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Gordon Plaza residents sue over unpaid judgments Plaintiffs owed $75M for contaminated neighborhoods

BY JOSIE ABUGOV Staff writer

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Ph.D. student Emma McCarthy and Christopher Marvel, assistant professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, hold samples of moon dust alloys near the equipment used to create them in the powder metallurgy lab at LSU on May 19.

Scientists at LSU study moon dust

Thousands of people who lived, worked and attended school on the former site of the toxic Agriculture Street Landfill have sued the city of New Orleans and the Orleans Parish School Board over money owed to them in a judgment, the latest legal battle in a decadeslong fight.

The judgment involves Gordon Plaza and Press Park, Black neighborhoods built atop the former landfill, which was so contaminated it was later designated a federal Superfund site. The federal lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana May 13, alleges the city is prioritizing other payments over the millions owed to the class of 5,000 plaintiffs linked to the landfill settlement.

In 2022, Orleans Civil District Court Judge Nicole Sheppard ruled that the city, the Housing Authority of New Orleans and the Orleans Parish School Board owed the plaintiffs $75.3 million for conditions in the two residential neighborhoods, as well as an elementary school on top of the contaminated landfill.

Research could help sustain space exploration missions

BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer

A key problem for NASA to solve in maintaining a presence on the moon, or even Mars, is providing the resources necessary for long-term survival.

The more scientists pack on a spacecraft, the heavier it is and the more fuel it uses. Resupply missions are costly.

But LSU researchers are exploring how to extract materials from the moon itself.

Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Emma McCarthy is investigating the possibilities of lunar regolith, the dust and debris that make up the lunar surface.

“Getting materials from Earth and resupply from Earth is very expensive,” McCarthy said. “Energy costs are very high for that, so we want to try to use as much as we can from the moon already.”

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The materials can then be used to build or repair structures on the moon, McCarthy said. Astronauts also could harness the energy from the chemical process, called a thermite reaction.

Her research is funded

by NASA to further its “in situ resource utilization” initiatives, which focus on how to use local resources at mission destinations as opposed to relying only on what a spacecraft can carry.

“That’s really big for supthe Artemis misPh.D. student Emma McCarthy holds up samples of alloys porting sion right now,” McCarthy made from moon dust in the powder metallurgy lab on said. “This stuff could be May 19. applied for a future Mars mission and transferred to the Mars dust.”

“This stuff could be applied for a future Mars For their experiments, mission and transferred to the Mars dust.” the researchers grind simEMMA McCARTHy, LSU mechanical engineering Ph.D. student ulated lunar regolith into a fine powder using a ball mill. They purchase samsor in the Department of ing lithium hydride to ples from Space Resource Mechanical and Industrial isolate valuable elements Technologies, which speEngineering, McCarthy found in moon dust — like cializes in simulating the experiments with using a aluminum, iron and silicon ä See MOON, page 5A chemical reaction involv- — from oxygen.

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STAFF FILE PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm on Oct. 30, 2024.

U.S., Iran ceasefire talks show progress Israel expands assault in Lebanon

BY WENDY BENJAMINSON, DANA KHRAICHE and GALIT ALTSTEIN Bloomberg News (TNS)

Philanthropist Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin dies at 93 Former lawyer, queen of Carnival was a passionate supporter of symphony

BY JOHN POPE

Contributing writer Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, a queen of Carnival who became a lawyer and philanthropist whose gifts of money, determination and leadership helped save New Orleans’ symphony orchestra, died Saturday in her sleep at her New Orleans home, her granddaughter Mary Beth Benjamin said.

She was 93.

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The U.S. and Iran traded messages over the weekend seeking changes to a draft agreement that would extend a ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz, but it was unclear if the sides were making much progress.

As the diplomatic exchanges continued, Israel expanded its ground assault in Lebanon, shattering a brittle truce with its northern neighbor.

President Donald Trump hasn’t spoken on the subject of Iran since a White House Situation Room meeting Friday in which he said he expected to announce an agreement. In a social media post earlier that day he reiterated his demands, including that Iran suspend its nuclear program and fully restore the strait to its earlier status as a free, international waterway.

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U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 3

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.

U.S. Southern Command announced the strike with its usual language that the vessel was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” and operated by a designated terrorist organization. It provided no evidence for the allegation.

It’s the latest in a monthslong campaign against alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.

Video released by the military on social media shows a small vessel floating in the ocean before it’s hit and engulfed in a fireball.

The attack brings the death toll to 205 in a series of U.S. strikes that began in early September, with other attacks announced on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The Trump administration has declared that the U.S. is at armed conflict with Latin American drug cartels, saying they are behind the flow of drugs into American communities.

U.S. Southern Command said in its post on X that the strike came at the direction of Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the top U.S. commander in Latin America.

Rains threaten to delay search for 2 in Laos

BANGKOK — Heavy rains threatened to delay the search for two people missing in a flooded cave in Laos on Sunday, after the rescue of five other people who were trapped underground for over a week.

Finnish diver Mikko Paasi, one of the first international rescuers to arrive at the site, told The Associated Press that rains had filled the cave up to the second chamber, preventing divers from entering the cave until pumps can lower the water level.

Making the situation even more difficult, a drainage pump broke down, said fellow diver Yoshitaka Isaji of Japan.

The seven villagers reportedly entered the cave last week to look for valuable minerals such as gold before being trapped by a flash flood that blocked their way out. One other villager escaped and alerted the authorities.

Rescue teams from Laos and neighboring Thailand have been working together in the past week at the site in a rugged area in the central province of Xaisomboun, about 75 miles north of the capital, Vientiane. They were joined by divers from countries including Finland, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, France and Australia.

Several of the rescuers previously took part in the complicated 2018 cave rescue in northern Thailand that saved 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave.

Man charged in killings of 3 people in Hawaii

HONOLULU — Authorities in Hawaii have charged a 36-year-old man with murder in the killings of three people in a remote community known for its eclectic, communal lifestyle.

Jacob Daniel Baker was charged with counts of first- and second-degree murder Saturday, the Hawaii Police Department said in a news release.

Baker remained jailed without bond Sunday and police said his first court appearance was scheduled for Monday. It was not immediately known if Baker had an attorney who could speak for him.

Charges in the killings came two days after police apprehended Baker following a manhunt on Hawaii’s Big Island, where the three victims were found in the rural Puna community known for its tropical landscape and free-spirited residents.

Robert Shine, 69, was found dead Monday partially submerged in a cement pond, according to police. The second victim, a 79-year-old man, was discovered Tuesday a few hundred feet away. Friends identified him as Chitta Morse.

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Ukraine hits Russian energy targets

Kyiv denies striking Kremlin-occupied nuclear plant

By The Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Kyiv on Sunday launched new strikes overnight on Russian energy sites. It has also denied Moscow’s claims that a Ukrainian drone struck the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian drones struck the Saratov oil refinery in southwestern Russia, causing a large-scale fire. It claimed the refinery has been supplying Moscow’s war effort.

The refinery belongs to Russia’s state oil enterprise, Rosneft. Local Russian Gov. Roman Busargin said Ukrainian drones had damaged civilian infrastructure, but did not give details. Astra, an independent Russian news channel, said an oil refinery was on fire in the city of Saratov.

Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russia’s oil and gas facilities in recent months, arguing the energy sector funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year invasion.

“Tonight, our soldiers applied Ukraine’s long-range sanctions against an oil refinery in Saratov, Russia — approximately 435 miles from the front line. A significant achievement,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media on Sunday.

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Service members with Ukraine’s defense intelligence set up drones to be used against Russian forces Thursday in an undisclosed location.

Drone debris also set fire to a fuel depot in Russia’s southwestern Rostov region, which borders Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, Gov. Yuriy Slyusar reported on Telegram on Sunday. He said residents of nearby homes were evacuated.

Ukraine’s General Staff on Sunday confirmed its forces were behind the strike on the facility in the town of Matveev Kurgan.

Local authorities said a drone strike on the depot had caused a large-scale fire across a wide area.

According to its General Staff, Ukraine also struck the Lazarevo pumping station in Russia’s Kirov region northeast of Moscow, more than 745 miles from Ukrainian-controlled land.

The station helps ship Russian oil from Siberia to Belarus.

Regional Gov. Alexander Sokolov said drones had hit a facility in the Kirov region, without giving further details.

Kyiv denied that a Ukrainian drone struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest. Russia’s state nuclear energy company, Rosatom, said on Saturday that the drone exploded after tearing a hole in the wall of a turbine hall. Rosatom’s CEO Alexei Likhachev accused Ukraine of a deliberate attack.

“This afternoon, a Ukrainian kamikaze combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Power Unit No. 6, resulting in a detonation,” Likhachev said. He

added there was no damage to main equipment.

Ukraine’s military said it did not target or strike the plant, describing the Russian claim as “yet another propaganda ploy.” A military statement said that it adheres to international humanitarian law and is aware of the “consequences of any actions targeting nuclear facilities.”

Rafael Grossi, head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — expressed “serious concern” in a post on X following the incident.

The IAEA said in a statement Sunday that its inspectors at the plant “observed damage to the exterior of a turbine building” that was “consistent with the im-

pact” of a drone. It gave no details of where the drone may have come from, but said radiation levels at the site remained normal. It added that its inspectors had requested access to the inside of the turbine hall for further examination.

Russian forces captured the Zaporizhzhia plant in the early weeks of the war, and it remains close to the front lines in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, one of four Russia has formally annexed despite lacking full military control or international recognition for its actions. The nuclear plant has repeatedly come under fire since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, sparking fears of a nuclear accident. Moscow and Kyiv have blamed each other for targeting the plant.

In an interview broadcast Sunday, Zelenskyy told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that Russia treats abducted Ukrainian children “essentially as combatants,” claiming Kyiv has evidence they are being trained to fight against fellow Ukrainians.

“They taught these children to hate their native country, to hate (their) native people. And Ukrainians, can you imagine, such young Ukrainians — young boys — come to the battlefield and kill (other) Ukrainians,” he said.

He also alleged that Russians have separated abducted Ukrainian siblings, adopting them out to different families, and offered to trade some children for captured Ukrainian soldiers in prisoner swaps.

Paris holds soccer victory parade after overnight clashes

BY SYLVIE CORBET and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press

PARIS — A huge crowd of supporters gathered peacefully near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to celebrate Paris Saint-Germain’s second Champions League title victory, which was marred by violent clashes overnight across France and led police to detain hundreds of people.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 780 people were detained in Paris and other cities and 57 officers were wounded, with most suffering minor injuries, as football fans set off fires and vandalized shops overnight.

Nuñez said at a news conference on Sunday that “the situation has been largely brought under control.”

“Most of the celebrations took place peacefully” across the French capital, he said, noting most incidents happened in the Champs Elysees neighborhood and close to the Parc des Princes stadium, in western Paris, where fans

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By THOMAS PADILLA

A car burns Saturday in Paris as supporters celebrate Paris Saint-Germain winning the Champions League soccer title against Arsenal. had gathered to watch the match.

Fans began celebrating in Paris after the final whistle on Saturday night in Budapest, Hungary, where Paris SaintGermain was crowned Champions League winners after beating Arsenal in a dramatic penalty shootout. Fans marched along the avenues near Paris’ Arc de Triomphe monument, with some setting off flares and blaring

car horns. Around 20,000 people gathered on the Champs-Élysées, where police worked to contain the crowd.

Planned celebrations for the team’s win on Sunday afternoon at the Champ de Mars, near the Eiffel Tower, went ahead as scheduled. Nunez warned that police would respond with “firmness and determination” to any potential violence.

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Blast at building storing explosives in Myanmar kills more than 45

BY GRANT PECK Associated Press

BANGKOK — A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports.

About 70 other people were injured in the explosion that took place around noon in the village of Kaungtup, in Namhkam township.

The area, located about 2 miles south of the Chinese border, is under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, an ethnic armed group which has en-

gaged in sporadic fighting against Myanmar’s central government.

A rescue worker who rushed to the site of the blast told The Associated Press that 46 bodies, including six children, had been recovered by Sunday evening and taken for cremation.

The rescuer, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said 74 injured people had been transported to the township hospital and rescue operations were continuing.

Another rescuer in Namhkam, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said about 40 people were killed and more than 100 houses near the blast site

were damaged.

Myanmar media outlets, including Shan State’s online Shwe Phee Myay news agency, reported death tolls ranging from 50 to 55. They published photos and videos showing smoke from the explosion and damaged buildings and debris in its aftermath.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported the explosion caused multiple deaths and injuries, with many residential houses being severely damaged, but did not give figures.

It said that according to preliminary investigations, the blast occurred at a site where large quantities of explosives used for mining operations were stored.

as a backdrop, up to 100,000 supporters showed up at the event that was placed under high security measures. Returning from Budapest late, PSG players — led by captain Marquinhos, coach Luis Enrique and club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi — were greeted by cheering crowds as the club anthem blared from loudspeakers. The players took turns lifting the trophy aloft, relishing their heroes’ welcome back home.

The team was then host-

ed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee presidential palace.

Macron condemned the violence.

“I don’t want that we get used to it,” Macron said at the ceremony. “This is not soccer, this is not sport, this is not what we love. We will be uncompromising with those who have been caught. We do not want to see this happen again. It’s over. We’ve had enough.

This must end.”

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WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries amid outbreak New treatment center opens in eastern Congo

BY JUSTIN KABUMBA and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press

BUNIA, Congo — Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday during a visit to Bunia in eastern Congo, a city at the heart of an outbreak.

“Four people will be discharged today and there was one that was discharged the day before yesterday,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during the opening of a new Ebola treatment center in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province.

“Of course, we’re still working on vaccines and treatments but that doesn’t mean that people cannot recover from Ebola,” he added.

The WHO said Friday a patient had recovered from the Bundibugyo virus, the current species of Ebola, which has no approved treatment or vaccine. It was the first documented recovery of a confirmed Bundibugyo patient during the current outbreak.

The health organization

said authorities have reported 134 confirmed cases in Congo and neighboring Uganda, including 18 confirmed deaths as of May 29.

Baraka Bulambulu, one of those who recovered, told The Associated Press on Sunday that community members feared contracting an unknown illness from them, keeping their distance while delivering food and medicine.

He said the uncertainty was overwhelming, as he and other patients believed they might die without knowing what disease they had, though testing eventually confirmed Ebola.

“Being able to come out of this alive is an immense source of happiness,” Bulambulu said. ”Many people who were in the same situation died.”

Ezo Étienne, a nurse, said his symptoms began during ward rounds when he suddenly felt dizzy, then rapidly deteriorated into vomiting, intense itching, severe diarrhea and extreme weakness.

He was tested seven times before Ebola was confirmed.

His treatment remained purely to treat the symptoms: medications to control vomiting, fluids to prevent dehydration and pain relievers. “That was all they could provide,” he said.

He urged the public and

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MOSES SAWASAWA

Director General of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus meets Sunday with health workers who recovered from Ebola in Bunia, Congo. healthcare workers not to dismiss early symptoms such as vomiting and headaches, warning that misinformation leads many people to believe they have been poisoned rather than seeking hospital care.

Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, said Saturday the virus continues to spread faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals. It called for the immediate expansion of testing, faster de-

Colombia’s presidential vote goes to runoff

BY MEGAN JANETSKY and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press

response during the opening of the new treatment center on Sunday.

“If you come to health facilities when you have symptoms, you can get the support and recover, so the key is to come forward as early as possible and to get the necessary support,” the WHO chief said.

“We can stop this Ebola and anyone who has it can also recover. But the rule ... is this thing is everybody’s business and every citizen should be

Newark sets curfew after clashes over immigration detention center

By The Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MATIAS DELACROIX

Voters line up at a polling station Sunday BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Tough-on-crime lawyer during the presidential election in Bogota, Abelardo de la Espriella and peace-builder Colombia.

Iván Cepeda were leading the vote counts in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, and are to face off in a runoff in the South American nation later in June.

De la Espriella — a newcomer known as “El Tigre, or “The Tiger,” — has sought to portray himself as a supporter of President Donald Trump, vowing to crack down on criminal groups. He leads the race with more than 43% of the votes after nearly 98% of the ballots were counted, Colombia’s electoral authorities said late Sunday.

He fell short of the 50% of votes needed to win in the first round of voting, something that may spell trouble for his path to the presidency.

Second is Cepeda, a progressive senator and an ally of outgoing President Gustavo Petro who has promised to carry on a fraught push for “total peace.” Cepeda scooped up less than 41% of the vote.

Paloma Valencia, a candidate for Co-

ployment of aid workers and sustained access for medical supplies.

The dangers faced by health workers have been heightened by anger among residents over the stringent medical protocols for handling the victims’ bodies, which clash with local burial rites. Residents have launched at least three attacks against health centers.

Tedros stressed the importance of involving the community in the outbreak

involved,” he added.

Attacks in the region by the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel group allied with the Islamic State group, and a coalition of ethnic militias have also hindered the response.

ADF fighters killed seven people Saturday in Beni, North Kivu province, an area also affected by the outbreak, the Congolese army and civil society groups said.

The illness also has been reported in both North Kivu and South Kivu, south of Ituri, where the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group controls many key cities, including Goma and Bukavu.

“The final message we would like to share with the Ituri community is that there is hope,” Pierre Akilimali, incident manager at Congo’s National Institute of Public Health, said during the inauguration on Sunday.

“With the symptomatic treatment that we are currently providing, we are seeing patients recover,” Akilimali added.

“We truly have hope. The virus here is not as complicated as those we have dealt with in the past, and with the support of all our partners, we believe we will be able to bring this outbreak under control as quickly as possible,” said Davin Ambitapio, another doctor at the treatment center.

lombia’s establishment party who pitched herself as a centrist, fell short of moving into the next round with less than 7% of the vote.

While Cepeda coasted comfortably ahead in polls throughout the campaign, the senator and de la Espriella were neck-and-neck on Sunday night, which is likely to spell trouble in the June runoff, where de La Espriella is likely to scoop up many of the voters that threw their support behind Valencia.

The election underscored two sharply diverging visions for the future of peace in a country marked by years of conflict. Voters across South America are increasingly ditching leaders that pitched progressive policies — such as providing opportunities to young people and rooting out corruption, and solving security issues and have instead to heavy-handed security crackdowns like in El Salvador.

NEWARK, N.J. — The mayor of Newark imposed a curfew early Sunday around an immigration detention center in New Jersey after a series of intense clashes between protestors and police.

The curfew around Delaney Hall will be in place between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. until further notice, Mayor Ras Baraka said in a statement.

The move came after another night of standoffs between law enforcement and demonstrators at the facility, as protestors could be seen in photographs and videos fighting over barricades as police used riot shields to push them back. A video posted on social media showed police on horseback marching into crowds attempting to break up groups of protestors.

The high-profile demonstrations at Delaney Hall began earlier this month

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Protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement take to the streets Saturday during clashes with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, N.J. after advocates said detainees inside launched a hunger strike over poor living conditions at the 1,000-bed facility, the latest hotbed of opposition over the federal government’s immigration crackdown.

New Jersey state police on Friday relieved federal immigration enforcement agents who had been facing

off against protestors at the facility for days.

In a statement Sunday morning, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said masked individuals attacked a barrier in a designated protest area set up by state police and were “throwing projectiles, utilizing the barriers as weapons, and lighting tires on fire in the street.”

Candidate’s wife calls reports about Platner’s sexually explicit texts ‘shameful’

BY JESSE BEDAYN and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press

Graham Platner’s wife called reports that her husband had previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women “shameful” over the weekend, the latest controversy to hit the Maine Demo-

crat’s whirlwind campaign.

Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, posted a video taken by his wife, Amy Gertner, who reportedly told his campaign of the text messages last year.

In the five-minute video, Gertner avoided speaking directly about her husband’s reported texts, dubbing the broader coverage as “gossip”

and saying that “being married is hard.”

“I find it really shameful that there’s a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip,” she said in the informal, selfiestyle video where she walked along a road. “No marriage is perfect, and I don’t want a perfect marriage. I want my marriage.”

Platner is seeking the Democratic nomination for one of the most closely-watched Senate races as Democrats hope to defeat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the party’s efforts to win control of the closely divided Senate. The Maine primary is June 9.

The texts were first reported by The Wall Street Jour-

nal, which wrote that Gertner had told the campaign in August about the messages she had found on Platner’s phone earlier in their marriage. The New York Times, which also published a story Saturday about the texts, named former aide Genevieve McDonald as one of the then-campaign staffers who confirmed the messages.

Both newspapers reported that Gertner wanted to ensure the texts didn’t pose a political liability to the novice candidate. Platner’s campaign team eventually decided that the texts were private and being handled by the couple, who were married in 2023. The two are in counseling, Gertner has said.

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Bill sets tougher penalties for attacking teachers

bill by Newell, House Bill authority over students’ actions a clear message, Roemer said: “If protections.

Students would be related you do harm an educator, there 133, which deals with criminal outside of school.

The measure will work in confor assaulting teachers.

“I’m fine with the bill’s final will be consequences.” junction with HB133, which also expelled, get anger penalties Under the bill, students convicted form because it still protects adds disability-related protecmanagement classes of battery against teachers face a teachers,” Newell said in an inter- What’s in the bill? tions and evaluation requirements

BY ELYSE CARMOSINO Staff writer

Louisiana schools must take stricter disciplinary action against students who attack public school employees under a bill the Legislature passed last week that requires districts to expel students found guilty of assault.

The House voted 98-0 Wednesday to approve a final version of House Bill 283 by Rep. Candace Newell Newell, D-New Orleans, which mandates that students who assault a school employee be automatically expelled for at least two semesters and undergo anger management classes. The measure, which now heads to Gov. Jeff Landry to be signed into law, also allows teachers who are assaulted to use up to a year of their sick leave for medical and psychological treatment or physical rehabilitation.

On Friday, the House passed a

minimum of six months in prison or juvenile detention without eligibility for parole or probation.

Known as the “Teacher’s Shield Act,” HB283 underwent changes after advocates expressed concerns.

Initially, the bill created a near-total ban on allowing students to return to the same school after an assault. But after pushback from rural districts that said they have few alternative placement options for expelled students, lawmakers revised the legislation to allow students to return to the same school when a district has no other school “of suitable grade level” to send them to.

Lawmakers also updated the proposal to only apply to off-campus assaults of employees by students that are “a continuation of” incidents that began on school property. Some advocates pushed for the change, saying the original wording gave school systems too much

view Friday. “That was what was really important to me.”

Teachers’ unions frequently say districts should take a tougher stance on students who are violent toward school employees, arguing that expelling students who attack staff will make schools safer. Opponents, however, say expelling students can hurt their futures and doesn’t address the root cause of bad behavior.

While data on physical attacks against teachers is limited, research from other states suggests such incidents are relatively rare.

Caroline Roemer, executive director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, said she was initially concerned that some of HB283’s provisions, particularly regarding off-campus incidents, could impede on students’ rights.

“Our concerns were, how do you protect teachers while also recognizing that there are rights for students?” Roemer said.

But the revised measure is more balanced while still sending

While current state law leaves it up to districts to decide how to discipline students who assault teachers, apart from any legal consequences they might face, HB283 creates new mandatory penalties for students and puts more protections in place for school employees.

In addition to requiring expulsion and anger management classes, the bill mandates that districts document each alleged assault against a school employee in a student’s file, including disciplinary findings and school placement decisions. The act also says school administrators cannot discourage educators from disciplining students who disrupt educational time, and it prohibits administrators from retaliating against employees who choose to do so.

Schools must notify their staff annually of those rights.

The revised bill also adds new protections for students with disabilities, clarifying that the measure cannot override existing state or federal special-education

for students who attack teachers.

It also says students convicted of battery that causes teachers “serious bodily injury” can be imprisoned for up to a year.

D’Shay Oaks, president of the Louisiana Association of Educators, one of Louisiana’s teachers unions, said HB283 shows teachers that their mental health and safety is important.

“We need more mandates and immediate removals of children who assault a teacher,” Oaks said.

“If a teacher is assaulted, there are a lot of mental and emotional issues they will have if the student is allowed back on campus.”

Cynthia Posey, director of governmental relations for the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, the state’s largest teachers union, said the bill could help schools recruit and keep teachers.

“Louisiana cannot ask educators and school employees to stay in the profession, or convince new people to enter it, if they do not believe they will be safe and supported at work,” she said in a statement.

The brick wall of a house is demolished in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans on Oct. 30, 2024. About 65 homes were torn down to make way for a solar farm.

called the meeting with Green. Like Davis, Shinel Brown Smith’s family moved to the Press Park neighborhood in 1971 and lived there until Hurricane Katrina. Two decades after most of the family relocated to Texas, Smith’s father is renting an apartment in New Orleans while paying taxes on the old property.

“We didn’t get paid for the homes, the suffering, we didn’t get paid for anything,” Smith said.

Green said that he’s open to communications with anyone relevant to the issue, but that he is not familiar with the particulars of the current lawsuit. A spokesperson for Carter confirmed that the congressman has been involved in conversations with constituents about the issue.

“Through their resilience, the people of Gordon Plaza have fought tirelessly, ensuring that their voices were heard, their health safeguarded and their rights upheld,” Carter said.

He noted that he helped secure EPA dollars to develop a solar farm in place of the neighborhood, a project backed by Cantrell.

“I will continue to help residents get resolution using every tool at my disposal,” Carter said.

The first set of Gordon Plaza homes were torn down in 2024, two years after the city approved a $35 million buyout for homeowners.

But Press Park residents, including Davis and Smith, have not received anything.

The buyout is unrelated to the $75 million class-action lawsuit for emotional distress and property damage, Bagneris noted.

The city’s total backlog of unpaid judgments and settlements is astonishingly long. A Times-Picayune analysis of city law department records from 2021 — one year before the Gordon Plaza community was granted its most recent judgment — found the city owed close to $65 million. Unpaid judgments date back 30 years, according to a list provided by Bagneris.

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Continued from page 1A The lawsuits related to the contaminated neighborhoods date back decades. Suzette Bagneris, lead counsel on the lawsuits, filed suit in 1993 as a law student and the class of plaintiffs scored their first major victory in 2006.

“I’m at a loss for when these people are going to make this a priority,” Bagneris said. “They are literally waiting for all of these people who lived in Gordon Plaza and Press Park to die off first.”

The plaintiffs in the current case are suing the cash-strapped city and its leadership as well as the school board. (The housing authority is not a defendant in the lawsuit, as Sheppard credited the agency for an earlier payment in insurance money.)

Mayor Helena Moreno’s office did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the School Board said it has not been served the lawsuit.

‘Leverage, institutional influence’ While delaying payments to residents, the city is moving forward with other “substantial settlement payments” and “financial commitments,” the lawsuit alleges.

It points to an agreement to pay OPSB back millions of dollars beginning this year over the city’s now-defunct practice of taking hefty fees from taxes it collects from the school district.

The lawsuit argues that “when residents who prevailed in court years ago remain unpaid while new politically important obligations move to the front of the line, the resulting public perception is that judicial rights depend not on law, but on leverage and institutional influence.”

This situation is “particularly severe,” the lawsuit alleges, given that it involves residents exposed to years of contamination in which the government has been found liable. Gordon Plaza and Press Park

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residents say that the city’s prioritization of payments is unconstitutional, “arbitrary and irrational,” and are asking the defendants to disclose how they order these kinds of payments.

“We can’t make them pay us, but what we can do is make sure that they adhere to their own policies and procedures and pay in order of the list,” Bagneris said.

She also said that city officials have not responded to her requests about the unpaid judgments.

During former Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration, Bagneris met with officials who “vowed to us it was going to be paid within the next six months,” she said.

“Then Moreno came into office and the next thing we heard was they were not going to pay it,” she said. “They didn’t have the money and they weren’t going to pay it.”

A toxic site In the 1970s and ’80s, Gordon Plaza was promoted to Black families looking for affordable home ownership near the Desire area. The area included multifamily homes, senior apartments, public housing units, the Gordon Plaza subdivision and Robert R. Moton Elementary School, all of which have been shut

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taminated neighborhood, beginning with her best friend who died of cancer at the age of 15. She has also lost a sister, two brothers and a niece. Two other sisters are cancer survivors.

“It’s heartbreaking,” she said.

“We ran across that dump site, we built things on there, we ran to the gym, we played on there.”

Davis has not received any compensation for growing up on the carcinogenic landfill. In fact, her family is still paying taxes on the condemned property.

“My dad’s been dead for four years now,” she said. “But my dad couldn’t enjoy his own money and he worked hard for his money. And that’s why I’m fighting for it and I won’t give up.”

Over two years ago, Davis met with New Orleans City Council member Eugene Green, whose district includes the neighborhood, and a representative for U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, she said. She was told that the court-ordered compensation would come within 18 months — a deadline that passed last December. Since then, she said city officials are giving her “the runaround.”

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The entire area was built on top of the roughly 95-acre Agriculture Street Landfill, which had operated for nearly 50 years before closing in 1957. After Hurricane Betsy in 1965, the landfill reopened as a burning and disposal site, which left contaminants in the soil and groundwater, such as arsenic and lead, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The federal agency found more than 140 toxic chemicals in the soil, including 49 carcinogens. A report from the Louisiana Tumor Registry in 2019 found that the broader Desire neighborhood, where the site was located, had the second-highest rate of cancer in the state.

In 1994, the EPA designated the former landfill a Superfund site, which opened federal funding for cleanup, but residents of the neighborhood sought a fully funded relocation.

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Her father was one of the first to buy a house in the new neighborhood in 1971.

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Continued from page 1A properties of the moon, Mars and asteroids.

McCarthy said they chose samples that replicate the lunar south pole, the location being targeted by NASA’s Artemis missions.

Implications for exploration McCarthy said her research differs from current approaches to separate metals from their oxides, which are more energy-intensive.

The thermite reaction she employs is already used on Earth — to repair railroads.

“I think we saw an article about NASA’s in situ resource utilization, and we thought, wow, it’s kind of familiar to the reactions that we’re trying to do,” McCarthy said. “Regolith has a ton of oxides in it, so we could use this. We could

BENJAMIN

Continued from page 1A city needed a symphony. With that determination, she led the board for five years. During that period, the musicians stopped playing because they hadn’t been paid, and Benjamin said she lost count of the number of organizations she addressed in an attempt to rally support to erase the $3 million debt.

“I knew it was in trouble,” she said in a 1985 interview, “but I like that kind of challenge. When you get on a board that doesn’t need you, the challenge isn’t there.”

At that interview, she wore her father’s big Longines watch on her left wrist. She said it was a reminder that “my father felt I could do anything.”

Persistence — and the hundreds of thousands of dollars she contributed — paid off. When Benjamin passed the baton to her successor, the orchestra was debt-free.

In 1991, the ensemble became the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra; it is the oldest full-time musician-governed and collaboratively operated orchestra in the country. It has thrived. Benjamin’s contributions included an endowment for the orchestra’s music director and principal conductor; that position bears her name.

“There would not be a symphony orchestra in New Orleans without Adelaide Benjamin. Full stop,” said Stephen Hales, a longtime member of the orchestra’s board.

“The musicians adored her, and she adored them.”

One of them was Michael Bucalo, a trumpeter. In a 1991 letter to the editor of The Times-Picayune, he wrote: “Mrs. Benjamin has no equal in the community in regards to the energy and personal sacrifice for the symphony. No matter how bad things looked, she was always there with money to bail us out and keep things going.”

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Continued from page 1A The semiofficial Tasnim news agency, which has close ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Sunday that amendments continue to be proposed by both sides, but noted that both the U.S. and Iran might ultimately reject the changes and the deal would collapse.

“Talks and message exchanges are ongoing, and until a definite result is reached, it is not possible to judge,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, according to Tasnim. “Everything being said now is speculation and should not be given importance.”

Meanwhile, Israel made its broadest incursion into Lebanon in a quarter-century as Hezbollah — Iran’s most powerful regional ally — stepped up attacks on Israel’s north.

The Israeli military said Hezbollah fired more than 300 “projectiles” at its soldiers in Lebanon and at northern Israel over the weekend. The latest escalation has shattered a brittle ceasefire declared after the Tehran-backed group attacked Israel in response to its war on Iran, which it launched with the U.S. on Feb. 28.

Israel is not party to the talks between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic and it’s not clear whether it will agree to stop its side war in Lebanon if the war in Iran is resolved.

propose a reaction.”

She was one of a handful of students to receive the award from NASA through the Louisiana Space Grant Consortium. It bridged her experiments that used electron microscopy and her lifelong interest in space, she said.

“I have always been super passionate about NASA and NASA initiatives,” McCarthy said.

She said the project has a broader scope than the research team originally anticipated, and it plans to reapply to continue the work after the funding is up.

The method is newer and more energy-efficient than existing practices, and it could play a critical role in advancing humanity’s space exploration, she said.

“It doesn’t cost as much because the aircraft is lighter, you don’t have as much fuel, and there’s room for other stuff that’s more important on the spacecraft as well,” McCarthy said.

Ph.D. student Emma McCarthy poses with vials of different alloys made from moon dust in the powder metallurgy lab at LSU on May 19.

A week’s concerts in 1997 were dedicated to her. At the first concert, she received a prolonged standing ovation.

“She was brave,” Hales said.

“She persevered.”

It was in her DNA, her son Edward “Ned” Benjamin said. “She came from a family of activists.

Her parents felt that obligation to serve and try to make the city a better place. When she saw things that could be improved, she wanted to improve them.”

That started in her youth, when she and her mother planted a Victory Garden — mirlitons, green beans and tomatoes — in their Palmer Avenue backyard during World War II. It was part of a national effort to supplement food rations, ease the strain on commercial agriculture and boost morale.

She graduated from the Louise S. McGehee School and enrolled at Hollins College (now Hollins University) but returned home after two years for her debut year and entered Newcomb College.

During that period, she wound up bookending Carnival by reigning over Twelfth Night Revelers on the season’s first night and as Rex’s queen on Mardi Gras night.

After earning undergraduate and law degrees, she joined the firm of Wisdom, Stone, Pigman and Benjamin (now Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann).

She married fellow lawyer Edward Benjamin and retired in 1958 to rear a family.

“Her children were the focus of her life,” said Flora Fenner French, a longtime friend.

For the rest of her life, Benjamin’s passion was volunteering.

“She entered the world of community service when strong, thoughtful women in community service were rare,” Hales said.

“She was purposeful and generous with her time. She had a strong moral compass and did not tolerate unfairness. She always stood firm on the right side of issues. If you

the New Orleans Symphony Chorus, the Trinity Episcopal Church Choir and Tulane’s Summer Lyric Theatre.

She graduated in 1982 from the University of the South’s Theological School’s extension program titled “Education for Ministry,” and she was a mentor for its program for six years.

Loyola University gave her an honorary doctorate, and its President’s Council gave her its Integritas Vitae Award in 1994.

The nominating committee said Benjamin “has made it her life’s work to contribute time, talent and treasure to the betterment of our community and its institutions. Her commitment to and PHOTO PROVIDED By LOUISE S. McGEHEE SCHOOL love for New Orleans have been Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin and Gene Dry attend a 2017 dinner proven time and again, and we are honoring Louise S. McGehee School Headmistress Eileen Powers for 20 a better city for it.”

In discussing her grandmother’s years of service to the school at Ralph’s on the Park in New Orleans. impact, Mary Beth Benjamin said: “She had a deep understanding of legacy. I think she embodied the word legacy because she lived it. It wasn’t what you left when you died, but what you did every day — what you do, what you give, whom you love. She saw it as something you’d leave behind every day, and she did.”

Edward Benjamin died in 2012.

Survivors include two sons, Ned Wisdom Benjamin, of New Orleans, and Stuart Minor Benjamin, of Durham, North Carolina; two daughters, Mary Dabney Benjamin, of Seattle, and Ann Leith Benjamin Hill, of Brooklyn, New York; 10 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter who is named for her.

Having a great-granddaughter PHOTO PROVIDED By MATT ROSS bearing her name “was special Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin gets a surprise birthday serenade from to her,” Ned Benjamin said. “Her members of the New Orleans Symphony, including guest conductor name would live on.”

Alfred Savia, center, and members of their families in 1986.

Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arwere on the other side, it wouldn’t Foundation, the National D-Day rangements, which are incomgo well.”

Museum (now The National plete.

Among the boards on which she WWII Museum) and the McGehee sat were those of family foun- School.

Email John Pope at dations, the Louisiana Museum Benjamin, a soprano, sang in pinckelopes@gmail.com.

Talking points On Saturday, Iranian state TV reported the existence of a new draft agreement, which it said gives the Islamic Republic “exclusive authority to determine the nature of transiting vessels” in the strait, a negotiating point the U.S. is unlikely to accept.

Trump once said Iran and the U.S. could manage its traffic in a joint venture. This week, the U.S. leader said that no one country would control the strait but that the U.S. would “watch over” it.

The draft also said the U.S. has committed to giving Iran access to $12 billion in frozen funds within 60 days, to be sent directly to Iranian banks without restrictions, according to Iranian TV, which added that the document was “unofficial” and not “finalized.”

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on the report.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that an Iranian commitment to refrain from seeking a nuclear weapon — a longtime key point of conflict — has been on the table in talks with the U.S. “This is the first time the Iranians have ever been willing — in 47 years — to discuss not having a nuclear weapon,” Bessent said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “Now it’s on the table for the first time thanks to President Trump.”

Iran has repeatedly claimed since the 2015 nuclear deal made with the Obama administration that

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it was not pursuing a nuclear weapon. And in that deal, Iran agreed to cap uranium enrichment it said was for nuclear power and to ship its stockpile out of the country.

When Trump rescinded that deal in his first term, Iran returned to enriching uranium beyond what the Obama deal allowed.

Markets have been whipsawed by the abrupt turns in rhetoric, but hopes of a ceasefire extension helped drive stocks toward a historic streak of weekly gains by week’s end, even as sporadic attacks occurred.

Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, said Trump was willing to take an imperfect deal to ease Republicans’ growing worries about the congressional elections in the fall as voters are frustrated with rising energy prices.

“This is a deal about gasoline prices at the pump in the United States,” Bolton said on Bloomberg This Weekend. “Trump worries, obviously, about the price levels people are paying. He’s worried about the effect on inflation. He’s worried about the effect on the elections in November. But this is not a deal that really ends the war in a satisfactory way for the United States.”

Bolton warned that allowing Iran’s government to remain in power would enable it to rebuild its military and nuclear capabilities. “If the Iranian regime is allowed to survive, which it looks like Trump is prepared to acknowledge, they will simply benefit from the reopening

of the strait to sell more oil, who requested anonymity to gain more revenue, and en- describe details that aren’t trench themselves in power,” public. he said.

The missile was intercepted but falling debris hurt U.S. troops wounded about five people, including An Iranian ballistic missile contractors and active-duty strike on a Kuwaiti air base in personnel, the person said. recent days caused minor in- One Reaper was destroyed juries to several Americans and at least one other was seand seriously damaged two riously damaged. The drones MQ-9 Reaper strike drones, cost about $30 million each. according to a person with diU.S. Central Command rect knowledge of the attack, didn’t respond to requests

for comment on the attack.

The U.S. Navy blockade policing the strait disabled a Gambia-flagged vessel heading to an Iranian port on Friday, the U.S. military announced on Saturday. A U.S. aircraft disabled the vessel by firing a Hellfire missile into the engine room after the crew ignored more than 20 warnings, Central Command said in a statement posted on X.

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Politician in hot seat over lot sales Community turned idle site owned by nonprofit into garden

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

An obscure New Orleans housing nonprofit’s attempt to sell a community garden in the 7th Ward has drawn widening public scrutiny, renewing criticisms of a state representative whose real estate firm handled the deal and triggering a review by Mayor Helena Moreno’s office.

The origins of the Frenchmen Street Community Garden, which fills two lots on the corner of Frenchmen and Marais streets, trace to a post-Hurricane Katrina program meant to harness abandoned property for good. The city

gave the parcels to the nonprofit Neighborhood Housing Services, but the land lay untended for several years and grew into a foliagesnarled dumping ground.

In 2019, a group of residents cleared the site of trash and tangled kudzu, replacing them with jasmine, dill and banana plants, mulberry and fig trees, walking paths and a chicken coop. Gardeners distribute thousands of pounds of eggs and produce to nearby residents each year, said Ashley Schneider, one of the garden’s organizers.

In 2023, the group made one of several overtures seeking to buy or lease the land from the nonprof-

it. The gardeners offered $90,000 for the two lots, plus a separate lot Neighborhood Housing Services owned on North Robertson Street.

The real estate firm run by state Rep. Delisha Boyd represented the nonprofit.

Boyd’s daughter Kristen, an agent at the firm assigned to the negotiations, responded then that the owner would be loath to sell “3 (lots) for the price of one.”

Three years later, on May 15, the garden’s stewards arrived to find eviction notices pinned to its chain-link fence.

Delisha Boyd Realty in April quietly went under contract with buyers on both of the garden’s

lots, real estate records show, for $15,000 each. Orleans Parish assessor’s records show one of them sold for roughly that price in 1963.

Garden organizers responded with a public campaign to halt the sale, which has drawn growing attention on social media and in public meetings.

“Residents had previously made higher offers for these lots and were fully prepared to do so again had they been notified of the sale,” the organizers wrote to Moreno.

“The transfer of land designated for public good at below market rates to private interests raises

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A chicken walks around the Frenchmen Street Community Garden in New Orleans on ä See PRICES, page 2B Saturday.

NORD CEO leaving post after 7 years Barabino taking new role at city’s housing agency

BY JONI HESS

Staff writer

New Orleans Recreation and Development Commission CEO Larry Barabino Jr. resigned from his post Friday to take on a new role at the Housing Authority of New Orleans, opening the door for new leadership to steer the department through its long-held challenges.

His departure after seven years is the latest exit of a major agency’s top leader Barabino after Lona Edwards Hankins resigned as CEO of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority last month.

Barabino’s last day is June 12, he said in an email sent to staff Friday evening.

“In the coming weeks, I remain fully committed to ensuring a smooth transition and supporting the organization in every way possible. I have complete confidence that NORD will continue to thrive because of the extraordinary people who make this agency what it is,” he said.

“We are grateful for Director Barabino’s service and contributions during his tenure and appreciate the time, dedication, and professionalism he brought to his role on behalf of the residents of New Orleans,” said Isis Casanova, city communications director.

Barabino’s departure comes as NORD navigates issues retaining staff amid a citywide hiring freeze, blowback over the condition and management of some of its 160-plus facilities and a reimagined vision from the city’s new mayor.

On the campaign trail last year, Mayor Helena Moreno drafted a plan to overhaul NORD by calling for a new full-time leader of the NORD Foundation and a new department director. Moreno also vowed to expand youth programs and said she would increase the agency’s budget by 20%, or an additional $5 million, if management issues are resolved.

The department is also being overseen with an almost entirely new board after Moreno appointed five new commission members whose priorities include analyzing NORD’s budget, deepening the department’s community ties and ensuring sites are adequately staffed and maintained.

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FOOD & FUN ABOVE: Nikola Zarak shucks oysters at the Atlantis Oysters booth during the annual Jean Lafitte Seafood Festival on Sunday.

LEFT: Festivalgoers walk down City Park Street.

Zulu crowns Keith Thomas 2027 king Band director bests ex-congressman

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

In what some saw as an upset, Keith Thomas, band director at John F. Kennedy High School and longtime Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club member, was elected King Zulu 2027 in voting on Sunday. Thomas won over former U.S. House of Representative member Cedric Richmond.

Thomas received 350 votes, with Richmond trailing with 299.

When the results of the election were announced from the balcony of the Zulu clubhouse, the enormous crowd of members and others awaiting the news on North Broad Street erupted in cheers.

Thomas was immediately surrounded by a mass of exuberant supporters, who paused their congratulations long enough for the

new Zulu King to shake hands with Richmond.

“I’m so ecstatic,” Thomas shouted over the crowd. “Thank you so much, Zulu. It’s a gift of a lifetime.”

Darren Mire, the Zulu organization’s director of public relations, said that in addition to his long career as an educator in New Orleans schools, Thomas served the Zulu club for 18 years, making himself invaluable in the production of the annual parade.

It was Thomas’ second campaign to be the Zulu King, one of the most important symbolic positions in all of New Orleans culture.

Established in 1909, during the era of restrictive racial segregation, the Zulu organization has produced a Carnival procession by and for the city’s Black population for more than a century. The lighthearted Zulu parade, named for the legendary African kingdom, has long been an iconic part

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Former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond hugs Keith Thomas after Thomas beat Richmond in an election for King Zulu 2027 outside the Zulu ä See ZULU, page 2B Social Aid & Pleasure Club in New Orleans on Sunday.

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BY KASEY BUBNASH

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A man was shot and killed during a fight in the Broadmoor neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

Police were called at 1:36 a.m. to the 3500 block of Milan Street, where they found the man wounded. The victim and suspected shooter had been in a physical fight when shots rang out, police said.

Paramedics took the victim to a hospital and he died there later, according to the NOPD. Police did not immediately release more information.

Email Kasey Bubnash at kasey.bubnash@ theadvocate.com.

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Supporters celebrate Keith Thomas’ election as the 2027 King Zulu on Sunday outside the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club in New Orleans.

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Orleans Carnival celebration.

Continued from page 1B Some saw New Orleansborn Richmond as a shooin. Politicly, he’s long been a Democratic stalwart who of Carnival.

It took until 1969 for the served as a Louisiana House city to permit the Zulu pa- member from 2000 to 2011. rade to roll on Canal Street He then ascended to the U.S. on the path formerly re- House from 2011 to 2021, served for White parades, where he chaired the Conan important step toward gressional Black Caucus. He the integration of the New was co-chair of Joe Biden’s

successful 2020 presidential campaign and subsequently became a senior adviser to the president. Richmond is a practicing attorney.

Thomas, the 111th Zulu King-elect, was preceded by lifelong educator Ron Tassin, who reigned as king in 2026; musician and club mainstay Rodney P. Mason Jr. in 2025; and longtime club member and philanthropy

organizer Melvin Labat in 2024. The most memorable Zulu King of all was international celebrity Louis Armstrong, who wore the crown in 1949.

Known for its flamboyantly costumed characters and hand-decorated signature coconut throws, the next Zulu parade will takes place on Mardi Gras morning, Feb. 9.

Resignation leaves empty seat on Jefferson School Board Once official, members have 20 days to find replacement

BY ELYSE CARMOSINO

Staff writer

After a Jefferson Parish School Board member’s sudden resignation, the clock is ticking for the board to find his replacement.

Steven Guitterrez said Tuesday that he is stepping down from the board six months before the end of his term, leaving an open

seat for District 9, which oversees seven schools in Kenner. Under state law, the nine-member board will have 20 days to fill the vacancy once the board is formally notified of the resignation, which members said has not happened yet.

If the board fails to fill the seat in time, Gov. Jeff Landry has the authority to appoint someone to the position.

Finding a new board member in such a short timeframe could be difficult, said board member Clay Moise, noting that the replacement must meet all the board eligibility re-

quirements, including living in the district they’re looking to represent.

Once the clock starts, “we have 20 days to get a butt in his seat,” Moise said.

The appointed interim member will serve until the board’s next election on Nov. 3, when that person could run against any other candidates for the seat.

Moise said Wednesday that the board has not received formal notice from the Secretary of State’s Office about Guitterrez’s resignation, which will start the 20-day countdown.

After receiving the no-

tification, the board is required to publish an announcement in the local newspaper inviting anyone interested in the seat to apply, Moise added.

Candidates must submit their qualifications and pass a background check proving they live in the district and are not under indictment. The board will then schedule a special meeting at which members will publicly interview the candidates and vote on a replacement, who will be sworn in on the spot.

The last time the board needed to replace one of its own was in 2022, when longtime member Larry

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retaliatory driven by who she is, not by any genuine belief that she or I engaged in wrongdoing,” she said in an email.

“Stop trying to make this about me!” she added. “You have all the information you need to make an accurate record, yet you are still sending me emails.”

Continued from page 1B serious legal and ethical concerns and represents a profound failure of both fiduciary and civic duty.”

The transaction is not yet final. Moreno’s office is reviewing whether she has authority to veto the deal under a provision of the Katrina-era program that bequeathed Neighborhood Housing Services the land, a spokesperson for her office said.

“The City is currently reviewing the extent of the mayor’s authority in this matter, but Mayor Moreno’s position is clear: if she has the authority to approve or disapprove this sale, she will not approve it,” spokesperson Jonah Gilmore said.

He added that “the administration is aware of the concerns that have been raised, and those concerns are being taken seriously as the city evaluates the matter.”

Scrutiny over the attempted sale adds to an alreadysignificant list of legal and ethical controversies dogging Boyd, a Democrat from New Orleans’ West Bank who regularly files legislation in the Capitol to raise the state minimum wage and to loosen Louisiana’s abortion ban.

Boyd and her attorneys did not respond to phone, email and text messages for this story.

Lawyers she hired to review her campaign finances last fall, after The TimesPicayune reported that her campaign and PAC secretly paid a company she owns with her daughter to market their real estate business,

Dale announced he would step down to become the new executive director of a local business advocacy group.

Dale’s initial replacement, Rafael Rafidi, voluntarily resigned just five days after being appointed to the board after a series of controversial social media posts Rafidi had made surfaced.

Rafidi was replaced by Diane Schnell, who was selected from a group of nine candidates. She remained on the board until the October 2022 election, when she was defeated by current member Michael Pedalino.

Questions surround

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Plants traded for labor and free for elders of the community are placed on a table at the Frenchmen Street Community Garden in New Orleans on Saturday. have defended Boyd. One of those private lawyers, Alesia Ardoin, in February said her firm’s review found no signs of wrongdoing.

In an email exchange this week, Kristen Boyd said she has represented Neighborhood Housing Services in property sales for a decade.

That included selling “new construction homes,” which she said “expanded affordable housing in our community.”

She said she moved to swiftly sell the Frenchmen garden lots in April after the nonprofit’s CEO, Amy Batiste, texted her saying she intended to “dissolve” the nonprofit and wanted its remaining property sold by “fire sale” for $10,000 to $20,000 apiece.

Mounting controversy An ally of Democratic U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, Delisha Boyd lost a bid for an at-large New Orleans City Council seat last fall. Her loss came after her campaign shed donor support following The Times-Picayune’s reporting on her spending. Last month, the newspaper also reported Delisha Boyd’s firm had received business from two political allies who were managing a family inheritance — an arrangement that succession attorneys said raised ethical concerns.

In January, she filed for bankruptcy in New Orleans, declaring debts of more than $1 million.

Aside from her election loss, Delisha Boyd has faced

little public pushback over the controversies. Consistent with agency policy, officials with the Louisiana Board of Ethics, which investigates allegations of state ethics violations, have neither confirmed nor denied the existence of a probe into her affairs.

Kristen Boyd said opponents of the garden’s sale are unfairly attacking her mother. She represented Neighborhood Housing Services when the nonprofit sold the separate plot of land discussed in the 2023 negotiations with the garden organizers on North Robertson Street, as well as on the sale of at least one private home in 2019.

“The decision to target my mother is transparently

Emails between Barabino and HANO officials show that he began searching for job opportunities at the agency days after Moreno took office in January.

In April, Moreno signed an executive order that created a task force to explore reforms at NORD, including merging the city’s Department of Parks and Parkways with NORD’s maintenance division.

The task force, led by CAO Joe Giarrusso and Moreno’s chief of staff Kevin Ferguson, will also review ways to boost funding, expand partnerships and improve park safety, including addressing lead remediation.

Starting June 15, Barabino will become senior director of community and property operations for the city’s public housing authority, according to a statement Sunday from HANO Executive Director Marjorianna Willman.

“Barabino understands the communities we serve, he has roots in public housing and he has a history at HANO working through the redevelopment of the Big Four Public Housing Developments,” Willman said.

In his position, he will lead engagement with stakeholders and be involved in operational improvements as the authority works to stabilize the Guste Community, according to Wilman.

The new gig marks a return to HANO, where he once briefly worked as a program coordinator.

Barabino’s resignation closes a second chapter of his role at NORD. He was first selected as CEO under former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in 2006 and immediately tasked with rebuilding a public recreation system whose facilities were severely damaged

by Hurricane Katrina. After three years, he left his position for a role with the Children’s Defense Fund.

He was again selected for the job following a nationwide search in 2019 as former Mayor LaToya Cantrell was set to take office.

Staff writer Jonah Meadows contributed to this story.

Email Joni Hess at joni. hess@theadvocate.com.

that organization for probably four years or longer,” Ellison said when reached by phone.

She said she couldn’t recall who else was involved in the group or what its mission had been. Other board members could not be reached.

Schneider, the garden organizer, said the garden’s stewards have had little interaction with Neighborhood Housing Services over the years in which the garden has been on the land, save for the 2023 discussions over possibly buying the property.

She has seen the garden emerge as a hub of connection in a pocket of New Orleans being buffeted by powerful forces — gentrification, development, rising insurance costs. She particularly cherishes visits with older residents, who appreciate gifts of fresh cucumbers or collard greens from the garden’s plots.

“If you walk up to someone and say, ‘Hey, I have these plants, would you like some?’ ” she said, “it’s extremely rare that you’ll be greeted with anything other than a smile.”

Public attention on the attempted sale has raised questions about Neighborhood Housing Services, which earned plaudits in the 1990s and 2000s for its efforts to expand loan access for low-income homebuyers.

The group appeared to have functionally ceased operating long before Batiste delivered her directive to Kristen Boyd this spring to sell the properties.

A Freret Street address the nonprofit listed on its most recent financial filing, from 2021, is now a salon, and IRS records show the group lost its tax-exempt status last year for failure to file reports. On Thursday, after a reporter tried to contact the organization, its website, which did not appear to have been updated since 2021, was deactivated. Email James Finn at Orleans Parish assessor’s jfinn@theadvocate.com. records list Neighborhood Housing Services as the owner of five properties in LOTTERY New Orleans, including the two lots that comprise the SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026 Frenchmen Street garden.

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Oree King Jr., Kathryn K. Barney, Lorraine K. Payne, and DeSandra K. Rue. A man of conviction, com‐ passion, and unshakeable truth. Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service of a devoted and faithful servant on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 10:00 a.m. at Pilgrim Baptist Church, 2114 Rev. Richard Wilson Dr., Kenner LA 70062. Visi‐ tation will begin at 8:00 a.m. Reverend Dr. Mitchell Stevens Host Pastor, and Dr. Keith B. Cowart, Offi‐ ciant. Interment will follow at Southeast Louisiana Vet‐ Cemetery, 34888 erans Grantham College Drive, Slidell, LA 70460. Guest‐ book Online: www.anewtra ditionbegins.com (504)2820600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Own‐ ers/Funeral Directors.

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Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Raymond/St. Leo The Great Catholic Church, 2916 Paris Avenue, New Orleans LA on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Visita‐ tion at 10:00 a.m. Interment - Mt. Olivet Cemetery, 2060 Caton Street, New Orleans, LA. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to St. Jude Children’s Re‐ search Fund in Mrs. Es‐ ther’s memory. Please sign the online guestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com.

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Rev. Dr. Lionel King was born on April 20, 1948, to the union of Oree King, Sr. and Lucille King in New Or‐ leans, LA. He departed this life on May 19, 2026. Rev. King was one of seven sib‐ lings. He graduated from McLeod Bethune Mary High School in 1966, later enlisted in the United States Navy where he faithfully served his coun‐ try during the Vietnam War and returned home contin‐ uing his education at Southern University at New Orleans. He was married to the late Audrey Woolfork, and from this union one son was born, Lionel Craig King. After hearing the call to preach he enrolled at Bible College Christian where he studied Christian Theology and became an ordained minister preach‐ ing the word of God for more than 40 years in many churches in and around the New Orleans and the river area parishes. He leaves to cherish his memory and mourn his passing: his son, Dr. Lionel Craig King (Adri‐ two daughters, enne), Corlisa Webb, and Errolyn Marie Webb-Davis (Rev. Hardy), beloved grand‐ sons, Lionel Austin King and Aden Immanu’el King, Courtney granddaughter Rapp, great granddaughter Breanna Matthew, siblings,

Esther Mary Segue, a native and lifelong resident of New Orleans, LA, en‐ tered into eternal rest at the age of 89 on Saturday, May 16, 2026. She was the beloved wife of Virgil Gabriel Segue Sr. (de‐ ceased) and the loving mother to six children, Aaron J. Segue (Charmaine Rock) Emile A. Segue Sr., Pamela E. Miller, Dr. Vy‐ oone T. Lewis (John Lewis), Lisa M. Gittens (Maximo Gittens Sr.) and Eric C. Segue. Mrs. Segue is the daughter of the late Lous Bijou Sr. and Camelia Lers‐ son. She has outlived all of her siblings and is survived by a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren. nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Her fa‐ vorite past time was writ‐ ing poems. She had previ‐ ously been employed for years with Fairgrounds Racetrack (New Orleans), Jefferson Downs Racetrack (Kenner) and the Natchez

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Don’t ignore other threats to our voting rights Lost amid the recent Callais decision and suspension of the U.S. House election, as April drew to a close, was another disturbing attack on voting rights in Louisiana.

At a hearing on state Sen. Jeremy Stine’s Senate Concurrent Resolution 31 ”memorializing” Congress to amend key provisions of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act (known as the “Motor Voter Act”), Secretary of State Nancy Landry testified on the resolution’s supposed merits.

Those provisions would remove voter registration from the Office of Motor Vehicles and other public assistance agencies that are required to offer voter registration information under NVRA Section 7. In part, the proposal seems of a piece with recent laws tasking OMVs and assistance agencies with citizenship policing mandates to rid the electoral system of the approximately two people a year who have registered and managed to cast a vote in Louisiana since 1980. This is the ongoing solution in search of a problem that has preoccupied the secretary.

At a crucial point in the testimony, Landry said that these registration sites are not necessary in a technological era, that much has changed since 1993 and that people can go online to register themselves.

This misses the important signaling function that providing voter registration in public agencies conveys about the civic importance of voting. It also misses that Louisiana ranks 46th in household access to high-speed, reliable, affordable internet (475,000 without). Landry said they could go to a public library.

But her testimony also failed to note that Louisiana ranks 47th in literacy (20% illiterate). Even if people have internet access, illiteracy might prevent them from registering.

This is why voter registration should continue to be offered in places where trained public workers can assist them. Missing that suggests that the secretary is either ignorant of or unconcerned about the needs of Louisiana voters.

M. CHRISTIAN GREEN president, League of Women Voters of Louisiana

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Youth sports complexes abound, but what about swimming in La.?

I’m writing in response to the recent article in the newspaper highlighting the growth and support of youth sports complexes in the Lafayette area, particularly the Youngsville and Broussard sports complexes. It’s commendable that these community and local government-supported sports complexes with many, many fields and courts have been a boon for youth participation in multiple sports such as baseball, basketball, soccer and volleyball. However, one traditional sport that has been consistently left out of these Louisiana sports complexes and has received very little local government support from a facility standpoint is competitive swimming, especially when compared to other southeastern states and their communities.

I have been involved with Louisiana competitive swimming for over 40 years as a participant, parent, coach and official, and the difference is glaring as Louisiana’s competitive swimming facilities have aged over the last several decades. Louisiana in general, and Lafayette specifically, severely lag

behind other southeastern states and their communities in providing a modern indoor natatorium with a 50-meter (Olympic-sized) pool, adequate spectator seating and locker rooms for athletes. Current natatorium facilities in Sulphur, Shreveport and even the LSU Natatorium in Baton Rouge are inadequate venues to hold large-scale swimming meets held by Louisiana’s high schools and USA Swimming club teams that involve hundreds of athletes and their spectator families.

The positive economic impact of large swimming meets with swimming teams from around the state is similar to that of other youth sports.

Youth competitive swimming in Louisiana, and specifically Lafayette, centrally located as Louisiana’s “Hub City,” deserves at least one modern competition pool and natatorium facility supported by the community and local government. As the adage goes, if you build it, they will come.

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wealth are struggling to afford energy themselves.

My little solar bus is not going to solve Louisiana’s energy crisis. But it reminds me another future is possible — one where resilience is local, communities are invested in and ordinary people are not subsidizing billion-dollar industries while being told to simply use less electricity.

Louisiana deserves a grid built for people, not just profit.

ALYSSA PORTARO director, Habitat Recovery Project

Iran’s radicals didn’t submit, they used strategy instead A letter to the editor on May 9, “Trump correctly assessed danger of a nuclear Iran,” was of the opinion that President Donald Trump, in his infinite wisdom, knew that negotiating with radicals was not going to work.

He might have known that total submission

THOMAS SHEPLEY New Orleans

DR. DONALD BALHOFF Lafayette

Companies repay taxpayer generosity with high utility bills My Entergy bill in May was $961. Nearly a thousand dollars just to keep the lights on in south Louisiana — in a state that powers the nation.

This morning, I climbed onto my solar-powered school bus, opened my laptop and took my meetings powered directly by the sun. My Zoom calls ran off the same Louisiana heat that Entergy charges us to survive under.

Somewhere between conversations about “energy affordability” and “grid resilience,” I kept thinking: Why are everyday residents carrying this burden while massive oil and gas facilities continue receiving enormous tax exemptions through Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program?

We are told the grid is strained, aging and vulnerable. But how can we modernize it when some of the largest industrial users — and wealthiest corporations on earth — are not contributing their fair share toward the infrastructure communities rely on?

In southwest Louisiana, we live surrounded by pipelines, export terminals, flare stacks and power plants. We sacrifice our wetlands, fisheries, health and sense of safety in the name of economic development. Yet residents are still left choosing between groceries and electric bills during increasingly brutal heatwaves. The irony is impossible to ignore: Communities producing immense energy

You would think that the governor and attorney general of our state would be working to protect the rights of our citizens. Instead, they are playing games with our fundamental right to vote. First, they delay voting on House Congressional races so they can redraw the lines to eliminate a majority Black voting district, even though Black folks make up a third of the population of our state and should have at least the possibility of equivalent representation in Congress.

But wait, they still ran the Senate primary so they could knock off their least favorite Republican, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy. Now we have to pay for multiple elections just to try and get the “right” kind of folks in Congress. At the same time they are wasting money on this, they claim to be saving New Orleans money by eliminating the clerk of Criminal District Court position.

What a lie! Their bill increases the costs of what New Orleans currently shells out. It’s clear these two always hated Calvin Duncan because he is the personification of someone overcoming justice denied in a southern state. I really hope Duncan’s lawsuit prevails, but in reality, we all deserve better in Louisiana than to have to sue to keep our voting rights.

When they are committing such blatant violations of our basic rights and lying about their intent, how can the governor and attorney general look at themselves in the mirror and not feel shame?

is a nonstarter. He had a big toy to play with and an eager friend to enjoy it with him.

The radicals didn’t submit. They had a strength that was beyond Trump’s intelligence to use: strategy.

Trump is the greatest, compared to what came before I’m writing in regard to John Michael Lockhart letter published May 2. In it, he says presidential historians rank President Donald Trump as the worst president in American history. He goes on to cite the usual Democrat talking points said about Trump. As I write this letter, Trump has served almost 16 months of his second term. How can these so-called historians rank him worst with two and a half years left to serve?

Now I have no idea what planet Lockhart was living on during former President Joe Biden’s term of office. I’m not a historian, but Biden will go down in American history right behind Jimmy Carter as the second worst president in American history.

Under Biden, inflation reached 9%. Under Biden, millions of illegal immigrants crossed our border.

Under Biden, new mothers could not find diapers for their newborn babies. Under Biden, gas went over $4 a gallon. Under Biden, 13 American Marines lost their lives. Under Biden, millions in military equipment were left to our enemies.

He couldn’t even ride a bike.

In other words, this man was too incompetent to be president. I’m a college-educated U.S. Army veteran of sound mind who voted for Trump in the last three elections. I also think President Trump will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had.

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COMMENTARY If La. climate crisis were a movie

of research important to humankind.

It’s the same way physicians must be honest with patients.

The study doesn’t say we have to start packing now.

It says we must start planning now if we are to have a measured and affordable Bob withdrawal from a location that The Good Marshall eventually will be indefensible.

In military terms, it’s the “Imagine you’re a doctor and difference between waiting behind you find out this patient has terminal crumbling defenses to be routed or cancer. Does that mean you’re just saving lives and resources with a going to decide this person doesn’t managed retreat to a safer location. want to hear and talk about (it), so I should be quiet?”

The Scared That was Törbjorn Törnqvist, the Tulane professor and noted re“Rather than science, the study is an ideologically driven policy argusearcher who coauthored a recent paper that made global headlines like ment dressed in the guise of geologithis one in The Guardian: “‘Point of cal inevitability.” no return’: New Orleans relocation That was from a letter to The must start now due to sea level, study Guardian about the study from Mifinds.’” chael Hecht, the CEO of Greater New It wasn’t a Tulane paper, but one Orleans Inc., a nonprofit business produced by Törnqvist and fellow economic development organization. climate experts while he was on sabIt’s no surprise someone paid to batical and published in “Nature Sus- bring businesses to this area would want to downplay its problems. But tainability.”

Hecht should have left the criticism The authors concluded that leadof a scientific paper to qualified sciers should develop plans to relocate the city over the coming decades entists. because research shows that by 2100, And does he really suppose sharp sea level rise and subsidence could businesses will not already know how make New Orleans a leveed island vulnerable we are? They can read surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico. insurance rates just like local homeThis shouldn’t surprise anyone owners. keeping up with rapidly evolving A better reply would be to highlight climate science. Indeed, some of the suggestions in the paper that Louisiworst-case scenarios give us even ana has the time and experience to less time. design projects to slow the change, as Törnqvist and his team were only well as the scientific chops to develop being true to a key responsibility of a managed relocation — perhaps scientists, especially those receiving developing a plan other coastal areas public funding: Sharing the findings could copy.

“The Good, The Scared and The Dangerous.”

If a movie were made about Louisiana today, that would have to be its title.

The reasons are obvious in the statements below and their authors.

Oh, and maybe he could address the problem causing this crisis: fossil fuel emissions.

But Hecht reacted the way most Louisianians have since the impacts of climate change became obvious: Downplay the threat, deny it or ridicule the science because they are scared of the facts, when we really need courage to face a challenging future.

The Dangerous “It’s about building projects. We don’t need to study anything. ... If we have to study something, I ought to be run off.”

That was from Gordon Dove, now in charge of Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast. He’s not a scientist, but a former politician from Terrebonne Parish. He was appointed to his post by the U.S. Special Envoy to Greenland, aka Gov. Jeff Landry.

These are the two politicians who hijacked the world-renowned scientific plan and killed sediment diversions because they’re smarter than the experts. They now plan for a 94mile “land bridge” Dove doesn’t need to study for.

These are the paradoxes of today’s Louisiana. We develop brilliant coastal science that scares those who should put it to use while it’s ignored by the hubris and narcissism of know-nothing politicians.

What could go wrong?

Bob Marshall, a Pulitzer Prizewinning Louisiana environmental journalist, can be reached at bmarshallenviro@gmail.com, and followed on X, @BMarshallEnviro.

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The New Orleans skyline shimmers in the distance as seen across Lake Pontchartrain from Lacombe on a clear autumn evening.

Democrats’ autopsy as malpractice doubt on its claims.

The Democrats couldn’t complete And the report doesn’t have a contheir term paper, but handed it in anyway because too many people clusion. were wondering what had beThe Democrats would have been better off going with come of it.

ChatGPT. Under pressure, the DNC That said, the report acfinally released its autopsy of the 2024 election, after ramknowledges that Democrats are out of touch and too depant speculation about what it contained and why it hadn’t pendent on the Republicans Rich yet been made public. Did it making poor candidate choicLowry include references to Gaza or es (something the GOP just didn’t it? Why or why not? What did again in its Texas Senate explosive revelations were being primary with the Trump-endorsed, kept from us? scandal-plagued Attorney General It turns out that the autopsy is a Ken Paxton). thoroughly unimpressive, unfinished It notes how Trump’s they/them ad document that, in the sheer incomhitting Kamala Harris on trans issues was devastating and unanswerable. petence in its drafting and handling, It recognizes that Harris didn’t says more about the low state of the do enough to separate herself from current Democratic Party than any Biden and make an affirmative case of its analysis. for herself rather than relying on votThe DNC Chairman Ken Martin maintains that he delayed so long ers supposedly considering Trump because he didn’t want to create a unacceptable. distraction by releasing a poorly done On the other hand, it fails to grapreport, which sounds like a typical ple with the issues of inflation and Washington excuse for hiding someimmigration (except to complain about Harris being given a role with thing. some responsibility over the border).

Except it wasn’t.

Once everyone saw the report, they These were the two biggest substanrealized Martin was right about the tive issues in the election, while the embarrassingly poor handiwork of autopsy also whiffs on Biden’s age his own outfit. and his catastrophically poor judgAt the start, the autopsy contains ment in trying to run for reelection. a disclaimer that “the DNC was not (It also doesn’t mention Gaza, bitprovided with the underlying sourcterly disappointing the anti-Israel left.) ing, interviews or supporting data Yet, our expectations for such docufor many of the assertions contained herein and therefore cannot indepen- ments shouldn’t be very high. What was the report going to say? That dently verify the claims presented.”

Democrats disgraced themselves by Then, throughout the document, pretending that Biden was fit for a there are hostile annotations casting

second term, and only shifted course when he got exposed in the first debate, and then had no alternative but to turn to a charmless nonentity as a last-minute substitute?

The history of party retrospectives like this isn’t good. Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 by taking the recommendations of the GOP autopsy after its 2012 election defeat and often doing the opposite in substance and tone.

Democrats may be rudderless and increasingly extreme, but that doesn’t mean they won’t have a good election night this coming November.

Usually, a party that has just lost the White House rises or falls in the midterms based on the incumbent president’s job approval rating, rather than its own political creativity or inherent appeal.

As for retaking the White House, that typically depends on nominating someone who is charismatic and fresh, who has an unexpected approach to politics, and who develops a new coalition — think Barack Obama in 2008, or Donald Trump in 2016.

None of this comes about by having a political strategist talk to a bunch of people about the immediate past election and write a long report about it.

Needless to say, Democrats should be grateful that the stakes of their autopsy are so low — otherwise, they would have had to endeavor to actually finish it, and grapple with truths about the 2024 election conveniently passed over in the just-released document.

Rich Lowry is on X, @RichLowry.

Doug Ducey for president The following is an imagined announcement. The fellow supposedly speaking has not been consulted about this.

I am Doug Ducey, a former two-term governor of Arizona, now a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. I say what Bill Lee, Tennessee’s Republican governor, says: “I’m a conservative. I’m just not angry about it.”

Americans who enjoy the tone and substance of today’s politics can choose from candidates promising more of the same. But voters who are exhausted and embarrassed by endless turmoil and vitriol from both sides of the political spectrum deserve a choice, not an echo.

I promise calm after the current storm of animosities. One step toward this is a step back from what has become, under both parties, a hyperactive and inevitably disappointing presidency.

A Ducey presidency will not be George constantly in your face or on your Will mind. You might go weeks without being reminded that I am there, out of sight, conducting the president’s principal business as the Constitution defines it: taking care that the laws are faithfully executed.

I will try to shrink the president’s prominence by encouraging Congress’s revival. Executive orders will be few because legitimate presidential power derives only from unambiguous acts of Congress, or the Constitution.

Congress has enabled presidents to grab vast power to act unilaterally by declaring “emergencies.” Real emergencies are extraordinary and transitory. Today, declared emergencies are many, enduring, and usually spurious. I will ask Congress to end the approximately 55 emergencies we now live under, and to stipulate that any presidentially declared emergency terminates in 30 days unless Congress enacts a resolution of extension.

I will urge Congress to circumscribe executive discretion, and to participate in governing, by voting on all regulations with a major (at least $100 million) economic impact. If Congress wants protectionism, which inevitably breeds crony capitalism, it must legislate it, not just allow presidential whims to impose it. Washington has blurred the distinction between public and private sectors.

As president, I will disentangle the government from big-government semi-socialism — presidentimposed federal ownership in Intel, U.S. Steel and other entities.

The Constitution says the president “shall from time to time” give Congress information and recommendations about the state of the union. I shall do this as presidents prior to Woodrow Wilson did: in writing. Thomas Jefferson correctly considered it monarchical for presidents to stand above Congress and lecture it. America would be improved by having one fewer nationally televised, politically saturated, president-centric spectacle.

The antidote for presidential grandiosity, and consequent governmental strutting, is rediscovering republican — small “r” — simplicity. Jefferson practiced this with his penchant for informality when entertaining and his aversion to pomp: He preferred riding alone on horseback rather than in gilded carriages. The White House itself, which until recently was devoid of ostentation, exemplified republican modesty, the aesthetic analogue of limited government.

My face, which is nothing to write home about, will appear on no banners draped over Washington buildings. No president should be the face of the national government, or the nation. A Ducey presidency will remember that there are legislative and judicial branches with their own dignity and indispensability.

America’s greatness does not wax and wane with particular presidencies. It is as enduring as Plymouth Rock, and cannot be enlarged by gaudy testimonials it erects to itself. Nations that incessantly boast about their greatness seem unsure of it. Our nation needs no huge triumphal arch. If you seek the most eloquent testimony to America’s triumphs, look around and see what you do not see: the worst of the last century — Asian and European fascism and communism.

And see immigrants. I believe the axiom that immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.

I am the son of a Toledo, Ohio, policeman. As governor of the youngest of the contiguous 48 states, I was a full-spectrum conservative. I championed charter schools — nonunionized public schools free from the calcification and conformity that stifles pedagogical experimentation. Charters enlarge options for minorities who cannot afford private schools. Sixty years ago, politicians stood in the schoolhouse door and wouldn’t let minorities in. Today, union-backed politicians stand in the schoolhouse door and won’t let minorities out. If Arizona’s charters were the state’s entire K-12 system, Arizona would be among the nation’s leaders in math, reading and science.

Before I entered politics, I joined an Arizona start-up, eventually becoming CEO of Cold Stone Creamery. To all who will vote in 2028 Republican primaries, my goals for America are: less overheated presidentialism, more ice cream.

Email George Will at georgewill@washpost. com.

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As transfer portal opens, LSU coach targeting ‘contributors on both sides of the baseball’

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

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LSU coach Jay Johnson walks away from his team after delivering his pregame speech ä See LSU, page 4C before a game against Texas A&M on April 17 at Alex Box Stadium.

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ILLUSTRATION

There is no benefit to missing the NCAA Tournament.

It’s true. Because LSU missed the tourney for the first time since 2011, Jay Johnson has a lot more time to prepare for the transfer portal and MLB Draft this summer than last, when the Tigers played into late June and won the College World Series.

But this summer, he doesn’t see the extra time as a benefit. He’d rather be calling agents and players from his hotel room in Omaha, Nebraska, all while preparing his team to play in the biggest games of their lives.

“I’ll never look at that as a hindrance or a negative, playing in the College World Series for any reason,” Johnson told The Advocate. “… Whatever you lose, it’s worth it to be there.”

What LSU lost was a lot of baseball games the next year. The Tigers, despite entering the season as the No. 2 team in the nation, went 30-28 and won fewer than 12 games in Southeastern Conference play for the first time since 1983.

Injuries played a big part in their nightmare campaign, but so did their troubles in the transfer portal. Seth Dardar, Brayden Simpson, Trent Caraway and Zach Yorke did not live up to lofty expectations, and righthanded starter Cooper Moore was lost for the season with an elbow injury by the third week of conference play.

Even with Moore on track to return in

‘On the same page’ Saints wide receiver Olave pleased with ongoing contract talks

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Ask Chris Olave why he has attended the New Orleans Saints’ offseason program when he’s up for a new contract, and the wide receiver will say that he’s committed to winning. The Saints haven’t done much of that since drafting him in 2022, but the 25-year-old would like that to change.

But there is another reason Olave has shown up — one he acknowledges is directly related to the negotiation that’s ongoing between his camp and the Saints.

Olave’s participation is a sign, he says, that talks are going well.

“We’re on the same page,” Olave said.

“It’s going in the right direction. We’ve been talking for a few months, so we’ve just got to get to that point where we agree to a deal.”

He’s even optimistic about when such an agreement could take place.

“I feel like we’re gonna come down to that before training camp,” Olave said. “I hope we do so we don’t affect the chemistry and stuff, but I think it’s going to get done soon.”

If a deal is struck as soon as training camp, that would be a slight anomaly for the Saints. Since 2016, New Orleans has handed out seven extensions to players drafted by the team. Only one of them — Ryan Ramcyzk in June 2021 — got done before training camp. Two others — Michael Thomas on July 31, 2019 and Pete Werner on Aug. 8, 2024 — got done during camp. The rest (Alvin Kamara, Marshon Lattimore, Erik McCoy and Cesar Ruiz) were completed right before the start of their respective seasons.

But Olave can nonetheless be encouraged by the Saints’ history of retaining their best players — and doing so on con-

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We’re on the same page. It’s going in the right direction. We’ve been talking for a few months, so we’ve just got to get to that point where we agree to a deal.”

CHRIS OLAVE, Saints wide receiver

UL turns tables on Cincinnati to advance to regional final

BY KEVIN FOOTE Staff writer

Apparently, the team that’s played the most baseball games in the country so far this season wasn’t yet ready to play its final one.

No. 3-seeded UL smashed four home runs to carry the Ragin’ Cajuns to an 8-6 win over No. 2 Cincinnati on Sunday to reach the Starkville Regional final.

The Cajuns improved to 41-24 overall on the season. They were set to play top-seeded Mississippi State on Sunday evening.

The Bearcats’ season ended at 38-22.

“It’s baseball,” Cincinnati coach Jordan Bischel said. “If we played Louisiana 10 times, we both could get a bunch of wins.

Today was their day and the other day was our day. These are two teams that, to me, are hands down top 30 teams in the country, but one had to go home today. I think whoever would have gone home today would have felt pretty good, because they sold out for it.”

For UL, it’s the 11th time the Cajuns have reached the regional final, including four championships.

“It’s hard to sustain success, not just in our league but all over the country,” Bischel said. “I looked the other day, 12 teams have played on Saturday night in the winners’ bracket nationally over the last two years and we’re one of those teams (in 2025).

“Half the World Series teams from last year didn’t even get here.”

The Bearcats, who defeated UL 12-2 Friday, opened the scoring in the first inning with a two-out, two-run single to left by Enzo Infelise, who got three hits in the game.

UL responded with three runs in the second with the new lineup on its way to scoring 18 runs over the final two games. Drew

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Kostyuk stuns Swiatek at French Open

BY SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press

PARIS — There will be a first-time women’s champion at the French Open this year, and two Ukrainian players are among the strongest contenders.

Undefeated this season on clay, 15th-seeded Marta Kostyuk showed her strong credentials as she reached the quarterfinals in Paris for the first time on Sunday by taking out four-time champion Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-1 and ruining her birthday.

She will be up against her compatriot Elina Svitolina next, ensuring there will be an Ukrainian woman semifinalist at Roland Garros for the first time in the professional era (1968). The seventh-seeded Svitolina rallied past Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

“There’s going to be Ukraine in the semifinals, so it’s already amazing,” said Svitolina, whose country is in a 4-year-long war with Russia.

“I think it couldn’t be a better, amazing achievement for Ukrainian tennis. I think in such a difficult situation right now in the war, with the invasion, it’s really, really difficult, and I think it’s really inspiring for the next generation to really believe that it is possible one day to play on this court and win.”

None of the players still in the draw have yet lifted the trophy in Paris, following Coco Gauff’s elimination on Saturday and Swiatek’s exit. It’s the same in the men’s draw, after the defeats of Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic and with Carlos Alcaraz absent because of an injury.

In men’s play, Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar moved into his first Grand Slam quarterfinal after coming back from two sets down to beat Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6,

PARIS — The high-profile fourthround matchup between topranked Aryna Sabalenka and fellow four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka on Monday will be the first women’s night match at the French Open in three years.

Roland Garros organizers have been criticized for scheduling only men’s matches under the lights in recent years, with organizers saying they are under pressure from TV broadcasters and that women’s best-of-three set matches are too short compared to the best-of-five format for men.

It will be only the fifth women’s match in the five years since the night sessions were introduced in Paris.

The last women’s match at night

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Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk waves to the crowd after a fourth-round match against Poland’s Iga Swiatek on Sunday at the French Open in Paris.

4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Jodar, who also played five sets in the previous round, will play second-seeded and former runner-up Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals.

Zverev defeated Jesper de Jong 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-1.

Also, 19-year-old Joao Fonseca followed up his five-set victory over Novak Djokovic by beating two-time runner-up Casper Ruud 7-5, 7-6 (8), 5-7, 6-2.

Fonseca will next face 20-yearold Jakub Mensik, who held off a comeback from Andrey Rublev in a 6-3, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 win.

and never taken a set against the former top-ranked player, who turned 25 on Sunday.

“I’m still in shock. To beat such an unbelievable player, who won four times here,” she said.

Kostyuk has been the best player of the clay-court season. She defended extremely well, chasing Swiatek’s shots all over the court, and also produced some stunning groundstroke winners while her rival was also undone by her own mistakes.

An intense baseline battle unfolded from the outset. Swiatek showed signs of nerves as she Swiatek’s bad day double-faulted, shanked a foreKostyuk had lost her three pre- hand wide and then missed a volvious matches against Swiatek ley at the net, allowing Kostyuk to

level at 5-5 in the opener. Swiatek hit two more double faults in the 12th game and the 15th-seeded Ukrainian player sealed the set with a backhand passing shot.

Following a first week marked by a suffocating heat wave, relief finally arrived in Paris on Sunday, with temperatures dropping to 70 degrees around midday.

Kostyuk extended her winning streak on clay to 16 matches.

“The most important thing that I’ve been doing this whole time is really just trying to enjoy,” she said. “It’s helping. I want to keep enjoying. I try not to focus at all on winning or losing because I’m not playing tennis to win. I’m playing tennis because I love it.”

also involved Sabalenka, when she beat Sloane Stephens in 2023.

“YOLO,” Osaka said when asked on Saturday if her match against Sabalenka deserved to be held at night, using the abbreviation for “You only live once.”

Osaka has been putting on a fashion show for her walk-ons before each match of the tournament.

Sabalenka leads 2-1 in career meetings with Osaka, who has reached the fourth round in Paris for the first time.

“I’m just ready for the fight,” Sabalenka said. “It’s great to see her back on her level. … I really enjoy our battles. It’s high-level matches, and I really enjoy when somebody push me to the limit.”

The match is scheduled to start at 8:15 p.m. local time.

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Naomi Osaka prepares for a third-round match against Iva Jovic on Saturday at the French Open in Paris.

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press

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Russell Henley reacts after sinking a putt on the 18th hole on Sunday during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

The drives for Henley and Cole on the extra hole, playing No. 18 again, stopped in the fairway — Cole getting a huge break after his ball somehow bounced through the left rough before settling on the edge of the short grass. Henley hit his approach shot first, and Cole hit his to 13 feet and missed the birdie attempt.

ZURICH — Finland won the ice hockey world championship for the fifth time on Sunday, beating Switzerland 1-0 in overtime.

The Buffalo Sabres’ Konsta Helenius scored the gold-winning goal 10:42 into overtime. The 20-year-old Helenius netted from the right circle, beating Switzerland goaltender Leonardo Genoni with his team’s 28th shot on goal.

Finland netminder Justus Annunen shut out Switzerland with 22 saves.

Finland also won in 1995, 2011, 2019 and 2022.

Finland was led by captain Aleksander Barkov, who missed the entirety of the Florida Panthers’ season because of a major knee injury at the first practice of training camp.

Boutier rallies from 4 back to win ShopRite LPGA

GALLOWAY, N.J. — Celine Boutier rallied from a four-shot deficit Sunday, making three birdies around the turn on her way to a 5-under 66 for a one-shot victory over Arpichaya Yubol in the ShopRite LPGA. Soo Bin Joo, the 22-year-old South Korean going for her first LPGA Tour title, lost her four-shot lead at the turn and then fell behind for good on the 13th hole, the same hole where earlier Boutier had taken the lead with a 30-foot birdie putt.

Yubol, who was penalized one shot in the second round Saturday for going over her maximum time, birdied the last two holes for a 66. It was her second runner-up finish of the year, having finished four shots behind Nelly Korda in Mexico.

Jersey worn in Bueckers’ debut selling for $64,720

Henley birdies playoff hole to win Colonial FORT WORTH, Texas — Russell Henley birdied the final three holes to force a playoff with Eric Cole, then made it four it a row with a 5-footer on the first extra hole Sunday at Colonial to win the Charles Schwab Classic.

Henley’s late surge denied fellow 37-year-old Cole his first PGA Tour win on a day when Ben Griffin came up just short of becoming the only player other than Ben Hogan to win consecutive tournaments at Colonial.

Henley earned $1.78 million for his sixth PGA Tour title and also got the plaid jacket and a customized 1982 Jeep Scrambler vehicle.

Playing in the group ahead of Cole, Henley closed with a 3-under 67. After making 15-foot putts at the 171-yard 16th hole and the par-4 17th, Henley got to 12 under with a 17-footer on the par-4 18th.

Cole shot an even-par 70. He parred the final seven holes — eight counting the playoff.

Henley and Cole finished a stroke ahead of Griffin (65), Alex Smalley (68) and Mac Meissner (69).

CARLSBAD, California — Senior Matty Dodd-Berry led LSU on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA men’s golf Division I championship with an even-par round of 72 at the OMNI La Costa Spa and Resort North Course.

The Tigers improved by 10 shots on their opening round, playing in sunny and less windy conditions for the first 10 holes, posting a 5-over par round of 293 to stand at 20-over par 596 through 36 holes.

The Tigers finished Saturday tied for 27th place.

Dodd-Berry is wrapping up his college career, which started under second-year coach Jake Amos at East Tennessee State. He had three front-nine birdies in his even-par round on Saturday and posted 2-under 34 on the first nine holes.

Finland beats Switzerland, wins men’s hockey worlds

Sabalenka, Osaka set for rare women’s night match

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LSU golfer shoots even par in round 2 of NCAAs

Cole, in his 120th PGA Tour start, never fell out of the lead in regulation during the final round, even when finishing the front nine with his first double bogey (or worse) in a span of 316 holes.

He drove well right into the right rough at the 398-yard ninth hole, hit his approach into the water fronting the green and had a long

bogey chance stop an inch from the cup.

His only birdie on the back was at the 628-yard 11th hole, but he had some significant par savers down the stretch. He made an up-and-down out of a fairway bunker at the 443-yard 12th hole, lagged a putt inside 5 feet at the par-3 16th after his tee shot on the green was still 47 feet from the cup, then had a short chip for his closing par after his approach at the 18th took an awkward bounce right to the rough and was 15 feet away.

Henley started the day with an eagle at the 577-yard first hole and a birdie at the 390-yard second, but quickly gave all three of those shots back with bogeys at Nos. 3-5 — the aptly-named Horrible Horseshoe at Colonial. He had another bogey at No. 9, making the turn at 8 under.

Reigning tournament champion Griffin, who started the day six strokes back after three consecutive rounds of 68, had five birdies on the front nine. But he didn’t have another until a 25-foot putt at the 17th hole to get to 11 under, within a stroke of Cole six holes behind him.

DALLAS — Paige Bueckers is setting records off the court with a jersey from her debut game last season selling for $64,720, according to MeiGray.

MeiGray, an authentication company and photo-matching store that partners with the Dallas Wings, reported Friday the jersey that Bueckers wore in her WNBA debut on May 16, 2025, sold for twice the previous mark for a game-worn WNBA jersey. A’ja Wilson held the previous record with a uniform she wore in the WNBA Finals last season selling for $32,150, according to MeiGray.

Bueckers was the WNBA Rookie of the Year last season and had 10 points in her debut game against Minnesota.

Lemieux’s brain is being donated to CTE center

Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the longterm effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.

Lemieux died of suicide at age 60 on Thursday, according to authorities, after earlier in the week serving as the Montreal Canadiens’ torchbearer prior to a playoff game. He played nearly 1,500 NHL games with six teams from 19832009 and was known for his hardhitting style and ability to perform in big games on the way to winning the Stanley Cup four times.

The family said it gave the CTE Center permission to publicly share any findings with Lemieux’s name, adding that no conclusions should be drawn regarding any diagnosis.

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New york Jets quarterback Geno Smith speaks to reporters on Thursday at the team’s training facility in Florham Park, N.J.

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Smith knows he can likely write ‘superhero movie’ story in return

SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama barely could get the words out.

The question, a few minutes after he and the San Antonio Spurs won the Western Conference title and earned the right to go to this year’s NBA Finals to face the New York Knicks, was about his relationship with former coach Gregg Popovich and what this playoff run likely means to the winningest coach in league history.

And Wembanyama paused, clearly emotional, before starting his answer.

“I don’t know what it means for him,” Wembanyama said. “That’s a guy who’s got more experience as a coach than almost anybody and has been through so many things in his career and so many things right now as ‘El Jefe.’ He goes through some things we can’t even imagine.

So, I need to call him. I need to see him. I need to talk to him because there’s no way I can understand right now how he feels.”

The official title for the 77-yearold Popovich is president of Spurs basketball. Unofficially, the basketball Hall of Famer may as well be coach emeritus — still regularly seen at practices in San Antonio, still seen at games, sometimes walking with the assistance of a cane. He’s still in the ears of players and coaches, even visiting the locker room after the Spurs lost Game 3 of the West finals to Oklahoma City for a bit of a pep talk and a bit of a chewing out, depending on perspective.

But really, he’s El Jefe. The boss. It’s what he announced himself as when he retired last year, speaking publicly for the first time since the November 2024 stroke that essentially ended his coaching career and led to Mitch Johnson getting the job on basically a couple hours’ notice.

He came out for that event in a jacket, then opened it to display the shirt with “El Jefe” on the front.

“You talk about the greatest coach pretty much of all time to be able to sit here and tell you the experiences that they went through

BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. AP pro football writer

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Geno Smith knows what a lot of New York Jets fans are daydreaming about.

The quarterback has been here before, a much younger and lessexperienced version, of course.

The Jets had only missed the playoffs the previous two years when Smith was selected by the franchise in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft.

He has come and gone elsewhere — four other stops, actually — and that postseason drought has since reached 15 years, the longest among teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball. Smith is now 35 years old and back where he began his professional career, a comeback story with the potential to be special if he can help return the downtrodden Jets to the playoffs.

“Yeah, I mean, that would be like a story in a movie, right?” Smith said Thursday with a smile. “It’s kind of like one of those superhero movies, but my life is based on reality. We’ve got to focus on getting better every single day.”

After a successful five-year stint in Seattle, where he began as a backup to Russell Wilson before becoming the starter, winning the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award in 2022 and making two Pro Bowls, Smith had a dismal season for lowly Las Vegas.

He threw for 3,025 yards and 19 touchdowns — after having at least 20 in each of the previous three seasons with the Seahawks — and a league-high 17 interceptions. But the Jets desperately needed a veteran quarterback af-

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ter a failed one-year experiment with Justin Fields and traded for Smith, sending a sixth-round pick to Seattle and also getting a seventh-rounder back.

It was an unlikely reunion, especially since the quarterback’s first stint with the Jets was largely remembered for the locker room incident in 2015 that left Smith sidelined with a broken jaw, the result of a punch from then-teammate IK Enemkpali. It changed the trajectory of his career with the Jets.

He lasted one more season in New York before leaving.

Because of all that, Smith acknowledged the surreal feeling he had being back at the facility — nine years later.

“Coming in for physicals and just walking down the hall again — it was the very first hall I walked down when I got drafted — all those feelings come back,” Smith said. “Just great feelings, great memories, seeing my mom in the locker room, and I started just thinking about my first time in the NFL, first time here. Immediately, it clicked right back in: I’ve got to get to work. I just got right back to that.

“I’m really excited to be here and even seeing all your faces again, it’s really cool.”

Jets coach Aaron Glenn was in the team’s scouting department during Smith’s rookie season and he has watched the quarterback — mostly from afar — mature on and off the field in the years since.

“Just the fact of how he’s grown from that time to now is outstanding,” Glenn said. “And he’s still growing, even being in the league as long as he has. And he will tell you that.”

played four years already, produced at a high level and I feel like it’s time to be able to come to the table. … It’s really in their hands.”

Negotiations, of course, aren’t always simple. The wide receiver market has exploded in recent years, with 10 players now carrying an average annual value of at least $30 million. Three of those — Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase and Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson — have reached at least $35 million per year. And in addition to the average salary, the Saints will also have to weigh Olave’s guarantees. How much is New Orleans willing to take on, given the 2022 first-rounder’s concussions?

But Olave has been pleased with the dialogue so far. While the talks unfold, Olave has been focused on his body. Olave said he’s gained about 10 pounds, although he says he’s likely to lose about five or so during camp. His goal is to “get bigger,” which players and coaches have noticed.

“We can tell (what) he’s done from a body standpoint,” coach Kellen Moore said. “It’s been awesome.”

It isn’t lost on Moore that Olave has participated throughout the Saints’ offseason program, either.

Just last year, players like Washington’s Terry McLaurin and Cincinnati’s Trey Hendrickson held out well into training camp, while a handful of others voluntarily skipped the earlier offseason workouts over their contracts.

The longer the Saints wait, meanwhile, the more costly the deal could become.

The Rams’ Puka Nacua, Atlanta’s Drake London and Baltimore’s Zay Flowers are among the other notable receivers around the league in line for a big-time extension — which could affect Olave’s price tag even further.

“It’s in their hands, man,” Olave said with a grin.

tracts that pay them at or near the top of the market.

And Olave fits into that mold.

Last season was pivotal, in particular, for the wide receiver as he posted career numbers and was named second-team All-Pro — all while staying (mostly) healthy.

While a blood clot in Week 18 unexpectedly prevented him from playing in all 17 games for the first time, that issue was far less of a concern than the concussions that forced Olave to contemplate retirement a year earlier.

Olave hasn’t been limited by the blood clot this spring and said he was cleared about a week after it was diagnosed.

“He’s looking better than I’ve ever seen him,” quarterback Tyler Shough said. “His speed, his change of direction, his conditioning, it’s been amazing so far. I’m excited to see what he can do flat out. … He’s going to be someone we can rely on the whole year.”

Last year, Olave struck a different tone regarding his contract.

Though he was eligible for an extension, and he and the Saints held talks, the wide receiver almost didn’t seem in a rush to get a deal done. Sure, he might have signed if the offer had been big enough, but there was a part of him, he said, that felt as if he hadn’t deserved such a deal yet.

Olave’s concussion history — four in three years, including two in 2024 that limited his season to eight games — had raised serious questions over his value. And Olave, realizing this, was content to bet on himself and prove that he was the type of receiver who could command a top contract.

This offseason, after an All-Pro campaign, Olave is much more open to putting his pen to paper.

“Especially going into the last year of my deal,” said Olave, who’s set to make nearly $15.5 Email Matthew Paras at matt. million this coming season. “I’ve paras@theadvocate.com

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Former San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, left, talks with Victor Wembanyama on the bench during a game against the Houston Rockets on March 5, 2024, in Houston. Popovich was vital to the team’s path to the NBA Finals. or that he’s been through or that he sees,” Spurs guard Devin Vassell said. “I mean, it’s second to none, honestly. He helps out. He helps out a lot. ... He just has so much wisdom and stuff that you can’t take for granted.”

Game 1 of the Knicks-Spurs series is Wednesday in San Antonio.

Knicks coach Mike Brown saw first-hand how Popovich operated the Spurs; he spent three years as an assistant coach under him in San Antonio.

Brown still has family members living in San Antonio — causing him to joke a few days ago that a Knicks-Spurs matchup in the NBA Finals would save him a little bit of money because he wouldn’t have to fly as many people in to see games.

“He still has a huge presence.

He will always have a presence,” Brown said of Popovich. “The job that he’s done, not only on the court with that team or that organization but off the court too, is going to be imprinted for as long as the game of basketball exists. His presence is very, very much felt all the time and I’ve got a lot of respect for the organization for a lot of different reasons.”

And Popovich still commands that respect, even now.

Popovich met the Spurs at the airport after they flew home from Games 3 and 4 of their West semifinal series against Minnesota a couple weeks ago — for a purpose.

Wembanyama was ejected from

Game 4 for a flagrant elbow he threw at Timberwolves forward Naz Reid. When Wembanyama got off the plane, Popovich was waiting. Cameras caught the exchange and it was pretty clear that Popovich was doing the talking and Wembanyama was doing the listening.

“He gives feedback and talks to us regularly,” Wembanyama said, without disclosing what Popovich’s message was that afternoon.

Popovich won five NBA championships as San Antonio’s coach, the first of those coming in 1999 when the Spurs beat the New York Knicks. The next era of Spurs basketball is here, with Johnson coaching, and it’s an interesting coincidence that his first finals as Spurs coach is against the Knicks.

“I’m fortunate my old boss is still around, and has been through this a few times,” Johnson said. “Coach Pop has been a resource.”

And in the immediate aftermath of his biggest win yet — the one that got him to his first of what he hopes is many NBA Finals — Wembanyama simply could not wait to talk to El Jefe.

“When I talk to him, it’s going to be only stored in my head — except if I record it in secret,” Wembanyama said. “But I need to talk to him, so quick.”

There are more lessons to learn.

There are four more wins to get.

And Wembanyama knows that if anyone truly knows the way to those wins, it’s Popovich.

Knicks beat Spurs for NBA Cup, but challenge still lies in finals

BY BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — When the New York Knicks declined to hang a banner after beating the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA Cup, they did so because they were waiting to celebrate something bigger.

That wait is at 53 years and it can only end now by beating the Spurs again.

Nearly a week after clinching their first NBA Finals berth since 1999, the Knicks were at last able to practice Sunday while knowing who they were practicing for, after Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs knocked off Oklahoma City on Saturday night in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.

“I mean, they’re a special team,” Knicks guard Deuce McBride said.

“Obviously they have the Defensive Player of the Year, obviously a great organization and they’ve got a lot of great young guys, so we’re just excited for this matchup.”

It’s the same one as the last time the Knicks were in the NBA Finals, when the Spurs beat them 27 years ago to leave New York without a title since 1973.

The Knicks believed they were going to have a good shot at ending the drought this year and got a test run at chasing a championship back in December, when they beat San Antonio in Las Vegas to win the NBA Cup. The Knicks then passed on joining the Lakers and Milwaukee, the previous winners of the in-season tournament, in raising a banner at Madison Square Garden to acknowledge it. They aren’t putting much stock in that victory six months later, knowing how different both teams are.

“Obviously there was good energy around that, but I don’t think that’s really going to be any equivalent to what the atmosphere or the energy is going to be like at their

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New york Knicks players hold the Eastern Conference championship trophy after a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday in Cleveland. The Knicks will play the Spurs in the NBA Finals. place, or obviously at the Garden,” Knicks forward Josh Hart said.

“So technically that game didn’t happen, so I don’t think there’s anything that we can learn from,” Hart added, poking fun at the fact that the Cup final, an 83rd game for the two teams, doesn’t count in the standings or statistics.

The teams split the two games that did matter, with San Antonio’s victory on New Year’s Eve starting a midseason spiral for a Knicks club that arrived with a 23-9 record. Then, after the Spurs went undefeated in February, New York snapped their 11-game winning streak with a 114-89 home victory on March 1.

Game 1 is Wednesday at San Antonio. More than Wembanyama and the Spurs, the Knicks’ biggest problem might be their lack of playing rhythm.

Because they are rolling through the postseason with an 11-game winning streak, that will be just

the 10th game in a 35-day span for the Knicks, starting with the April 30 clincher against Atlanta in Game 6 of the first round.

They then swept Philadelphia and had more than a week off before opening the Eastern Conference finals against Cleveland.

Their inactivity clearly showed after that extended rest, as they were 4 for 23 on 3-pointers through three quarters and fell behind by 22 points early in the fourth before rallying to win in overtime.

“We understand what happened last time we had a layoff like this, so we’re just trying to be better than we were last time,” center Karl-Anthony Towns said.

That was the only trouble the Knicks had with the Cavaliers, easily taking the next three games and ending the series last Monday.

They have outscored opponents by 262 points during the winning streak, the largest margin for any 11-game stretch in NBA history.

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NCAA BASEBALL POSTSEASON GLANCE Regionals Double elimination; x-if necessary

Atlanta Regional Friday

Game 1: Georgia Tech 22, UIC 5

Saturday

Game 2: Okahoma 8, The Citadel 3 Game 3: The Citadel 9, UIC 8 Game 4: Georgia Tech 9, Oklahoma 3

Sunday

Game 5: The Citadel vs. Game 4 loser, noon Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 5 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Athens Regional Friday

Game 1: Liberty 4, Boston College 3

Saturday

Game 2: Georgia 18, LIU 2 Game 3: Boston College 8, LIU 4 Game 4: Georgia 6, Liberty 2

OKLAHOMA CITY — Katie Stewart’s go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning lifted defending-champion Texas to a come-from-behind 3-1 victory over Nebraska on Sunday in an elimination game at the Women’s College World Series.

Held without a hit and trailing 1-0 through five innings, the Longhorns rallied in the sixth with one-out singles by Jaycie Nichols and Kayden Henry followed by Stewart’s 250-foot blast toward the left field line.

It was Stewart’s eighth goahead home run this season and her 28th overall.

No. 2 seed Texas (49-12) advances to the national semifinals against Tennessee on Monday and the Longhorns will have to win twice in order to advance to the championship series. Tennessee defeated Texas 6-3 on Thursday.

Fourth-seeded Nebraska (52-

8) was eliminated.

The Cornhuskers’ Jordy Frahm (21-6), a two-time national player of the year, dominated the first five innings in the circle and it was her leadoff home run in the first inning that had Nebraska in the lead from the start.

Her 20th home run of the season made her the first player to have back-to-back 20-win, 20 home run seasons.

Texas ace Teagan Kavan (27-6) did not allow a runner past second base after Frahm’s home run.

The 2025 WCWS Most Outstanding Player threw a complete-game four-hitter with three strikeouts and walked none.

Texas reached the championship series in three of the past four seasons, winning for the first time in 2025.

Nebraska has never played for the championship in 10 total WCWS appearances.

Friday

Game 1: Milwaukee 13, Auburn 8

Saturday

Game 2: UCF 9, NC State 3 Game 3: Auburn 17, NC State 13 Game 4: Milwaukee 13, UCF 6

2027, Johnson will have to do better this year in the portal — which opens on June 1 — to get his program back to where it was before this past spring.

“We’re looking for Omaha-caliber players, not just from a tool standpoint, but from a mindset standpoint,” Johnson said, “that are capable of handling all the things that come along with playing at LSU. “We’re going to be all in on helping them achieve their dream of being a major leaguer, but I want them equally to be as invested in helping us have the best team and program we possibly can.”

With his lineup, Johnson wants to target players who can make an impact on both sides of the ball.

Dardar, Simpson, Caraway and Yorke all came to LSU with strong reputations as power hitters who were more limited defensively.

But when they started stumbling at the plate, their issues in the field became more glaring.

Game 5: Auburn vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.

Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Austin Regional

Friday

Game 1: Texas 19, Holy Cross 1 Game 2: Tarleton St. 11, UC Santa Barbara 5

Saturday

Game 3: UC Santa Barbara 15, Holy Cross 1 Game 4: Texas 16, Tarleton St 2

Sunday

Game 5: UC Santa Barbara vs. Game 4 loser, noon Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 5 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Saturday

Game 3: UCLA 6, Virginia Tech 5 Game 4: Saint Mary’s (Cal) vs. Cal Poly, n

Sunday

Game 5: UCLA vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.

Monday

Game 1: Washington St. 3, Oregon St. 2 Game 2: Oregon 14, Yale 2

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Game 3: Oregon St. 9, Yale 2 Game 4: Oregon 4, Washington St. 0

Game 1: Kentucky 6, Wake Forest 5 Game 2: West Virginia 10, Binghamton 1

Saturday

Sunday

Game 5: Oregon St. vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Gainesville Regional Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Game 5: Troy vs. Game 4 loser, 11 a.m.

Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Hattiesburg Regional Friday

Game 1: Little Rock 7, Southern Miss 4 Game 2: Jacksonville St. 15, Virginia 7

Saturday

Game 3: Virginia 15, Southern Miss 11, 10 innings Game 4: Little Rock 8, Jacksonville St. 6

Sunday

Game 5: Virginia vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Lawrence Regional Friday

Game 1: Kansas 6 Northeastern 3 Game 2: Arkansas 9, Missouri St. 5

Saturday

Game 3: Northeastern 5, Missouri St. 1 Game 4: Kansas 5, Arkansas 3

Morgantown Regional Friday

Saturday

Game 3: Wake Forest 12, Binghamton 3 Game 4: Kentucky 11, West Virginia 9

Sunday

Game 5: Wake Forest vs. West Virginia, 11 a.m.

Game 6: Kentucky vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Starkville Regional Friday

Game 1: Mississippi St. 10, Lipscomb 1 Game 2: Cincinnati 12, UL 2

Saturday

Game 3: UL 10, Lipscomb 4 Game 4: Mississippi St. vs. Cincinnati, n

Sunday

Game 5: UL vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.

Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Tallahassee Regional Game 1: St. John’s 6, Florida St. 5 Game 2: N. Illinois 12, Coastal Carolina 10

Saturday

Game 3: Florida St. vs. Coastal Carolina, suspended in sixth inning; FSU leads 2-1 Game 4: St. John’s vs. N. Illinois, n

Sunday

Game 3: Florida St. vs. Coastal Carolina, resumption of suspended game, 10 a.m.

Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, noon Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 5 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Tuscaloosa Regional

Sunday

Friday

Game 1: East Carolina 7, Tennessee 3, 14 innings Game 2: North Carolina 8, VCU 0

Monday

Saturday

Game 3: VCU 5, Tennessee 4 Game 4: North Carolina 7, East Carolina 5

Friday

Game 5: VCU vs. East Carolina, 11 a.m.

Game 6: North Carolina vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.

Saturday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Sunday

Friday

Monday

Chapel Hill Regional Friday

Saturday Sunday

Game 5: Northeastern vs. Arkansas, noon Game 6: Kansas vs. Game 5 winner, 5 p.m.

Game 1: SC-Upstate 8, Oklahoma St. 5 Game 2: Alabama 21, Alabama St. 3

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Game 3: Oklahoma St. 7, Alabama St. 7, 11 innings Game 4: SC-Upstate vs. Alabama, n

Lincoln Regional

Game 1: Nebraska 4, South Dakota St. 1 Game 2: Ole Miss 7, Arizona St. 6, 14 innings

Monday

Game 3: Arizona State 17, South Dakota State 0 Game 4: Ole Miss 6, Nebraska 3

College Station Regional

Game 5: Arizona State vs. Game 4 loser Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

Game 1: Texas A&M 7, Lamar 5 Game 2: Texas St. 5, Southern Cal 4

Saturday

Game 3: Southern Cal 19, Lamar 6 Game 4: Texas A&M 17, Texas St. 2

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Los Angeles Regional Friday

Game 1: Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, UCLA 2

Sunday

Game 5: Oklahoma St. vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.

Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.

Monday

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Super regionals June 5-8

College World Series June 12-21/22 Omaha, Neb.

UL

Continued from page 1C Markle homered to center to get the rally started, before loading the bases.

Blaze Rodriguez got the tying run home with a fielder’s choice grounder and Mark Collins got UL its first lead with an RBI single to left.

Then the Donovan LaSalle show emerged in the third. After singling in the second inning, LaSalle smashed a two-run homer to center for a 5-2 Cajuns lead.

The seesaw battle continued when Cal Sefcik collected a tworun single of his own to narrow UL’s lead to 5-4 in the fourth.

The Bearcats took their second lead with two more in the sixth.

Infelise led off the inning with a single to chase Herrmann for Tyler Papenbrock.

The senior southpaw got his first two batters, but then yielded an infield single to Jackson Smith, a run-scoring single to 9-hole hitter Charlie Niehaus and a basesloaded walk to Derrick Pitts for a 6-5 Cincinnati lead.

Herrmann ended up throwing five innings and 98 pitches, giving up four runs (three earned), six hits, two walks and eight strikeouts.

The Cajuns certainly weren’t done just yet, though, with two runs in the sixth.

LaSalle led off the decisive inning with a solo homer to center again. Rodriguez later delivered a clutch two-out RBI single against

STAFF PHOTO By BRAD KEMP

UL starting pitcher Andrew Herrmann delivers a pitch against Cincinnati on Sunday at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss.

earned) on eight hits, no walks and three strikeouts in 5.2 innings and 91 pitches.

Papenbrock shined down the stretch on the mound for the Cajuns. Over the final four innings, Papenbrock only allowed one run on four hits, two walks and struck out four over 77 pitches.

Infelise, who had five hits in two games against UL, made the final out on a comebacker to Papenbrock, who ran to the bag himself to secure a trip to the regional finals.

“He was kind of just throwing us a little bit of a bowling ball sinker, so it was a little bit tough to just get the barrel to it,” Sefcik said.

“I just don’t think our guys did a good enough job of pulling him in, or getting on time, or whatever it was.”

“This isn’t specific to transfers.

I think what made the 2025 team special is, maybe except one spot, every player that played the majority of the innings — so we’ll say the top 11 or 12 position players on those teams — they were contributors on both sides of the baseball,” Johnson said. “They had an element of completeness to their games, and that’s what I’m looking for.”

On the mound, Johnson said he wants pitchers who throw multiple pitches for strikes. He is also interested in acquiring arms with a strong track record of performance, as opposed to high-upside hurlers that haven’t been as consistent.

Johnson still believes that a team can’t win a national championship without future major leaguers.

But he believes LSU’s best path STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON to landing those talents is through LSU coach Jay Johnson walks onto the field for a pitching change in high school recruiting and not the the eighth inning of a game against Oklahoma on March 19 at Alex Box portal. “(It’s) just the nature of how it Stadium. seems to go,” Johnson said.

Adding more strike-throwers The Tigers’ staff had talent, fin- year, in large part because they and pitchers with proven track ishing first in the SEC in strike- led the SEC in walks, and they records should help solve what outs. But they also owned the threw 28 more wild pitches than plagued LSU’s staff this season. worst ERA in the conference this Kentucky, the club that had the

second-most wild pitches in the conference.

“You think about Zac (Cowan), Gage (Jump), Luke (Holman), Anthony (Eyanson),” Johnson said.

“Those are the pies in the sky of guys that have proven they throw a ton of strikes.”

The transfer portal alone won’t get LSU back to where it wants to be. Returning players such as Mason Braun, Omar Serna and Cade Arrambide will need to take another step forward. Their incoming freshman class needs to make an immediate impact.

But no program has benefited more from the portal than LSU over the past five seasons. Recapturing that trend this summer will be essential to its success next spring.

“I thought for four years we probably did as good as we could in landing those guys,” Johnson said.

“And they obviously make a difference in your team and program.”

AP PHOTO By VERA NIEUWENHUIS

Continued from page 1C

Friday

Game 2: Cal Poly 6, Virginia Tech 2

Bearcats’ reliever Chad Brown.

LaSalle finished the game 3-for-4 with three RBIs, while Rodriguez and Lim both added two-hit games.

Colt Brown added an insurance run with one out in the seventh with a homer to left for an 8-6 Cajuns lead.

“Yeah, they hit four balls out of the yard, and that’s a team that typically doesn’t hit a lot of home runs,” Bischel said. “Obviously, they have good players. But, yeah, would we have liked to work to the edges a little bit better and keep another ball or two in the yard? Absolutely. But what do you do? They made a couple of big-league plays and we lined out a couple of times ... that’s baseball.”

Cincinnati starter Connor Blue ended up allowing seven runs (six

Nebraska starting pitcher/relief pitcher Jordyn Frahm runs to first during a Women’s College World Series game against Alabama on Saturday in Oklahoma City. Alabama won 5-1.

LSU

Eugene Regional

Monday

Sunday

By The Associated Press

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

Game 3: Troy 15, Rider 7 Game 4: Florida 22, Miami 10

Auburn Regional

Stewart blasts 3-run home run to send Texas past Nebraska

Monday

Game 1: Florida 8, Rider 7 Game 2: Miami 10, Troy 5

x-Game 7: Rematch Game 6

AP PHOTO By VERA NIEUWENHUIS

Game 5: Southern Cal vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.

Sunday

Game 5: Boston College vs. Liberty, 11 a.m.

Game 6: Georgia vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.

Nebraska infielder Bella Bacon bats during a Women’s College World Series game against Alabama on Saturday in Oklahoma City.

Sunday

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SCOREBOARD Odds Sports Betting Line MLB Monday

American League FAVORITE LINE at TAMPA -156 at MIN -170 National League FAVORITE LINE at WASH -141 at MIL -139 LA Dodgers -154 Interleague FAVORITE LINE at CIN -177 Texas -122 at ANGELS -190 at SEATTLE OFF

UNDERDOG Detroit White Sox

LINE +132 +143

UNDERDOG Miami San Fran at ARIZONA

LINE +119 +118 +129

UNDERDOG Kansas City at ST. LOUIS Colorado N.Y Mets

LINE +149 +103 +160 OFF

Pro basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

New York 4, Cleveland 0

Tuesday, May 19: New York 115, Cleveland 104, OT Thursday, May 21: New York 109, Cleveland 93 Saturday, May 23: New York 121, Cleveland 108 Monday, May 25: New York 130, Cleveland 93

Western Conference

San Antonio 4, Oklahoma City 3

Monday, May 18: San Antonio 122, Oklahoma City 115, 2OT Wednesday, May 20: Oklahoma City 122, San Antonio 113 Friday, May 22: Oklahoma City 123, San Antonio 108 Sunday, May 24: San Antonio 103, Oklahoma City 82 Tuesday, May 26: Oklahoma City 127, San Antonio 114 Thursday, May 28: San Antonio 118, Oklahoma City 91 Saturday, May 30: San Antonio 111, Oklahoma City 103

FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

San Antonio vs. New York

Wednesday, June 3: New York at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 5: New York at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, June 8: San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 10: San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m. x-Saturday, June 13: New York at San Antonio, TBA x-Tuesday, June 16: San Antonio at New York, TBA x-Friday, June 19: New York at San Antonio, TBA

WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta New York Toronto Indiana Washington Chicago Connecticut

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L 2 4 4 4 4 5 8

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WESTERN CONFERENCE

Toronto 93, Seattle 72 Connecticut 84, Los Angeles 81 Portland 100, Indiana 84

Sunday’s Games

Las Vegas at Golden State, 2:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Seattle at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

College softball NCAA Div. I World Series glance At Devon Park Oklahoma City, Okla.

Double elimination x-if necessary

Thursday’s games

Game 1 — No. 3 Texas Tech 8, No. 5 Miss. St. 0 Game 2 — No. 2 Tennessee 6, No. 1 Texas 3 Game 3 — No. 1 Alabama 6, No. 2 UCLA 3 Game 4 — No. 1 Nebraska 5, No. 2 Arkansas 3

Friday’s games

Game 5 — No. 1 Texas 4, No. 5 Mississippi State 0 Game 6 — No. 2 UCLA 11, No. 5 Arkansas 0

Saturday’s games

Game 7 — No. 2 Tennessee 2, No. 3 Texas Tech 1 Game 8 — No. 1 Alabama 5, No. 1 Nebraska 1

Sunday’s games

Game 9 — No. 1 Texas 3, Nebraska 1 Game 10 — No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 Texas Tech, n

Monday’s games

Game 11 — No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Texas, 11 a.m. x-Game 12 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 1:30 p.m.

Game 13 — No. 1 Alabama vs. Game 10 winner, 6 p.m. x-Game 14 — Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8:30 p.m.

Championship Series (Best-of-3) Wednesday, June 3

Game 1 — Teams TBD, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 4

Game 2 — Teams TBD 8 p.m.

Friday, June 5

x-Game 3 — Teams, TBD, 7 p.m.

Hockey NHL Playoff Glance FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Carolina vs. Vegas

Tuesday, June 2: Vegas at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 4: Vegas at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 6: Carolina at Vegas, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9: Carolina at Vegas, 7 p.m. x-Thursday, June 11: Vegas at Carolina, TBA x-Sunday, June 14: Carolina at Vegas, TBA x-Wednesday, June 17: Vegas at Carolina, TBA

Tennis French Open Results Sunday

At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: €28,900,000 Surface: Red clay Results Sunday from French Open at Stade Roland Garros (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

Fourth Round Rafael Jodar (27), Spain, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

Alexander Zverev (2), Germany, def. Jesper De Jong, Netherlands, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-1.

Women’s Singles

Fourth Round Marta Kostyuk (15), Ukraine, def. Iga Swiatek (3), Poland, 7-5, 6-1.

Sorana Cirstea (18), Romania, def. Wang Xiyu, China, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Elina Svitolina (7), Ukraine, def. Belinda Bencic (11), Switzerland, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Mirra Andreeva (8), Russia, def. Jil Teichmann, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-2.

Men’s Doubles

Women’s Doubles

Third Round Taylor Townsend, United States, and Katerina Siniakova (1), Czechia, def. Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan, 6-4, 6-2.

Vera Zvonareva, Russia, and Laura Siegemund (11), Germany, def. Nicole MelicharMartinez, United States, and Cristina Bucsa (6), Spain, walkover.

Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Magali Kempen, Belgium, def. Olivia Nicholls, Britain, and Tereza Mihalikova (10), Slovakia, 6-2, 7-5.

Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, and Anna Danilina (2), Kazakhstan, def. Anhelina Kalinina and Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-4.

Mixed Doubles

Eastern Conference

Saturday’s Games

Men’s Doubles Third Round Petr Nouza, Czechia, and Neil Oberleitner, Austria, def. Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl, Czechia, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-3.

Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (5), Italy, def. Marcus Willis, Britain, and Jakub Paul, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3.

Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (1), Argentina, def. Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler (14), Austria, 6-4, 1-1, ret.

Second Round Marcus Willis, Britain, and Jakub Paul, Switzerland, def. Matej Vocel and Tomas Machac, Czechia, walkover.

Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz (6), Germany, def. Thiago Agustin Tirante and Roman Andres Burruchaga, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4.

Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela, Mexico, and Alejandro Tabilo, Chile, def. Arthur Reymond and Luca Sanchez, France, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5.

Third Round Evan King, United States, and Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, def. Irina Khromacheva, Russia, and Jakob Schnaitter, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.

Neal Skupski, Britain, and Desirae Krawczyk (4), United States, def. Yuki Bhambri, India, and Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Kristina Mladenovic and Manuel Guinard, France, 6-2, 6-4.

Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori (1), Italy, def. Christian Harrison, United States, and Fanny Stollar, Hungary, 6-4, 1-6, 10-6.

Golf Charles Schwab Challenge Sunday

At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $9.9 million Yardage: 7,289; Par: 70 Final Round

(x-won on first playoff hole)

x-Eric Cole x-Russell Henley Ben Griffin Mac Meissner Alex Smalley Michael Brennan Nicolas Echavarria J.J. Spaun Gary Woodland Steven Fisk Ryan Gerard Mackenzie Hughes Hideki Matsuyama Jordan L. Smith Justin Thomas M. Thorbjornsen Ludvig Aberg A.J. Ewart Rico Hoey Michael Kim Andrew Putnam Zachary Bauchou Pierceson Coody Brice Garnett Brian Harman Max Homa Matt Kuchar Akshay Bhatia Doug Ghim Keita Nakajima Brandt Snedeker C. Bezuidenhout Lanto Griffin Garrick Higgo Keegan Bradley Lee Hodges John Keefer Max McGreevy J.T. Poston Davis Thompson Kevin Yu Chandler Blanchet Ricky Castillo Joel Dahmen Emiliano Grillo Billy Horschel Jeffrey Kang Robert MacIntyre R. Neergrd-Petersn Adrien Saddier Austin Smothermn Sam Stevens Kevin Streelman Luke Clanton Patrick Fishburn Takumi Kanaya Tom Kim Andrew Novak Seamus Power Nick Dunlap Mark Hubbard Matthew McCarty Taylor Moore Patrick Rodgers Sahith Theegala Ryo Hisatsune Austin Eckroat Thorbjorn Olesen Jackson Suber Erik Van Rooyen Lucas Glover Tom Hoge Davis Riley Kevin Roy Adam Schenk

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LIV Golf Korea Par Scores

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Sunday At Asiad Country Club Busan, South Korea Purse: $20M (Individual); $10M (Team) Yardage: 7,024; Par: 70Final Round

x=won one first playoff hole

x-J. Niemann, $4,000,000 66-69-66-67--268 Talor Gooch, $2,250,000 69-63-69-67--268 B. DeChambu, $1,500,000 65-68-71-65--269 D. Johnson, $1,000,000 70-70-64-66--270 Scott Vincent, $800,000 65-70-67-69--271 B. Steele, $650,000 70-69-68-65--272 H.Varner III, $650,000 68-69-68-67--272 Travis Smyth, $442,500 72-66-68-67--273 M.Leishman, $442,500 69-68-68-68--273 C. Howell III, $442,500 65-70-68-70--273 Lucas Herbert, $442,500 71-66-69-67--273 Ben Campbell, $330,000 69-69-66-70--274 B. Grace, $330,000 68-70-69-67--274 Y. Song, $330,000 68-70-69-67--274 Laurie Canter, $330,000 67-72-70-65--274 C. Smith, $266,250 67-68-68-73--276 Ian Poulter, $266,250 66-72-69-69--276 David Puig, $266,250 70-71-70-65--276 Jon Rahm, $266,250 70-68-71-67--276 Jason Kokrak, $230,000 68-70-69-70--277 Anthony Kim, $230,000 70-70-69-68--277 T.Pieters, $230,000 66-69-71-71--277 S. Muñoz, $193,333 70-73-68-67--278 D. Burmester, $193,333 72-68-68-70--278 Tom McKibbin, $193,333 68-70-70-70--278 Victor Perez, $193,333 71-69-70-68--278 Doyeob Mun, $193,333 68-68-71-71--278 Richard Bland, $193,333 70-70-71-67--278 A. Ancer, $165,000 72-70-66-71--279 Bubba Watson, $165,000 74-69-67-69--279 Adrian Meronk, $165,000 68-70-71-70--279 Danny Lee, $165,000 70-70-71-68--279 Sergio Garcia, $165,000 67-69-72-71--279 C. Schwartzel, $147,500 67-72-69-72--280 C. Tringale, $147,500 72-70-73-65--280 J. Ballester, $147,500 70-70-75-65--280 B. Hun An, $138,750 70-73-71-67--281 Luis Masaveu, $138,750 68-71-72-70--281 Lee Westwood, $138,750 72-67-73-69--281 L. Oosthuizen, $138,750 72-70-74-65--281 Thomas Detry, $129,875 72-73-66-71--282 Yosuke Asaji, $129,875 75-66-68-73--282 Richard T. Lee, $129,875 70-71-70-71--282 Anirban Lahiri, $129,875 68-73-70-71--282 Martin Kaymer, $80,600 71-72-70-70--283 Max Rottluff, $80,600 68-74-71-70--283 Caleb Surratt, $80,600 71-71-72-69--283 G. McDowell, $80,600 68-71-73-71--283 Elvis Smylie, $80,600 71-69-74-69--283 Miguel Tabuena, $50,000 73-73-70-68--284 M. La Sasso, $50,000 68-71-71-74--284 Carlos Ortiz, $50,000 71-71-71-72--285 Peter Uihlein, $50,000 69-69-73-74--285 Minkyu Kim, $50,000 71-72-71-72--286 Sam Horsfield, $50,000 72-72-72-73--289 Björn Hellgren, $50,000 75-72-78-69--294 Matthew Wolff, $50,000 75-78-75-73--301

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Cleveland Chicago Minnesota Kansas City Detroit

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Central Division

West Division

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Auto racing NASCAR-O’Reilly Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 Results Saturday

At Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tenn.

Lap length: 1.33 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (17) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 188 laps, 74 points.

2. (33) Brent Crews, Toyota, 188, 42.

3. (5) William Sawalich, Toyota, 188, 45.

4. (34) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 188, 37.

5. (29) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 188, 32.

6. (3) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 188, 45.

7. (4) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 188, 43.

8. (6) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 188, 0.

9. (27) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 188, 28.

10. (8) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 188, 29.

11. (2) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 188, 33.

12. (9) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 188, 28.

13. (7) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 188, 28.

14. (13) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 188, 23.

15. (24) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 188, 22.

16. (1) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 188, 40.

17. (12) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 188, 20.

18. (31) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 187, 19.

19. (25) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 187, 18.

20. (21) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 187, 17.

21. (23) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 187, 16.

22. (15) Leland Honeyman, Chevrolet, 187, 0.

23. (19) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 187, 14.

24. (20) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 187, 13.

25. (16) Patrick Staropoli, Chevrolet, 187, 12.

26. (32) Logan Bearden, Chevrolet, 186, 11.

27. (35) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 186, 10.

28. (11) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 186, 9.

29. (26) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 185, 8.

30. (14) Austin Green, Chevrolet, 185, 7.

31. (18) Lavar Scott, Chevrolet, 184, 6.

32. (28) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 184, 5.

33. (10) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 184, 4.

34. (36) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 183, 3.

35. (38) Cleetus McFarland, Chevrolet, 182, 2.

36. (30) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 179, 1.

37. (22) David Starr, Chevrolet, suspension, 151, 1.

38. (37) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, garage, 59, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 132.435 mph.

Time of Race: 1 hour, 53 minutes, 16 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.403 seconds.

Caution Flags: 2 for 15 laps.

Lead Changes: 12 among 7 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Love 0-49; J.Yeley 50; J.Love 51-54; J.Allgaier 55-75; J.Love 76-85; J.Allgaier 86-94; J.Love 95-118; B.Crews 119-145; B.Jones 146; A.Hill 147-148; R.Sieg 149-150; B.Crews 151-168; J.Allgaier 169-188 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Love, 4 times for 87 laps; J.Allgaier, 3 times for 50 laps; B.Crews, 2 times for 45 laps; A.Hill, 1 time for 2 laps; R.Sieg, 1 time for 2 laps; B.Jones, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Yeley, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: J.Allgaier, 4; C.Day, 2; S.Creed, 1; A.Hill, 1; W.Sawalich, 1; T.Gray, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. J.Allgaier, 770; 2. J.Love, 591; 3. C.Day, 574; 4. S.Creed, 532; 5. B.Jones, 512; 6. A.Hill, 499; 7. C.Kvapil, 493; 8. S.Smith, 482; 9. W.Sawalich, 429; 10. P.Retzlaff, 416; 11. S.Mayer, 413; 12. T.Gray, 399; 13. R.Caruth, 387; 14. B.Crews, 384; 15. R.Sieg, 384; 16.

B.Poole, 309.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

Transactions Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay New York Toronto Baltimore Boston

W 36 35 29 28 25

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with OF Pedro Tovar on a minor league contract. Sent LHP Dietrich Enns outright to Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Charlotte (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Reinstated RF Kerry Carpenter from the 10-day IL. Optioned 3B Gage Workman to Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Reinstated LHP Matt Strahm from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Omaha (IL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Bailey Ober on the 15-day IL. Agreed to terms with RHP Cristian Alvino on a minor league contract. Recalled RHP Travis Adams from St. Paul (IL). Optioned RHP John Klein to St. Paul. Selected the contract of RHP Mike Paredes from St. Paul.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed RHP Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day IL, retroactive to May 28. Designated RHP Andrew Wantz for assignment. Recalled LHP Cam Booser and RHP Trevor Martin from Durham (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent RHP Max Scherzer on a rehab assignment to Buffalo (IL). Sent RHP Shane Bieber on a rehab assignment to Dunedin.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Sent LHP Matthew Boyd on a rehab assignment to Iowa (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated LHP Jack Dreyer from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Paul Gervase to Oklahoma City (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Recalled RHP Josh White from Jacksonville (IL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Transferred LHP Angel Zerpa from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Reinstated LHP Rob Zastryzny from the 60-day IL. Optioned RHP Carlos Rodriguez to Nashville (PCL).

Saturday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 1 Baltimore 6, Toronto 5 Texas 7, Kansas City 6 Boston 9, Cleveland 1 Houston 9, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 10, Minnesota 9 L.A. Angels 14, Tampa Bay 3 Seattle 5, Arizona 1 Athletics 6, N.Y. Yankees 4

National League East Division Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

W 40 31 30 26 26

L 20 29 28 33 34

Pct .667 .517 .517 .441 .433

GB — 9 9 13½ 14

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 35 32 30 32 30

L 21 27 26 28 28

Pct .625 .542 .536 .533 .517

GB — 4½ 5 5 6

L 21 26 26 36 37

Pct .638 .552 .544 .379 .373

GB — 5 5½ 15 15½

Central Division

West Division

Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

W 37 32 31 22 22

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 1 Washington 9, San Diego 4 Houston 9, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 10, Minnesota 9 Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 2 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 1 Colorado 8, San Francisco 3 Seattle 5, Arizona 1 Philadelphia 4, L.A. Dodgers 3

Sunday’s Games

Baltimore 9, Toronto 5 Pittsburgh 9, Minnesota 3 Tampa Bay 5, L.A. Angels 2 Chicago White Sox 2, Detroit 1 Boston 9, Cleveland 4 Milwaukee 2, Houston 0 Texas 6, Kansas City 3 N.Y. Yankees 13, Athletics 8 Seattle 3, Arizona 2, 10 innings

Sunday’s Games

Monday’s Games

Detroit (TBD) at Tampa Bay (Jax 1-3), 5:40 p.m.

Kansas City (TBD) at Cincinnati (Burns 7-1), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sandlin 1-0) at Minnesota (Ryan 3-3), 6:40 p.m.

Texas (deGrom 3-4) at St. Louis (McGreevy 3-4), 6:45 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 1-6) at L.A. Angels (Soriano 6-4), 8:38 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Manaea 0-1) at Seattle (Hancock 4-2), 8:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh 9, Minnesota 3 Washington 4, San Diego 2 Cincinnati 6, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Mets 10, Miami 1 Milwaukee 2, Houston 0 San Francisco 19, Colorado 6 Seattle 3, Arizona 2, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 9, Philadelphia 10 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, n

Monday’s Games

Miami (Alcantara 3-4) at Washington (Cavalli 3-3), 5:45 p.m.

Kansas City (TBD) at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Roupp 5-5) at Milwaukee (Harrison 6-1), 6:40 p.m.

Texas (deGrom 3-4) at St. Louis (McGreevy 3-4), 6:45 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 1-6) at L.A. Angels (Soriano 6-4), 8:38 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Sheehan 3-1) at Arizona (Rodriguez 5-1), 8:40 p.m.

BOX SCORES Milwaukee 2, Houston 0

N.Y. Mets 10, Miami 1

Milwaukee

Miami

Houston

New York

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IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Misiorowski W,6-2 7 3 0 0 0 8 Uribe H,6 1 0 0 0 0 1 Megill S,8-9 1 0 0 0 0 2 Houston Imai L,2-3 6 3 2 2 2 5 Santa 2 0 0 0 0 2 Pearson 1 1 0 0 0 0 HBP_Misiorowski (Alvarez).

ABS Challenge_Misiorowski (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Imai (Ball-Confirmed); Imai (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Misiorowski (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Pearson (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Umpires_Home, Malachi Moore; First, Laz Diaz; Second, James Jean; Third, Erich Bacchus.

T_2:27. A_28,366 (41,000).

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IP H R ER BB SO Miami King L,1-1 1 2⁄3 2 2 2 0 2 Bender 1 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 2 ⁄3 2 2 2 2 2 Faucher Gibson 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 2 White ⁄3 1 5 5 4 1 1 Kempner 1 ⁄3 2 0 0 0 3 Sanoja 1 0 0 0 0 0 New York McLean W,3-4 5 2 1 1 5 2 Peterson S,1-1 4 1 0 0 1 3 HBP_McLean (Lopez), White (Torrens).

ABS Challenge_McLean (Ball-Confirmed); Faucher (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Vientos (Strike-Confirmed); Faucher (BallConfirmed); Kempner (Ball-Confirmed).

Umpires_Home, Ryan Wills; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, Will Little; Third, Ryan Additon.

T_2:56. A_40,634 (42,136).

Texas 6, Kansas City 3

San Francisco 19, Colorado 6

Kansas City

San Francisco

Texas

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LOB_Kansas City 10, Texas 8. 2B_Isbel (7), Witt (15), Jung (16), Higashioka (2), Burger (11). 3B_Duran (2). HR_Massey (4).

SB_Witt (17). S_Loftin (1), Helman (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City Wacha L,4-3 5 8 6 6 4 5 Cruz 1 1 0 0 1 1 Black 1 0 0 0 0 1 Morgan 1 1 0 0 0 1 Texas 3 0 0 2 10 Leiter W,3-4 5 2⁄3 2 ⁄3 3 1 1 0 0 Beeks 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Gray Collyer 1 1 2 2 2 0 Latz S,7-9 1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP_Collyer (Perez), Morgan (Helman).

WP_Leiter.

ABS Challenge_Nimmo (Strike-Confirmed); Collins (Strike-Confirmed); Wacha (Ball-Confirmed); Collyer (BallConfirmed).

Umpires_Home, Nate Tomlinson; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Carlos Torres.

T_2:38. A_33,587 (40,000).

Colorado

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SF_Arraez 2 (5), McCarthy (3).

IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Ray 4 5 3 1 2 6 Beck 1 3 2 2 1 0 Kilian W,2-3 1 0 0 0 1 2 Peguero 1 1⁄3 2 1 0 1 1 Brubaker 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Colorado Gordon L,0-1 3 6 4 4 1 2 Bernardino 1 1 0 0 1 1 Agnos 1 7 7 7 1 2 K.Thompson 2 4 3 3 0 2 2 ⁄3 2 3 2 1 1 Mejia Sullivan 1 1⁄3 5 2 2 0 1 Gordon pitched to 2 batters in the 4th.

HBP_Gordon (Susac). WP_Ray, K.Thompson.

ABS Challenge_Castro (Strike-Confirmed); Devers (Strike-Confirmed); Gordon (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Beck (Ball-Confirmed).

Pitch timer violations_Agnos (pitcher).

Umpires_Home, Emil Jimenez; First, Gabe Morales; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Mike Muchlinski.

T_3:38. A_37,965 (50,144).

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL June 1

1923 — The New York Giants scored in every inning to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 22-8 at the Baker Bowl.

1925 — Lou Gehrig batted for Pee Wee Wanninger in the eighth and replaced Wally Pipp at first base to start his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. The Washington Senators beat the New York Yankees 5-3.

1937 — Bill Dietrich of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns in an 8-0 win.

1975 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels pitched his fourth no-hitter, striking out nine. Ryan tied Sandy Koufax’s record by beating the Baltimore Orioles 1-0. It was Ryan’s 100th major league victory.

1977 — Seattle’s Ruppert Jones homered off Cleveland’s Dennis Eckersley in the fifth inning to snap Eckersley’s no-hit string of 22 1-3 innings, just two outs short of Cy Young’s major league record. The Indians went on to win, 7-1.

1987 — Cleveland’s Phil Niekro pitched the Indians to a 9-6 victory, his 314th, over the Detroit Tigers. The win gave himself and his brother, Joe, a major league record 530 combined victories, surpassing Gaylord and Jim Perry.

2000 — Pawtucket’s Tomo Ohka became the

third pitcher in the 117-year history of the International League to throw a nine-inning perfect game when he beat the Charlotte Knights 2-0.

2005 — Miguel Tejada hit a homer, three doubles and scored three runs in Baltimore’s 9-3 victory over Boston.

2009 — The New York Yankees played error free for the 18th straight game in a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians, surpassing Boston’s major league mark of 17 set in 2006. New York’s last error came on May 13 at Toronto when shortstop Ramiro Pena misplayed a groundball.

2011 — Cincinnati’s Francisco Cordero got his 300th career save, securing the Reds’ 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Cordero pitched a perfect ninth, becoming the 22nd reliever to achieve 300 saves, tying Bruce Sutter at the mark.

2012 — Johan Santana pitched the first nohitter in New York Mets’ history. Santana was helped by an umpire’s missed call and an outstanding catch in left field in an 8-0 victory over St. Louis Cardinals. Carlos Beltran, back at Citi Field for the first time since the Mets traded him last July, hit a line drive over third base in the sixth inning that hit the foul line and should have been called fair.

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Pulisic ends scoring drought; U.S. defeats Senegal in warmup

BY STEVE REED AP sportswriter

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Christian Pulisic ended a five-month scoring drought for club and country with his first international goal since November 2024, Folarin Balogun broke a second-half tie and the United States beat Senegal 3-2 Sunday in the Americans’ next-tolast World Cup warmup match.

Pulisic set up Sergiño Dest’s opener in the seventh minute, then made it 2-0 off a Ricardo Pepi pass in the 20th. Pulisic took a touch, rounded goalkeeper Mory Diaw and slotted into an open net from a tight angle for his 33rd goal in 85 international appearances.

The top American player, Pulisic had finished his AC Milan season scoreless in a career-high 19 club games since Dec. 28 and was without a goal eight straight U.S. matches. Pulisic ran to a corner flag, dropped to his knees and repeatedly pumped his fists.

Sadio Mané scored twice following American mistakes, extending his Senegal record with 54 international goals. He beat goalkeeper Matt Turner at the far post in the 44th off a Habib Diarra pass that followed Antonee Robinson’s giveaway, then tapped the ball into the net in the 52nd after Nicolas Jack-

son had lifted it over onrushing goalkeeper Chris Brady.

Brady entered among 10 U.S. changes at the start of the second half in his international debut.

Balogun, another second-half sub, had a goal disallowed for offside in the 49th, then got his ninth international goal in the 63rd after Tim Weah’s cross deflected off a foot of Moustapha Mbow.

The No. 16 U.S. plays 10thranked Germany on June 6, six days before the Americans open the tournament against Paraguay.

No. 14 Senegal faces Saudi Arabia in a June 9 friendly and start against France on June 16.

The American starting lineup averaged 44 international appearances, the team’s highest since the October 2017 loss at Trinidad and Tobago that ended the U.S. streak of seven straight World Cup appearances, according to Opta.

Turner, the American starting goalkeeper at the 2022 World Cup, made just his second U.S. appearance since a 4-0 loss to Switzerland last June.

In the absence of Chris Richards, sidelined by an ankle injury, the U.S. started Alex Freeman, Mark McKenzie and captain Tim Ream in a three center back formation.

Gio Reyna made his first start for club or country since Dec. 19.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By ARIANA CUBILLOS

Argentina’s Nicolas Otamendi celebrates with Giovani Lo Celso after scoring his side’s opening goal against Venezuela during a FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match in Maturin, Venezuela on Oct. 10, 2024.

Argentina’s arrival doubles as tribute to World Cup success

BY DAVE SKRETTA AP sportswriter

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Reigning World Cup champion Argentina arrived in Kansas City on Sunday to begin p reparing for its title defense, which starts with a match against Algeria on June 16 at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Chiefs.

The 11-hour flight covering more than 5,500 miles from Ezeiza International Airport touched down in Missouri just after 11 a.m. local time. The flight number for the Aerolineas Argentinas charter was 1978, an homage to the 1978 World Cup that Argentina won as the host nation over the Netherlands before more than 71,000 fans at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires.

The plane itself, an Airbus A330, also celebrated the Argentine squad with special livery.

The No. 10 of Lionel Messi was featured on the tail amid the national team’s iconic blue and white stripes, while three gold stars represented its three World Cup titles.

Argentina is the first of four national teams making their World

Cup home base in the Kansas City metro to arrive.

The Netherlands, England and Algeria — which will be at the University of Kansas in nearby Lawrence — are due to arrive this week.

Most of the Argentina squad arrived on its charter, though some players will arrive from clubs elsewhere in the world. After stepping off the plane, players and staff walked across the tarmac to waiting charter buses for the trip to the team hotel.

Messi and Co. will be staying at the Origin Hotel near downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Fences have been built around the property and extra security provided for the team, while inside the relatively new hotel, signage, posters and other nods to the team known as La Albiceleste are ever-present, including huge images of some of the team’s biggest stars on the outside of the building.

The team planned to spend Sunday doing light training in the hotel gym while awaiting the arrival of the rest of its players. Its first full workout is set for Monday at the Compass Minerals National Performance Center, the home of

MLS club Sporting Kansas City.

Argentina plays Honduras in a friendly on Saturday at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, the home of Texas A&M. Its final tuneup is three days later against Iceland at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Alabama, the home of another SEC football team, Auburn.

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni revealed his 26-man World Cup roster on Thursday. It is headlined by Messi, who turns 39 in less than a month, and features 17 players that were part of the team that triumphed four years ago against France in the final in Qatar.

Several players were in doubt because of injuries of varying severity ahead of the June 1 deadline set by FIFA for finalizing all World Cup squads. Among them was Messi, who is suffering from muscle fatigue and a mild strain in his left hamstring.

The club has said that his recovery time will depend on “his clinical and functional progress.” Messi will be playing in his sixth World Cup, having previously participated in Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and Qatar.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By SCOTT KINSER

United States forward Christian Pulisic, center left, celebrates with midfielder Sebastian Berhalter after scoring in the first half against Senegal in an international friendly soccer match on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C.

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BY RACHEL MIPRO Contributing writer

Jose “Pepe” Llulla is a name synon nymous with New Orleans’ age of darin ng and dueling. One reader’s question: What’s the story of Jose Llulla?

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Llulla a lived at the height of o dueling g culture in the Cre escent City. Duels were fought over ho onor, settling major and minor dispute es.

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The “golden age” of dueling lasted d from the 1830s until the Civil War, ass Herbert Asbury chronicled in “The French Quarter: An Informal Historry of the New Orleans Underworld.” To op fighters achieved celebrity status, an nd fencing schools, headed by formida-bly skilled instructors, were all the rage.

“In the New Orleans of their day, they occupied much the same position that champion prize-fighters do in modern times,” Ashbury wrote.

“Crowds followed them in the streett, in the cafes and coffeehouses they were the darlings of the waiters, and d the young Creoles aped their manne erisms.”

In this atmosphere, Llulla thrived, becoming one of the city’s most legendary duelists. He died at the age of 72, having lived in the city for 58 years, according to a loving tribute that described his “singular, well-de eveloped” facial muscles and his “vig gorous keen-eyed” looks in a lengthy

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Don José ‘Pepe’ Llulla, left, the great dueling master of New Orleans, is photographed with Martin Poujuan.

Common thread Blue jeans have long been associated with the American experience

BY MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — When Americans want to show their patriotism, they often don red, white and blue clothing, or sometimes even drape themselves in the U.S. flag. But if you truly want to embody the country’s zeitgeist, just slip on your favorite blue jeans. You probably already own at least one pair, just like almost everyone else you know.

Even in divisive times, denim remains an American skin that’s worn by liberals and conservatives, young and old, rich and poor, the cool crowd and the nerdy outcasts, citizens born in the USA like the denim-clad Bruce Springsteen on his chart-topping 1984 album and immigrants who came here hoping for a better life like Levi Strauss.

If there is a common thread in America’s crazy quilt of racial diversity, it’s blue jeans.

The pants didn’t start out blue. They were made from brown tent canvas when they were first conceived in 1853

by Strauss, a Bavarian immigrant who came to San Francisco in the aftermath of California’s Gold Rush. The pants proved so popular among the gold miners still looking to strike that Strauss ran out of tent canvas. So he switched to a different fabric — indigo-dyed denim. After Nevada tailor Jacob Davis suggested reinforcing the pockets of Strauss’ pant design with copper rivets, the two men patented the concept in 1873 to create the style of blue jeans worn today.

Levi Strauss & Co. and its imitators such as H.D. Lee and Wrangler have made billions selling denim through the decades, but blue jeans have always been more about the culture than the capitalism that shaped America.

Besides harking back to the Gold Rush’s sediments, blue jeans evoke: n The rugged determination of the railroad workers who wore them while laying the tracks for travel and commerce across the country; n The derring-do of the cowboys and wandering spirits who wore them while settling the frontier; n The work ethic of the farmers and factory workers who wore them on the job; n The rebellious ethos of the bikers and other mavericks who embraced them after Marlon Brando’s performance in the 1953 film “The Wild Ones;” n The colorful flair of the hippies who stitched flower patches and psychedelic designs on bell-bottomed versions of the pants that were conceived in San Francisco during 1967’s “Summer of Love.”

In all shapes and styles, blue jeans are the perfect fit for America.

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California farm grows rare wasabi plants KATE BRADSHAW

The Mercury News (TNS) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Becoming a wasabi farmer wasn’t initially part of the career plan for former electrical contractor Jeff Roller.

But for those who know him, his pivot wasn’t all that surprising, he says.

He and co-founder Tim Hall got the idea to start a wasabi farm about 15 years ago when Hall learned that most of the wasabi Americans eat is fake: Expert estimates cited in the Washington Post

over a decade ago put the proportion of fake stuff at between 95% and 99% of the wasabi consumed in the U.S. The green paste that usually comes with your takeout sushi is made up of horseradish, mustard, cornstarch, food coloring and some other ingredients.

Hall and Roller had construction backgrounds and wanted to see if they could figure out how to grow the notoriously finicky plants.

Wasabi plants generally grow best in cool climates with water flowing over the soil, and they take around two years to reach

maturity.

After months of research and trial and error, they decided to start their farm, repurposing an old Coastside nursery with greenhouses dating back to the 1960s for the job. For years, they struggled to achieve consistency with the plants they grew. Every time they tried to scale up their production, a new challenge popped up, Roller says.

“We’ve changed the way we’ve grown it a bunch of times,” he says.

Two years in, Roller gave up,

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Half Moon Bay Wasabi has been perfecting their method for growing wasabi in California for 15 years.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2026. There are 213 days left in the year.

Today in history: On June 1, 2008, a fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed 3 acres of the studio’s property, including a vault holding as many as 175,000 irreplaceable master audio recordings from hundreds of musicians including Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Elton John and Nirvana.

Also on this date: In 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, “Don’t give up the ship,” during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812.

In 1916, the Senate voted 4722 to confirm Louis Brandeis as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Jewish American to serve on the nation’s highest bench.

In 1943, a civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by German bombers during World War II, killing all 17 people aboard, including actor Leslie Howard.

In 1957, Don Bowden, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, became the first American to run a mile in under four minutes during a meet in Stockton, California, with a time of 3:58.7.

In 1962, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was executed after being found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his actions during World War II. In 1980, Cable News Network, the first 24-hour television news channel, made its debut.

In 1990, U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed an agreement to stop producing and reduce existing stockpiles of chemical weapons held by the two Cold War superpowers.

In 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shot and killed nine members of the Nepalese royal family, including his parents, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, before mortally wounding himself.

In 2009, General Motors filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.

In 2011, Endeavour concluded its final flight of the 30-year space shuttle era, landing before dawn at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Atlantis would carry out the last shuttle flight in history a month later.)

In 2015, a cruise ship carrying more than 450 people capsized and sank in a severe storm on China’s Yangtze River, leaving hundreds missing. Only a handful of people survived the sinking of the Eastern Star.

In 2020, police forcefully disbanded a protest by thousands of people in Lafayette Park across from the White House, using chemical agents, clubs and punches, who rallied against the police killing of a Black man, George Floyd, by a White officer in Minneapolis a week earlier.

Today’s birthdays: Singer Pat Boone is 92. Actor Morgan Freeman is 89. Actor Brian Cox is 80. Actor Jonathan Pryce is 79.

Rock musician Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) is 79. Country singer-songwriter Ronnie Dunn is 73. Actor Lisa Hartman Black is 70. Actor Teri Polo is 57. Model-TV personality Heidi Klum is 53. Singer Alanis Morissette is 52. Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is 45. Actor-comedian Amy Schumer is 45. Tennis Hall of Famer Justine Henin is 44. Comedian Nikki Glaser is 42.

Actor Zazie Beetz is 35. Actor Tom Holland is 30. Actor Willow Shields is 26.

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Continued from page 1D leaving the farm to Hall, but then came back six months later. For many years, their wasabi farm was a passion project, funded by their electrical work. Now, Hall has stepped back from farming focus on parenting, but is still involved.

“There’s no playbook of how to do it,” Roller says.

But as they struggled, one thing kept them going: They always could sell whatever they grew, mostly to local high-end sushi restaurants and steakhouses.

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Hugging good for your health Dear Doctors: Is it true that hugging is good for your health?

Why would that be? Also, I remember hearing about someone with autism who used a kind of squeezing machine to help with anxiety. Is that the same thing that’s going on when we hug each other?

Dear Reader: Your questions lead to a fascinating field of study: the neuroscience of touch. Also known as sensory neuroscience, it examines how the brain processes touch. This includes the regions of the brain that get activated. It also looks at the neurochemicals that are released.

Researchers in this field are also interested in how the neurochemical changes that occur during touch affect the mind, emotions and the body.

Touch is the first of our senses to develop. At just eight weeks in utero, a fetus is already gaining touch receptors. By the eighth month, the baby’s entire body is alive to the sense of touch. Within

Dr. Elizabeth Ko Dr. Eve Glazier ASK THE DOCTORS

the uterus, the fetus can feel the movement of amniotic fluid; the presence of the placenta, umbilical cord and uterine walls; and contact with its own body. Touch from outside of the womb registers as well. Research has shown that when an expectant mother touches her abdomen, fetal movements increase.

After birth and throughout our lives, the sense of touch plays a key role in keeping us alive.

Specialized neurons process touch and send it to the brain for interpretation. Touch allows us to detect and interpret a

continuous flow of information.

This includes temperature, pressure, pleasure, pain, itch, vibration and environmental shifts.

Equally important, and the subject of your question, is the role of touch in social bonding. It’s so intrinsic to who we are, even just seeing other people touch triggers the touch-related centers in our own brains.

And that brings us to hugging.

Hugging is good for your health.

It has been shown to move the needle on a range of clinical and laboratory tests. Before-andafter hug measurements have found it lowers levels of cortisol.

It also leads to the release of the “love hormone” oxytocin and the “feel-good” hormone dopamine.

The benefits of a hug can also linger. Several studies have found that hugging leads to lower levels of waking cortisol the next morning. Self-soothing with a hand pressed over the heart for 10 or more seconds has also proven effective.

While the squeezing machine you mentioned does deliver a sensation akin to a hug, neither the intent nor the result are the same. It was pioneered by Temple Grandin, a noted author and educator living with autism.

She developed the deep-pressure device to manage the anxiety and sensory overload common in the condition. It does rely on the physical and neural networks of touch. However, the social and emotional pathways that are intrinsic to human touch are not engaged.

The bottom line: Hugging is a simple act that can calm stress, improve mood and build connection. Have a spare 10 or 20 seconds? Hug someone you love.

Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla. edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

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“It would be a difficult task here to give anything more than a brief outline of the career of this really extraordinary character, who won his way to fortune and to fame by rare energy and intrepidity,” read the 1888 Times-Picayune account of his death.

Llulla was born in 1815, near Port Mahon, Spain, in the Mediterranean, and was a seafarer who sailed the route between New Orleans and Havana, according to The Times-Picayune account. He settled in New Orleans and learned fencing from one of the numerous fencing schools in the area, becoming the protege and assistant of prominent duelist Monsieur L’Allouette.

When L’Allouette died, Llulla took over the fencing school, but soon turned to other business ventures.

He bought the Louisa Street Cemetery and improved and expanded the area, which is now St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery.

He also acquired Grand Terre Island, where he raised livestock.

Among other ventures, Llulla had a brief stint of running a bullfighting arena in Algiers.

Most accounts speak of his marked loyalty to Spain. In 1851, when anti-Spanish sentiment was seething in the minds of Cuban revolutionaries who wanted to

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An illustration from 1885 depicts a duel beneath the oaks of New Orleans’ City Park. be independent from Spain, Pepe acted as security for the Spanish consul. When an angry mob invaded the Spanish consulate, Llulla marched by the consul’s side, helping him leave the city safely, according to Ashbury’s account. He then challenged any Cubans sympathizers to face him in a duel.

For his continued, heavily publicized loyalty, the king of Spain gifted him knighthood. Another reward for his loyalty: a portrait of himself, covered in a wreath of laurel embroidered with the hair of Spanish ladies who had cut off locks in tribute to his efforts, according to reporting done at the time.

While Llulla lived a quieter life after ending his dueling career, he still influenced the local business and social culture.

“In his last days, ‘Pepe’ Llulla led a modest and retired life, though he had not lost any of his courage and valor,” read an 1888 newspaper account of his life.

Ask minister about disposing of Bibles Dear Heloise: I hope you or your readers can help me (and most likely many others) with learning how to respectfully dispose of used or damaged Bibles.

Thank you, and I love your good work! — Eddie S., via email Hints from Eddie, this is Heloise a very thoughtful question. I’ve heard of people taking a very old Bible and burying it in a garden or placing it under the hands of a deceased loved one while they lay in their coffin. Some people have the Bible buried with the person, while others remove it before burial.

There are others who say that it’s served its purpose and place it in the trash. You might want to

tion, lighting and more, they finally landed on a consistent system.

They’ve been growing their wasabi the same way for seven or eight years now, Roller says.

The farm draws on sustainable farming practices like using predatory bugs to keep pests at bay and recirculating water for the fairly water-hungry plants, according to Roller. Today, they’re among just a small handful of U.S.-based wasabi farmers.

The whole plants are edible, and the farm also sells the leaves and stems, which can be made into salads or chopped and marinated with soy sauce to become kizami, a condiment. The flowers, meanwhile, can be used as an edible garnish.

Then, in 2020, the pandemic threw a wrench into their busi-

discuss this with your minister to see what they recommend. — Heloise

moral thing and make arrangements for the cat to be left to a relative, a friend, or someone else who can provide a home for the rest of the cat’s life. Otherwise, stick with a stuffie. — Joan B., via email Joan, the lucky ones go to a shelter. Far too many animals — both cats and dogs — reach the end of their lives on the streets without a home, food or water.

They’re abandoned, and animals aren’t trash to be thrown away when someone dies. If a pet gave comfort to someone who’s now gone, they deserve to be taken care of and loved by another person who will honor the service that the animal previously gave.

— Heloise

Dear Heloise: Having volunteered

at an animal shelter, I have mixed feelings about seniors adopting cats.

Truth be told, I love cats. I grew up with one and continued to make them a part of my family for my entire life. However, the well-meaning people who are urging the older person to adopt a cat are only thinking of the potential cat owner.

What about the cat? Many cats end up in shelters when their owner dies.

Imagine the trauma of being transferred from their home, where they’ve been comfortable, to a small cage that is surrounded by other cats in a sometimes noisy environment.

I hope those who are advocating for the senior to get a cat will also remind the potential owner that they should do the

ness. “COVID was really difficult for us,” Roller says. “We lost 90% of our business overnight.”

They had to adapt quickly, pivoting to online sales and learning how to ship across the U.S. — particularly to areas where restaurants reopened ahead of the Bay Area, like Texas and Florida. They also began selling to local Japanese supermarkets.

So how do you eat it? What you’ll want to eat — and what traditional wasabi is — is the wasabi plant’s rhizome, or stalk at the base of the plant, grated very finely into a paste. Shredded over a special grater, the resulting flavor and color of the wasabi pastes can differ just based on which end of the rhizome you’re grating, as co-owner Jim Murphy demonstrated on a recent

visit to the farm. Murphy joined last year after a career in human rights work and web development.

Real wasabi oxidizes quickly. It’s ideally consumed about five minutes after shredding, to let it oxidize a little bit. But it starts to lose heat within 25 minutes of grating it, he says. Those timing parameters make it difficult for many restaurants to work with, especially those serving takeout.

But after trying even just a tiny taste of the real stuff, it’s obvious why it is so sought-after. The fresh, sharp, complex heat that spreads through the palate and nasal passages provides a unique sensation that’s as fleeting as it is subtle.

Today, you can find locally grown wasabi from Half Moon Bay Wasabi at restaurants like Rintaro in

San Francisco; Robin in San Francisco and Menlo Park; the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay; Alexander’s Steakhouse locations in San Francisco, Palo Alto and Cupertino; and Katsu in Mountain View.

It’s also sold at Mitsuwa Market in San Jose; Tokyo Fish Market in Berkeley; Nijiya Market locations in San Francisco, San Mateo, Mountain View and San Jose; and at the Ferry Building Farmers Market in San Francisco on the second Saturday of each month.

Half Moon Bay Wasabi also participates in occasional pop-ups at the Half Moon Bay farmers market and Pillar Point Harbor. People can also order wasabi directly online. Go to @halfmoonbaywasabi on Instagram or hmbwasabi.com for more information.

A treat for smelly feet Dear Heloise: Once fabric softener sheets have been used, they no longer have what it takes to soften laundry items. However, I figured out a second use for them.

I keep a sealed plastic storage bag for the used sheets. Although their main purpose no longer applies, the amount of remaining scent is amplified when they are combined. I reuse them, especially during spring and summer, by putting them in tennis shoes and some closed-toed shoes while they’re waiting to be worn again.

— Deborah R., in Austin,Texas

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By PHILLIP ALDER An old proverb goes: Good habits result from resisting temptation.

That can apply at the bridge table.

South is in four hearts. West leads the diamond queen. What temptations must declarer avoid?

In the fourth chair, it was reasonable for South to open four hearts. A slam was unlikely opposite a passed partner and probably this opening would silence the opponents, who might have been able to do well in another suit.

From West’s lead, South knows that East has the diamond ace. So it is tempting to play low from the board. However, herethatwouldgiveWestachancetobea genius by shifting to the spade eight. And when declarer plays the queen from the dummy, East ducks it. (He knows West would have led a singleton if he had one, and would not have shifted from four low spades.) Then the contract would fail; as it would if West had initially led a spade and East had ducked.

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The successful Bidder shall furnish a Perfor‐ mance and Payment Bond as described in the Bid Documents.

A NON-MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 AM CST on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport – 2nd Floor Conference Room, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70126. A highly encouraged jobsite visit will follow.

Bids shall be accepted Contractors li‐ from censed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for Land‐ scaping, Grading, and Beautification.

The Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just per La. R.S. cause 38:2212(A)(1)(b).

Advertise 3x The New Orleans Advocate: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Monday, May 25, 2026 Monday, June 1, 2026 188102-may 19-25-jun 1-3t $109.03 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived for the Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District (LSED) at the of‐ fice of Legends Global Gate F Executive Offices, Caesars Superdome, 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive, New Orleans, LA 70112. The deadline for receipt of bids is 2:00 PM on June 26, 2026, at which time bids will be opened and read aloud in a public meeting in the Legends Global Conference room at Gate F of Caesars Su‐ perdome.

FOR: 2025 TPC Louisiana Dewatering System Re‐ pairs 11001 Lapalco Blvd Avondale, LA 70094 PROJECT NUMBER: LSED 2025 Capital Project Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be down‐ loaded without charge and without deposit from the LSED website www. lsedgov.org under tab “Opportunities” and then “Request for Bids: Capi‐ tal Projects and Ser‐ vices” Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrange‐ ments can be made to them through obtain most reprographic firms.

Plan holders are respon‐ sible for their own repro‐ duction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at: Marrero Couvillon & As‐ sociates, LLC

For Sale 100 Blk of Fourth St. Westwego 5,501 sqft, $30k (504) 430-6976

OUT OF TOWN PROPERTY 800acres of Prime Rice Pasture & Marsh Land for Sale in Klondike LA, Exc. Water Fowl Hunting & Fishing, for more info (337) 789-4999

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2644 Sherwood Forest Blvd., Suite 200 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 701816 kschlafly@mca-llc.com All bids shall be accom‐ panied by bid security in an amount of five per‐ cent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all al‐ ternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instruc‐ tions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 9:00 AM on Monday June 8, 2026, at the TPC Louisiana conference room, 11001 Lapalco Blvd., Avondale LA 70094 Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of Com‐ Construction. mercial Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Available For Con‐ struction amount for this project is Four Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($420,000.00) Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accor‐ dance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provi‐ sions and requirements of this Section; and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity.

STATE OF LOUISIANA LOUISIANA STADIUM AND EXPOSITION DISTRICT. ROBERT A. VOSBEIN, Jr., CHAIRMAN 189504-JUN 1-8-15-3T $138.60

METAIRIE 4101 Hessmer, Met. 1BR 1BA, Condo READY! $1095/m&d (504) 723-5300

ADVERTISEMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOS‐ ALS (RFP) CONSTRUCTION PROPOS‐ ALS FOR THE NORMAN C. FRANCIS SCIENCE & ACA‐ DEMIC BUILDING EXTE‐ RIOR ENVELOPE REPAIRS Xavier University of Louisiana is issuing an RFP for an organization, authorized to do busi‐ ness in the State of Louisiana, to provide construction services for the Exterior Envelope Re‐ pairs of the NCF Science & Academic Building. RFP XULA 05-2026 is available on the University’s Web‐ site at https://www.xula. edu/fiscal-services/rfpxula-05-2026-ncfexterior-envelope.pdf The University must re‐ ceive all proposals that are submitted in re‐ sponse to the RFP before 2:00p.m. Central Stan‐ dard Time (CST) on June 19, 2026. The University will not accept either faxed or emailed propos‐ als. Also, proposals re‐ ceived after that time will not be considered.

University of Xavier Louisiana reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informalities inci‐ dental thereto.

All questions about this correspondence shall be directed via email to Xavier University’s Pro‐ ject Manager, Lauren Smith lsmith9@xula.edu.

189132-may 28-jun 18 $3,153 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana Invitation to Bid no. 27-001 Food, Beverage, and Sup‐ plies Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Or‐ and Acadiana leans (SHFB) is soliciting bids for the provision of food baked goods, items: canned, staples, frozen, meat, refrigerated, seafood, poultry, spices, paper, and milk products for Second Harvest Food Bank’s Child and Adult

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1027 CHARTRES, UNIT F * $1,300/MO

DOGS German Shorthaired Pointer - Beau‐ tiful Registered German Shorthaired Pointer Puppies, Now taking de‐ posits of $100, born April 25th. $700 337-692-2179 DOGS Maltipoo pups. Vet checked, 1st Shots, de-wormed (225) 806-1788 DOGS Maltipoo’s, Dorkie’s, Yorkie’s - Maltipoo puppies, $350 & $400. Dorkie puppies $350 & $400 Reg. Yorkie puppies $700 & $800. $350+ 601-543-4232

DOGS Miniature Dachshund - 8 wks old, blk & tan, S & W, pedigree $400.00 504-390-1321 DOGS Shih Tzu/Poodle (Shihoodle) pups.

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In unit W/D, Lovely Courtyard, Pleasant Residential Complex. No dogs.

GARY WILLIAMS * 504-251-2047 FQR Realty 504-949-5400 GENTILLY 2544 ALLEN TOUSSAINT BLVD. NEWLY RENOVATED!!!

1-2 Bdrm Apts * From $800/mo Parking * Sec Gate 504-250-1446 * 504-454-1333 KENNER

2850 IDAHO AVENUE 1 Block to Vets & Williams All Amenities * Pool * Parking Studio/1 Bed Apt * Starting $650/Mo 504-236-1971 * 504-454-1333

3315 Iberville St. Unit 3, 3BR 1.5BA, Mins. from City Prk, Popular Mid City Spots, Bright Apt. w/Hardwood Flrs, Water Pd, W/D hu, Walk-in Closets, $1345/mth. Call Felicia 504-813-2996

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PUBLIC NOTICE ---

10,000 Apt Homes and 75 Locations with Studio, 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms Pools, Access Gates, Garages (504) 360-9347

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METAIRIE 3513 EDENBORN AVENUE Lrg 2 Bed, 1 Bath * $925 * Off St Prkg Blocks from Lakeside 504-982-4040 * 504-885-8060 504-454-1333

CEMETERY PLOTS Property Location - Garden Of Memories Cemetery Chapel Of Peace Mausoleum Hall Tier I Crypt 1104A4 (4 person) Outside Front Call or text $27,995 (504) 415-0366

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METAIRIE 3201 RICHLAND AVENUE 1/2 Block off Vets * by Paretti Jaguar 1 Bed * Prkg * Pool * Rent $675/mo 504-320-6958 * 504-454-1333

BOOKS I Buy Books!!! Will drive to Your Books Today! $1 504-226-1398

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WANT TO BUY Old Records 33's, 45's & 78's. All types of music. Call 985-259-1889

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OFFICE EQUIPMENT & MISC. Office desks, chairs, filing cabinets plus commercial retail display fixtures for sale. Heavy-duty warehouse shelving and storage racks also available. Priced to move fast. Perfect for new businesses or upgrades. See inventory and pick up at 509 N. Carrollton Ave. $15+ (504) 648-0292

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals

Feeding Programs for the period August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027.

The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event:

Sealed bids relative to the above will be re‐ ceived electronically at Central Bidding (www. centralbidding.com) until 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 16, 2026 when they will be opened and pub‐ licly read.

Specifications and bid documents may be ob‐ tained upon request from the SHFB in writing, by email lerey@no-hunger. org, or by calling (504) 729-2827.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana By: Mr. Leslie J. Rey, Procurement Manager 189245 June 1, 11, 2t $316.80 PUBLICNOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Department TITLE: Sheet Metal Repair SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4704 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Materiel and Supplies DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES RELEASED ON: May 25, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: June 10, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE via Teams: May 29, 2026 11:00 am CST Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-47 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: May 26, June 1 and 8, 2026 NOCP 9081 188788-may 26-jun 1-8-3t $107.31

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: New Orleans Fire Department

CATS RAGAMUFFIN & RAGDOLL KITTENS www.CatsByFrancy.com/kittens $1500up! Reg. Shots & Guaranty 337-230-3150 CATS Young Male Cat, Gray Colors, Have too many cats, Looking for another home for him. Please call 504-861-9617 ($50)

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ bidder/respondent tive must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government the State of and Louisiana.

Events.”

RELEASED ON: May 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: June 2, 2026 2:00 PM CST PRE-BID CONFERENCE via Teams: May 25 2026 11:30 am CST Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

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James Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: May 18, 26 and June 1, 2026 NOCP 9063 188020-may 18-26-jun 1-3t $110.31

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Department of Property Management

The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event:

TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

COMMODITY CODE(s): 340-52

DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%)

The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

RELEASED ON: May 18, 2026

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open

TITLE: Lease Management Services (Re-Bid) SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4699

DEADLINE TO RESPOND: June 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM CDT PRE-BID CONFERENCE: May 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM CDT Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

The Bureau of Purchas‐ uses commodity ing codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 918-89; 958; 958-83 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ and nority-owned busi‐ women-owned nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ opportunities tracting pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

For more information this sourcing about event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ search “Open tal, Events.”

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer

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Advertising Dates: May 18, 26 and June 1, 2026 NOCP 9062 188019-may 18-26-jun 1-3t $117.39 PUBLIC NOTICE --City of New Orleans New Orleans Aviation Board Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Request for Proposals For Training and Leadership Development Service & Third Party Performance Audit Services CNO RFP No. 4701 Request for Proposals: The City of New Orleans (“City”), by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board (“NOAB”), is re‐ questing proposals from firms, and persons, teams of firms (“Pro‐ to provide posers”) Training and Leadership Development Services & Third- Party Performance Audit Services to the NOAB which will be sub‐ ject to periodic review of perfor‐ satisfactory mance, negotiation of terms (including price) and the availability of funds for the Louis Arm‐ strong New Orleans In‐ ternational Airport. As provided below, and inci‐ dent to City Charter Sec‐ tion 6-308(5) and Execu‐ tive Order LC 20-01, it re‐ qualifications quests from experienced firms to provide the needed services.

It is imperative that all Proposers read, review, and understand this RFP and all attachments. At‐ tention should be di‐ rected to Attachment “B” – Professional Services Agreement.

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2022-2026 Consolidated Plan - Draft 2026 Annual Action Plan City of New Orleans

SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4680

Office of Community Development

TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Materiel and Supplies

The Discovery Health Sciences Foundation, Inc. is participating in the Summer Food Service Program.

Meals will be provided to all eligible children without charge. Acceptance and participating requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at the sites and times as follows:

MISC PETS Rabbits - Fully Pedigreed Holland Lops, extremely docile. Trainable & beautiful.

Crescent City Holland lops on face‐ book.Ready for pickup in 2 weeks $100150 (504) 644-8123

PRINT ADVERTISING WORKS

TITLE: Fire Department Supplies

DBE OPPORTUNITY: NO

DOGS Teacup YORKIES Maltipoos POMS Mini Goldendoodles POODLES Chihuahua 504-259-2222 for available now S/WUTD Teacups $995+. Puppy Pack $595+ (504) 259-2222

As required by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) the City of New Orleans is preparing the 2026 Annual Action Plan (AAP) for the use of federal funds. Prior to submission, the City must allow Citizens a thirty (30) day review and comment period beginning June 1st thru June 30th 2026 for citizen input on the Draft 2026 Annual Action Plan - CNO-OCD website: Community Development - Topics - Public Notifications - City of New Orleans and available at the following locations: Main New Orleans Public Library 219 Loyola Avenue, (504)596-2570

Norman Meyer library 3001 Gentilly Blvd. (504)596-3100

Site & Address

Operating Dates & Days Meals & Times Served

Algiers Regional Library 3014 Holiday Drive, (504) 596-2641

Nix Public Library Branch 1401 S. Carrollton Avenue, (504)596-2630

Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Loyola 1108 Shrewbury Road Jefferson LA 70121

6/02/2026 to 7/31/2026 Monday - Friday

Breakfast 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Lunch 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Alvar Public Library Branch 913 Alvar Street, (504)596-2667

Robert E. Smith Library 6301 Canal Street, (504)596-2638

Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy 17255 S Harrells Ferry Rd Baton Rouge LA 70816

6/02/2026 to 6/30/2026 Monday - Friday

Breakfast 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Lunch 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Mid-City Library 4140 Canal Street, (504)596-2654

Cita Dennis Hubbel Library Branch 725 Pelican Avenue, (504)596-3113

East New Orleans Regional Library 5641 Read Blvd., (504)596-3500

Nora Navra Library 1902 St. Bernard Avenue, (504)596-3118

Non-Discrimination Statement

Dr. Martin Luther King Library 1611 Fats Domino Avenue, (504)596-2695

Milton Memorial Library 5120 St. Charles Avenue, (504)596-2625

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Rosa Keller Library & Community Center 4300 S. Broad Avenue, (504)596-2660

Housing Authority of New Orleans 1555 Poydras St. Suite 1800 (504)670-3300

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

Office of Community Development 1340 Poydras St., Suite 1000 (504)658-4200

Central City Library 2020 Jackson Avenue - (504)596-3110

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF) , from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by: 1.

mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

2.

fax: 833-256-1665 or 202-690-7442; or

3.

email: program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

The deadline for written comments Tuesday, June 30th by 3:00 pm, e-mailed to dmpearson@ nola.gov or mailed to the Office of Community Development – 1340 Poydras Street, Suite 1000 – NOLA 70112. The final 2026 Annual Action Plan will be submitted to HUD no later than August 16, 2026.

Helena Moreno Mayor

Jeffrey E. Schwartz Director Housing, Community Development & Special Projects

Proposed Run Dates: 6/1, 6/3, 6/5, 6/9, 6/11, 6/15, 6/17, 6/19, 6/22, 6/24, 6/26 & 6/29 2026 NOCP 9088 CNSB# 4047552 189373-653657-jun 1-1t $690.00

189338-653562-jun 1-3-5-9-11-15-17-19-22-24-26-29-12t $ 1,355.52

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504-834-7330 Public Notices Bids/Proposals g p terms and conditions of the Agreement to be awarded under this RFP are contained herein.

Needed Services: The selected Proposer will be required to per‐ form all services as set forth in Attachment “A” Scope of Services.

Minimum Qualifications: Please refer to attach‐ ment A of the RFP. Obtaining a Copy of the Solicitation: Copies of the solicitation and related information are available at the City’s website: purchasing https://nola.gov/viewbid-opportunities/.

Instructions: PLEASE NOTE: Proposers are strongly encouraged to submit the following electronically via Email seth.leger@nola.gov to procurement@ (cc: flymsy.com), not later than, July 1st, 2026 at 4:00 PM C.T. a. One (1) digitally signed response in PDF format, titled “RFP #4701 Train‐ ing and Leadership De‐ velopment Services & Third-Party Performance Audit Services”. b. A signed cover letter including the company’s name, address and pri‐ mary contact for the re‐ quest for proposals. The primary contact informa‐ tion shall include submit‐ ter name, telephone, and email address. c. Proposers must com‐ plete all required attach‐ ments and submit along with the electronic pro‐ l b i i

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posal submissions.

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For proposals submitted via sealed envelope: Applicants should sub‐ mit the following to the of Fi‐ Department nance/Bureau of Pur‐ chasing, Attention: Chief Procurement Officer, As‐ sistant Purchasing Ad‐ ministrator, City Hall, 1300 Perdido St., Room 4W07, New Orleans, LA, not later than July 1st, 2026 at 4:00 PM C.T. a. Proposers should pro‐ vide one (1) bound and tabbed copy of the pro‐ posal in a sealed enve‐ lope; envelope should be “RFP #4701: marked Training and Leadership Development Services & Third- Party Performance Audit Services”.

For additional informa‐ tion contact the NOAB Procurement Department at procurement@flymsy. com.

Advertising Dates: June 1, 2026, June 8, 2026 & June 15, 2026 NOCP 9090 189409-jun 1-8-15-3t $ PUBLIC NOTICE --DOCUMENT 00 11 13 - AD‐ VERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 1.1 PROJECT INFORMA‐ TION A. Notice to Bidders: bid‐ ders may submit bids for project as described in this Document. Submit bids according to the In‐ structions to Bidders.

B. Project Identification: John A. Alario Event Cen‐

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ter – Life Safety and ADA Upgrades 1. LSED Project Number: 2025 LEDI Funds 2. Project Location: 2000 Boulevard, Segnette Westwego, LA 70094.

C. Owner: Louisiana Sta‐ dium and Exposition Dis‐ trict (LSED).

1. Owner's Representa‐ Legends Global, tive: Eileen Long, Capital Pro‐ jects Executive.

D. Architect: Holly and Smith Architects, Robert J. Boyd, Project Manager.

E. Project Description: Project addresses multi‐ ple life safety and ADA deficiencies at the exist‐ ing facility. This includes but is not limited to the addition of a fire hydrant, replacement of non-firerated openings, minor sprinkler modifications, door hardware adjust‐ ments, parking lot strip‐ ing, room signage re‐ placement, and the addi‐ tion of steel cane detec‐ tion rails.

1. Project cost range is anticipated to be under $450,000.00.

F. Construction Contract: Bids will be received for the following Work: 1. General Contract (all trades).

1.2 BID SUBMITTAL AND OPENING A. Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived for the State of by the Louisiana Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (LSED) until the bid time and date at the location given below. Owner will consider bids prepared in full compliance with Louisiana Public Bid Law, and delivered as follows: 1. Bid Date: June 25, 2026 2. Bid Time: 2:00 p.m., local time.

3.

Location: Legends Global Executive Offices,

Gate F, Plaza Level, Cae‐ sars Superdome, New Or‐ leans, LA 70113, (504) 587-3920.

4. All properly submitted bids will be thereafter publicly opened and read aloud.

B. ANY PERSON REQUIR‐ ING SPECIAL ACCOMMO‐ DATIONS SHALL NOTIFY THE LOUISIANA STADIUM AND EXPOSITION DIS‐ TRICT OF THE TYPE(S) OF RE‐ ACCOMMODATION QUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. 1.3 BID SECURITY A. Bid security shall be submitted with each bid in the amount of 5 per‐ cent of the bid amount.

The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Docu‐ ments for this project. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of 45 days after opening of bids, ex‐ cept under the provi‐ sions of La. R.S. 38:2214.

Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accor‐ dance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(b), the pro‐ visions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment for bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

B. The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instruc‐ tions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

1.4 PREBID MEETING A. Prebid Meeting: A Mandatory Prebid meet‐ ing for all bidders will be held at the project site: h h l i

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p j the John A Alario Event Center, 2000 Segnette Boulevard, Westwego, LA 70094, on June 11, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., local time.

Prospective prime bid‐ ders are required to at‐ tend.

1.5 DOCUMENTS A. Online Procurement and Contracting Docu‐ Complete Bid ments: Documents for this pro‐ ject are available in elec‐ tronic form on the LSED website. They may be ob‐ tained without charge and without deposit by visiting the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District website, under "Business Opportunities" page. The Bid Documents wil be listed under Re‐ quest for Bid: 2025 LEDI Funds. Printed copies are not available from the Owner or Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them most repro‐ through graphic firs. Please note that Plan Holders are re‐ sponsible for their own reproduction costs.

B. Questions: questions about this procedure and all other questions re‐ garding the scope of work of the project should be directed to the Project Manager in writ‐ via email only: ing robert@hollyandsmith. com.bta 1.6 BIDDER'S QUALIFICA‐ TIONS A. Bids shall be accepted only from Contractors who are licensed under La. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for classification of: the "Building Construction."

B. The bidder is required to comply with provi‐ i d i

py p sions and requirements of La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

END OF DOCUMENT 00 11 13 189501-jun 1-8-15-3t $198 PUBLIC NOTICE --Invitation to Bid SEALED PROPOSALS AS LISTED BELOW WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AT: LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 433 BOLIVAR STREET ROOM 623 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 (504) 568-2947 UNTIL TIMES AND DATES INDICATED, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE THE PROPOSALS WILL BE OPENED AND READ: BID TITLE: BR OCIS AV EQUIPMENT BID NUMBER: 002985 BID OPENING DATE: JUNE 23rd, 2026 @ 2:00PM ALL INQUIRES AND RE‐ QUESTS FOR SPECIFICA‐ TIONS SHOULD BE AD‐ DRESSED VIA EMAIL TO: MMALTE@LSUHSC.EDU SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PURCHASING DEPART‐ MENT. THE RIGHT IS RE‐ SERVED TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES. 189248 June 1, 1t $38.77

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PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Supreme Court of Louisiana, Office of the Judicial Administrator, invites qualified Louisiana licensed attor‐ neys to submit proposals to serve as an indepen‐ dent legal consultant to the Louisiana Protective Order Registry. Vendors have until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2026, to submit proposals. Pro‐ posals received after this deadline will not be con‐ sidered.

The Project Number for this request for propos‐ als (“RFP”) is RFP LASC2026-03. A complete copy of the RFP may be ob‐ tained from Maurine Laborde, Staff Attorney, Supreme Court of Louisiana, General Coun‐ sel’s Office, 400 Royal Street, Suite 1190, (504) mlaborde@ 310-2550, lasc.org.

A complete copy of the RFP has also been posted on the Supreme Court website (www.lasc.org).

This announcement does not commit the Court to award a con‐ tract or to pay any costs incurred in the prepara‐ tion of proposals. The Court reserves the right to accept or to reject in full or in part all propos‐ als submitted and/or to cancel the RFP. Any con‐ tract awarded shall be based upon the proposal most advantageous to h ll

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g the Court. All contracts are subject to the avail‐ ability of funds.

p j full or in part all propos‐ als submitted and/or to cancel the RFP. Any con‐ tract awarded shall be based upon the proposal most advantageous to the Court. All contracts are subject to the avail‐ ability of funds.

188653-may 25-jun 1-8-153t $93.80 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Supreme Court of Louisiana, Office of the Judicial Administrator, invites qualified Court and Community liaisons to submit proposals to serve as an independent training consultant to the Louisiana Protective Order Registry. Vendors have until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2026, to submit proposals. Pro‐ posals received after this deadline will not be con‐ sidered.

The Project Number for this request for propos‐ als (“RFP”) is RFP LASC2026-04. A complete copy of the RFP may be ob‐ tained from Maurine Laborde, Staff Attorney, Supreme Court of Louisiana, General Coun‐ sel’s Office, 400 Royal Street, Suite 1190, (504) mlaborde@ 310-2550, lasc.org.

A complete copy of the RFP has also been posted on the Supreme Court website (www.lasc.org).

This announcement does not commit the Court to award a con‐ tract or to pay any costs incurred in the prepara‐ tion of proposals. The Court reserves the right to accept or to reject in f ll i ll

188656-may 28-jun 1-8-154t $93.80

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PUBLIC NOTICE --City of New Orleans Office of Housing Policy and Community Development 2022-2026 Consolidated Plan (CP) 2026 Annual Action Plan 2nd Public Hearing Notice The City of New Orleans is preparing its 2026 An‐ nual Action (AAP). The AAP is a one (1) year planning and application based on document Community Participation addressing how the cur‐ rent year HUD four (4) formula grant allocations will be expended for the: Community Development Grant (CDBG), Block HOME Investment Part‐ nership Program (HOME), Solutions Emergency Grant (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Per‐ sons Living with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA). The City is seeking your views on housing and community d l d

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