster Investment LLC, $141,490.

EMERSON DRIVE 301: TwoHundred Eight Marion Court LLCto Biyu L. Lin, $352,985.

FAIRWAYDRIVE 1709: Marianne M. Winn to Frankette S. O. Locke, $285,000.

LAKETRAIL DRIVE 4416: Qiao Sun to Sabrina N. Rahman, $405,000.

TEXAS AVE. 3117: Genevieve L. PitretoMunir A. Aranda, $275,000.

TULANE DRIVE 3752: Troy E. Scardino to Rum LLC, $130,000.

VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD.19: Burch Enterprises LLCtoNorthern LightsGulf Inc., $555,000.

METAIRIE

AIRLINE PARK BLVD.1409: Scott M. Finnan to Amanda Fontaine,

$405,000.

BEVERLYGARDEN DRIVE 1144: Beau S. Cole to Gregory C. Plaia, $520,995.

BONNABEL BLVD.726: Barbara Aymond to TuyetT.Ha, $489,000.

FAIRFIELD ST.4409: Lfpg Irrevocable Living TrusttoGiulia Monticone, $389,600.

GLENDALE ST.4625: Timothy G. Keel to ChiachenC.Chen, $260,000.

GROVE ST.608: Gail F. Hebertto Sharen W. Williams,$160,000.

HELOIS AVE. 1237-39: Daphne A. M. FogartytoErin Rodi,$275,000.

HESPERAVE.848: MerleK.Palermo to Kristen Roth,$185,000.

HIGHAVE.1500: LydiaHalphen to RichardB.Vogt,$285,000.

HYMELIA AVE. 1216: Bertucci

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Property Development LLC to Lay Land Development LLC, $119,000.

ITHACA ST. 4412: Alejandro Pelaez to Kayla M. Brown, $350,000.

LABARRE DRIVE 325: Daniel L. Roane Jr. to Emily Alimia, $540,000.

LEFKOE ST. 4616: Shukla Jayesh B. Revocable Living Trust to Brandon Lampert, $345,000.

MELODY DRIVE 1013: Patrick M. Maloney to Jackson O. Scott, $380,000.

METAIRIE HEIGHTS AVE. 333: Lawrence E. Chehardy to Meredith E. Martinez, donation, no value stated.

N. STARRETT ROAD 2209: Michael Puleo to R. Lucurto, $339,000.

PAIGE DRIVE 4316: Keith Busby to Julie Weber, $211,000.

PASADENA AVE. 621: Big Property Holdings LLC to Big Property Holdings LLC, $126,662.

PEOPLES AVE. 3943: Luisa Furini to Gph Investments LLC, $128,000.

POINSETTIA DRIVE 1348: Two Lukes LLC to Sarpy Development LLC, $94,000.

PRAIRIE ST. 4419: Four Investment Homes LLC to Jerry L. Ricks, $127,000.

PURDUE DRIVE 3400: Edvaldo A. Dearaujo to Solfannys L. Carmona, $298,000.

RIDGEWAY AVE. 525: Eliabeth Daray to Brady R. Laborde, $322,000.

RIVIERE AVE. 1716: Adriana P M. Ayala to F. Laux, $300,000.

SCHOUEST ST. 6600: C. Nola Holdings LLC to Lohanna L. R. Peely, $289,900.

TEMPLE ST. 4417: Perry A. Santolucito to Cole Dimaggio, $171,300.

RIVER RIDGE

FERRIDAY COURT 648: Karson Bethay to Sedona Hawk LLC, $969,000.

FIFTH ST. 9125: Gina E. Mahl to Stone Speer, $605,000.

GARDENS ROAD 173: D. Lowe Sr. to Sulieman Investments LLC, $200,000.

MARION COURT 208: Two Hundred Eight Marion Court LLC to Aster Investment LLC, $310,985.

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n TRANSFERS FOR JUNE 14-18

AVONDALE

JUDICIARY DRIVE 328: Beverly S. Bankston to Turn Key Investments LLC, $20,000.

BRIDGE CITY

OAK AVE. 636: Mcdonald Properties LLC to Larry Duhon, $195,000.

GRAND ISLE

LA. 1 3016: Four H. Rentals LLC to Auto Spa Properties LLC, $10.

GRETNA

COTTONWOOD DRIVE 333:

ST. TAMMANy

TRANSFERS FROM JUNE 2-6

ABITA SPRINGS

BACHMAN LANE, LOT 172: Conner W. Smith and Mackenna L. Richardson to Haspel Homes LLC, $120,000.

CHINAWOOD DRIVE, LOT 145: Money Hill Plantation LLC to Barry J. Babin and Laurie A. Babin, $245,000.

THE WOODS AVE. 7221: Money Hill Plantation LLC to Casey J. Forshag LLC, $235,000.

COVINGTON

APRIL COURT 100: Tera S. Dahlberg to Chad H. Bowles, donation, no value stated.

BLEU LAKE DRIVE 20: Jeffrey S. Summers to Cory Summers, donation, no value stated.

COTTAGE GREEN 250: Raymond D. Buras to Stephen Hernandez and Kim Hernandez, $267,500.

DARLINGTON ST. 1560: Cindra L. Reyba to Lana Cagle, donation, no value stated.

JIM SHARP ROAD 81063: Randolph J. Ciaccio Jr. to Nicole R. Jarrell, $230,000.

KING’S FOREST SUBDIVISION, LOT 3, SQUARE 5: Bernice M. Terrell revocable living trust to R&R Rare Finds LLC, $200,000.

KNOLL PINE CIRCLE 289: Vaunne L. Blossman to Theodore E. Knight and Jeanne M. Knight, $280,000

N. CORNICHE DU LAC 548: Guastella Properties Inc. to Jared M. Bowers and Erinda H. Bowers,

Michael L. Cacibauda to Raelyn T. Pﬁster, donation, no value stated.

MARLENE DRIVE 925: Gerry B. Smith to Makayla Howard, $370,000.

HARVEY

APOLLO DRIVE 2504: Hancock Whitney Bank to Ngoc P. Tran, $202,000.

DOGWOOD DRIVE 1516: Ronald C. Smith to Tarrell K. N. Hodges, donation, no value stated.

HAMPTON DRIVE 1836: Charles C. Goldston to Erika D. Nova, $260,000.

MORRISWOOD DRIVE 3833: Aandre T. Payton to Eddie Williams Jr., $250,000.

SHADOW LAKE COURT 1617: Minette M. Y. S. Chan to Mystere

$655,000.

PENN MILL ROAD 73230: William B. Wall and Ellen D. Wall to Marlon P. Cisneros, $255,000.

PINE ACRES ROAD 17030: Linda D. Bartley to Tyler Stroud, $190,000.

PINEY WOODS SUBDIVISION, LOTS 1, 2: William J. Orazio Jr. to Timothy P. Murphy and Mindi T Murphy, $54,000.

PLANTATION ST. 73520: Mark S Richards and Carolyn A. Chassee to Barry C. Fresh and Lynn F. Fresh, $232,500.

PONCHITOLAWA DRIVE 375: Joshua D. Lukinovich and Haylie B. Lukinovich to Justin M. Perry and Case M. Abreu, $425,000.

QUEEN OF PEACE PARKWAY 609: Peter G. Guillot to Raymond D. Buras, $284,000.

RIVER OAKS DRIVE 835: Douglas S. Toulette and Kristen M. Toulette to Anthony DiMaria and Kathleen C. DiMaria, $635,000.

S. CORNICHE DU LAC 926: James H. Sturlese and Sara B. Sturlese to Frederick W. Dantagnan and Sophia M. Dantagnan, $617,500.

S. LAKESHORE DRIVE 14211: Teresa A. Smith to Leon V. Latino III and Mary C. Hoover Latino, $516,400.

SOUTHDOWN LOOP 529: Bonnie B. Soileau to Paul M. Doty and Jan W. Doty, $571,000.

TAMMANY HILLS SUBDIVISION, LOTS 9A, 13A, 25, 27, SQUARE 117: David A. Perrone and Kenneth G. Perrone to Total Home Solutions LLC, $81,000.

TCHEFUNCTA CLUB ESTATES, LOT 243, SQUARE 39: David S. Rosenbloom to Travis Briggs and Erika W. Briggs, $630,500. TERRA BELLA SUBDIVISION,

Desir, $330,000.

MARRERO

ACRE ROAD 6568: Jefferson Parish Council to Changing Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church West, $6,750.

BARATARIA BLVD. 2309: Tammy Hunter to Abby N. Hunter, $194,000.

COHEN ST. 945: Jefferson Parish Council to Todd Dixon, $6,750.

COLORADO DRIVE 2501: Secretary of Housing & Urban Development of Washington D.C. to Wynette E. Carey, $105,000.

LEE PLACE 5125: Catherine M. Pham to Heather Mai, donation, no value stated.

TOPAZ DRIVE 5121: Michael P Rodriguez Jr. to Cassandra Cata-

PHASE 1A12, LOT 906: LLF Holdings LLC to Troy Remy and Michelle M. Remy, $1,050,000.

VINTAGE DRIVE 255: Alexandra Harris and Taylor W. Smith to Sadie M. Stanchec, $240,000.

W. 19TH AVENUE, PORTION OF GROUND: Craig A. Chexnayder to Joesph Morse and Gina Morse, $115,000.

W. 23RD AVE. 616: John M. Schroder and Jennifer A. Schroder to Christian Duplantis, $365,000.

W. ST. MARY DRIVE 306-08: Allty Investments LLC to William R. Wasson and Tanya G. Wasson, $280,000.

FOLSOM

BRUHL ROAD 79420: George J. Sciortino to Michael J. Gavin and Marcia Gavin, $775,000.

RIVER RIDGE DRIVE 12445: Daniel G. Gast and Deborah G. Gast to Vault of Powers LLC, $246,000.

LACOMBE

BARINGER ROAD 27125: Antony L. Batiste to Lissette Fernandez, $30,000.

DUBLIN COURT 62135: Raymond E. Wood revocable trust to Tyler V. Decker and Ashley M. Addison, $468,000.

FISH HATCHERY ROAD 65263: C-T Homes LLC to Patrick S. Pereira and Kati Michelle-Prinz Pereira, $319,000.

JACKSON ST. 26009: Kristen S Ray to Misty Schneider, donation, no value stated.

TUPELO DRIVE 29241: MaryAnn McInerney Michel-Courson to Jacob Jarvis and Erin Nova, $220,000.

lanotto, $170,000.

WATERS DRIVE 2076: Ely A. Zelaya to Ronika Thomas, $228,000.

WAGGAMAN

MORNING GLORY LANE 132: Alma A. Guevara to New Orleans Property Ventures Inc., $64,000.

WESTWEGO

ALMA ST. 7817: R & I Investments LLC to Inshka M. N. Banks, $205,000.

AVE. E 836: Blaze R. Plaisance to Kimberly R. Calderaro, $153,000.

BLOSSOM COURT 364: Federal National Mortgage Association to B. Richard, $190,000.

EMILE AVE. 533: Rac Development LLC to Jeffery D. Nelson, $195,000.

MADISONVILLE

BELLE POINTE LOOP 521: Malissa L. Brettner and succession of Jacqueline M. Brettner to Anthony Ma and Amanda Ma, $525,000.

BORDEAUX COURT 416: Steven C. Marcus to Jarrod R. Sanders and Jeanine D. Sanders, $840,000.

CASTLE OAK LANE 6909: Gaunt Contracting LLC to Tyler Scott and Rheagan Scott, $789,900.

LAUREL OAKS ROAD 101: Derek Planchet and Amy W. Planchet to Johnwilliam Ford Smith and Devon L. Smith, $345,000.

OAK PARK DRIVE 55: Christopher L. Hughes and Ana S. Hughes to Jay D. Gros and Paris M. Farthing Gros, $324,000.

OLD PONCHATOULA HIGHWAY 900: Lauren Byrd Jr. to Nina Angelo, $206,000.

RIVERWOOD ESTATES, LOT 18, SQUARE 4: Timothy J. Grifﬁth and Margaret A. Miller to Austin Roark and Eavan Roark, $795,000.

SPIKE DRIVE 71656: DSLD Homes LLC to Jasmine B. Gelpi, $210,020.

TROPHY LANE 12121: DSLD Homes LLC to Garrett Wareham and Rebecca Wareham, $229,820.

MANDEVILLE

ANTIOCH DRIVE 67539: William Chiang and Lauren M. Chiang to Samuel J. Alagno and Kathleen M. Alagno, $559,000.

BLUE HERON DRIVE 105: Annod LLC to Taylor Burdick, $545,000.

BONFOUCA PLACE 909: Sean G. Burke and Ann P. Burke to Jon Hart and Brenda Hart, $574,500.

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BROOKSIDE DRIVE148: Stephanie Bush to Kathie A. Pearse, donation, no value stated.

BROOKWOOD DRIVE 7218: Lakeview Loan Servicing LLCto Secretary of Veterans Affairs, $280,000.

CARDINAL LANE 46: Allen W. Spain andKay B. Spain to Casey J. Forshag and Sally C. Forshag, $800,000.

CATALPALANE 113,UNIT 241

K2: James W. Carrington Jr. to Mitchell D. Monsour Jr., $279,000.

CEDARWOOD DRIVE 645, UNIT 645: Deal With It LLCtoCathy McDonough, $145,000.

COLONADE COURT69: Mark M. Dennis to Damian M. Davenport and Niomi W. Davenport, $309,500.

DE VALDRIVE160: HPAIII Acquisitions1LLC to Rachelle Addison and Janet Laurie, $258,000.

DUPRE ST.1840: BrittnyCavalero to LukeP.Grinnan, $239,000.

EDGEWATER DRIVE 7173: Sean C. McCarthyand TiffanyK.Johns McCarthytoJeffrey M. Levis and Diane A. Levis, $650,000.

EMERALD PINES COURT136: Serenity Royes to Madelyn Vydra, $185,000.

FALCON DRIVE 1: Ananth Desikarcharlu and Mamatha Ananth to Roy Viger, $840,000.

GEN. PATTON AVE. 277, UNIT 400: Bradley A. Mayo to Mark F. Moritz andRylee A. Moritz, $167,500.

HEAVENS DRIVE 741, UNIT 3: RichardM.Landry and SandraH.Landry to Alexander C. Breeden, $147,500.

LAKESHORE DRIVE 2247: William M. David and Julia A. Madden David to Tracie Ohlsen, $550,000.

LOCKE ST.67167: HeatherL. Fields to Frank Voelker IV and Alexis Voelker, $395,000.

LOGAN LANE 1714: MichaelE. Barkman andSherryJ.Barkman to Raymond L. Poirrier III and Elizabeth D. Poirrier, $535,000.

LORIO LANE 14: Claudette B. Perrault, Pamela P. Davis and others to Jordan D. Hanbyand MaaikeN.Hanby, $470,000.

MARILYN DRIVE 616: Elijah Fontenot and Jenna H. Fontenot to Michael Pellissier and Jordan Pellissier, $490,000.

NEAR MANDEVILLE,LOT 2-A: Charles N.Montgomery to Uli

R. Heitz and Michelle H. Heitz, $525,000.

ORLEANS ST.2233: Brandon D. Woodfordand Misty M. WoodfordtoSeth A. Broussardand Cristina R. Conteras Broussard, $349,000.

PENN ST.849: JakeV.Patti to Justin Burrell and Laurinda Burrell, $559,000.

SUNSET PARK SUBDIVISION, LOT4,SQUARE 356: Michael P. Theriot, Colette L. Roger and Nicole L. Kimble to Jacob Eilers, $275,000.

TOWNOFALEXIUSVILLE,POR-

TION OF GROUND: Martin Development LLC to Steele Development LLC, $2,000.

TOWNOFMANDEVILLE,LOT 68: Eddie S. Ordogne Jr. to Melinda A. Ordogne, donation, no value stated.

TOWNOFMANDEVILLE,PORTION OF GROUND: Terry D. Welch Jr. and Anna Welchto Kris Guerraand Linda Garon, donation, no value stated.

VIOLA ST.1633: Better Homes LLCtoMagdalene M. Buck, $215,000.

WALDENPLACE 6014: Daniel J. Roushar and Patricia C. Roushar to Kevin Lynch and Rachel Whitehair, $968,000.

WOODSIDE ST.123: Alan C. Aitkens and/or Elene AnnD. Aitkens revocable living trust to FrederickMunitzner Jr., $230,000.

PEARLRIVER

E. MORAN ROAD 35184: Neil Lalonde and Christina Lalondeto Justin A. Davis andHolly Davis, $526,000

HENRYGAINES ROAD 36340: RussellJ.Dauzat andJohn T. Ham-

mondJr. to Brandon J. Dauzat, donation, no value stated.

LIVE OAKRANCHES SUBDIVISION, LOT9: DeniseT.Jennings to Jessica J. Metcalf, donation, no value stated.

MOLDANER COURT154: Donald J. Braud and Sonia M. Braud to Caswona G. Horton,$275,000.

NEAR PEARL RIVER, PORTION OF GROUND: Walter L. Sullivan to StuartR.Duncan Sr., $155,000. PINE STREET,PORTION OF GROUND: Succession of Norma E. Faciane Landry to Timothy Morayand Stephanie Moray, $50,000.

TAYLOR ST.39079: Coast Builders LLCtoEmily N. Craddock, $349,900.

SLIDELL

ALAN CIRCLE, PORTION OF GROUND: Kali L. Durnin to Eric J. Durnin Jr., donation, no value stated.

AYSHIRE COURT125: Aisha N. BrowntoJustin D. Shawand NikuraW.Shaw, $525,000.

BELAIR SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1E2, LOT250: 413 Investments LLCto Christen Jo Miller,$274,000.

BRECKENRIDGEDRIVE 1205: BOKF NA to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,$247,300.

BYPASS BREEZE DRIVE 5321: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf CoasttoTai J. Etienne, $358,900.

BYPASS BREEZE DRIVE 5329: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf CoasttoJames L. Thomas and Alisia M. Royal, $298,900.

CAPELLA COURT62728: DSLD Homes LLCtoJillian C. Laigast, $289,445.

CARA MAE ST.40393: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf CoasttoWillie F.

Schexnayder, $263,900.

CHARLES DRIVE 103: BGRS Relocation Inc. to Jonathan J. Ory and Sarah G. Brooks, $204,000.

CHARLES DRIVE 103: Terrance S. SmithtoBGRS Relocation Inc., no value stated.

CONSTELLATION DRIVE 200: Christopher H. Montanaand Shanelle E. MontanatoStephen T. Young,$680,000

COUNTRYCLUBBLVD. 431: Peter D. Walker to Margaret J. Walker, donation, no value stated.

CRANE ST.2522: Christian T. O’Brien to Elena A. Henderson, donation, no value stated.

CROSS GATES BLVD.393: Dennis F. KnechtJr.,CodyG.Knecht and Dennis F. KnechtSr. Estate to Julie Collier, $320,000.

CYPRESSST. 57380: DonaldJ. SimmonstoJoseph C. Sicardand DebraW.Sicard, $68,000.

E. LAKESHORE VILLAGE DRIVE 431: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to DavidM.Tumblin, $234,900.

E. LAKESHORE VILLAGE DRIVE 451: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Ann Davisand Daphne L. Fleming, $234,900

HARDWOOD DRIVE 112: AnthonyJ.Engolia III, Nicholas J. Engolia and others to RichardN. Laughry, $223,700.

HICKORYDRIVE 424: Damian M. Davenport and Niomi W. Davenport to Glenn Clark and Lisa Clark, $188,000.

HOWZEBEACH SUBDIVISION, LOTS 25, 26, SQUARE 2: William C. RayJr. to Hickman Rooﬁng LLC, $10,000.

ISLANDER DRIVE 233: Margaret H. Zabel to RichardL.Baca and Cristen T. Baca, $610,000.

LONGLEAF LANE 34019: Kelly A. Boyd to Kenneth E. Alfred and

Michelle M. Alfred, $192,500.

MAGNOLIA ST.1295: VickiJ.RichardsontoJohnnie Bemelman, Caitlynn Hobbs and Anthony Bemelman, $260,000.

MARAIS RIVER DRIVE 4535: D. R. Horton Inc.-GulfCoasttoWilliam Evans and TiffanyL.Evans, $254,900.

MARAIS RIVER DRIVE 4514: D. R. Horton Inc.-GulfCoastto Ilianette M. Corujo-Rodriguez, $279,900.

MARAIS RIVER DRIVE 4531: D. R. Horton Inc.-GulfCoasttoPaiton J. Mahlerand VictoriaE.Laiche, $274,900.

MARAIS RIVER DRIVE 4570: D. R. Horton Inc.-GulfCoasttoJames D. Gentry,$282,000.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: SaraR.SmithtoScott Kerr, $30,000.

NICKLAUS DRIVE 301: MarkV. Kasper andJaneR.Kasper to WilliamC.Robbins andLaura A. Robbins, $548,000.

NIGHTHAWK DRIVE 423: PQ Construction LLCtoChristopher L. Minnerly andCarly a. Minnerly, $320,000.

PONTCHARTRAIN DRIVE 4824: SuccessionofSalvador F. Diecidue to Big 10 Properties LLC, $215,000.

PORTSMOUTH DRIVE 515: Wayne O. CoxIIand Kim G. CoxtoDream Big Properties LLC, $110,000. RANCH ROAD 40788: Ellia A. ArabietoBlake D. Jeanfreau Sr., $141,000.

ROE DRIVE 60830: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Slijia Zhao and Suxian Huang, $287,900.

SANCRISTOBAL 465: BrianMes-

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RueChardonnay$1,350,000

Summer bug season arrives in Louisiana

BY HANNAH LEVITAN Staff writer

Summer is bug season in Louisiana, and June’s warm temperatures and recent heavy rains have brought out pesky critters that can wreak havoc in your home, bite your skin and create general annoyances.

Mosquitoes, ants and ﬂies are already buzzing about, and insects like termites and roaches are beginning to swarm or emerge, especially as Louisiana sees more precipitation, according to Aaron Ashbrook, an assistant entomology professor at LSU.

In past years, more of these pests would already be out and about by mid-June, but because of Louisiana’s abnormal winter, some insects are behind schedule.

Here’s everything you need to know about 2025 summer bug season.

Mosquitoes, ants and flies

Mosquitoes, ants and ﬂies are common household sights in Louisiana. But these pests are currently ramping up across the state, thanks to one

ﬁre ants also control ﬂea and tick levels, according to the LSU Ag Center.

Considering that tick season is particularly bad this year, increased ﬁre ant activity may be a silver lining in helping to keep other insect populations in check.

Ashbrook said he’s also encountered a substantial amount of deer and horse ﬂies this year These bloodsucking insects mostly target humans, horses and cattle.

Fruit ﬂies, a smaller, winged pest, have been particularly active this month, too

Fruit ﬂies feed and reproduce on trash and rotting food, so it’s extra important to empty your garbage and take additional preventive measures to avoid infestations.

Termites

and roaches

But more of Louisiana’s most harrowing pests are still on their way

for a drier spot to hang.

Tips for controlling bugs

Termites: Moist conditions are ideal for termites, so ﬁx any leaks, keep vents open and avoid leaving wood piles near your home.

If you ﬁnd mud tubes, warping or water stains in your home, call pest control immediately.

Roaches and fruit flies: Empty your trash.

This also goes for all pests, because food sources like rotting potatoes, sticky counters or even toaster crumbs can attract an army of bugs.

“What might seem like a small amount to a human would be a feast for days for these ﬂies,” Ashbrook said.

factor that’s driving up populations.

“It’s going to be a big year for mosquitoes, most likely, because of all the rain,” Ashbrook said.

New Orleans city ofﬁcials recently announced that mosquitoes on the east bank of New Orleans tested positive

for West Nile virus, prompting widespread mosquito control treatment.

Like mosquitoes, ﬁre ants also ﬂourish after heavy rain, resulting in larger-than-average red mounds.

“When there’s a lot of rain, their mounds are going to be forming at the top of the soil, and so we’re more likely to encounter them,” Ashbrook said.

Though they’re known for their painful stings and bites,

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sick and Amy L. Messick to Jeffrey A. Medjeski, $405,000.

SLEEPY HOLLOW LANE 16: Frank A. Scroggs and Kristy S. Scroggs to Brian C. DePlonty and Yvette DePlonty, $412,500.

SUNSET BLVD. 2385: Laura A. Robbins to Jerry Papa and Jennifer M. Papa, $675,000.

“I imagine that we might see swarms a little bit later than we typically would this year for termites,” Ashbrook said.

Even though there have already been several swarms, Ashbrook said the season was pushed back a week due to the harsh winter

Residents should also look out for cockroaches, since their activity has been relatively high recently, according to Ashbrook.

Because roaches typically live in manholes and sewers, they are often ﬂushed out after ﬂoods and begin searching

SUNSET DRIVE 222: John S. Hover

Sr. to Tommy M. Cooper and Misty S. Cooper, $45,000.

W. LAKESHORE LANDING DRIVE

705: Mark W. Malter to Robin L. Fowler-Malter, donation, no value stated.

WEST HALL PARK SUBDIVISION, LOT 3, SQUARE 2: Mary Martin to Marshay A. Gray and Aniska M. Taylor, $80,000, donation.

WESTMINSTER DRIVE 120: Grace L. Wager to Duane Parker, $225,000.

Mosquitoes: Use Environmental Protection Agencyapproved insect repellent, check for standing water inside and outside and install window screens if you haven’t already.

Deer and horse flies: Test out insect repellent and consider wearing loose-ﬁtting, long sleeves, if you’re able to

Fire ants: Consider spraying your yard with EPA-registered insecticide or set ant bait near mounds.

Fleas and ticks: Avoid feral animals and regularly treat your pets with ﬂea and tick prevention medicine.

Check yourself for ticks after being outdoors.

Consider tightening door frame seals and ﬁll structural cracks and crevices to prevent infestations.

SUN/BUSH

NEAR BUSH, PORTION OF GROUND: Barbara J. Cockﬁeld to Daniel C. Cockﬁeld, donation, no value stated.

NEAR BUSH, PORTION OF GROUND: Thomas M. Lewis and Bridgette M. Lewis revocable living trust to Tyler J. Szekely and Erin Szekely, $95,000.

WATTS ROAD 78400: CSMC 2017RPL2 Trust to Kevin Kennedy and Eugenie Kennedy, $70,002.

Daughter’s demandsare take advantageofa father’s love

Dear Annie: My husband will be 60 on his next birthday,and despite having asthma, he’sin very good shape.

this request twodaysbefore the move.

Our daughter is 27 and doesn’t manageher ﬁnances or life very well. She recently asked my husband to help her move as he has done four times previously.Heagreed, even though it wasjust the two of them moving everything.

The new apartmentisup three ﬂights of stairsand they moved her in on a98-degree day.Ittook severalhours, and he did not get home until after 10 p.m. Ifeel this was thoughtless and completely selﬁsh of our daughter.She is frequently inconsiderate,and she made

My husband is agreat dad, but Ifeel he needs to set some boundaries with our daughter. Ivoiced that Ifelt her request wasn’treasonable. He made it clear that if she asks in the future, he will move her again. I’m concerned thatshe will continue to use him until he drops. We mostly hear from her only when she needs something. Am Iout of line to ask hertohire someone to move herinfuture? —Used Up in Texas Dear Used Up: You’re not outof line. Your daughter is closer to 30 than 20, which means at this point, sheshould be taking care of moving on her own, or hiring help if she needs it.But as long as your husband keeps saying yes, she never will. Instead of confronting your daughter,talk to your

TODAYINHISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Saturday,June 28, the 179th day of 2025. There are 186 daysleft in the year.

Todayinhistory

On June 28, 1914, in an act that sparked World WarI, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife,Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip.

On this date:

In 1863, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. George G. Meade as thenew commander of the Army of the Potomac, following the resignation of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker

In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending the ﬁrst World War.

In 1940, PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt signed the Alien Registration Act, alsoknown as the Smith Act, which required adult foreigners residing in the U.S. to be registered and ﬁngerprinted.

In 1969, riots broke out following apolice raid at the

husband again. Let him know that you’reworried about his well-being and that by picking up thepieces whenever your daughter needsit, he’snot really helping —he’senabling. Now’sthe time to give her a little tough love. If he insists on being involved in her future moves, encourage him to take care of himself ﬁrst and set boundaries,meaning shorter moving days with limits on what he lifts andplentyofadvance notice.

Dear Annie: My longtime boyfriendand Iare mature adults. My problem is that he insists on eating all of his homecooked meals in bed. Imagine cooking abeautiful dinner and your partner refuses to eat at thetable, instead loading up a bowl of food andeating in bed while glued to the TV.There is no conversation because he

might “miss” something on TV.Meanwhile, Isit on astool balancing my plate on my lap to dine with him. After going to all of the work to makeanice dinner,Ithen have to dine and clean up thekitchen by myself while he’sglued to the boob tube!

On therare occasion that he actually sits at the table to eat, he complains, even though there’saTVinthe dining room that he watches while eating. He’sverycapable of sitting at atable and dining as he does when we go outtoeat or go to friends’ homes. Oddly enough, if he sees someone dining alone, he’ll feel sorry for them. However,dining alone is what I’m forced to do in our home. What shouldIdoabout this?

The Lone Diner Dear Lone Diner: This isn’tjust about your boyfriend choos-

ing to eat in bed; it’sabout him prioritizing his comfort and preferences over connecting and spending quality timewith you. You’ve sacriﬁced what you want to accommodate him, meanwhile he hasn’thad to lift aﬁnger

Youdeserve to feel valued and appreciated in your relationship; you are this man’s partner after all, not his waitress. Tell your boyfriend directly that you want to eat dinner together,starting with two or three nights aweek, totally uninterrupted, at the dining table, no TV allowed. If he’snot willing to meet you halfway and grant you this very small ask, it may be timetostop cooking for two.

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StonewallInn, an LGBTQ+ bar in New York’sGreenwich Villageneighborhood, leading to six days of violent protests that served as awatershed moment in theLGBTQ+ rights movement.

In 1997, boxer Mike Tyson was disqualified from his rematch with heavyweight titleholder Evander Holyfield after Tyson bit Holyfield twice in thethird round, including biting off aportion of Holyfield’sright ear.

In 2000, seven months after he was found adrift in the StraitsofFlorida, ElianGonzalez was returned to his nativeCuba.

In 2017, aman armed with a shotgun attacked the ofﬁces of TheCapital newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing four journalists andastafferbefore policestormed the buildingand arrested him; authorities saidJarrod Ramos had a long-running grudge against thenewspaper for its reportingofaharassment case against him. (Ramos would be convicted and sentenced to six life sentences plus 345years

in prison.)

In 2019,avowed White supremacist James Alex Fields, whodeliberately drove his car into acrowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing ayoung woman andinjuring dozens, apologizedfor his actionsbefore being sentenced to life in prisononfederal hate crime charges

In 2022,Ghislaine Maxwell wassentenced to 20 years in prisonfor helping the wealthy ﬁnancier JeffreyEpsteinsexually abuse teenagegirls.

Today’sbirthdays: Filmmaker-comedian MelBrooks is 99. Diplomat and politicianHansBlix is 97. Actor Bruce Davison is 79. Actor KathyBates is 77. FootballHallofFamer John Elway is 65. Actor JohnCusack is 59. Actor Mary Stuart Mastersonis59. Actor Tichina Arnold is 56. Filmmaker-actor Mike White is 55. Business executive ElonMusk is 54. Actor Alessandro Nivola is 53. Country singer-TV personality Kellie Pickleris38. Olympic track gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herahis33.