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The next RTA CEO will face challenges

Authority to begin accepting applications this week

ELECTION 2026

Letlow, Davis dominate Senate runoffs Support, spending led to candidates’ victories

BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer

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Lola Reynard gets on the bus in the Gentilly neighborhood in New Orleans on June 16. The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is seeking a new CEO to address funding shortfalls and service reliability issues and improve the overall rider experience.

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mutes and shorter wait times. And its workforce has been riven by internal disputes, resulting in several The New Orleans Regional Transit six-figure settlements with former Authority will begin accepting ap- employees and lawsuits alleging plications this week for a new CEO workplace discrimination.

“The organization needs a lot of after Lona Edwards Hankins rehealing,” said RTA Board signed from the post in May Chair Ann Duplessis, Moreafter falling out of favor with Mayor Helena Moreno’s pick to lead an agency that counted more than 13.5 no’s newly-installed board. million passenger boardings Whoever is chosen has last year. She added that the plenty to tackle. next CEO will need to “have The next CEO will take a deep, genuine respect” for over an agency struggling to the experience of riders and pick up riders on time across Hankins that her goal is to pick a new its fleet of buses, streetcars and paratransit shuttles. It’s pro- leader by the end of August.

The selection of a new CEO for the jected to face a shortfall in funding in the coming years that without RTA will mark one of the first major new revenues could require future leadership changes at an agency in New Orleans under the new admincuts to service.

A major revamp of its bus system, istration. Moreno, who took office in known as New Links, hasn’t lived January, has said she expects maup to its promise of faster com- jor changes at the RTA during her

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tenure, vowing in a speech in April “to get that regional piece” back into an agency that’s now almost entirely focused on New Orleans.

In February, she swept out former Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s RTA board appointees and replaced them with her own.

Transit is a key quality-of-life issue in the city, and for many New Orleanians, the RTA is their only affordable option to get to work. Some 17% of households in the city don’t have access to a vehicle, and RTA bus service is often relied on by hospitality-industry employees and others who work in service jobs in downtown neighborhoods.

Meanwhile, demand for public transit in New Orleans is on the rise. The number of people riding the RTA’s buses reached a 10-year high in 2025.

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U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow rode President Donald Trump’s forceful support and an avalanche of campaign spending in the final week to decisively win the Republican runoff Saturday to be Louisiana’s next senator, after late polls had suggested the race might be neck-and-neck.

Trump didn’t just endorse Letlow, R-Baton Rouge. He lavished praise on her in two campaign videos and held a rally by phone with Letlow Letlow on Thursday that attracted 98,000 listeners, an official with her campaign said on Sunday. That was more than half the 179,000 votes she collected on Saturday.

Trump’s super PAC, Securing American Greatness, also contributed $1 million to an outside group, the AccountDavis ability Project, that battered state Treasurer John Fleming, Letlow’s Republican opponent, with a barrage of negative ads.

“I can’t wait to work with him (Trump) over on the Senate side,” Letlow, 45, told reporters at her Baton Rouge victory party after clinching the Republican victory.

“Great News!!!” Trump posted Saturday night on Truth Social. “Julia Letlow WON in Louisiana, beating conclusively a very strong and smart opponent.”

Her triumph sets up a Nov. 3 general election against Jamie Davis, a farmer from northeast Louisiana, who overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination over business owner Gary Crockett.

“We planted good seeds in fertile soils, and we started to harvest last night,” Davis said in an interview on Sunday.

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State joins push to study psychedelic treatments Lawmakers support clinical trials for the drugs

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

For retired Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis, the former top official at the Louisiana National Guard, it was the headaches and cloudy thinking caused by a neck injury, traumatic brain injuries and PTSD. And for his son Nicholas Curtis, it was the vertigo, light sensitivity and memory problems stemming from two head injuries.

That suffering — and their

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hope for an elusive cure — spurred the father and son to travel to Mexico together in early 2025 to take the psychedelic drug ibogaine after the younger Curtis heard about it on a podcast with Joe Rogan.

Both men said their symptoms disappeared after the treatment and haven’t returned since.

Inspired by the transformation, the father-son duo launched a nonprofit to help military veterans access ibogaine, psilocybin and ayahuasca to treat mental health conditions. But the drugs are largely illegal, and opportunities for clinical trials using them have been scarce.

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Lawmakers question if Louisiana gives too much to college football Bill that was rejected would have funded early childhood education

BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer

As Louisiana pours millions into making LSU a football juggernaut, some state lawmakers have started to raise concerns that the state is too often putting football ahead of other priorities.

The debate comes after a legislative session during which the Louisiana House killed a bill that

would have given more money to early childhood education programs; instead, college sports programs will get that money.

A second bill exacerbated tensions by shielding from the public details of how state universities spend funds generated by athletics programs, including how they divide the money among different sports and top athletes.

“I don’t know if I’d call it Mizell a sacred cow. But it pretty much is a sacred cow,” state Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, said of college football. “You can’t touch it. You can’t lessen what we put into it.”

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Mizell sponsored Senate Bill 135, which would have changed how sports gambling tax revenue is allocated. Currently, 25% of that revenue goes to an early childhood education fund, while 25% goes to an account that supports college athletics known as the SPORT fund.

According to state law, the money in the SPORT fund is distributed evenly among Louisiana’s public colleges that play Division I football. Schools may spend it on scholarships, insurance and medical coverage for

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Officials: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 4

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl, local health officials said.

The first strike targeted a group of people in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing two and wounding another, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

Another Israeli strike in southern Gaza killed a man, according to health officials at Nasser hospital.

And the 13-year-old girl, Eileen al-Farra, was killed by shrapnel from Israeli tank shelling in southern Gaza, according to Nasser hospital.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strikes but said one of them targeted a “Hamas terrorist,” without elaborating.

Palestinians on Sunday reported heavy tank shelling across Gaza and quadcopters — a type of unmanned aerial vehicle — buzzing overhead.

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Iran strikes in Bahrain and Kuwait

Iranian Foreign Minister of their interim deal. The said air defenses inter- did not give details.

Tehran threatens Abbas Araghchi on Sunday Trump administration on cepted Iranian drones and the claim that Sunday said nothing has two missiles just after the Trump’s accusations to halt talks after reiterated Tehran must govern the been canceled and techni- U.S. strikes in Iran. There The U.S. military said U.S. attacks strait to the Persian Gulf cal talks are on track for were no reports of injuries it struck Iranian military

that once carried a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas.

“Any attempt to establish Associated Press new or separate arrangeDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — ments from those currently Iran again launched drone being carried out by the Isand missile attacks target- lamic Republic of Iran will ing Bahrain and Kuwait only lead to further complion Sunday followcations, delay the ONFLICT reopening of the ing new U.S. air- CO T Strait of Hormuz strikes against the IN THE and increase the Islamic Republic, MIIDDLE level of tension,” and threatened a EAST AST Araghchi said. “complete halt” in The strait has negotiations to end the war if Washington con- long been considered an international waterway tinues its attacks.

Efforts to reopen the despite its location in Iran Strait of Hormuz with- and Oman’s territorial waout Iran’s oversight has ters. In recent days, Iran sparked days of crossfire. has twice attacked vessels A multinational maritime going through a route near body overseen by the U.S. the Omani side.

Navy said Saturday it Pakistan, a key mediator, would expand a route near has said talks would reOman for inbound and out- sume Tuesday between the U.S. and Iran on the terms bound traffic.

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Skydiving plane crashes in France, killing 11

TOMBLAINE, France — Families watched in shock as a skydiving plane carrying their loved ones on what was meant to be a thrilling introduction to parachuting crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said.

The dead included five parachuting instructors, five novice jumpers and the pilot, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.

Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said it was France’s biggest aviation accident involving skydiving in about 30 years.

“Some of the victims’ families witnessed the aircraft falling with their own eyes. So there is tremendous emotion and an even greater psychological trauma,” Nunez said.

He refused to speculate on what caused the crash but said the plane dropped out of the sky suddenly. He said it had just taken off from the Nancy-Essey airfield on the outskirts of the city of Nancy when it came down about 300 yards from the runway.

Yves Séguy, prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, said the plane suffered a malfunction and “fell almost vertically,” narrowly missing a built-up area.

“Had it occurred just a few dozen meters away, the accident could have caused collateral casualties,” he said.

Pakistan hits militants along Afghan border

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by “calibrated strikes” against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, officials said.

In a post on X, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the operation was launched in response to multiple militant attacks across the country. There was no immediate response from Afghanistan.

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks targeting police and security forces in recent years. Authorities have blamed the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, and allied militant groups for most of the violence.

It comes a day after militants armed with guns and explosives targeted the regional headquarters of the paramilitary Rangers in the southern port city of Karachi, killing three soldiers.

Security forces killed three attackers and arrested another assailant, whom the military identified as an Afghan national in wounded condition.

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the Karachi attack in a statement Saturday night.

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the coming days.

Talks include arrangements around the strait, the removal of a U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and sanctions on Iran, and the future of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

The two sides have 60 days from their signing of the memorandum of understanding earlier this month to work out details.

Continued conflict in Lebanon threatens the agreement, which says fighting must end on all fronts before certain issues can be discussed.

Strikes target Gulf states Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the attacks in Bahrain and Kuwait.

Kuwait, which hosts a major U.S. military base,

or damage.

Bahrain said the Iranian strikes damaged a residential building near the international airport and no one was killed. Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. The damaged building was not near its headquarters.

Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry denounced what it called “a dangerous escalation that reveals that what Tehran is doing is not a passing act, nor an isolated incident, but rather a deliberate approach and a systematic pattern of repeated aggression.”

Later on Sunday, Qatar said a civilian had been killed, and another person was hurt, by shrapnel related to “military operations in the area” after a vessel didn’t return at its scheduled time on Saturday. It

“surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities” following an attack on a ship on Saturday. The Panamanian-flagged tanker Kiku carried crude oil for the state-run energy company of Qatar, another key mediator.

President Donald Trump on social media accused Iran of violating the deal and warned of a point where the U.S. may “be forced to militarily complete the job.”

“If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” Trump wrote.

The exchanges of fire began when an Iranian drone struck a merchant vessel off Oman on Thursday and the U.S. military retaliated.

VENEZUELA

Teams scramble to locate quake survivors

BY REGINA GARCIA CANO, JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.

The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.

Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases used by families searching for loved ones.

Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free some survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families a sliver of hope.

The first 48 to 72 hours after a natural disaster are

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Rescue workers carry a man rescued Sunday from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela. crucial to rescue efforts, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water.

More than 2,600 rescue workers from around the world had arrived by Sunday, the government said, noting that crews were being supported in their efforts by nearly 140 specially trained dogs.

“It’s been incredibly hard work, but we’re going strong,” said Jason Mercano, a civilian who was able

to communicate with family buried under the rubble via social media.

“We’ve never given up hope,” he added.

Masses of people gathered to watch as rescue crews from the U.S. and France pulled a man and his son from the ruins Sunday morning and carried them carefully on a black tarp into an ambulance.

Still, many Venezuelans are struggling to hold

3 firefighters killed, 2 hurt battling wildfire on Colorado-Utah border

BY TY ONEIL, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press

BEAVER, Utah — Three firefighters were killed and two sustained burn injuries when they were overcome by flames from fast-moving wildfires in hot, windy conditions near the Colorado-Utah border.

The firefighters deployed emergency shelters for themselves during the socalled burnover — which occurs when a fire spreads and closes off all escape routes — on Saturday in Mesa County, Colorado, the U.S. Interior Department said.

They worked for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service and U.S. Forest Service and were part of an interagency response to the Knowles and Gore fires, which merged with other fires to form the Snyder Fire.

So far, about 44 square miles have burned.

The Wildland Fire Service, created earlier this year to streamline firefighting and fire reduction across public lands, said in a statement that it “stands united” with the Forest Service in grief and “in our unwavering support for the loved ones left behind.”

“Their bravery, dedication, and sacrifice will never be forgotten,” the statement said.

The names of the firefighters who perished were being withheld pending notifications to their loved ones, the Interior Department said.

Temperatures in Grand Junction — east of the fire — hit a high of 93 degrees, with winds gusting to 44 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office was

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Smoke rises Sunday from the Snyder Fire burning near Thompson Springs, Utah.

asking people to evacuate the potential path of the fire and to turn on irrigation water to saturate the land. The federal Bureau of Land Management closed public access to lands it manages nearby.

“Firefighter and public safety are the highest priority,” the agency said in a statement. “The temporary closing of the lands is to reduce exposure to hazardous situations due to the rapid rates of spread and fire behavior that the fire has exhibited. The public is to remain clear of these closed lands.”

Wildfire activity has intensified across the western United States, as consecutive days of hot, dry and windy weather have fueled flames in Utah, Arizona and elsewhere as new fires popped up across the region.

The largest blaze, the Cottonwood Fire, was burning in rugged terrain in southwest Utah. It ballooned Saturday to more than 144 square miles after marching through canyons and mountainsides, destroying part of a ski resort and other summer cabins along the way.

onto hope in an increasingly desperate situation. The one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit last Wednesday have left a trail of devastation.

A layer of dust coated coastal communities, and as the stench of decomposing bodies spread, more people began to wear masks.

Authorities said Sunday that more than 770 buildings had totally or partially collapsed from the earthquakes, twice as many as were reported destroyed or damaged on Friday. The risk of further damage remains as aftershocks continued to shake Venezuela; quakes measuring 4.2 and 4.5 hit Sunday morning.

Many living in disaster zones said they had seen little sign of their government since the quakes. But rescue efforts in La Guaira — the hardest-hit area — appeared significantly more organized on Sunday as international rescue missions arrived en masse. In previous days, residents there had expressed frustration and anger about the level of response.

The government reported on state television that more than 14,000 members of the military and police are now patrolling La Guaira state, where access is blocked and special permits are required to enter.

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U.S. lags in social media restrictions for children But reform push is growing

BY KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP technology writers

Amy Neville describes Kristin Bride as her “soulmate.” But the day that forged their bond — June 23, 2020 — was the worst of each of their lives.

Both Bride and Neville lost their teen sons that day.

Their kids lived a thousand miles apart and never met, but they both died from harms related to their social media use.

When the two mothers met, early in their advocacy work to protect other kids, Bride said she had felt “totally alone.” But they have since seen the online child safety movement blossom, with scores of other parents who lost kids pursuing stronger social media safeguards and legislation to protect children online.

With that momentum, advocates say the tide seems to be turning. A pair of landmark jury verdicts this year showed a way forward for holding tech companies accountable. And while the U.S. is nowhere near embracing social media bans for children like those seen from Australia to Indonesia, a push for regulation is simmering again in Congress.

“Moving forward for me, it’s this groundswell. We now have the court of public opinion on our side, and that is powerful. That has brought things to the next level,” Neville said in an interview.

Her son Alexander Neville

was “brilliant and intense,” Neville said, with an entrepreneurial spirit and “the best laugh in the world.”

When he was 14, a drug dealer connected with him on Snapchat and sold him the pill that killed him. Carson Bride was the “bright light” of his family, a funny and caring kid who loved connecting with people, his mother said.

He died by suicide at age 16 after severe cyberbullying.

The teenagers were honored in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday alongside 270 other children and young people who died because of online harms. It was the sixth anniversary of the boys’ deaths, a date their families have worked to establish as Social Media Victims Remembrance Day. Growing awareness of the dangers social media poses for young, developing brains has shown up in a wave of new restrictions globally.

Australia, the U.K., Turkey, Indonesia and others have passed bans on kids under 16 or 15 from using platforms like TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.

In the U.S., the movement turned a corner with two jury verdicts against Meta and one against Google that galvanized proponents for kids’ online safety. Evidence in the court cases revealed some of the tech companies’ inner workings, including communications of employees who likened their products to drugs and casinos.

That the Los Angeles trial accusing social media platforms of causing deliberate harm to children was allowed to move forward was itself a watershed movement, said

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Kristin Bride, right, mother of 16-year-old Carson Bride, who died by suicide after being cyberbullied on an anonymous app on Snapchat, is joined by Amy Neville, mother of 14-year-old Alexander Neville, who died from fentanyl poisoning after being deceived by a drug dealer operating on Snapchat, during a Social Media Victims Remembrance Day memorial on Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Matthew Bergman, head of the Social Media Victims Law Center, which represents more than 1,000 plaintiffs in lawsuits against social media companies.

Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act shields tech companies from legal responsibility for posted content. It has been a barrier to accountability but lawsuits are side-stepping its protections by focusing on the companies’ deliberate design choices rather than content.

“It is still a hurdle, but it is no longer a barrier,” Bergman said.

In the U.S., federal legislation of social media has moved at a glacial pace. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which took effect in 2000, requires kidoriented apps and websites

to get parents’ consent before collecting personal information of children under 13.

This week, lawmakers in the House unveiled a bipartisan deal called the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act. It includes portions of the the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, which passed the Senate in 2024, but critics say it’s been stripped of its most important part — a provision called “duty of care,” a legal term that requires companies to take reasonable steps to prevent harm.

“Without a duty of care, Big Tech companies will maintain the status quo of putting profit before the safety of our children,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said in a statement.

Bride said advocates have to employ a three-prong ap-

proach, utilizing legislation, litigation and education. That way, “when one stalls, like legislation,” Bride said, “then we have the trials and we have litigation. So we keep pressing forward. We’re not going to give up.”

Representatives from Meta, YouTube and TikTok did not immediately respond to messages for comment.

Snap said in a written statement that it works continuously to strengthen safety protections across its platform.

Over the years, social media platforms have introduced some safety features including separating minors into teen accounts and providing even tighter restrictions for younger teenagers.

Instagram, for instance, now restricts teen accounts to viewing content that aligns

with “PG-13” ratings and accounts are set to private and can’t be messaged by strangers. YouTube has a separate kids app and parental controls on its regular platform that allow for “supervised kid accounts” for preteens who have aged out of YouTube kids.

But child advocates say there’s still a long way to go.

“Their fundamental incentive to design products that maximize engagement has not changed,” Bergman said.

“Yes, there have been some improvements. A 13-year-old child is not by default provided with an open account for adult predators to prey upon.

So, you know, there are baby steps, but there are steps in the right direction. We just need more of them.”

Since 2024, the Senate has passed a resolution annually to recognize June 23 as Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day, which honors the lives of those who died because of online harms including suicide, drug poisoning, cyberbullying and dangerous social media challenges.

Alongside several parents and advocates who spoke at the event Tuesday evening — including Bride and Neville — senators called for urgent action.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, DMinn., advocated for the repeal of Section 230. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, DConn., said advocates and lawmakers need to “fight like hell for the living.” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., assailed his fellow Congress members for not doing more, saying “we all know why” they haven’t acted.

France sees 1,000 more deaths amid extreme heat in Europe

BY KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press

BERLIN — France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country’s public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.

Temperature records were toppled in several countries on the weekend, wildfires were sparked in Germany and Berlin police used water cannons to cool down the crowds.

Meanwhile, the heat wave slowly moved toward eastern parts of the continent.

Germany marked a record for the third day in a row with 107 degrees in Neißemünde, near the border with Poland, which baked under its new all-time high of 104.9. The Czech Republic also experienced its hottest day ever with 107.4, up from the previous record of 105.6 on Saturday.

A new study from the World Weather Attribution, a Europe-based collaboration of scientists, reported Friday that the record-breaking heat and humidity in Europe this past week would not have been possible without

climate change.

The rapid study found that the heat would have been virtually impossible just five decades ago, and is 200 times more likely today than it would have been 20 years ago.

France reported a surge in deaths last week, including a sharp increase at private homes, especially in the Paris region, the national public health agency said Sunday.

There were more than 1,200 deaths on Wednesday, when France was sweltering under its hottest temperatures, increasing to more than 1,400 deaths on each of the two following days, Public Health France said.

In April and May, before the heat wave, France’s rate of deaths was about 900 to 1,000 per day.

The agency concluded that France experienced a total of at least 1,000 additional deaths during those three days alone, an estimate it cautioned is likely to increase as more data is collected, including for deaths at home.

The increase was sharpest in areas under red warnings of extreme heat, it said.

Those warnings blanketed about three-quarters of the country at the peak of the heat wave. The agency said that 85% of the deaths involved people aged 65 and above.

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People refresh in a fountain on Sunday after the Angelus noon prayer celebrated by Pope Leo XIV from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Meteorologists: Heat wave, high humidity to blast eastern U.S.

BY MARC LEVY Associated Press

A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the central and eastern United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising ahead of the July Fourth holiday and feeling even hot-

ter because of the high humidity that’s arriving with it.

Already, parts of the U.S., especially Phoenix and central Texas, and much of the Southwest were experiencing temperatures around 100 on Sunday, while the weather service warned of severe wildfire conditions developing across much of

the West as new fires popped up across the region.

On Sunday, well over 130 million Americans across southern and Great Plains states were under moderate to severe heat risk conditions, according to weather service maps, with that area forecast to expand and temperatures to intensify as the

week drags on.

Forecasters say several days of high temperatures — some above 100 degrees — will settle in across the lower Great Lakes, the midAtlantic and the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. Some record highs could be set in areas from the lower Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic

and New England later in the week, said weather service meteorologist Bryan Putnam.

A number of big cities could see their highest temperatures of the year so far as they host World Cup matches and celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary.

Feeling the heat will be

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Continued from page 1A student athletes, and to enhance facilities and settle lawsuits.

The early childhood education fund is capped at $20 million, but the SPORT fund has no cap. SB135 would have moved the cap to the SPORT fund, allowing the early childhood education fund to continue collecting revenue over $20 million.

The change would have generated an extra $3.4 million annually for the latter fund, according to a fiscal note attached to the legislation.

That fund is used to create more seats in Louisiana’s Child Care Assistance Program, which helps families pay to put kids in early childhood education programs.

The initiative has received praise not only from education advocates but also from the business lobby; supporters say early childcare helps ensure parents can get to work and improves educational outcomes for kids.

But some lawmakers note that college football is an economic boon to the state.

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announcer at Tiger Stadium, said strong athletics programs help generate visitors to the state who, in turn, spend money at local businesses.

“There’s no denying the economic impact that athletics has on all universities across the state when teams are performing well,” Mc- Kelly Makin said, calling college sports programs “economic engines.”

Supporters of athletics Mizell’s proposal easily passed the Senate, but it died in the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee when none of that panel’s members would make a motion on the bill. No one spoke publicly in opposition to SB135 during that meeting, nor did any lawmakers explain why they did not want to move it forward.

Like many other Louisianans, Mizell said she loves football — but she also wants single moms in the poorer parts of her district to have access to childcare so that they can go to work. “(The colleges) would still be getting $20 million,” Mizell said. “I thought we were ready to acknowledge that OK, maybe we’ve given football enough money.”

Mizell noted that former head LSU football coach Brian Kelly

received a $54 million buyout after LSU ousted him.

The school then made Kelly’s replacement, Lane Kiffin, one of college football’s three highest-paid coaches, with an annual salary of $13 million.

Supporters of the athletics programs say most of the money for sports is generated Kiffin by the programs themselves or comes from donors. A single donor reportedly paid for most of Kelly’s buyout.

Tensions rise A week after SB135 died, another sports-related bill stirred debate in the Senate.

House Bill 608 by state Rep. Tehmi Chassion, D-Lafayette, which was billed as a way to protect student-athletes, exempts records that detail how colleges allocate socalled “revenue sharing” funds to individual sports and athletes. That is money paid directly from the budgets of athletic departments.

HB608 easily passed the House with only four no votes, but it picked up opposition from a coalition of senators from across the political spectrum who said it was a blow to government transparency.

In addition to Mizell, state Sen. Greg Miller, R-Norco, and state Sen. Thomas Pressly, R-Shreveport, spoke against the bill when it was debated in the Senate on May 26.

“We’ve got ‘student-athletes’ that are getting paid $1 million, $2 million, $3 million, $4 million a year.

We have lost sight of our priorities.

We have jumped the shark on this,” said Miller. “Who are we really trying to protect? What we’re doing here has just gone too far.”

HB608 passed the Senate 22-13.

Revenue sharing is just one source of money for student athletes. They often obtain lucrative name, image and likeness, or NIL, deals, which generally involve advertising campaigns.

Chassion said HB608, now Act 818, was necessary to protect athletes from being targeted for their money. He also said it would make Louisiana sports teams more competitive, preventing other schools from learning a specific student athlete’s salary and using it to poach that athlete.

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was about the effective message.

John Fleming was a flawed candidate. It made our job a lot easier.”

Fleming repeatedly said the ads were dishonest.

He declined to be interviewed on Sunday. Letlow did not respond to interview requests.

Letlow campaign volunteers made 100,000 calls to likely Letlow voters on the weekend before the election and 91,000 calls on election day, said the Letlow campaign official.

Continued from page 1A Davis, 55, faces an uphill battle in a state where no Democrat has been elected to the Senate since 2008, and Republicans hold all of the statewide offices and twothirds of the seats in the Legislature. In the runoff, 316,538 people voted in the Republican runoff, while 196,190 voted in the Democratic one.

Davis said he is undaunted by the naysayers and said he will broaden his focus to appeal to Republican voters who could not vote for him in the just-concluded closed primary elections.

“Dr. Fleming’s voters are out there,” he said. “So are Dr. Cassidy’s voters and Mr. Crockett’s voters.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy was eliminated in the May 16 priCrockett mary when he finished third in the Republican primary. Cassidy had angered Trump and MAGA voters when he voted to convict the president of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

The overall turnout of registered voters in the runoff was 17%, according to Ed Chervenak, a political-science professor at the University of New Orleans. That was down from 28% in the May primary.

According to unofficial returns from the Secretary of State’s Office, Davis defeated Crockett, 79.9% to 20.1%. That result was not a surprise since Davis had much more money and important Democratic endorsements.

“We’re talking grassroots, pure grassroots, different organizations coming together to say, ‘This man has it; this man has what we want to see in the person who represents us,’ ” said Bonnie Byland, an organizer with Indivisible Baton Rouge.

At Davis’ election night party in Baton Rouge, she added, “There was tremendous energy.”

James Carville, the famed Democratic political strategist, said of Davis, “He has some guts and

Where Letlow won

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Julia Letlow addresses the crowd after winning the runoff in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate at a watch party in Baton Rouge on Saturday. moxie. He seems to be a successful farmer, which is a pretty good profile for a Democratic candidate. His challenge will be raising money. Democrats have no power in Louisiana. In politics, you can have the best bio in the world, but if you don’t have money, you can’t tell your story.”

Behind Letlow’s win Letlow defeated Fleming, 56.8% to 43.2%. That 13.6-point margin was bigger than most political analysts predicted. The Letlow campaign, for example, expected she would win by six or seven points, the campaign official said.

New Orleans pollster Greg Rigamer, who had conducted weekly surveys throughout the race, won public attention when he found in the final days of the election that Fleming had closed most or all of the 17-point margin that Letlow had coming out of the May 16 primary, 45% to 28%.

Rigamer released a poll showing that Fleming held a 1-point advantage among those who voted early in the Republican runoff but that Letlow held a 6-point advantage among those expected to vote on

Saturday.

Rigamer expected Letlow to win the runoff — but in “a squeaker.”

Fleming’s pollster, John Couvillon, reported that his poll several days before the election showed Fleming up, 45% to 40%.

The Letlow campaign saved its heaviest advertising buys for the final three weeks of the campaign, when more voters Fleming would be tuning into the race.

Outside groups also stepped up their advertising. Two of them — American Mission and Save American Freedom — spent over $1 million total to promote Letlow.

Another group, the Accountability Project — run by allies of Gov. Jeff Landry — spent over $4 million on attack ads against Fleming — TV ads, radio spots, mailers and texts.

At 12:52 p.m. on Wednesday, voters received a text message from the group: “President Trump has sealed our border and is keeping illegal aliens out. But RINO John

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“This is a protection for student athletes. Folks tend to think of these as rich college kids, when these are regular kids that happen to be able to play a sport so well,” Chassion said. “It’s not anyone’s business what an individual athlete is making.”

Scott Sternberg, a First Amendment expert and attorney who is representing a group of journalists suing LSU for revenue-sharing records, said the exemption marks the first time the state is allowing the expenditure of public dollars to remain confidential.

Chassion argued that the revenue-sharing money should not be considered “taxpayer” dollars because it comes from funds that are “self-generated” by athletic departments.

Sternberg disputed that notion, saying taxpayer dollars make it possible for institutions like LSU football to generate revenue.

“If a tollbooth collects a toll, that’s public money,” Sternberg said. “If LSU sells an advertisement or a ticket to the game, how is that not public money?”

Sternberg also represents The Advocate | The Times-Picayune in some legal matters. The newspaper is not a party to the lawsuit filed against LSU.

Fleming has found a workaround to bring more Mexicans into our country his taxpayer-funded immigrant bus system.”

At 10:43 a.m. on Thursday: “While you bust your butt paying taxes, John Fleming and his family were globe-trotting the world on your dime, and lobbyist money.”

At 1:12 p.m. on Thursday: “Fleming is a fraud who can’t be trusted.”

At 3:06 p.m. on Friday: “John Fleming bragged about working side-by-side with Dr. Fauci on the COVID Task Force, even sharing with the media that they ‘very frequently’ met together as they pushed forced vaccines and forced masks on our kids, and shut down businesses.” The text ended with photos of Fleming and Fauci.

Landry raised money for the Accountability Project and Hope in Action — which transferred big dollars to the Accountability Project.

“We ran a strong campaign,” said Jay Connaughton, a St. Tammany Parish-based media strategist who headed the Accountability Project.

“It wasn’t just about the money. It

According to a postelection analysis by Rigamer, Letlow ended up carrying 49 parishes, while Fleming won 14 — Orleans Parish and 13 more in a corridor that stretched from northwest Louisiana to Allen and Beauregard parishes, the area he represented in the U.S. House from 2009 to 2017.

“She just dominated,” Rigamer said on Sunday.

Fleming and Letlow tied in Bossier Parish, each with 4,351 votes, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Couvillon, who acknowledged on Sunday that he misfired on his final poll, said Fleming’s campaign aimed in the runoff to receive two-thirds of the Cassidy voters from the primary — but collected only 45%.

“The Cassidy vote concluded there wasn’t a dime’s difference between the two runoff contenders, so they split their vote,” he said.

Roy Fletcher, Fleming’s campaign strategist, knew that his candidate had to take an early lead when the first batch of returns were released on Saturday night just after the polls closed at 8 p.m. Those figures tallied the early voters who, Rigamer’s poll showed, had given a slight advantage to Fleming.

Instead, Letlow took an immediate lead.

Fletcher was sitting in Fleming’s suite at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge.

“I said to myself, ‘That ain’t what it’s supposed to be,’ ” Fletcher recalled on Sunday. “I knew then that it wouldn’t go right. I walked to get two oatmeal cookies. I thought it was time for sugar.”

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Continued from page 1A But the rider experience is often “incredibly frustrating,” according to Courtney Jackson, executive director of the rider advocacy group RIDE New Orleans.

One out of every four RTA buses failed to arrive on time last year, according to agency data. In April, the RTA canceled around 2% of its scheduled bus service, largely due to a lack of working vehicles, but also because of road closures, police barricades and driver shortages, agency officials said.

“Riders are more likely to use public transportation if they know their bus is going to show up and show up when it says it’s going to show up,” Jackson said.

“Right now, people don’t trust that they’re going to get to where they need to go.”

In a statement, Moreno said the next CEO needs to focus on “delivering reliable, accessible service while strengthening regional connectivity and expanding access to effective public transportation.”

Expanding access?

Even though many New Orleanians rely on the RTA to get to work, the agency has made little progress in recent years in expanding riders’ access to employment opportunities.

The average New Orleans resident can reach less than a third of the region’s jobs in 60 minutes on public transit, according to a RIDE analysis from 2025. The metric has barely budged since the advocacy group began tracking it a decade ago.

In 2022, the RTA launched a major bus network redesign called New Links in an attempt to speed up riders’ commute and improve regional connectivity. The redesign, the first since Hurri-

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cane Katrina, did away with some routes and reconfigured others. It promised to increase the number of bus lines with vehicles arriving at least every 20 minutes and to expand service on nights and weekends.

However, less than a year after rolling out the redesign, the RTA began cutting back on the frequency on certain routes. It has yet to return to the service it promised when it launched New Links.

The reason, according to agency officials: The RTA doesn’t have enough buses.

In order for New Links to work as intended, the RTA needs an active fleet of 140 buses. With an aging fleet and a shortage of mechanics, the RTA struggled to keep enough buses on the roads after it launched the redesign. Hankins, who joined the RTA as infrastructure chief in 2019 and was named permanent CEO in March 2023, inherited the bus shortage problem.

Under her watch, the RTA developed a fleet replacement plan and secured federal funding that officials said should have the agency back to an active fleet of 140 buses by 2028.

Until then, the RTA and its next CEO will be constrained in their efforts to expand service and make it more reliable.

Lola Reynard knows those issues well. She budgets around two hours to get from her apartment in Gentilly to her job at The National WWII Museum downtown. It’s a 3-mile commute that would take less than 25 minutes by car.

On a good day, it takes her around an hour on public transit. But the 24-year-old New Orleans native has learned to plan for unexpected delays on the 52 Paris-Broadmoor line, which in April had an on-time performance of 77.4%. One time, she said, her bus broke down on her way to work and again on her way home.

stance use disorder or PTSD experienced remisContinued from page 1A sion for months or in some cases years after taking psychedelics with the right Now, as a movement to preparation and in a moniincrease access to psyche- tored clinical setting, he delic-assisted therapy has said.

At the same time, the field gained steam across the country, Louisiana is join- of psychedelic medicine is ing a growing list of states still in its early stages, he working to expand the use said, and most experts view of the drugs to treat addic- the findings thus far as tion, PTSD and other con- “promising but not definiditions. State lawmakers tive” due to the limited scithis spring unanimously entific research and clinical approved a measure to cul- trial data that’s available.

“More research needs to tivate research into psychedelics and support clinical happen,” he said, “but the potential is immense.” trials.

Murnane cautioned that A growing body of reeach psychedelic search shows that carries its own psychedelics can risks and potential help address probharms. For examlems like trauma, addiction and deple, MDMA could affect the supply of pression, which can blood to the heart, lead to suicide, and while ibogaine can that’s especially make patients exrelevant for strug- McMath gling veterans, said tremely physically Sen. Patrick McMath, R- ill and impact the heart’s Covington, who sponsored rhythms, and some drugs Senate Bill 43, now Act 956. carry psychiatric risks like “I believe it will save manic states or suicidality lives,” McMath said of the if used improperly, he said. new law. “Shame on us as Psychedelics can also legislators in this state if put people in a vulnerable, we don’t do everything that compromised mental state, we can to create the regu- he said, and he does not latory pathways to safely recommend taking them administer this type of independently outside of a clinical setting. therapy.”

Murnane is the principal Psychedelics in treatment investigator for two ongoPsychedelics like ibo- ing clinical trials with psygaine, psilocybin and chedelics, one studying psiMDMA are illegal under locybin to reduce relapse in federal law, and are Sched- methamphetamine addicule I drugs, the Drug En- tion and another studying forcement Agency’s most a psilocybin-like compound to treat adjustment disorrestrictive classification.

While they can’t be pre- der triggered by a traumatscribed in standard medical ic or major life change like treatment, scientists with a a terminal diagnosis. special Schedule I license He said he hopes to excan study the drugs in re- pand the research to insearch trials. clude ibogaine and MDMA Some of those studies at the clinical trials office have produced “a really re- at LSU Health-Shreveport, markable effect,” said Kev- which built out a psychein Murnane, a professor delic dosing room with inof pharmacology, toxicol- put from experts.

Murnane, who gave adogy and neuroscience and a professor of psychiatry and vice on some aspects of Act behavioral medicine at LSU 956, said the law will posiHealth-Shreveport. tion Louisiana to be a na“Many times the out- tional leader in psychedelic comes are really, really research. profound,” he said.

For example, people with What does legislation do? conditions like treatmentA new Psychedelic-Asresistant depression, sub- sisted Therapy Initiative

By 2028, the agency expects to face a $9 million shortfall in funding for its bus, streetcar and paratransit services, according to a RIDE analysis. The RTA hasn’t raised its passenger fares since 1999, though RTA Commissioner Barbara Major said the agency needs to improve its service before raising prices or seeking more from taxpayers.

The next CEO will also be tasked with securing federSTAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER al dollars for a long-planned bus rapid transit line conLola Reynard arrives at the bus stop in the Gentilly necting New Orleans East neighborhood in New Orleans on June 16. to the Central Business District and Algiers.

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority ridership The RTA has several other capital projects in The RTA has seen a rebound in its number of bus passengers since the works thanks to nearthe coronavirus pandemic, while streetcar ridership has yet to recover. ly $200 million in federal grants secured by the RTA BUS STREETCAR 12,000,000 since 2019. Construction is underway on the $11.4 million Algiers Ferry terminal 10,000,000 renovation, and the RTA is in the process of procur8,000,000 ing an architect for its $33 million Downtown Transit 6,000,000 Center on Basin Street near Canal Street.

“These were federal dol4,000,000 lars that we aggressively went after in order to build 2,000,000 better infrastructure,” Hankins said at a RTA board 0 meeting in December, not’15 ’16 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 ’21 ’22 ’23 ’24 ’25 ing that without the grants, Source: Unlinked Passenger Trips per the National Transit Database Staff graphic the agency would have had to rely on bonds.

“At the end of the day, able service remains a cenSetbacks, controversies they get people from A to tral focus for the RTA.” B,” Reynard said during a “During this transition While Hankins notched recent interview on an RTA period, the agency remains several wins during her bus. “But there’s been times focused on day-to-day oper- time as CEO, her threewhere I’m like, ‘Oh, this re- ations, monitoring service year tenure also included a performance, coordinating string of controversies. ally sucks.’”

The biggest came in The RTA said it is making across operations teams, adjustments with the re- and continuing planned ser- early 2024, when half the sources it has. In September, vice improvement efforts,” RTA’s board resigned after learning about a constructhe RTA plans to implement he said. service changes on the West tion contract that had balBank to make it easier for Funding challenges looned in value. The episode residents to get to grocery To maintain existing ser- prompted Jefferson Parish stores. RTA officials will be- vice levels in the coming to pull out of the RTA engin reaching out to New Or- years, the next CEO will tirely.

The RTA also faced critileans East residents in July also need to secure new as part of a similar service- revenues. Sales taxes make cism for the slow pace of up around 85% of the RTA’s progress in improving its improvement effort.

In a statement, RTA in- operating revenues. Passen- paratransit service for disterim CEO Ronald Baptiste ger fares, meanwhile, make abled riders. RTA officials said “providing safe, reli- up 10%. say many of the issues with

paratransit should be resolved with the roll-out of new scheduling software later this year.

In April, internal personnel issues at the RTA burst into view, when a dozen current and former RTA employees filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging rampant workplace discrimination and wage theft and accusing Hankins of violating free speech protections.

The Moreno administration said the lawsuit underscored why “meaningful reform and structural change” at the RTA was needed.

The RTA board has hired North Carolina-based KL2 Connects to conduct the search for the CEO. The firm has already met with City Council members, Moreno, union representatives and RIDE to hear what they want in the next CEO, Duplessis said.

Better communication While the RTA faces problems that can’t be fixed overnight, the next CEO could improve the rider experience by doing a better job at communicating service disruptions, Jackson said.

The RTA makes note of disruptions on its website and in its mobile LePass app.

But they often lack essential details, like which stops are closed, where to catch a rerouted bus and how long the disruption will last.

Waiting at a bus shelter outside the Main Library downtown on a recent Saturday, Charles Thecook, 65, said the 57 Franklin-Freret bus he takes to his restaurant job Uptown is late almost daily.

“You never know if you’re going to get to work on time or not,” he said. “They miss routes. The bus breaks down. The bus don’t come according to the schedule.

It’s really not dependable.”

Email Blake Paterson at bpaterson@theadvocate. com.

will be housed in the Office of Behavioral Health at the state Health Department and led by Dr. Vanessa de la Cruz, the office’s chief medical officer.

The program is tasked with identifying academic health centers conducting clinical trials of psychedelic-assisted therapy, helping identify potential study participants, and securing funding for the studies, including from Louisiana’s $600 million pot of money from a 2021 settlement with pharmaceutical companies over the opioid epidemic.

Academic health centers in Louisiana can now partner with drug manufacturers to develop clinical trials for psychedelic medications like ibogaine, psilocybin and MDMA to treat addiction and mental health conditions.

The measure became law this month without a signature or veto from Gov. Jeff Landry.

tural baggage” psychedel- mission, joined McMath at ken mental, behavioral and the news conference at a addiction health treatment ics have.

“It’s helpful when you’re veterans wellness center in system.”

Hubbard and Rogan conducting research trials New Orleans.

“We are in an existential were at the White House or trying to advance them as medicine to be able to struggle for the survival and stood together behind say that very responsible, of this country,” Hubbard Trump the day he signed ethical and credible people said. He pointed to things the recent executive order believe this is worth re- like the opioid epidemic, on psychedelic research.

Rogan said he sent Trump searching and studying,” ongoing military conflicts since Sept. 11 and the high a text message about ibohe said.

At a news conference last suicide rate among veter- gaine’s potential to treat week celebrating the new ans. opioid addiction, and the law, McMath said he first Hubbard works with for- president responded that heard about ibogaine a few mer Texas governor Rick he would be supportive of years ago talking to mili- Perry running Americans FDA approval.

Trump said he got on tary veterans about PTSD, for Ibogaine, a national and then he learned more nonprofit group promoting board with the idea after about it from an interview medical and therapeutic asking U.S. Health Secreon the Joe Rogan podcast use of the drug. tary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Having recognized that and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who with W. Bryan Hubbard, an ibogaine treatment advo- the heart of trauma and ad- runs the Medicare and cate who has been gaining diction is profound spiritual Medicaid programs, about a national profile in recent affliction, mighty Texas has the psychedelic.

The next week, the FDA months. committed $100 million to “We should probably achieve the moonshot of for the first time authostart a Joe Rogan caucus,” our time, the medicaliza- rized a clinical study of an McMath said jokingly. tion of ibogaine within the ibogaine derivative to treat “There’s been a decent United States in order to alcohol use disorder. amount of legislation that serve and exalt the primacy The FDA also said it was has come from that show.” of the human soul,” he said. fast-tracking studies by Hubbard, a lawyer and He said he is working to three companies studyformer executive direc- change state and national ing psilocybin and another A national movement tor of the Kentucky Opioid policy on ibogaine because MDMA-like drug to treat Louisiana’s effort is part Abatement Advisory Com- “we have a profoundly bro- depression and PTSD. of a broader movement across the country to expand access to psychedelic drugs and to medicalize ibogaine for mental health treatment.

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Police piece together man’s last hours Investigators share new details in Marrero killing

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

When Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies in April dug up the severed skull and hands of Eddie Tillman Jr. at a Marrero home, questions quickly mounted about what previously had been a cold, missing person case.

How did Tillman, who disap-

peared without a trace almost three years ago, wind up in the backyard of a freshly renovated, single-story home listed for sale?

Homicide investigators are now beginning to hone in on the circumstances surrounding his final hours.

Six suspects have been taken into custody — including former residents of the house where Till-

man’s remains were recovered.

Though they haven’t determined exactly how Tillman died, detectives are confident he met his demise at the hands of another.

“I don’t have an official autopsy result, but I do not believe he cut off his own head,” Detective Christopher Bodet testified Tuesday during a preliminary hearing in Jefferson Parish Magistrate Court

for three of the suspects.

During his testimony, Bodet laid out the chain of events, alleging that Tillman was abducted, beaten, killed and dismembered and buried at a house in the 1200 block of Gaudet Drive.

Tillman’s mother and sister watched the Tuesday hearing via Zoom, taking in the distressing details of his last night alive.

“They had my brother beaten, duct-taped, blindfolded and gagged,” his sister, Mary Tillman,

41, said. “My brother cried, and he begged for help, and nobody bothered to help him.”

Eddie Tillman, 37, was a native of Florida who followed his mother, Mary Ann Tillman, 58, to Louisiana in 2017 when she began working for a tree-cutting service. Eddie Tillman occasionally did work for the company but mostly sold scrap metal, according to his mother.

He wrestled with a drug addic-

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Kenner to drop brake tags in 2027

City will join state in new QR code program

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

The Kenner City Council repealed its vehicle inspection sticker program Friday, a move that followed the state’s decision earlier this month to discontinue brake tag requirements for most Louisiana drivers.

Under the council’s unanimous decision, Kenner drivers will no longer be required to undergo safety checks every one to two years in order to obtain a brake tag starting Jan. 1.

Instead, they will join the rest of the state in getting a Louisiana Vehicle Identification Program sticker when they renew their registration, which is a QR code costing $6 per year that lists the vehicle identification number when scanned.

“We all need to realize it’s our personal responsibility to maintain our vehicles and make sure it’s safe,” said Kenner City Council member Kristi McKinney, who co-submitted the legislation. “The threat of a ticket for a brake tag isn’t going to make someone do something they weren’t going to do anyway.”

One resident who spoke at Friday’s council meeting said that repealing vehicle inspections would create a safety issue for the city.

But several other residents and council members said Kenner’s vehicle inspections had grown obsolete, and that the police department could handle enforcement for issues like tinted windows or busted headlights on its own.

Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said that keeping the inspection sticker program would create a “quagmire” in which cars from unincorporated Jefferson Parish would not be required to have a brake tag, making it difficult to enforce those rules.

Conley added that departments statewide will also have to buy separate equipment to scan QR codes instead of regular smartphones due to privacy concerns.

According to Conley, his department issues roughly 400 inspection sticker violations per year, compared with about 9,600 moving violation tickets.

Starting Tuesday, law enforcement officers will be prohibited from issuing tickets for not displaying an inspection sticker on personal vehicles under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry. Commercial vehicles and school buses will still be required to do regular safety inspections under state law.

Mayor Michael Glaser did not oppose the repeal, but said he found the state’s QR code law to

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Purrrfect day

STAFF PHOTOS By ENAN CHEDIAK

ABOVE: Megan Malone participates in cat yoga during the Louisiana

Cat Fest at the Fleur De Lis Event Center in Mandeville on Saturday.

RIGHT: Lauren Schulte pets a kitten up for adoption.

MSY airport gets safety upgrades from FAA Radar to help prevent collisions

BY GRACE MAYER Staff writer

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that it has installed a new safety technology at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport designed to help prevent collisions between aircraft and airport vehicles on runways and taxiways.

The new system, called a Surface Movement Radar, is a specialized radar that sits atop the air traffic control tower and is designed to detect features on the surface of an airport — like fire trucks and luggage carts — enabling air traffic controllers to better monitor on-the-ground

aircraft and vehicle traffic.

The system also alerts controllers of any safety issues, like potential collisions.

The New Orleans airport is the third airport in the nation to receive the upgrade from the FAA, after George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and San Diego International Airport, according to a release from the agency.

“We are proud to be one of the first airports in the country to receive this next-generation technology, and we are grateful to the FAA for their continued investment in the safety of the New Orleans Airport,” airport spokesperson Erin Burns said in a statement.

The upgrade is part of the Trump administration’s $12.5 billion initiative, unveiled earlier this spring, to modernize aging

and outdated air traffic control systems at airports around the country. The nation’s airport safety systems have come under scrutiny after several high-profile accidents and well-publicized near-misses in recent months.

In March, an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York, killing the pilot and co-pilot and resulting in dozens of injured passengers.

In January 2025, an army helicopter collided with a commercial airplane near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., killing 67 and becoming one of the deadliest commercial aviation accidents in U.S. history.

The new surface radar system was installed earlier this week and will begin operating later this summer, the FAA said.

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The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport installed a new surface movement radar that will begin operating in a few weeks.

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State settles Lake Charles bridge chemical spill suit Energy companies to pay small fee for new span

BY MEGAN WYATT Staff writer

Two petrochemical giants will chip in a tiny percentage toward the overall cost of building the new Lake Charles Interstate 10 bridge after the state quietly settled a lawsuit earlier this year over a decades-old chemical spill at the foot of the current bridge.

The confidential settlement agreement, which The Advocate | The TimesPicayune received through a public records request, called for Phillips 66 and Sasol to pay $2 million to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development — roughly .06% of the price tag for the new bridge. The payment ended a lawsuit the state filed against the two companies over an infamous 1994 spill of ethylene dichloride near the bridge.

The companies spilled millions of pounds of ethylene dichloride, or EDC, during an underground transfer pipeline failure, they acknowledged in legal filings.

Federal agencies intervened with cleanup orders, soil and water sampling and a restoration plan.

But hundreds of workers who cleaned up the EDC said they became sick and said they were not properly informed of the hazards of working with the chemical, nor provided the appropriate protection while working. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has classified EDC as a “probable human carcinogen,” and the chemical is used to make plastics, pipes and PVC. Dozens of claims against the companies quickly turned into a class-action lawsuit with hundreds of workers receiving confidential settlements.

State officials said the effects of the chemical spill were even more wide-ranging than health and safety concerns, and that the contaminated ground around the bridge would make it significantly harder and

more expensive to build a new one. When the state filed suit against the companies in 2008, they argued that the EDC spill upped the new bridge’s cost by $235 million.

The state wound up recouping a far smaller sum.

In a January joint motion, the state and petrochemical companies agreed to dismiss the lawsuit filed in Calcasieu Parish’s 14th Judicial District Court, with each party paying its own legal and court fees.

Chemical spill migration In addition to the $2 million payment, the companies agreed to continue working with the DOTD on site access, right-of-way matters and utility relocation for the replacement bridge project, according to the settlement agreement. The settlement, which both sides signed last December, did not affect other aspects of cleanup orders for the two companies.

Both have ongoing environmental remediation obligations under the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and other agreements related to the plugging and abandonment of wells.

The EDC spill happened so long ago that both companies involved have since changed names. At the time of the spill, the state argued that ConocoPhillips, now known as Phillips 66, and Vista Chemical, now Sasol, should have to pay for project costs. Hazardous waste from the chemical spill migrated into the subsurface soil at the planned project site, state officials argued.

The migration meant the state’s old plan to use pilings to support the Sampson Street interchange portion of the new bridge could not move forward because of the risk of spreading the chemical deeper into the soil. State officials also worried about EDC spreading into the Chicot Aquifer, which provides drinking water to a large portion of the state, according to the lawsuit.

Taxpayers, meanwhile, helped foot the bill for figuring out how to build the new bridge. State officials argued that they spent 10 years designing the new bridge before they realized

STAFF FILE PHOTO By LESLIE WESTBROOK

Phillips 66 and Sasol will pay a small percentage toward the overall cost of building a new Interstate 10 bridge in Lake Charles as part of the settlement of a lawsuit in a decades-old chemical spill. the EDC had migrated to the site on which they hoped to build it.

In legal filings, Phillips 66 acknowledged that the company accidentally released EDC from its pipeline. When the spill was discovered, Phillips 66 said it started emergency response and cleanup efforts that were to continue until 2025, with DEQ overseeing them.

Phillips 66 and Sasol argued the state did not own or have a servitude interest in most of the property where they planned to build the new I-10 bridge. The companies said the state did not have the right to take action against them for contamination of the property or construction delays.

A toll on a new bridge The $2 million settlement will go directly toward the replacement project, as outlined in a 2019 state law meant to expedite the bridge project. It’s a paltry sum for the $2.3 billion project, which is mostly being paid for through a public-private partnership and will include a toll for drivers upon its estimated completion in 2031.

A DOTD spokesperson did not comment directly on the settlement, but acknowledged the construction delays were largely due to environmental, location and funding concerns.

“This project has been a priority for DOTD for several years, and there are several steps involved,” said the agency’s John Guidroz.

“The environmental process had to be completed, the necessary funding had to be obtained and then also navigating just the challenges or complexities of the location of the project — that all takes time.”

Attempts to reach attorneys who represented the state agency and both companies during the litigation were largely unsuccessful.

Attorneys who filed civil lawsuits against the companies on behalf of workers affected by the EDC said they could not share the terms of their settlements. They noted, though, personal injury settlements differ from those impacting governmental plans, property and infrastructure.

Greg Marceaux, a Lake Charles lawyer who handled personal injury claims for

dozens of workers involved in the EDC cleanup efforts, said he was surprised to learn of the state’s settlement when contacted by a reporter. “ T h a t s e e m s l o w, ” Marceaux said. “I don’t know the facts of the case well enough to be able to give a real opinion. It just seems low to me because it was such a substantial amount that was leaked, and surely they had to redesign the bridge and change the design of the bridge because of that.”

Marceaux said the toll for the new bridge is unpopular in Calcasieu Parish, especially among those familiar with how the EDC spill delayed construction and increased costs.

“If it increased the cost by $200 million, then why didn’t the responsible party have to pay that money?” Marceaux said.

Former Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach, a former state representative, said he was recently reminded of the lawsuit with the groundbreaking this spring of the new I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge.

“I was saying just the other

day that I wish I had more information about that,” Roach said. “I wondered what happened, how that worked out, what the terms and conditions were.”

Roach, who was mayor from 2000 to 2017, said he and the southwest Louisiana delegation encouraged both sides to resolve the lawsuit and move forward with the bridge project during his tenure.

“They had to wait until they really had a handle on the extent of the contamination underneath the bridge and how it would really affect the proposed route for the bridge,” Roach said. “That was still in progress when I left office because of the nature of it — It’s hard to clean up a spill underneath the ground.”

Sarah Hughes, spokesperson for Sasol, said the lawsuit has been dismissed when contacted for this story.

“The parties have resolved the matter,” she wrote in an email to The Advocate. “And no further legal action will be pursued.”

Stef Adams, spokesperson for Phillips 66, said the company would not comment on litigation.

St. Landry floodwaters continue to move toward basin KENNER

Continued from page 1B

BY STEPHEN MARCANTEL

Staff writer

St. Landry Parish residents have been playing a waiting game for the better part of a week. Recently, Tropical Storm Arthur dumped 20 to 30 inches of rain within 12 hours across southern parts of the parish, a likely 1,000-year rainfall event that caught most residents off guard. That water, which is not contained within rivers and canals, is now flooding parts of northern St. Landry Parish.

For most of the past week, a flood warning has been in effect for the parishes of Avoyelles, St. Landry, Evangeline and Rapides, according to the National Weather Service.

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard issued voluntary evacuation recommendations for most areas of the parish north of La. 190 early in the week, and on Tuesday, water flowed across La. 10 in Palmetto. On Wednesday, he warned residents of Lebeau along U.S. 71 from U.S. 190 north to La. 10 that it was time to leave if they planned to evacuate. Though a Red Cross shelter opened for several days in Opelousas, Bellard said most residents who evacuated were able to find family and friends to stay with, and the shelter was closed.

On Friday, Bellard said about 100 homes in the Palmetto area had already flooded and more may flood as the water from Avoyelles continues to make its way south.

“It already flooded up in Morrow and Palmetto, up in those areas,” he said Friday morning. “Now it’s coming down Highway 71 and down to Bayou Courtableau.”

Bellard said officials were hoping the flooding would peak by Sunday and then begin drying out within a week or 10 days.

Parish officials have been going house to house by boat, checking on residents and trying to get an assessment of damages to report to the Federal Emergency Man-

STAFF PHOTO By LESLIE WESTBROOK

A boat is parked near the front door of a home on Veazie Road surrounded by several inches of water on Friday in the village of Palmetto. agement Agency.

Down Veazie Road in Palmetto, Sara and Benny Camp drove a four-wheeler down their flooded road before they hopped on a boat to make it to their front door.

The couple left Saturday when floodwater began creeping into their yard, Benny Camp said.

On Friday night, the water level jumped about a foot, reaching at least 4 feet.

Of the 15 or so houses on the street, about three homes flooded,

Sara Camp said. The Camps’ home was one of the lucky ones.

The same can’t be said for Sara Camp’s 72-year-old mother, who also lives along the street. Her home took on nearly 2 feet of water.

“I didn’t tell her yet. I mean, she’s tough,” Sara Camp said.

The couple said they have never seen flooding like this in their lives.

“I was talking to the older folks, it was like early ’70s, they had a flood down this road,” Benny

Camp said.

On Friday, KADN reported flood victims converged on a Louisiana Department of Insurance pop-up office in Lebeau seeking help.

Displaced residents spoke with representatives from the state Department of Insurance about federal, state and local resources available to them. Many were left with uninhabitable homes, with some forced to wade through knee-high water to reach higher ground. And many were facing the harsh reality of not having flood insurance. The Department of Insurance reported that only about 2,300 of around 19,000 homeowners in the area carry flood insurance.

“In this area, unfortunately, there’s not a high takeup, so that means they are not going to have flood coverage because flood is not covered under your homeowners policy,” Louisiana State Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said.

Temple urged flood victims without insurance to register their losses online, noting that the data collected could help Louisiana qualify for federal assistance.

“Go to damage.la.gov, let the government know how many people don’t have coverage. All of that amount gets totaled up, and then, that helps Louisiana figure out if it can qualify for federal assistance. So, if you don’t have flood insurance, unfortunately, we are going to have to wait for local, state or federal assistance,” Temple said.

Bellard said water levels were expected to peak by Monday in St. Landry, but the storm’s effects were not expected to be limited to Avoyelles and St. Landry parishes.

Doug Kramer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said floodwaters from Avoyelles are expected to continue moving into St. Martin Parish and eventually into the Atchafalaya Basin.

be superfluous to scanning a license plate. He said the city and its partnered businesses did not profit from vehicle inspections, and that two city employees will be terminated or reassigned as a result of Friday’s repeal.

The city currently has four businesses acting as satellite brake tag stations, where drivers can get one-year tags for $10 or two-year tags for $20.

Kenner was one of the few local governments to have its own local brake tag requirements, along with New Orleans and Westwego. Five parishes in the capital region, including Baton Rouge, also still must undergo federal Clean Air Act emissions testing requirements.

Unlike Kenner, Westwego decided earlier this month they would keep its inspection sticker program in place to maintain vehicle safety, according to Mayor Robert Billiot Sr. New Orleans spokesperson Jonah Gilmore said the city was still deciding what to do with its local inspection sticker requirement.

Drivers in Westwego and New Orleans will still have to get a QR code sticker in addition to a brake tag to comply with state and local laws.

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New Orleans Area Deaths Davis, Ethel DeGrange, Antoinette Mull, Philip

New Orleans Charbonnet

Davis, Ethel DeGrange, Antoinette

Davis; and son, Otis Davis Jr. She will be forever loved and forever remembered. A Celebration of Life will be held at First Shiloh Mis‐ sionary Baptist Church, 2507 Perdido St., New Or‐ leans, LA on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Visi‐ tation at 9:00 a.m. Inter‐ ment - St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery No 2, 1950 Soniat St., New Orleans, LA. Please sign the online guestbook at www.cha rbonnetfuneralhome.com.

Charbonnet Labat Glapion Directors, (504) 581-4411.

Lake Lawn Metairie Mull, Philip

DeGrange, Antoinette Dinet

Obituaries Davis, Ethel Mae

Ethel Mae Davis, a de‐ voted mother, cherished grandmother, will be re‐ membered for her unwa‐ vering faith, loving spirit, warm smile, and the kind‐ ness she shared with everyone she met, entered eternal rest on June 22, 2026. She leaves to cherish her memory her ONLY daughter, Jehan (Lavone) Davis, and three grandchil‐ dren, Jyra, Da'Vine, and Eric Davis; sister, Delores (Louis) Adams; along with a host of family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Otis Davis Sr. and Luevillia Terrell Davis; daughters, Jaqueline and Bobbie Jean

Antoinette Dinet De‐ Grange passed away peacefully on June 22, 2026, at her home in Slidell, LA, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on March 31, 1942, to the union of Homer and Marion Dinet. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Andre Dinet; and her beloved spouses, Stephen Donald Llorens and Dr. Elmore DeGrange Phd. Antoinette was a proud alumna of Xavier Preparatory High School, Class of 1959, and the Uni‐ versity of New Orleans. She dedicated many years of service as a Federal Civil‐ ian employee for the De‐ partment of the Navy, be‐ fore retiring in 2002. She is

survived by her siblings: Sister Rachel Dinet OSF, Rene Dinet Sr. (Gail), and Celina Dinet Nourse (Leslie). She was a caring and devoted mother to An‐ gela Llorens McGee (Bryan), Regina Llorens Heisser (Asa), and Katrina Llorens Joseph (Albert Jr).

She was also a loving step‐ mother to Paul DeGrange.

Antoinette was affection‐ ately known as “Ma‐ maNette”, a proud grand‐ mother to Stephanie Hub‐ bard, Stephen McGee, Christine McGee, Patrick Cuba, Danielle Joseph, and Jasmine Portuondo. She was also a cherished great-grandmother to Han‐ nah, Shawn, Nicholas, Alexandra, Noah, Andre, and Zahra. Antoinette’s memory will forever be treasured by her nieces, nephews, cousins, ex‐ tended family, and many friends whose lives she touched with her love and kindness.

Family and friends are invited to join in celebrating her life at a Mass of Christian Burial at Corpus Christi-Epiphany Catholic Church, 2022 St. Bernard Avenue, New Or‐ leans, LA on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM. Visitation will be held at 8:00 AM. Interment will take place at St. Louis # 2 Cemetery, 300 N. Claiborne Ave., New Orleans, LA. Please sign the online guestbook at www.cha rbonnetfuneralhome.com.

Charbonnet Labat Glapion Directors, (504) 581-4411.

Mull, Philip J.

Philip (Phil) J. Mull Sr, on Friday June 19, 2026 at age 100 was reunited with his soul mate and beloved wife of 73 years Lovenia (Lou) B Mull to spend their eternal life together with Jesus. Phil was born on February 25, 1926 to his parents who preceded him in death along with his siblings, Jessie, Frankie, and Virginia and his son in law Gary Palmisano Sr. He is survived by his children Philip (Phil) Mull Jr. (Dottie), Debbie Mull, Cindy Catalano (Frank), and Karen Palmisano, his grandchildren, Philip (Phil) Mull III (Meredith), Chad Mull (Dana), Shaun Mull (Gaylin), Chantell Jennings (Peter), Brandon Laiche, Gary Palmisano Jr. (Megan) Frank Catalano Jr. (Stephanie), Brandi Shoemake (Cal), Nick Catalano, Suzie Siragusa (Sal), Jacen Catalano, many great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Phil is also survived by his many treasured nieces, nephews and dear friends.

Phil was a proud veteran who served his country in the United States Army for WWII and the United States Navy for the Korean War. He began his career at Dixie Brewery, later worked at Falstaff Brewery, and retired with over 40 years of service as a driver for Falstaff.

He and his wife Lou enjoyed many memorable

trips out west over the years. Phil especially loved spending time with his grandchildren, who hold many countless fond memories of their Mehearty PawPaw through special outings and time spent with each one of them. His hobbies included golfing, softball, and he enjoyed the racetrack and betting on the ponies.

As a young man Phil was one of the finest boxers from the New Orleans area. Phil was a SAAU Champion, with him winning two championships.

Known as a clever boxer, he later shared his talent as a Boxing Coach for over 15 years at Delta Playground in Metairie. He dedicated countless hours to mentoring young boys, teaching them not only the art of boxing but also values of commitment, respect and life lessons.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to his wonderful caregiver family: Dr. Michelle Davis, MJ, Jessi, Mrs. Lois, Mrs. Augustine, Ms. Nyrobe, Ms. Darlene and The Anvoi Hospice Family, Jody, Kaci and

Heather.

A private graveside burial and Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

IN LOVING MEMORY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY

JAMES MICHAEL BOTSAY Born: June 29, 1964

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AMERICA 250

As we celebrate the 250th birthday of our country, we asked readers to weigh in on what are some of the quintessential texts of American history. In addition, we received several letters about what the commemoration means to you.

America’s greatness is reborn in the dreams of newcomers

From Declaration’s promise to MLK’s speech, fight for equality was long The Declaration of 1776 outlined the Founders’ moral vision of a free society; its most important statement: “that all Men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.”

Although the word “slavery” will not be found in the Declaration, it dominated much of the debate among our Founders, as slavery drove the economic engines of the Southern states and required several compromises in drafting the U.S. Constitution in 1788.

Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution as originally drafted stated that “Representatives and Direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the states according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by the number of free Persons.” The Southern states wanted to include slaves, whereas the Northern states wanted them excluded. The heated compromise was to count only 3/5ths of the slaves, but they had to be called “other persons” as the North didn’t want to validate slavery nationally.

In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson called for a law banning the importantion of slaves. Congress passed it, and it went into effect in 1808. However, slavery continued to grow in the South.

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Black people were not citizens, but were inferior.

In 1861, the Civil War erupted.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in states in rebellion would be free. By 1865, the war was over and all slaves were free (but not yet equal).

The battles to make the new freemen equal would take place over the following 100-plus years, highlighted by Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 address calling for a nation in which his children would not “be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

STEVE GARDES Lafayette

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ARE WELCOME. HERE ARE OUR GUIDELINES: Letters are

published identifying name and the writer’s city of residence. The Advocate | The Times-Picayune require a street address and TO SEND US A LETTER, phone number SCAN HERE for verification purposes, but that information is not published. Letters are not to exceed 300 words. Letters to the Editor, The Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0588, or email letters@theadvocate.com.

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U.S. flags are planted in a field near the Washington Monument on June 22 in Washington.

To honor U.S., work together to fulfill nation’s promise

We are one nation — although sometimes that may be in doubt.

We will soon celebrate 250 years of freedom and prosperity. It is imperative that we honor our past by renewing our commitment to our founding principles: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

My parents immigrated to this country to pursue the hope of a better life for themselves and their children. This is a dream that is shared by each of us today. It is the bond that holds us together.

Division never makes us stronger. The chain is only as strong as the weakest link.

Every opportunity that I have been blessed with has its roots in the kindness and support of others. It is a debt that I owe and an obligation that I carry to help those around me.

On the threshold of this auspicious occasion, let us find common ground and a commitment to work together to move each and every one of us forward to reach new heights and fulfill the promise that lies within each of us.

If not, our wish for a better future for your children and mine will never come true.

STEVE NELSON, M.D. Mandeville

Founders put our Constitution above anything else, so should we In 1964, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart coined the phrase “I know it when I see it” to describe his threshold test for obscenity. That phrase has populated my thoughts far too often lately as we jointly experience the effects of our current political environment.

I’m occupied by thoughts of corruption, incompetence, criminality and discrimination under the oversight of unprincipled, dishonorable “leaders.” The examples are too numerous to outline here, but in the words of Stewart, I know it when I see it.

George Washington, in his farewell presidential address, offered his thoughts on political parties, stating that “ ... they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government ...” Does

that feel familiar?

Washington recognized this 230 years ago!

He understood the precious and fragile nature of our new republic. He fought for it. He bled for it. He sacrificed for it in ways few can dare compare to. He, as well as the other Founding Fathers and “the people,” put their lives on the line “to form a more perfect Union,” not for any political party.

I, and all citizens, owe a never-ending debt to those who enabled our Union to exist. I am a registered Republican. That means nothing compared to my allegiance to the Constitution, to all of “the people” and to those who paid the debt before me. I owe no debt to any party.

Speak up against those damaging our democracy. Who are they? Stewart was correct — you will know it when you see it.

STEVE PEARCE Mandeville

This is why Washington warned us about political parties As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of our nation, a reading of George Washington’s farewell address would help. In it, he expresses concerns that national divisions caused by political parties could lead to despotism.

He writes: “The alternate domination of one faction [political party] over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and

permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty. … [T]he common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.”

In light of the president signing the bill that gives an additional $70 billion to support his immigration and deportation agenda, it bears remembering words from one of President Ronald Reagan’s last speeches in January 1989: “... A man wrote me and said: ‘You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman.

You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American’ ... This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America’s greatness. We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people — our strength — from every country and every corner of the world. And by doing so, we continuously renew and enrich our nation.

“While other countries cling to the stale past, here in America we breathe life into dreams. We create the future, and the world follows us into tomorrow. Thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we’re a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next frontier.

“This quality is vital to our future as a nation. If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost ... ”

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On July 4, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. But it will not be our nation’s 250th birthday.

There was no American nation in 1776. The Declaration was an act of the Second Continental Congress, speaking on behalf of 13 independent British colonies in North America.

If we want to give a date for the birth of the United States, 1788 would be a better choice. That was when the Constitution was ratified, and the Constitution made the United States.

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COMMENTARY Republicans aren’t dead yet By a number of conventional measures, the Republican Party should be headed for a huge loss in this November’s House midterm elections. But some experts think the results will be much closer than originally thought.

The problem for Republicans is that those experts still think the GOP will lose, just not in an old-fashioned blowout.

The traditional factors seem to point in slightly Byron different directions.

York Pointing toward a blowout is President Donald Trump’s job approval rating — long a predictor of a party’s performance in midterms. At the moment, Trump’s approval is 40.4% in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. In 2018, Trump’s first midterm, his approval rating was in the low 40s, and the Republican Party lost 40 House seats. More generally, defeat is usually in the cards when a president’s job approval dips below 50%.

But what kind of defeat? In the 2022 midterms, President Joe Biden’s job approval was in the low 40s, and Democrats lost just nine House seats. To Biden’s dismay, that was enough to lose the House. Now, with today’s super-thin GOP margin in the House, even if Republicans were to lose, say, five seats, that would be enough to lose control of the chamber.

Then there is the direction of the country. In the RealClearPolitics average, 59.3% of respondents say the country is going in the wrong direction, while 34.6% say it is going in the right direction. That sounds bad, but remember that most people, most of the time, say the country is going in the wrong direction. The current numbers are ugly, but they’re not the worst — in July 2022, during a particularly awful stretch of the Biden presidency, 75.5% said the country was going in the wrong direction. That was terrible. And yet Biden still lost just those nine seats.

Then there is the most potent issue: the economy. In a recent CBS News poll, just 31% rated the condition of the economy as very good or fairly good, while 63% said it was very bad or fairly bad. That number is quite close to the RealClearPolitics average for Trump’s approval rating on handling the economy: 35% approve, 61.3% disapprove. There’s no interpretation

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President Donald Trump speaks after touring the newly designated Air Force One presidential aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Md., last week. of those numbers that is good for Republicans.

Then there is history. The president’s party almost always loses House seats in midterm elections. Since the 1930s, that has been the case in every midterm except two — the first time in 1998, during Bill Clinton’s impeachment, and the second in 2002, in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

If the predictive value of that bit of history is fading, it hasn’t faded much.

There is one more traditional measure that seems to point toward a Republican loss but not a huge one. The generic ballot is the general question, “If the election for Congress were held today, would you vote for the Republican candidate or the Democratic candidate?” Today, Democrats lead Republicans by 4.8 points, 47.9% to 43.1%, according to the RealClearPolitics average. That’s a solid but not overwhelming lead. Back in 2018, heading into the defeat that cost Republicans 40 seats, Democrats led the generic ballot by 7.3 points. In 2010, a historic blowout in which Republicans won 63 seats, the GOP lead was 9.4 points. Today, things seem much closer.

Put everything together, and it seems to mean a non-massive Democratic victory is on the way. Why not a blowout? There are plenty of reasons that some of the more serious Republican

problems listed above might not be devastating to the party this year.

The biggest of those is the voting public’s low regard for Democrats.

In the RealClearPolitics average, the Democratic Party’s favorability rating is just 36.5%, while its unfavorability rating is 56.1%. For Republicans, the numbers are 38.6% favorable and 55.3% unfavorable — not much better than Democrats, but better. So even if Republicans are headed for a loss, the public’s greater dislike of Democrats could limit the margin.

Given all this, one can see 1) why the final result might be closer than some think, and 2) why Republicans fought for every possible seat available through redistricting. It probably still won’t be enough for the GOP to win, but it will make the election closer.

Right now, the indicators still seem to point toward a House controlled by Democrats, but by a small margin — say, 10 or fewer seats. Maybe the coming election will be a glimpse of the future, when the big wipeout midterm is something that happens less and less often.

But for Republicans and for President Trump, in particular, life will still be miserable with a Democratic House, even if the margin is small.

Byron York is on X, @Bryon York.

Separation of powers might be working The journalistic adage “we don’t forms to violate their speech rights by report planes that land safely” means removing, obscuring or otherwise disthat what is deemed newsworthy often criminating against their posts. involves dysfunction and folly. Now, In 2024, the Supreme Court struck however, comes evidence that “good down (6-3) an appellate court’s ruling news” is not always an oxymoron. A that federal pressure caused the cenjudicial ruling has prompted two sena- sorship and therefore transformed it into government action. tors to prod the legislative branch to Writing with characteristic precision curtail certain executive branch misand caution, Justice Amy Coney Barchief.

Texas Republican Ted Cruz is, figura- rett held that the court need not rule on tively speaking, to the right of the soup the merits of the plaintiffs’ argument because the plaintiffs lacked standing spoon. Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden to sue. They failed to establish is to the left of the salad fork. a causal relation between what Their bipartisan anxiety conthe government demanded and cerns First Amendment speech what the platforms did. The rights. platforms, being private entiTheir proposed legislation would inhibit government “jawties, can enforce whatever ediboning,” defined (by Merriamtorial policies they choose, and George plaintiffs did not establish that Webster) as “the use of public Will appeals (as by a president) to government clearly coerced the influence the actions especially platforms’ choices. of business and labor leaders.” The adJustice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined in jective “public” is underinclusive. One dissent by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch, said, correctly, of the senators’ objectives is transparthat federal officials pursued a “covert ency about hitherto secret pressure. scheme of censorship.” They “continuDuring the pandemic, executive branch officials in the Biden White ously harried,” “implicitly threatened” House, FBI and elsewhere frequently and “persistently hectored” the plathectored social media platforms forms with “virtual demands” backed (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter) to adopt by credible threats of punishment. particular policies of “content moderaSpecifically, Alito wrote, internet platforms are “far more vulnerable to tion.” In plain language, censorship government pressure than other news was the officials’ goal and, often, their sources.” A president cannot put a achievement. (During the 2020 presihostile newspaper out of business. But dential election, the platforms also, absent government pressure, censored social media companies “are critically dependent on the protection” provided speech about Hunter Biden’s laptop.)

by Section 230 of a 1996 statute that The Biden administration thought shields them from civil liability for that content on the platforms was promoting “vaccine hesitancy” and doubts content they disseminate. Government pressure included implicit but clear about “social distancing” and shutthreats to repeal Section 230. downs generally. The officials wanted It is proper, indeed a duty, for the to suppress theories about COVID-19’s executive branch to explain to the puborigin (the lab-leak theory, now widely considered plausible). Two states and lic its preferences. And explanation five individual social media users sued cannot be disentangled from advocacy. dozens of executive branch officials But as Alito stressed, government ofand agencies, seeking an injunction ficials who pressured Facebook were against them for pressuring the platnot speaking to the public. They were

advancing a covert scheme using surreptitious demands revealed only later by plaintiffs’ discovery and a congressional committee’s subpoenas.

Some executives of these platforms were ideologically disposed to obey the Biden administration. Others, when exposed to government pressure, had spines as limp as cooked linguine. Alito tartly writes that Facebook representatives “whimpered” their promise to be more compliant.

The Cruz-Wyden bill is a response to executive misbehavior, and to judicial judiciousness, that requires Congress to legislate.

Their bill affirms the principle that the government may not do indirectly (e.g., censor speech) what it is forbidden to do directly. The bill: Would require government to make public certain kinds of communications with social media companies, artificial intelligence companies and broadcasters. And would establish that plaintiffs must prove only that government attempted censorship, not that its pressure by itself succeeded. And would provide for money damages, instead of mere injunctions, for plaintiffs when an offending official left office while a case wended its way through courts.

So, crude and sneaky overreaching by the executive was followed by the Supreme Court’s austere (and reasonable) refusal to overreach by ignoring principles of standing. This has prompted two lawmakers to respond.

If Congress makes that response a law, there will have been a minuet of actions and reactions driven by each branch’s prerogatives, responsibilities and incentives. The separation of powers will have functioned as intended.

The governmental plane will have landed safely. Given recent history, that is newsworthy.

What Big Oil is not telling students about CCS Here’s what Big Oil is not telling students about its CCS program. It isn’t pretty.

Like many here in Louisiana, I was not shocked to read that our state had invited the oil industry into our schools to “educate” young minds, teaching them that capturing carbon emissions at their refineries and storing them under our land is an example of their commitment to stop climate change.

But that had me wondering ...

Imagine we’re back in 1964 and the surgeon general just concluded that smoking cigarettes Bob causes cancer. But the cigarette Marshall industry offers this solution: There’s no need for the government to endorse reducing or banning smoking, we’ll just capture the secondhand smoke and bury it. Oh, and we’ll get the taxpayers to foot the bill — even those who don’t smoke.

That’s what the fossil fuel industry is trying to pull off with its version of CCS. It’s one of the greatest shell games and grifts in polluting history.

Because what they don’t tell students, or us, is this: While capturing emissions at their smokestacks, they will continue to make and promote the use of their products, resulting in many times the volume of emissions that they can ever capture, continuing to fuel the rapid increase in climate change impacts — including the drowning of the coastal homes of these students.

They are not really addressing their responsibilities for our climate crisis, simply extending the life of their industry at our expense.

Here’s what else they don’t mention.

They are not doing this for free. They are being paid billions of dollars in taxpayer grants and more billions in tax credits to capture some of their own emissions. And they are making healthy profits. Imagine getting paid by those you harm to stop harming them — something the Mafia used to do.

They still spend hundreds of millions to electt friendly members of Congress — $219 million in 2024 cycle alone — who’ll stop regulations that could slow climate change and make the air healthier for us. They do this to protect their profit margins.

They continue to support President Donald Trump and his congressional acolytes in a war on clean energy, scaling back or killing grants and tax breaks that were helping speed a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

They support Trump’s attempt to repeal the 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse gases are air pollutants, the legal unpinning for all climate regulations. If successful, it will end any hope of slowing climate change this century, and make our air more dangerous for all of us and deadly for people with breathing issues and heart disease.

If fossil fuel makers were seriously concerned about the future of the planet instead of making those they injure protect their bottom lines, they would be using their billions to support the transition to clean energy. All they are doing now is looking for ways to extend the future of fossil fuel consumption, which means the future of their high salaries, regardless of the crisis it will cause future generations.

It’s easy to equate today’s fossil fuel companies with the cigarette manufacturers of an earlier age. Our use of their products has caused this crisis, but their own research warned them of this decades ago, just as the tobacco industry knew about the deaths it was causing 40 years before admitting it.

But Big Oil is even worse.

In 1998, the tobacco industry settled with states for legal immunity by pledging billions to address the damage it had done.

Big Oil is getting its immunity for free.

Gov. Jeff Landry recently signed a bill that prevents Louisiana residents from seeking compensation from the industry for the damage it has done to their lives and futures.

Meanwhile, the state laid out the welcome mat for Big Oil to enter our schools and spread its misleading story to our children.

But is that really a surprise in the sad state of Louisiana?

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

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“He would get his life in order and then he would be hanging out with the wrong crowd, once again,” sister Mary Tillman said.

Eddie Tillman’s family wasn’t fond of his friend, Jessica Parks, 36. He sometimes stayed with her in a tent in a wooded area off Westwood Drive in Marrero, Mary Tillman said.

Parks is one of the six accused in Eddie Tillman’s murder. Witnesses told investigators they saw her and an accomplice, Terrance “Popeye” Johnson, 35, beating him the night he died.

While Eddie Tillman had a thing for Parks, his family said they believed she was stringing him along for favors, like rides in his 2001

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On the night of Aug. 16, 2023, Eddie Tillman had just finished a meal of cubed steak and mashed potatoes at his mother’s Bridge City home when he fielded a frantic phone call from a friend who said they needed help.

His mother and sister claim it was Parks on the line.

“I told him not to go … but he said, ‘I’ve got to help her,’ ” recalled Mary Ann Tillman, who never saw her son again.

The family reported Eddie Tillman missing about a week later. They told Sheriff’s Office investigators about rumors that he’d been beaten to death. But the case went cold, perhaps, Mary Tillman speculated, because of her brother’s drug use.

“They maybe thought that’s just another drug user, no reason to take it on,” she said.

But deputies did look extensively into Eddie Tillman’s disappearance back

in 2023, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said Thursday. Investigators didn’t have enough evidence, facts or even a body to aid their search.

That changed in the months after the Sheriff’s Office received a Crimestoppers tip in August. The tipster named some of the suspects allegedly responsible for Tillman’s death and ultimately led to the recovery of his partial skeletal remains on April 21, 2026.

Through the renewed investigation, detectives identified several witnesses who helped authorities unmask an unlikely cabal of co-conspirators who, according to investigators, didn’t keep mum about Eddie Tillman’s killing over the years.

Two witnesses told investigators they saw Parks and Johnson forcing a “demolished and bloody” Eddie Tillman into his own truck, with Parks behind the wheel, Bodet testified. Parks then allegedly drove Eddie Tillman

to the home in the 1200 block of Gaudet Drive, a residence neighbors said had a prior history of frequent domestic disturbances, heavy traffic, suspected drug use and lots of clutter.

Christina Beasley, 45, lived at the house with her brother, Dustin Billot, 33, and friend Kelly Barrios, 40, according to authorities. A witness reported seeing Parks and Johnson drag the injured Eddie Tillman, who was bound, blindfolded and gagged, into the house and to a back room, according to Bodet.

“They continued to slap, kick and beat him while he is crying and begging for help,” Bodet told the court.

The witness left the house at Billot’s direction, they told police. When they returned, they weren’t allowed into the back room. The witness said Billot divulged that Eddie Tillman had been killed and his body “chopped up and placed in an ice chest.”

The witness overheard Parks say, “He’s gone. He’s in

the backyard.”

In the weeks surrounding Eddie Tillman’s disappearance, neighbors on Gaudet Drive reported a foul smell lingering in the air and swarms of thousands of flies coming from Beasley and Billot’s house.

Another suspect, John Lopez, 46, was implicated by witnesses who said he’d bragged over the years about taking part in the killing. Lopez told others he’d hit Eddie Tillman in the head with a board and buried the body in Billot’s backyard, Bodet said.

When another witness scoffed at Lopez’s claim of murder, Lopez “doubled down” by directing the witness to Eddie Tillman’s entry on the Sheriff’s Office missing person webpage, according to authorities.

Yet another witness heard Lopez tell Billot, “You need to get rid of the head. You’re going to get us in trouble,” Bodet testified.

Billot told investigators that Lopez tried to feed the rest of

Eddie Tillman’s body to alligators and had cellphone video of him bound and being tortured.

Johnson, Parks, Billot and Lopez were booked with second-degree murder, obstruction of justice and unlawful disposal of human remains.

Parks and Johnson are also facing a charge of seconddegree kidnapping.

Beasley was booked with being an accessory after the fact to second-degree murder and failure to report the commission of a felony. She also faces obstruction of justice after authorities say she had Eddie Tillman’s red truck removed from her property. It has never been found.

The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office formally charged Barrios with failure to report the commission of a homicide and obstruction of justice. She pleaded not guilty.

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And the winner is ...

The Rabbys chronicle the good, bad and expensive of LSU’s athletic year

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he 2025-26 LSU athletic year is over.

I think everyone who is at LSU or follows LSU can be very glad about that.

Now that this year has slipped thankfully into the history books, The Rabbys are here to

make sense of it all.

Usually, this is a time and place to reward and remember the great achievements of the past 12

As matches heat up, some teams might feel like they’ve drawn short straw

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP sportswriter

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — If the World Cup was the NCAA basketball tournament, then teams like Morocco and the Netherlands would have some serious anger toward the selection and seeding committee right now.

England, Mexico, Portugal and Spain might not be all that happy, either.

Lionel Messi and Argentina, on the other hand, probably wouldn’t complain much about their potential path to the World Cup final four.

The bracket is set for the knockout stage of the World Cup. There was no selection committee; slots were predetermined — Group A winner on this FIRST IN: line, Group D runner-up on this line, etc. — so it wasn’t Co-host exactly like how the NCAA Canada stuns tournaments go. And FIFA reseed like some South Africa doesn’t sports, so a couple of lower to advance to seeds are certain to get into Round of 16 at least the Round of 16.

So, when taking the 32 for first time, qualifiers for the knockout stage and ranking them Page 4C like it’s an NCAA tournament — essentially seeding the field 1 to 32 based on the FIFA live rankings entering Sunday — it’s easy to see why some “regions” might be tougher to navigate than others.

A breakdown of the World Cup bracket:

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Round of 32 matchups: No. 12 Germany vs. No. 27 Paraguay, No. 2 France vs. No. 26 Sweden, No. 29 South Africa vs. No. 25 Canada, No. 7 Netherlands vs. No. 6 Morocco.

Outlook: Netherlands vs. Morocco in the Round of 32 means that at least one of the seven highest-ranked teams left in the tournament won’t even get to the Round of 16.

France and Germany — perennial European powers — could meet in the Round of 16. And Canada, who beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday,

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months.

This time, mostly what is needed and deserved are condolences and calls of “good riddance.”

How bad was it? By at least a couple of measuring sticks: historically bad.

This was the first time LSU ever fired its football coach, its athletic director and its men’s basketball coach all in the same athletic year. That figures, because it was also the first time in 50 years, since 1975-76, that LSU’s football, men’s basketball and baseball teams all had losing Southeastern Conference records in the same year.

About the only thing that saved the Tigers, other than some deep pockets that supplied the buyouts for Brian Kelly, Matt McMahon

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Scott Rabalais and Scott Woodward (totaling close to $70 million), were LSU’s women’s sports teams. OK, some of the men’s teams like golf, tennis, track and swimming and diving also had good to great seasons, but this was the women’s year to shine.

Not that it was much of a horse race.

There were no championships won, but teams like gymnastics, women’s basketball, softball and tennis more than held up their end as the most successful programs on campus in an otherwise dismal year. Collectively, those four programs deserve The Golden Rabby — if there were such a thing.

We do have some traditional awards to hand out, starting with:

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South Africa midfielder Sphephelo Sithole, left, and Canada forward Jonathan David go for a header during a World Cup round of 32 match on Sunday in Inglewood, Calif.

Canada beat South Africa 1-0.

‘Wh ho knows if I’ll ever make it here again’

third round to Ajla Tomljanovic at FlushTennis star Serena Williams ference.

“I was like, ‘What’s wrong with me, Ser- ing Meadows.

After earlier accepting a wild card in ena? What are you thinking? Are you nuts? had to talk herself into Like you really should do this,’” she added. doubles, Williams described the process playing at Wimbledon again “People live to be an athlete. I have this of making her decision for singles.

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LONDON — Serena Williams had to talk herself into o accepting Wimbledon’s offer to play sing gles.

The All E England club was holding one last wild carrd entry and the 23-time Grand Slam single es champion — who had already announce ed she’d play doubles with her sister Venus — had a decision to mak ke.

“I thought I should really take tthis opportunity. Who knows iff I’ll ever make it here again.

Thiss could be it,” the 44-year-old W ams said Sunday at a news conWilliam

great opportunity to showcase what I do, what I do best, I suppose. Yeah, I think ultimately I was like that is pretty cool, so I should do it.”

Williams’ first match at the grass-court Grand Slam since 2022 will take place on Centre Court on Tuesday evening when she faces 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia as part of her evolving tennis comeback.

Williams had been away from the sport since her farewell at the 2022 U.S. Open.

Her most recent appearance at Wimbledon was in 2022, when she lost in the opening round to Harmony Tan, who was then-ranked 115th. The American great walked away from tennis — she described it as “evolving” away — after losing in the

“So I think it was on, I had until Monday to decide. I think it was like Sunday. I just wasn’t sure up until then,” she said. “Honestly, I’m still not even sure, but we’ll see.”

Williams is a seven-time Wimbledon singles champion but said Sunday that “in general my expectations are definitely different for the first time in my career.”

Reigning champion Iga Swiatek opens play on Centre Court on Tuesday, in keeping with tradition, against Taylor Townsend. That’s to be followed by Taylor Fritz vs. home favorite Jack Draper — in what is one of the most intriguing men’s first-round matchups.

And then Williams-Joint.

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BY KEN MAGUIRE

LONDON — Jannik Sinner said he changed his physical workload after his French Open meltdown, when he felt ill and dizzy in a second-round loss.

So, he’s taking it a bit easier?

Wrong.

“Much longer sessions — both in the gym and on the court,” he said. “We did everything together but without any breaks. … Now we’ll see how I react on the court.”

Sinner spoke Saturday — in English and Italian — at Wimbledon as he prepares to defend his singles title. He opens against Miomir Kecmanovic on Centre Court on Monday, when the temperature is expected to be 77 degrees.

With Carlos Alcaraz sidelined by

a wrist injury, Sinner is the leading favorite — just like he was in Paris — to win at the grass-court major.

Following his early exit at Roland Garros, Sinner did take a week off — and did some testing.

“General tests to see healthwise how I was, to be sure that all is OK with the body, which is. All tests were really good,” he said.

And then it was back to work.

Sinner, who has struggled with heat and cramps in the past, said, “We need to practice in hotter conditions. I feel like everywhere where we play is going to be very hot. Every year is getting warmer and warmer. It is a very important topic.”

At the French Open, Sinner came within one game of concluding his second-round match in straight sets when he led 5-1 in

the third. But amid a Paris heat wave, he struggled with dizziness and was beaten by Juan Manuel Cerundolo 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1.

There’s no quick fix, he added.

“We are happy at the moment with what we are doing. The result we’re not going to see here. It’s a long process. There’s no magic behind it.

“I’m very happy with the work we did in the last two and a half weeks,” Sinner added. “Very long days. I feel well prepared.”

He spoke in Italian about the longer training sessions but added: “I don’t like to talk too much about exactly what we changed, but we changed the physical workload a bit.”

No warmups needed This week, Sinner said it was always his plan to not do warmup

tournaments ahead of Wimbledon.

“If you play a tournament before here, maybe it’s not going the way you would like to, you come here with some doubts,” he said.

“If you don’t play any tournament, you don’t have these doubts. You just go and play.

“Last year I lost second round in Halle. I came here and I played very well,” said Sinner, who beat two-time champion Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final.

Benefits of being a champion A perk of being a Wimbledon champion is getting an All England Club membership.

“It’s a great honor for me. As I’ve always said, it’s the best tournament we have, the most prestigious, and so having this thing for my whole life is very, very nice,” Sinner said.

Ski star Vonn understanding of Serena’s comeback

BY ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press

LONDON — When Serena Williams played her first professional tennis match in nearly four years recently, another elite female athlete in her 40s was on hand for the occasion.

Skier Lindsey Vonn has a special understanding of what Williams is going through as she prepares to play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon at age 44.

After making her own comeback, Vonn was the top World Cup downhiller last season at age 41 until her horrific crash at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February left her with a severely fractured left leg.

“There is an increasing shift in what women can accomplish at later stages in their careers or life,” Vonn told The Associated Press. “I feel like we are in the same boat, where we don’t need to prove anything to anyone but we still have the ability to compete at an elite level. She (Williams) also told me that I played a role in inspiring her to come back, so that of course was meaningful to me.”

Vonn talked with Williams after the tennis standout’s doubles victory with partner Victoria Mboko at Queen’s Club in London, having watched the match from one of the VIP balconies.

“She was in great spirits. She’s having fun which I loved seeing, even more than her tennis,” Vonn said in a written response. “If it’s bringing her joy to play, I say play as long as you want!”

Vonn has undergone eight surgeries following her Olympic crash — which nearly led to a leg amputation — and needs at least one more to repair a torn ACL in that same knee. But she’s back in the gym and has resumed physical training, while still assessing whether she’ll compete again.

After nearly six years away from skiing, Vonn returned in December 2024 with a partial titanium replacement in her right knee. She had two victories and seven podium results last season.

On Centre Court at Wimbledon on Tuesday, Williams will play

CHASKA, Minn. — Haeran Ryu recovered from a rough start to secure her first career major title, winning the Women’s PGA Championship by two strokes over Ina Yoon on a windy Sunday at Hazeltine National Golf Club.

Ryu shot a 2-under 70 to finish at 13-under 275 and become the sixth South Korean to win the event over the past 12 editions, smiling as she holed her last putt and friends ran out to douse her in celebration.

The 2023 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year was also the first major champion in at least the past 60 years to rally from a 10-plus-shot deficit after the first round. Ryu opened Thursday with a 73 in a tie for 70th place, as Yoon shot a tournament-record 63.

Brooke Henderson and Dewi Weber tied for third at 10 under.

Hornets continue shakeup, send Bridges to Suns

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Ryu wins her first major title at Women’s PGA

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets are continuing their offseason overhaul.

The Hornets have agreed to trade forward Miles Bridges, a 2029 first-round draft pick and a 2027 second-round pick to the Phoenix Suns for guard Grayson Allen, forward Royce O’Neale and a 2033 first-round pick, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

The trade comes on the heels of the Hornets sending star point guard LaMelo Ball to Minnesota as part of a deal that brought them Naz Reid, draft picks and pick swaps.

The 6-foot-7 Bridges, 28, was the longest-tenured player on the Hornets roster, joining the team as a first-round draft pick in 2018 out of Michigan State.

Reeve ties coaching wins record as Lynx beat Wings

ARLINGTON, Texas — Cheryl Reeve tied the WNBA record for career coaching wins as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Dallas Wings 85-77 on Sunday.

Reeve, who already owns the WNBA’s record for playoff wins, tied Mike Thibault for the most regular-season wins in league history at 378. Reeve was inducted Saturday night into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Natasha Howard had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Olivia Miles added 21 points and eight assists for the Lynx.

Howard went 9 for 17 from the field and added three steals for Minnesota (15-4), which improved to 9-1 on the road and 3-0 against Dallas this season.

Rangers put Langford on IL with strained hamstring

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Serena Williams arrives to practice on Sunday, one day ahead of the start of the Wimbledon Championships in London.

her first singles match since 2022 against 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia. Then she’ll play doubles with older sister Venus Williams later in the week.

So what does Vonn expect from Williams at Wimbledon?

“It’s her first major singles tournament since retiring so I would expect for her to play well but not show all her cards yet,” Vonn said. “I’m sure she can still win, but I wouldn’t put any expectations on her. She’s the GOAT (greatest of all time) no matter what happens.”

Indeed, Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion in singles and has won 14 more Grand Slams in doubles — all with Venus as her partner. Vonn’s 45 World ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By MARCO TROVATI Cup downhill wins are the most Lindsey Vonn concentrates ahead of an alpine ski downhill training on by a male or female skier.

“It was kind of like riding a Feb. 6 at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. bike,” Williams said Sunday of her first practice sessions back at No matter the outcome, Wil“You have to believe in yourself the All England Club. “Obviously liams shares Vonn’s credo of set- and go for any dream,” Williams when I play, I might have a lot of ting the bar high to create new said, “no matter how wild it may things come up.” standards. be.”

TORONTO — The Texas Rangers put outfielder Wyatt Langford on the 10-day injured list Sunday because of a strained left hamstring and activated outfielder Evan Carter off the IL. Langford had homered seven times in 20 games since returning from the IL on June 5 after missing 39 games because of a strained right forearm.

Langford is batting .278 with eight homers and 20 RBIs. Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said Langford will likely be out until after the All-Star break.

Langford felt sore after beating out a double in Friday’s 5-4 win and was scratched from the lineup Saturday.

S. Korea coach quits after criticism from president

South Korea coach Hong Myungbo resigned Sunday after the team’s quick elimination from the World Cup drew a harsh condemnation from the country’s president, who called the coach “incapable” and ordered a complete review of the national team program.

South Korea won its opening match against Czech Republic, then lost its next two Group A matches to South Africa and Mexico.

The quick exit for a team that expected to advance left the national team program in turmoil and drew a sharp rebuke from President Lee Jae Myung. He leveled pointed criticism at the coach.

“As a former honorary professional football club chairman and, at heart, a member of the Red Devils, I feel not just surprise but deep bewilderment at this unexpected result,” the president said.

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Russell beats heat, Verstappen to win Austrian Grand Prix

By The Associated Press SPIELBERG, Austria — George Russell showed he can stand the heat in more ways than one as he won the Austrian Grand Prix to revive his Formula 1 title chances.

Racing in a heatwave with a broken drinks system, Russell held off Max Verstappen and his own teammate Kimi Antonelli to turn his controversial pole position into a dominant win.

It’s the first win for Russell, excluding sprint races, since the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Russell said it was “incredible” to win again after struggling to compete with Antonelli when his teammate racked up five straight victories earlier in the season.

“It’s been a tough couple of months with some really tricky races, with races that felt like everything was going against me, then some races with some tough performances,” he said.

Verstappen took the fight to Mercedes with his upgraded Red Bull car at the team’s home race but couldn’t get close enough for a shot at Russell and finished on the defensive against Antonelli. The top three were separated by just two seconds at the finish.

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari failed to build on his breakthrough win at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix last time out, fading badly in the race despite qualifying well, with the seven-time champion fifth and teammate Charles Leclerc eighth.

Russell takes back second in the standings from Hamilton with his seventh career win and cuts Antonelli’s lead to 40 points.

“I have a lot of confidence in myself, knowing I can do it. I have less confidence in being able to get everything aligned with the car, the setup and the tires, because it’s just been so up and down for me,” Russell said.

Antonelli was left to rue mistakes he said cost him valuable seconds early in the race.

“It was a shame that I joined the party a bit too late,” the 19-year-old driver said.

a lap time set as a yellow flag was displayed for a crash by Verstappen. Russell argued he’d lifted off enough to be safe, and the stewards agreed.

Sunday’s win showed off Russell’s smart approach to racing in a different way as he managed his pace and stayed out of trouble, even as those behind him lost time battling each other for position.

Leclerc had started second, with Hamilton third, but they gradually dropped back through the field on a track where they lacked power compared to Mercedes and also had difficulties with tire wear.

Hamilton didn’t give up without a fight, bringing back memories of his fierce battles with Verstappen in 2021. Hamilton and the Dutch driver fought side by side in the early part of the race and Verstappen complained Hamilton had forced him wide into a gravel trap.

Fourth place for Oscar Piastri was a positive sign for McLaren, with defending champion Lando Norris seventh, but it came with a warning from team principal Andrea Stella.

It was an example of “excellent strategy” but “we are not in a position to fight for victories and podiums on pure pace at the moment,” Stella said.

Cadillac feels the heat

The heatwave sweeping Europe made this the first race of the year to be run under F1’s “heat hazard” rules, with drivers required to use cooling vests or carry an equivalent weight in ballast. They lined up for the pre-race Austrian anthem in cooling gear and carrying umbrellas.

Overheating brakes were a hot topic, with Antonelli among those struggling to stop the car. Both Cadillac drivers retired early, with the team’s crew rushing to put out a small fire on Valtteri Bottas’ car before Sergio Perez reported smoke.

F1’s newest team is launching an investigation into the issues.

“We have made progress in terms of pace and the gap from the rear of the field is growing, but we need to ensure we have the reRussell’s smart win liability to demonstrate it,” team Russell took pole Saturday with principal Graeme Lowdon said.

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Scottie Scheffler hits off the fifth hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship on Sunday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.

Scheffler’s clutch putt forces Monday playoff vs. Hovland Travelers Championship delayed by storms

tion than he showed all day, just for the right to return Monday at the rain-delayed Travelers Championship to face a suddendeath playoff against Viktor Hovland.

The final round was stopped

BY DOUG FERGUSON for 90 minutes as storms moved Associated Press over the TPC River Highland, CROMWELL, Conn. — Scottie Schef- and officials deemed there was fler made an 8-foot par putt not enough daylight for them to on the 18th hole Sunday and play another hole.

Scheffler and Hovland each pumped his fist with more emo-

had birdie chances at the end.

Scheffler rammed his 30-foot putt 8 feet by the hole. Hovland’s 25-foot attempt missed by inches and he tapped in for a 69.

Scheffler made his third big par putt for a 68 to match Hovland at 21-under 259.

That was one shot ahead of Collin Morikawa, who closed with a 61 and was briefly tied for the lead, though it never looked as though it would be enough.

Van Gisbergen fends off Briscoe to win at Sonoma He becomes NASCAR’s leading active winner on road, street courses

By The Associated Press

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Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain refreshes himself after winning the Austrian F1 Grand Prix on Sunday in Spielberg, Austria.

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Continued from page 1C “Yeah, actually, I know her. I’ve watched some of her videos,” said Williams, who paused for a moment before adding, “I’m sure she knows my game.”

Michigan-born Joint slipped from No. 53 to No. 87 in the WTA rankings updated on Sunday.

Serena gets nervous?

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Serena Williams reacts during a Even GOATs get butterflies, appractice session on Wednesday parently.

“I expect to be nervous. I was ahead of the Wimbledon also nervous every single match I Championships in London.

ever played in my life,” Williams said. “I think that showed the passion and the love and the care, that I cared about my job, whether it was the first round or the second round or the finals. I’ve always had some nerves. But then I just dust ’em off, then I move on.”

Williams has a Wimbledon singles first-round record of 19-2 — the losses coming in her past two appearances: 2021 and 2022.

The most recent of her seven singles titles at the All England Club was 2016. She reached the 2018 final — 10 months after giving birth — and lost to Angelique Kerber. A year later, she lost in the final to Simona Halep.

Williams officially returned to tennis earlier this month in a doubles match with 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko at the Queen’s

Club grass-court tournament. She then played doubles in Berlin with Karolina Muchova — losing in the first round.

What to expect Newly crowned French Open champion Mirra Andreeva probably spoke for lots of top players when she mentioned on Saturday that she was relieved to see the draw didn’t match her up with Williams in the first round.

“Respectfully,” Williams said, “it’s not surprising simply because I think anyone that’s done — it’s like the big four coming back, I mean, Novak (Djokovic) is still here, but no one would want to play them in their first round. I can’t think of anyone that would want to do that.”

SONOMA, Calif. — Shane van Gisbergen continued his remarkable run on the twistiest tracks in NASCAR, but this was no easy Sunday drive.

The Trackhouse Racing driver became the winningest active Cup Series driver on road and street courses with his second consecutive victory at Sonoma Raceway. Though he led 74 of the final 83 laps after starting sixth on the 1.99-mile road course north of San Francisco, van Gisbergen had to fend off a charge by runner-up Chase Briscoe with a No. 97 Chevrolet that hadn’t been entirely to his liking since practice a day earlier.

“We were really bad yesterday, and these guys did an amazing job turning this car into a winner,” said van Gisbergen, who celebrated with a massive burnout for the grandstands. “(Briscoe) was coming. He was really, really good, and I ran out at the end. Yeah, a couple more laps, we would have had some problems.”

Finishing second to van Gisbergen at Sonoma for the second consecutive year, Briscoe came up 0.357 seconds short and was left lamenting a mistake in getting his No. 19 Toyota into Turn 1 with four laps remaining.

“Not very many people get that close to him at the end of one of these road course races,” Briscoe said. “Just frustrated with myself. I felt like I definitely had the better car. I didn’t do as good of a job as he did driving. I was having to push so hard, and that was where I would make up my ground. It was just such a razor’s edge, and I about crashed.

If I don’t make that mistake, I’m probably ahead of him at the end.

“Just bummed that it was my fault we didn’t win with the best car. Against that guy, you’ve got to be absolutely perfect.”

Van Gisbergen notched the eighth victory of his career on the tracks that require left and right turns, breaking a tie with 2020 Cup champion Chase Elliott.

With his second win this season, van Gisbergen improved three spots to 14th in the points standings, moving back into a provisional spot in the Chase.

But there are no road or street

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Shane van Gisbergen drives during a NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday in Sonoma, Calif. courses remaining over the final 18 races of the season, so the New Zealand native will need to diversify his skillset after entering NASCAR three years ago with no experience on ovals.

“I need to really step it up on the ovals,” he said. “This is an oval championship, and I need to keep getting better at them.”

Pole-sitter Ty Gibbs finished third, and Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell rounded out the top five.

In-Season Challenge upset For the second year in a row, the top seed was knocked off in the opening race of the In-Season Challenge, the bracket-style tournament that pits 32 drivers head to head with the top finisher advancing.

Tyler Reddick finished four laps down in 36th because of a power steering problem. That turned his first-round matchup into a walkover for 10th-place finisher Alex Bowman, who nabbed the 32nd and final seed in the In-Season Challenge despite missing four races with vertigo.

“It’s just a very odd issue,” Reddick said. “Everything seemed fine when we left the pit stall, and then the steering just really got notchy with the power steering going in and out. It was just really, really hard to make any kind of lap time with it.”

The 23XI Racing driver salvaged a point by setting the race’s fastest lap after the team made repairs. After leading the Chase standings since winning the Daytona 500 season opener, Reddick fell one point behind Denny Hamlin with eight races remaining in the regular season.

“I’d say we got pretty fortu-

nate,” Reddick said. “All things considered, for the issues that we had, we were very fortunate to only lose nine points to Denny while finishing last.”

Hamlin vs. Dillon Second-seeded Hamlin advanced despite a 26th-place finish, avenging a first-round upset

by Ty Dillon last year.

In a rematch, Dillon was ahead of Hamlin for most of Sunday’s race until he lost power steering with 15 laps remaining and fell to 35th. Hamlin rebounded from being spun from seventh by Carson Hocevar on a restart with 46 laps remaining.

“I had a really fast car, a top-five car on speed,” Hamlin said. “Once we got spun, it just lost all the downforce, and we struggled.”

Hocevar, who was also involved in a separate incident with Bell, apologized for the contact with Hamlin.

“I was watching my mirror the whole time, and I wasn’t even seeing that I was hitting Denny,” said Hocevar, who has tangled with several veterans this year.

“I was happy to hear that I wasn’t the difference maker of Ty beating Denny because I would be looked at for sports fixing probably with the way I was singing Ty’s praises.”

Up next NASCAR will return to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time in seven years with a 400mile race on July 5. In the most recent Cup race on the 1.5-mile oval in Joliet, Illinois, Alex Bowman earned his first victory in NASCAR’s premier series by beating future teammate Kyle Larson on June 30, 2019.

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Defending World Cup champ Argentina beats Jordan to sweep group

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS AP sportswriter

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Canada defender Stephen Eustaquio celebrates scoring a goal against South Africa on Sunday during the World Cup Round of 32 match in Inglewood, Calif.

Canada beats South Africa 1-0 in first knockout match With win, co-host advances to its first WC Round of 16

BY GREG BEACHAM AP sportswriter

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Stephen Eustáquio scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, and Canada beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday for its first knockout match victory in a World Cup. A tense match at SoFi Stadium appeared to be headed for extra time until Eustáquio — who plays professionally for Los Angeles FC several miles away — put a stunning volley from outside the penalty area into the bottom corner of Ronwen Williams’ net.

Co-host Canada hung on with strong defensive play in the final minutes of the tournament’s first round of 32 match. Coach Jesse Marsch’s team advanced to face the Netherlands or Morocco in Houston on Saturday, July 4.

Marsch gathered his players in a huddle after the whistle and gave a spirited speech, declaring, “You guys are Canadian heroes! Canadian heroes for the future children of this country who play this sport.

This sport has a big future because of you guys. You should be so proud of who you are. You should be so proud of this game.”

Canada played its first three matches at home in Toronto and Vancouver while appearing in only its third World Cup, but was forced to become the first World Cup host to play on the road when it lost 2-1 to Switzerland last Wednesday.

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Canada coach Jesse Marsch reacts after winning a World Cup Round of 32 soccer match against South Africa on Sunday.

The Canadians were still the clear crowd favorite in the Los Angeles area between their traveling fans and thousands of supportive locals, including several in Eustáquio’s LAFC shirt who couldn’t have imagined the day they were about to enjoy.

“We never stopped believing,” Eustáquio said. “And I think the goal is really something that we deserved.”

Williams made five saves for South Africa, which played with remarkable heart while hanging in until the final moments in search of another historic win for the team known as Bafana Bafana. Canada had the best chances all day, but underdog South Africa stayed firm defensively and created a handful of excellent chances itself.

“We lost the game because there was a lack of power and speed in

our team when I compare that with our opponent,” South Africa coach Hugo Broos said. “We had a difficult game, certainly. But when we look back, we can be fairly satisfied with what we did. We are disappointed, and we wanted to win, but we don’t have to be too much disappointed. What we did was good, and I’m very happy and proud of my team.”

Canada finally broke through when Alistair Johnston’s long pass into the box was cleared directly into the path of Eustáquio, who chested it down, struck it purely and started to celebrate almost immediately.

After finishing second in their respective groups, both South Africa and Canada were playing for their nations’ first knockout victories at a World Cup when they opened knockout play with the only match of the day.

Canada got a boost in the 75th minute when star defender Alphonso Davies came on for his first World Cup action. The playmaking Bayern Munich defender missed group play after injuring his hamstring last month for the third time this year, but finally returned in the same stadium where he tore a knee ligament in March 2025 in CONCACAF Nations League play.

Davies immediately made the best pass of the day to set up Promise David for a golden chance, but the forward hit it wide.

South Africa reached the knockout rounds for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea last Wednesday, arguably the highest moment in Bafana Bafana’s checkered international history.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Giovani Lo Celso became the first Argentina player other than Lionel Messi to score in this World Cup as the defending champions finished the group stage with a three-game sweep after a 3-1 victory over Jordan on Saturday night.

Lo Celso, in his first World Cup start, put Argentina ahead to stay when he scored on a direct free kick in the 19th minute. Messi added one of his own after entering the game in the second half, and the top scorer in World Cup history extended his mark to 19 goals.

“I am very happy for him, for the moment he is having,” Lo Celso said in translated remarks about their captain.

Messi, the leader in this tournament with six goals, was among nine Argentina starters changed from the previous game since Group J was already clinched before the match. He entered in the 60th minute, three days after his 39th birthday and in the same stadium where he broke the scoring mark Monday, and scored in the 80th minute.

He scored all five of Argentina’s goals in wins over Algeria and Austria, including his first World Cup hat trick and then two goals in his record-setting game Monday. He has scored in seven consecutive World Cup games, breaking a tie with France’s Just Fontaine and Brazil great Jairzinho for the longest all-time streak.

Lautaro Martinez put Argentina up 2-0 when he scored on a penalty kick in the 31st minute, in the same sequence when his close-range shot ricocheted off the crossbar.

Martinez, who was subbed out for Messi, and goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez were the only players to start all three of Argentina’s group matches.

“I was able to include all the footballers for them to play. This was a goal that we have always set for ourselves,” coach Lionel Scaloni said through an interpreter. “I think they played quite well in a difficult match. They showed today that we can count on them.”

Argentina, which has seven wins and two draws in its last nine World Cup games, plays in the round of 32 on Friday against Cape Verde, the smallest country to earn a spot in the knockout round. That game is in Miami, the home of Messi’s Major League Soccer team.

This is the fifth time Argen-

tina has won all of its matches in group stage, and first since backto-back tournaments in 2010 and 2014. Argentina has 14 wins, two losses and three draws in its last 19 group games.

France and Mexico were the only other squads in this expanded 48-team World Cup to get the maximum nine points in the group stage.

Jordan, the world’s 72nd-ranked team, was outscored 8-3 in losing all games in its first appearance in the international tournament.

“As a first participant in the World Cup, I believe that the most important thing that we can come out of in terms of lessons is for the players to have experienced firsthand what they were trained on,” coach Jamal Sellami said through an interpreter. “Now they are more aware of the requirements of such competition.”

Mousa Altamari, who entered the game at the start of the second half, scored in the 55th minute for Jordan.

Lo Celso and Martinez both scored their first World Cup goals for Argentina.

“I didn’t have any doubts about them,” Scaloni said through an interpreter. “Lautaro is doing amazing work. We are just so happy with him since he’s been on our squad. If you score a goal, all the better for them and all the better for the squad. We’re very happy with them.”

Only a couple of minutes after Lo Celso was offside when he kicked the ball in the net but not counting for a goal, he got a free kick after being tripped up just outside the penalty box by Mohannad Abutaha, who drew a yellow card.

That was the first direct free kick for an Argentina goal in a World Cup since Messi against Nigeria in 2014.

“I waited a lot for this moment, I dreamed it a lot and I think that what I saw today was much more than what I had imagined or dreamed,” Lo Celso said.

After Martinez shot off the crossbar, Julian Alvarez followed with a header that was deflected by keeper Yazeed Abulaila over the net. But a VAR replay showed that Alvarez took a kick to the face on the play, setting up the penalty.

Nicolás Paz, who made his World Cup debut subbing in for Messi late in the 3-0 win over Algeria in the opener, made his first start in his spot this time. Paz and Lo Celso were joined by forwards Marcos Senesi and Giuliano Simeone making first World Cup starts.

Iran narrowly knocked out of World Cup on Austria’s last-second goal

BY JIM VERTUNO AP sportswriter

Iran has been eliminated from the World Cup, narrowly failing to advance past the group stage in a politically charged tournament where the team played its matches amid tight restrictions imposed by the United States.

Iran missed the round of 32 by one spot in heartbreaking fashion.

It finished third in Group G with three points earned with draws against Belgium, New Zealand and Egypt. Iran appeared to have advanced via tiebreakers when Algeria scored a stunning stoppage-time goal to go ahead of Austria 3-2 Saturday night, but Austria tied it back up seconds later on the game’s final play. Their draw ensured Iran’s elimination.

It was one last painful moment for Iran in a World Cup that’s been tumultuous, on and off the pitch.

The Iranians have been playing while Tehran negotiates with Washington on terms of a deal meant to permanently end the war

that began earlier this year. Tensions continued Saturday when Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, in a likely response to overnight airstrikes by the U.S. Hours later, the U.S. said it struck multiple Iranian military targets after it said Iran attacked a ship near the Straight of Hormuz.

During the World Cup, Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei and players complained about numerous complications, including travel restrictions, visa denials for support staff and quick departures from the U.S. after matches.

U.S. officials have said all restrictions were known before the tournament.

The U.S. and Israel began the war on Feb. 28 by attacking Iran, which retaliated with attacks in the region and by asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz.

In March, Iran sought to move its group-stage matches to Mexico, with which it has diplomatic ties. Its request to move its base camp from Tucson,

Arizona, to Tijuana was granted two weeks before the team’s arrival.

After Iran was eliminated Saturday night, the team sent a statement expressing “heartfelt appreciation to the wonderful people of Mexico, especially the beautiful city of Tijuana.”

“Leaving Tijuana is truly difficult for all of us,” the statement said.

At its first match, several hundred Iranian Americans protested outside the stadium, calling for change in Tehran and waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flag.

Thousands more poured into the stadium to watch them play, and the pre-game national anthem was met with a mix of cheers and boos.

For the first two matches, near Los Angeles, the team was not permitted to travel until the day before and had to return to Mexico immediately after each game. The U.S. then eased its restrictions, allowing the squad to travel to Seattle two days before Friday’s match against Egypt. If Iran had advanced, it would have played its next match in Vancouver, British Columbia.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JESSICA TOBIAS

Lautaro Martinez scores Argentina’s second goal against Jordan goalkeeper yazeed Abulaila during a World Cup match against Jordan on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.

WORLD CUP GLANCE ROUND OF 32 Sunday, June 28

Canada 1, South Africa 0

Monday, June 29

Wednesday, July 1

England vs. Congo, 11 p.m.

Belgium vs. Senegal, 3 p.m.

United States vs. Bosnia, 8 p.m.

Brazil vs. Japan, noon Germany vs. Paraguay, 3:30 p.m.

Netherlands vs. Morocco, 8 p.m.

Thursday, July 2

Ivory Coast vs. Norway, noon France vs. Sweden, 4 p.m.

Mexico vs. Ecuador, 8 p.m.

Friday, July 3

Tuesday, June 30

Spain vs. Austria, 2 p.m.

Portugal vs. Croatia, 6 p.m.

Switzerland vs. Algeria, 10 p.m.

Australia vs. Egypt, 1 p.m.

Argentina vs. Cape Verde, 5 p.m.

Colombia vs. Ghana, 8:30 p.m.

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SCOREBOARD Odds

Jessica Porvasnik Nicole Felce Aline Krauter

Sports Betting Line MLB

DICK’S Open

UNDERDOG White Sox Detroit Texas Minnesota LA Angels

LINE +110 +118 OFF +113 +181

UNDERDOG LINE at PHILA -106 Cincinnati +127 San Diego OFF Miami OFF San Francisco +114 UNDERDOG at TORONTO Washington at ATHLETICS

LINE +102 OFF +102

Pro basketball WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta New York Indiana Toronto Washington Chicago Connecticut

W L Pct 12 7 .632 12 7 .632 11 8 .579 9 10 .474 8 9 .471 6 12 .333 4 15 .211

GB — — 1 3 3 5½ 8

Minnesota Las Vegas Golden State Dallas Los Angeles Portland Phoenix Seattle

W L Pct 14 4 .778 13 5 .722 12 7 .632 11 7 .611 8 10 .444 8 11 .421 7 13 .350 5 15 .250

GB — 1 2½ 3 6 6½ 8 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Saturday’s Games

+10 +11 +16

Sunday

Monday

American League FAVORITE LINE at BALTIMORE -135 at N.Y YANKEES -144 at CLEVELAND OFF at HOUSTON -137 at SEATTLE -225 National League FAVORITE LINE Pittsburgh -116 at MILWAUKEE -157 at CHI CUBS OFF at COLORADO OFF at ARIZONA -138 Interleague FAVORITE LINE N.Y Mets -123 at BOSTON OFF LA Dodgers -123

70-75-74-79—298 75-70-81-73—299 68-76-81-79—304

Phoenix 89, Toronto 80 Indiana 111, Los Angeles 87 Seattle 105, Atlanta 90

Sunday’s Games

Minnesota 85, Dallas 77 Las Vegas 107, Chicago 99 Washington 124, Portland 123, 4OT New York at Golden State, n

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled.

Golf KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Sunday

At Hazeltine Chaska, Minn.

Purse: $13 million Yardage: 6,760; Par: 72 Final Round Hae-Ran Ryu 73-64-68-70—275 Ina Yoon 63-69-75-70—277 Brooke Henderson 69-68-69-72—278 Dewi Weber 70-70-68-70—278 Allisen Corpuz 71-70-70-70—281 Auston Kim 71-70-69-71—281 Alison Lee 69-72-68-72—281 A Lim Kim 67-70-71-74—282 Sei Young Kim 72-71-70-69—282 Nelly Korda 70-68-71-73—282 Jeeno Thitikul 69-71-72-70—282 Karis Davidson 65-74-71-73—283 Gaby Lopez 71-73-71-68—283 Miyu Yamashita 72-70-70-71—283 Nasa Hataoka 70-67-76-71—284 Esther Henseleit 69-74-69-72—284 Lydia Ko 76-69-69-70—284 Alexa Pano 67-76-71-71—285 Ayaka Furue 69-71-72-74—286 Aki Iwai 70-72-71-73—286 Somi Lee 71-71-73-71—286 Dongeun Lee 69-69-72-76—286 Amy Yang 69-72-71-74—286 Briana Chacon 73-72-73-69—287 Hye Jin Choi 68-77-72-70—287 In Gee Chun 73-71-71-72—287 Perrine Delacour 71-71-74-71—287 Nataliya Guseva 70-72-70-75—287 MinJi Kang 72-73-72-70—287 Grace Kim 72-71-72-72—287 Shiho Kuwaki 72-71-72-72—287 Andrea Lee 69-72-73-74—288 Carolina Melgrati 72-71-72-73—288 Mao Saigo 72-71-71-74—288 Jenny Shin 71-69-73-75—288 Shannon Tan 72-72-71-73—288 P. Anannarukarn 71-72-71-75—289 Maja Stark 73-67-76-73—289 Patty Tavatanakit 71-68-74-76—289 Ruoning Yin 71-73-73-72—289 Weiwei Zhang 71-68-75-75—289 Anna Huang 73-70-73-74—290 Minami Katsu 72-72-71-75—290 Hyo Joo Kim 71-72-72-75—290 Jin Young Ko 72-71-73-74—290 N. Koerstz Madsen 69-76-71-74—290 Sung Hyun Park 72-73-71-74—290 Robyn Choi 72-71-73-75—291 Jiwon Jeon 72-71-77-71—291 Nastasia Nadaud 71-74-73-73—291 Jing Yan 69-71-73-78—291 Saki Baba 73-71-75-73—292 Manon De Roey 72-72-70-79—293 Wei-Ling Hsu 69-72-76-76—293 Leona Maguire 75-69-73-76—293 Anna Nordqvist 73-72-73-75—293 Pornanong Phatlum 74-71-71-77—293 Rose Zhang 73-72-73-75—293 Celine Boutier 75-69-76-74—294 Gemma Dryburgh 73-72-72-77—294 Yan Liu 74-71-74-75—294 P. Roussin-Bouchard 72-73-74-75—294 Isabella Fierro 72-72-68-83—295 C. L-Chacrra Coto 76-69-79-72—296 Hinako Shibuno 71-73-78-74—296 Megan Khang 68-73-79-77—297

-13 -11 -10 -10 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +8 +8 +9

At En-Joie GC Endicott, N.Y. Purse: $2.2 million Yardage: 6,994; Par: 72 Final Round

(x-won on first playoff hole) x-Padraig Harrington x-Dicky Pride Matt Gogel J.J. Henry Fredrik Jacobson Timothy O’Neal Bo Van Pelt Richard Green Michael Block Miguel Angel Jimenez Darren Clarke Mathew Goggin Thongchai Jaidee Greg Chalmers Tommy Gainey Paul Stankowski Boo Weekley Stephen Ames Retief Goosen Jason Caron Ricardo Gonzalez Bernhard Langer George McNeill Tim Petrovic Rory Sabbatini Charlie Wi John Daly Steve Stricker Tag Ridings Vaughn Taylor Michael Wright Steve Allan Ryan Armour Angel Cabrera Alex Cejka Heath Slocum Doug Barron Chad Campbell Ken Duke Chris DiMarco Brian Gay Mark Hensby Rod Pampling Brett Quigley David Duval Scott Hend Craig Hocknull Robert Karlsson Colin Montgomerie John Rollins David Toms Y.E. Yang Michael Allen Joe Durant Paul Goydos Jay Haas Scott McCarron Kenny Perry Notah Begay Shane Bertsch Kirk Triplett Jeff Maggert Ken Tanigawa Billy Andrade Olin Browne K.J. Choi Fred Funk Mark Wilson Rocco Mediate Tim Herron

65-67-66—198 63-70-65—198 69-65-65—199 69-66-65—200 66-69-66—201 71-65-65—201 66-69-66—201 67-67-68—202 66-70-67—203 70-66-67—203 65-73-66—204 70-65-69—204 66-67-71—204 67-71-67—205 65-70-70—205 70-65-70—205 67-69-69—205 67-69-70—206 69-71-66—206 69-69-69—207 69-71-67—207 69-71-67—207 69-67-71—207 71-67-69—207 70-66-71—207 69-67-71—207 73-63-72—208 69-71-68—208 70-71-68—209 70-70-69—209 72-71-66—209 68-72-70—210 72-69-69—210 76-65-69—210 71-67-72—210 70-71-69—210 70-68-73—211 71-73-67—211 73-72-66—211 68-70-74—212 67-73-72—212 71-69-72—212 73-74-65—212 69-68-76—213 74-70-70—214 68-66-80—214 74-69-71—214 71-69-74—214 72-71-71—214 72-72-70—214 76-69-69—214 72-68-74—214 70-73-72—215 68-71-76—215 72-71-73—216 76-71-69—216 75-67-74—216 69-70-77—216 71-73-73—217 72-72-73—217 71-72-74—217 73-74-72—219 73-74-72—219 73-72-75—220 76-70-75—221 73-73-75—221 73-73-75—221 77-72-72—221 74-71-77—222 72-73-78—223

-18 -18 -17 -16 -15 -15 -15 -14 -13 -13 -12 -12 -12 -11 -11 -11 -11 -10 -10 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +7

Auto racing NASCAR-O’Reilly Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 Results

Saturday At Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.

Lap length: 1.99 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 79 laps, 0 points.

2. (30) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 79, 0.

3. (2) Brent Crews, Toyota, 79, 50.

4. (4) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 79, 43.

5. (5) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 79, 39.

6. (16) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 79, 37.

7. (6) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 79, 36.

8. (9) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 79, 34.

9. (7) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 79, 28.

10. (11) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 79, 35.

11. (13) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 79, 35.

12. (37) Austin Green, Chevrolet, 79, 25.

13. (12) William Sawalich, Toyota, 79, 24.

14. (21) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 79, 27.

15. (25) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 79, 25.

16. (18) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 79, 23.

17. (20) Will Rodgers, Chevrolet, 79, 24.

18. (19) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 79, 19.

19. (24) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 79, 21.

20. (23) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 79, 17.

21. (22) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 79, 16.

22. (10) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 79, 20.

23. (29) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 79, 14.

24. (32) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 79, 13.

25. (34) Patrick Staropoli, Chevrolet, 79, 12.

26. (8) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 79, 11.

27. (26) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 79, 10.

28. (17) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 79, 9.

29. (3) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 78, 16.

30. (27) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 78, 7.

31. (28) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 78, 6.

32. (31) Lavar Scott, Chevrolet, 78, 5.

33. (36) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 78, 4.

34. (35) Kyle Kelley, Chevrolet, 77, 3.

35. (33) Leland Honeyman, Chevrolet, garage, 71, 0.

36. (14) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 68, 1.

37. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, garage, 29, 0.

38. (38) Brad Perez, Toyota, fuelpump, 0, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 76.308 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 3 minutes, 37 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.324 seconds.

Caution Flags: 4 for 11 laps.

Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: S.Van Gisbergen 0-17; A.Alfredo

18-22; H.Burton 23-24; S.Van Gisbergen 25-32; J.Love 33; S.Van Gisbergen 34-42; C.Zilisch 43-46; B.Crews 47; S.Van Gisbergen 48-79 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): S.Van Gisbergen, 4 times for 66 laps; A.Alfredo, 1 time for 5 laps; C.Zilisch, 1 time for 4 laps; H.Burton, 1 time for 2 laps; B.Crews, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Love, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: J.Allgaier, 5; C.Day, 2; A.Hill, 2; S.Creed, 1; T.Gray, 1; W.Sawalich, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. J.Allgaier, 847; 2. J.Love, 623; 3. C.Day, 609; 4. S.Creed, 607; 5. A.Hill, 591; 6. B.Jones, 572; 7. C.Kvapil, 567; 8.

S.Smith, 543; 9. P.Retzlaff, 494; 10. T.Gray, 476; 11. S.Mayer, 476; 12. W.Sawalich, 448; 13. B.Crews, 443; 14. R.Caruth, 439; 15. R.Sieg, 421; 16. B.Poole, 341.

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

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

NASCAR Cup Series Toyota / Save Mart 350 Results Sunday

At Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.

Lap length: 1.99 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (6) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 110 laps, 63 points.

2. (7) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 110, 37.

3. (1) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 110, 54.

4. (3) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 110, 35.

5. (14) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 110, 50.

6. (16) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 110, 32.

7. (17) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 110, 33.

8. (19) Ryan Preece, Ford, 110, 35.

9. (4) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 110, 36.

10. (22) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 110, 32.

11. (2) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 110, 33.

12. (13) William Byron, Chevrolet, 110, 25.

13. (23) Austin Cindric, Ford, 110, 31.

14. (5) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 110, 29.

15. (35) Brad Keselowski, Toyota, 110, 22.

16. (8) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 110, 29.

17. (18) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 110, 20.

18. (24) Zane Smith, Ford, 110, 24.

19. (15) Chris Buescher, Ford, 110, 18.

20. (27) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 110, 17.

21. (33) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 110, 16.

22. (26) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 110, 15.

23. (32) Erik Jones, Toyota, 110, 17.

24. (10) Joey Logano, Ford, 110, 13.

25. (20) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 110, 12.

26. (9) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 110, 11.

27. (30) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 110, 10.

28. (28) Josh Berry, Ford, 110, 9.

29. (29) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 110, 8.

30. (25) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 110, 8.

31. (21) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 110, 6.

32. (34) Noah Gragson, Ford, 110, 5.

33. (36) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 109, 4.

34. (12) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 109, 0.

35. (31) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 109, 2.

36. (11) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 106, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 83.192 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 37 minutes, 53 seconds.

Margin of Victory: .357 seconds.

Caution Flags: 3 for 8 laps.

Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: T.Gibbs 0-27; S.Van Gisbergen 28-52; T.Gibbs 53-56; S.Van Gisbergen 57-82; R.Blaney 83; K.Larson 84-85; W.Byron 86; R.Chastain 87; S.Van Gisbergen 88-110 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): S.Van Gisbergen, 3 times for 74 laps; T.Gibbs, 2 times for 31 laps; K.Larson, 1 time for 2 laps; R.Blaney, 1 time for 1 lap; W.Byron, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Chastain, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: T.Reddick, 5; D.Hamlin, 4; C.Elliott, 2; R.Blaney, 1; T.Gibbs, 1; D.Suárez, 1; C.Hocevar, 1; S.Van Gisbergen, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. T.Reddick, 716; 2. D.Hamlin, 708; 3. R.Blaney, 583; 4.

K.Larson, 536; 5. T.Gibbs, 535; 6. C.Elliott, 534; 7. C.Buescher, 500; 8. D.Suárez, 478; 9. C.Hocevar, 476; 10. C.Briscoe, 431; 11.

B.Wallace, 429; 12. C.Bell, 422; 13. W.Byron, 421; 14. E.Jones, 372; 15. A.Cindric, 370; 16.

R.Preece, 367.

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

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

Tennis

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League

American League East Division

East Division

Tampa Bay New York Toronto Baltimore Boston

W 48 48 39 39 35

L 33 34 45 46 46

Pct .593 .585 .464 .459 .432

GB — ½ 10½ 11 13

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 49 47 44 43 35

L 32 37 40 42 49

Pct .605 .560 .524 .506 .417

GB — 3½ 6½ 8 15½

Cleveland Chicago Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

W 44 43 40 35 35

L 40 39 45 49 50

Pct .524 .524 .471 .417 .412

GB — — 4½ 9 9½

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 50 46 43 42 39

L 31 38 38 42 43

Pct .617 .548 .531 .500 .476

GB — 5½ 7 9½ 11½

Texas Seattle Houston Athletics Los Angeles

W 42 42 42 40 35

L 42 43 44 43 49

Pct .500 .494 .488 .482 .417

GB — ½ 1 1½ 7

Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

W 53 43 41 34 33

L 30 38 42 48 51

Pct .639 .531 .494 .415 .393

GB — 9 12 18½ 20½

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Houston 8, Detroit 6 Texas 7, Toronto 4 Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City 1 Tampa Bay 4, Arizona 2 Cleveland 4, Seattle 3 Colorado 8, Minnesota 5 Washington 4, Baltimore 3, 10 innings L.A. Angels 5, Athletics 2

Sunday’s Games

L.A. Angels 4, Athletics 1 Tampa Bay 5, Arizona 1 Texas 3, Toronto 2 Washington 6, Baltimore 4 Minnesota 3, Colorado 2 Cleveland 6, Seattle 5 Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 7, Detroit 5, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees at Boston, n

Monday’s Games

Chicago White Sox (Burke 5-4) at Baltimore (Baz 4-8), 5:35 p.m.

Detroit (Mize 2-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Weathers 3-5), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (McLean 4-5) at Toronto (Yesavage 3-3), 6:07 p.m.

Texas (deGrom 6-5) at Cleveland (Messick 7-4), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Mikolas 2-6) at Boston (Suarez 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Matthews 3-5) at Houston (Lambert 6-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Johnson 1-2) at Seattle (Kirby 6-7), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 3-5) at Athletics (Jump 3-1), 8:40 p.m.

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 7 Tampa Bay 4, Arizona 2 Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 2 Miami 5, St. Louis 1 Colorado 8, Minnesota 5 Washington 4, Baltimore 3, 10 innings San Francisco 5, Atlanta 0 L.A. Dodgers 15, San Diego 3

Sunday’s Games

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

Monday’s Games

Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 7-3) at Philadelphia (Nola 3-4), 5:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Manaea 1-2) at Toronto (Yesavage 3-3), 6:07 p.m.

Washington (Mikolas 2-6) at Boston (Suarez 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lodolo 2-2) at Milwaukee (Gasser 1-3), 6:40 p.m.

San Diego (TBD) at Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 5-6), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Alcantara 8-4) at Colorado (TBD), 7:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 3-5) at Athletics (Jump 3-1), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Mahle 1-7) at Arizona (Rodriguez 6-2), 8:40 p.m.

BOX SCORES L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2

Houston 7, Detroit 5

Los Angeles

Houston

ab Ohtani dh 4 Pages cf 3 Freeman 1b 3 Betts ss 4 Muncy 3b 3 Edman lf 4 Tucker rf 4 Freeland 2b 2 Rojas ph-2b 1 Robinson c 3

San Diego r h bi 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ab Peña ss 5 Alvarez dh 3 Paredes 3b 5 Walker 1b 4 Loperfido rf 1 Smith ph-rf 3 Diaz c 5 Trammell lf 1 Matthews lf 3 Meyers cf 4 Delgado 2b 4

Detroit

ab r h bi Tatis rf 4 0 1 0 Taylor lf 4 0 0 0 Merrill cf 4 1 1 0 Machado 3b 4 1 2 1 Sheets 1b 3 0 0 0 France ph-1b0 0 0 0 Bogaerts ss 4 0 2 1 Andujar dh 3 0 0 0 Song 2b 2 0 0 0 Durán c 1 0 0 0 Wagner ph 1 0 0 0 Fermin c 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 5 4 Totals 30 2 6 2 Los Angeles 001 030 000 — 4 San Diego 000 101 000 — 2 DP_Los Angeles 2, San Diego 0. LOB_Los Angeles 7, San Diego 8. 2B_Machado (15). HR_Machado (15). SB_Merrill (17).

S_Robinson (3), Durán (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Sheehan W,4-5 5 2 1 1 2 5 2 Vesia H,13 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Klein H,11 1 2 0 0 0 2 Scott H,6 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Henriquez S,1-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 San Diego King L,5-7 4 1⁄3 3 4 4 4 5 Matsui 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Adam 1 1 0 0 0 0 Peralta 2 0 0 0 0 2 Klein pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

HBP_King 2 (Pages,Pages), Sheehan (Tatis), Klein (Andujar), Scott (France).

ABS Challenge_Tucker (StrikeOverturned to Ball); Pages (StrikeConfirmed); Tucker (Strike-Confirmed); Peralta (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Umpires_Home, Ramon De Jesus; First, Paul Clemons; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Quinn Wolcott.

T_2:53. A_41,189 (40,222).

r h bi 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2

ab r h bi McGonigle 3b2 1 0 0 Keith 1b 4 0 1 0 Jansen p-p 0 0 0 0 Jones ph 0 0 0 0 Waguspck p 0 0 0 0 Greene lf 5 1 0 0 Dingler c 5 0 0 0 Carpentr dh 3 1 2 0 Torkelson dh2 1 2 2 McKinstry ss5 1 2 2 Lee 2b 4 0 0 0 Outman cf 3 0 1 0 Malgeri ph-rf0 0 0 0 Vierling rf-cf 4 0 1 0 Totals 38 7 7 7 Totals 37 5 9 4 Houston 000 000 210 4 — 7 Detroit 020 010 000 2 — 5 E_Delgado (2), Keith (2). DP_Houston 1, Detroit 0. LOB_Houston 7, Detroit 11.

2B_Meyers (6), Keith (9). HR_Delgado (1), Paredes (11), Walker (19), McKinstry (3), Torkelson (13). SB_Vierling (3), Lee (1).

S_Vierling (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Houston Brown 6 5 3 2 2 4 2 Abreu ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 1 Okert ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 King 1 1 0 0 0 0 Hader W,2-0 1 0 0 0 3 2 De Los Santos 1 2 2 1 1 1 Detroit Flaherty 5 2 0 0 3 9 Holton H,8 1 2⁄3 1 2 0 0 0 Finnegan BS,1-6 1 1⁄3 2 1 1 1 3 1 Jansen L,1-4 1 ⁄3 2 4 3 1 1 2 Waguespack ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 WP_De Los Santos, Flaherty.

ABS Challenge_Flaherty (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Brown (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Abreu (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Matthews (Strike-Overturned

L.A. Angels 4, Athletics 1

Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 4

Athletics

Cincinnati

Eastbourne Open Results Sunday

At Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club Eastbourne, Great Britain Surface: Grass Results Sunday from Eastbourne Open at Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club (seedings in parentheses):

Women’s Doubles

Championship Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Luisa Stefani (1), Brazil, def. Jesika Maleckova and Miriam Skoch, Czechia, 6-1, 6-4.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated C Adley Rutschman from the 7-day IL. Reinstated RF Dylan Beavers from the 10-day IL. Claimed RHP Yosver Zulueta off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. Designated C Sam Huff for assignment. Optioned 2B Jeremiah Jackson and RHP Yosver Zulueta to Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated 1B Romy Gonzalez from the 60-day IL. Transferred LF Roman Anthony from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Optioned C Mickey Gasper to Worcester (IL).

Los Angeles

Pittsburgh

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Umpires_Home, Ben May; First, Tripp Gibson; Second, Dillon Wilson; Third, Nick Mahrley.

T_2:29. A_32,557 (45,517).

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WP_Garcia.

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Umpires_Home, Adam Beck; First, Louie Krupa; Second, Jeremie Rehak; Third, Dan Iassogna.

T_2:58. A_24,023 (38,753).

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IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Rolison 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 Wilson 4 1⁄3 4 0 Thielbar 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 ⁄3 1 0 Ferguson Webb W,3-2 1 1 0 0 1 3 Roberts 0 2 2 1 1 0 Wicks S,1-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Milwaukee 0 2 6 Woodruff 5 2⁄3 1 0 2 ⁄3 1 1 1 2 1 Ashby BS,0-4 2 0 0 1 Uribe 1 ⁄3 0 0 Megill 1 1 0 0 0 3 Kuhnel L,1-3 1 1 3 2 2 1 Thielbar pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Roberts pitched to 3 batters in the 10th.

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2B_Collins (13), Jensen (17), Vargas (14).

HR_Vargas (19). SB_Thomas (4), Marte (1), Misner (3), Peters (5). SF_Witt (3).

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T_2:52. A_27,301 (40,241).

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If you were hoping for cooler weather today, you won’t find it here. Expect a mostly sunny to partly cloudy, hot and humid day.

Temperatures this afternoon will be slightly above average, rising into the mid-90s. Humidity will remain high, so temperatures will feel like 106 or greater. Rain chances are at 10% or less, so an isolated shower or storm is possible. The UV index this afternoon will be in the extreme range, so be sure to wear your hat, your shades and your sunscreen.

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Forecasts and graphics, except for Damon’s Outlook, provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2026

Trump: East Potomac Golf Links could host ‘major’ tournaments

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Team of the year

LSU likes to call itself DBU, NILSU or the capital of strange things at tailgate parties that taste like chicken. In recent years, it really has become Gymnastics U. In April, the gymnastics Tigers came within one of Mike VII’s whiskers of winning their second NCAA championship in the past three seasons, falling just shy of Oklahoma. Still, a No. 2 finish, matching LSU’s preseason ranking, is nothing to be despondent about. Not considering some of the performances we saw from Jay Clark’s team (more on that later) throughout the 2026 season.

One of the best things for LSU is that the Tigers can be expected to be right up there again as a national contender in 2027.

Coach of the year

GOOD

BY JOSH BOAK Associated Press

STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

LSU president Wade Rousse, left, and athletic director Verge Ausberry flank new coach Lane Kiffin after an introductory news conference on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, at Tiger Stadium.

Clark would be an easy choice, but his trophy case is already full of Rabbys. This year, we’re going with a deserving new recipient: LSU women’s tennis coach Taylor Fogleman.

In four years coaching the Tigers, Fogleman Fogleman has led them to four NCAA tournament appearances, including consecutive appearances in the NCAA team championships. That’s the equivalent of making it to the College World Series or gymnastics nationals or the Elite Eight.

Cadence Brace earned AllAmerican honors, becoming the first Tiger to do so in consecutive seasons since 2008.

assistant coach Garrett Griffeth told Clark, “she’d have gotten a 40.”

Her 13 10.0 marks were one off the all-time single-season NCAA record, and by far led the nation. She won 44 individual titles in all, including the SEC all-around crown. And Chio was named SEC gymnast of the year, beating out OU’s Faith Torrez, who beat her out for the NCAA all-around title and, unjustly, the Honda Award.

LSU’s Kaliya Lincoln also had a perfect 10 on floor in the NCAA Baton Rouge regional. There were 45 perfect scores across NCAA gymnastics this year, meaning 31% of them were by Tigers. That’s a wow, for sure.

Athlete of the year

Headliner moment of the year

Is there any choice but Kailin Chio? The Tigers’ super sophomore gymnast got shafted by not winning the Honda Award as the nation’s best gymnast, but she most definitely deserves The Rabby here.

We start with her 13 perfect 10s, including three in one meet against Arkansas in the only three events she did that night, a perfect 30.0 score.

“If you’d put her in on bars,”

It could be Chio’s three 10s against Arkansas, but we’ll go off the field for LSU’s hiring of Lane Kiffin in late November.

It caused a huge kerfuffle nationally, and folks at Ole Miss have spent the entire offseason sticking pins in little Lane voodoo dolls. But what a coup by new LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry. Rarely do schools land their first choice for a big job like this — remember, Nick Saban

wasn’t Alabama’s first choice 20 years ago. But LSU got its man, shrugging off the slings and arrows of its critics and clearly doing all it can to return to national contention.

Kiffin recently declared LSU would win a national championship on his watch. For certain, everyone is watching.

Surprise of the year I’ll admit, I — like a lot of folks — figured even when things got rocky for Kelly midseason, there was no way LSU was going to have the means or the will to pony up $54 million to buy him out. He would be back as coach in 2026. We were all proven wrong on Oct. 26, when Kelly was ousted a day after LSU’s 49-25 blowout loss to Texas A&M in Week 8.

LSU ridiculously tried to wiggle out of paying Kelly for a time, claiming it had fired him for cause, but the Tigers are back on the hook for the full amount. That was followed by Kiffin’s $91 million, seven-year deal and the reported $40 million (reported by Kelly, of all people) LSU spent to build this year’s roster.

The real biggest surprise of

all: When LSU wants to find the money, it finds the money.

Surprise of the year: silver medal That would be bringing back Will Wade as men’s basketball coach. The same Will Wade LSU fired (for cause) four years earlier.

Wade That is the most LSU thing ever invented.

Newcomer of the year Bronze medalist for surprise of the year was MiLaysia Fulwiley transferring from hometown South Carolina to LSU in women’s basketball. She immediately paid dividends, starting only one game but coming off the bench to lead the Tigers with 14.6 points per contest.

Her game reminds one of the Tasmanian Devil in the Bugs Bunny cartoons, a whirling dervish of points, steals and turnovers. But you can’t look away.

Fulwiley put the capper on her first year as a Tiger by teaming with LSU’s Mikaylah Williams and two other players to win the 2026 FIBA 3x3 World Cup gold medal.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday surveyed several of his construction projects around the nation’s capital, suggesting afterward that his redevelopment of the East Potomac Golf Links would enable it to host a premier tournament.

“When completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship, and other top PGA Tour events,” Trump posted on social media.

Trump toured the course with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, various aides and the golf course architect Tom Fazio and his son, Gavin Fazio. The president’s redevelopment of the course is subject to a lawsuit in U.S. District Court.

It’s unclear when the course could host any major tournaments, as locations are chosen several years ahead of the events. Locations for the U.S. Open are scheduled through 2051, while the PGA Championship is set through 2035, according to the tournaments’ websites.

Trump complained in his post about the condition of the grass and the sprinkler system for the public golf course, but debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing has also been dumped on the grounds. The National Park Service said last month that the debris tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals.

Trump said in his post that work on the golf course would begin on Sept.

1. The president also toured updates to Lafayette Park on the north side of the White House and had his motorcade drive around where he plans to build a triumphal arch.

The president also said in a separate post that he would meet with Janeese Lewis George, who won the Democratic primary for Washington’s mayor. Trump in his post called Lewis George a “Communist.”

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Stable living

A month-old pony moves to a 4th-floor apartment in Croatia. Neighbors don’t mind.

By The Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By LINDSEy WASSON

United States’ Weston McKennie dribbles with the ball during a World Cup Group D soccer match between the U.S. and Australia in Seattle on June 19.

Fit for the world stage

ROVINJ, Croatia — A month-old pony named Mile is the newest resident of an apartment building in the northern Croatian coastal town of Rovinj.

Mile has moved in temporarily to his owners’ fourth-floor flat because his mother rejected him at birth. He also needs round-the-clock care after undergoing an operation for a lifethreatening infection in neighboring Slovenia, where people donated to cover the costs of his treatment.

“Every two hours, we warm up his milk and feed him,” owner Andjelka Josipovic said. “If we forget to feed him, he wakes up, comes to us and rouses us up.”

Josipovic lives in a one-bedroom flat with her partner Kristijan Jelenic, her two sons, a dog and now Mile.

The unusual newcomer has drawn attention in the neighborhood, but no one has complained.

Josipovic is hopeful Mile will recover fully as he now eats well and has gained 2.2 pounds.

He seems cheerful with a “strong desire to suckle, eat, and fight,” she said.

“The first night, the vet thought there was no hope and wanted to put him down,” she recalled. “I said, let’s try until the morning.”

A look at the design of World Cup uniforms where national pride meets breathable mesh

BY CLAIRE RUSH

na, host nation Mexico and Colombia, also unveiled cooling gear for the tournament. Puma designed the kits for Portugal as well as Morocco and Senegal, the two finalists at the most recent African Cup of Nations.

While the three companies are behind most of this year’s kits, some teams are sporting uniforms designed by other apparel makers.

Associated Press

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Heat. Moisture.

National pride.

These were top of mind as Nike designed its uniform kits for this year’s World Cup, including for football powerhouses France and Brazil as well as the U.S. and Canada in their role as host nations.

In a tournament that has seen storm delays and temperatures hovering around 90 degrees Fahrenheit in some locations, the first step was to ensure players’ performance and comfort.

Phil McCartney, chief innovation, design and product officer for Nike, said the company worked with athletes, coaches and football federations to understand how uniforms affect the game.

“We also talk to fans — so what does it mean to wear a Uruguay jersey, what does it mean to represent France, what does it mean to play for Canada?” McCartney told The

Thermal chambers and robots On a recent morning, McCartney spoke from the sports research lab at Nike’s headquarters just outside Phil McCartney, chief innovation, design and product officer for Nike, Portland, Oregon, where experimentation helped the kits come to holds up the away jersey for France life. that the company designed for the The indoor facility includes a World Cup. 219-yard track, a small football pitch and a basketball court, with Associated Press. “We take that and hundreds of motion-capture camwe merge that with all the science eras placed throughout. Thermal and the innovation to make sure chambers replicate the effects that we have beautiful designs.” of heat and humidity on apparel Adidas, which designed jerseys ä See UNIFORMS, page 2D for defending champion ArgentiAP PHOTO By CLAIRE RUSH

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Owner Andjelka Josipovic poses with a pony named Mile at a ranch in Bale, Croatia.

The family runs a small ranch and a playroom for children in Bale, some 9 miles from Rovinj, with llamas, pigs, horses, and sheep.

Mile spends his days with the other animals at the ranch, but he returns to Rovinj — one of Croatia’s most popular tourist resorts — in the evening. The pony rides in the back seat of the family car. At the apartment, he sleeps on either a mattress or a sofa.

The family lives in a residential part of Rovinj, away from the main tourist zone in the old town, which is famous for its

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The Owens family curse strikes next generation in ‘Practical Magic 2’

BY TRACY BROWN

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES — The Owens family curse strikes again — and this time it’s here for the next generation.

In the new trailer for “Practical Magic 2,” released June 24, Sally’s (Sandra Bullock) daughter Kylie (Joey King) learns about her family’s legacy and curse after her paramour is involved in an accident.

“It’s true, we’re witches and the curse is real,” Sally tells a tearful Kylie, who along with her sister (Maisie Williams) grew up being told stories where everyone who fell in love died. But the siblings didn’t believe they were actually cursed.

“I will never trust you again,” Kylie responds.

Directed by Susanne Bier, the sequel of 1998’s “Practical Magic” will follow Sally

and Gillian (Nicole Kidman) as they chase after Kylie who has set off to “fix the curse,” which will put her on a dark path. Along the way, the sisters encounter a mysterious “scholar of the craft” played

by Lee Pace.

The trailer also offers a glimpse into Sally and Gillian’s present lives — with the latter teasing the former’s

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Cast members Sandra Bullock, left, and Nicole Kidman of the upcoming film ‘Practical Magic 2’ speak during the film’s Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon on April 14 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By CHRIS PIZZELLO

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Seasonal affective disorder can hit in the summer Dear Doctors: When I hear about seasonal depression, it has to do with winter. Supposedly it’s because of the shorter days and the lack of daylight. But I feel the start of depression whenever summer comes, which can’t be about the light. Why would that happen? What can I do?

Dear reader: It’s true that when people talk about a downward emotional shift tied to a change of seasons, winter is most often the culprit. As you point out, the shorter days and longer nights play a big role. The steady decrease of daylight hours is believed to affect levels of melatonin and serotonin. These are brain chemicals that affect mood and sleep. With colder weather, more time is spent indoors. This can lead to fewer natural social

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interactions and contribute to feelings of isolation. Repetitive winter tasks, like shoveling snow or dressing and undressing just to step outside, can each add a measure of stress. So can simply being cold.

While not as common as winterbased seasonal depression, the summertime blues you are experiencing are indeed a real thing.

It is part of a condition known as

seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. As with its wintry cousin, summertime SAD is marked by symptoms that can include anxiety, irritability, low energy, disrupted sleep and feelings of sadness or hopelessness. And because summer is supposed to represent a carefree and joyful stretch of time, people with summer SAD are sometimes also weighed down by guilt.

As with winter SAD, summertime depression is believed to involve both physiological and lifestyle triggers. Longer days mean later twilights. For some people, this can affect sleep cycles and contribute to the onset of depression. Longer days often also disrupt the routines that got us through the winter. These changes can be stressful. So can heat

So-called friends keep canceling plans who leaned heavily on Dear Miss Manners: What manners, social skills and is the correct way to deal with being stood up for so- all matters of social recial plans? sponsibility.

Over the years, After being treatpeople have said ed like this, my tenthings to me such dency is to view the as, “I’m going to situation as the ball break off our lunch now being in their plans for today, OK? court. The only perJudith I’m going to lunch son whose behavior Martin I can control is my with someone else.”

MISS Or, “I can’t meet own. I say and do MANNERS you for breakfast nothing further and on Saturday like remain polite, but we’d planned; I’m going to at arm’s length. I no longer go and play golf with Dolo- reach out to them with res.” Or, at the last minute, friendly gestures and ef“I can’t go to see the play forts until they can prove with you this evening. My that it is a genuine, mutual, boyfriend says we’re going courteous friendship. someplace else.”

Perhaps this is a good Sometimes people simway to screen for friendply fail to show up for ships. plans made in advance, What are your thoughts without a word of apology on the subject? Any sugor explanation, ever. Upon gestions concerning what I next seeing them, they could or should be doing? behave as though nothing Gentle reader: Socializing had ever happened. If I with people who respect gently inquire about what you? happened, they engage in They are increasingly defensive, manipulative hard to find, Miss Manners behavior, gaslighting and realizes. The idea has gotoffering non sequiturs. ten around that it is charmAt such moments, I have ing to be spontaneous in always said kind and polite one’s social life, unbound things to these people, by the rigid code that rebut I have difficulty in quired making or declining understanding them. I was commitments, and then brought up with parents following through by show-

ing up — or not showing up, if one has declined.

There is something you can say to those lastminute offenders: “I wish you had bailed out earlier; I would have made plans of my own.”

Dear Miss Manners: Please explain how to administer a Cut, a Dead Cut, and a Cut Absolute.

Gentle reader: A Cut is pretending not to see someone who is obviously within sight. A Dead Cut is staring right at the person without any acknowledgment. And a Cut Absolute is whipping around upon seeing the person and walking away.

Miss Manners hopes that she is not fueling feuds by providing these definitions. She attaches to each of them a label that says, “Caution! Highly dangerous socially, with difficult side effects. To be used only in extreme cases.”

attract insects. Store food in the refrigerator, and if you don’t have time to wash them before you leave, store all dishes and cups in your freezer until you get back home. Never leave dirty dishes in the sink.

— Heloise

Storing reused bags Dear Heloise: After over 50 years of struggling to keep rewashed zip-close bags stored, I went to a secondhand store/thrift shop. I spotted a large file keeper and got an idea; it could work for the bags! Now I’ve got one place to put them instead of them being scattered here and there. I tossed out unusable ones after cutting them up. I hope this helps others. Thanks for all the hints over the years! — Mrs.T., via email Send a hint to heloise@ heloise.com.

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Jelenic said having Mile at home at the moment is no different from having a dog or any other pet because he is still relatively small, weighing just 35 pounds.

“In about 20 days, this probably will no longer be possible,” Jelenic said.

“I hope he will be strong enough by then to be able to stay at the ranch.”

a worthwhile investment. And try to steer clear of heat stress.

Use air conditioning and fans as needed in the house. When you can, save exertion and outdoor activities for the cooler parts of the day. There is also evidence that cognitive behavioral therapy can be effective in managing seasonal mood swings. It’s a form of talk therapy that helps people flag and change harmful mental habits.

The good news is that even small lifestyle adjustments can help ease the summertime blues.

Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla. edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, June 29, the 180th day of 2026. There are 185 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On June 29, 2007, the first version of the iPhone went on sale to the public; over 2.3 billion iPhones have been sold to date.

Also on this date: In 1613, London’s original Globe Theatre, where many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of “Henry VIII.” In 1767, Britain approved the Townshend Revenue Act, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies.

(Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties on each of the products — except

for tea.)

In 1776, the Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry was made the state’s governor.

In 1967, Jerusalem was reunified as Israel removed barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector.

In 2006, the Supreme Court ruled, 5-3, that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.

In 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff received a 150-year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud. (Madoff died in prison in April 2021.)

In 2022, R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his R&B superstardom to subject young fans to sexual abuse.

The singer and songwriter was convicted of racketeer-

ing and sex trafficking the previous year.

Today’s birthdays: Songwriter L. Russell Brown is 86.

Singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys is 83. Actor Gary Busey is 82. Former actor and politician Fred Grandy is 78. Rock musician Ian Paice (Deep Purple) is 78.

Singer Don Dokken is 73.

Rock singer Colin Hay (Men At Work) is 73. Actor Maria Conchita Alonso is 71. Actor Sharon Lawrence (“NYPD Blue”) is 65. Actor Amanda Donohoe is 64.

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is 63. Producer-writer Matthew Weiner is 61.

Actor Melora Hardin is 59.

Actor Brian D’Arcy James is 58. Rap DJ and record producer DJ Shadow is 54.

Actor Zuleikha Robinson is 49. Rock musician Sam Farrar (Maroon 5) is 48. Actor Luke Kirby is 48. Singer and TV personality Nicole Scherzinger is 48.

Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners. com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail. com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

Keeping kitchens pest-free Dear Heloise: I keep a clean or bag that has a visible house, but I still have an ant infestation of insects. You and roach problem. What can’t eat food once insects will help me stop atare living in it and spreading their tracting these filthy eggs, so toss it out. pests? I’ve used n Scrub the commercial comshelves with hot panies that come sudsy water. Pay in and sort of bomb close attention to the house with a mist of chemicals. I Hints from any cracks, crevHeloise ices, and the underhated the smell that lingered for weeks, sides of shelves. n Before you return and the expense was nightmarish. Can you offer some items to your shelves, spray them with insecadvice to keep these bugs out of my house? You alticide and let them dry.

(Usually, it only takes a ways know what to do, and few minutes.) Be sure to I appreciate all your hints. spray any cracks or crev— Leilani M., in Oahu, Hawaii Leilani, having lived in ices that might be present. n Before you return Hawaii, I know how difficult it is to completely seal items to the shelves, make sure that you place open off a home from ants and food packages in sealed, roaches. Here are some airtight containers. things that you can try to n Keep all food off kitchen keep these pests away: n Take everything out of counters when not cooking.

Wash the floors frequently your cupboards and pantry, and destroy every box to be sure that spills don’t

and humidity. For some people, being included in — or left out of — summertime group activities can trigger social anxiety. Genetics may also play a role. Studies of identical twins have found that siblings often shared similar patterns of seasonal changes in mood and behavior. Newer research, still in the earliest stages, has identified gene variants that may alter how serotonin affects the brain.

A useful first step in steadying your summertime mood is to safeguard your daily routine.

Try to stick to the same sleep, meal and exercise schedule you follow the rest of the year. With later sunsets and early sunrises, the sleep part of the equation can become a challenge. That makes blackout curtains for the bedroom

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By CLAIRE RUSH

World Cup uniform kits designed by Nike are displayed at its headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., on June 22.

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seen in the shoulder seams on jerseys for teams includContinued from page 1D ing France and Uruguay, the Guardian reported.

When asked by AP, Nike donned by people or robot said it was able to identify the issue before the start of mannequins.

“We take motion-capture the World Cup, and worked to see how they’re moving with federations “to ensure in the kit, how the kits are kits show up as intended.” responding,” McCartney said. “We also use the ther- Symbols of national pride mal chambers that we have While a kit’s physical attrito test the kit’s breathability, butes are important for athto test wicking and moisture letes, its appearance is just management.” as significant for fans who For the World Cup kits, sport the jerseys and want to Nike engineered a new feel connected to their team. fabric that it says is more “We take inspiration from breathable and made from lots of different places, from fully recycled materials. the past, from art, from muThe way the jerseys are sic, from culture, so anyknit, with mesh stitching in thing that gets us connected certain areas allowing more to the country we really air flow, helps “get that ther- want to harness,” McCartmal regulation that all the ney said. players have been asking France’s away kit, for exfor,” McCartney said. ample, is a light green akin Despite all the testing, the to the Statue of Liberty, rollout of the kit was still a which France gifted to the bit bumpy.

U.S. in the late 19th century.

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Owner Andjelka Josipovic feeds a pony named Mile at a ranch in Bale, Croatia, on June 13.

apparent lack of love life.

It seems Sally is uninterested in tempting the fates since for generations those who have fallen in love with members of the Owens family have been cursed to die.

Even after things take a turn with the tragic accident, it’s clear that their sisterly bond

remains strong. While Sally seems worried about her daughters inheriting her powers, the clip also hints that there might be some happier times ahead.

Also returning for the sequel are Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing, who play Sally and Gilly’s aunts Jet and Franny Owens. In the original film, Jet and Fran are the witchy, eccentric aunts who took in their nieces after their parents

houette of the monument’s crown.

On the front of the jersey there’s a rooster — an emblem of the national team and the country itself — and two stars representing France’s two previous World Cup victories.

France’s home kit features a collar — as does Uruguay’s. The decision to use collars comes from the federations, Nike said, with France leaning into its history as a fashion capital and Uruguay looking to evoke a more classic football look. In previous decades, many uniforms included collars.

Key national symbols were also considered when designing kits for the U.S. and Canada. The home kit for the U.S. features horizontal red and white stripes reminiscent of a waving American flag, while Canada’s displays a prominent maple leaf.

“Especially in an event like the World Cup, we really play into national pride,” McCartney said.

died. The “Practical Magic 2” cast also includes Xolo Maridueña, who plays Kylie’s seemingly ill-fated love interest, and Solly McLeod.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett and Kelly Marcel, “Practical Magic 2” is based on the 2021 novel “The Book of Magic,” the fourth and final installment of author Alice Hoffman’s “Practical Magic” series.

“Practical Magic 2” will hit theaters Sept. 11.

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zodIAC cAncER (June 21-July 22) Take your time, get the lowdown and hedge your bets before you make a move. It's up to you to ask questions and to barter on your behalf. An opportunity looks good if you are open-minded.

LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Pay attention to how you present yourself and your ideas.

Having confidence will encourage others to listen and contribute suggestions that are easy to implement. Show your leadership ability in order to highlight your profile.

VIRGo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Refuse to let anyone push you to change something that isn't in your best interest. Collect your thoughts, talk to experts and offer a heartfelt reason why you prefer to take the road that offers you something in return.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-oct. 23) If you are a good listener, you'll avoid interference.

Knowing what's expected of you and delivering what's necessary will help ward off criticism.

ScoRPIo (oct. 24-nov. 22) You're in a better position than you realize. Speak up.

Refuse to let what others do deter you from following your heart and doing what works for you.

SAGIttARIuS (nov. 23-Dec. 21) A change will do you good. Invest time and money in yourself. Refuse to spend what you don't have or be tempted by a fast-talking salesperson trying to scam you or separate you from your cash. cAPRIcoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Keep what you cherish and get rid of what no lon-

ger matters. Letting go is your ticket to a new adventure. Shake off the old, revitalize what you plan to keep and head forward with a renewed faith in yourself.

AQuARIuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Keep your eyes wide open and your finger on the pulse of whatever you pursue. It's up to you to be the driver of your prospects.

Stop waiting for someone to do things for you.

PIScES (Feb. 20-March 20) Motivate yourself to get involved in a cause that concerns you, and someone you connect with will help you make a difference.

Having discipline will encourage you to change your lifestyle.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Be careful not to upstage someone who can influence your reputation or status. Getting along will be a necessity if you want to get ahead. Listen carefully. tAuRuS (April 20-May 20) Devise a plan and budget that add to your convenience and comfort. Stretch your imagination, but don't let anyone tempt you to spend more than you can afford.

GEMInI (May 21-June 20) Put pressure where necessary, and positive change will evolve. Don't hesitate to do the work yourself. You will make a difference to the outcome of whatever you are trying to achieve.

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Sudoku InstructIons: sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers.

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 Francis Bacon, an Englishman who a few believe wrote Shakespeare’s plays, said, “Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion.”

After a bridge deal in which your partner made a mistake, you hope that he sees the reason for his error; you do not want him confused.

In today’s deal, South is in three notrump after West has overcalled in spades. West leads his fourth-highest spade. How should South plan the play after taking this trick with dummy’s queen, the honor from the shorter side first?

North’s double was negative, promising four hearts (and maybe five or six if too weak to respond two hearts). His three-spade cue-bid asked South to bid three no-trump with a spade stopper.

South has eight top tricks: one spade, one diamond and six clubs. He can get his ninth winner from hearts or diamonds, but there is a risk that the defenders will run the spade suit first. Since trick one indicates that West has the spade ace, South must work to keep East off the lead.

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today’s thought “I acknowledge my sin to you, and my iniquity have I not hid.

I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” Psalms 32:5 It is wonderful to be forgiven by the Lord. Repent of sin and give it to God. G.E. Dean

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“Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

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For more information on tournaments and clubs, email naspa – north american sCraBBlE players association: info@scrabbleplayers.org. Visit our website: www.scrabbleplayers.org. For puzzle inquiries contact scrgrams@gmail.com.

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3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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classifieds.nola.com Search & Place Ads Ads Onlines at classifieds.nola.com • Call Monday Us Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PMatat(504) (504)636-7435 636-7435 Search & Place Onlines at classifieds.nola.com - Friday 8AM - 5PM Anyone with knowledge of the whereabouts of Brenda L. Kellup, please contact Atty. Alex J. Bellow at 504-544-4055.

192578-June 27-29, 3t $85

Announcements Any heirs, any relatives or anyone knowing the whereabouts of any heirs or relatives of Ann Bevan Fraiche or Thomas J. Fraiche please contact attorney Jessica Lacambra at (504) 258-7294 or jessicamullaly1@gmail.com.

Property rights involved.

192729-6/29-30-7/1-3t $133.00 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of any heirs, legatees, successors or assigns of Lloyd Ferrier, please contact Thomas P. Sanderson, Curator Ad Hoc, at (504) 586-0064, 4224 Canal St., NOLA 70119, or tps@boninlawfirm.com.

Property rights involved.

192509-6/27-28-29-3t $133.00 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Boroskie J. Richard, Joseph Richard, III and the Heirs of the Estate of Barbara Ballard Richard Leonard, please contact Attorney Marie A. Bookman at (504) 635-0070.

192563-June 27-29, 3t $109 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Danielle Thornton please contact Attorney Marie A. Bookman at (504) 635-0070.

192595-June 27-29, 3t $85 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of KIMBERLY D. ROHLMAN, or, if she is deceased, her heirs or legatees or representatives, please contact curator ad hoc, Paul A. Bonin, at (504) 586-0064, pab@boninlawfirm.com, or 4224 Canal Street, NOLA 70119. Important property rights involved.

192644-6/27-28-29-3t $145.00 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the Heirs to the Estate of Bennie Lewis, please contact Attorney Michael J Hall at 504-383-5294 or mjhall@mjhalllaw.com.

192539-6/27-28-29-3t $97.00 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Timothy Villalobos please contact Atty., P. Lindsey Williams at 504-5611222.

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Public Notices

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TITLE: SET-ASIDE- CONTRACT RECOVERY

Anyone with knowledge of the whereabouts of Carla Cochran Baca, please contact Atty. Alex J. Bellow at 504-544-4055.

192579-6/27-28-29-3t $85.00 Anyone with knowledge of the whereabouts of Horacio S. Baca, please contact Atty. Alex J. Bellow at 504-544-4055.

192577-June 27-29, 3t $85

ANTIQUES Early 1950's Gas Pump, Bennett Model 766, Good Condition, $2499, Call (504) 982-1044 WANT TO BUY I purchase whole Record (vinyl) and CD collections. I also buy used music instruments and audio equipment. $999.99 504-914-6679 CEMETERY PLOTS Lake Lawn Main Mausoleum S. Unit#3, Tier A (ground) 3 Place Abby. 6 Burial Plots $17,000.

504-982-0388 CEMETERY PLOTS Two (2) Double Depth, Double Companion Niche. (Crypts) Located: Lake Lawn/Metairie $6200 ea.

1-757-647-6748

New Orleans Rental CARROLLTON Rose Garden 1 BR Apt, enclosed w/bbq pit. $700 + dep. 504-415-1345

EAST ST TAMMANY COVINGTON * 70264 CHARLIE STREET 2-3 Bdrm Apts * 2 Full Baths Rent from $800/mo Off Street Parking * Quiet 985-875-1050

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

@ 2:30 P.M. TEAMS: Meeting ID: 270 352 800 746 745 Passcode: 6nP7jk9H Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

RELEASED ON: JUNE 22, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: JULY 22, 2026 @ 4:00 P.M.

COMMODITY CODE(s): 981-76, 550-90, 920-28, 990-29, 990-30

PRE-BID CONFERENCE: JULY 8, 2026 @ 1:00 P.M.

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.

TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%)

TEAMS: Meeting ID: 275 454 676 277 342 Passcode: dY9No3qS Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 909-33, 917-31, 918-87,962-58 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: June 22, 29 and July 6, 2026 NOCP 9107 191821-jun 22-29-jul 6-3t $117.39 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: NOCEM TITLE: Home Deliveries SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4724 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: NO RELEASED ON: JUNE 22, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: JULY 7, 2026 @ 4 P.M. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: JUNE 29, 2026

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The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event:

SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4721

ESPLANADE RIDGE The Carson Company, Inc. 2900 Third St., 1Bd/1Ba.................$700 1322 St. Roch St., 2Bds/1Ba..........$895 3953 Delachaise St. (Up), 3/1.......$950 2300 N. Broad St., 1Bd/1Ba...........$995 1818 Gentilly Blvd. (DS), 2/1.........$995 830 Roosevelt Pl. (Up), 3/1.........$1195 412 1/2 Manhattan, (Furn) 2/1..$1350 2135 N. Tonti, (Sec 8 OK) 3/2......$1600 4557 Feliciana St, 5Bds/2Bas.....$2500 2560 Orleans Ave., (Furn) 2/1....$2990 821-1858 * 822-8432 * 427-4646

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: June 22, 29 and July 6, 2026 NOCP 9108

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INVITATION TO BID NASHVILLE B TERMINAL DR. – FIRE PUMP INTAKE REPAIRS Notice is hereby given that the Board of Com‐ missioners of the Port of New Orleans (Board) will receive bids electroni‐ cally at Central Bidding, via www.centralbidding. com, on or before Mon‐ day, July 13, 2026 until 11:00 A.M., local time, for Work Order No. 1-197, Nashville B Wharf, Termi‐ nal Dr – Fire Pump Intake Repairs.

The work consists of fur‐ nishing all labor, mater‐ ial and equipment for De‐ molition and Repair of structures as per the drawings and specifica‐ tions provided in the Bid‐ ding Documents. The site is located at 5400 Termi‐ nal Dr at Nashville B Wharf in New Orleans, Louisiana, 70115. (Esti‐ mated Cost: To be pro‐ vided at bid opening).

All Bids must be in accor‐ dance with the Bidding Documents on file with the Port of New Orleans.

In accordance with LSA R.S. 38:2212 (E)(7), com‐ plete Bidding Documents are available for down‐ load via Central Bidding at www.centralbidding. com. Bidding Documents l b b i d

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DOGS Teacup YORKIES Maltipoos POMS Mini Goldendoodles POODLES Shit Tzu De‐ signers+ Siamese Kittens S/W=UTD Teacups $995+. Puppy Pack $595+ 504-259-2222

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CATS Young Male Cat, Gray Colors, Have too many cats, Looking for another home for him. Please call 504-861-9617 ($50)

DOGS Yorkie’s Maltipoo’s, Dorkie’s - Yorkie’s male $600. Female $700. Maltipoo’s male’s $350. Female $400. Dorkie’s male’s $300. Female’s $400. $300+ (601) 543-4232

If request for Bidding Documents is made through U.S. mail or other delivery services, bidder must furnish a street mailing address and will be held respon‐ sible for service fees.

Federal regulations re‐ quire that persons seek‐ ing entry to secure areas of United States ports must present a valid Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) card and must maintain possession of the TWIC at all times in secure port areas.

Restricted areas include port property between Felicity Street and Henry Clay Avenue, Alabo Street Wharf, Jourdan Road Wharf, the Julia Street and Erato Street Cruise Terminals, and during cargo activities at Poland Avenue Wharf and Governor Nicholls Street Wharf. Prospec‐ tive bidders must pro‐ vide their own Harbor Police Department (HPD) approved TWIC escorts for those in their party who do not have a TWIC. Note that only contractors with open Board contracts are eligible to be on the ap‐ proved escort list. The Board will not provide nor arrange for escorts.

See Section 1000 – Gen‐ eral Requirements.

Once an employer is under contract with the Board, TWIC card holders and their Sponsoring Em‐ ployer must submit an application to Harbor Po‐ lice and the TWIC card holder must attend a training session in order to be certified as an Ap‐ proved TWIC Escort for anyone entering the se‐ cured area without a TWIC. Bidding Documents will be issued only to those contractors complying with state licensing laws for contractors, La. R.S.

THE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT will be closed on FRIDAY, JULY 3rd

And will be observing the following Early Deadline:

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p be submitted in sealed envelopes marked “GWRP Event Pavillion Food & Beverage Opera‐ tor”. Proposals must be submitted to the follow‐ ing: Audubon Nature In‐ stitute, Attn: Cecilie H. Primeaux, 6500 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70118. Proposals, and amendments to Propos‐ als received after the day and time specified above will be rejected by the Audubon Nature Institute as non-responsive and returned to the team un‐ opened.

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Re/Max Living * 504-475-1011. Ea ofc indpntly owned & operated.

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37:2150, et. seq. On any bid submitted in the amount of $50,000 or more, the contractor must hold at the time this bid is opened a valid license issued by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors.

This project is classified as Heavy Construction.

Objection to the required classification should be filed in accordance with La. R.S. 37:2165.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the cost of the contract price of work to be done for the Base Bid plus all additive Alter‐ nate Bid prices, by certi‐ fied check, cashier's check or bid bond is re‐ quired, and the bidder to whom the contract is awarded shall also be re‐ quired to furnish a per‐ formance bond in the total amount of the bid.

The bid bond must be furnished in accordance with the requirements of La. R.S. 38:2218, and the performance bond in ac‐ cordance with the provi‐ sions of La. R.S. 38:2219.

The award of contract, if awarded, will be made within 45 calendar days after bid opening to the lowest qualified bidder whose bid complies with all requirements pre‐ scribed. However, when the contract is to be fi‐ nanced by bonds which are required to be sold after receipt of bids, or when the contract is to be financed in whole or in part by federal, state or other funds not avail‐ able at the time bids are received, or when the contract requires a poll of the Louisiana Legisla‐ ture before contract funds are available, the time will not start until receipt of federal or state concurrence or concur‐ rence of the other fund‐ ing source in accordance with LA. R.S. 38:2215(D).

Award will be within 45 calendar days after the sale of bonds or re‐ ceipt of concurrence in award from the federal or state agency or other funding source. Funds for this contract:

Deadline: Tuesday 6/30 @ 2pm Wednesday 7/1 @ 2pm Wednesday 7/1 @ 2pm Wednesday 7/1 @ 2pm

Run Dates Friday 7/3 Saturday 7/4 Sunday 7/5 Monday 7/6

As always, you may place your ad 7 days a week, 24 hours a day online at www.theadvocate.com or call Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

(225) 383-0111

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__ _ ___ will not be immedi‐ ately available, the 45day period for contract award will not begin at the time of bid opening, and the deadlines under La. R.S. 38:2215 for con‐ tract execution and is‐ suance of notice to pro‐ ceed shall not apply.

Please be advised that these individuals are not the legal representatives of the Board.

(CST), on Monday, July 13, 2026, to be consid‐ ered. Bidders shall follow the instructions given in the Invitation to Bid (ITB) in order to respond with a valid bid.

X will be immediately available and the 45-day period for contract award will begin at the time of bid opening.

Work in the amount of at least sixty percent (60%) of total amount of con‐ tract as awarded shall be performed by contractor at the construction site or within his own shop, plant, or yard with his own employees.

The Board as an equal opportunity public entity invites and encourages DBE’s and SBE’s to sub‐ mit bids on its projects.

In order to comply with the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, such certification programs must be race and gender neutral.

All questions, correspon‐ dence, inquiries, and other communications regarding this procure‐ ment shall be directed to Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Or‐ leans, Procurement De‐ partment, 1350 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, LA 70130 or pro‐ curement@portnola.com.

All questions will be an‐ swered via additional in‐ formation or addenda and will be posted on Central Bidding website at: www.centralbidding. com Questions must be submitted at least seven (7) days prior to bid opening.

These individuals are not authorized to and shall not render legal opinions or advice. No information will be given regarding the proper evidence of corporate authority as required in this bid. Each bidder is advised to con‐ sult his own counsel for such information.

190953-jun 15-22-29-3t $284.16

All inquiries shall be di‐ rected to the Procure‐ ment Department at pro‐ curement@portnola.com

by Tuesday, July 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM (CST). Ad‐ denda to this ITB will be issued to all Bidders re‐ ceiving this ITB. Ques‐ tions and answers and all forms required will be posted on www.central biding.com.

PUBLIC NOTICE --INVITATION TO BID PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF TWENTYTWO (22) STEEL PIPE PILES FOR UPGRADES TO THE JULIA STREET WHARF June 23, 2026 Notice is hereby given that the Board of Com‐ missioners of the Port of New Orleans (“Board”) is soliciting bids for the purchase and delivery of twenty-two (22) Steel Pipe Piles for upgrades to the Julia Street Cruise Wharf.

All Invitation to Bid (ITB) documents will be avail‐ able on www.centralbidd ing.com on Monday, June 1, 2026. The ITB docu‐ ments may also be ob‐ tained from the SEBcon‐ nect App, available on both the Apple and Google play platforms.

Bids must be submitted via Central Bidding, no later than 10:00 AM

The Board strongly en‐ courages the acquisition of goods and services from and direct partici‐ pation of eligible busi‐ ness entities (“EBEs”) as defined in the Board's Small Business Opportu‐ nity Program (the “Pro‐ gram”). The Program is a race and gender-neutral program intended to pro‐ vide additional contract‐ ing and procurement op‐ portunities for certified eligible businesses by encouraging contractors who receive state con‐ tracts to use good-faith efforts to utilize such certified entities in the performance of those contracts.

The Board desires to achieve, to the greatest ibl

Public Notices Bids/Proposals g extent possible, commer‐ cially meaningful and useful participation by EBEs. By providing equi‐ table opportunities for EBEs, the Board derives multiple benefits, includ‐ ing contributing to the economic vitality of our communities and ensur‐ ing a broader selection of competitively priced goods and services.

Bidders should present a responsible plan that provides for participation of qualified EBEs. Bidders should clearly state EBE participation goals and their plan for implemen‐ tation of the same in their proposal. Bidders should also include infor‐ mation relative to the participation levels it has managed on other prior projects.

Participation shall be counted toward meeting the contract goals only by business entities cer‐ tified designated in the Program. The direct par‐ ticipation goal can be achieved through direct ownership, joint venture participation, owner/op‐ erator agreements, or sublease agreements for operations. Participation shall include work oppor‐ tunities in planning, de‐ velopment, construction, and operation of the Pro‐ ject.

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City of New Orleans

Audubon Nature Institute is seeking a highly quali‐ fied, experienced opera‐ tor for Food & Beverage services at the Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park (GWRP) Event Pavil‐ ion, a dynamic new venue in New Orleans.

The selected operator is expected to provide food and beverages for daily park operations and will have the non-exclusive right to provide food and beverage services for festivals and major cor‐ porate and private events. The specifics of these food and beverage opportunities are out‐ lined in section 2 of this RFP. Opened in Spring 2026, the extended Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park trans‐ formed the Governor Nicholls Wharf into a new riverfront park, in‐ cluding a fully outfitted food and beverage venue. The Park com‐ pleted the first phase of Riverfront for All, an ini‐ tiative to convert the last industrial wharves in downtown New Orleans into a highly sought after destination connecting over 2 miles of riverfront park space—among the longest riverfront parks in the country. Phase II, the Esplanade Wharf conversion, which is in the preliminary planning stages, when completed, will fulfill a 40-year dream for visitors and residents to reconnect with the Mississippi River from the Bywater neighborhood to Canal Street. Interested parties are invited to secure a qualification package at www.bidnetdirect.com/ louisiana/audubonnatu reinstitute Prospective operators are strongly encouraged to attend a site visit on July 2, 2026 or on July 10, 2026, at 8 am located at 1301 N. Peters, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117. By sub‐ mitting a proposal, the prospective operator ac‐ knowledges they are fully informed of the site conditions.

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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

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Central City Library 2020 Jackson Avenue - (504)596-3110

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.

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Louisiana is set to start doling out supercharged unemployment benefits of $600 more a week on Monday, providing the first wave of relief to a staggering number of residents seeking aid as the coronavirus rocks the state’s economy.

But as benefits begin flowing and officials project no part of Louisiana is on track to run out of hospital beds or ventilators in the coming 10 days, Gov. John Bel Edwards warned Wednesday it will be a long time before things return to normal.

Until there is a vaccine and medication that can treat the virus — prospects that are months or longer away — Edwards said people will likely not see “life as you knew it before COVID-19.”

Although at some point restrictions will be loosened, it remains unclear exactly what that will look like, Edwards said. The state will rely heavily on the federal government and will need far more testing, along with contact tracing and isolation of patients who later test positive, he said.

“I promise you no matter what the timeline looks like, it’s going to be quicker if everyone follows the stay-at-home order,” the governor said.

In the meantime, as the order is set to keep thousands of businesses closed until at least April 30, the Louisiana Workforce Commission will start paying out the extra $600 per week benefit to unemployed Louisiana

ä See JOBLESS, page 6A

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a March campaign rally in Detroit.

Staff writer

Louisiana public school superintendents Wednesday asked Gov. John Bel Edwards to extend his schools closure order through the end of the academic year because of the coronavirus.

The request significantly boosts chances that classrooms will remain locked for nearly 720,000 public school students

and that the school year will have effectively ended for many students on March 13.

“By not having students return to school facilities this school year combined with social distancing intervention there could be lessening or even prevention of further community spread of the virus,” superintendents said in their request to the governor.

ä See SCHOOLS, page 6A

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, making Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in a general election campaign that will be waged against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sanders initially ex- Sanders ceeded sky-high expectations about his ability to re-create the magic of his 2016 presidential bid and even overcame a heart attack in October. But he couldn’t convert unwavering support from progressives into a viable path to the nomination, with “electability” fears fueled by questions about whether his democratic socialist ide-

ology would be palatable to general election voters.

“The path toward victory is virtually impossible,” Sanders told supporters Wednesday. “If I believed we had a feasible path to the nomination, I would certainly continue the campaign, but it’s just not there.”

He called Biden a “very decent man” but didn’t offer an explicit endorsement of the former vice president. Sanders said his name would remain on the ballot in states that have not yet held primaries so he can gain more delegates and “exert significant influence” on the Democratic platform.

Biden, who is backed by much of the party’s establishment, told supporters at a virtual fundraiser that he had a “short conversation” with Sanders on Wednesday.

“He didn’t just run a political campaign. He created a movement,” Biden said. “That’s a good thing for our na-

tion and our future. His campaign has ended, but I know his leadership will continue.”

Trump sought to foment the tension among Democrats by tweeting Wednesday that the party stacked the race against Sanders. The president said the senator’s supporters “should come to the Republican Party.”

Sanders began his latest White House bid facing questions about whether he could win back the supporters who chose him four years ago as an insurgent alternative to Hillary Clinton. Despite winning 22 states in 2016, there were no guarantees he’d be a major presidential contender this cycle.

But Sanders used strong polling and solid fundraising — collected almost entirely from small donations made online — to quiet early doubters. Like the first time, he attracted widespread

ä See RACE, page 4A

8D ✦ Monday, June 29, 2026 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune Public Notices Bids/Proposals

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The Board accepts the following certifications: (1) the SLDBE program run by the City of New Orleans, (2) the state of Louisiana’s Department of Economic Develop‐ ment’s SBE Hudson Ini‐ tiative program, (3) The Louisiana Unified Certifi‐ cation Program, or (4) the Federal Small Busi‐ ness Enterprise Program.

Proposals shall include evidence of a current certification in order to receive points for partici‐ pation.

given in this Request for Proposals (RFP) in order to respond with a valid proposal for evaluation by the Board’s Evaluation Committee.

192307-jun 25-29-jul 7-3t $155.82 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 2070 Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd.

Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing: RFx No. 3000026308, Enve‐ lope Printing & Storage for OTS/PSS, 7/15/26 Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and specifica‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour specified.

The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities.

Amy Vincent Director of State Procurement FAX (225) 342-8688 192482-jun 29-1t $11.77 PUBLIC NOTICE --Prince William County Public Schools is re‐ questing proposals from qualified and experi‐ enced firms to provide: • Education, Classroom, Miscellaneous Support Furniture and Related Products and Services (RFP No. R-LP-26010) In order to be consid‐ ered, the Offeror must complete and submit a proposal to Prince William County Public Schools in accordance with the solicitation doc‐ umentation available at https://pwcs.bonfirehub. com/portal or from the Procurement Services of‐ fice.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFER‐ ENCE: July 13th, 2026, 11:00 AM EST, Microsoft Teams Meeting: https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/28326593495 7071?p=JJolaJ3IDIUp61L gL8 Meeting ID: 283 265 934 957 071 Passcode: 94ta2yb6 PROPOSAL DUE DATE: August 3rd, 2026, BEFORE 2:00 PM EST. 192308-jun 29-1t $135.17 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES Lycee Francais Interna‐ tional de la Louisiane (LFIL) is requesting pro‐ posals from qualified firms to provide student transportation services for the 2026-2027 school year, including day-today (PK4-Grade 5), field trip/activity, and athlet‐ ics transportation. The full Request for Proposal is available at lfi.us . Pro‐ posals must be submit‐ ted by email as a single PDF to M. Jordan Drew, Chief Operating Officer, at jdrew@lfi.us, with the company name and "Transportation RFP 2026-27" in the subject line, no later than 4:00 p.m. CST on July 1, 2026.

LFIL reserves the right to reject any and all propos‐ als.

191878-jun 22-30 $876 PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) June 23, 2026 Clover invites qualified, licensed, and insured contractors in the State of Louisiana to submit proposals for the Main Campus Roofing Re‐ placement Project.

This project shall be exe‐ cuted in full compliance with all applicable fed‐ eral, State of Louisiana, and City of New Orleans (Orleans Parish) codes, ordinances, and regula‐ tions, including but not limited to building, environmental, safety, and permitting require‐ ments.

Contractors shall submit a complete proposal in‐ cluding qualifications, methodology, schedule, and all required docu‐ mentation demonstrat‐ ing compliance with the requirements set forth herein.

All interested parties can review the RFP docu‐ ments and respond to the RFP at https:// clovernola.org/bid/ from Thursday July 2, 2026Sunday July 26, 2026.

All inquiries shall be di‐ rected to George Patter‐ son, Director of Facilities Operations at george. patterson@clovernola. org by Monday, July 20, 2026, by 5:00 PM (CST).

Addenda to RFP will be issued to all PARTIES RE‐ SPONDING to RFP. Ques‐ tions, answers, and all forms required will be posted on https:// clovernola.org/bid/ In addition, a mandatory site visit/walkthrough will be required and held on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, and Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 10:30am on those dates. For convenience, we have scheduled three different days to attend.

All inquiries shall be di‐ rected to the Procure‐ ment Department at pro‐ curement@portnola.com

by Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM (CST).

Addenda to this RFP will be issued to all Respon‐ dents receiving this RFP. Questions and answers and all forms required will be posted on www. centralbidding.com.

190949-jun 15-22-29-3t $59.79 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

Proposals must be sub‐ mitted via Central Bid‐ ding, no later than 11:00 AM (CST), on Friday July 10, 2026, to be consid‐ ered. Respondents shall follow the instructions

NEILL, JR., whose last known address is P.O. Box 2054, Laurel, Missis‐ sippi 39442: You are hereby notified that a lawsuit has been filed against you in the above-captioned matter pending in the Small Claims Court of Orleans State of Parish, Louisiana. You are di‐ rected to appear before the court to answer the petition filed herein.

For information regard‐ ing this proceeding, please contact Robert A. Pearson, Esq., Curator Ad Hoc, Pearson & Mitchell, LLC, 3201 General De‐ Gaulle Drive, Suite 201, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114, telephone (504) 483-9050.

192383-JUN 27-29-jul 3-3t $

School Food and Nutri‐ tion Services of New Or‐ leans, Inc. (hereafter re‐ ferred to as School Food and Nutrition Services) is soliciting bids for the provision of Large Kitchen Equipment for the 2026-2027 school year.

Renaissance Place Preservation LP, an affili‐ ate of Lincoln Avenue Capital Management, LLC, is applying to the Louisiana Housing Cor‐ poration for an al‐ lowance of federal 4% Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) pur‐ suant to a tax-exempt bond financing in con‐ nection with the acquisi‐ tion and rehabilitation of Renaissance Place, lo‐ cated at 3601 Texas Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114. The pro‐ ject is an existing 307unit elderly affordable housing property con‐ sisting entirely of onebedroom units, all of which are subsidized under a project-based Section 8 Housing Assis‐ tance Payments (HAP) Contract. The rehabilita‐ tion of this 8-story, rein‐ forced concrete building will include interior unit renovations, building systems upgrades, ac‐ cessibility improve‐ ments, installation of a ground-mount solar sys‐ tem, and renovation of the community building along with new outdoor amenities. The estimated total development cost is $99,109,639 to be funded through a permanent loan ($50,512,437), fed‐ eral 4% LIHTC equity ($36,516,226), renewable investment tax credit proceeds ($1,147,053), capitalized operations ($354,624), construction period cash flow ($2,329,605), deferred de‐ veloper fee ($4,795,693), and general partner capi‐ tal contribution ($4,000).

Members of the public with questions or com‐ ments may contact David Garcia, Vice President and Project Partner, at dgarcia@lincolnavenue. com or 720-450-5022.

Sealed Proposals will be received by School Food and Nutrition Services, Attention: Charles Shaw, 65 Fontainbleu Dr., Suite 207, New Orleans, LA 70125, or through the Central Bidding portal, until 10:00 AM on Mon‐ day, July 20, 2026, when they will be opened and publicly read. The public is invited to attend. Bids must be returned by reg‐ istered or certified mail, federal express, return receipt requested or hand delivered or sub‐ mitted through the Cen‐ tral Bidding portal.

School Food and Nutri‐ tion Services will not consider bids returned by any other means. Late bids, for any reason, will not be accepted. Bid en‐ velopes should be clearly marked “Bid for Large Kitchen Equipment”.

Bid Specifications may be obtained from the Purchasing Office of School Food and Nutri‐ tion Services, 65 Fontain‐ bleu Dr., Suite 207, New Orleans, LA 70125, Mon‐ day through Friday from 8:00am to 2:00pm. Call (504) 596-3434 or email cshaw@schoolcafe.org.

In accordance with Fed‐ eral law and U.S. Depart‐ ment of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regu‐ lations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (in‐ cluding gender identity and sexual orientation), age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for pro‐ gram information (e.g.

Braille, large print, audio‐ tape, and American Sign Language), should con‐ tact the responsible state or local agency that administers the pro‐ gram or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or con‐ tact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

School Food & Nutrition Services is funded 46% with Federal funds for a total of approximately $7,994,975.91.

192510-jun 29-jul 6-2t $536.80 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sealed proposals for Out‐ door Improvements at Homer Plessy Commu‐ nity Schools, 7th Ward Campus, 1651 Tonti Street, New Orleans LA 70119, will be received and publicly opened and read aloud at the offices of Mathes Brierre Archi‐ tects, 201 St Charles Av‐ enue, Suite 2200, New Or‐ leans, LA 70170 no later than 2:00 p.m. on Mon‐ day, July 13, 2026. A nonmandatory pre-bid meet‐ ing will be held at the project site, at front entry, at 10:00 AM. on June 30, 2026, Complete Bid Documents for this project are available in electronic form. Bidding documents are available for download at the Ar‐ chitects FTP site at no fee. Contact Tommy Grey at Tgrey@mathesbrierre. com for instructions to access the documents on the FTP site. Bidders re‐ questing documents must submit their license number and also e-mail address for receiving ad‐ denda. Printed copies are not available from the Architect, but arrange‐ ments can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms.

Plan holders are respon‐ sible for their own repro‐ duction costs. Questions shall be directed to Suzanne Herzog at sher‐ zog@mathesbrierre.com.

This project is subject to all provisions and proce‐ dures of the Louisiana RS Title 38, Section 2181 et seq. applicable to the Louisiana Public Bid Law. The Owner requires a bid bond submitted with bid equivalent to 5% of the total bid including alter‐ nates. Contractors must be licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the classification applicable for the work indicated.

Contractor to indicate the License Number on the envelope.

190620-jun 15-22-29-3t $96.90 PUBLIC NOTICE --SUNY Orange/Orange County Community is so‐ liciting competitive bids for OCCC-2026- 76HVAC Equipment.

Interested suppliers must submit a proposal in accordance with solicitation docu‐ ments posted at https:// www.coretrustpg.com/ public sector/solicita‐ tions. Responses must be received by July 29, 2026 at 2 PM ET. 192487-jun 29-jul 6-2t $122.84

Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Com‐ missioners of the Port of New Orleans (Board) is requesting proposals for as-needed moveable bridge inspection and load rating professional services. All Request for Proposal (RFP) docu‐ ments will be available on www.centralbidding. com on Monday, June 15, 2026. The RFP documents may also be obtained from the SEBconnect App, available on both the Apple and Google play platforms.

Legal Notices

School Food and Nutrition Services of New Orleans, Inc. Invitation to Bid Large Kitchen Equipment Bid

192594-jun 30-jul 1-3t $567.81

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS As-Needed Moveable Bridge Inspection and Load Rating Professional Services

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Educators for Quality Al‐ ternatives hereby gives notice that it has taken all action required by law for the adoption of its budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027 in‐ cluding public notice of availability for public in‐ spection and holding a public hearing before adopting its budget.

192598-JUN 29-1T $43.81

PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA SMALL CLAIMS COURT OF ORLEANS PARISH Stephen Samuel v. John Alexander Neill, Jr. Docket No.: 24-09300; Di‐ vision D TO:

JOHN

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192490-jun 27-28-29-3t $539.26 PUBLIC NOTICE --SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FAMILY COURT Civil Action File NO.: P2026-1537 Bethzaida Hernandez Pena (Plaintiff) V. Manuel DeJesus Pena (Defendant) TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby sum‐ moned and required to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, John S. Petrone, 1395 Atwood Avenue, Ste. 203B, Johnston, Rhode Is‐ land 02919, an Answer to the complaint which is hereby served by publi‐ cation upon you. Under Rhode Island Family Court Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure, your Answer must be in writing and filed with the court located at the Prov‐ idence Family Court, J. Joseph Garrahy Judicial Complex, One Dorrance Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, within Twenty (20) days after service of this Notice of Summons and Com‐ plaint. Failure to answer may result in a judgment by default against you for the relief requested in the complaint. Under the Family Court Rules of Do‐ mestic Relations Proce‐ dure, your Answer must state as a counterclaim any related claim you may have against Plain‐ tiff. Failure to do so may prohibit from making such claims in any other action. The above is served upon you by pub‐ lication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Chief Justice, Micheal B. Forte.

Dated: June , 2026.

191632-jun 22-29-jul 6-3t $500.92 PUBLIC NOTICE --UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA IN THE MATTER OF WAR ADMIRAL, L.L.C., AS OWNER, AND TURN SERVICES, L.L.C., AS OPERATOR, OF THE M/V ASSAULT, PETITIONING FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY NO. 26-cv-900 SECTION T (1) JUDGE Greg Gerard Guidry MAG. Judge Janis Van Meerveld NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS OF PETITION FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned counsel, come War Admi‐ ral, L.L.C., as owner, and Turn Services, L.L.C., as operator, of the M/V AS‐ SAULT (collectively, “Peti‐ tioners”), to submit the following Notice for pub‐ lication: IN THE MATTER OF WAR ADMIRAL, L.L.C., AS OWNER, AND TURN SER‐ VICES, L.L.C., AS OPERA‐ TOR, OF THE M/V AS‐ SAULT, PETITIONING FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CIVIL ACTION 26-900

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SECTION T Notice is given that the above-named Limitation Petitioners have filed a Complaint, pursuant to Sections 30501, et seq. of Title 46 of the United States Code (46 U.S.C. App. §30501, et seq.), for exoneration from or limi‐ tation of liability for all claims for any loss, dam‐ age, injury, or deaths caused on 17 April 2026, when one of the three (3) barges in the tow of the M/V ASSAULT came in contact with an unseen underwater obstruction in the Industrial Canal, occasioned or arising out of the incident occurring on that date, all as more fully set forth in the Complaint.

All persons having such claims must file their re‐ spective claims, as pro‐ vided in Rule F, including paragraphs (4) and (5) thereof, of the Supple‐ mental Rules for Admi‐ ralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Ac‐ tions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, with the Clerk of this Court at the United States Court House, 500 Camp Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, and must serve a copy thereof on attorneys for Limitation Petitioners on or before the 14th day of October, 2026, or be de‐

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faulted.

If any claimant desires to contest either the right to exoneration from or the right to limitation of liability, the claimant shall file and serve on the attorneys for Limita‐ tion Petitioners an an‐ swer to the Complaint on or before the aforesaid date unless his claim has included an answer, so designated, or be de‐ faulted.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this 7th day of May, 2026.

/s/ Carol L. Michel Carol L. Michel, Clerk of Court Date: May 07 2026 Respectfully submitted, MURPHY, ROGERS, SLOSS, GAMBEL & TOMPKINS

/s/ Peter B. Tompkins Peter B. Tompkins, T.A. (#17832) ptompkins@mrsnola. com Peter B. Sloss (#17142) psloss@mrsnola.com Timothy D. DePaula (#31699) tdepaula@mrsnola.com Tarryn E. Walsh (#36072) twalsh@mrsnola.com Donald R. Wing (#29486) dwing@mrsnola.com 701 Poydras Street Suite 400, Hancock Whitney Center New Orleans, LA 70139 Telephone: (504) 523-0400 Fax: (504) 523-5574 Attorneys for War Admiral, L.L.C. and Turn Services, L.L.C. 191707-jun 22-29-jul 6-134t $1,629.36

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PUBLIC NOTICE - -MEETING MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COMMIS‐ SIONERS ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY A Meeting of Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhi‐ bition Hall Authority was held on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

President Russ Allen called the meeting to order at 1:36 p.m. and asked for a roll call. The results were as follows: Russell Allen Present Geri Broussard Present James Capella Absent Stephen Caputo Present Edgar Chase, IV Present Elizabeth Ellison-Frost Absent Ralph Mahana Absent Octavio Mantilla Present Jerry Reyes Absent Jack Rizzuto Pre‐ sent

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Desi Vega Absent Camille Whitworth Present Eric Wright Present The total number present at roll call was eight (8).

President Allen asked for public comments of agenda items.

There were none.

President Allen re‐ quested a motion to ap‐ prove the NOEHA Board Meeting Minutes of March 25, 2026. Commis‐ sioner Broussard moved approval; Commissioner Chase seconded. Motion approved.

Lester Richoux with Mauldin & Jenkin’s LLC presented the 2025 Audit Report.

Commissioner Mantilla moved approval; Commissioner Chase seconded. Motion ap‐ proved.

At 1:41 p.m. Commis‐ sioner Wright exited the meeting. Commissioner Capella entered the meeting.

Terri Dreyer with NANO, LLC presented the Art‐ work for Procurement.

Jim Cook presented the following resolution: A. Resolution 2026.7: Au‐ thorization to Procure Artwork for New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Conven‐ tion Center. Commis‐ sioner Rizzuto moved ap‐ proval; Commissioner Whitworth seconded.

Motion approved.

Alita Caparotta pre‐ sented the following con‐ tracts: A. Investment Manage‐ ment Services – PFM Asset Management, a di‐ vision of U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. Commissioner Rizzuto moved approval; Com‐ missioner Chase sec‐ onded. Motion approved.

B. Replacement Roof Vi‐ bration Isolators – Me‐ chanical Resource Con‐ tractors, LLC. Commis‐ sioner Rizzuto moved ap‐ proval; Commissioner Allen seconded. Motion approved.

C. Replacement Pipe In‐ sulation – Alltemp Insula‐ tions, Inc. Commissioner Rizzuto moved approval; Commissioner Caputo seconded. Motion ap‐ proved.

D. Electrical Cables, Quads, and Panels – 1.

Temporary Power by De‐ sign; 2. Gehr Systems, LLC; 3. Milspec Indistries, Inc. Commissioner Riz‐ zuto moved approval; Commissioner Caputo seconded. Motion ap‐ proved.

E. Dishwasher – Singer MS, LLC dba Singer H&R. Commissioner Rizzuto moved approval; Com‐ missioner Chase sec‐ onded. Motion approved.

F. Mixed Use Develop‐ ment Consulting Services – Amendment No. 2 – Cor‐ porate Realty Leasing Company, Inc. Commis‐ sioner Chase moved ap‐ l i i

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p proval; Commissioner seconded.

Whitworth Motion approved.

results were as follows:

G. Architect of Record Services for Interior Fin‐ ish Upgrade – Stage 1 – Amendment No. 5 – NANO, LLC. Commis‐ sioner Chase moved ap‐ proval; Commissioner Capella seconded. Mo‐ tion approved.

H. Architectural and En‐ gineering Services – Mez‐ zanine and Great Hall Re‐ strooms – Amendment No. 2 – Studio West De‐ sign and Architecture, LLC. Commissioner Whit‐ worth moved approval; Commissioner Rizzuto seconded. Motion ap‐ proved.

Russell Allen Present Geri Brous‐ Present sard James Capella Ab‐ sent Stephen Caputo Present Edgar Chase, IV Present Elizabeth Ellison-Frost Absent Ralph Mahana Absent Octavio Mantilla Present Jerry Reyes Absent Jack Riz‐ zuto Pre‐ sent Desi Vega Absent Camille Whit‐ worth Present Eric Wright Present

I – Architect and Engi‐ neering Services for Sodexo Check-In – Amendment No. 1 – Stu‐ dio Kiro, LLC. Commis‐ sioner Rizzuto moved ap‐ proval; Commissioner Whitworth seconded.

Motion approved.

Chairman Allen asked for public comments of agenda items.

There were none.

J. Cost Estimating Ser‐ vices Stage 2 – Amend‐ ment No. 1 – Rider Levett Bucknall LTD. Commis‐ sioner Rizzuto moved ap‐ proval; Commissioner Chase seconded. Motion approved.

Chairman Allen re‐ quested a motion to ap‐ prove the NOPFMI Board Meeting Minutes of March 25, 2026. Director Rizzuto moved approval; Director Wright sec‐ onded. Motion approved.

K. Furniture for Lobby and Meeting Room PreFunction Areas – Associ‐ ate Office Systems of Louisiana, Inc. Commis‐ sioner Rizzuto moved ap‐ proval; Commissioner Chase seconded. Motion approved.

Micah Allen-Chambers presented the Sales and Events Report.

Alita Caparotta pre‐ sented the March 2026 Fi‐ nancial Report. Commis‐ sioner Mantilla moved approval; Commissioner Chase seconded. Motion approved.

Jim Cook gave the Con‐ vention Center Chief Ex‐ ecutive Officer’s Report.

There was no Other Busi‐ ness to come before the board.

President Allen asked for a motion to adjourn.

Commissioner Broussard moved adjournment; Commissioner Chase seconded. Motion ap‐ proved and the meeting adjourned at 2:31 p.m.

Attest: _____________________ Jack Rizzuto, Secretary 192604-JUN29-1T PUBLIC NOTICE --MEETING MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIREC‐ TORS ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC FACIL‐ ITY MANAGEMENT, INC. A Meeting of Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Pub‐ lic Facility Management, Inc. was held on Wednes‐ day, May 13, 2026.

Chairman Russ Allen called the meeting to order at 1:12 p.m. and asked for a roll call. The

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPECIAL SESSION CITY HALL: MAY 11, 2026 The Council of the City of New Orleans met this day in Special Session, at 12:00 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Council President, JP Morrell, presiding.

On calling the roll, the following members answered to their names: PRESENT: MORRELL (PRESIDENT) WILLARD (VICE PRESIDENT) MCCARRON HARRIS KING GREEN HUGHES SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT, CONSTITUTING A QUORUM. PRESIDENT’S CALL AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL May 7, 2026 Aisha Collier Clerk of Council New Orleans City Council 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Dear Madam Clerk: Pursuant to my authority in Section 3-107(5) of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, there will be a special City Council meeting on Monday, May 11, 2026 at 12:00 P.M. The meeting will be limited to the discussion and consideration of matters relative to the appointment of a person to assume the duties of the vacant office of Orleans clerk of court, to issue a proclamation ordering a special election to fill the vacant office of Orleans clerk of court, and any other matters that may properly come before the Council.

Please make the necessary arrangements to have this special meeting cable cast live on the Government Access television channel and taped for recasting in the future.

Sincerely, /s/JP Morrell /s/President, New Orleans City Council cc: New Orleans City Councilmembers Justyn Hawkins, City Council Chief of Staff RESOLUTIONS NO. R-26-194 (AS AMENDED) BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER WILLARD A RESOLUTION appointing a person to assume the duties of the vacant office of Orleans clerk of court pursuant to La. R.S. § 18:602 and Act 15 of the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.

WHEREAS, The Legislature of Louisiana adopted Act 15, otherwise known as Senate Bill 256, during the 2026 Legislative Session; and WHEREAS, Act 15 abolishes the offices of Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court and Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal District Court and creates a new office described as “Orleans clerk of court,” or “clerk of court for the parish of Orleans” as of 12:00 a.m. on May 4, 2026; and WHEREAS, Article 5, Section 28 of the Louisiana Constitution provides that “a clerk of the district court shall be elected . . . ;” and WHEREAS, Although there were elections held in 2025 for the offices of Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court and Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal District Court, no person has yet been elected as “Orleans clerk of court;” WHEREAS, An office that has yet to be filled is ispo facto vacant pursuant to State ex rel. Sanchez v. Dixon, 4 So.2d 591 (La. Ct. App. 1941); and WHEREAS, The office of Orleans clerk of court has yet to be filled and therefore is vacant; and WHEREAS, Because the office of Orleans clerk of court has yet to be filled, no person has been appointed as chief deputy clerk of court for Orleans Parish; and WHEREAS, La. R.S. § 18:602(C)(2)(a) provides that if there is no chief deputy clerk of court to assume the duties of clerk of court when a vacancy occurs, the governing authority of the parish shall appoint a person having the qualifications of the office to assume the duties of the office; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That Judge Calvin Johnson (Ret.), being a person having the qualifications of the office, is hereby appointed as Interim Orleans clerk of court to assume the duties of the office, pursuant to La. R.S. § 18:602(C)(2)(a) and Act 15 of the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.

THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 5 NAYS: Green, Harris - 2 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE RESOLUTION, AS AMENDED, WAS ADOPTED.

The total number present at roll call was eight (8).

Micah Allen-Chambers presented the Communi‐ cations Report.

There was no Other Busi‐ ness to come before the board.

Chairman Allen asked for a motion to adjourn. Di‐ rector Whitworth moved adjournment; Director Broussard seconded. Mo‐ tion approved and the meeting adjourned at 1:36 p.m.

ATTEST: _____________________ Jack Rizzuto, Secretary :mp 192602-JUN 29-1T

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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 the 2026-2027 budget is available at 10001 Lake Forest Blvd., Suite 710, New Orleans, LA 70127.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 872-481 DIVISION “ N ” SUCCESSION OF ROBERT JOHN SHIRER FILED: DEPUTY CLERK NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Notice is hereby given that Patricia C. Shirer and William G. Shirer, the dative testamentary co-execu‐ tors of the above titled succession, have applied for an order granting them the authority to to sell at private sale, the follow‐ ing described property, to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as EDMO ELMS SUBDIVISION, lo‐ cated in the square bounded by Harang Av‐ enue, north line of the Subdivision, W. Metairie Avenue, King Street and the east line of the Sub‐ division, and designated as LOT 33, which com‐ mences at a distance of 500 feet from the corner of King Street and Ha‐ rang Avenue, and mea‐ sures thence 50 feet front on Harang Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines; all according to a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie - James H. Cou‐ turie, Surveyor, dated February 6, 1984.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. Avenue, 641 Harang Metairie, Louisiana 70001.

Being the same property acquired by Robert J. Shirer from Kelly Ott, wife of/and Thomas B. Bender, IV, by Act of Sale dated November 4, 2024, passed before Daniel M. Douglass, Notary Public, recorded November 4, 2024 as Inst. No. 12444183 of the records of Jeffer‐ son Parish, Louisiana.

THIS ACT IS MADE, EXE‐ CUTED AND ACCEPTED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. Any and all restric‐ tions, overlaps, over‐ h i d d

Public Notices Successions p hangs, servitudes and/or easements, rights of ways and outstanding rights of record which might be shown on a cur‐ rent survey of the prop‐ erty.

2. Restrictive Covenants as recorded at COB 291, folio 292 and COB 46, folio 431.

3. Right of way and/or servitude in favor of Fourth Jefferson Drainage District along the rear five (5') feet of subject lot, as recorded at COB 290, folio 635.

4. Restrictions, servi‐ tudes, easements, rights of way, building setback lines and any other mat‐ ters as shown on the plan of subdivision.

5. Fence encroachments and/or mislocations, five (5') foot servitude across the rear, encroachments and any other matters as shown on the survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated February 6, 1984, and any matters as may be shown on a cur‐ rent survey of subject lot.

Your applicants would be selling the above de‐ scribed property for $165,000 cash payable at a private sale, with the proceeds to be used to pay legitimate debts of the succession and with any remainder being available for distribution to the legatees. Pursuant to the Code of Civil Pro‐ cedure Articles 3281 and 3282, notice of applica‐ tion of a succession rep‐ resentative to sell suc‐ cession property needs to be advertised twice in the Parish in which the succession proceeding is pending. Any opposition to the proposed sale must be filed within seven days from the date of the last publication.

By Order of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson /S/ Deputy Clerk The New Orleans Advo‐ cate Date:________________ Attorney: Bruce A. Miller 2955 Ridgelake Dr., Suite 207 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 (504) 837-5242 bmilleresq@cox.net 192634-JUN 29-JUL20-2T $151.78

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NO. R-26-195 BY: COUNCILMEMBER WILLARD SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL A RESOLUTION ordering a special election to fill the vacant office of Orleans clerk of court pursuant to La. R.S. § 18:602 and Act 15 of the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, setting primary and general election dates, and providing qualifying dates.

WHEREAS, The Legislature of Louisiana adopted Act 15, otherwise known as Senate Bill 256, during the 2026 Legislative Session; and WHEREAS, Act 15 abolishes the offices of Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court and Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal District Court and creates a new office described as “Orleans clerk of court,” or “clerk of court for the parish of Orleans” as of 12:00 a.m. on May 4, 2026; and WHEREAS, Article 5, Section 28 of the Louisiana Constitution provides that “a clerk of the district court shall be elected . . . ;” and WHEREAS, Although there were elections held in 2025 for the offices of Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court and Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal District Court, no person has yet been elected as “Orleans clerk of court;” and WHEREAS, An office that has yet to be filled is ispo facto vacant pursuant to State ex rel. Sanchez v. Dixon, 4 So.2d 591(La. Ct. App. 1941); and WHEREAS, The office of Orleans clerk of court has yet to be filled and therefore is vacant; and WHEREAS, La. R.S. § 18:602(E)(2)(a) provides that, if the unexpired term of the office of clerk of a district court is greater than one year, the governing authority of the local government subdivision in which the vacancy occurs shall issue a proclamation ordering a special election to fill the vacancy; and WHEREAS, The term of the Orleans clerk of court is four years and began on May 4, 2026, pursuant to Act 15; and WHEREAS, Therefore, the unexpired term of the office of Orleans clerk of court is greater than one year and the City Council, as governing authority of the local government subdivision in which the vacancy occurs, is directed by La. R.S. § 18:602(E)(2)(a) to issue a proclamation ordering a special election to fill the vacancy; and WHEREAS, La. R.S. § 18:602(E)(2)(a) sets out certain procedural requirements related to the calling of the special election that must be met; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That SECTION 1. Election Call. Under the authority conferred by La. R.S. § 18:602, Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, other applicable provisions of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be it proclaimed that a special election is hereby ordered for November 3, 2026, between the hours of six o’clock (6:00) a.m. and eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., which shall serve as the primary election for the vacant office of Orleans clerk of court, and at said election the electorate of Orleans Parish shall vote to select a candidate to fill the vacant office of Orleans clerk of court otherwise called “clerk of court for the parish of Orleans,” created by Act 15 of the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana State Legislature. If needed, a special election is hereby ordered under this same authority, for December 12, 2026, between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) a.m. and eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., which shall serve as the general election for the vacant office of Orleans clerk of court, and at said election the electorate of Orleans Parish shall vote to select a candidate to fill the vacant office of Orleans clerk of court otherwise called “clerk of court for the parish of Orleans,” created by Act 15 of the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana State Legislature. The dates of the qualifying period for this primary and general special election shall be between July 29, 2026, and July 31, 2026.

SECTION 2. Publication of Notice. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to publish this resolution and proclamation in the official journal of Orleans Parish immediately after its passage pursuant to La. R.S. § 18:602(E)(2)(b).

SECTION 3. Provision of Notice to the Clerk of Court and Secretary of State. La. R.S. § 18:602(E)(2)(c), as amended by Act 15, requires that the governing authority send notice to the clerk of the district court for the parish in which the vacancy occurred. As set forth herein, the office of clerk of the district court for the parish of Orleans is currently vacant.

Pursuant to Resolution R-26-194, the Council has appointed an interim Orleans clerk of court to assume the duties of the office. Therefore, the Clerk of Council is directed to provide a copy of this resolution and proclamation to the interim clerk by certified or registered mail within twenty-four hours of its issuance pursuant to La. R.S. § 18:602(E)(2) (c). The Clerk of Council is further directed to provide a copy of this resolution and proclamation to the Secretary of State by U.S. Mail within twenty-four hours of the adoption of this resolution and issuance of this proclamation, pursuant to La. R.S. § 18:602(E)(2)(c).

THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 5 NAYS: Green, Harris - 2 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED. There being no further business, on motion of Councilmember Morrell, seconded by Councilmember Willard, and without objection, the Council meeting adjourned at 12:56 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL CCH/jmr NOCP 9120 192373-662417-jun 29-1t $ 318.78