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“We want this to be bigger than just a band. We want New Orleans to say, ‘Yes, LSU New Orleans is representing our city.’ ” EDDIE WILLIAMS JR., UNO marching band director

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BY JONAH MEADOWS Staff writer

A long-delayed project to build the United States’ first floating liquefied natural gas export terminal off the Louisiana coast has secured the $5 billion in financing it needs to move forward, company officials recently announced, further cementing the state’s key role in global LNG markets.

Delfin Midstream aims to build the largest floating LNG facility in the world connected to an undersea pipeline the Houston-based firm is repurposing to bring natural gas from onshore to a platform about 40 miles off the coast of Cameron Parish.

Delfin’s announcement comes as Louisiana is emerging as the center of gravity for the American LNG boom. The state is already home to four operating export terminals, and the planned floating terminal is the third to receive a final investment decision so far this year.

“U.S. LNG production is the biggest in the world right now — particularly with our friends in Qatar shut in,” said Eric Smith, associate director of the Energy Institute at Tulane University. “Arguably, Louisiana has more LNG export capability than anywhere else on earth.”

The offshore facility will initially produce 4.4 million tons of LNG annually, enough to power about 3 million homes for a full year. The company hopes to eventually ramp up production to 13.2 million tons, about half as much as some of the state’s largest facilities.

Delfin CEO Dudley Poston described the investment decision as a “monumental achievement,” secured by a commitment from Global Infrastructure Partners, a subsidiary of private equity giant Blackrock, which joined other global investors in the deal.

The Delfin floating terminal project has been in the works for more than a decade and will involve pumping natural gas from onshore to a massive

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Incoming marching band director Eddie Williams Jr. takes a look around the band room at the University of New Orleans. He will become the school’s first marching band director in nearly 50 years, reviving a program that has been absent since the 1970s.

UNO to revive marching band in an effort to jazz up campus culture and recruit students

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

The University of New Orleans’ longdormant marching band is poised to make a comeback.

When UNO joins the LSU system on July 1, the university will resurrect the Marching Privateers, which were a fixture of sporting events and parades into the 1980s — even playing halftime shows at Saints games — but has not been in full force for decades.

The revived band will wear purple and gold and march at the direction of Eddie Williams Jr., a prominent high school band leader who has directed the St. Augustine High School’s Marching 100 and

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West Jefferson High School’s marching band.

Officials hope the new LSUNO band will jazz up the student experience and become a recruitment pipeline, drawing local students with a passion for New Orleans-style band music.

“There’s a lot of kids in New Orleans that don’t want to leave home, but they play music,” Williams said Monday.

“Those are the kids that we’re targeting.”

University officials are touting the band as a key aspect of UNO’s revival as it transitions from the University of Louisiana system to the LSU system following years of low enrollment and financial struggles.

Though a smaller band has sporadically played at UNO basketball games over the years, the university hasn’t had a proper marching band in decades. Now Williams will have to build a full band from scratch.

He said it will begin as a smaller “pep” band before expanding to a full marching band, which he hopes will march in Mardi Gras parades by 2028.

“We want this to be bigger than just a band,” Williams said. “We want New Orleans to say, ‘Yes, LSU New Orleans is representing our city.’”

The marching band’s revival has been a long time coming.

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Students learn about carbon capture process Some critics have called curriculum propaganda

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A state judge on Monday said Antonio Tyson will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty last month to the 2022 murders of a Covington priest and church worker, killings that took two “extraordinarily gentle hearts” from the northshore community.

District Judge Ellen Creel handed down Tyson’s sentence, ordering him to two consecutive life sentences for the slayings of the Rev. Otis Young and Ruth Prats, plus

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Science teacher Heath Juneau helps explain the model to students Caroline Raffray, right, and Nova Berthelot at Dutchtown Middle School during a lesson on carbon capture technology on May 14.

A group of eighth graders in Heath Juneau’s science class were on their second attempt at an unusual experiment: injecting liquid carbon dioxide deep underground — or at least a classroom model of that process.

“Coach Juneau, can we get our CO2?”

Ava Bourg, 14, asked.

Her group’s first try sprung a leak of the representative CO2, which was in reality orange vegetable oil.

But Bourg and her classmates were ready to try again after Trenton Nash’s careful handiwork using Play-Doh to try to plug it.

In the waning days of the recently ended school year, the Dutchtown Middle School students in Ascension Parish were finishing a four-day lesson about climate

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Crowd boos Trump as he attends NBA Finals

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night.

Trump was shown for several seconds giving a military salute.

The boos ended when the U.S. flag followed him on the screens, and fans cheered when New York Knicks players were shown. Mentions of the San Antonio Spurs also elicited loud boos.

Trump was watching from Knicks owner James Dolan’s suite, along with granddaughter Kai, personal adviser Boris Epshteyn and Cabinet secretaries Lee Zeldin, Sean Duffy and Doug Burgum. He is the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game.

Trump’s Marine One helicopter flew from his home in New Jersey and landed near Wall Street before his motorcade made its way up through Manhattan and to the arena roughly an hour before tipoff. He encountered a handful of people making rude gestures, and outside the area, one group held signs saying “Trump must go.”

Kennedy Center drops ‘Trump’ branding

NEW YORK — John Mellencamp, Jay Leno and Whitney Cummings will be among the guest speakers when Bill Maher receives the Mark Twain Award for American Humor during a June 28 ceremony at the Kennedy Center.

The center disclosed the list Monday in an email sent to members, who were offered packages ranging from $99 for a seat reservation to $1,500 and more for seating and admission to pre- and post-show receptions.

The announcement also marks a notable change in how the center is identifying itself: The news came from the Kennedy Center, not the “Trump Kennedy Center,” a switch that also appears on the center’s homepage.

Last month, a federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s hand-picked board of trustees had acted illegally when they voted to add Trump’s name to the venue, which Congress in 1964 named for the recently assassinated President John F. Kennedy.

“The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so. Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” wrote U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper.

Report says Hulk Hogan died of natural causes

MIAMI — Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan died of natural causes last year, according a report by Florida police that formally closes the investigation into his death.

The Clearwater Police Department released a 72-page report on Friday summarizing an exhaustive review of statements, medical records, surveillance footage and a visual inspection of the body. Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, died July 24 at age 71.

“There has been no evidence to indicate the death of Terry Bollea was anything other than natural,” the report said. “Through the course of the investigation, there has been no evidence to indicate any criminal wrongdoing related to his death. This case will be closed, and will be considered solved, noncriminal.”

According to the report, Hogan’s wife, as well as a home health aide and an occupational therapist, were all with Hogan at his home when he stopped breathing. His wife, Sky Daily Hogan, called 911, and then the trio performed CPR on Hulk Hogan until firefighters and paramedics arrived.

CORRECTION A photo caption Monday provided incorrect information on the status of the Naval Support Activity site redevelopment in Bywater. The project is now underway. The Times-Picayune regrets the error.

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Residents pass a collapsed building on Monday after an earthquake in General Santos, Philippines.

Quake in Philippines leaves at least 35 dead

break into chaos.

7.8 magnitude “Their excitement on the first day of school to trauma,” school Principal earthquake collapses Rosavelturned Cachuela told the AP. of the young students screamed buildings, sparks tsunami inSome panic and wept but most remained

BY JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press

DAVAO, Philippines — An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in ruined buildings and sending a 3-foot tsunami into nearby coasts.

Several mostly low-rise buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damages in the hard-hit city of General Santos. Tsunami damage was reported in at least one southern coastal village. Smaller waves were measured in Indonesia and Palau and as far away as southern Japan.

The quake also triggered a landslide in Glan, a municipality in the province of Sarangani, that killed 13 villagers, Rene Punzalan, a provincial disaster-mitigation official, told the DZBB radio network. Four other villagers died in Sarangani, he said.

The major earthquake was the strongest to hit the Philippines this year, Teresito Bacolcol, the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, said. He warned people to seek advice before returning to damaged buildings and houses, which could collapse due to aftershocks.

The United States, a treaty ally of the Philippines, said it was coordinating with Manila and was ready to support Philippine response efforts. France, Japan and New Zealand also expressed support.

“Our pickup truck suddenly jerked and I thought we had a flat tire,” Rod Sosmeña, a regional director of the Office of Civil Defense, told The Associated Press from General Santos, where he was traveling when the quake struck at 7:37 a.m.

“The shaking was very strong and people dashed out of houses into the streets,” Sosmeña said.

Epicenter in sea off Mindanao More than 100 students in uniforms and a dozen teachers had gathered for a flagraising ceremony in a coconut tree-ringed grade school compound in the rural town of Malita in Davao Occidental province when the ground shook, turning the first day of school after a two-month summer

seated and still, preventing any injuries, Cachuela said, adding that a motorcycle was damaged when a shed crumbled to the ground.

At least four people remained missing in General Santos, a port city of more than 700,000 people and a regional hub for the tuna export industry. Search and rescue teams worked to find people who may have been trapped in a supermarket, a warehouse, a grade school, and other small buildings that either collapsed or were severely damaged, officials said.

The international airport in General Santos was temporarily shut due to the earthquake and 17 domestic flights were canceled, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said.

The quake was centered at sea off Mindanao, the second most populous island in the Philippine archipelago. According to Bacolcol, the quake occurred at a depth of 20 miles, about 20 miles southwest of Maasim town in Sarangani province.

Assessing damage and casualties President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the cancellation of classes and directed disaster-response agencies to immediately get to work in quake-hit provinces, saying “the national government is moving and we will not leave Mindanao behind.”

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the threat of a tsunami largely passed about five hours after the quake. Philippine officials also lifted a tsunami warning by midafternoon. Six shanties on stilts were damaged in a coastal village in Zamboanga del Sur province due to the quake and taller waves, officials said.

Aside from the landslide in Sarangani, most of the other deaths were caused by collapsing buildings and falling debris, including in a damaged mosque, in the southern provinces of South Cotabato and Davao Occidental, and on Balut Island, according to Sosmeña and another disastermitigation official, Ednar Dayanghirang.

The DZRH radio network in Manila reported that a four-story commercial building where its provincial station was located partly collapsed and staffers dashed to the ground floor without injuries.

Judge strikes down Trump’s $100K fee on new H-1B visas

BY MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press

BOSTON — A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike.

The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs.

But U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston sided with 20 states and struck down the visa policy, concluding that the executive branch exceeded its authority and violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs how federal agencies develop and issue regulations.

“The Court finds that the Policy imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress,” Sorokin wrote.

H-1B visas are meant for high-skilled jobs are difficult to find American workers to fill. Deep-pocketed technology companies are the biggest users, with nearly three-quarters of approvals going to workers from India. The states ar-

ChatGPT maker OpenAI filed preliminary paperwork that would open the door to it becoming a publicly traded company, making itself the third in a powerhouse trio of artificial intelligence companies racing to Wall Street debuts.

The San Francisco-based company said Monday it has filed confidential paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it,” the company said in a written statement. “We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company. But it’s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best.”

OpenAI’s move follows its rival Anthropic’s June 1 disclosure that it is also moving toward an initial public offering of shares.

Both are now following Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX, which has started an IPO roadshow pitching itself as an AI-focused space company.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first publicly floated the possibility of an IPO last fall, describing it as the “most likely path” for the company given its size and

the need for vast amounts of capital to advance its technology.

OpenAI began in 2015 as a nonprofit dedicated to developing AI for the common good and is now a company valued at $852 billion.

Paving the way for going public was OpenAI’s decision last year to reorganize its business structure and convert itself into a public benefit corporation even as it remains technically under the control of a nonprofit.

In an April interview, OpenAI’s Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar declined to give a timeline for a potential IPO but said the company was already “acting with the good hygiene of a public company,” such as by measuring its revenue in the way a publicly traded firm would have to report earnings to the SEC. “I want us to be ready,” she told The Associated Press. “I think it’s good to be able to tap the public markets. They’re much bigger than the private markets if you believe compute is a competitive advantage.”

She said OpenAI’s current valuation would make it one of the 15 biggest companies in the S&P 500.

She also said there is a “credentializing moment of being a public company.”

“At that point, people are checking your balance sheet, the SEC is governing you and so on,” she said.

gued that using the H-1B program to fill vacancies for much-needed doctors and teachers was already difficult before the higher fee.

Most H-1B visa applications cost several thousand dollars before the announced increase set off a wave of panic among confused employers, students and workers in the United States and abroad and led to several lawsuits, including in Boston.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also sued, in federal court in Washington, D.C., and has appealed a denial of a summary judgment against the fee hike. That left the higher fee in effect, at least until September, when it is scheduled to expire. Monday’s ruling is also a summary judgment, to the opposite effect. Still another lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco, by religious groups and labor organizations, setting up the possibility of divided rulings in three appellate court circuits.

The states argued that the policy impedes their ability to hire primary and secondary school educators and to staff public colleges and universities, will stymie academic research and will lead to a decline in medical workers.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrives April 30 at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif. The artificial intelligence company says it filed preliminary paperwork that would open the door to it becoming a publicly traded firm.

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Pope meets with 6 clergy abuse survivors in Spain

BY SUMAN NAISHADHAM and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

MADRID — Pope Leo XIV met Monday with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis, the Vatican said.

The meeting, which followed in the tradition of popes meeting with abuse survivors during their foreign trips, lasted about an hour and took place at the Vatican embassy in Madrid, the Vatican said in a statement.

Spain’s Catholic hierarchy has only recently begun reckoning with its legacy of abuse and coverup after long dismissing the severity of the scandal that came to light thanks to reporting by the newspaper El País.

In 2023, the Spanish government’s ombudsman delivered a damning 800-page report estimating there were hundreds of thousands of possible victims in Spain over decades — based on a survey of 8,000 people. The report also examined 487 known cases.

Spain’s bishops rejected the estimate, saying its own investigation

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Pope Leo XIV leaves after meeting with Spain’s bishops on Monday at the Spanish Episcopal Conference in Madrid. had uncovered 728 sexual abusers within the church since 1945.

During Monday’s meeting, the survivors told the pope their stories and recommendations for how the church should better respond, the Vatican said. Victims in Spain and elsewhere have long complained that the church’s response to the scandal was often retraumatizing, with victims often accused of only seeking money or to harm the

church.

“The pope listened with affection and attention, assured them of his closeness — and that of the entire church community — and pledged his commitment to ensuring that the suggestions received serve as a foundation for further efforts, so that the church may truly be a safe and spiritually healthy place where wounds find comfort and healing,” said a statement from Vatican

spokesman Matteo Bruni.

The encounter marked the first known time Leo had met with victims while on a foreign visit, but it by no means was his first time hearing firsthand from survivors.

As a bishop in Chiclayo, Peru, the former Robert Prevost was in charge of listening to victims as the point of reference for the Peruvian bishops conference. In that capacity, he became intimately aware of the abusive practices in the powerful Peruvian group, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, which Pope Francis formally suppressed last year.

As pope, Leo has insisted on the need to listen to victims but he has also demanded that the rights of accused priests be upheld.

In his recent encyclical, he said the journey for justice for victims included “just reparation” and he included not only victims of sexual abuse but also spiritual, economic, institutional and powerbased abuse, as well as abuses of conscience.

Ahead of the expected meeting with Leo, several groups representing survivors that were not included said they were left in the dark about the encounter, and held a small protest outside the Vatican’s

embassy in Madrid.

“Our associations are pleased that a group of victims from the reparation plan can be heard by the pope, but they do not represent all the victims, and deep down they are being used by the church, by the bishops conference, to clean up the image of a Spanish church that has never been able to live up to its victims,” said Juan Cuatrecasas, a spokesperson for the Robbed Childhood association.

Before the meeting, Leo told Spanish bishops that they must offer reparations to survivors and that the entire church community should have an “ever more determined commitment to prevention and a culture of care.”

“Faced with this scourge, the ecclesial community is called to respond with listening, truth, justice, reparation,” Leo said. “Every wounded person must be able to find sincere listening, welcome, protection and real paths to healing.”

Amid public outrage over the abuse crisis, Spain launched a reparations system earlier this year for clerical abuse cases too old to be prosecuted that requires the participation of the Catholic Church and the Spanish government.

Trump nominates Blanche for attorney general GOP lawmakers President’s warn surveillance former lawyer face tough program may lapse may confirmation

BY JOEY CAPPELLETTI, MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republicans are warning the White House that a critical surveillance authority is likely to lapse this week amid bipartisan backlash over President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence community.

Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sounded the alarm over the weekend after a failed procedural vote to extend the program.

The senators in a letter urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to prepare “for a potential significant gap in foreign intelligence collection” if the authority expires.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, set to lapse June 12, allows agencies including the CIA, National Security Agency and FBI to collect communications from foreign targets overseas without a warrant.

“We have a deadline ahead of us. We need Democrat votes,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday.

Efforts to secure a longterm extension of the program already faced hurdles because of bipartisan concerns that the program can incidentally collect Americans’ communications. Privacy advocates and some lawmakers have been pushing to create a new warrant requirement before those communications can be

searched.

Senate leaders from both parties appeared to be nearing agreement on a longterm extension. But the effort collapsed after Trump selected federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte to serve as acting director of national intelligence.

“Why the president would throw this live hand grenade of Bill Pulte in 10 days before this is due to expire, I’m not sure,” Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Early Friday morning, after senators spent the night debating separate immigration legislation, seven Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in blocking a long-term extension of the surveillance authority.

Democrats and several Republicans registered their opposition to Trump’s selection of Pulte, arguing the federal housing finance regulator lacks the experience needed to oversee the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies.

“The naming of Pulte to that position, although the timing arguably wasn’t the best, I still don’t think it ought to derail something that’s this important,” Thune said Friday.

Thune has expressed concern over Pulte’s pick, saying the nation’s top intelligence post should not be “weaponized” and that the job should be filled by “professionals.”

Cotton, who rarely strays from supporting Trump and is a leading advocate for the surveillance authority, declined to endorse Pulte, saying only that he had “no observations on the matter.”

BY MICHAEL MACAGNONE and RYAN TARINELLI CQ-Roll Call (TNS)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday sent to the Senate the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to fill the role permanently, teeing up what could be a bruising confirmation process for a Trump ally who has drawn bipartisan criticism for recent Justice Department moves.

The president’s former defense attorney has pursued an aggressive agenda during his short tenure as the acting head of the department, including indictments against perceived political enemies of the president such as the Southern Poverty Law Center and former FBI Director James Comey.

Blanche has been tied to an array of rolling controversies at the Justice Department, including the handling of the release of Epstein files and nowscrapped plans to set up a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that critics say could be funneled to rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The idea for the fund was outlined as part of a settlement in the unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit that Trump brought against the IRS earlier this year, a scenario in which Trump sued the same federal government he oversees.

Democrats have also laced into Blanche for signing a memo, similarly tied to the settlement of

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the Trump lawsuit against the IRS, that outlined a sweeping pledge in which the IRS is “forever barred” from “examinations” against Trump, certain members of his family, the Trump Organization or “related or affiliated individuals.”

Blanche The nomination is also sure to test Trump’s influence among Senate Republicans, some of whom expressed deep concern with the “anti-weaponization” fund, specifically over its scope and who would be eligible to receive funding under the structure.

Democrats and some Re-

publicans raised the concern that it would be used to compensate defendants who attacked police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and who Trump later pardoned.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley, in a statement released after the White House sent the nomination, called Blanche “wellqualified” and said he appreciates his “commitment to transparency and support for law enforcement.”

“The Senate Judiciary Committee’s work to process Blanche’s nomination is underway,” Grassley said.

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, the top Democrat on the panel, said after Monday’s nomination that Trump “has been engaged in the most corrupt

enterprise in the history of the Presidency.”

“Todd Blanche apparently has not noticed,” Durbin said.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., a member of the Judiciary Committee that holds confirmation hearings for Justice Department nominees, told reporters Wednesday he has “a lot of respect” for Blanche and acknowledged that he will face criticism in the process for previously serving as Trump’s personal attorney.

Tillis also laid out one of his “circuit breakers” for nominees: supporting people involved in the Jan. 6 attack. The current 12-10 breakdown of the committee would give Tillis or any other lone Republican the ability to deadlock the panel.

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American Revolution scholar Louisiana ICE facility reports death of another detainee Gordon S. Wood dies at 92

BY RYAN J. FOLEY

BY HILLEL ITALIE AP national writer

NEW YORK — Gordon S. Wood, the eminent and prolific scholar who forged a highly influential and sharply debated narrative of the country’s early years of independence through such prizewinning works as “The Creation of the American Republic” and “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” has died. He was 92.

Wood, a professor emeritus at Brown University, died Sunday after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island, according to police.

Author of dozens of books and essays, Wood never gained the mass audience of historians like David McCullough and Doris

Kearns Goodwin, but his findings became standard references for discussions about the formation of the U.S. and the legacy of the revolution. Many peers regarded the white-haired, mild-looking Wood as the embodiment of the learned, traditional historian, guided by facts rather than ideology.

In 2011, President Barack Obama presented him a National Humanities Medal “for scholarship that provides insight into the founding of the nation and the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.”

In recent years, younger academics increasingly alleged that Wood was too well-established, the epitome of the old-school historian who minimized the lives of slaves, women and Indigenous people. John L. Brooke, a history

professor at Ohio State University, would fault him for “a distinct avoidance of interpretative paradox and complexity,” even as he cited Wood’s “scale and scholarly enterprise.”

His success was immediate and lasting. His first book, “The Creation of the American Republic,” won the Bancroft Prize in 1970 and lived on with generations of students who embraced and contended with Wood’s findings that the Constitution was unintentionally subversive, a document devised by elites that led to “the destruction of the very social world they had sought to maintain.”

His “The Radicalism of the American Revolution” won the Pulitzer in 1993 and the epic “Empire of Liberty” was a finalist in 2009.

contractor LaSalle Corrections, for nearly four months.

The facility holds more than 1,500 male detainees, and like the majority of them, Artmeladze did not have a criminal record. Artmeladze entered the country illegally on an unknown date and the Border Patrol allowed him to temporarily remain in the country under ICE supervision after encountering him in September 2022, ICE said. He was arrested in Alabama in February after ICE determined he no longer had lawful status to remain in the U.S. He is the 19th detainee who has died in ICE custody since Jan. 1 and the second at Winn since April 11.

A coroner’s report obtained by The Associated Press shows 49-year-old Alejandro Cabrera Clemente was found unresponsive during a security check that day, staff tried to resuscitate him, and he died after he was taken to the same hospital as Artmeladze.

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A second detainee has died in less than two months at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana where a recent inspection report found insanitary conditions, problems with medical care and the use of excessive force.

Mamuka Artmeladze, a 43-year-old from the country of Georgia, was found unresponsive June 4 at Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, ICE announced in a news release Sunday.

ICE said staff began lifesaving measures before he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead less than an hour later.

Additional circumstances surrounding the death were not available, and ICE said the cause of death is pending an autopsy. Artmeladze had been detained at the facility, managed by the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office and ICE

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change, carbon dioxide, and carbon capture and sequestration.

About 1,700 eighth graders in nine Ascension Parish middle schools received these lessons through a curriculum developed by Rice University’s Tapia Center.

It was another sign of industry’s attempts to improve understanding and acceptance of the new technology, which supporters view as vital to Louisiana’s economic future.

Not everyone is convinced. Critics point to ExxonMobil’s funding for the school program while arguing that it downplays controversy surrounding carbon capture. They view it as seeking to instill an industry point-of-view.

Known as CCS, the technology cuts climate-warming CO2 emissions by permanently injecting them underground in a near-liquid state. Enticed by federal tax credits and facing market pressures to reduce carbon intensity, oil, gas and petrochemical industries are pushing to introduce the technology to Louisiana.

Though LSU scientists and industry advocates say the technology behind CCS is safe and well-tried through years of oil field use, the push has drawn opposition from environmental groups as well as conservatives who question the need and the effects.

The Tapia Center has been putting on CCS lessons for four years in Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana. Southern University has had summer camps for the previous three years, and pilot projects went on last year in individual Ascension and East Baton Rouge parish schools, according to ExxonMobil literature.

The large-scale Ascension Parish program was aided with a $51,000

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Continued from page 1A vessel with a ship-like hull and an LNG processing plant on top. Initially, the project will consist of one vessel.

The company hopes to eventually have five.

Delfin began working on the project in 2014, after purchasing an undersea natural gas pipeline, and received export authorization in 2017. But the project stalled in 2024, as the Biden administration paused new LNG approvals and required it reapply for a port license.

President Donald Trump reversed those decisions after returning to office. His administration immediately issued an executive order to accelerate fossil fuel permitting, issuing Delfin a port license in March 2025 and rolling back environmental protections for the endangered Rice’s whale in the Gulf.

As envisioned, the floating terminal will use a 42inch pipeline that was built to carry natural gas from offshore wells to the shore and has not been used since 2012 and run it in reverse to push gas drilled inland from the coast out to a massive vessel. The natural gas will then be supercooled into a liquid form and loaded onto tankers bound for markets in Europe and Asia.

Unlike onshore liquefaction terminals, which require hundreds of acres of

professional development grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation to the Tapia Center that included material expenses, company officials said.

ExxonMobil is a proponent of the technology, which would benefit its operations in Louisiana and elsewhere. The company also owns a key CO2 delivery pipeline across southern Louisiana, western Mississippi and southeastern Texas that other companies may use to reach distant injection sites.

The oil giant has also been a financial benefactor of the Tapia Center, having provided seed money to develop the curriculum and $100,000 in scholarships annually for students to attend the center’s STEM summer camps, according to the center and ExxonMobil.

Paul Hand, the center’s executive director and creator of the CCS curriculum, said though ExxonMobil provided financial support, the scientific judgments behind the curriculum are his and his staff’s alone. He said the curriculum from the independent center takes no position on the debate surrounding the technology.

The ExxonMobil dollars helped pay for center staff who spent about a year working through trial and error to find the right demonstration materials. What’s resulted from that work, he explained, allows students to see what the underground reservoir would be like through relatable items and face “STEM challenges that are directly related to the lives of our students,” tied to Louisiana academic standards.

“And CCS is something that is happening today. It’s happening over the next few decades, and our students should know about it, and we want to show it to them in a hands-on way,” he said.

In various materials about programs like the Ascension one, ExxonMobil officials say their support

coastal land, regular dredging of channels and specialized pilots to navigate, Delfin’s vessel would be built at a Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea.

The company has argued in investor materials that it’s faster and cheaper to produce, while also mobile enough to get away from an incoming hurricane.

Tyler Gray, the director of energy innovation at the LSU Energy Institute and a former oil industry lobbyist, said the facility will need to do more than just reduce costs to be viable. It will also need to be dependable for buyers.

“I would not assume this model works everywhere. It works only where the system already exists,” Gray said.

“You need pipeline access, offshore experience, available gas supply, federal permitting, customers willing to sign long-term contracts and enough redundancy to deliver cargoes reliably.”

Louisiana’s 50,000 miles of pipeline infrastructure and connections to interstate markets give it unique advantages. But the project will still need to solve the challenges of getting gas out to sea, keeping the pipeline intact, effectively liquefying it offshore, reliably loading it onto tankers and weathering hurricanes, Gray said.

While there are currently only eight operational floating LNG projects, there were another nine already under construction before the Delfin project finalized its financing.

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Students put their hands on a bottle of vegetable oil that represents liquid CO2 as it begins to fall off the straw during a lesson on carbon capture technology at Dutchtown Middle School on May 14.

of CCS and other STEM-related curricula with hands-on components is a positive example of education, industry and communities working together. The programs help make science relevant for students and inspire them to seek a future in scientific and technologyrelated fields, the officials say.

The students use a plastic cup, partially filled with pasta or pinto beans and green water, as their underground reservoir. This cup is pierced by two straws meant to represent underground wells and sealed off at the top by a layer of Play-Doh. Students learn what the differences in rock porosity mean for storage.

During teacher training sessions at LSU in early February — months before the classroom lessons rolled

Delfin’s first vessel has already secured long-term agreements to sell LNG to companies including Vitol, Expand Energy, Centrica and Gunvor. Company representatives said it has secured all the permits it needs and is scheduled to begin production in 2030, with hopes to secure financing for the second and third vessels over the next year.

But the project still faces legal and safety hurdles before Delfin can begin offshore gas liquefaction.

The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Habitat Recovery Project have filed a lawsuit challenging the project’s license, arguing the government reversed its own denial without conducting any environmental review and without evaluating how the project had changed since it was initially approved.

“My hope is that the court will see that the Maritime Administration’s licensing of Delfin after previously denying it was egregious and without merit, given the project’s potential significant impacts and the substantial changes to it that have gone unevaluated in the 10 years since it was initially proposed,” said Devorah Ancel, senior attorney for the Sierra Club.

The environmental groups also argue that the Rice’s whale, a critically endangered species discovered in the Gulf after the project’s initial authorization, was not

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out — Ascension school officials and some teachers said their district should provide information about subjects students might encounter and tie them to Louisiana’s science standards.

“Our standard is about how humans impact the environment, so that’s what we’re exploring with this partnership, both positive and negative,” said Erin Babin, middle school science supervisor for Ascension.

She said her school leadership never considered not exposing students to the information, but believes in sticking to the science: “We talk about controversial things.

We talk about AI. We talk about carbon capture. We talk about evolution, you know what I mean?”

In the lessons, Juneau’s students learned about the natural and human sources of CO2 emissions, the threat of climate change, and the role renewable power and CCS can play in cutting emissions.

They also learned about the geology tied to carbon storage and some potential downsides of different CO2 mitigation methods: windmills can kill birds; CCS isn’t suited for every geology, though it is on the Gulf Coast, the lesson says.

A teacher of 23 years who is also a soccer coach, Juneau taught the Tapia curriculum to 97 students in all. He said the lessons reinforced things they have already learned about the carbon cycle, global warming and states of matter.

“I think the science is solid with it,” he said.

He said he would use the lesson next year if he had more materials.

Some environmental and community groups who oppose CCS as an effective way to address climate change criticized the Tapia lessons because they say they appear to promote the technology. These groups also suggested the curriculum doesn’t delve deeply enough into the technological questions

taken into account. A threejudge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on the case on Monday.

Matt Guy, a maritime attorney at Adams and Reese, said the nonprofits face an uphill battle, especially with recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have narrowed the scope of environmental reviews.

they contend still surround the injection practice.

Concerns center around whether CO2 injection will work as advertised after a federal model project had underground leaks. Criticism has also come from rural residents worried about land rights, new delivery pipelines, the safety of underground aquifers and the cost to U.S. taxpayers.

Other opponents reject the curriculum entirely because they do not accept the overwhelming science surrounding man-made climate change.

Caitlion Hunter, research and policy director of the Rise St. James community advocacy group, argued that the use of everyday materials underplays the risks, from pipeline corrosion to the consequences of a high-pressure CO2 leak.

“Students exposed to this Exxonfunded curriculum are being misled, plain and simple,” she charged.

Hand said those kinds of questions are beyond the level of an eighth grade class focused on the basic science of the states of matter, climate change and rock porosity.

Mark T. Guillory, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel from Rapides Parish and one of the founders of Save My Louisiana, which strongly opposes carbon capture, took a harsher line.

He called the program “outrageous indoctrination and propaganda,” and criticized teaching the “complete and utter lie” of manmade climate change. He also said the curriculum ignored the potential dangers of CCS. “The real question is, why is industry producing or financing the production of curricula for public schools?” he asked.

The two varying sets of criticisms illustrate the complex debate over carbon capture playing out across Louisiana.

“Generally, those are quite difficult to prevail,” Guy said. “From a legal perspective, it looks like it’ll move forward.”

There are also safety concerns. In February, a portion of Delfin’s pipeline network in Cameron Parish exploded during recommissioning work, injuring one worker and releasing about 56 million cubic feet of natural

gas. The explosion blew a crater near Johnson Bayou and burned for hours.

Days later, federal pipeline regulators issued a corrective action order, which included a series of steps Delfin had to complete before they would be allowed to restart the pipeline. Company representatives did not respond to questions Friday about its current status.

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Wall Street holds as AI stocks recover

NEW YORK — Wall Street held steadier Monday and recovered some of its sell-off from last week, as stocks swept up in the artificial-intelligence boom bounced back. Oil prices, meanwhile, rose following fighting between Israel and Iran, but they pared their biggest gains.

The S&P 500 added 0.3%, coming off a drop of 2.6% from Friday that was its worst since October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 80 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9%.

Some of the best performers were companies that sell computer chips, memory and other products fueling the AI boom.

They had plunged Friday amid worries that their prices had shot too high due to AI euphoria. Such worries dragged South Korea’s Kospi index down 8.3% early Monday, pummeling tech stocks there like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.

But prices recovered as trading moved westward through Europe to New York. Micron Technology rose 9.9% after sliding 13.3% Friday for the largest loss in the S&P 500. That resumed a run where its stock has more than tripled so far in 2026.

New screwworm cases are discovered Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside the main cluster in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a resurgent pest that could devastate the nation’s cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday.

So far, there are five confirmed cases: three calves and a goat in Texas and a dog from neighboring Lea County, New Mexico. The dog, which the USDA initially reported as a Texas case, lives in New Mexico and was reclassified as the first in that state. The animal’s travel history is being investigated.

The first two screwworm cases were discovered last week in calves a few miles apart in south Texas. A case was announced Monday in a calf in La Salle County, southwest of San Antonio, and in a goat in Gillespie County, west of Austin.

Scientists expect new cases could pop up in the coming days and weeks, but it doesn’t mean screwworm is spreading rapidly, said Edward Burgess, a University of Florida entomologist who studies the fly.

“When that first case is seen, everyone is being vigilant and their eyes are on it more intensely,” Burgess said. “And when you are looking for something, you are more likely to see it.”

Calif. falls behind Texas in Fortune 500 ranking Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies.

The Fortune 500 list ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. This year, 57 of the top companies are headquartered in Texas, compared with California’s 56. It’s a reversal from two years ago when the Golden State had the pole position.

“Texas is the undisputed headquarters of headquarters,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a news release responding to the ranking, which was announced Wednesday. “The world’s leading businesses invest with confidence in Texas because of our welcoming business climate, predictable regulatory environment, and skilled and growing workforce. People and businesses are choosing Texas because Texas works.”

California’s corporate haters say they try to avoid the state’s high costs, income taxes and strict regulations, but the Western state is still a top money maker.

“California dominates on nearly every other measure: its Fortune 500 companies are the most profitable ($647 billion), most valuable ($20 trillion), and employ more people than any other state (2.8 million workers),” Fortune said in a news release.

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U.S. carriers spent $6.5B on fuel

East earlier this year after the consumption in April totaled 1.573 fares are rising, airlines are still Global profit forecast dle U.S. and Israel launched strikes on billion gallons, down slightly from absorbing part of the hike in their much of the shipping traffic 1.575 billion gallons a year earlier. bottom lines.” is cut nearly in half Iran, The latest figures came as the through the Strait of Hormuz — a The group said jet fuel prices are

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critical oil transit route bordering Iran — has remained effectively halted, pushing up the price of oil and jet fuel.

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International Air Transport Association released a report on Sunday saying it now expects airlines worldwide to earn a combined $23 billion in net profit in 2026, far below its previous forecast of $41 billion and down from $45 billion in 2025.

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In the U.S., the cost of a gallon of jet fuel in April was $4.11, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics said. Last April, it cost $2.31.

UNFILLED TANKS, FEWER FRILLS Retailers say U.S. consumers are rethinking spending

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NEW YORK — U.S. consumers haven’t stopped spending money since the Iran war drove up fuel prices, but many shoppers are reassessing what they buy and where, according to company executives and retail analysts.

The behavior changes observed so far are subtle, such as altered routines for buying gasoline and fewer visits to clothing and furniture stores. They also are uneven across the population. During recent earnings calls with analysts, executives from American mainstays like Walmart, McDonald’s and Dollar General cited overall shopper resilience as well as noticeable cutbacks by lower-income customers.

But the new signs of strain cited by major retailers as generous income tax refunds helped shore up their sales make some economists and analysts think they will see a wider retrenchment when the refunds are gone and consumers face the cumulative impact of more expensive gas and higher prices for food, clothing, insurance and other goods and services.

Trevor Chapman, a communications executive in West Hills, California, said that instead of going to a local independent gas station, he and his wife now plan their fuel stops around Costco stores with filling stations. The couple also is doing more online food shopping to avoid impulse buys, he said.

“Gas is a kind of catalyst,” Chapman said.

“It trickles down into the entire budget.

We’re trying to keep everything as normal as possible. But it’s starting to feel like it’s adding up more and more.”

Well before the U.S. and Israel launched the war, many consumers already were being more choosy with their discretionary purchases, fatigued by several years of stubborn inflation and tariffs on imported goods imposed last year.

The U.S. Commerce Department reported last week that higher prices, not more purchases, accounted for most of the growth in Americans’ spending in April, when a key inflation gauge reached the highest level since October 2023.

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For the first time since 2022, Walmart customers and Sam’s Club members are buying an average of less than 10 gallons per trip, according to Walmart Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey.

Consumers also are making concessions when they shop for groceries, according to Stew Leonard, president of an eight-store supermarket chain. have normally been a gap between getting the tank to empty because of the concern about what might the gas price be tomorrow,” Chief Financial Officer Gary Millerchip said in late May. Meanwhile, the gas price surge has hurt convenience stores, where 80% of all fuel is sold in the U.S., according to Jeff Lenard, a vice president at the National Association of Convenience Stores.

A sales analysis by the trade group found that the number of pump transactions at the properties of 130 convenience store companies fell by nearly 10% across March and April compared to the same two months last year. The number of sales inside the companies’ stores dropped by 10.4%, according to the analysis.

“When you lose gallons to the big box, you also lose in-store sales,” Lenard said.

Members-only warehouse stores like Costco, Walmart’s Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale Club have seen more traffic at their fuel pumps since the war began in late February, according to the companies. Fuel typically costs less at the wholesale clubs.

But many drivers are not filling their tanks up, Walmart Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey told analysts late last month.

For the first time since 2022, Walmart customers and Sam’s Club members are buying an average of less than 10 gallons per trip, he said.

“That’s an indication of stress,” Rainey Changing eating habits said.

Costco members also are making changes.

Higher gas prices did not stop many They are visiting store gas stations more fre- Americans from dining out in the first two quently to “top up in between what would months of the war with Iran. Tax refunds

helped, the National Restaurant Association said. Customer traffic at U.S. restaurants in April was unchanged from the same month last year, although a 2.6% increase in restaurant spending resulted largely from higher menu prices, according to market research firm Circana.

But cracks are starting to form as budgetconscious U.S. residents shoulder the combined weight of paying more for gas and other consumer goods on top of increasing costs in other areas from inflation past and present.

The price of gas won’t help bring customers with household incomes of $45,000 or less back to U.S. fast-food restaurants, McDonald’s Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said last month. People in that income group began scaling back their fast-food purchases after the period of inflation that accompanied the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the trend picked up speed last year.

U.S.-based restaurant consulting firm Revenue Management Solutions analyzed 14.6 billion restaurant transactions from the last four years and found that as gasoline gets more expensive, restaurant visits gradually decline, according to Chief Research Officer Sebastián Fernandez. The analysis indicated the impact doubles when gas hits the $4 mark, which it did as a nationwide average on March 31.

Consumers also are making concessions when they shop for groceries, according to Stew Leonard, president of an eight-store supermarket chain his father founded, Stew Leonard’s. He’s noticed customers buying meat in bulk to freeze and being less tempted to buy the products showcased during live food demonstrations or offered for sampling.

“It’s telling me that people are sticking more to their shopping list,” Leonard said.

Apple unveils upgraded Siri with new AI features

BY BARBARA ORTUTAY AP technology writer

CUPERTINO,Calif.— Apple on Monday unveiled new artificial intelligence advances including upgrades to its Siri assistant, emphasizing a focus on privacy and day-to-day use as the iPhone maker tries to catch up to rivals when it comes to AI. Siri AI, which was introduced at the start of Apple’s Cook annual World Wide Developers Conference, has been highly anticipated by users and developers. While Siri was launched in 2011, it fell be-

hind other voice assistants and was derided even by Apple fans.

It is the last WWDC featuring CEO Tim Cook before he turns his post over to John Ternus in September. Cook received an extended standing ovation and told the audience he is “deeply grateful to have been on this journey with you” and said, “the energy around Apple platforms has never been stronger.”

The conference, which drew developers from some 65 countries to Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters, focuses on software, in contrast to the fall unveiling of the latest iPhones.

Apple has sought to distinguish itself from its peers by stressing a privacy-centered approach and

integrating AI across its devices and apps. There was no mention of AI superintelligence or companion chatbots. Rather, Apple sought to demonstrate how its AI tools can make life easier.

Apple software chief Craig Federighi took some swipes at AI companies — without naming them — that seem to be “pursuing AI for the sake of AI” without clear regard for the people it is supposed to serve. At Apple, he said, “we believe that truly helpful AI should be centered around you and your needs,” which means integrating AI into the products people use every day, with a focus on privacy.

The conference unveiled updates to Apple Intelligence, which was first announced in 2024. It now uses

Google’s Gemini AI model to help power its features and processes users’ requests and interactions on their own device and privately on the cloud, making them inaccessible to anyone else.

At the center of it is the new Siri, which Apple said is now a “much more capable assistant” that can help users find what they need and get things done across various Apple devices. For instance, it can create a menu and gather recipes from the web or from your own text messages for a World Cup viewing party and invite friends from a group chat. Siri mode on your camera, meanwhile, can tell you what you are looking at and give you relevant information, such as the nutritional details of a plate of food.

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Ukrainian strikes hit oil sites in Russia Zelenskyy said Abramovich brought the message that the Russians “want to understand what we are ready to do,” and had offered to take a reply to Putin.

Meanwhile, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said a new proposed round of sanctions against Russia includes 80 listings targeting Russia’s “military industrial complex, human rights violators and propagandists.”

Kaja Kallas told a news conference after a meeting of EU defense ministers Monday that Western sanctions have already cost Moscow an estimated $1.2 to $1.5 trillion.

By The Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and occupied Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian officials said Monday, as part of their campaign to make Moscow pay an economic cost for the war.

Separately, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that Roman Abramovich acted as a go-between for messages between Kyiv and Moscow.

Zelenskyy told Sky News that the former owner of Premier League team Chelsea traveled to Kyiv with a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 310 Ukrainian drones overnight into Monday, including over the Moscow region, western and southwestern Russia, Russian-occupied Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.

Russia targeted Ukraine with 155 drones, of which Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 124, according to its air force.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian forces had struck Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region overnight, hitting the Grushovaya oil transshipment base near Novorossiysk. The complex is one of the largest transshipment hubs in southern Russia for oil and petro-

BAND

Continued from page 1A It was formed in 1966 as both a marching and a concert band, according to Times-Picayune archives. In 1967, the university hired John F. Kennedy Senior High School’s band director Milton L. Bush as a special lecturer in music and band director.

Hilton Title played trumpet in the marching band for several years as a UNO student in the mid-1970s and as a dental student in the 1980s. He recalled playing in parades, basketball games, graduation ceremonies and an annual Saints halftime show.

“It seems like when we played,” he quipped, “the Saints would more than likely win.”

After Bush retired, the new band director prioritized concert performances and the marching band faded, Title said.

Bringing back the marching band will enhance the school’s profile, boost campus culture and accentuate traditions that make New Orleans — and UNO — unique, said Jeanette Weiland, who will become interim chancellor when UNO becomes part of LSU.

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Continued from page 1A 40 years for obstruction of justice.

Tyson entered a guilty plea in May for two first-degree murder counts, avoiding a potential death penalty. As part of the deal, Tyson will be held on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, northshore District Attorney Collin Sims said.

The 49-year-old was accused of the brutal deaths of Young, a retired priest at St. Peter Catholic Church in Covington, and Prats, a longtime church worker who helped care for Young.

He was arrested hours after their badly burned bodies were discovered behind a downtown Covington business.

Months before the murders, Tyson had been released from Rayburn Correctional Facility after serving 30 years of a 40-year prison sentence for forcible rape, armed robbery and burglary.

Both Young and Prats lived “lives of service, lives of faith, lives of love,” Creel said during Monday’s sen-

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Incoming marching band director Eddie Williams Jr. takes a look around the band room at the University of New Orleans.

“As LSU New Orleans continues to grow and evolve,” she said, “creating opportunities that enrich student life and strengthen our campus’s powerful identity as a 7th Ward institution, is critically important.”

Randy Kearns, dean of the business and liberal arts colleges, said that now the university is more financially stable, it’s looking for ways to reinvest in the community. Having a band march in pa-

tencing.

Defense attorneys for Tyson had argued that his intellectual impairments would disqualify him from receiving the death penalty. The defense provided evidence, according to Sims, that included historical IQ tests showing Tyson’s intellectual disabilities going back to childhood.

They also introduced MRI findings that showed traumatic brain injury.

Sims said his office had multiple discussions with the families and that they had agreed to the plea negotiations.

“I did not lose my resolve in wanting the death penalty after three and a half years,” said Norman Elfer, Young’s brother-in-law, during Monday’s sentencing.

But he said the plea agreement “secured the maximum punishment legally available.”

Kerry Cuccia, one of Tyson’s four defense attorneys, said in an interview on Monday that the sentence “was the appropriate result under the law.”

During Monday’s sentencing hearing, family members described Young and Prats as devoted Catholics and dedicated parishio-

rades also will allow the rebranded LSUNO to market itself to the city in a way that resonates with local students and families.

“Music is in the DNA here,” he said.

LSU brought Williams on as a consultant about a month and a half ago to help restart the band program. He was offered the band director job soon after.

“Eddie is not only an accomplished educator and musician,”

leum products.

Russian regional authorities confirmed a Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at the facility, adding that there were no casualties. While they did not comment on the extent of damage, they said 130 rescue workers were involved in putting out the blaze.

Asked whether the Kremlin is worried about the fuel crisis in Crimea, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Energy Ministry and other agencies are working on a set of measures to respond to the situation.

“There are indeed certain problems at the moment,” Peskov said.

“Measures are being taken.”

The Krasny Yar “linear production and dispatching station” in the Volgograd region was also hit, the General Staff said. A fire broke out at the site, according to the statement. Russian Gov. Andrei Bocharov didn’t specify what the facility produces, but said there were no injuries.

Ukraine also carried out strikes overnight in the Semykolodezkaya oil base in the Russianoccupied Crimean Peninsula on Sunday night, sparking a fire at the facility.

The base is used to store fuel reserves supplying the Russian military, according to the statement posted on Telegram.

Weiland said, “but also a proven leader who understands the culture, energy and traditions that make New Orleans unique.”

Though Williams doesn’t have collegiate band experience, his deep roots in the New Orleans-area high school music scene should serve him well. He knows nearly every high school band director in the city and said he’s already received calls from former students asking about tryouts.

“These high schools are rich in musicianship and heritage and culture,” he said.

Williams got his start in music playing his father’s keyboard as a child. Later he picked up the trumpet and joined the Carter G. Woodson Middle School Band, then played in the St. Augustine High School band under the late Edwin Hampton.

He also sang in the Gospel Soul Children, a longstanding New Orleans choir, where he learned showmanship, he said.

“The choir didn’t just sing,” he said. “The choir put on a performance.”

He attended LSU and majored in computer information systems and thought his music career was over. But he occasionally helped out the St. Augustine band, then

was formally brought on staff in 2002. He was appointed band director nine years later.

In 2019 he left for West Jefferson High School, where he was tasked with building up a program “essentially from scratch” starting with 17 students.

Now Williams must do the same for UNO, where he will have to procure instruments, uniforms and, of course, musicians.

They’ll start off with a smaller pep band that plays at basketball games, and eventually grow into a marching group. Some positions, such as drummers, should be easier to find, while others — especially tuba — will be harder to come by.

Williams, who exclusively arranges his own music, said he’ll focus especially on trumpets, which are “the voice of the band.” He hopes to find a distinct sound for the group, which he said will differ stylistically from LSU’s flagship band and be geared toward showcasing New Orleans’ heritage, he said.

Williams said he hopes the band will represent New Orleans in the Rose Bowl, as well as parades and sporting events across the country.

“I’m looking for a sound where you can close your eyes,” he said, “and you can distinctively tell us from everyone else.”

ners of St. Peter’s Catholic ing school run by Benedic- brother, Lester “Mike” TyChurch in Covington. son, apologized to the family tine nuns.

“They were, both of them, Tyson did not speak on of Young and Prats. people with extraordinarily Monday, but his younger “You have our deepest, gentle hearts,” said the Rev. Daniel Brouillette, who succeeded Young at St. Peter’s.

Prats and Young cared deeply for each other, the family members said. After Young suffered a stroke that affected his mobility, Prats would drive him around to see people in need, Elfer said.

Young came to the priesthood late in life, entering the seminary in his 40s, after working as an accountant at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s office at NASA’s Michoud facility in New Orleans East.

After serving as a priest in Belle Chasse and Marrero, he moved to St. Peter’s in Covington, where he became friends with Prats, a former second grade teacher and longtime volunteer with the church.

Prats had first gone to St. Peter’s to seek solace following a miscarriage early in her marriage, her sister said, but soon she started volunteering. Her experience with the Catholic church went back to her childhood, when she and her sister were sent to a board-

deepest sympathy,” Lester Tyson told the family. “We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers.”

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Put your phone away, sit down, visit Bob Borel handed me a stack of napkins and pointed to a metal napkin holder that once belonged to his mom.

“My mom folded each one like a taco,” he said. “Just folded them once. I remember her doing it so clearly.”

So he and I sat at a table that looked a lot like the one in his grandmother’s kitchen and folded napkins.

It looked a lot like my grandmother’s table, too.

That’s how my Thursday afternoon went in Lafayette last week — folding napkins, hanging pictures — and learning about Borel’s inspiration.

With help from friends, particularly Erin Broussard and Philip Frey, he’s doing his best to recreate his grandmother’s Catahoula kitchen and living room.

Borel is a Lafayette artist and living history interpreter at Vermilionville who, for the past several months, has been building an installation at Basin Arts called “Mom Mom’s: The Sacred Ordinary” — in homage to the St. Martin Parish home of his grandmother, Yola Courville.

She passed away in 2013, but Borel has been reconstructing the heart of her home in as much

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NORD reviews coaches policy Some ask for leniency in eligibility

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

After a New Orleans watchdog chided the city’s recreation department for welcoming volunteer coaches with rap sheets, coaches on Monday urged the agency to allow people with nonviolent offenses to continue serving youth.

A New Orleans Inspector General’s Office report on Thursday found only about half of a random sample of volunteer coaches at the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission had background checks on file

— and that at least two coaches should have never been allowed to work because of their criminal histories.

NORD has begun to review its roster of coaches to ensure they meet eligibility requirements.

But coaches say they fear the agency could cut ties with fathers and community members who are trusted mentors for young people who often have limited access to guidance and support.

“A blanket policy that excludes all individuals with any criminal history may unintentionally remove dedicated community

leaders who have rehabilitated themselves, accepted responsibility for their past actions, and committed their lives to helping young people avoid similar mistakes,” wrote coach Alvin Alvarez in a Monday letter to Mayor Helena Moreno’s office on behalf of dozens of NORD coaches.

A spokesperson for NORD did not immediately return a request for comment Monday on whether NORD would change its policy. Moreno’s administration also did not immediately provide comment.

At present, NORD’s screening policy automatically disqualifies those who have been convicted or pleaded guilty to any sexual offense, violent felony or crime

against children, regardless of how long ago the offense occurred.

The policy also disqualifies from coaching those with nonviolent felonies that occurred within 10 years, with violent misdemeanors that occurred within five years or with nonviolent misdemeanors that occurred within three years.

But the Inspector General’s Office on Thursday found that NORD routinely failed to perform background checks for youth sports coaches, in violation of its own policy. It also failed to consistently document the status of criminal charges in

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Council member reflects on health scare

Bonano returns from four-week absence

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

Jefferson Parish Council member Deano Bonano had just arrived home from the Irish-Italian Parade in Metairie in March when he crumpled to the floor. A jolt of back pain — the worst he’d ever experienced in his life — radiated through his body, prompting his wife to call an ambulance.

Bonano Bonano had no idea what caused it. He had gotten a knee replacement surgery nine days earlier, his sixth one, but the surgery went fine and he was starting to recover.

The ambulance took him to Ochsner Medical Center, where his last memory from that day was an emergency room surgeon telling him that something had “gone wrong” in his abdomen.

“You’ve got to go to surgery right now,” Bonano said he was told.

After three days in a medical coma, Bonano awoke to learn that his colon had ruptured, releasing toxins that had spread throughout

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Richlyn Gibson, 12, soars above Bethune Park Playground as she and Tyler Joseph, 13, take a break with fellow NextGen Summer Camp participants, turning an afternoon stop in Norco into a high-flying summer adventure.

New Orleans escapees 2nd arrest made in attack at St. Tammany steakhouse returned to lockup Bed shortages in state prompt move back to facility

BY JULIA GUILBEAU Staff writer

Four of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center last May in a brazen jailbreak have been returned to the New Orleans lockup due to jail capacity issues elsewhere in the state, officials said Monday.

The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office was notified by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections two weeks ago that Corey Boyd, Dkenan Dennis, Kendall Myles and Gary Price would transfer back to the jail more than a year after they crawled through a hole from a ripped-out toilet to escape the facility.

After their capture, the escapees were transferred to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at An-

gola. It’s not clear if that’s where they’ve remained over the past year, or if they were transferred between other facilities.

The inmates’ transfer back to New Orleans was spurred by bed capacity shortages and issues related to necessary travel to and from Orleans Parish for the defendants’ court dates, Sheriff’s Office officials said.

Newly minted Orleans Parish Sheriff Michelle Woodfork ordered leadership to develop a housing placement and security plan ahead of the four inmates’ arrival, according to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office.

“We will be working with local public safety partners to fully assess the progress of the defendant’s cases to determine how soon they will return to DOC,” officials said.

Boyd, Dennis, Myles and Price all face a bevy of charges in addition to their escape counts, including attempted murder,

ä See ESCAPEES, page 2B

Man accused of identifying critic to sheriff

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

A second person has been arrested in connection with a fight at a Madisonville steakhouse last month in which St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith allegedly battered one of his critics, according to authorities.

Gregory Jules Saurage, 62, turned himself in to agents with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office on Monday at the St. Tammany Parish jail. He was booked with one count of principal to second-degree battery, a felony.

Agents with Murrill’s office believe Saurage identified the alleged victim, St. Tammany Parish resident Bobby Couvillion, to Smith and encouraged the sheriff to attack him.

Agents said that after Saurage pointed out Couvillion at Keith Young’s Steakhouse on May 29, he pounded his fists together in an “aggressive suggestive” manner. Investigators believe Saurage was “signaling Smith to attack Couvillion.” A short while later, Smith dragged Couvillion from the bar and punched him, resulting in a concussion, investigators said.

The incident followed years of tension between Smith and Couvillion, who has frequently lobbed harsh attacks against the sheriff on social media. Smith’s office arrested Couvillion in 2019 for cyberstalking.

Saurage is a former St. Tammany Parish School Board member, retired probation officer, part-time bounty hunter and organizes a Mardi Gras parade in Folsom. State records also show that a man with Saurage’s name and phone number is a licensed bail bondsman in Louisiana.

Reached by phone on Monday,

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1st person formally charged in ’23 killing micide and obstruction of mained a mystery until cussing Tillman’s death and son’s alleged involvement in Missing man’s justice involving a second- August 2025, when the the disposal of his body, ac- the case. remains found in degree murder investiga- Sheriff’s Office received an cording to the Sheriff’s Of- Beasley was also arrested and booked with being an tion, according to Jefferson anonymous Crimestoppers fice.

Marrero backyard Parish court records. tip. The caller said Tillman Authorities searched the accessory after the fact

BY MICHELLE HUNTER

Staff writer

Six weeks after authorities recovered the partial skeletal remains of a man buried in a Marrero backyard, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office has formally filed charges against the first of five suspects arrested in the case.

Kelly Barrios, 40, of Ponchatoula, was charged Friday with failure to report the commission of a ho-

Barrios used to live at the house on Gaudet Drive in Marrero where Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives found the remains of 37-year-old Eddie Tillman Jr., according to investigators.

Tillman disappeared on the night of Aug. 16, 2023, after he was called from his mother’s Bridge City home to help a friend. He was never seen again. Relatives heard rumors that he’d been beaten to death.

His whereabouts re-

had been killed by John Lopez, 45, and Dustin Billot, 32, before being buried in the backyard of Billot’s former home, according to authorities.

In August 2023, Billot was living at a house in the 1200 block of Gaudet Drive with Barrios and his sister, Christian Beasley, 45, according to authorities and neighbors.

Detectives followed up on the tip and spoke with witnesses who, over the years, heard Billot and Lopez dis-

Gaudet Drive home based on the tip and recovered a skull and severed hands that were later identified as Tillman’s.

Billot, Lopez and a third suspect, Terrence Johnson, 45, were arrested and booked with second-degree murder, unlawful disposal of remains and obstruction of justice in Tillman’s death.

Johnson was additionally booked with second-degree kidnapping.

No details have been made available about John-

to second-degree murder, obstruction of justice and failure to report the commission of a felony.

Neither Billot, Lopez, Johnson nor Beasley has been formally charged in the case.

Barrios is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. All five suspects are being held at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna.

Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@theadvocate. com.

Kamala Harris to speak at La. Democrats N.O. gala Former U.S. vice 2M0o2r6e NS iopresident to be lence Teach a n d Vo t e honored at event tour, which

kicks off in July, will e n d A u g . Harris Staff writer 7 with an Kamala Harris will be inaugural Masquerade honored in August at the Sneaker Ball at the RiverLouisiana Democratic side Hilton Hotel, with the Party’s annual fundraiser former vice president and in New Orleans, serving as potential 2028 presidential the event’s keynote speak- candidate serving as the guest of honor. er, organizers said.

“We are eagerly looking The party’s statewide

BY JULIA GUILBEAU

forward to Vice President Kamala Harris playing a tremendously impactful role in the continued mobilization and enlightenment of our Democratic voters in response to the right wing extremist anti-American attack on voting rights and attempts to dismantle the founding principles of our democracy,” Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Randle Gaines said in a statement.

The event theme is inspired by Harris’ love for

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volunteers’ files.

Since May, five volunteer coaches have been disqualified and notified that they are ineligible to participate in NORD athletics programming, NORD spokesperson Emily Oliver said Monday.

At least two of those coaches were identified in Inspector General Ed Michel’s report, but were removed for reasons “unrelated to the OIG findings” following a May 18 tackle football rules meeting, Oliver said.

Both underwent background checks that revealed criminal charges such as battery, stalking and possession of a weapon during commission of a crime. But the court later dismissed the battery and stalking charges for one of those coaches, the report said.

Alvarez and more than 80 coaches say NORD should consider on a case-by-case basis whether coaches with criminal histories can serve, factoring in whether or not a person has completed rehabilitation, how much time has passed since their convictions, their community involvement and other factors, they said.

“There should be no compromise when it comes to protecting children,” Alvarez wrote to Moreno’s office, adding that those convicted of sexual offenses, crimes against children or other offenses that pose a direct threat to youth should be banned.

That approach would safeguard the organization, he said, “while also recognizing the principles of redemption, rehabilitation, and community engagement that the City of New Orleans has long supported through its commitment to second chances and restorative justice.”

detail as he can manage, gathering pieces from friends, estate sales, thrift stores, Goodwill and eBay. “For anybody who doesn’t know much about installations,” he told me, “just think of it as one giant piece of art that you can walk through.”

The room already felt real: mock-wood paneling, a crocheted afghan on the sofa, ashtrays loaded with ash (from incense), a console television, a black rotary phone and a faded Holly Hobbie wall hanging.

Borel and I hung his grandmother’s framed “Last Supper” above the television. He told me that when he was a kid and learned that Leonardo da Vinci painted the “Last Supper,” he asked, “The one at Mom Mom’s house?”

Borel has mixed family photographs with estatesale finds, including a mass-produced portrait of a woman who came with the frame. It’s staying that way.

He’s created his own hidey hole in the installation, a tucked-away spot to represent where he sometimes spent time growing up — his personal rebellion against Cajun culture, documented for the record. It’s just a chair in a corner, with a Rolling Stone magazine (with Pee-Wee Herman on the cover), a Black Flag cassette and a Walkman.

“At one point, the last thing I wanted to be was Cajun,” he said. “And then once I was away from it, I thought, ‘What do you mean other people aren’t like this?’ ” The installation sits inside Basin Arts’ Proj-

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sneakers.

Tickets will be on sale for $200 and are expected to be released to the public soon, Gaines said.

Harris’ appearance comes on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling, which has become a flashpoint over voting rights in the state and across the country. The decision allowed Louisiana lawmakers to redraw their congressional maps and eliminate one of two majority-Black

districts.

Harris has been an outspoken critic of the Supreme Court’s ruling, calling the decision “an outrage.”

The former vice president previously visited New Orleans in January to help swear in Mayor Helena Moreno and promote her latest book, “107 Days.”

In April, Harris also served as the keynote speaker for the Democratic Party of Arkansas’ fundraiser dinner in Little Rock.

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publicly to speak about the alleged attack, but he apoloContinued from page 1B gized to his family, parish residents and Sheriff’s Office employees in an email Saurage declined to com- issued around the time of ment. He was released on his arrest. He also offered a $7,500 bond, according to something of an explanajail records. tion for his actions, saying The first arrest in the case that he found it difficult to came days earlier on Thurs- ignore personal attacks day, when Smith turned against his wife online. himself in after Murrill’s office obtained an arrest New details warrant in connection with Information provided by second-degree battery, a Murrill’s office on Monday felony, and two counts of included new details into the disturbing the peace. He events that unfolded before was booked and quickly re- Smith allegedly attacked Couvillion. leased on $10,000 bail.

Saurage arrived at Keith Smith has not appeared

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Erin Broussard assists Lafayette artist Bob Borel, who is recreating his grandmother’s Catahoula kitchen and living room in an art installation at Basin Arts. The show will open Saturday. ect Space Residency program, now in its fifth year. Clare Cook, Basin Arts’ founder and creative director, said the residency gives artists space and support to spend several months pursuing a large idea.

“Every single time,” Cook said, “the gallery does something it’s never done before. But this is a first. We’ve never had a kitchen.”

While Borel and I worked, Carey Hamburg arrived with a cabinet destined to become the kitchen sink base.

When the sink didn’t fit quite right, nobody seemed worried. They made plans to fix it. The whole afternoon operated on that same frequency: unhurried, improvisational, held together by something other than an exact plan.

Borel talked about the Cajun tradition he’s trying to honor — les veillées, getting together at someone’s house and just

talking, like the Sunday afternoons at his grandmother’s in Catahoula with most of the family present, hours of conversation, coffee passed around on a tray.

“That kind of community,” he said, “always feels Cajun to me.”

He wants visitors to feel it, too.

When the installation opens Saturday night during Lafayette’s Second Saturday Art Walk, Borel will have a table near the entrance with small paper bags. He’ll ask people to slip their phones in the bags and tuck them away — not to confiscate them, but just to create a reminder of life without their presence.

Then he wants people to come sit in the living room.

Stay a while.

Talk.

Borel hopes visitors will think about what parts of their own lives are worth preserving.

“In 100 years,” he said,

“what would the Vermilionville version of this look like?”

The napkins went into the holder, folded into triangles the way his mother always did them. The holder found the center of the Formica table.

We hung pictures where they felt right, not at any prescribed gallery height.

His grandmother’s quilts — she made one for each of her 12 children’s families — will fill the room before Saturday.

His family is planning to gather at Mom Mom’s next month to play bourré, nieces and nephews included.

“Mom Mom’s: The Sacred Ordinary” opens to the public on Saturday, during Lafayette’s Second Saturday Art Walk at Basin Arts, 311 Beaumont Drive, Lafayette. Borel’s installation runs through mid-July.

Young’s Steakhouse at 11:45 a.m. May 29 and Smith arrived shortly after. They had food and drinks, Saurage told investigators. The receipt from Smith’s visit included 18 drinks, investigators said. At one point, a man approached Smith and told Smith that Couvillion was sitting at the bar and to “watch your back,” according to Saurage.

Later, when Saurage walked past Couvillion at the bar, Saurage allegedly made the suggestive gesture to Smith.

Soon after, Smith grabbed Couvillion from behind, grabbed him in a choke

hold, and “violently” pulled him from a tall bar seat and threw him to the ground., authorities said. While Couvillion was on the ground, Smith hit Couvillion and a struggle ensued until bystanders, including Saurage, pulled Smith off, investigators said.

Saurage told investigators he did not remember making any motions to Smith about Couvillion. But he did say he helped break up the fight and afterward ushered Smith out of the restaurant.

Saurage also said that at Smith’s request he drove Smith home in a Sheriff’s Office vehicle.

Based partly on video evidence and the fact that Saurage helped Smith leave the scene, investigators found Saurage in violation of principal to second-degree battery. Judge Alan Black, of the 22nd Judicial District Court, signed the arrest warrant at 10:39 a.m. on Monday.

Principal to second-degree battery can come with up to eight years in prison, just as second-degree battery itself.

John Simerman contributed to this report.

Email Jan Risher at jan. risher@theadvocate. com.

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“I went from being a 61-year-old man that’s stronger than most 20-year-olds to not being able to lift a glass of water,” Bonano said in an interview last Friday to discuss the ordeal, which took him away from his duties for about four weeks earlier this year. He returned to the council for its April 22 meeting, and was working part time until about a week ago.

Bonano said the experience has “completely changed” his perspective on life, and also put into question his plans for next year’s Jefferson Parish elections.

A Republican from Metairie who represents District 2, Bonano said he had been strongly considering a run for an at-large seat, as he’s barred from running for his current position again due to term limits.

Now, he said he’s wrestling whether to follow through on that plan or retire to focus on his family.

“It makes you appreciate your family and your time on Earth a lot more than you did before,” Bonano said.

“Not only your mortality as a human, but how short your life is. My priorities going forward are my family, my religion and my faith.”

Bonano said he still doesn’t know what caused the rupture, but a family history of diverticulitis suggests he may have been predisposed to intestinal issues. He had posted on his personal Facebook page about the experience in the weeks afterward, but didn’t want to discuss it publicly until after he returned to the council out of respect for his family.

Still, during his return to the council in April, he made a short mention of the wellwishes he had received.

“I just want to take a moment to thank all of the hundreds and hundreds of people who reached out to pray for me, send me prayer cards, send me text messages,” he told the chamber.

Bonano has been limited in what exercises his physical therapist can perform on his knee, as his stitches prevent anyone from pushing or pulling on his leg. But fortunately for him he’s been able to rehabilitate his knee on his own. At his last doctor’s visit, his knee passed every recovery benchmark.

Email Lara Nicholson at lnicholson@theadvocate. com.

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Nine of the escapees are set to face trial on Sept. 15 for their role in the jailbreak. Myles, who was previously declared incompetent to stand trial, will have another competency hearing in July.

The escape last year exposed a series of security lapses at the New Orleans lockup and largely dashed Sheriff Susan Hutson’s chances at reelection. Hutson blamed long-running staffing and funding issues for the problems at the jail.

In a 30-count indictment handed down by a grand jury in April, Louisiana Attorney Liz Murrill alleged that Hutson failed “to take even minimal precautions” in overseeing the jail, charging her with malfeasance in office and other crimes. Hutson has pleaded not guilty.

During her campaign and since taking office last month, Woodfork has pledged to improve security and conditions within the jail.

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New Orleans Area Deaths Aucoin, Gerard Ellington, Bonnie Farnsworth, Philip Grisaffi, Mary Pendleton, Raymond Poe, Joe Rodriguez, Claire

E Jefferson Garden of Memories Rodriguez, Claire

New Orleans Lake Lawn Metairie Poe, Joe

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Obituaries Aucoin, Gerard Robert 'Jerry'

Hill Jarrell Jr. and is survived by her brother, Tommy Jarrell; daughter, Ashley Rehan Ellington (Jim) Brown; and grandchild Jackson Jarrell Brown.

Bonnie graduated from Warner Robins HS and attended UGA, where she was on the Dean's List and active in Kappa Delta sorority and became a lifelong Bulldogs fan (Go Dawgs!). She studied early childhood education at Wesleyan College in Macon and worked at Core Laboratories in New Orleans, LA before becoming office manager at Operational Security Systems in Atlanta, GA. Bonnie volunteered for local groups and the campaigns of Sam Nunn and Jimmy Carter, and enjoyed gardening, cooking, arts and crafts fairs, and concerts and music festivals, especially the NO Jazz Fest. She was famous for her chocolate chip cookies and a loving, generous mother and grandmother who adored being with her grandchild. She also treasured her extended family and loved to visit with them and attend family reunions.

Many thanks to her caregivers at People's Hospice, the Waterford at Carpenter's Creek, and Home Instead in Pensacola.

Bonnie will be interred in Magnolia Park Cemetery and a memorial service will be held in Warner Robins in July.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Wounded Warrior Project, St. Jude, the American Red Cross, or your local food bank.

Farnsworth, Philip R.

Gerard "Jerry" Aucoin, born on May 14, 1957, passed away peacefully at his home in Hammond, Louisiana, on June 2, 2026, with his loving wife of 45 years by his side.

Jerry was a man of deep faith and a devoted member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church. He graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1979 and retired from Eastern Metal Supply in 2025. Jerry enjoyed woodworking, metal craftsmanship, cooking, gardening, and cheering on his beloved Saints!

Jerry was the beloved husband of Terry Lynn Gorenflo Aucoin. He was the devoted son of the late Lloyd P. Aucoin and Louise Heintz Aucoin. Jerry is survived by his brothers, David (Bonnie) Aucoin and Adrian (Katherine) Aucoin, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, greatnieces, and great-nephews who will cherish his memory. In addition to his parents, Jerry was preceded by his four-legged companions, Rocky and Woody.

The family extends its heartfelt gratitude to all who offered prayers, support, and kindness during this difficult time.

Family and friends will be received at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 600 North Oak Street, Hammond, Louisiana 70401, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, from 9:00 am until 11:00 am.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 600 North Oak Street, Hammond, Louisiana 70401, on Wednesday at 11:00 am.

Interment will follow at Saint Joseph Abbey Cemetery, 75376 River Rd, Saint Benedict, Louisiana, at 12:45 pm.

Ellington, Bonnie Rehan Jarrell

Bonnie Rehan Jarrell Ellington, 79, passed away suddenly on June 2, 2026.

She was born in Macon, GA to the late Helen Doris Vann Jarrell and Bonnie

Phil was born in New Orleans, LA and attended elementary schools in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

He graduated from Choate School in Wallingford CT, and earned a bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. During summers of his college years he interned for Hale Boggs in Washington, D. C.(the majority leader in Congress).

Phil earned his law degree from Tulane University and was associated with the Tulane Law Review where he authored legal commentary published in 1966.

He later earned a masters degree in securities law from NYU. In his professional career, Phil worked as an attorney for Entergy (formerly Middle South Utilities) in New Orleans and for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington D. C. as director of his department. He then moved to New York to work for Capital Cities / ABC, Inc where he eventually served as Corporate Secretary.

He retired in 1997 after Disney Corp. acquired Capital Cities.

Phil is survived by his brothers David M. and John T. Farnsworth and his lifepartner, James C. Gill, as well as his nieces and nephews.

Grisaffi, Mary C.

Mary C. Grisaffi, age 73, of Gretna, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on June 5, 2026, surrounded by the love of her family after a courageous battle with endometrial cancer. Mary was born on May 11, 1953, in Philadelphia, Pennsylva‐ nia, to Claude and Rose Jones. She later built a beautiful life centered on faith, family, and service to others. Mary shared 48 lov‐ ing years of marriage with her husband, Gary Grisaffi.

Together they built a fam‐ ily that became the center of her world. She was the proud mother of Chris Grisaffi, Corrin Ronquillo, Dominick Grisaffi, and

Jamie Grisaffi. She was also a devoted grand‐ mother to Alex Grisaffi, Do‐ minick Ronquillo, Tristan Grisaffi, Jacob Grisaffi, Lily Ronquillo, and MarieLouise Ronquillo, each of whom brought her im‐ mense joy and pride. She is survived by her husband, Gary Grisaffi; her children and grandchildren; and her sister, April Wilson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Rose Jones, and her brother, Claude Jones.

Mary retired as a Federal Civil Service Purchasing Agent, a career in which she faithfully served her country. However, of all the roles she held in life, none meant more to her than being a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. A woman of deep Catholic faith, Mary was a devoted member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, where she sang in the choir for more than thirty years. She had a special devotion to St. Thérèse, "The Little Flower," whose example of faith and love inspired her throughout her life. Mary believed in helping others.

She volunteered at the Vil‐ las retirement community, supported the Little Sisters of the Poor, participated in the Red Hat Society, and was a passionate sup‐ porter of the Obesity Ac‐ tion Coalition (OAC), an or‐ ganization whose mission was close to her heart.

Whenever help was needed, she willingly vol‐ unteered her time and sup‐ port, reflecting her lifelong commitment to serving others. Mary was also wonderfully creative. She loved crafting, designing handmade greeting cards, and creating thoughtful gifts for others. Her talents reflected her generous heart and her desire to make people feel remem‐ bered, loved, and valued.

Those who knew Mary will remember her beautiful smile, infectious laughter, unwavering loyalty, sup‐ portive spirit, and uncondi‐ tional love. She was a source of comfort, encour‐ agement, and strength to countless people through‐ out her life. She never stopped believing in the people she loved and al‐ ways found ways to help those around her. Above all else, Mary's greatest joy was her family. Nothing made her happier than spending time with the people she loved most.

While her earthly journey has ended, her family finds peace in knowing that her eternal journey with God has begun. A Celebration of Mary's life will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 8968 LA-23 in Belle Chasse, Louisiana on Thursday, June 11, 2026, with family and friends gathering from 9 AM to 11 AM. A Memorial Mass will follow. In honor of Mary's vibrant spirit and favorite color, the family invites those attending to wear a splash of purple. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that memorial donations be made to the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), an organi‐ zation that was close to Mary's heart and whose mission she passionately supported. Donations may be made through the OAC website at obesityac‐ tion.org. The family asks for continued prayers for Gary and all who loved Mary as they navigate the days ahead.

Pendleton, Raymond Alden 'Ray'

Raymond Alden Pendleton of New Orleans, LA, passed October 30, 2025, and will be laid to rest June 15, 2026, with full

military honors at the United States Military Academy cemetery in West Point, NY. Ray was born identical twin with Robert on December 27, 1938 in New Orleans, LA, to the late Forrest Currier and Victoria Nachman Pendleton.

He graduated St. Aloysius High School in 1956 and studied at Tulane University and U.S.M.A. At West Point he excelled in marksmanship and was a five time All-American who competed on the nation's #1 pistol team. Upon graduation in 1962 he was commissioned an officer in the Army.

A Special Forces Green Berets A-Team commander, he earned the Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge, Master Parachutist Wings, Ranger Tab, and other various decorations.

Ray was promoted to rank of Colonel and appointed U.S. Army state liaison for National Security Emergency Preparedness.

He was President of Pendleton Security Service and firm of Raymond A. Pendleton & Associates, Inc. Ray's community and charitable involvement was extensive including Young Men's Business Club, Executives Club of Louisiana, Reserve Officers Association, USO National Council, Board of Governors of the Magnolia School, and his local church. He was a lifelong member of the Krewe of Hermes, of which his father was a founding member.

He was Chairman of the Board and President Emeritus of the World Association of Detectives.

A direct descendant of pilgrim John Alden, Ray was invited to join the Mayflower Society. He took pride in his children Edie Pendleton Evans (Kee) of Columbus, GA, and Raymond "Alden" Pendleton, Jr., of Spanish Fort, AL, and grandsons Tripp (Kenneth E. Evans, III) and Parks (Joseph P. Evans).

He is survived by his children, grandchildren, sisters-in-law Pam Pendleton, widow of Charlie, of Granbury, TX, Sherry Pendleton, widow of Robert, of Madison, MS, niece Paige P. Doucette (Stephen) of Granbury, TX, nephews Robert H. Pendleton (Kimberly) of Madison, MS, and Brian A. Pendleton (Melanie) of Port Aransas, TX, and many great and greatgreat nieces and nephews.

Donations can be made to Ray's beloved Magnolia Community Services in lieu of flowers at mcs-nola.org.

Poe, Joe Park

Joe Park Poe, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Tulane University, died on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at the age of 89. He was born on July 15, 1936, in Forrest City, Arkansas, and spent most of his childhood in Little Rock. Predeceased by his parents, Samuel E. Poe and Eloise Thomas Poe, as well as by his daughter Martha Elizabeth Poe (Betsy), Joe is survived by his sister Beth Poe Kissling, his daughter Amy E. Poe, Betsy's five children, the oldest of whom, Jonathan Becnel, lives in New Orleans, and his wife of 45 years, Elizabeth Wilson Poe (Beth).

After earning his A.B. from Columbia College, his

A.M. from Cornell University, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University, Joe taught for two years at UT Austin and for one at UC Berkeley. In early September 1965, he arrived in New Orleans "with Hurricane Betsy" (as he put it) to begin what proved to be a distinguished 47-year career as a faculty member in the Classics Department at Tulane. He retired in 2012.

As a scholar, Joe was recognized internationally among Classicists for the breadth and originality of his work. He published important monographs and articles on Greek drama, Latin elegiac poetry, the Aeneid, Senecan tragedy, and Roman topography.

Joe's teaching style was exemplary of the "old school." He always wore a coat and tie when he taught and never called a student by their first name.

He painstakingly explained ablative absolutes, gerunds and gerundives, passive periphrastics, and futures less vivid as though such concepts really mattered, and to him they did. He was demanding but compassionate, serious but funny. He cultivated an atmosphere of mutual respect in the classroom, which made his students want to do their best.

When Joe married Beth on January 9, 1981, a new life began for both of them.

The first thing they did was to give themselves as a wedding present a tandem bicycle, which they used as their primary means of transportation for years, often pedaling from uptown New Orleans to the French Quarter and beyond.

Joe loved the times that he and Beth spent together in Europe, especially the thirty consecutive summers and two academic years that they lived in Göttingen, a university town in northern Germany, where he did some of his best research, heard and spoke German around the clock, and made lasting friendships.

During their summers abroad, they regularly set aside a week or two to make a road trip through southern France. With Joe driving and Beth navigating, it is remarkable that they reached any of their destinations. That said, their itinerary was flexible: they were simply on the lookout for the nearest town with a Romanesque church, a vineyard, a modest hotel with restaurant, and a population of fewer than nine hundred.

Again and again, Joe faced adversity with grace.

He was, arguably, the only person who, after Katrina, honestly enjoyed living in a FEMA trailer for eighteen months with his wife and two cats. He accepted with equanimity the irreversible physical and cognitive impairments caused by the strokes he suffered in the spring of 2017. Perhaps, most challenging for him, he did not lose hope in 2020, during the Pandemic, when for six months he was in isolation and separated from Beth.

Until the very end, Joe remained full of life and joy, in large measure because of the loving care he received from the nurses and CNAs at St. Anna's at Lambeth, where he was a resident for more than eight years. To everyone on the staff there, past and present, please know that Joe was grateful for all you did for him. Thanks to you, his dignity was never compromised.

There will be a memorial service for Joe at St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church, 1545 State Street, on Wednesday, June 10, at 2:00 PM, with visitation beforehand, from 12:30 to 1:45 PM. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Lambeth House Foundation, Second Harvest Food Bank, or a charity of your choice.

Rodriguez, Claire Drewes

Claire Drewes Ro‐ driguez, born on November 24, 1939, went to paradise on May 26, 2026. Claire was the loving and devoted wife of Albert J. Rodriguez ("Sonny") for 56 wonderful years. Together, they faith‐ fully served their commu‐ nity and were honored with the Saint Louis Medal‐ lion recognizing their dedi‐ cation and service to Saint Cecilia Catholic Church.

She was the cherished mother of Terri Rodriguez (the late Pat) and the late Michele Rodriguez (Keith).

Claire was the beloved daughter of the late Clay and Chetta Drewes and daughter-in-law of the late Edward and Mary Ro‐ driguez. She is survived by her brother, Clay Drewes (Stephanie), and was pre‐ ceded in death by her brother, Robert Drewes (Bonnie). Claire was a proud and loving grand‐ mother to Ashton, Kolbey (Bri), Kourtney (Harold), and Reece. She was also blessed to be the greatgrandmother of Khyri and Kaizen. She was a devoted aunt to Christopher (Sara), Casey (Bobby), Angela (Scott), and Amanda (Zach), and a loving greataunt to Caitlyn, Caroline, Claire, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Lucy, Ellie, and Jade. Claire was blessed with many whom she affectionately called "chosen children and grandchildren," includ‐ ing the Wilmer family, the Stauter family, Ava, Jamie and her children, Toby, Tammy, Wendy, Lori, Roynelle, Chris, Shawn, Candi, Dina and Harold, and Brittany. The family extends their gratitude to Anvoi Hospice and Omni Home Health for their care and support. In lieu of flowers, the family re‐ quests that Masses be of‐ fered in Claire's honor.

Family and friends are in‐ vited to attend funeral ser‐ vices on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at Garden of Mem‐ ories Funeral Home & Cemetery, 4900 Airline Drive, Metairie, Louisiana 70001. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by Mass at 12:00 p.m. Inter‐ ment will immediately fol‐ low.

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Plans for LNG terminal give La. vital stake in industry As Louisiana cements its position as a hub for liquefied natural gas, a key project got some good news last week after months of delay, largely due to political obstacles.

The nation’s first floating liquefied natural gas export terminal has secured the $5 billion in financing it needs to move forward, according to officials from Houston-based Delfin Midstream, the company that is building it off the coast of Cameron Parish. It would be the largest such facility in the world and exemplifies just how much the state’s pipeline infrastructure and expertise matter in this growing industry.

The project has been in the works for more than a decade, and it had been on the brink of success until the Biden administration in 2024 yanked the company’s export authorization and required it to apply for a new port license under pressure from activists seeking to stop new LNG projects. The ensuing moratorium on export permits only served to scare away investment in an industry that is becoming key to world energy supply.

We see now, with the war in Iran, that U.S. natural gas supplies are more in demand than ever, and that the security of the nation could one day depend on projects like these. But even before then, we argued that changing the rules on companies in the middle of massively expensive multi-year projects is fundamentally unfair.

One of the first things the Trump administration did upon taking office was lift the moratorium so projects like this one could move forward under rules previously established. However one feels about LNG, we feel companies have a right to expect a regulatory environment that doesn’t shift with each new political wind.

We have said that combating the effects of climate change is a worthy goal, and we urge the regulators to study and continue to monitor the impact these facilities will have on the environment. We know that some environmentalists are also concerned about the habitat of the endangered Rice’s whale, a species identified after this project got initial approval. However, we hope these issues can be addressed without stifling an entire industry.

There’s no question that Louisiana is at the center of an LNG boom that is likely to last well into the future. The Delfin project would be the fourth export terminal in our state and could ultimately produce up to 13.2 million tons annually. Louisiana LNG has already been crucial in helping to shore up supplies to Europe after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, when the Kremlin cut gas supplies to the continent in response to Western sanctions.

We are eager to see what the Delfin project will mean for jobs and investment along our coast. Louisiana has always occupied a unique place in the global energy supply chain, and we are amazed by the continued innovation and exploration that ensure our best days are ahead of us.

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Legislators set dangerous precedent with SB256

N.O. families paying price for broken power system

Greetings, fellow New Orleanians.

I invite you on a brief journey back in time to 1776, when Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” and argued that people should not be governed by distant rulers disconnected from their daily lives and interests.

While I am not proposing a revolution, I am encouraging New Orleanians to apply their own common sense to the Legislature’s recent passage of Senate Bill 256.

By passing SB256, the state used broad constitutional authority to override a legitimate local electoral outcome and diminish local democratic governance in Orleans Parish.

Apparently, this is what passes for “efficiency” under the Landry administration.

Common sense tells us that the people most affected by local government decisions should have the strongest voice in making them. Yet 25 Louisiana state senators and 63 state representatives, none of whom reside in Orleans Parish, chose to restructure the Orleans Parish Criminal Court despite the clear preferences of Orleans voters.

In New Orleans, a power outage is never just an inconvenience. It means families losing groceries they cannot afford to replace, seniors sitting in dangerous heat and parents trying to comfort children in dark homes while worrying about another rising utility bill. For many residents, unreliable electricity has become a normal part of life and that should alarm all of us.

As a participant in community conversations about energy and utility issues, I have listened to residents share the same frustration over and over again: We are paying more but receiving less. Bills continue to rise while outages become more frequent and recovery feels slower each year.

Working families are being forced to carry the financial burden of a system they have little control over.

New Orleans deserves a utility system that values people over profits.

City leaders and regulators must demand stronger accountability from Entergy and invest in long-term infrastructure that can withstand storms and extreme heat. Just as importantly, residents deserve a real seat at the table before decisions are made that affect our homes, finances, and safety.

This city is known for its resilience, but resilience should not mean accepting preventable hardship. Reliable electricity is not a luxury; it is a basic necessity. The people of New Orleans deserve leadership that treats it that way.

The issue is not whether the Legislature possessed the technical authority to act.

The issue is whether elected officials should use decades-old constitutional language to circumvent the will of the people of New Orleans simply because they can.

State Sen. Jay Morris, who does not live in New Orleans and does not meaningfully engage with Orleans Parish Criminal Court, authored legislation reshaping a local institution for residents he does not represent.

Legislators from across the state then imposed that decision on a parish whose voters had already spoken at the ballot box.

That should concern anyone who values democratic self-governance, regardless of political affiliation. If the state can selectively override local electoral outcomes whenever politically convenient, then local democracy exists only at the pleasure of the state Legislature.

Common sense should tell us that this is a dangerous precedent.

KELLEY COX GOODRICH New Orleans

Casino payout is prudent as city needs money now It’s important to understand that balancing the city budget is different from balancing our own budgets.

We think in dollars, but a city must operate with more than liquid assets and have a farther foresight in mind.

This is why the recently inked deal to get a payout now from the Caesars contract is a good idea. We need only look at the stock value of CZR to realize the lease in 2035 will cease long before that time with a little “Et tu, Caesar?”

We already know how. Rent payments will mysteriously stop showing up. Back rent will accumulate.

Warnings. Lawsuits.

A payout of $43 million to get out of that now, plus a hotel space to work with, is an investment in New Orleans’ future.

Of course, this will leave the current casino empty, but that is when city leaders and the Audubon Institute will see the potential for another family attraction to add at the foot of Canal Street. An idea: indoor,

edu-tainment themed specifically to Louisiana biomes and geographies.

The Children’s Museum is too far from downtown, and this theoretical space would skew older. Think a mini-Epcot, New Orleans-style, expanding the way Audubon uses its attractions to connect Louisiana to the rest of the world. Every time there is a local oil spill, the oil company “donates” an exhibit to LouisianaWorld.

There was a trend a decade ago with casinos taking out table games and adding slot machines because retirees did not like to socially gamble. They did not want to be spoken to.

As that generation passes, casinos are dealing with a reality where there is less to gamble with.

Margaritaville in Biloxi added an amusement park. The lease deal with TGP makes sense for New Orleans’ long-term financial vision.

CHUCK MARLOW New Orleans

ROBIN JORDAN New Orleans

A small tax on Mardi Gras beads could help cash-strapped city Talking about Mardi Gras cleanup with a friend, we agree it is amazing the great job the street cleaners do each day after the parades pass. It must cost the city a lot of money.

Since the city needs to watch its spending right now, we thought it might help the city if they added a small clean-up tax to all the beads and trinkets sold to the parade riders.

When things get better, the tax can be reviewed.

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COMMENTARY As Ukraine’s fortunes improve, it’s ‘zugzwang’ time for Putin Fifteen months ago, in an Oval Office tantrum that will live in infamy, President Donald Trump ordered Ukraine to surrender. He told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “You don’t have the cards.” He saw an incurable mismatch with Russia.

Was Ukraine a tulip confronting a bulldozer?

Some tulip. Overrated bulldozer.

Russia’s subsequent stumble was dramatized by precautions Ukraine George forced Vladimir Putin to Will take regarding Russia’s annual Victory Day. Usually the May 9 parade of military formations and hardware lasts much longer than this year’s 45 minutes. There were fewer men and machines because Moscow now lives with the threat of Ukrainian drones. Staging areas for the parade would have been inviting targets. In a splendid taunt, Zelensky announced that Ukraine would “permit” the parade by not targeting Red Square that day.

Putin’s limp recent assessment of the war was, “I believe the matter is coming to a close.” “The matter,” his “special military operation” to extinguish Ukrainian nationhood, began 51 months ago. He assumed it would require at most a few weeks.

So far this year, Russia has captured about 0.04% of Ukraine, and in April, Putin’s forces experienced a net loss of territory. By May, the Economist estimates, the human cost of more than 4 years of aggression has been about 3% of Russia’s prewar population of fighting-age men killed or wounded.

The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed a Russian in a Ukrainian prisoner of war camp. He is a former heroin addict jailed for drug-related crimes, released to be cannon (actually, drone) fodder. He was sent into battle even though as a result of previous combat he is missing part of his right

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arm and has two titanium plates in his skull. The Journal reported that “he and many in the Russian army think the war is a deliberate campaign to purge society of those on its lowest rungs, culling the downtrodden, the homeless, and the prison population.”

Many such soldiers are given minimal training because little is needed to prepare them for their (often brief) lives at the front. Small “infiltration groups” creep under artillery and drone attacks to, say, a building or a grove of trees they hope to hold until reinforcements reach them through Ukrainian attacks that saturate a “kill zone” 20 miles deep, an area so dangerous that sometimes Russians allow no more than two trucks to travel together.

Drones have made this 2026 war reminiscent of 1916, with a crucial difference concerning massed infantry. In 1916, the 41/2-month Battle of the Somme cost the British Empire 57,470 casualties on the first day. World War I ground on, indecisively; bloody stasis prevailed for two more years.

Today, micro-movements of Russian soldiers in Ukraine do not threaten to bring about a breakout from the stasis.

Russia can lose hundreds of its scarcest resource — fighting-age men — in weeks spent seizing patches of land the size of the National Mall.

Fear of assassination-by-drone has Putin reportedly spending much time in underground bunkers, sharply curtailing his former tempo of public appearances and avoiding his known residences.

In early May, a Ukrainian drone struck a high-rise building more than 3 miles from the Kremlin. Seventy percent of Russia’s population is within the 1,200-mile range of Ukraine’s drones.

In March, for the first time, Ukraine’s cross-border drone attacks were more numerous than Russia’s.

America’s April 1942 “Doolittle Raid” on Japan did negligible physical damage but shattered that nation’s sense of invulnerability, forcing resources to be diverted to defense. Ukrainian drones can do this daily.

Putin’s war has provoked the enlargement and strengthening of NATO, has accelerated the transformation of “Europe” from a merely geographic expression to a political fact, and has refuted his claim to Russia’s greatness.

The stresses on Russia’s economy and society — especially the ever-larger cohort of war-damaged men — have Putin’s sagging nation in what Alexandra Prokopenko (of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, writing in the Economist) calls “negative equilibrium”: “holding itself together while steadily destroying its own future capacity.”

A former senior Russian government official, writing anonymously for the Economist, says the war Russia started has reached a situation known in chess as “zugzwang,” when every move worsens the position. By the end of this year, two current unknowns might be known: how Putin might lash out in response to the pain of Ukraine’s military revival. And how Trump might lash out in response to the painful (to him) fact that, refuting his clairvoyance, Ukraine holds good and improving cards.

Email George Will at georgewill@ washpost.com.

Dems ruminate when they should be making hay It seemed to take forever, but the the president’s abuses of office.

Democratic National Committee finally This, as we approach the midterms, released its autopsy of its ill-fated 2024 provides a wealth of material for Demopresidential campaign. crats to highlight, especially as Trump’s It’s bitter medicine, my Dem friends, approval ratings sink on traditional but, as Momma used to say, take a Republican strong suits such as the spoonful, it’ll do you good. economy and foreign policy.

As midterm elections loom, and as “I don’t think about Americans’ finanthe party girds its loins for what will be cial situation,” the president told reporta millennial battle to retake the ers when commenting on his White House, Democrats would shockingly expensive own-goal do well to recall the great humorwar with Iran. “Not even a little bit.” ist Will Rogers’ assessment of Meanwhile, he is spending their 1924 convention, which is lavishly on a White House ballwidely remembered as the longest and “wildest” in the nation’s room/bunker and proposing a Clarence triumphal arch while ordinary history.

Page Although the Democrats that families struggle to afford health year initially saw opportunity insurance and pay their bills. in the division and corruption plaguing He’s making himself, his children and incumbent President Calvin Coolidge’s his cronies rich.

Republican Party, they soon realized With Republican lawmakers stuck on that their own coalition was even more Trump’s plantation, afraid to show their divided. faces to voters in their districts, this After 16 days and 103 ballots for the seems like an ideal time for Democrats presidential nomination, the delegates to make hay. in New York City’s Madison Square Yet, the thing about the Democrats is Garden settled on John W. Davis, a conthat first they have to have an embarservative lawyer and congressman from rassing public fight among themselves.

West Virginia — a supposed “comproWhich brings us to the “autopsy,” or mise candidate,” although he reportedly after-action report of the party’s shamsatisfied almost no one. bolic loss in the 2024 presidential elecAfter the chaotic convention, the tion. After months of hand-wringing, Democrats lost badly to Coolidge in the Democratic National Committee Chair 1924 presidential election under the Re- Ken Martin released the document, bizarrely in an incomplete draft form, publicans’ slogan “Coolidge or chaos.” marked up with comments in red type “Democrats never agree on anything, such as “Claim contradicts public rethat’s why they’re Democrats,” Rogers observed. “If they agreed with each porting” and “No sourcing provided.” other, they’d be Republicans.”

The mark-up comments read less like That sounds familiar in these times, as editorial interventions and more like most congressional Republicans caredismissals of a hostile brief. Martin said the report had been withheld because fully march in lock-step with President Donald Trump, even after his — and I do it was shoddily done. Having read an earlier version, I agree up to a point, mean “his” — Justice Department and although many of the cited problems aphis IRS concocted and later abandoned a taxpayer-financed $1.776 billion slush pear painfully obvious. fund.

Among them, party leaders underThis patent corruption does rankle estimated the perils of President Joe some Republicans. Yet given Trump’s Biden’s decision to run for a second recent displays of autocratic power term at age 81, despite widespread conwithin the party, by sponsoring the pricerns about his frailty.

His sudden departure after a faltermary defeats of GOP stalwarts such as Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and ing debate performance led to his quick Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, few congres- replacement by Vice President Kamala Harris, whom the Biden White House sional Republicans will utter anything did not “position or prepare” in a way resembling a discouraging word about

that would enable her to lead a winning campaign, according to the report.

Among other problems, her campaign, according to the autopsy, did not foresee or prepare for such dirty pool as the attacks that came against her previous support for taxpayer-funded genderaffirming surgeries for prison inmates. (”Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you.”)

Yes, as an old Chicago motto goes, “Politics ain’t beanbag.”

Rather than delve into the autopsy’s controversy, I’ll simply relate a few salient quotations: “Going negative works (especially if voters know you).”

“The male voter problem was solvable.” Male voters — especially those of color — respond to direct engagement, and that wasn’t achieved in 2024.

“Harris wrote off rural America, assuming urban/suburban margins would compensate.” They didn’t.

“Harris struggled with definition beyond ‘not Trump.’ “ “Irregular voters weren’t feeling it.”

These are swing voters, and in too many states they went for Trump.

“The enthusiasm gap was predictable.”

Rather than wallow in factional recriminations about past failures, Democrats should accentuate the positive.

Through his many misdeeds, Trump has set the table for Democrats to present a new vision for government, one that could usher them to a historical mandate.

There’s a widespread fear that the next two elections will decide whether, to paraphrase Lincoln, government of, by and for the people will perish from the earth. But merely declaiming this to voters won’t automatically produce the desired result.

Voters need to see the party’s vision and recognize it as a direction they wish to go.

Democrats have formulated such a vision before and sold it, even spectacularly, to the electorate. Now, with everything on the line, they have to get real, get unified and get to work.

Email Clarence Page at clarence47page@gmail.com.

Sonny Rollins knew not to die young How is it that the “Saxophone Colossus” Sonny Rollins lived to 95? Aren’t jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages? Actually, that’s a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed.

It’s true that Bix Beiderbecke, king of the cornet, was gone at 28, Charlie Parker at 34, Dinah Washington at 39, John Coltrane at 40. Billie Holiday made it to 44 — not young, but an age that should have been before her time.

Some musicians, classical and rock, as well as jazz, Froma Harrop reach especially advanced ages. The music stimulates their mind, connects them with others and lowers stress. Importantly, performing is also a physical workout.

Watch the virtuosi sweat.

Tony Bennett passed at 96, having sung only 23 months earlier (with Lady Gaga).

Though the performances were billed as “One Last Time,” Bennett seemed in fine form.

The early deaths were usually tied to addictions. Biedernecke was an alcoholic.

Washington was cut down by abuse of prescription drugs. Parker, Coltrane and Holiday suffered multiple addictions.

How did Walter Theodore Rollins escape?

Born in Harlem, Rollins took some wrong turns. At 21, he helped rob a tobacco store and did time in jail. And he got hooked on heroin. But at around age 24, Rollins put himself into the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, and broke the habit.

Also called the Lexington Narcotic Farm, the facility was both a prison and hospital for addicts. Numerous musicians and artists passed through. Relapses were common, but Rollins was not among them.

From then on, Rollins committed himself to staying sober and healthy, spiritually and physically. He got into yoga and meditation, which he practiced religiously. Many a recovering alcoholic know their power.

It is a falsehood, as Rollins demonstrated, that getting high feeds creativity. A year after leaving “Lexington,” as musicians called the hospital, Rollins recorded his seminal album, “Saxophone Colossus.”

From there, he built his legacy as an improvisational genius.

Rollins was not alone among other jazz greats who lived well into their 90s. They include Eubie Blake (96), Marian McPartland and Benny Carter (95), Lionel Hampton and Bucky Pizzarelli (94).

The list of rock musicians perishing in their 20s and 30s from drug abuse is voluminous: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison and Amy Winehouse all died at 27. Sid Vicious didn’t make it past 21. But Mick Jagger still performs at 82.

Let’s not overstate the extent to which mind-altering substances spur creativity by relaxing the brain and freeing up associations. Researchers find that novel thoughts do not necessarily lead to good art.

I recall attending a memorial service for Horace Silver, the master of hard bop, who had died at the respectably ripe age of 85.

The son of a Cape Verdean immigrant, Silver started life with scoliosis among other physical burdens. But he used those challenges to pursue a life dedicated to family, spirit and healthy eating. He had cut down touring to spend more time with his wife and son. It’s all there in his autobiography, “Let’s Get to the Nitty Gritty.”

When the service ended, young jazz musicians filled the church with Silver’s gospel-flavored, Brazilian-inspired sounds.

(Steely Dan borrowed heavily from Silver for their opening of “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.”)

Like Rollins, Silver lacked nothing in creativity and didn’t regard self-destruction as the price for producing original sounds.

Starting in 1959, Rollins “disappeared” for a while to work on his art. He would practice for hours on New York’s Williamsburg Bridge.

He emerged three years later with an album called “The Bridge.” And as a bonus, he had 64 years left to make more music.

Rollins knew that great artists didn’t have to die young.

Froma Harrop on X, @FromaHarrop. She can be reached at fharrop@gmail.com.

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ST. CHARLES PARISH

Alligator attacks fleeing driver

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

A motorist believed to be driving while under the influence was attacked by an alligator after he leapt into the swamp below Interstate 310 in St. Charles Parish to avoid arrest, according to the Louisiana State Police.

Victor Rivas, 40, of Montz, was eventually taken into custody after suffering injuries to both arms, according to authorities.

State Police were notified Sunday about a Toyota Supra that was driving recklessly on Interstate 10 near Bonnabel Boulevard in Metairie, authorities said. The car hit a concrete barrier, causing a

tire blowout.

Troopers began searching the area for the vehicle and later spotted the car driving south on I-310, State Police said. They conducted a traffic stop and identified Rivas as the Supra’s driver.

The troopers speaking to Rivas observed signs of impairment, according to officials. Rivas then took off running on the elevated interstate before hopping over the side of the highway and plummeting to the swamp below.

Deputies from the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office joined the search for Rivas. They found him later walking on Airline Highway, according to State Police.

Rivas waded back into the nearby swamp, where he was attacked by an alligator, State Police said. Although injured, Rivas continued to flee from authorities.

State Police and the Sheriff’s Office finally found him using a drone. He was taken to a hospital for treatment before being booked in St. Charles Parish on counts of DWI and resisting an officer.

Rivas is also wanted on a warrant out of Jefferson Parish for hit-and-run driving and careless operation of a vehicle, State Police said.

Rivas was being held Monday at the Nelson Coleman Correctional Center in Killona with bail set at $17,500.

NOPD divers search for victim Man jumped into lake, did not resurface, reports say

BY MARTHA SANCHEZ Staff writer

The New Orleans Police Department raced on Monday to find a missing swimmer who authorities said jumped into Lake Pontchartrain on Sunday afternoon and did not resurface.

The man, who police have not named, is an adult from Mexico, NOPD Special Operations Division Captain Preston Bax Jr. said. The missing swimmer and another man jumped into the lake just before 3:20 p.m.

Sunday and began racing each other in the water, according to Bax. “We’re going to search until we find him,” Bax said at a news conference on Monday in the 1800 block of

Lakeshore Drive, near the Orleans Avenue Canal, as a dive team scoured the water nearby.

NOPD officers, dive team members, a police drone pilot and the U.S. Coast Guard began searching the area on Sunday after receiving a report of an apparent drowning.

The sighting of a roughly 15-foot alligator in the area forced the NOPD to temporarily suspend search efforts, which resumed by Monday afternoon, Bax said.

He said the investigation remained open on Monday and could not confirm if the alligator attacked the swimmer.

The NOPD is using sonar equipment, among other measures, to conduct an “extensive” search, Bax added.

Khalil Awogboro, 19, who arrived at the lakefront before the incident to fish, said on Sunday that he saw a group of men gathered near the canal. Two men in the group jumped into the water and began swimming

until one of them began to struggle, he said.

“He was swimming slower and slower,” Awogboro said Sunday.

The other men in the group who stayed on shore said they were traveling from Pennsylvania to Texas for work, Awogboro added.

He said several of the men tried to help the drowning man but came out of the water coughing.

The incident followed another possible drowning incident on Friday, when the NOPD and the New Orleans Fire Department recovered a body found floating in the lake near the 8000 block of Lakeshore Drive near West End. Staff writer Jerry DiColo contributed reporting.

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Sorsby ruling calls for radical response One thing was made abundantly clear Tuesday by Judge Ken Curry’s completely myopic decision Monday to grant a temporary injunction allowing Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play this season: Rules no longer apply.

The one true red line in sports — you can’t bet on sports, much less on your own team — was obliterated by Curry, Texas Tech and Sorsby’s too-clever-byhalf legal team. The fact that Sorsby placed thousands of bets totalScott ing about $90,000 over Rabalais four years on college and pro sports — including 40 bets on Indiana football when he was on the team there as a freshman (never mind that he was underage at the time) — means nothing.

He has a problem, the judge reckoned. A gambling problem. And he will apparently pay a “price” for it, according to Curry’s ruling, forced to sit out Texas Tech’s first two games against Abilene Christian and Oregon State.

No offense to those two programs, but I could probably quarterback Texas Tech to a 2-0 record against them.

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Quarterback Brendan Sorsby was granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA. It could clear the way for him to play for Texas Tech this fall, even after being declared ineligible for sports betting.

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Top-seeded Loyola celebrates after defeating No. 2 Talladega (Ala.) 71-56 in the NAIA championship game on March 22, 2022, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The Wolf Pack is leaving the NAIA to join NCAA Division II starting in the fall of 2027.

CHANGING PACKS

Loyola of N.O. becoming state’s only Division II school a ‘no-brainer’ Tuesday is a landmark day for Loyola University of New Orleans.

It’s graduation day for the Wolf Pack athletic program.

Loyola is leaving the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks, where it will compete as a member of the Gulf South Conference starting in the fall of 2027.

Loyola officials formally will announce the move at an on-campus news conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Jeff “This is a transformative moment for Loyola Duncan University New Orleans and for Wolf Pack athletics,” Loyola president Xavier Cole said during an interview Friday in his Marquette Hall office. “This move reflects our institutional growth and the direction we are heading as a university.”

While the news might not lead SportsCenter, it’s significant for Loyola, which has competed at the NAIA level since 1991.

In becoming the only NCAA Division II school in the state of Louisiana, Loyola will return to its athletic roots. The Wolf Pack last competed at the NCAA level more than a halfcentury ago. Loyola was an independent NCAA member for 51 years before the school dropped athletics in 1972 because of financial reasons.

The decision ends nearly a year of studying and planning since Gulf South officials first approached Loyola athletic director Brett Simpson about the move in August.

The seven-member expansion committee unanimously endorsed Loyola as the league’s 13th member after meeting with school officials and conducting a site visit to evaluate the school’s athletic facilities in April. The Gulf South Conference presidents council approved Loyola’s membership in late May.

COURTESy OF LOyOLA UNIVERSITy

Loyola competed at the NCAA level as an independent from 1921 to 1972. Loyola has competed at the NAIA level since reinstating sports in 1991 and will soon move up to Division II. “(The GSC expansion committee) left here saying this is a no-brainer,” Simpson said.

Loyola will compete in the NAIA for a final season in 202627 and begin the NCAA membership process by formally applying for membership in October. Pending successful completion of the NCAA’s two-year provisional membership

Squeaky bum time?

Learn soccer’s colorful language

With ‘dream’ win, Korda shows she’s at top of game

BY DOUG FERGUSON

Associated Press

Nelly Korda already had established herself as the best in women’s golf without argument.

She has beaten all but nine players in eight tournaments this year. Only once has she not played in the final group on Sunday. All she was lacking was the biggest championship on her calendar. The U.S. Women’s Open is what inspired her from the time she first played in it at age 14.

“That’s where my dream started,” she said.

The pressure was never greater than Sunday at century-old Riviera Country Club when Korda had to chip and putt and grind to win the major she wanted more than all the others.

Korda is the first player since Inbee Park in 2013 to capture the first two legs of the calendar Grand Slam, and there are signs this could be the start of something special.

Park played with masterful control and sublime putting. She didn’t overwhelm with style points. She won with

remarkable efficiency.

Korda is more reminiscent of the previous player in pursuit of a Grand Slam, Annika Sorenstam in 2005, who won the first two majors by a combined 11 shots. Sorenstam was halfway home to a Grand Slam and miles ahead of everyone else.

Right now, no one is close to Korda.

The next major is three weeks away, the Women’s PGA Championship, at Hazeltine National outside Minneapolis. It’s a big ballpark, perfectly suited for the 27-year-old American star whose swing is the envy of most every golfer.

The last time the Women’s PGA was at Hazeltine was in 2019. Korda was in her third year on the LPGA Tour with three career wins. She finished three shots behind.

Korda won her first major this year at the Chevron Championship in Houston, another big course, with a dominance not seen at an LPGA major in 35 years. She led the final 57 holes and was ahead by eight shots at one

ä See LOYOLA, page 5C

BY STEVE DOUGLAS AP sportswriter

In squeaky bum time, the false 9 pulled off a nutmeg and scored a worldie in the top bin.

Make any sense?

Soccer fans from across the globe are heading to North America for the World Cup — and bringing with them their own vocabulary to describe the beautiful game.

Here’s a look at some of the phrases the locals might be hearing from traveling supporters inside and outside stadiums, and where they might have originated.

Squeaky bum time

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Nelly Korda reacts after winning the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday in the Pacific ä See KORDA, page 5C Palisades area of Los Angeles.

Let’s paint a picture: It’s the World Cup final, and Argentina and Brazil are locked at 1-1 with five minutes remaining. We are officially in “squeaky bum time.” Coined by former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, the phrase describes the late stages of a match — or even a season or tournament — when players and fans get tense and nervous. It even got recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary, which defined the saying as “a

ä See SOCCER, page 4C

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Hawks reward coach Snyder with contract extension

The Atlanta Hawks extended coach Quin Snyder’s contract on Monday.

Details of the multi-year extension were not disclosed in the team’s announcement.

Snyder led the Hawks to a 46-36 regular-season record and the franchise’s first outright playoff berth since the 2020-21 season.

Snyder surpassed 500 career wins in March amid an impressive posttrade deadline surge, becoming the 41st coach in NBA history to reach the milestone. Atlanta’s 46 wins were the most since the 2015-16 season.

It’s Snyder’s second contract extension with the Hawks since joining the franchise during the 2022-23 season. The move comes shortly after the Hawks promoted Onsi Saleh to president of basketball operations.

Mariners place Crawford on IL with hand contusion

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Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal winds up to throw for the West Michigan Whitecaps against the Dayton Dragons in Comstock Park, Mich., on Sunday.

Judge out, but Skubal on way back

BY NOAH TRISTER AP baseball writer

The reigning MVP and Cy Young Award winners in the American League are both on the injured list.

One is on his way back, the other went on the IL just in the last few days.

Aaron Judge has a stress fracture in a rib that will keep the slugging outfielder out of the lineup for the New York Yankees for a while. The Detroit Tigers have been without ace Tarik Skubal for over a month, but he threw five innings in a rehab appearance for Class A West Michigan on Sunday.

Even though Skubal might be back soon, you’d rather be the Yankees than the Tigers right now. New York has taken advantage of a Tampa Bay slump and now trails the Rays by percentage points atop the AL

East. Detroit, meanwhile, is 12 games under .500. The amount of mediocrity in the AL means the Tigers are by no means out of postseason contention, but they are tied for last in the AL Central even after winning five of their last six.

The last time Skubal pitched was April 29. Since then, Detroit is 12-23.

Judge has played at least 148 games in four of his last five seasons. The one time he didn’t — 2023 — the Yankees missed the playoffs. They’ve lost three of their last five without him this month.

While Yankees and Tigers fans anxiously await the chance to watch Judge and Skubal again, here are a few other significant injuries that could affect postseason races: Cal Raleigh, Mariners. After his 60-homer season last year, Raleigh is batting just .161 with

seven home runs in 2026, and he’s been out since May 13 because of a right oblique strain.

Raleigh has been doing pregame work but will likely need a rehab assignment before returning. Seattle still leads a weak AL West without him.

Elly De La Cruz, Reds. The star shortstop went on the IL last Monday with a right hamstring strain. The timeline to return was 2-4 weeks. Cincinnati is in last place in the NL Central but just 2½ games out of a wild card.

Francisco Lindor, Mets. New York’s shortstop is out with a left calf strain and hasn’t played since April 22. The Mets have been better of late but are still five games out of a wild card.

gle Monday night in a 10-9 win over Tampa Bay.

Comeback of the week

Houston scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat Pittsburgh 11-9 on Wednesday night. The Astros trailed 8-3 in the seventh.

Isaac Paredes hit a two-run homer for Houston in the seventh, but with the score 9-5 in the eighth, Pittsburgh’s win probability was up to 98.1% — according to Baseball Savant — after the first two Houston batters struck out.

Then the decisive rally began: Nick Allen and Christian Vázquez hit back-to-back doubles. After Jeremy Peña walked, Yordan Alvarez and Christian Walker hit consecutive RBI singles. The tying run Performance of the week then came home on a wild pitch Detroit’s Dillon Dingler hit before Cam Smith hit a two-run two homers, a double and a sin- triple to put Houston ahead.

BALTIMORE — The Seattle Mariners placed shortstop J.P. Crawford on the 10-day injured list with a right hand contusion and recalled infielder Ryan Bliss from Triple-A Tacoma before Monday night’s series opener against the Baltimore Orioles.

Detroit starter Framber Valdez hit Crawford in the third inning of Friday’s game, and the 31-year-old missed the final two games of the series against the Tigers. The IL move is retroactive to Saturday.

Crawford is hitting .228 with 23 RBIs in 55 games, and his 10 home runs are already the third most in his career.

Seattle manager Dan Wilson said it was hard to know how long Crawford would need on the injured list.

Crawford will remain with the Mariners and receive treatment.

Orioles place Bassitt on IL, recall Gibson to start

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles placed right-hander Chris Bassitt on the 15-day injured list retroactive to Friday with low back discomfort and recalled Trey Gibson from Triple-A Norfolk to take Bassitt’s place in the rotation Monday night against the Seattle Mariners.

Bassitt, who is 4-4 with a 5.27 ERA in his first season with Baltimore, gave up three runs in three innings in his last start Wednesday at Boston. Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters afterward that Bassitt had lower back tightness.

The 37-year-old signed a oneyear, $18.5 million deal with Baltimore in February and shares the team lead in victories.

Hocevar accused of ‘creating a lot of enemies’ Federer to return to U.S.

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brings. He’s got a hat to wear, and he wears it well. He doesn’t seem interested in changing, and I don’t want him to change.”

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Carson Hocevar sat on the Michigan International Speedway pit wall with a blank look and calmly waited as Bubba Wallace laid into him with an animated lecture.

As Wallace did nearly all the talking, Hocevar nodded and offered a few smiles. The one-sided conversation ended with Hocevar patting Wallace on the shoulder — defusing the tension while offering little remorse.

The third-year Cup Series driver, whose aggression has earned him the nickname of “The Hurricane” in rubbing the NASCAR establishment the wrong way, left a trail of wreckage in his wake Sunday at Michigan.

With a fifth place in the No. 77 Chevrolet, the Portage, Michigan, native earned his best career Cup finish at his home-state track. He also triggered a nine-car crash on a midrace restart by bumping John Hunter Nemechek as the cars ahead of him were slowing down.

“I was like, ‘Man, I didn’t mean to do that,’ ” Hocevar said. “I obviously feel bad that I wrecked them and everything, but my intention wasn’t to wreck anybody, really. So next time I’ll know what to do a little differently.”

Many of his peers believe the Spire Motorsports driver should be doing everything differently.

“Well, you can count on Hocevar to always do dumb (stuff),” Nemechek radioed his team. Josh Berry jokingly referred to Hocevar as “The Intimidator,” the moniker of seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt.

“I hope at some point (Hocevar) figures it out, but I know I’m not going to show anything to him for

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Carson Hocevar drives during a NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., on Sunday. a long time,” said Austin Dillon, who finished 36th after his No. 3 Chevy was trashed in the wreck.

In their pit-wall discussion, Wallace told Hocevar he was jealous of his speed.

“He’s one of the fastest in the field, and that’s his natural ability,” Wallace said. “I’ve got to give respect to it. But at the same time, Kevin Harvick told me four or five years ago, ‘Stop hitting (stuff), and your finishes will show.’ And that’s what I simply tried to tell (Hocevar), man. He’s going for every move, every second. Not worth it.

“He’s creating a lot of enemies. I just told him, ’You’re fast. A lot of us are jealous of what you’re able to do. But we’re beating you because we can put a race together better than you.”

The 23-year-old upstart did show some acquiescence toward the end of the race when he waved by the faster cars of Wallace, Erik Jones and Kyle Larson.

But there’s an incentive to stick to his hard-charging ways.

It’s a NASCAR rite of passage for the old guard to scold young stars who threaten their results, and it’s been effective in blunting their progress. Three years ago, Ross Chastain dramatically tailed off after being targeted for scorn from several veterans who tangled with him.

If he shows restraint, Hocevar might lose his grip on a top-16 spot in the Chase (he is ranked seventh with 11 races left in the regular season). Yet his recalcitrance also runs the risk of costly retribution.

Amazon Prime analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes Hocevar should stay the course for his own good — and for NASCAR, which thrives on colorful personalities and rivalries.

“I don’t want him to really change what he’s doing,” Earnhardt said of Hocevar on the postrace show. “As a fan and as a broadcaster, what he did today made this race unique. If he cleans it up, I’m not sure I’m going to like what I’m going to see.

I kind of like the drama that he

With his second consecutive victory and third this season, Denny Hamlin now trails Tyler Reddick by only 51 points, chopping 78 points off the margin in the past three seasons. Team owner Joe Gibbs is still hoping Hamlin will reconsider his decision to retire from full-time driving after the 2027 season.

Hamlin left the door slightly open (“I told (Gibbs) just check with me in six months”) but said he wants to go out on top before his skills diminish.

“I feel as though there’s three things that happen,” Hamlin said.

“You lose your eyesight. You lose your reaction. And your body hurts. The body hurts are there during the week. I’m not recovering as quick. But the other two things are still sharp. So I want to go out like this.”

In-Season Challenge Sunday at Pocono Raceway will set the field for the second year of the In-Season Challenge. The top 32 drivers in the points standings will complete for $1 million in a bracket-style tournament contested over five races (Sonoma Raceway, Chicagoland Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway).

Connor Zilisch is unlikely to be eligible. The Trackhouse Racing rookie is ranked 34th in the standings (two spots behind Alex Bowman, who missed four races) after becoming the sixth driver in NASCAR history with three consecutive last-place finishes.

Open for exhibition event

NEW YORK — Roger Federer will play in an exhibition at the U.S. Open this year, returning to the Grand Slam tournament that he is the only player to win five consecutive times.

Days before being enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Federer will play in New York on Aug. 25. The event, titled “Roger Federer: An Icon Returns to New York,” also will include Andy Roddick, John McEnroe and Andre Agassi. It was announced Monday by the U.S. Tennis Association.

Roddick won the 2003 U.S. Open, the year before Federer started dominating the event. He won every one from 2004-08 as part of his 20 Grand Slam singles titles.

Federer last played the U.S. Open in 2019.

Falcons quarterback Penix progressing in ACL rehab

Atlanta Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski says quarterback Michael Penix Jr. is hitting every milestone in his post-ACL surgery rehab.

Penix Jr. missed organized team activities with a scheduled rest day on Monday.

Stefanski didn’t have an exact timetable for Penix’s return, but he said the No. 8 pick in the 2024 draft out of Washington is getting closer to participation in 11-on-11 drills.

“He’s hitting every milestone that he’s supposed to hit,” Stefanski said.

In two seasons with the Falcons, Penix made 12 starts and threw for 2,757 yards, 12 touchdowns and six interceptions. He led the Falcons to a 3-6 record in 2025 before sustaining a season-ending ACL tear in November.

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the Premier League. In his most recent role in charge of the Orlando City SC, the club achieved player availability rates of 94% in 2022 and 97% in 2023. The club also has a 100% return-to-play rate after injury and surgery.

Sharpe’s most recent job was as director of health care and sports performance for the Charlotte Hornets from 2018-24.

Before that, he spent six years as the head trainer for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He’s also worked with the then-Charlotte Bobcats, the Minnesota Timberwolves and on the college level at UConn. He’s also worked with USA Basketball, including the gold medal teams in 2012 and 2016.

Sharpe replaces Tom Maystadt, who was let go by the Pelicans in April.

The Pelicans hired Kurt Joseph in April as strength and conditioning coach.

Dumars gave his assessment of how he thought the Pelicans did this past season with injuries.

“The main thing is you want to get players healthy and on the court and for the most part, we did,” Dumars said in April. ”I thought early on it was a little bit shaky. We had a lot of injuries and a lot of guys out. But I thought as the season went on, we got better. When you’re sitting there at practice and shootaround and staff are coming over and telling you what’s going on with different guys and their availability, that’s how you judge this. You judge it obviously on the process too and how you try to get guys back on the court.

But availability, as you know in today’s NBA, is more critical than ever before.”

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The injury bug didn’t bite the New Orleans Pelicans this season quite like it did the season before.

Zion Williamson, whose career has been plagued by injuries, played in 62 games. That’s the second most he’s played in his career.

Rookie guard Jeremiah Fears played in all 82 games, becoming the first Pelicans player to do that since Jonas Valanciunas in the 2023-24 season. Fellow rookie Derik Queen played in 81 games. Despite some of those small victories, the Pelicans are continuing to try to improve in that area.

The Pels announced Monday they are hiring David Cosgrave as vice president of health and performance, and Joe Sharpe as head athletic trainer.

“David Cosgrave and Joe Sharpe bring a level of professionalism and experience that immediately strengthens our organization and supports our commitment to build a fully integrated, best-in-class medical and performance team,” Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said in a statement. “Both have demonstrated throughout their careers a disciplined approach and strong attention to detail that aligns with the standards we value. Their ability to execute at a high level will have a tremendous impact on our dayto-day operations and long-term success.”

Both of the new additions have over 20 years of experience in the field.

Cosgrave, who will oversee all areas of health, sports medicine and performance for the Peli- Email Rod Walker at cans, spent 12 years working in rwalker@theadvocate.com.

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A New york Knicks fan gestures outside of Madison Square Garden ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals in New york on Monday.

Knicks fever sweeps New York for Game 3 of finals vs. Spurs

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NEW YORK — Inside Madison Square Garden, Spike Lee wore a Knicks jersey with Pope Leo’s name on the back. On the concourse and the street, fans in blue and orange cheered and chanted. Watch parties sprung up all over the city, including one at a Brooklyn funeral home.

Knicks fever reached a new peak Monday night, with New York hosting Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Shouts of “Let’s go Knicks!” and “Knicks in four!” were heard throughout midtown Manhattan, with spirits up even as tight security measures for the presence of President Donald Trump caused hours-long lines to get in.

With the Knicks in the finals for the first time since 1999 and leading the best-of-seven series 2-0, their first home game this round was a hot ticket. The getin price exceeded the average cost of rent in the biggest U.S. city.

“This is my son here, so taking him to the finals, you can’t really put a price on the experience,” said Greg Weldon, who flew in from Florida to attend a finals game as he did when New York won it all in 1970 and ‘73.

“It’s like that commercial: The tickets, ridiculous; the hassle getting in, ridiculous — the experience, priceless.”

The cheapest upper-deck seats available were going for over $5,000 on resale platforms like StubHub, SeatGeek and VividSeats. The experience of being courtside goes for more than $75,000.

“I don’t care who you are, that’s a lot of money for a ticket,” said guard Jose Alvarado, a New York native who was planning a viewing party in Brooklyn and pointed out his Queens high school also is hosting one.

“People that could afford it, we’re grateful with them coming out, and it just shows you our team is really special and we’re doing something here that hasn’t been done in a long time.”

The Knicks were two victories from their first championship

since ‘73, and the hoopla for Game 3 included the anticipated appearances of Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Trump’s presence led to the cancellation of a planned watch party outside the arena, where fans have gathered throughout this playoff run that has included a 13-game winning streak.

“Hope has been brought back to the city,” center Karl-Anthony Towns said. Teammate Josh Hart said “it’s going to be rocking” but lamented the high cost just to get into The Garden.

No team has gone up 2-0 in the NBA Finals on the road and not won the series.

“They win this game, it’s kind of over, so this is the game to be at,” Weldon said.

The possibility of a sweep drove ticket prices up to over $10,000 apiece over the weekend, and the price is about the same for an if-necessary Game 6.

Fewer than 20,000 people will get the opportunity to attend each night. Alvarado knows far more will be watching on television all over.

single night you have to bring it,” Clark said as her team sits at 5-5. “Everybody’s going to come to compete and everybody knows your job’s on the line.”

The two expansion team’s success has led to more parity in the league, which is celebrating its 30th season. Minnesota is leading the way, but the Lynx already have two losses. Last season the Lynx and Liberty both started 9-0. Four teams are within two games of the Lynx atop the standings.

At the other end of the spectrum, Phoenix, Seattle and Connecticut have been struggling.

While the Storm and Sun were definitely in rebuilding mode this year, the Mercury were coming off a trip to the WNBA Finals.

They hit a rough spot early on, dropping six consecutive games after an opening-game rout of the Las Vegas Aces. Phoenix has won its past two games.

ington followed the Tempo. Phoenix, Chicago, Seattle and Connecticut rounded out the poll.

Source: Kansas City Toronto, Portland are middle of the set to bring back pack a month into WNBA expansion cornerback Sneed

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The Kansas City Star (TNS) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs are signing cornerback L’Jarius Sneed, a source told The Kansas City Star.

Sneed, 29, originally entered the league as a fourth-round pick by the Chiefs in the 2020 NFL Draft. Sneed was a critical part of the team’s defense during Kansas City’s Super Bowl LVII and Super Bowl LVIII championship runs.

During the 2024 offseason, Kansas City traded Sneed to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick and swap of 2024 seventhround picks. The Titans then signed him to a lucrative fouryear contract, but injuries limited him to two seasons in Tennessee before his release in March.

The Chiefs’ decision to sign Sneed indicates they were comfortable with his medical evaluation during his visit last week. Sneed dealt with an ailing knee late in his Chiefs tenure.

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headlines away from football this offseason. In May, Sneed’s attorney, Michael J. Todd, told ESPN that all criminal charges related to a December 2024 incident had been dropped.

Sneed at one point was charged with aggravated assault, and the charge was later reduced to a misdemeanor offense of a failure to report a felony before being dropped, reports said.

Given the offseason departures of Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson, Kansas City was in need of another cornerback — even with the additions of rookie first-round pick Mansoor Delane, rookie fourthround pick Jadon Canady and veterans Kaiir Elam and Kader Kohou.

Over 54 regular-season appearance in Kansas City from 2020-23, Sneed compiled 303 tackles, 40 passes defensed and 10 interceptions.

If he can stay on the field, Sneed offers familiarity with Steve Spagnuolo’s system and the inside-outside versatility Spagnuolo covets in defensive backs.

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A month into the WNBA season and there has been a strong effort from the two new expansion teams in Toronto and Portland.

Building off the success of Golden State last season as an expansion franchise, the two new teams are in the middle of the standings. Portland (6-7) pulled off wins over title contender New York and Indiana. Toronto (6-5) has beaten Los Angeles.

“I think it’s the best thing for the game, the parity and how talented rosters are,” Indiana guard Caitlin Clark said before the Fever lost to New York on Saturday.

“The coaches are really good, they’re finding ways to get the best out of their players.”

Each team went a different route to build their franchise with the Tempo going with a solid backcourt through free agency with Brittney Sykes and Marina Mabrey.

The Fire used the expansion draft to solidify their foundation with Bridget Carleton, Emily Engstler and Megan Gustafson.

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Power poll rankings Minnesota was an unanimous choice at the No. 1 spot in the AP power poll this week. The Lynx were followed by Las Vegas and Dallas. Atlanta, New York and Golden State were next. Indiana was seventh with Toronto eighth.

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Player of the week Olivia Miles of Minnesota was the AP player of the week. The rookie guard averaged 22 points, 7.7 assists and 3.7 rebounds to help the Lynx win all three of their games last week. She’s having a stellar first season for Minnesota, helping the team to the best record in the league so far. The No. 2 pick in the WNBA draft is averaging 17.2 points, 6.4 assists and 5.0 rebounds on the season. Other players receiving votes included Paige Bueckers of Dallas, Breanna Stewart of New York and A’ja Wilson of Las Vegas.

Game of the week Minnesota at Las Vegas, Saturday. The chance to represent the Western Conference in the Commissioner’s Cup championship could be at stake when these two teams meet. They both haven’t lost yet in Cup play. The two teams have combined to represent the Western Conference the past four seasons with the Aces winning the title in 2022 and the Lynx in 2024. Minnesota lost to Indiana last season.

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Fan fests extend the Fans greet U.S. team at its training base World Cup experience

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If those expensive tickets to World Cup matches are out of reach, there are still options to commune with fellow fans while watching the games.

From a floating pitch to Motley Crue, the World Cup fan festivals have something for everyone in addition to the soccer.

As is the custom for the World Cup, the 16 cities across Canada, Mexico and the United States that are hosting games will all have fan fests, or fan zones. The Associated Press counted 78 fan fests sanctioned by the FIFA host city organizing committees.

But there are many more. About 20 Major League Soccer teams are hosting events tied to the World Cup, with other teams partnering with the host city fan fests.

These are designated areas, often in parks and public squares, where fans can watch the games, enjoy food and beverages, take in some entertainment and buy official merch. It’s also a chance for cities to showcase local culture.

But this World Cup is unlike any of the previous versions. There are 48 teams, which means there are more games spread out over a longer timeline. Cities are already stretched thin by economic stressors like inflation and gas prices.

While cities got some federal dollars for the World Cup, those funds have not covered all the costs. As a result, some of the festivals are cutting back days of operation, and others are charging for tickets, guaranteed admission, seats or elevated experiences — like cabanas in the Houston heat.

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Fans celebrate during the announcement of the United States men’s national soccer team roster on May 26 in New york, ahead of the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament.

Eschewing fees in Toronto

Concerns over costs to cities caused Toronto to float a plan to charge $10 for entry to the official fan fest scheduled for Fort York and the Bentway. But there was outcry.

Now 16,000 tickets a day will be free, but nearly 4,000 premium tickets will also be sold. Organizers said the charge was necessary to prevent overcrowding and make sure the events didn’t go over budget.

“Toronto residents already paid $180 million to host the games, and tickets to the stadium are cost prohibitive for most people,” Josh Matlow, a Toronto city councilor, said on social media. “At the very least, an event that was promised to residents, no matter their means, so that everyMamdani, Hochul join in one can be part of the World Cup, will In an effort to make sure the people be free and accessible to all.” of New York “don’t feel overlooked,” Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Big city sprawl fests City Mayor Zohran Mamdani anThe larger cities presented a nounced free fan fests in each of the challenge for the hosts, so rather city’s five boroughs. There is also a than one fan fest, there are many.

In Los Angeles, a large fan fesfan fest planned for Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey. tival will open the World Cup at MetLife Stadium in East Ruth- the L.A. Coliseum from June 11erford, New Jersey, which will be 14, with tickets available at $10 dubbed New York New Jersey Sta- apiece. Then there will be 10 other dium during the World Cup, will host free fan fests scattered througheight matches, including the final. out the region, from Burbank to “Every fan should be able to Venice Beach, on varied dates watch the greatest tournament on throughout the tournament.

The San Francisco Bay Area optearth without dipping into their savings,” Mamdani said. ed for a more grass-roots approach, where it partnered with different

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Continued from page 1C reference to the sound of someone shifting restlessly on plastic seating during tense closing stages of a contest.”

Parking the bus This is nothing to do with a journey to the stadium. Instead, you’re likely to hear this when a big underdog comes up against a top team at the World Cup. If an inferior team — or maybe one which has had a player sent off — shows no attacking intent and plays ultra-defensively to stop its opponent scoring, it is said to be “parking the bus” in front of its goal. The phrase came into soccer’s wider vernacular after Jose Mourinho, the Portuguese coaching great, complained while managing Chelsea in 2004 that Premier League rival Tottenham “might as well have put the team bus in front of their goal.”

False 9 There’s nothing wrong about a false 9. When a player starts a match as the nominal striker — i.e. as a classic No. 9 — but constantly moves into deeper positions on the field to be harder to mark and create confusion among opposition defenders, they are said to be playing as a “false 9.” In modern-day soccer, the role was mastered by Lionel Messi at Barcelona when Pep Guardiola was its coach and by Cesc Fabregas in Spain’s title-winning team in the European Championship in 2012. Harry Kane might play in a similar position for England at the World Cup.

groups, including the Golden State Warriors, for watch parties. The biggest celebration will be in San Pedro Market Square in downtown San Jose, a partnership between the San Jose Earthquakes and the Bay Area Host Committee.

In Mexico City, there’s an official fan fest in the Zocalo, the renowned public square in the heart of the city, but Mayor Clara Brugada announced plans for 18 other free community events where locals can watch the matches.

MLS capitalizes The last time the United State hosted the World Cup in 1994 it led to the launch of Major League of Soccer. Now the league’s teams are hoping for a World Cup bump, holding their own “Soccer Celebration” fests to draw new fans.

MLS has a record 44 players on various national teams in the tournament.

“Historically, after every men’s World Cup that the U.S. men’s national team has participated in, we’ve seen about a 10% to 20% growth in interest in MLS,” said Camilo Durana, the league’s chief business officer. “The idea that this World Cup, in its expanded form, played on home soil with MLS playing such an important role from a hosting perspective, we think it can have an even greater impact, and that’s the opportunity for us.”

IRVINE, Calif. — The U.S. national team already knew it was in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience this month as the home team in a World Cup. But when the 26 players took the field at Orange County’s Great Park on Monday to the cheers of several thousand fans who had turned out just to watch a mere practice, they were given yet another reminder of just how special this opportunity will be if they seize it.

The Americans projected confidence and excitement as they settled into their training base for at least the next three weeks in Southern California. The team convened in Georgia last month before playing two friendlies in the past eight days.

All three of the Americans’ World Cup group stage matches are on the West Coast, starting with their opener Friday night against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium, the palatial NFL arena about 50 miles away in Inglewood, California.

“I think the group is in a really good place at the minute,” U.S. captain Tim Ream said. “We’ve all been, I wouldn’t say overwhelmed, but pleasantly surprised by the excitement and the buzz around the team and in the stadiums. Pulling up here with 5,500 fans ready to watch a training session is incredible. I just think we’re in a good place mentally right now. It’s been a long two weeks, a hard two weeks, but guys are in a great position mentally, physically and emotionally, and ready to get going.”

The team was greeted in Irvine by rows of enthusiastic fans who won a multi-stage lottery among 32,000 applicants for the chance to watch practice and to get autographs at FIFA’s Community Day event. U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino entertained the crowd and got a “U-S-A!” chant going while his team was doing a brief gym workout before it got on the grass.

“The facilities are amazing,” Pochettino said. “It’s more than we expect, and not only the facilities, but the people who are here working. Great facilities and great people are an amazing combination. We are grateful, and I want to say a big thanks.”

The fans stood in lengthy security lines at this sprawling athletic complex for an up-close morning look at a team that isn’t among the favorites, but has the backing of millions in a country where soccer has proliferated in popularity since the World Cup’s last visit in 1994. The Americans’ training stadium is the normal home of Orange County SC, a club in the second-tier USL Championship, which didn’t exist three decades ago.

“I’m old enough that I remember bits and pieces of 1994,” said the 38-year-old Ream, who grew up in St. Louis before his lengthy career as a defender in England and the U.S., where he now plays for Charlotte in Major League Soccer, which didn’t stage its inaugural season until 1996.

“So I’ve tried to tell guys and tried to convey the messaging that this is a once-in-a-career opportunity, and with that comes more expectation, more pressure,” Ream said. “But we have to enjoy it. There’s nobody putting more expectation and more pressure on us than ourselves, and that’s the way it should be.

For me, it’s about just opening your eyes and taking everything in, because this is unique. This is completely different from anything any of us has experienced. So take it in and embrace everything that it is, because it’s so unique, it’s so special, and it’s not something we’ll ever be doing again.”

The most notable part of practice was the full participation of top defender Chris Richards, who injured his left ankle last month while playing for Crystal Palace.

Richards didn’t play in the two friendlies, but his full return to practice is another hopeful sign in his plan to be on the roster that must be finalized Thursday night.

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and chose to float it softly up and down into the net, predicting corTypically reserved for long- rectly the goalkeeper would dive range shots that fly into the top one way. It’s risky and can make corner of the net, a “worldie” — a the penalty-taker look stupid if it word coming from British slang goes wrong.

— describes a goal that belongs in Clean sheet the “world class” category.

A goalkeeper at the World Cup Nutmeg will sleep well if he keeps a clean It’s one of the simplest tricks sheet. Termed a shutout in the in soccer — and a humiliation United States, it simply means for those on the receiving end. A when a team doesn’t concede a “nutmeg” is the act of kicking the goal. The use of “clean sheet” ball between your opponent’s legs dates back to when reporters only to either run round and gather it used paper notebooks to record yourself or to pass to a teammate. different incidents — like goals — It has derivatives around the in games. If no goals were scored world, from “petit pont” (“little by a team, a sheet of paper would bridge”) in French to “caño” in be clean.

Spanish and “tunnel” in ScandiTop bin navia.

The top corners of a goal are ideSitter al targets, so obviously they have If you see a striker bent over a special name. Creeping into the with his head in his hands in the soccer lexicon this century — and World Cup, he’s probably missed also into the Oxford English Dica sitter. It’s a very easy chance, tionary — is the usage of “top bin,” usually from right in front of goal, possibly a nod to the use in practhat a player contrives to mess up. tice sessions of targets in each of It might have come from cricket, the top corners of a goal that rewhich uses “sitter” to describe a semble a bin (the British term for catch that is seemingly impossi- a trash can). Another is “postage ble to drop — so easy, in fact, you stamp,” which you’d apply to the top corner of an envelope. Many could be sitting down to take it. languages have their own derivaPanenka tive and one conjuring a great imYou know when a player chips age heralds from Brazil, where a penalty kick slowly and cheek- they say a top corner is “onde a ily straight into the middle of the coruja dorme”(“where the owl goal or, in the worst-case scenario, sleeps.”) into the hands of a grateful goalkeeper? Well, it has a name. The 12th man “Panenka” was born in 1976, when There will be 11 players in each Czech player Antonín Panenka team at the World Cup. There’s a converted the title-clinching pen- way of getting 12 — kind of. The alty in that manner in a shootout “12th man” refers to the team’s in the European Championship fans, who — if they are loud or infinal against West Germany. He timidating — can act as an extra ran up to the ball at normal speed player. Or so coaches say, anyway.

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United States defender Chris Richards gives autographs to fans after the national team’s first practice at its World Cup training base in Irvine, Calif., on Monday.

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Judge clears Texas Tech QB to play despite NCAA ban

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press

A Texas judge granted Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction that clears the way for him to play this fall despite being declared ineligible by the NCAA for wagering on college sports, including bets made on his own team while he was at Indiana.

The decision sent shock waves across college sports since bans for gambling are a bedrock rule of the NCAA and many professional sports.

The NCAA said it strongly disagrees with the ruling and “is deeply concerned about the damaging, far-reaching and broadly destabilizing ramifications of this outcome — which undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports.” The NCAA said it would appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Seventh District of Texas in Amarillo.

Sorsby, whose school said he has a gambling problem that he is addressing through treatment, will miss the Red Raiders’ first two games next season under a judge-approved penalty that had been proposed by his attorneys.

The NCAA, which usually handles such punishments, was not involved.

The ruling by Judge Ken Curry prevents the NCAA from being able to block the transfer QB’s eligibility for what will be his final college season with a team among the favorites to win the Big 12 Conference and return to the College Football Playoff for a second consecutive season.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said the ramifications of the ruling “could have broad impacts across college athletics, creating great concern amongst our membership.” He called a meeting this week of his league’s athletic directors and executive board, and been in touch with NCAA President Charlie Baker.

Texas Tech opens the season on Sept. 5 at home against Abilene

Christian. The Red Raiders then play Oregon State before their Big 12 opener at home on Sept. 18 against Houston.

“I’m very grateful for the endless support I have received throughout this entire process,” Sorsby posted on social media. “I am also grateful for the chance to rejoin my teammates. This opportunity comes with the responsibility to remain focused on my personal growth, the ability to learn from this experience, and to be able to use my situation to help others going forward.”

The judge’s ruling Curry held a two-hour hearing last week in the 99th District Court in Lubbock County. In his decision, he wrote that he agreed Sorsby would suffer “a probable, imminent and irreparable injury” if he cannot practice or play for the Red Raiders.

The injunction comes with conditions that Sorsby must continue counseling for his gambling and to participate in peer support through Gamblers Anonymous or a similar group. He also must continue treatment to address “the underlying anxiety that served as the primary driver of (his) gambling behavior.”

Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said a comprehensive support structure, including clinical care, monitoring and compliance checks, will remain fully in place for Sorsby during his time at the school.

“As we have said before, we do not believe that the circumstances of Brendan’s case warranted permanent ineligibility,” Hocutt said. “As he returns to our football program, we remain committed to supporting Brendan’s recovery and ensuring his compliance with the court’s order.”

Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor told Yahoo Sports he was disappointed by the ruling.

“It is absolutely devastating for him to be able to play when every other sport, no matter the level, deems an athlete ineligible or they

are punished severely for betting on their team,” he told the outlet.

Nebraska athletic director Troy Dannen confirmed to The Associated Press that his coaches have been told to not schedule Texas Tech in any sport, as first reported by Yahoo Sports. Georgia also will not schedule Texas Tech in any sport, according to multiple media outlets.

“This may be one of those seminal moments we’ve all been waiting for,” Dannen said in a text to the AP.

Significant setback NCAA attorney Taylor Askew had said during the hearing that allowing Sorsby to play another college season would provide “reputable harm” to the governing body.

“Saying the NCAA is now the first league in America that allows you, without punishment, to bet on its own contests, that’s a reputable harm to the NCAA,” Askew told the court. “This would be the first league in America that does that. ... We should not say for the first time serial gambling is OK.” Court records show that Sorsby has acknowledged making thousands of impermissible bets totaling at least $90,000 during his time at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech. That included 40 bets on Indiana while he was a freshman there in 2022, though none on any of the games he played in with the Hoosiers.

While some guidelines for penalties related to gambling have changed in recent years, NCAA rules still call for a permanent loss of eligibility for any player who wagered on his own team.

Sorsby was at Indiana for two seasons before the past two at Cincinnati.

The Texas native transferred in January to Texas Tech for a reported multimillion-dollar deal.

The Red Raiders brought him in to be the starting QB when trying to defend their first Big 12 title and return to the CFP.

LSU football adds two commits

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

LSU football landed commitments from two Class of 2027 prospects on Monday, The first was from three-star cornerback Markez Davis, he announced on social media Monday.

Later Monday, four-star wide receiver Cade Cooper committed to its 2027 class, he announced on social media.

Cooper is the No. 37 wide re-

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Continued from page 1C This is an absurd decision.

This is a travesty. This is the most disgusted I have been over a legal decision in 34 years of covering college sports, and believe me, there has been plenty to be disgusted over.

Curry’s decision to make Sorsby eligible may focus on a talented but troubled young man on a personal level, and indeed Sorsby deserves compassion. To a degree.

But there must also be consequences. Driving under the influence of alcohol suggests a drinking problem, but it doesn’t absolve one from breaking the law. Among his rampant sports betting, Sorsby placed bets through family and friends — clear evidence he knew what he was doing was wrong.

So, here we are. If a judge won’t make a sensible ruling, if Texas Tech won’t police itself, then it’s time for the rest of college athletics to do so. The old saying “desperate times call for desperate measures” clearly applies. College sports is being shaken to its very core of credibility by this decision.

College sports must act. Radically. Big 12 schools should refuse to play Texas Tech in football this season. Schools across college sports should refuse to play Texas Tech in anything until Sorsby is removed from the team.

There are already rumblings in this direction.

According to our former Advocate colleague Ross Dellenger, now a national college sports

ceiver in the nation and a top-300 player in the country, according to the 247Sports composite. He attends Malvern Prep in Pennsylvania and is the No. 10 player in the state.

He also has garnered interest from multiple major programs, including Auburn, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ole Miss.

Cooper is the eighth player to commit to LSU’s 2027 class.

Davis is the No. 745 player in the nation and a top-25 recruit

in Louisiana, per the 247Sports Composite. He attends Northwest High in Opelousas.

He’d also gotten scholarship offers from Texas Tech, Iowa State, Houston and Mississippi State.

Davis is the first cornerback and the second defensive player in the class.

LSU signed three cornerbacks in its 2026 class, including fourstar recruits Havon Finney and Dez Ellis, and three-star prospect Emari Peterson.

reporter for Yahoo Sports, Big 12 athletic directors have had serious talks about not playing Texas Tech. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark has scheduled meetings with conference ADs and the league’s executive board this week. Conduct detrimental to the league is a real thing, and hopefully the other Big 12 schools see this applies to Texas Tech.

“This is greater than the Big 12,” Kansas State AD Gene Taylor told Dellenger. Meanwhile, Georgia AD Josh Brooks said there should be “serious conversations” about not playing Texas Tech in any sports. Also late Monday the NCAA, as expected, filed an appeal on the Sorsby injunction and asked for an accelerated decision.

You’re probably saying all this has about as much chance of keeping Sorsby off the field as me winning a Masters green jacket, and there’s a great chance you’d be right.

But again, this goes to the core of college athletics. Sports gambling leads to point shaving and outright throwing of games.

If that happens, if fans can’t believe they’re seeing a legitimate performance on the field or court, college sports is toast.

A silver lining to this sordid Sorsby mess — albeit a thin one — may be that this case could galvanize support among NCAA schools and congress for federal oversight.

“If there’s one thing that could unify a divided Congress to pass a law that gives the NCAA more authority to govern itself,” Tulane sports law professor Gabe Feldman posted on social media Monday, “it might be a court prohibiting the NCAA from banning

athletes who bet on their own games.”

There are a lot of folks poking holes in the just proposed Protect College Sports Act, including the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten. But this just might be the impetus for compromise and real reform.

Fear, which gripped college sports across the land Monday after the Sorsby decision was revealed, will do that.

“There is no better example of why targeted intervention from Congress is necessary,” NCAA President Charlie Baker posted. “When you have schools and deep-pocketed supporters willing to look the other way on the glaring integrity threat of betting on your own team — and judges whose rulings effectively strip away our ability to stop them — only Congress can equip the NCAA to apply this common sense rule to everyone fairly and consistently. The Protect College Sports Act would empower the NCAA to enforce rules including the gambling restrictions — it’s needed now more than ever.”

Then again the Sorsby decision could also give cover to SEC and Big Ten schools to break away from the rest of the NCAA and create their own rules. Georgia President Jere Morehead and Nebraska AD Troy Dannen, formerly at Tulane, both expressed those sentiments Monday, per Yahoo.

This feels like something much bigger than a question of whether Sorsby will throw touchdown passes for the Red Raiders this fall. This feels like an inflection point for college athletics in terms of rules and governance.

For better or worse, new rules will apply.

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Loyola women’s basketball coach Kellie Kennedy cuts down the nets after the Wolf Pack’s win in the second round of the NAIA Tournament on March 16, 2024.

LOYOLA

Continued from page 1C period, the school is expected to become a full NCAA Division II member in 2029-30.

The Gulf South Conference includes member institutions across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, including Christian Brothers, Delta State, Valdosta State and Spring Hill College, a fellow Jesuit school in Mobile, Alabama. Spring Hill should become a natural rival for the Wolf Pack after announcing its plan to leave the Southern Intercollegiate Athletics Conference and join the GSC in March.

“This has been years in the making and represents a defining moment in Loyola athletics history,” Simpson said.

Simpson said the move will be “cost neutral” for Loyola. The GSC footprint is almost identical to the school’s current home in the Southern States Athletic Conference, so travel expenses should be similar.

In fact, Loyola might realize some savings because it will play fewer regular-season games and the NCAA, unlike the NAIA, reimburses travel expenses for postseason competition.

“I started the year last August talking about this being the year of good news (at Loyola),” Cole said. “This is good news across a lot of levels for us.”

Cole said he has received a flurry of texts, phone calls and emails from alumni and donors since news of the move broke last week. He sees this as the latest effort in a series of steps to enhance the student experience at the

122-year-old university.

If you’ve walked across the leafy Uptown campus recently, you’ve noticed some of these efforts. Uptown Hall, the new seven-story residence hall at the corner of Freret and Calhoun.

Freshly renovated Buddig and Biever halls. Freshly landscaped Marquette Hall. The redeveloped Danna Student Center, which includes a new Chick-fil-A. In the wake of a $1 million gift to the athletic program last fall, plans are also underway to renovate the University Sports Complex, which serves as the home to the basketball and volleyball teams. The men’s basketball team, of course, won the NAIA championship in 2022.

Loyola’s athletic portfolio has grown significantly in the past decade, with the addition of men’s and women’s swimming, competitive cheer and dance, beach volleyball and E-sports. The addition of men’s and women’s rugby next fall will increase the number of athletic teams to 22, with more sports under consideration.

The move to the NCAA Division II, Cole said, is another sign of the school’s commitment to expand its athletic program and help grow enrollment, calling it “a very natural and smart move for the university.”

“This is about all boats rising at the institution,” Cole said. “There are statistics out there about what athletics, if done correctly, can do for a university. We believe in those things. But mainly it just amplifies more of what we are and where we’re going.”

It’s hard to argue with Cole’s assessment. Loyola’s move to NCAA Division II indeed seems like a no-brainer.

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Loyola second baseman Brandon Mooney was named to the 2025 Avista NAIA World Series All-Tournament Team as its second baseman selection. The school will compete in Division II starting in 2027.

KORDA

Continued from page 1C point on the weekend.

Equally impressive was the nailbiter at Riviera, where there was a four-way tie for the lead at various points in the final round.

Korda pulled ahead with a 9-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole.

“That putt is the reason why I’m here,” she said.

It won’t be remembered as much as the short par putt for the oneshot victory over Gaby Lopez and Charley Hull. It was just inside 3 feet, though it traveled even farther because of the 10 inches the golf ball swirled around the 13inch circumference of the cup before it disappeared.

“I don’t know if a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders, but I just think I’m just extremely proud of my fight this week and the dream of that little girl that you kind of get to check that off your bucket list,” she said.

Korda managed to keep it together when her swing, which felt

so pure in the practice rounds, deserted her in an opening round of 73 that left her seven shots behind. It wasn’t as bad as the 10 she made on her third hole of the 2024 Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club. This time, she had a fighting chance and fought to the finish.

Key to the resurgence was returning to what Korda refers to as her bubble. She won seven times in 2024 and felt the weight of outside expectations when she put together similar statistic in 2025 without a single victory. Now she is back to her bubble, accepting that mistakes will happen.

She is leaving herself messages on her bathroom mirror. “I wrote one today and I said, ‘Whatever happens, happens; just give it 100%.’

And that’s what I did,” Korda said.

Another message came from Tiger Woods, whom Korda met for the first time at the PNC Championship in 2021. They have stayed in touch, and Korda said he sent her a text ahead of the final round at Riviera that said, “Finish it off.”

That she did. And there is a feeling she might be just getting started.

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SCOREBOARD Holes-in-one Howard Jones

Course: Baton Rouge Country Club Hole: No. 14 Yardage: 188 yards Club: 6 Iron Witnesses: Jimmy Nunnally, Michael Songy

Spurs, Knicks battle in Game 3

Course: The University Club Hole: No. 8 Yardage: 123 yards Club: Pitching Wedge Witnesses: Bobby Bernard, Bill Kelso, Mitch Wall, Paul Leinweber

FAVORITE Carolina

LINE -114

LINE +103 -108 +101 +112 +104 +101

UNDERDOG Arizona at PITTSBURGH St. Louis at COLORADO at SAN DIEGO at SAN FRAN

LINE +105 -108 +109 +127 -105 -101

UNDERDOG at VEGAS

FINALS

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

Tuesday, June 2: Vegas 5, Carolina 4 Thursday, June 4: Carolina 4, Vegas 3, OT Saturday, June 6: Vegas 5, Carolina 4, 2OT Tuesday, June 9: Carolina at Vegas, 7 p.m.

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

Pro basketball NBA Playoff Glance FINALS

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

New York 2, San Antonio 0

Wednesday, June 3: New York 105, San Antonio 95 Friday, June 5: New York 105, San Antonio 104 Monday, June 8: San Antonio at New York, n 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

W 7 7 6 5 4 4 2

L 3 4 5 5 5 7 10

Pct .700 .636 .545 .500 .444 .364 .167

GB — ½ 1½ 2 2½ 3½ 6

Minnesota Dallas Las Vegas Golden State Portland Los Angeles Phoenix Seattle

W 9 7 7 6 6 5 4 3

L 2 3 3 5 7 6 8 9

Pct .818 .700 .700 .545 .462 .455 .333 .250

GB — 1½ 1½ 3 4 4 5½ 6½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Toronto 85, Chicago 68 Los Angeles 89, Portland 72

Monday’s Games

Indiana 78, Washington 76 New York 89, Connecticut 80 Seattle at Las Vegas, n

Tuesday’s Games

Atlanta at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Golf U.S. Women’s Open At Riviera Country Club Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Purse: $12 million Yardage: 6,699; Par: 71 Final Round Nelly Korda $2,500,000 73-67-67-69—276 -8 Charley Hull $1,089,774 73-72-65-67—277 -7 Gaby Lopez $1,089,774 68-71-70-68—277 -7 In Gee Chun $581,535 71-68-69-70—278 -6 Sei Young Kim $484,363 67-72-68-72—279 -5 Nasa Hataoka $429,478 69-72-68-72—281 -3 Kiara Romero $0 73-70-70-68—281 -3 P. Anannrukrn $319,831 73-70-72-67—282 -2 Allisen Corpuz $319,831 71-70-70-71—282 -2 J. Kupcho $319,831 66-73-69-74—282 -2 Maria Marin $0 70-73-68-71—282 -2 Maja Stark $319,831 71-72-68-71—282 -2 Ruoning Yin $319,831 69-69-71-73—282 -2 L. Coughlin $226,360 72-68-75-68—283 -1 Shiho Kuwaki $226,360 70-73-70-70—283 -1 Alison Lee $226,360 70-68-72-73—283 -1 Aphrodite Deng $0 70-73-68-73—284 E H. Shibuno $194,219 68-71-74-71—284 E Jin Hee Im $171,766 74-72-69-70—285 +1 MinJi Kang $171,766 68-75-68-74—285 +1 A Lim Kim $171,766 71-74-71-69—285 +1 Karis Davidson $133,545 69-73-71-73—286 +2 B. Henderson $133,545 73-69-74-70—286 +2 Grace Kim $133,545 72-72-73-69—286 +2 Shuri Sakuma $133,545 71-72-72-71—286 +2 Asterisk Talley $0 71-75-66-74—286 +2 P. Tavatanakit $133,545 69-72-74-71—286 +2 Hannah Green $94,989 70-73-75-69—287 +3 Sora Kamiya $94,989 72-68-73-74—287 +3 Minjee Lee $94,989 69-76-71-71—287 +3 Xiyu Lin $94,989 73-69-75-70—287 +3 Jeeno Thitikul $94,989 73-69-72-73—287 +3 Yuri Yoshida $94,989 70-74-75-68—287 +3 Ana Belac $72,922 70-73-70-75—288 +4 Lucy Li $72,922 71-73-74-70—288 +4 Farah O’Keefe $72,922 74-71-70-73—288 +4 Jiyai Shin $72,922 69-72-75-72—288 +4 Miyu Yamashita $72,922 72-71-69-76—288 +4 Hyunjo Yoo $72,922 68-71-71-78—288 +4 C. Alexander $57,729 70-70-75-74—289 +5 Ayaka Furue $57,729 70-74-72-73—289 +5 Melanie Green $57,729 72-71-73-73—289 +5 Somi Lee $57,729 71-71-76-71—289 +5 Amy Yang $57,729 73-71-71-74—289 +5 Akie Iwai $46,403 72-71-74-73—290 +6 Da Yeon Lee $46,403 71-74-70-75—290 +6 Rio Takeda $46,403 76-70-71-73—290 +6 Rose Zhang $46,403 70-75-73-72—290 +6 Hye Jin Choi $35,501 70-73-76-72—291 +7 Esther Henseleit $35,501 73-71-73-74—291 +7 B. Pagdanganan $35,501 70-74-75-72—291 +7 Kaleiya Romero $35,501 71-74-73-73—291 +7 Lottie Woad $35,501 73-73-74-71—291 +7 Minsol Kim $28,016 73-73-73-73—292 +8 N. Madsen $28,016 73-73-71-75—292 +8 Yealimi Noh $28,016 72-74-74-72—292 +8 Anna Nordqvist $28,016 74-71-73-74—292 +8 Chia Yen Wu $28,016 72-74-72-74—292 +8 Mao Saigo $26,444 76-70-74-73—293 +9 $25,696 73-71-75-75—294 +10 A. Jtnugrn Sakura Koiwai $25,696 74-72-73-75—294 +10 Ingrid Lindblad $25,696 73-73-75-73—294 +10 J. Lpz Ramirez $25,696 72-71-76-75—294 +10 Liqi Zeng $25,696 73-73-76-72—294 +10 $24,947 72-73-79-71—295 +11 Gurleen Kaur Celine Boutier $24,698 74-72-74-76—296 +12 N. Guseva $24,448 72-73-79-73—297 +13 Yue Zhang $24,199 70-76-74-78—298 +14

Through June 7

FedExCup Season Points

Cleveland Chicago Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

W 37 34 30 27 27

L 30 31 37 39 39

Pct .552 .523 .448 .409 .409

GB — 2 7 9½ 9½

Seattle Texas Athletics Houston Los Angeles

W 34 32 31 30 25

L 32 33 34 37 41

Pct .515 .492 .477 .448 .379

GB — 1½ 2½ 4½ 9

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By yUKI IWAMURA

1, Scottie Scheffler, 2,811. 2, Cameron Young, 2,556. 3, Matt Fitzpatrick, 2,517. 4, Si Woo Kim, 1,844. 5, Collin Morikawa, 1,737. 6, Ludvig Aberg, 1,698. 7, Rory McIlroy, 1,603. 8, Chris Gotterup, 1,589. 9, Jacob Bridgeman, 1,537. 10, Tommy Fleetwood, 1,428.

Scoring Average 1, Scottie Scheffler, 69.168. 2, Rory McIlroy, 69.546. 3, Jake Knapp, 69.571. 4, Cameron Young, 69.979. 5, Collin Morikawa, 70.034. 6, Si Woo Kim, 70.063. 7, Ludvig Aberg, 70.092.

8, Matt Fitzpatrick, 70.101. 9, Brooks Koepka, 70.123. 10, Xander Schauffele, 70.142.

Driving Distance 1, Aldrich Potgieter, 328.4. 2, Rory McIlroy, 326.8. 3, Michael Brennan, 324.6. 4, Gary Woodland, 322.8. 5, Chris Gotterup, 322.6. 6, Nicolai Hojgaard, 321.7. 7, Rasmus Hojgaard, 321.4. 8, Marco Penge, 320.8. 9, Jake Knapp, 319.8. 10, Min Woo Lee, 319.7.

Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Russell Henley, 71.89%. 2, Aaron Rai, 69.92%. 3, Si Woo Kim, 69.75%. 4, Lucas Glover, 69.56%. 5, Andrew Putnam, 69.28%. 6, Tommy Fleetwood, 67.86%. 7, Kensei Hirata, 67.58%. 8, Corey Conners, 67.39%. 9, Matt Fitzpatrick, 67.37%. 10, Joel Dahmen, 67.00%.

Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, 10 tied with .00%.

Total Driving 1, Scottie Scheffler, 55. 2, Michael Brennan, 56. 3, Ludvig Aberg, 62. 4, Jordan Smith, 63.

5, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, 66. 6, Matt Fitzpatrick, 67. 7, Kurt Kitayama, 68. 8, Cameron Young, 71. 9, 2 tied with 82.

SG-Putting 1, Vince Whaley, .880. 2, Jake Knapp, .744. 3, Jacob Bridgeman, .722. 4, Sam Burns, .713.

5, Beau Hossler, .700. 6, Matt Kuchar, .653. 7, Harris English, .647. 8, Akshay Bhatia, .639. 9, A.J. Ewart, .608. 10, Eric Cole, .595.

Birdie Average 1, Scottie Scheffler, 4.83. 2 (tie), Ludvig Aberg and Si Woo Kim, 4.58. 4, Wyndham Clark, 4.52. 5, Collin Morikawa, 4.5. 6, Rory McIlroy, 4.47. 7, Jacob Bridgeman, 4.43. 8, Harris English, 4.39. 9, Akshay Bhatia, 4.38.

10, Eric Cole, 4.35.

Eagles (Holes per) 1, Jake Knapp, 43.7. 2, Nicolai Hojgaard, 72.

3, Sahith Theegala, 74.4. 4, Max Greyserman, 79.2. 5 (tie), Sungjae Im and Shane Lowry, 80.

7, Tommy Fleetwood, 84. 8, Keegan Bradley, 86.4. 9, Chris Kirk, 87.8. 10, Kristoffer Reitan, 92.

Sand Save Percentage 1, 10 tied with .00%.

All-Around Ranking 1, Scottie Scheffler, 154. 2, Ludvig Aberg, 259.

3, Collin Morikawa, 261. 4, Wyndham Clark, 275. 5, Min Woo Lee, 303. 6 (tie), Chris Gotterup and Jake Knapp, 309. 8, Si Woo Kim, 311.

9, Ryan Gerard, 333. 10, Sam Burns, 339.

LPGA Tour Statistics Through June 7

Scoring 1, Nelly Korda, 68.26. 2, Hyo Joo Kim, 69.41.

3, Haeran Ryu, 69.81. 4, Hannah Green, 70.

5, Amanda Doherty, 70.08. 6, Jeeno Thitikul, 70.22. 7, Ruoning Yin, 70.32. 8, Lydia Ko, 70.46.

9, Ina Yoon, 70.47. 10, Miyu Yamashita, 70.49.

Driving Distance 1, Julia Lopez Ramirez, 290.63. 2, Riley Smyth, 289.17. 3, Polly Mack, 283.14. 4, Auston Kim, 282.21. 5, Helen Briam, 279.75. 6, Laney Frye, 279. 7, Ina Yoon, 278.63. 8, Amanda Doherty, 278.58. 9, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, 278.46.

10, Nelly Korda, 278.03.

Greens in Regulation 1, Haeran Ryu, .80%. 2, Helen Briem, .76%.

3 (tie), Isabella Fierro, Hannah Green, Nelly Korda, Jeeno Thitikul and Lottie Woad, .74%.

8 (tie), Narin An and Dongeun Lee, .73%. 10, 2 tied with .72%.

Putts per GIR 1, Stephanie Meadow, 1.68. 2, Hyo Joo Kim, 1.69. 3, Minjee Lee, 1.71. 4, Minami Katsu, 1.72. 5 (tie), Mi Hyang Lee and Angel Yin, 1.73. 7 (tie), Ariya Jutanugarn, Nelly Korda and Gaby Lopez, 1.74. 10, 3 tied with 1.75.

Birdies 1, Aki Iwai, 178. 2 (tie), Hye-Jin Choi, Haeran Ryu and Lottie Woad, 159. 5, Jennifer Kupcho, 157. 6 (tie), Jin Hee Im and Ina Yoon, 153. 8, Ruoning Yin, 152. 9, Miyu Yamashita, 151. 10, 2 tied with 147.

Eagles 1, Nelly Korda, 9. 2, Hye-Jin Choi, 8. 3 (tie), Ariya Jutanugarn and Ryann O’Toole, 7. 5, 8 tied with 6.

Sand Save Percentage 1, Minjee Lee, .67%. 2 (tie), Nelly Korda and Jing Yan, .64%. 4, Lucy Li, .63%. 5 (tie), Youmin Hwang and Patty Tavatanakit, .62%.

7, Minami Katsu, .61%. 8, Jessica Poravsnik, .60%. 9, 2 tied with .59%.

Rounds Under Par 1, Nelly Korda, .87%. 2, Haeran Ryu, .70%. 3, Hye-Jin Choi, .60%. 4, Ruoning Yin, .61%. 5, Aki Iwai, .54%. 6, Rio Takeda, .62%. 7, Lottie Woad, .59%. 8, Gaby Lopez, .64%. 9, Ina Yoon, .61%. 10, Jeeno Thitikul, .59%. 11, Jin Hee Im, .51%. 12, Cassie Porter, .59%. 13, Miyu Yamashita, .54%. 14, Chizzy Iwai, .52%.

College baseball At Charles Schwab Field Omaha, Neb. Double Elimination x-if necessary Friday, June 12

Game 1 — West Virginia vs. Troy, 1 p.m.

Game 2 — North Carolina vs. Mississippi, 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 13

Game 3 — Alabama vs. Oklahoma, 2 p.m.

Game 4 — Georgia vs. Texas, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 14

Game 5 — Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 1 p.m.

Game 6 — Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 15

Game 7 — Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 1 p.m.

Game 8 — Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 16

Game 9 — Winner of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 6, 1 p.m.

Game 10 — Winner of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 17

Atlanta Philadelphia Washington Miami New York

W 45 35 33 31 29

L 21 30 33 35 36

Pct .682 .538 .500 .470 .446

GB — 9½ 12 14 15½

Milwaukee St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 40 35 34 34 31

L 23 28 32 32 33

Pct .635 .556 .515 .515 .484

GB — 5 7½ 7½ 9½

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

W 42 34 33 27 24

L 24 31 31 39 42

Pct .636 .523 .516 .409 .364

GB — 7½ 8 15 18

Central Division

West Division

Sunday’s Games

Atlanta 3, Pittsburgh 2 Miami 4, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 9, Chicago White Sox 5 Arizona 5, Washington 1 Milwaukee 12, Colorado 4 N.Y. Mets 7, San Diego 3 L.A. Angels 13, L.A. Dodgers 5 San Francisco 2, Chicago Cubs 1, 10 innings Philadelphia 5, Toronto 2.

Cincinnati at San Diego, n Washington at San Francisco, n Milwaukee at Athletics, n

Tuesday’s Games

Seattle (Gilbert 4-4) at Baltimore (Rogers 3-6), 5:35 p.m.

Boston (Tolle 3-2) at Tampa Bay (Martinez 5-2), 5:40 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Cole 1-1) at Cleveland (Cecconi 3-5), 5:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Wheeler 5-1) at Toronto (TBD), 6:07 p.m.

Atlanta (Holmes 4-2) at Chicago White Sox (Fedde 1-5), 6:40 p.m.

Texas (Eovaldi 5-6) at Kansas City (Kolek 3-1), 6:40 p.m.

Houston (Teng 3-4) at L.A. Angels (Ureña 3-4), 8:38 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gasser 0-2) at Athletics (Ginn 3-3), 9:05 p.m.

Game 11 — Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 9, 1 p.m.

Game 12 — Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10, 6 p.m.

East Division

Monday’s Games

Tuesday’s Games

San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama, left, tries to drive past New york Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday in New york. This game ended after press time.

Vegas 2, Carolina 1

PGA Tour Statistics

GB — — 7 8 10½

Seattle 6, Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1 N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, n Philadelphia 5, Toronto 2 Houston at L.A. Angels, n Milwaukee at Athletics, n

LINE -106

NHL Playoff Glance

Sunday

Pct .597 .594 .485 .470 .429

Monday’s Games

UNDERDOG LINE Philadelphia OFF at CHI WHITE SOX +130 at ATHLETICS -103

Hockey

Sunday’s Games

Tampa Bay New York Toronto Baltimore Boston

L 25 26 34 35 36

Miami 4, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Boston 1 Toronto 6, Baltimore 4 Detroit 5, Seattle 4 Athletics 5, Houston 0 Philadelphia 9, Chicago White Sox 5 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5 Texas 10, Cleveland 0 L.A. Angels 13, L.A. Dodgers 5

Tuesday

UNDERDOG at BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY at DETROIT at CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY at LA ANGELS

National League

W 37 38 32 31 27

Sunday’s Games

Sports Betting Line MLB

Tuesday

East Division

West Division

Odds

NHL

American League

Central Division

Donnie David

American League FAVORITE LINE Seattle -123 Boston -109 Minnesota -120 N.Y Yankees -133 Texas -124 Houston -121 National League FAVORITE LINE at MIAMI -125 LA Dodgers -109 at N.Y METS -130 Chicago Cubs -152 Cincinnati -114 Washington -117 Interleague FAVORITE LINE at TORONTO OFF Atlanta -155 Milwaukee -115

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Arizona (Gallen 3-5) at Miami (Meyer 6-0), 5:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 2-5) at Pittsburgh (Skenes 6-5), 5:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Wheeler 5-1) at Toronto (TBD), 6:07 p.m.

St. Louis (May 3-6) at N.Y. Mets (Peralta 4-4), 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Holmes 4-2) at Chicago White Sox (Fedde 1-5), 6:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Rea 5-3) at Colorado (Sugano 5-4), 7:40 p.m.

Cincinnati (Burns 7-1) at San Diego (Giolito 2-1), 8:40 p.m.

Washington (Alvarez 1-0) at San Francisco (Houser 2-5), 8:45 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gasser 0-2) at Athletics (Ginn 3-3), 9:05 p.m.

BOX SCORES

Thursday, June 18

x-Game 13 — Teams/Times TBD x-Game 14 — Teams/Times TBD

Championship Series (Best of 3) Saturday, June 20

Game 1 — Teams TBD, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 21

Game 2 — Teams TBD, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, June 22

x-Game 3 — Teams TBD, 6 p.m.

Tennis WTA Queen’s Club Championships Results Monday

At The Queen’s Club London, Great Britain Purse: $1,915,000 Surface: Grass Results Monday from Queen’s Club Championships at The Queen’s Club (seedings in parentheses):

Women’s Singles

Round of 32 Jaqueline Cristian, Romania, def. Zheng Qinwen, China, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Karolina Pliskova, Czechia, def. McCartney Kessler, United States, 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4.

Harriet Dart, Britain, def. Liudmila Samsonova, Russia, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

World Tour Libema Open Results Monday

At Autotron Convention Center Den Bosch, Netherlands Purse: €723,535 Surface: Grass Results Monday from Libema Open at Autotron Convention Center (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

Round of 32 Nuno Borges, Portugal, def. Terence Atmane, France, 6-4, 6-4.

Benjamin Bonzi, France, def. Mees Rottgering, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4.

Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Denis Shapovalov (7), Canada, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5.

Ugo Humbert (5), France, def. Elias Ymer, Sweden, 6-4, 6-3.

Seattle 6, Baltimore 3 Seattle

Baltimore

ab r h bi ab r h bi C.Young ss 5 1 1 0 Ward lf 3 0 2 0 Rodríguez cf3 1 0 0 Henderson dh2 0 1 0 Naylor 1b 4 2 2 4 Alonso 1b 4 0 0 1 Arozarena lf 4 0 3 1 Cowser cf 5 0 0 0 Raley rf 4 0 0 0 Taveras rf 4 1 1 0 Robles rf 0 0 0 0 Holliday 2b 3 0 0 0 Canzone dh 3 1 2 0 Mayo 3b 3 1 0 0 Wisdom 3b 4 0 0 0 Alexander ss 3 1 2 1 Pereda c 4 1 1 0 Huff c 3 0 0 0 Bliss 2b 2 0 0 1 Basallo c 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 6 9 6 Totals 31 3 6 2 Seattle 000 050 010 — 6 Baltimore 001 000 110 — 3 DP_Seattle 1, Baltimore 0. LOB_Seattle 4, Baltimore 10. 2B_Canzone (12). HR_Naylor (7). SB_Arozarena (18). SF_Bliss (1), Alonso (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Seattle Hancock W,5-2 5 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 Criswell 1 1⁄3 1 1 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Brash H,6 Bazardo 1 2 1 1 1 0 Muñoz S,10-15 1 0 0 0 1 2 Baltimore 3 1 0 Gibson L,1-1 4 2⁄3 5 3 2 1 2 Nunez 2 1⁄3 1 2 Suárez 2 3 1 1 1 3 HBP_Hancock (Alexander), Brash (Ward).

WP_Brash, Suárez.

ABS Challenge_Cowser (Strike-Confirmed); Criswell (Ball-Confirmed); Raley (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Taveras (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Basallo (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Pitch timer violations_Nunez (pitcher).

Umpires_Home, Gabe Morales; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Emil Jimenez.

T_2:45. A_12,377 (45,971).

Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1 Boston

Tampa Bay

ab r h bi ab r h bi Duran lf 4 0 0 0 Díaz dh 3 1 1 2 Rafaela cf 4 0 1 0 Slater lf 3 1 1 0 Abreu rf 4 0 1 0 Palacios 2b 2 0 0 0 Contreras 1b3 0 0 0 Caminero 3b 3 0 1 0 Gasper dh 4 0 1 0 Simpson pr-lf0 0 0 0 Durbin 3b 2 0 0 0 Vilade rf 2 0 1 0 Knr-Falefa ss3 0 0 0 Mesa ph-rf 0 0 0 0 Mayer ss 2 1 1 1 Aranda 1b 4 0 1 1 Monastro-2b1 0 0 0 Williamsn 3b 4 0 0 0 Narváez c 3 0 0 0 Walls ss 3 1 0 0 Fortes c 3 0 1 0 Mullins cf 2 0 1 0 Totals 30 1 4 1 Totals 29 3 7 3 Boston 001 000 000 — 1 Tampa Bay 100 010 01x — 3 DP_Boston 1, Tampa Bay 0. LOB_Boston 4, Tampa Bay 11. HR_Mayer (3), Díaz (12). SB_Vilade (3), Slater (2), Walls (8).

SF_Díaz (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Boston Early L,5-4 4 2⁄3 5 2 2 4 6 0 0 2 Guerrero 1 1⁄3 1 0 1 Weissert ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 Coulombe 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 Gamboa ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay Seymour 4 1 1 1 1 5 Legumina W,2-1 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Booser H,1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Kelly H,13 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Cleavinger H,8 1 0 0 0 0 1 Baker S,17-20 1 1 0 0 0 1 Coulombe pitched to 3 batters in the 8th, Booser pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

HBP_Early (Fortes), Kelly (Contreras).

WP_Early, Kelly.

ABS Challenge_Kiner-Falefa (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Fortes (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Rafaela (Strike-Confirmed); Williamson (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Gasper (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Caminero (Strike-Confirmed); Durbin (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Monasterio (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Gamboa (BallOverturned to Strike).

Umpires_Home, Alan Porter; First, Roberto Ortiz; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, John Bacon.

T_2:45. A_14,579 (25,025).

Women’s Singles

Round of 32 Magda Linette, Poland, def. Kimberly Birrell, Australia, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Panna Udvardy, Hungary, def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (1), Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Elise Mertens (3), Belgium, def. Bianca Andreescu, Canada, 6-1, 6-2.

Robin Montgomery, United States, def. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 5-7, 6-0, 6-4.

Daria Snigur, Ukraine, def. Paula Badosa, Spain, 6-1, 7-6 (2).

Mia Pohankova, Slovakia, def. Clara Tauson (2), Denmark, 6-4, 6-4.

Men’s Doubles

Round of 16 Rajeev Ram, United States, and N. Sriram Balaji, India, def. Evan King, United States, and Andre Goransson (4), Sweden, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 10-7.

Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, and Gabriel Diallo, Canada, def. Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Yuki Bhambri (3), India, 3-6, 6-4, 14-12.

Arthur Rinderknech, France, and Zizou Bergs, Belgium, def. John Peers, Australia, and Robert Galloway, United States, 4-6, 7-5, 10-3.

Botic Van de Zandschulp and Tallon Griekspoor, Netherlands, def. Robert Cash and James Tracy (2), United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Women’s Doubles

Round of 16 Eri Hozumi, Japan, and Fang-Hsien Wu (4), Taiwan, def. Magali Kempen, Belgium, and Qianhui Tang, China, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 11-9.

Katarzyna Piter, Poland, and Anna Siskova, Czechia, def. Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan, 7-5, 6-4.

ATP World Tour Boss Open Results Monday

At Tennis Club Weissenhof Stuttgart, Germany Purse: €768,220 Surface: Grass Results Monday from Boss Open at Tennis Club Weissenhof (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

Round of 32 Mattia Bellucci, Italy, def. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7), Spain, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1.

Martin Landaluce, Spain, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.

Gauthier Onclin, Belgium, def. Fabian Marozsan, Hungary, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

Men’s Doubles

Round of 16 Corentin Moutet, France, and Jiri Lehecka, Czechia, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Constantin Frantzen, Germany, 6-3, 6-3.

Jan-Lennard Struff and Yannick Hanfmann, Germany, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Sadio Doumbia (4), France, 6-4, 7-6 (1).

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL June 9

1901 — The New York Giants set a major league record with 31 hits in beating Cincinnati 25-13. Al Selbach of the Giants went 6-for-7 with two doubles and four singles and scored four runs.

1906 — Boston snapped a 19-game losing streak by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3.

1914 — Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates got the 3,000th hit of his career off Philadelphia’s Erskine Mayer in a 3-1 loss to the Phillies at the Baker Bowl. Wagner’s hit, a double, came in the ninth. Wagner joined Cap Anson as the only members of the 3000-hit club.

1935 — The St. Louis Cardinals became the 10th team in major league history to score a run in every inning in a 13-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.

1946 — Commissioner Happy Chandler imposed five-year suspensions on players who jumped to the Mexican League and three-year suspensions for those who broke the reserve clause.

1946 — The New York Giants’ Mel Ott became the first manager to be ejected in both ends of a doubleheader. The Pittsburgh Pirates won both games, 2-1 and 5-1.

1963 — Playing the first Sunday night game in major league history because of excessive heat during the day, the Houston Colt .45s handed the San Francisco Giants their seventh straight loss in Houston, 3-0. Turk Farrell and Skinny Brown pitched the shutout.

1966 — Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher and Harmon Killebrew homered in the seventh inning for the Minnesota Twins in a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Athletics.

1979 — California’s Nolan Ryan struck out 16 batters as the Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 9-1. It was the 21st time in his career he struck out 15 or more batters in one game.

1986 — Chicago pitcher Tom Seaver (306) and California Angels hurler Don Sutton (298) had the highest composite win total (604) for opposing pitchers since 1926, when Walter Johnson (406) faced Red Fa-

ber (197). Sutton pitched a two-hit shutout to beat the White Sox 3-0.

1990 — Eddie Murray of the Los Angeles Dodgers tied Mickey Mantle’s record by homering from each side of the plate in the same game for the 10th time in his career. The Dodgers beat the Padres 5-4 in 11 innings.

1998 — Cecil Fielder of the Angels and Yamil Benitez of the Diamondbacks each hit grand slams in the same inning in Anaheim’s 10-8 win over Arizona. It was the first time both teams hit grand slams in the same inning since 1992.

2008 — Ken Griffey Jr. became the sixth player in baseball history to reach 600 homers with a drive off Mark Hendrickson in the first inning of the Cincinnati Reds’ 9-4 victory over the Florida Marlins.

2014 — Lonnie Chisenhall had nine RBIs and three home runs in a five-hit game, Michael Brantley scored five times and the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 17-7.

2015 — Chris Heston pitched the first nohitter in his 13th career start, leading the San Francisco Giants over the New York Mets 5-0. The rookie allowed three baserunners — all on hit batters. He also had a two-run single for his first big league RBIs and finished with two more hits than the Mets.

2019 — The Nationals accomplish a very rare feat as four consecutive batters hit solo homers in the 8th inning in Petco Park in San Diego to break a 1 — 1 tie.

Pinch-hitterHowie Kendrick starts things off against Craig Stammen, and is followed in order by Trea Turner, Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon, who all go yard. This is only the ninth time in major league history this has happened, and the Nats were the last to do so, on July 27, 2017.

2019 — Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz shot in the back while visiting in his native Dominican Republic.

2022 — The Twins open the bottom of the 1st against the Yankees with three consecutive homers off Gerrit Cole at Target Field, by Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa. This is the first time in franchise history this has happened.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed RHP Chris Bassitt on the 15-day IL, retroactive to June 5. Recalled RHP Trey Gibson from Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned LHP Joe La Sorsa to Worcester (IL). Recalled OF Nate Eaton from Worcester.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with RHP Failin Placencio on a minor league contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed SS J.P. Crawford on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 6.

Recalled 2B Ryan Bliss from Tacoma (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Transferred RHP Jonathan Heasley from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Optioned 3B Oliver Dunn to Durham (IL). Selected the contract of RF Austin Slater from Durham.

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WHERE ‘GOOD NEIGHBORS’ BECAME ‘GOOD TRADING PARTNERS’: THE 1926 TRADE EXHIBITION IN THE 9TH WARD LEVERAGED HOSPITALITY AND COMMERCE, SPAWNING IDEA THAT SPREAD WORLDWIDE

BY RICHARD CAMPANELLA Contributing writer

If New Orleans has honed one economic forte in the past century, it sits at the intersection of pleasure and business.

Tourism is our largest employment sector; business travel is its most lucrative component; and boosters know to extol the city’s cultural glories in highlighting its economic opportunities.

But it took local ingenuity to turn this co-marketing concept into a branded event.

One early effort began a century ago in the neighborhood now known as Bywater — and

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International Trade Exhibition in New Orleans

in a way, it continues today in port cities worldwide.

The idea arose in the early 1920s, when the Port of New Orleans bustled with a revival of river commerce amid the recent openings of the Panama Canal and the Inner Harbor Navigation (Industrial) Canal in the 9th Ward. The question became: How to drum up international traffic at the port while attracting investors to the new industrial space?

The answer: roll out the city’s hospitality and get folks together to talk business in a festive venue. Better yet, hold it right where attendees could see where the Industrial Canal joins the Mississippi River.

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‘Every time, I fall asleep and take a nap, actually, because it’s so relaxing.’

Japanese-style scalp massages catching on in U.S.

BY HAVEN DALEY

my face especially, on my neck,” says Karena Kong, a frequent customer of Nen Head Spa in San SAN FRANCISCO — Getting a scalp Francisco. “When I saw that they or face massage is often a relax- give 90 minutes of just head, face, ing highlight of getting a haircut shoulder massage, I felt like it’s or a facial. Now, head spas are a great way to just focus on the popping up across the country areas that I love.” offering deep cranial and facial What to expect from a head spa relaxation.

“Typically, when you go get Head spas originated in Japan, a massage, the focus is always rooted in centuries-old practices like your back, and I always wish that combine massage and herbal there was more on my head, on tinctures. Modern versions began Associated Press

gaining popularity in Japanese salons in the 1990s before spreading throughout Asia and now the U.S. A typical session lasts 60 or 90 minutes and often begins with a scalp inspection, followed by deep cleansing, exfoliation, steam, and extended head, face and neck massage. Many services also include essential oils, conditioning masks, and aromatherapy in a

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Head spa specialist Ha Truong, right, applies a halo waterfall device to Liz Evans during a treatment at Sunday Headspa on April 16 in San Francisco.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JEFF CHIU

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TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, June 9, the 160th day of 2026. There are 205 days left in the year.

Today in history: On June 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, winning horse racing’s Triple Crown and setting a stillstanding record by running the 1½-mile dirt course in 2 minutes, 24 seconds.

Also on this date: In 1732, James Oglethorpe received a charter from Britain’s King George II to establish the colony of Georgia.

In 1954, during the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, a Republican from Wisconsin, asking: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”

In 1972, heavy rains triggered record flooding in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The resulting disaster left at least 238 people dead and more than 1,300 homes destroyed.

In 2013, Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor, revealed in a video interview from Hong Kong published by The Guardian that he was the source of a leaked trove of sensitive intelligence material.

Snowden was charged with espionage and fled to residency in Russia.

In 2013, Rafael Nadal became the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tennis tournament after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the French Open final. (Nadal would finish his career with 14 French Open titles.)

In 2020, a funeral service and burial were held

in Houston, Texas, for George Floyd, the Black man whose death spurred widespread protests over police brutality and racial prejudice. The service came little more than two weeks after Floyd was pinned down for more than eight minutes under the knee of a White Minneapolis police officer during an arrest.

Today’s birthdays: Sportscaster Dick Vitale is 87.

Film composer James Newton Howard is 75.

Author Patricia Cornwell is 70. Actor Michael J. Fox is 65. Writer-filmmaker Aaron Sorkin is 65. Actor Johnny Depp is 63. Actor Gloria Reuben is 62. Actor Michaela Conlin is 48. Actor Natalie Portman is 45.

Musician Anoushka Shankar is 45. Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Laurie Hernandez is 26. Dancer and choreographer Kaeli Ware is 26.

sor at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Rahman has noticed the rising popularity of head spas and says they are generally fine as a compliment to actual medical treatments if needed — and for people who like the way it makes them feel.

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quiet setting with dimmed lights and soft music.

“The core part of it is actually getting your hair washed,” said Peter Tham, owner of Nen Head Spa, where head massages cost about $100 an hour. “The feeling of getting your head washed, especially on a hot and humid day, feels really good. Combine that with, facial, scalp, neck and shoulder massages, which is kind of where most people, especially those who sit in front of a computer all day, suffer a lot of tension.”

What to make of claims Some head spas make health and medical claims about some of their services, suggesting they can offer stress relief or treatment for scalp skin conditions, hair loss or even alopecia, an autoimmune disorder. Experts caution that people with skin or hair conditions should see

AP PHOTO By JEFF CHIU

Liz Evans, bottom, wears a warm misting cap, which produces nano mist that hydrates the scalp and hair, as head spa specialist Ha Truong performs a treatment at Sunday Headspa in San Francisco.

a dermatologist or other appropriate doctor for advice and possible treatment.

“It’s important to know and differentiate something that’s done for a health reason or relaxation from seeing a medical expert, a dermatologist, if you are having hair loss,” said Zakia Rahman, a dermatology profes-

‘It’s so relaxing’ At Sunday Headspa in San Francisco, each session starts with a technician inspecting hair follicles with a magnifying device and assessing their condition. Then customers get a deep clean, said Jolly Mac, the spa’s coordinator.

Many of their clients first discovered head spa services in Asia and are looking for similar services, which start at about $200 an hour.

Customer Crystle Vitari, first visited a head spa while visiting South Korea and finds it “rejuvenating” — and relaxing.

“Every time, I fall asleep and take a nap, actually, because it’s so relaxing,” she said.

EXHIBITION

ize on its charm.

International Trade Mart Five years later, the same in 1985 merged to become Continued from page 1D cohort of business boostWorld Trade Center New Orleans, described by a ers launched the Internalater president, F. E. Lauritional Trade Mart, where manufacturers could meet, cella, as the “first of what In 1924, leaders of the exhibit and make deals in are now 322 World Trade New Orleans Association a purpose-built five-story Centers in 95 countries.” of Commerce, including showroom. It was no coinBy then, circumstances Randsell O’Connor, Charles L. Wallace, and Sigmund cidence that this new effort had changed. Great ports Odenheimer, envisioned had the same original name were radically changing, thanks to mechanization an “international trade as INTREX, along with the and relocation, while New mart” where, according to same exposition-style prothe New Orleans States, gramming — only this time Orleans endured an oil bust “friendly intercourse on Camp Street in the heart and ongoing population loss. among the states and … of downtown, steps from GNO Inc. countries that lie beyond the International House. the two great oceans and In 1947, the Port of New Venerable business South and Central AmeriOrleans opened its first groups, among them the modern Foreign Trade New Orleans Board of ca” might “stimulate trade Zone, which aimed to do Trade, Association of Comand broaden commercial for cargo what the Interna- merce, and Chamber of relations.”

Organized as a nonprofit Commerce, either folded or tional House and ITM did corporation, the public/prifor colleagues. That is, it of- merged, passing their misfered “a wharf away from vate partnership would take sion on to today’s Greater home” where international the form of an elaborate New Orleans Inc. In 2022, shippers could store freight GNO Inc. partnered with trade show where manuat minimum cost and hasWorld Trade Center New facturers and wholesalers would display their wares sle, thus maximizing logisti- Orleans, thus conflating the legacies of the organizato importers, exporters cal flexibility and inviting FILE PHOTO By WILFRED D’AQUIN/THE TIMES-PICAyUNE ARCHIVE investments in value-added tions that had conceived and shipping agents, all to Although the buildings are a few blocks apart, the International House on Gravier Street the warm welcome of port industries. Now the rest of INTREX a century prior, and city officials and in the the world had another reaor descended from the idea and the International Trade Mart (in the distance) joined hands to form the New Orleans company of everyday New behind it. son to do business at New International Center for the promotion of world trade, travel and education in 1976.

Orleanians.

Today, that idea lives on in Orleans. the global economy sunk the form of our convention Following some delays In 1965, the Port of New torical interest” and “cosINTREX into the Great Depression, trade, whereby any given and a soft opening on Sept.

Orleans erected a skymopolitan in population,” 15, organizers planned a where “the Latin American only to be followed by scraper at the foot of Canal week might bring multiple Named the InternaWorld War II. trade shows and exhibitions finds … racial sympathy, Street to house a bold new tional Trade Exhibition (IN- grand unveiling to cointo the Ernest N. Morial Consympathy for his traditions, International Trade Mart, cide with the upcoming TREX), the gigantic floor Revival of the idea [and] unrivaled port and as well as its own headquar- vention Center and other show would be permanently carnival season. Finally, financial facilities.” at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. housed in the middle unit venues. ters. Three years later, it But the idea of leveragOver 15,000 visitors atof the Army Quartermaster 1, 1926, President Calvin Relatedly, both the Intering hospitality to invigorate opened the visually stunSupply Depot — those three Coolidge pressed a button ning Rivergate Exhibition national House and former tended INTREX in just one commerce was too good to gigantic warehouses at 4400 in the White House to strike week in August 1926, most die. As Allied troops began Hall adjacently, taking the International Trade Mart a gong officially opening Dauphine St. which had to turn the tide in the fightINTREX concept to the are now hotels, while the of them arriving by public INTREX. been built for World War I next level with multi-use original site of the INTREX transportation. “RIDE THE ing, the INTREX concept Amid cheers, a band but were now largely idle. space designed to handle is slated to become the NSA STREET CARS, Visit the came back to life in a new launched into “The StarINTREX preparations rotating tenants, trade East Bank Apartments, Exhibition,” announced the form.

Spangled Banner,” while became the talk of the New Orleans Public SerIn 1943, commercial lead- shows and even Mardi Gras featuring an innovation U.S. Marines, police oftown in 1925 as organizers hub, residences, and retail vice, Inc. “The Dauphine ers rolled out the red carpet parades — all overlooking scrambled to raise funds, one of the world’s busiest overlooking the Mississippi Car Will Take You to the at an elegant Victorian ficers and local Boy Scouts secure exhibitors and cashipping arteries.

River. marched in procession. Af- International Trade Exhibi- high-rise they called the The locally born idea jole the federal government ter a 21-cannon salute thun- tion Building … Open Every International House. There, of leveraging hospitality Day, Sundays and Holidays well-appointed offices and for support. The feds deliv- dered over the Mississippi Richard Campanella, and commerce was now meeting rooms awaited Included.”

River, dignitaries gave a geographer with ered by offering, rent-free foreign colleagues as a sort poised to spread globally soaring speeches, including the Tulane School of for two years, some 69,000 A fatal flaw in the form of “world trade of home away from home, one from exhibition presiArchitecture and Built square feet of floor space centers.” In 1969, the Port where “good neighbors” Environment, is the throughout the 600-footdent Sigmund Odenheimer, Had organizers planned could become “good trading Authority of New York and author of “Draining New long warehouse, each of the who explained that he got for a limited-time event, New Jersey began work in partners.”

Orleans;” “Crossroads, six floors served by freight the INTREX idea from the like the Panama–Calilower Manhattan on two In this manner, “with Cutoffs, and Confluences;” elevators. famous Leipzig Fair in his fornia Exposition held in identical skyscrapers deits French and Spanish “Bienville’s Dilemma;” Invitations went out to native Germany.

San Diego in 1915 or the overtones,” wrote one local signed to the tallest in the and other books from LSU 15,000 manufacturers, and Doors now open, INTREX World’s Industrial and leader in Ports and Harbors world. In 1973, the twin tow- Press. He may be reached commitments arrived from went into daily operations, Cotton Centennial ExposiMagazine, “its Mardi Gras at http://richcampanella. at least 500 exhibitors from with an ever-changing asers officially became New tion held locally in 1885, customs, excellent cuisine, com, rcampane@tulane.

22 countries, including York’s World Trade Center.

INTREX probably would semblage of booths and and innate graciousness,” most of Latin America. By Back in New Orleans, the edu , or @nolacampanella have gone down as a sucstalls amid music, perforon X. July 1925, hundreds of par- mances and food — though cess. It did reasonably well New Orleans could capital- International House and no libations, this being dur- in drumming up deals and cels began arriving, those marketing the city and port, from foreign countries ing Prohibition. thanks largely to a rigorous granted exemptions from Civic exuberance economy. customs duties.

But the decision to make Locals wanted in on the Among the most popuINTREX a permanent fixaction. City Hall sponsored lar displays at INTREX a 36-foot-wide mural of life- was a scale model of New ture — opened 365 days per sized figures titled “New Orleans, showing all its year, no less — was asking Orleans Welcoming the neighborhoods and infrafor failure. Visitors conduct Nations,” painted by local structure in dazzling detail. their business and go home; Inogen® Portable artist Ella M. Wood. exhibitors present and The language with which Oxygen Concentrators Downtown department move on; locals sate their the States described the stores such as Maison curiosity after one or two $15,000 model reflects the Blanche signed up to partrips. civic exuberance of this And while the Quarera. ticipate, as did railroad “It shows, as no map, lines, shipping companies, termaster Depot was an manufacturers and regional photograph, or drawing ideal space, its location was can show, the greatness of growers. Florists and horinconvenient, being over New Orleans, greatest city 2 miles from the Central ticulturalists were conand seaport of the South, Business District. Yet orgatracted to adorn displays; and second greatest port in nizers doubled down on the stenographers committed the nation. … Every New to record the deals that commitment, rebranding Orleanian … should see this INTREX as the Permanent would be made; and real model [and] be proud of his International Trade Exhibiestate agents prepared to city … its history, its great- tion at New Orleans. show houses to moneyed guests who might consider The death knell came ness, its beauty.” moving to New Orleans. when the stock market A public announcement Convert the air around you into medical-grade oxygen.

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zodIAC GEMInI (May 21-June 20) A change will lead to a lesson. What you learn may require some fine-tuning, but where there's a will, there's a way to tailor whatever attracts you to fit your needs. Be precise. cAncER (June 21-July 22) Pamper yourself.

Peace and quiet will give you a chance to rethink how you live and what you can do to make your life more efficient.

Incorporate a routine that encourages good health.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Listen, gather information and get the lowdown regarding proper protocol. Dealing with authority figures, institutions and government agencies will be problematic if you haven't done your research.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Be reluctant to follow the crowd. It's best to rely on your intelligence, experience and intuition, especially when dealing with financial, medical or legal matters. Keep your money and possessions in a safe place.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Bounce your ideas, projections and offers by an expert before you make a commitment.

Someone you deal with will alter facts or figures, backing you into a vulnerable position.

ScORPIO (Oct. 24-nov. 22) An open conversation will clear up any mixed messages you've been receiving. Be bold and direct, and offer sound advice and solutions. Skirting around issues will not solve problems.

SAGIttARIuS (nov. 23-Dec. 21) More time spent at home or with someone who brightens your day will be uplifting.

Home improvements will require a tight budget that allows for mistakes or hidden costs. Don't take a financial or health risk. cAPRIcORn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Wait, watch and keep your secrets, intentions and thoughts to yourself. Someone will take advantage of you if you reveal or put yourself in a vulnerable position.

AQuARIuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Pushing yourself physically to meet deadlines or set yourself up to excel will put your mind at rest once you have everything in place.

When dealing with financial matters or contracts, choose your words wisely.

PIScES (Feb. 20-March 20) Get moving.

Exercising and discovering what life has to offer will help you discover your niche and help you redesign your resume or marketing strategy to help you achieve your goal.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Be inventive and devise a plan to manage your time and money while balancing your work/play ratio. Building a lifestyle that brings you joy instead of grief will encourage discipline. tAuRuS (April 20-May 20) Put an end to an ongoing feud. Keep the peace by holding your thoughts instead of criticizing others. Thinking ahead will help you see the path to better days. Consider letting go of the past.

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The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday.

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By PHILLIP ALDER Brigham Young said, “Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?”

Sometimes at the bridge table, silence is golden. If your side is going to be outbid, you often do best to pass throughout, because every call gives information to the opposing declarer. But, of course, sometimes you will not know that you are going to be outbid. And aggressive competition might push your opponents into the wrong contract.

In this deal, West had a perfectly normal opening bid, but it helped South with the play in four hearts. West began with three rounds of clubs. What did declarer do after he had ruffed East’s queen?

South’s takeout double, followed by the one-heart rebid, promised a good 17 to 19 high-card points. North took a shot at game, knowing that his partner would be able to place the cards accurately.

Someone who paid no attention to the auction would cross to dummy with a trump and run the diamond queen. But West would win and return anything but a club. Eventually declarer would lose a spade trick to go down one.

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Psalms 25:4

This kind of praying pleases God and will bless us. G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus.

“Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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EVENT NO: 4705

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TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Non-Professional Services

PRE-BID CONFERENCE: June 17, 2026

DBE OPPORTUNITY: NO RELEASED ON: Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 8:00 AM CST DEADLINE TO RESPOND: Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1:00 PM CST PRE-BID CONFERENCE: TBD Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

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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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RFP Issuance: May 29, 2026 Clarification Question Deadline: June 12, 2026 RFP Response Deadline: June 26, 2026 Firm Selection: July 16, 2026 All interested firms must submit their response by the submission deadline (mailed responses must be postmarked by the submission deadline).

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Amy Vincent Director of State Procure‐ ment FAX (225) 342-8688 190261-JUN 9-1T $12.62 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE--BIODIS‐ TRICT NEW ORLEANS--RE‐ QUEST FOR PROPOSALS-LEGAL SERVICES BioDistrict New Orleans (BioDistrict), a special purpose economic devel‐ opment district created under the laws of the State of Louisiana, is so‐ liciting proposals from qualified law firms and attorneys licensed to practice in the State of Louisiana to provide Gen‐ eral Legal Counsel ser‐ vices. Services will in‐ clude, but are not limited to, corporate gover‐ nance, public law, real estate and development transactions, public-pri‐ vate partnerships, con‐ tract review, and regula‐ tory compliance. Thank you for your interest in doing business with the BioDistrict.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Our Lady of the Angels Hospital, Inc. in Bogalusa, LA is seeking sealed bids from LouisianaState-licensed General Contractors for construction of the Project referenced below. The Owner is non-profit, non-state entity but this Bid Solicitation and the Project will be prosecuted in compliance with the Louisiana State’s Public Bid Law. Sealed bids will be received by Our Lady of the Angels Hospital, Inc. at the CSRS, LLC/A Westwood Company offices located at 8555 United Plaza Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70809 until Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. local time for the following Project: OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS HOSPITAL Project No. 2371 HELIPAD 409 Plaza Street, Bogalusa, LA 70427

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:

Complete Bid Documents for this project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained without charge and without deposit from https://www.centralauctionhouse.com/ Category/10930/FMOLHealthOurLadyoftheAngels. Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer: Greenleaf Architects, APAC 404 E. Gibson Street, Suite 1, Covington, LA 70433 985.778.2080 Lwindom@greenleafarch.com

Main New Orleans Public Library 219 Loyola Avenue, (504)596-2570

Norman Meyer library 3001 Gentilly Blvd. (504)596-3100

All bids shall be accompanied by bid security in an amount of five percent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all alternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

Algiers Regional Library 3014 Holiday Drive, (504) 596-2641

Nix Public Library Branch 1401 S. Carrollton Avenue, (504)596-2630

Alvar Public Library Branch 913 Alvar Street, (504)596-2667

Robert E. Smith Library 6301 Canal Street, (504)596-2638

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

Dr. Martin Luther King Library 1611 Fats Domino Avenue, (504)596-2695

Milton Memorial Library 5120 St. Charles Avenue, (504)596-2625

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

Office of Community Development 1340 Poydras St., Suite 1000 (504)658-4200

Central City Library 2020 Jackson Avenue - (504)596-3110

Office of Community Development

The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. local time at the site: 409 Plaza Street, Bogalusa, LA 70427 Attendance at the Pre-Bid Conference is mandatory and a pre-requisite for submitting a bid.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of Building Construction. 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.

Each bid must be placed in an envelope, sealed and marked on the outside: “Bid Enclosed for OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS HOSPITAL Project No. 2371 HELIPAD to be opened at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2026”. Refer to Instructions for Bidders for other requirements on outside of envelope.

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.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provisions and requirements of this Section; and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity.

Helena Moreno Mayor

This project is partially-financed by federal funds which may not be available at the time bids are received. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract Between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

189132-may 28-jun 18 $3,153

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Notice is hereby given that the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Com‐ mission for the Port of New Orleans is soliciting bids for the of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, transporta‐ tion, and other facilities necessary for abatement of hazardous materials in certain existing struc‐ tures and demolition and disposal of certain exist‐ ing structures, and in‐ stallation of perimeter fencing in select areas at 4325 France Road, New Orleans, Louisiana 70126, in accordance with the Bidding Documents, to‐ gether with all required miscellaneous and inci‐ dental work (the “Pro‐ ject”).

Official bid documents can be downloaded and must be submitted elec‐ tronically through Cen‐ tral Bidding at www.cen tralbidding.com.

The specifications of the Invi‐ tation to Bid (ITB) may also be obtained from the SEBconnect App, available on both the Apple and Google play platforms.

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.

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

190402-jun 9-16-23-3t $114.36 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

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NEW ORLEANS EAST 8011 Dwyer Rd, SFH 3Br/2Ba, LR, large yard & driveway $1750/mo.

504-858-0307

j a.m. CDT on Tuesday, July 7, 2026 (the “Bid Submis‐ sion Deadline”). Any bid received after the Bid Submission Deadline will not be considered.

SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT

PRE-BID CONFERENCE: June 25, 2026 @ 2:00 P.M.

NEW ORLEANS EAST 2Br/1.5Ba TH 7040 Crowder, w/d conn, carpet, cnt a/h. Furn kitc. No Pets $1,150/mo. 504-554-3500

Advertising Dates: June 9, 16 and 23, 2026 NOCP 9097

DOGS Mini Goldendoodles-puppies. 5- M & F Mini Goldendoodles. S/W, Health Guarantee. $1800 (504) 228-6701

STAY INFORMED

g gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. d li k

DEADLINE TO RESPOND: JULY 7, 2026

TREME Beautiful Apartment for Rent in the Heart of Treme! 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Large Windows. Central Air & Heat. $1700/mo. Contact Candice at (504) 289-6421 if interested.

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DOGS CKC Miniature Yorkies, 1 male, 1 fem. Be ready June 24th. $1000 ea. 225-431-0819

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190404-jun 9-16-23-3t $109.32

Sandy Ward * 504-259-2616.

Re/Max Living * 504-475-1011. Ea ofc indpntly owned & operated.

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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.

Advertising Dates: June 9, 16 and 23, 2026 NOCP 9098

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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CATS RAGAMUFFIN & RAGDOLL KITTENS www.CatsByFrancy.com/kittens $1500up! Reg. Shots & Guaranty 337-230-3150

Renovated 3BR/3BA home w/ private baths, laminate wd flrg, TV's, appls, dishes, W&D, lawn care, & ample parking.

Furnished or Unfurnished.

2022-2026 Consolidated Plan - Draft 2026 Annual Action Plan

Advertising Dates: June 2, 9 and 16, 2026 NOCP 9091 189630-jun 2-9-16-3t $92.13

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

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177 W. 5TH STREET LAPLACE * $1,950/MO

NEW ORLEANS 8501 Gervais St, 3Br/2Ba, 1260sqft, w/d hkup, freshly renov. Offst cov'd parking, $1400/mo Txt or Call (504) 710-5952

KENNER

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Pets

FRENCH QUARTER

GENTILLY 2544 ALLEN TOUSSAINT BLVD. NEWLY RENOVATED!!!

1-2 Bdrm Apts * From $800/mo Parking * Sec Gate 504-209-8054 * 504-454-1333

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NEW ORLEANS EAST LITTLE WOODS SPECIAL 7819 SANDS STREET * 3 BD/2 BA Central A & H * Fenced Backyard Sec 8 Welcome. No Deposit. $1,200 504-241-6189 * 504-430-1162

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 189338-653562-jun 1-3-5-9-11-15-17-19-22-24-26-29-12t $ 1,355.52

BOGALUSA DAILY NEWS ADVOCATE (B.R.) ADVOCATE (N.O.) -

Once minimum during weeks of 5-25-2026, 6-1-2026 and 6-8-2026 Once minimum during weeks of 5-25-2026, 6-1-2026 and 6-8-2026 Once minimum during weeks of 5-25-2026, 6-1-2026 and 6-8-2026

188269-650100-may 26 jun 2-9-3t $ 3,360.00

8D ✦ Tuesday, June 9, 2026 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune Public Notices Bids/Proposals

A complete Request for Proposals may be ob‐ tained from the BioDis‐ trict’s website at https:// www.biodistrictnola. com. Proposals must be submitted electronically no later than June 30, 2026 at 5:00pm central time. The BioDistrict re‐ serves the right to ac‐ cept or reject any and all items or portions of items received.

190349-JUN 9-18-6T $752 PUBLIC NOTICE --SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS WATER MAIN LINE REPLACEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS AT SCATTERED LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT ORLEANS PARISH CONTRACT NO. 2166 SOLICITATION NO. 2026-SWB-23 Sealed Bids for WATER LINE REPLACE‐ MAIN MENTS AND EXTENSIONS AT SCATTERED LOCA‐ TIONS THROUGHOUT OR‐ LEANS PARISH. Bid Documents and pro‐ posal forms are available for download on June 2, 2026, at the following websites: SWBNO: https://www2.swbno. org/business_bidspecific ations.asp LAPAC: https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/dspBid.cfm?sea rch=department& term=181 A NON-MANDATORY prebid conference will be held on June 16, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time at the Sewerage and Water Board of New Or‐ leans, Purchasing Con‐ ference Room RM 131, lo‐ cated at 625 St Joseph New Orleans, St., Louisiana, 70165 or if you are unable to attend this in-person meeting, you can also join via telecon‐ ference call: Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams. microsoft.com/meet/211 338419022529?p=cz‐ zryqhXIntdTbXtl4 Meeting ID: 211 338 419 022 529 Passcode: PY3Ng9js Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698,, 695951673# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 695 951 673# All inquiries shall be di‐ rected to Connor Metcalf, Procurement Analyst, at cmetcalf@swbno.org.

The deadline for in‐ quiries is on June 17, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Central i

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Bids are due on July 8, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Any Bids received after the specified time will be re‐ jected.

Bids will then be publicly opened and read on July 8, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. at and Water Sewerage Board of New Orleans, 625 St. Joseph Street, Purchasing Conference Room 131, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams. microsoft.com/meet/273 773577305674?p=MRq Yqvj35jvxsquVpy Meeting ID: 273 773 577 305 674 Passcode: EA7Wm2M8 +1 504-224-8698,, 5605129# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 560 512 9# LATE BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 189606-jun 2-1t $115.38

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y Blvd. , Lafayette LA 70506.Budget details can be examined at JCFA’s of‐ fice between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

190048-jun 8-9-2t $

NOTICE Public Hearing Pursuant to the Louisiana Local Govern‐ ment Budget Act, LSAR.S. 39:1301, et seq., the public is notified that the JCFA Board of Gover‐ nance will hold a public hearing to review the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget for JCFA (school code 026123) JCFA East (LEA code W1A), and JCFA Lafayette (school code W1D001) on July 15, 2025 at 4:45PM on the JCFA East campus lo‐ cated at 3410 Jefferson Jefferson, Highway, 70121.

The Louisiana board will meet on July 21, 2026 at 4:45pm PM at JCFA East to approve the 2026/2027 budgets for all campuses.

The proposed budget for (school code JCFA 026123), JCFA East (LEA code W1A), and JCFA Lafayette were made available to the Board of Governance and the pub‐ lic on June 10, 2026 and is available for public in‐ spection at the West Bank campus located at: Manhattan Blvd., 475 Harvey LA 70058, at the East Bank campus (LEA code W1A) at 3410 Jeffer‐ son Highway, Jefferson, LA 70121, and at the Lafayette Campus, at 1501 Ambassador Caffery l d f

y p y py the 2026-2027 budget is available at 10001 Lake Forest Blvd., Suite 710, New Orleans, LA 70127.

186911-may 9-aug 27 $956

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The Louisiana Office of the State Museum is re‐ questing proposals for a Public-Private Partner‐ ship project to design, build, furnish, operate, and maintain an in‐ door/outdoor café at the New Orleans Jazz Mu‐ seum. For more informa‐ tion go to opportuni‐ tiesinlouisiana.com.

188284-MAY 21-JUN 16 $139

PUBLIC NOTICE --The Orleans Public De‐ fenders (OPD) FY 2027 proposed budget will be available for public in‐ spection on June 9 – 11, 2026, at www.opdla.org or at OPD office, 2601 Tu‐ lane Ave, Suite 700, New Orleans, LA 70119.

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189320-may 30-jun 10-12t $82.15 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

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PUBLIC NOTICE JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE

A-14645-23

Drago's Backpack

A-14645-23

Big Chief Backpack

Jacob Pregeant

Joseph P. Lopinto, III in his capacity as Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, hereby notifies his intent to donate, auction, retain or destroy unclaimed property in accordance with JP Ordinance 31-8 unless otherwise claimed by the owner within 30 days of publication of this notice.

A-21013-23

Safer, Flashlight, Stun Gun

Found

A-22579-23

Magazine

Found

E-03509-22

Apple, iPhone, Model/SN: Unknown

Found

Property may be claimed by contacting the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Property and Evidence Division, located at 1801 West Bank Expressway, Harvey, LA 70058, or by calling 504-376-2384. All claimants must provide proof of ownership before any property may be released.

K-16782-22

Metro Cell Phone, Model/SN: Unknown

Found

K-16782-22

Chromebook Laptop, Model/SN: Unknown

Found

Item #

Description

Owner

A-09197-23

Access, Regions, COE Debit Cards

Corey Leblanc

Makita Impact Driver, SN: 1238153, Batteries

Found

A-00645-23

A-20211-23

Kia Key FOB

Found

A-00645-23

Wage Works Debit Card

Warren Mixon

A-21244-23

Wallet, Misc. Cards

Norris Livas

A-05833-23

Three Photo Strips, Keys, Case

Richard Mattei

A-22486-23

Wallet, LA. DL, Assorted Cards

Hasaan Dubuclet

Keys, gm Key FOB, Madrid Key Chain

Found

A-06291-23 A-06523-23

Apple I-Phone, Model/SN: Unknown

Found

A-22796-23

Kid Color Items, Denali Case, CD Case, Misc. CD's, Kenny Rogers Tin

Found

B-00476-23

Glock BB Gun, SN: BUW019

Found

B-02358-23

Black Winter Coat

Found

B-03020-23

Wallet, Business Cards, Nissan Manual

Found

L-02574-22

Purse, Misc. Cards

Thomas Hunter

A-09197-23

Makita Grinder, SN: Unknown

Found

A-21656-23

Laptop Bag, Visa Card

Deandell Lewis

B-00119-23

Black Flashlight

Found

B-04633-23

Purse, Hygiene Products, Charger, Knife

Found

B-04837-23

Green Credit Card

Brittney Williams

B-10100-23

Black Debit Card

Imani White

B-10854-23

Nine Packs of Game Cigars

Jimmy Jimenez

B-10985-23

Capital One Debit Card (#7475)

Found

Collin Berg

A-06619-23

La. DL, CWP Card

Lavone Moore

The Orleans Public De‐ fenders (OPD) will hold a public hearing on the FY 2027 proposed budget on June 10, 2026, at 12:30 OPD conference pm. room, 2601 Tulane Ave, Suite 700, New Orleans, LA 70119.

A-06619-23

Money Lion Card

Shaun Carter

A-06619-23

Lighters, Cocoa Butter, Cigarettes Found

A-06619-23

Visa Card

Jarrett Guerrien

A-06619-23

Marvel Wallet, Misc. Cards/ Papers

Found

189317-may 30-jun 10-12t $86.20

A-08989-23

Jacket, Underwear, Belt

Found

A-12926-23

Toyota Key FOB, Toyota Key, Silver Key

Found

A-13197-23

Shirt, Pants, Underwear

Laialy Ali

I-13432-22

Camera, USB Charger

Brandon Collins

K-15097-22

Kobalt Box Cutter

Found

K-16325-22

Assorted Cards

Yesenia Figueroa

L-05491-22

Motorola Moto G Cell Phone, IMEI: 7840

Michael Chubb

L-18348-22

Crescent Folding Knife

Walter Rogers

B-11555-23

Wallet, LA ID, Misc. Cards

Ronald McClure

L-19112-22

Wallet, Misc. Cards, LA DL, Keys

Bernadette Bartholomew

B-17207-23

Fanta, Skittles, Bag, Clothes, Credit Card

Found

L-22138-22

Handwritten Note

Found

B-18200-23

Texas License Plate (571HWK)

Found

A-12605-23

Mississippi License Plate (#FRG5881)

Found

B-19242-23

Wallet, Misc. Cards

Noah Monteforte

A-13069-23

Wallet, LA DL, Misc. Cards

Sarah Servat

A-13071-23

Walley, LA DL

Darren Camp

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ReNEW-Reinventing Edu‐ cation will introduce the 2026-27 budget and hold its first public hearing on the 2026-27 budget on May 14, 2026 at 5:30 pm at Edgar P Harney Build‐ ing located at 2503 Wil‐ low St., New Orleans, LA 70113 (LA R.S. 39:1307).

ReNEW-Reinventing Edu‐ cation is the charter school management or‐ ganization operating ReNEW Laurel Elemen‐ tary, ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Elementary, ReNEW Schaumburg Ele‐ mentary, and ReNEW Moton Lakefront Elemen‐ tary. A physical copy of h b d i

189984-655559-jun 9-1t $ 173.25

Mugs, shirts, hats, posters, books.

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