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Clearview demolition set to begin

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U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, left, gives a thumbsup to Gov. Jeff Landry as they chat during Washington Mardi Gras in January.

Eyeing reelection, Landry flexes political muscles Campaign reports $10.7M on hand, with no major challengers yet

A stretch of Clearview City Center in Metairie is closed for demolition Wednesday.

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$100 million overhaul slated for former Metairie mall

BY GRACE MAYER Staff writer

The yearslong transformation of the former Clearview Mall into a mixed-use complex with new shops, restaurants and apartments will take a major step forward in the coming weeks, when demolition begins on the nearly 60-year old structure.

Earlier this month, Zea Rotisserie & Bar relocated from the main portion of the old mall to a new free-standing restaurant building across the parking lot, clearing the way for the shopping center to meet the wrecking ball.

The demolition, which is expected to be complete by November, is the latest of several developments in the $100 million

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Patti LaBelle’s history with the Essence Festival of Culture dates to 1995. She appeared at the first five Essence Fests in the Caesars Superdome, and many more since.

On Saturday, she showcased why Essence keeps asking her back. At 82, she was both the night’s senior performer and a

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Gov. Jeff Landry scored a major victory on June 27 when U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow won the Republican nomination for the Senate, after the governor aggressively defended her and raised big bucks to back her campaign.

He needed the win.

Only a month earlier, voters had decisively rejected all of the constitutional amendments that Landry pushed, for the second time in a year.

With Letlow’s triumph behind him, the governor is expected to begin ramping up his campaign to secure reelection next year.

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An interior common space is planned at The Metro at Clearview, a 270-unit apartment complex with rents from about $1,500 a month for studios to $3,250 and above for three-bedroom units.

Nostalgia rules on second night of Essence LaBelle, Babyface have strong sets; Brandy, Monica fall flat

BY TYLER BRIDGES

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Compared to opening night, attendance dropped off significantly Saturday. Only the floor and plaza levels felt fully populated.

Following early sets by Josh Levi and Leon Thomas, LaBelle, resplendent in yellow, radiated old-school class with her polished band. But neither was she stuffy or pretentious.

In keeping with her tendency to be “very honest,” she addressed the audience thusly: “Some of you are saying, ‘She

Eyes on the water as Gulf shark population rebounds Experts say swimmers have little to fear

BY MARTHA SANCHEZ Staff writer

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The growing crowds on Gulf Coast beaches are beginning to confront an uneasy truth: They are now sharing the water with more sharks than they have in decades.

After years of conservation work, the population of many shark species that live near the coastline and out at sea are returning to levels not seen since the 1970s.

Their return is helping restore nature’s delicate balance. It is also raising new safety questions as record numbers of visitors arrive to swim and fish across Alabama and Florida.

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Delta pilot reports encounter with firework

NEW YORK — A Delta Air Lines flight and a highflying firework reportedly came into contact in the sky above Chicago as the city celebrated the Fourth of July holiday.

The pilot of Delta Flight 1076 notified air traffic controllers just before landing at Chicago Midway International Airport on Saturday night that a firework hit the commercial airliner during its descent. In an audio recording published online by LiveATC.net, the pilot described feeling “a big bang” on the plane.

According to the recording, the incident occurred when the plane was flying at an altitude of 200 to 250 feet. The pilot said the crew hoped the bang “was just a mortar that went off,” referencing the tube that helps launch aerial fireworks.

Both the Federal Aviation Administration and Delta said the plane, which had taken off from Atlanta carrying 52 passengers and six crew members, landed safely just after 8:30 p.m. local time.

The incident didn’t result in any onboard injuries, and Atlanta-based Delta said Sunday that mechanics who inspected the Airbus A319 did not find any damage.

The FAA said it would investigate the incident.

It’s unclear if fireworks struck other airplanes on Saturday.

No bids to be sought to repair reflecting pool

NEW YORK — The Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday as he faced new questions about the troubled project and the taxpayer money involved.

Like President Donald Trump, Burgum said he was 100% sure that vandals caused the damage to the century-old reflecting pool on the National Mall. Trump has charged that a 350-foot gash was cut into the pool’s liner in the midst of recent renovations, while Burgum described it as multiple cuts adding up to that figure. He also said the pool would have to be at least partially drained in the coming week to finish the repairs.

The repairs will not be opened up to new contractors, he said.

“We’ll use the same company, because they did a fantastic job,” Burgum told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Thankfully, the vandalism was small. It was bad. I mean, it could cost tens of thousands of dollars to repair, so then it could fall into a felony ... just like damaging any other government property could.

But the job that was done to fix the reflecting pool was done extremely well.”

Trump this spring pledged to beautify the reflecting pool before the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations on July Fourth.

Water was drained and the Republican president directed that the bottom be painted a color he called “American flag blue.” But after the site was restored, the water was plagued by an algae bloom for more than a week, and pieces of the new coating have appeared to be peeling off the bottom.

Lawyer: Doctor held by Israel in critical state

TEL AVIV, Israel — The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 18 months ago said his client has been abused in captivity and is in critical condition, according to the human rights group representing him.

Hussam Abu Safiya, who served as director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, became the face of health workers struggling to treat patients throughout the IsraelHamas war.

He led the facility through an 85-day siege by the Israeli military, releasing videos in which he pleaded for help before he was arrested in December 2024.

He has not been charged.

The Israeli military said Abu Safiya, 53, was being investigated on suspicion of cooperating with or working for Hamas.

Staff and international aid groups that worked with him deny the claims.

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Khamenei’s other sons attend funeral Iran’s new supreme leader remains in hiding

BY NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s top officials and brothers of the new supreme leader emerged into public view Sunday to attend funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Their appearance projected unity, defiance and confidence in their safety as Iran pushes back on U.S. demands in negotiations to permanently end the war.

Crowds of hundreds of thousands chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” as they called for revenge over the Feb. 28 attack that killed the 86-yearold supreme leader and other top officials, triggering the war. Some hard-liners called for the assassination of President Donald Trump.

Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has yet to make an appearance in the funeral ceremonies, which are unfolding over several days. He is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father.

At the height of the war, before an April ceasefire, Israel had targeted top leaders, in at least one case likely using their public appearance to fix their position. It has also threatened to kill the younger Khamenei.

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A boy holds a picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei holding a machine gun at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque on Sunday during funeral ceremonies for the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family in Tehran, Iran.

The U.S. is meanwhile pressing ahead with negotiations with Iran aimed at fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz, rolling back its disputed nuclear program and reaching a permanent end to the war. Talks appear to be on hold until after the burial.

Ziba Naderi, a nurse attending the funeral Sunday, said Iran needed to heed Mojtaba Khamenei’s commands. “I heard the call for revenge, but our leader should say what we need to do,” she said. “And we must listen to him.”

Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, a 97-year-old Shiite cleric, led the prayers at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla for the late

Khamenei and his family members killed in the strike.

On hand were Khamenei’s other sons, Masoud, Meysam and Mostafa, who had not been seen since the war. Revolutionary Guard head Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, who was photographed for the first time since the war on Thursday, could be seen in the crowd by Associated Press journalists, flanked by plainclothes security forces and wearing a black baseball cap.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf — who has led the negotiations with the U.S. — and Esmail Qaani,

who leads the elite Quds Force of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, also attended.

The crowd had grown from the day before.

Mourners dressed in black carried banners and flags honoring Khamenei.

Posters and graffiti at the Grand Mosalla called for the killing of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Why is the biggest bastard in the world still alive?”

Mohammad Rasouli, a poet who emceed the event before the prayers, said to the crowd over loudspeakers, referring to Trump. “The world is no longer a good place” for Trump, he added

as the crowd cheered.

“I came here to shout and seek revenge,” said Gholamreza Sabooni, a 29-yearold man who works in a grocery. “They killed our imam. We should kill their leader, Trump.”

The U.S. president was giving a speech at the same time across the world in Washington, D.C., for the 250th anniversary of America’s founding.

“We’ve had tremendous success,” Trump said about the U.S. military. “You look at Venezuela, you look at Iran. We wiped it out, wiped out their military.”

U.S. federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years. The threats stem from Trump ordering the 2020 killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who had led the Quds Force. Iran repeatedly has denied plotting to kill Trump, though hard-line propaganda footage long has suggested Trump was in Tehran’s crosshairs.

Trump meanwhile promised to destroy Iran’s civilization during the war, among other threats.

Khamenei’s body will be transported to cities in Iran and neighboring Iraq, with authorities planning to drive his casket and others through the streets of Tehran on Monday. Authorities have shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which will end Thursday as he is buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Khamenei’s place of birth.

TENNESSEE Trump to meet with leaders of Ukraine and Police: Guard members on patrol Syria at NATO summit fatally shoot man during pursuit

BY MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday while attending the NATO summit in Turkey, the White House said. Those discussions will come as Kyiv tries to refocus Trump’s attention on the conflict with Moscow and as Trump has publicly mused about Syria’s role in the Middle East.

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly confirmed the meetings in a call with reporters while previewing the upcoming summit in Ankara, where Trump also plans to meet with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. Before returning to the United States on Wednesday, Trump is scheduled to have a news conference, Kelly said.

Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy comes as Russia’s war in Ukraine is now

in its fifth year. Both Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin held phone calls with Trump on Saturday, congratulating him on the July Fourth commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence.

Zelenskyy said in a statement on X after his call that he and Trump spoke about the situation on the front lines of the war, where analysts say Russian advances have sputtered. Ukraine, has stepped up its attacks on Moscow and demonstrated its ability to strike deeper into Russia.

The Ukrainian leader said there is “a real prospect of ending this war,” and that conversation would continue at the NATO summit in Ankara.

Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said that in Putin’s call with Trump, the Republican president reaffirmed his “readiness to help achieve a quick cessation of hostilities and search for peaceful solutions to settle the crisis” in Ukraine.

8 hurt in shooting at July 4 cookout near Coney Island beach

By The Associated Press NEW YORK — A shooting at a Fourth of July cookout near New York’s Coney Island beach wounded eight people, including four children, police said.

One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, was in critical condition while the others were described as being stable and expected to survive, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday.

The shooting occurred Saturday night in the

courtyard of an apartment building about a block from the famed Coney Island boardwalk and not far from the site of the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest held earlier on the holiday.

The police commissioner said a suspect wearing a black mask fired into the courtyard where a family had gathered for a cookout. The shooter fled but police did recover a gun, Tisch said.

The children shot are ages 6, 7, 12 and 14, Tisch said.

BY JACK BROOK Associated Press/ Report for America

Two Tennessee National Guard members assigned by the Trump administration to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man Sunday who turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit, authorities said.

The administration has ordered National Guard deployments in Memphis and five other Democratrun cities, including New Orleans and Washington, D.C., to confront what President Donald Trump has described as an outof-control crime wave — though violent crime in dozens of cities led by Democrats is down significantly since a pandemic high. The Guard members in Memphis were part of a troop deployment the administration launched in Tennessee’s second-largest city last fall.

Local leaders in these cities have said they do not believe the federal intervention is necessary, and some have challenged the deployments in court.

The soldiers in Memphis were responding with local police to reports of gunshots around 4 a.m. when they began pursuing an armed man fleeing on foot, the city’s police department said.

The guardsmen opened fire after the man turned towards them with his weapon, the department said.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the man as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson and said it is investigating the circumstances of the shooting. No law enforcement officers were injured, the agency added.

Johnson died at the scene after two National Guard medical specialists attempted first aid, Guard spokesperson Lt.

Col Darrin Haas said in a statement.

Johnson’s older cousin, Terracle Nelson, 46, told The Associated Press that he was “as good a boy as can be.” Johnson was living in Nashville, working in construction and taking university classes, she said. He had just had his first child earlier this year, she added.

Nelson was present with other members of Johnson’s family when authorities told them that Johnson had been shot twice in the chest.

Law enforcement authorities did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the number of shots fired. The TBI declined to comment on Nelson’s account of the shooting.

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Trump speech mixes ESSENCE patriotism, partisanship

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BY STEVEN SLOAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals on Saturday as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment he declared “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.”

Speaking in Washington after storms prompted a roughly twohour evacuation of the National Mall, Trump honored veterans, including several from World War II and one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat in Vietnam. They appeared before flags that symbolized some of the most significant and challenging moments in American history, from the one that was draped over Abraham Lincoln’s casket to the one that flew on the plane piloted by the Wright Brothers.

Yet Trump also leaned into partisan territory unusual for an Independence Day address, which

presidents typically use as a moment to unify the country. Instead, he stumped again for the SAVE America Act, an elections bill that’s encountering challenges even from Trump’s fellow Republicans in Congress. He highlighted his support for the Second Amendment and revived denunciations of communism, which are becoming an increasingly central part of Trump’s message ahead of the November midterms.

The speech capped a holiday that Trump has gone to great lengths to shape to his own tastes. He was introduced by two musical performers who often appear at his trademark rallies, including Lee Greenwood, who performed “God Bless the USA.” The event organizers were largely aligned with the White House, supplanting a bipartisan organization that was launched by Congress a decade ago.

“We will always be on top,” Trump said. “We will never let our country fall. We will always be the best.”

Trump pardons include former Abramoff partner

BY MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned 11 people, including a former business partner of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and nine people identified by the White House as having helped people bypass emissions control systems on vehicles.

The acts of clemency come as Trump has issued a slew of pardons in his second term, particularly for allies, public figures and those seen as politically aligned.

His use of the presidency’s sweeping ability to unilaterally grant pardons and commute sentences is among the ways the Republican’s return to office has featured an expansive use of executive power.

Trump earlier on Friday announced some of the pardons on social media, without identifying any of the recipients by name.

“It is my Great Honor to have just signed Pardons for six people who were persecuted by the Biden Administration, and were in, or being sent to, prison, for

MALL

Continued from page 1A overhaul of the midcentury shopping center, which has been rebranded as Clearview City Center.

In late 2024, a 270-unit apartment complex on the 35-acre site, the Metro at Clearview, was completed and welcomed its first tenants. It’s now 99% occupied.

A year earlier, Ochsner opened a three-story medical facility on the site of the former Sears.

Now, the Richards family, which has owned the property since it opened in 1969, is turning its attention to what the newly imagined retail portion of the center will look like once demolition of the old mall is complete.

Thomas Richards, the head of the family company managing the project, said plans are still being finalized, but he confirmed that the family has signed a lease with a major national retailer.

“We have a lot of interested people, so I’m excited to start the leasing. That’s the fun part for me,” said Richards, a third-generation owner.

Demand for development Plans to transform the 35acre property have been in the works since 2019, when Richards announced a $100 million project to redevelop the site into a mixed-use complex. The project is intended to revitalize the mall, which languished from declining foot traffic, as consumer habits changed and more of the retail landscape shifted online.

The original plan included demolishing the mall and rebuilding 230,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, and adding surrounding development projects, in-

‘fixing their car,’” Trump wrote on his Truth Social media network.

“I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE, RIGHT NOW!” he said.

In a list provided Friday evening by the White House, Trump pardoned 11 people, including nine who faced charges related to violations of the Clean Air Act by disabling emissions monitoring systems on vehicles or selling devices that enabled emissions systems to be bypassed.

The pardons come after Trump on Monday signed a memo telling the Environmental Protection Agency that Americans can fix their own vehicles as they see fit.

As he signed the memo, Trump referenced a diesel mechanic he pardoned last year who disabled emissions monitoring systems.

The memo also addressed aftermarket auto parts and would supersede the ability of the California Air Resources Board to evaluate parts that affect vehicle emissions.

The White House, in releasing the list of those pardoned, described Trump having “relieved consumers from these regulatory burdens.”

looks like she is pregnant.’ This is the first time I’ve worn this suit. I look like a size 85. Just in case you think I don’t know I’m big … I know.”

Throughout her 40-minute set, she hit her signature high notes and kept her tendency to sometimes over-emote in check. Unlike some other Essence performers, her vocals were live. What we heard on “On My Own” and “Somebody Loves You Baby” was all her.

When she disappeared to change looks, trombonist Jeff Bradshaw took a turn up front to promote his album “The Cure.”

She returned in red. Her finale was “Lady Marmalade,” which she and vocal trio Labelle recorded with New Orleans musicians in producer Allen Toussaint’s local Sea-Saint studio back in 1974.

She requested a variety of male audience members to join her for “Lady Marmalade.”

Assessing the eight Black men who soon arrived, she joked, “Where the White men?”

Their singing skills varied greatly. Regardless, LaBelle had fun, as she did the entire show.

Babyface’s nostalgia Like LaBelle, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds was originally booked for Sunday but switched at the request of Essence curator Teyana Taylor.

Also like LaBelle, he used a live band and sang without prerecorded vocals.

As he did at the 2025 Essence Fest, he sampled R&B hits he wrote and/or produced for other artists in the 1980s and ’90s.

He handled the guitar solo on Boyz II Men’s “A Song for Mama” as images of “Moms We All Love,” such as Michelle Obama, and “Moms We All Grew Up With,” including Phylicia Rashad, faded in and out onscreen.

He also touched on Karyn White’s “Superwoman,” Dru Hill’s “These Are the Times,” Midnight Star’s “Slow Jam,” Bobby Brown’s “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Every Little Step,” Tevin Campbell’s “Can We Talk,” After 7’s “Ready or Not” and Toni Braxton’s “You’re Makin’ Me High.”

Nostalgia ran high, courtesy of Babyface’s voluminous catalog.

Tough night for Brandy, Monica Last year, 1990s contemporary R&B hitmakers Brandy

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Brandy, left, and Monica wear crowns at the end of their Essence Festival of Culture performance Saturday at the Caesars Superdome. and Monica teamed up for The Boy Is Mine Tour. Named for their Grammy-winning 1998 duet, the tour visited a full Smoothie King Center in December. It boasted a top-notch production, from concept to costume changes to choreography to cinematic film clips.

Without that full production at Essence Fest, the pacing of the show was awkward at best.

An hour into it, the “Essence exit” — a time-honored tradition in which attendees who aren’t feeling the final performance start leaving early — commenced.

Just after midnight, Brandy, wearing white, and Monica, in black, first squared off onstage with eight similarly color-coordinated male dancers apiece.

While one singer did her thing, the other watched from a chair at side stage.

Once they both started leaving simultaneously for costume changes — I lost count after a half-dozen — the show’s momentum suffered. Each time, the sound system went silent and the screens either went dark or displayed a silver crown. At first, I thought they were having technical difficulties.

There was no cheering or applause during these pauses, which lasted 90 seconds or so — an eternity in the middle of a concert.

Additionally, their setlist contained too many slow and midtempo songs for Saturday night’s finale. Not having a full band onstage also made the show feel less alive.

Even Brandy realized it wasn’t connecting.

“Y’all tired?” she asked after a peppy “Top of the World” failed to get a response. “Y’all need to stand up or something.”

Fans finally had a reason to stand during “I Wanna Be Down,” Brandy’s debut single from 1994,

moved into the site in recent years, including Regions Bank, which opened a branch on an undeveloped corner of the Clearview property, and Smalls Sliders, a burger restaurant backed by former NFL football player Drew Brees.

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when rappers MC Lyte and Yo-Yo — featured on a 1995 remake of the song — joined her as surprise guests in the Dome. They earned one of the most enthusiastic cheers of the set.

The spark proved short-lived.

As on last year’s tour, Monica brought out a pair of white, heeled sandals like the pair she wore 30 years ago in the “Before You Walk Out of My Life” video.

Those shoes are now a social media meme.

“Y’all ain’t tired of those shoes yet?” she asked, before moving on to “Angel of Mine.”

During yet another dead-air pause, a man seated near me shouted, “Is it over yet?”

Not yet. Brandy still had to deliver her Whitney Houston tribute, singing chunks of “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”

Monica still had to salute Mary J. Blige, who consistently fired up the crowd during many Essence appearances over the years.

In a clever setlist pairing, Brandy’s 1998 No. 1 ballad “Have You Ever?,” which let her showcase the clarity and control of her voice, preceded Monica’s 1997 hit “For You I Will.” Both songs were written by hitmaker Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, an illustration of just how closely Brandy and Monica’s 1990s artistic output was aligned.

After another pause, Brandy and Monica returned to ceremoniously place a crown on each other’s head. Monica’s crown fell off, but she caught it.

Would they then perform “The Boy Is Mine,” their biggest hit?

They’d played a snippet to start the show; a full version would be a logical way to wrap it up.

But no. At exactly 2 a.m., they said goodbye.

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columns, and some of the roof is already out,” Richards said. “Tuesday is when the last transformer comes off the roof, which is a big milestone, and the mall will start coming down there very quickly after that.”

Richards said he still intends for the Clearview City Center to add a hotel and additional office space. Those plans were stalled partly due to the pandemic, which diminished demand for these assets.

Once demolition begins, it will clear everything between the Ochsner building and the Target, which, along with another longtime tenant — the AMC movie theater — will remain in their current

locations, Richards said.

“Then we will start building back the replacement plan, so we’re finalizing those plans now,” Richards said.

That plan will include housing a big box national brand that has already signed a lease, Richards said. He declined to name the tenant, citing contract terms, but expects to announce that tenant sometime in November.

His plan for the rest of the mall will include recruiting boutiques and food and beverage tenants, though he hasn’t signed any leases for those types of tenants yet.

The latest addition to the complex is the expanded Zea, which cut the ribbon Tuesday on its new, larger home in the Clearview parking lot, across STAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER from its original location.

Demolition is underway inside Clearview City Center in Silver signage advertising the restaurant still hangs Metairie. from the exterior of its old loEmail Grace Mayer at cluding an apartment build- Schwarz said. cation, but that will all come Another relatively new down soon. grace.mayer@theadvocate. ing, office space and a hotel.

“The mall is just slab and com.

Over the past few years, the development at Clearview, pieces have been gradually the nearby Ochsner Medical Complex, has helped drive coming together.

One component is the Met- the demand for additional ro at Clearview, a $55 million, housing and stimulate nearhigh-end apartment complex by activity. built on top of a former parkThe local health care sysing lot. The five-story build- tem built and opened a $115 ing, located in the southeast million outpatient medical corner of the city center lot, facility nearly three years began leasing to tenants in ago on a site that once had been a Sears location, one of November 2024.

The building has experi- Clearview’s original anchor enced high demand for its tenants.

Today, the 190,000-squareunits, according to Andrew Schwarz, founder and CEO foot facility employs 250 of Audubon, the manager for staff members and includes the complex, despite monthly primary care and specialty $ 00* rents that mirror prices in up- clinics, a vision center and scale buildings downtown and imaging center, among other WITH SYNTHETIC FELT in the Warehouse District. services. * BASED ON 1800 SQ. FT. The combination of new Monthly rents for studios to three-bedrooms range from employees in the area amid $1,545 up to $3,546, according a broader housing shortage has likely fueled demand for to figures posted on online.

Since opening, the 270-unit the apartments, according complex has consistently to commercial broker Larry had occupancy rates averag- Schedler, who specializes in ing in the upper 90s, Schwarz multifamily.

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Continued from page 1A Landry especially needs to win back Republican voters whom he alienated during the Senate campaign by trashing Letlow’s GOP opponents, Sen. Bill Cassidy and state Treasurer John Fleming.

Landry boasts several strengths: He has announced a record-setting number of big-ticket corporate investment projects. Crime has dropped on his watch, while education test scores have risen. He got the Legislature to reduce income taxes. He has delivered for social conservatives by tightening Louisiana’s anti-abortion laws even further and getting lawmakers to approve putting the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

“We have put the data on the board that says we’re winning, and our policies are working,” Landry said during a 30-minute phone interview on Tuesday.

He had accumulated a formidable amount of cash on hand — $10.7 million — at the beginning of this year, when he had to file his latest campaign finance report. No major figure is making moves to run against him, at least not yet.

Beating an incumbent is difficult.

No governor has lost his reelection bid in 35 years.

But as the constitutional amendment defeats showed, voters don’t always warmly embrace his pugnacious style. A group has launched a difficult-to-achieve recall effort.

Black voters — who turned out in disproportionately low numbers when he was elected governor in 2023 — turned out in relatively large numbers last month when the constitutional amendments were on the ballot. That election occurred as Landry and legislative Republicans were turning a majority-Black congressional seat into one with a majority-White seat that would favor a Republican candidate.

Meanwhile, Landry angered supporters of Cassidy and Fleming during the primary by showing no hesitance to attack the two men.

He kept that up in the interview.

“John Fleming tried to use a lot of misinformation, disinformation and hype and scare people about an issue,” Landry said, referring to Fleming making his opposition to carbon capture and sequestration a central part of his Senate campaign.

Asked about President Donald

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Continued from page 1A “People are just going to have to get used to seeing sharks,” said Dean Grubbs, an associate director of research at Florida State University, who has studied the animals for more than two decades.

“And they’re going to have to take precautions.”

Florida Panhandle residents were rattled earlier this summer when a shark attacked and severely injured a man swimming near a U.S. Navy Installation in Panama City. Days earlier, authorities near WaterColor, Florida, temporarily closed 5 miles of beachfront amid reports of a possible shark bite after a child emerged from kneedeep water with a leg wound.

The incidents made harrowing headlines for the first time since 2024, when sharks bit three tourists in one day at beaches along Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A. But researchers say beachgoers have little to fear. Sharks are already swimming in their midst, and the chances of being attacked

Trump’s reaction to Cassidy’s defeat, Landry said, “The president has always been consistent in his displeasure with Bill Cassidy. It’s Bill’s fault. Bill begged the president for his endorsement, begged him, begged him, begged him. The president gave him everything Bill asked for. As soon as he got sworn in, he turned coattail on the president.”

Three months after winning reelection in 2020, Cassidy voted to convict Trump on impeachment charges of inciting his supporters to assault the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Landry spoke from Washington, D.C., where he was attending festivities marking the country’s 250th birthday. He posted videos of himself being interviewed on Fox News and attending the Louisiana booth at Trump’s Great American State Fair on the mall.

Political pull During his 30 months as governor, Landry has earned a reputation for flexing his political muscles against opponents. That may help him keep the field clear for his reelection next year.

“I don’t believe his strength is based on his popularity,” said Bernie Pinsonat, a veteran pollster and political consultant. “His strength for reelection is that he dominates everything and everybody in Louisiana. He’s out there building a political power base that effectively reduces the opportunity for anyone to come after him.”

The Republican mentioned most often as a possible rival is Garret Graves, who served 10 years in the U.S. House from Baton Rouge until Landry got the Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries in a way that left Graves without a winnable district.

Graves didn’t return a text asking him whether he might challenge Landry.

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said he’s not ruling out a possible campaign for governor next year but said he’s focused on running for reelection.

“I get calls every day asking me to run, but I love what I do,” said Nungesser, whose job description includes promoting tourism in Louisiana.

On the Democratic side, John Bel Edwards has told friends that he has little interest in running next year. State Sen. Jay Luneau from Alexandria is mentioned as a possible candidate.

“I’ve been approached by lots of folks interested in me doing that.

are almost infinitesimal.

“If everybody knew how close they swam to sharks, they’d be terrified,” said Gavin Naylor, director of a shark research program at the Florida Museum of Natural History, which manages a database of shark attacks around the world.

“If the sharks really wanted to target people, we’d have about 5,000 shark bites a day,” he added.

“But the fact that we see so few of them means the sharks are doing their level best to avoid these people.”

Shark resurgence It is difficult to track precisely how many sharks are living across the Gulf. But researchers know the population of many species dropped when the U.S. opened trade with China in the 1970s, which gave fishermen access to international shark fin markets.

Fisheries management plans that began in the 1990s started to help populations bounce back. Now, the resurgence is posing a complex new question for many fastgrowing beach communities: Are humans ready to live with sharks?

Some governments are already

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The job is what I’d really like,” Luneau said. “I don’t know if a Democrat can beat a Republican in a statewide race, but you never know. You’d be foolish not to consider that he has a lot of money in his account.”

Roy Fletcher, a veteran political strategist who worked for Fleming’s Senate campaign, said that race exposed fissures in the Republican Party with Landry.

“He has some real accomplishments he can point to. There’s no question about that,” Fletcher said.

“But he has serious problems that remain with the electorate — serious enough that they had to spend a whole lot of money to defeat John Fleming, who made him an issue in the campaign. He’s kind of alienated the base of the party. He has to go back and repair that. If he runs against a strong Democrat, he can’t let that Democrat get 30% of the White vote.”

One of those alienated conservatives is Mark T. Guillory, a resident of Pineville in central Louisiana who is a key member of Save My Louisiana, a group that vehemently believes that carbon capture and sequestration threatens to pollute waterways and infringe on landowners’ rights.

“In his zeal to bring prosperity, he is trampling on our lives, our liberty and our property,” Guillory said.

Governor claims big wins Landry wasted no time after taking office in January 2024 as the first Republican governor with a Republican supermajority in the Legislature.

He got legislators to close primaries for this year’s Senate, Public Service Commission and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education races — a change that posed a barrier to Cassidy’s reelection, since it meant he couldn’t draw votes from conservative Democrats.

Landry and legislators reduced corporate and individual income tax rates, eliminated the corporate franchise tax, made it easier for people on death row to be executed, made it more difficult for people injured in accidents to sue for big damages in an effort to bring down insurance rates and eliminated the unpopular vehicle inspection sticker for most of Louisiana.

Two weeks ago, Landry announced a deal to settle long-standing lawsuits by coastal parishes against ExxonMobil that accused the company’s drilling activities of polluting wetlands and causing the

responding. President Donald Trump last week signed legislation backed by Alabama Sen. Katie Britt creating a process for sending emergency cellphone alerts to beachgoers near any future shark attacks. The bill is known as “Lulu’s Law” in honor of Lulu Gribbin, an Alabama teenager who survived the 30A attack in 2024.

“The timing of this law couldn’t be better,” Britt said last week, “as countless Americans are enjoying our nation’s beaches this summer.”

Researchers say the return of sharks, which Gulf Coast visitors sometimes spot from condo balconies overlooking the water, can keep other species in check.

Scientists have documented the number of baby bull sharks in Mobile Bay, Alabama, has grown by fivefold over the past two decades as waters warm there. Great white sharks are migrating thousands of miles from the northeast United States to the Gulf each winter, though most stay miles from shore.

The shift is also forcing fishermen to adapt. One angler was bit last month after he hooked a bull shark near Pensacola, Florida.

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disappearance of coastal marsh.

In the interview, Landry disclosed a few details of the agreement, saying that ExxonMobil would provide close to $200 million to cap many orphan wells in Louisiana.

“We have 1,088 orphan wells,” Landry said, referring to the number along the coast. “We’ll be able to knock out a chunk of those orphan wells with this deal. I think it’s a good deal for the state of Louisiana.

It’s a good deal for ExxonMobil.”

That agreement appears to be tied to more than 100,000 acres of land that ExxonMobil controls near Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish that SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space exploration and artificial intelligence company, is believed to be eying as a launch location. Landry said he couldn’t comment on any potential SpaceX deal.

Thanks to Fleming, carbon capture and sequestration projects developed as a flashpoint during the Senate race. Landry noted that he issued a moratorium on new projects but said he remains committed to the technology.

“We’ve been putting things in the ground in Louisiana for decades in a safe and reliable manner,” Landry said. “What has happened is complete propaganda that John Fleming tried to latch onto. And you can see, it was a complete failure.”

Landry has announced major investment projects, including Meta’s $27 billion data center in Richland Parish, Hyundai’s $5.8 billion steel plant in Ascension Parish and Venture Global’s $18 billion expansion of its liquefied natural gas facility in Plaquemines Parish.

“We have historic investment in the state, right?” Landry said. “We might get to $200 billion by the end of the year in private investment.

That’s equated to 124,000 new job opportunities.”

Landry has cited that job figure previously, but Kate Kelly, the governor’s press secretary, later said it was actually 95,000 new job opportunities.

Either way, Landry said, “There’s nobody in Louisiana who is looking for a job that can’t find a job if they have the skill set.”

Yet jobs are not appearing in significant numbers, federal government statistics show.

Since January 2025, Louisiana has created about 14,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an increase of 0.6% over that period of time, compared to an increase nationally of 0.7%.

Congress is considering establishing a federal task force that would help anglers solve the pesky and growing problem of sharks snatching fish from their lines.

And scientists are confronting a surge of questions as they race to understand how climate change will impact sharks’ behavior in the future. Researchers believe some shark species are now swimming closer to Gulf Coast shores earlier in the year and staying there longer as water temperatures warm.

But they are still studying how shark habitats might change and what species will prove most resilient as climate change intensifies.

“It is a giant unknown,” Grubbs said.

Rare attacks Twenty-three unprovoked shark attacks have been reported over the past 25 years in the waters between southeast Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s database. Just one has been fatal: A bull shark killed a 14-year-old from Gonzales, who was boogie boarding about 100 yards offshore from a beach near

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Jim Richardson, a retired LSU economics professor, said the strongest growth has been in construction jobs that will disappear once the investment projects open.

These projects are so automated, Richardson added, the permanent jobs will be fewer than the construction jobs at these sites.

Louisiana had a 4.5% unemployment rate in May, up from 4.3% in January 2025.

Signs of dissatisfaction Landry’s scrappy nature elected him twice as attorney general and once as governor. But it led him to meddle in LSU’s coaching change last year in ways that turned off many college football fans.

His willingness to do Trump’s bidding led him to accept serving as the president’s special envoy to Greenland. But he has soft-pedaled that role in Louisiana, apparently because of the political dangers of being seen as inattentive to his job as governor.

Landry didn’t notify the press in advance that he was traveling to Greenland in May. While he said in the interview that he keeps the public abreast of his activities through social media, he didn’t tweet once about Greenland while there. Instead, he tweeted about bill signings, the need for a teacher pay raise and the first dog, Blanc.

Black legislators, particularly those in New Orleans, are still smarting from vetoes that Landry issued following the legislative session that targeted their measures.

“These vetoes were not about policy. They were about punishment,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis, DNew Orleans. “Funding for healthcare, early childhood education, housing, homeless youth and other critical community investments was wiped away. The people paying the price are not politicians.

They are working families, children, seniors, patients, nonprofits and small businesses.”

Landry said he based the vetoes on policy, not politics, adding that his predecessor, Edwards, a Democrat, vetoed $500 million of Republican projects during his eight years in office.

A year ago, it was fellow Republicans who felt Landry’s sting. A full 16 of the 17 line-item vetoes that he issued in 2025 targeted spending projects sought by Republican legislators who had supported Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple when he opposed legislation that Landry championed.

Destin in 2005.

Researchers say such tragedies are often the result of confusion.

John Carlson, who researches sharks for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach that the recent attack there probably involved a bull shark in murky waters that may have confused the victim with a sea turtle.

The man was hospitalized and remained in intensive care last month.

“It’s a very sad situation,” Carlson told the news outlet. “It was a likely mistake.”

Many Gulf Coast beach cities already monitor their waters for dangerous marine life and fly purple flags at beaches to warn visitors of animals, including sharks, stingrays and jellyfish. Scientists say precautionary steps — like avoiding swimming near fishermen or in cloudy waters — could become more important over the next decade.

“Everybody’s always saying there’s so many sharks around,” Naylor said. “Their numbers are coming back to where they should be.”

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Unbearable heat suspected in 19 New Jersey deaths High temperatures give way to thunderstorms

BY COREY WILLIAMS

Associated Press

Several days of scorching temperatures are suspected to have caused at least 19 deaths in New Jersey as a heat dome that had settled above parts of the central and eastern United States gives way to severe storms that have knocked out power to close to 1 million homes and businesses.

New Jersey officials said Saturday that they began seeing what they believe are heat-related deaths as early as Thursday with most occurring in the central and northern parts of the state.

“Unfortunately, many of these individuals were found in homes without air conditioning,” state Health Commissioner Dr. Raynard Washington told reporters Saturday. “A few were out-

set in 1966, Jackson said.

Atlantic City reached 105 on Friday and 106 on Saturday.

Heat domes can be dangerous and combine very high temperatures with high moisture, Jackson said.

“In a lot of cases they also had direct sunshine,” he said. “It was relentless. It was multiple days. It was not as cool overnight, as well. The low Friday morning in Atlantic City was 80. The body can’t recover as well. You just have that multiple day buildup and too much added stress on the body.”

But even as the heat moved to the east, lowering temperatures a bit, severe ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By SyDNEy SCHAEFER storms blew in with heavy A person shields themselves from the sun at Pier 57 on Saturday during a heat wave ahead winds that toppled utility of the International Parade of Sail in New york. poles and split trees, causing their boles and branches to side their residences, some people of all ages,” Sherrill mospheric Administration’s fall onto power lines.

About 900,000 utility cuson the street and some even said.

Weather Prediction Center.

On Thursday, LaGuardia in parked cars.”

Trenton, New Jersey, tomers in parts of the cenNew Jersey Gov. Mikie Airport in New York set a reached 101, which broke tral, eastern and southern Sherrill called the current new record high of 104 de- the record of 100 set in 1901. United States were without weather “the hottest stretch grees, topping the previous Newark’s high Thursday electricity early Sunday afwe’ve seen in over 14 years.” record of 101 set in 1966, ac- was 105. ternoon, according to Pow“The heat’s hitting all of us, cording to Bryan Jackson, Atlantic City, New Jersey, erOutage.com. not just seniors, not just with a meteorologist with the hit 103 on Thursday, breakMore than 223,000 customunderlying health conditions, National Oceanic and At- ing the city’s record of 100 ers in Michigan and close to

170,000 in Pennsylvania had lost power.

PPL Electric reported 121,417 without power Sunday morning, including about 47,000 in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.

Central Hudson in New York state reported that it had more than 430 reported downed wires on Sunday.

The utility said about 50,000 customers were affected by the storm and that about 650 still were without power Sunday.

Amanda Vesper was putting her children to bed Friday evening when the first storm rolled through the Detroit area, knocking out her power.

“It didn’t seem that awful.

It got quite windy,” said Vesper, 40, of Commerce Township.

As of late Sunday morning, the electricity still was out.

“We’ve been going back and forth between a hotel and our home because we have dogs there,” she said.

“We really can’t stay there.

I have a small child with autism. Our well runs on an electric pump.”

Prosecutors to lay out their case in Charlie Kirk killing

BY MATTHEW BROWN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — Charlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with killing the conservative activist should stand trial for murder.

The five-day preliminary

hearing that starts Monday will be the first time members of Kirk’s family are in the Utah courtroom with defendant Tyler Robinson. The hearing will be livestreamed.

Robinson turned himself in after the shooting. Prosecutors allege that he also sent a text message confession to his partner and left a note saying he had an opportunity to kill one of the

nation’s leading conservative voices “and I’m going to take it.”

He has not entered a plea in the case, however.

Robinson, 23, is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 assassination of Kirk, who was addressing a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University. His attorneys have not commented on his guilt or innocence.

Months of legal jostling

leading up to the hearing centered largely on media access. Beginning Monday, the focus shifts to whether there is enough evidence for a trial and if the death penalty is warranted, said Paul Cassell, a University of Utah law professor and former federal judge.

Cassell said evidence made public to date in court filings suggests prosecutors have “an overwhelming

case.”

“This seems like the proverbial slam dunk at this stage of the case, where the only issue is whether there is a sound basis for moving forward with a trial on the merits,” he said.

A death sentence is an option in Utah only when a crime has aggravating circumstances. Prosecutors will argue in Robinson’s case that Kirk’s shooting endan-

gered others in attendance.

The proceeding will resemble a minitrial, with prosecutors planning to offer DNA evidence linking Robinson to the suspected murder weapon, testimony from investigators, autopsy findings, witness statements and video of Kirk’s killing.

They are not required to present all their evidence and can use secondhand information, or hearsay.

3 firefighters killed in Colorado remembered for their bravery

BY JESSICA HILL, WUFEI YU and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press

With wildfires burning across many Western states, wildland firefighters gathered Sunday to pay tribute to three of their own who died after they were trapped by flames a week ago.

Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson and Sydney Watson were remembered for being courageous public servants who left a lasting impact on the communities where they worked.

“They showed up to make order out of chaos day after day with purpose, dedication and heart,” U.S. Wildland Fire Service Chief Brian Fennessy said during a memorial service in Grand Junction, Colorado, near where the firefighters died while battling flames on the Colorado-Utah border.

While that fire is now almost entirely contained, nearly 40 large fires are still going strong across the West.

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By The Associated Press NEW YORK — A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oilproducing alliance plan to increase their outputs modestly next month, which would bring more oil online after fuel prices have fallen to levels not seen since before the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies — collectively known as OPEC+ — announced on Sunday that seven countries would expand oil production by a combined total of 188,000 barrels per day in August. It was the fifth consecutive month OPEC+ agreed to raise oil outputs.

The participating countries in Sunday’s decision are Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman.

Most of the current fires are scattered around Colorado, Utah and New Mexico while there are wildfires in eight other states — from Alaska to Arizona.

Over the holiday weekend, more evacuations in Colorado were ordered across four counties where the Aspen Acres fire had burned about 136 square miles south of Colorado Springs.

The fire had damaged or destroyed more than 200 structures as of Sunday, authorities said. National Guard soldiers were sent in Friday to help with staffing checkpoints on roads near the fire zone.

Months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter in some places along with erratic winds have been fueling the fires.

The three firefighters killed on June 27 in western Colorado were members of a Helitack crew that some-

times drops into remote ar- days, heavy burdens and qui- “We will remember them, and we will carry their light eas by helicopters. et acts of bravery,” she said. we will honor their legacy forward.”

Barker, Hutcherson and Watson and two others who sustained burn injuries were overcome by flames from fast-moving fires in Mesa County. They had deployed emergency protective shelters, which are considered a “last resort” for firefighters when there is no other way out.

Fennessy, the Wildland Fire Service chief, said Sunday that “the weight of this tragedy is felt way beyond our wildland fire community.”

Photos of the firefighters were set up on the stage at the memorial service alongside flowers and flags.

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Report details refinery explosion Blast shot 13 tons of ‘catalyst material’ into air

BY DAVID J. MITCHELL

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New details have emerged of a May explosion and fire at a Chalmette refinery that shook homes miles away, with a regulatory report divulging where the blaze began and pollutants released in the incident.

The May 8 fire ignited around 12:51 p.m. in a section of the Chalmette Refining complex where impurities are removed from oil constituents to meet air quality standards, according to the report.

A reactor inside what is known as Retreater No. 1 lost “containment,” causing liquid hydrocarbons to ignite.

“Operations immediately began shutdown procedures and started to isolate the reactor and the heater,” company officials reported to state regulators.

The fire was allowed to burn in a controlled manner, the company said, until a purge with the inert gas nitrogen began about 3:55 p.m.

The fire was out 10 minutes later.

More than 13 tons of a nickelbased catalyst designed to pull impurities from crude oil were “expelled” in the blast and fell to the ground, according to a report. The impurities include things naturally found in crude, such as sulfur and a variety of toxic heavy metals, and they can end up latching onto the catalyst.

The refinery says the fire led to no detectable air emissions that could pose a public safety risk, but one environmental group has questioned that assertion because, it contends, air testing didn’t account for likely dust emissions from the damaged catalyst.

In addition to the 27,027 pounds of this “catalyst material,” Chalmette Refining listed 1.7 pounds of nickel arsenide and 26,371 pounds

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Streetcar krewe won’t have a streetcar N.O. ended public charters of Rampart Street ride

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

Retired musician David Roe says he tried to give the city of New Orleans $1,000, but was turned down when he tried to reserve a Rampart Street streetcar for a Carnival season kickoff party, just as he’s done a few times before.

Roe, 69, said he filled out the online form and pushed the send button, ready to pay the required fee. But he was informed by the Regional Transit Authority that the public can no longer charter North Rampart Street streetcars, “due to operational constraints and fleet availability.”

However, he was told, he could still rent one of the streetcars on the St. Charles Avenue route. But that, Roe says, is out of the question. It defeats the whole purpose of the plan.

For decades, Roe said, the Phunny Phorty Phellows krewe has thrown a costume party on a rented St. Charles Avenue streetcar to welcome in the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night, Jan. 6. For two or three years, Roe had been one of the Phellows.

In 2016, when shiny, red streetcars began rolling on Loyola Avenue and North Rampart Street, all the way downtown to Elysian Fields Avenue in the Marigny where Roe lives, he swiftly founded a streetcar-borne krewe of his own called the Societé des Champs Elysée. The Societé would be the downtown answer to the PPP. It was an immediate success.

Starting in 2017 Roe’s Societé sang, nibbled king cake, played kazoos and otherwise celebrated Twelfth Night, while rumbling to the Union Passenger Terminal — where they piled out for a sip of Champagne — before returning downtown. Like so many Carnival organizations, the Societé also became a charity, collecting money, food, clothing and supplies for homeless people all year round.

The group had a smooth ride for three years, but then, you might say, things went off track. The tragic collapse of the unfinished Hard Rock Hotel in 2019, a broken water pipe and COVID all disrupted the downtown streetcar line and, by extension, the Societé des Champs Elysée’s annual Twelfth Night ride.

A streetcar krewe without a streetcar, the Societé contented itself with bar crawls and, once, a ride on a rental bus shaped like an old-time trolley. In summer 2024, the Rampart Street streetcar was finally back in service, and the Societé staged a midsummer ride.

But, Roe recalled, for some reason,

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Paella for the population ABOVE: Nate Colbert, right, and Darin Setzer serve plates of paella from their Paella Nola catering stand at the Crescent City Farmers Market in New Orleans on Sunday.

LEFT: Customers stand in line to try food from the stand.

Jean Lafitte police chief dies at 75 following illness

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

Marcell Rodriguez, police chief of the town of Jean Lafitte for the past 15 years, died Monday at West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero following a brief illness.

He was 75.

“Marcell was a strong man with integrity and an honest toughness to do the job. But he had that compassion and heart,” said state Rep. Timothy Kerner Sr., a longtime friend and former mayor of Lafitte.

Rodriguez grew up in Lafitte, later moving to Marrero, where he attended West Jefferson High

School. He was a star running back for the football team, according to his son, Christian Rodriguez.

Though trouble at home led him to drop out before graduation, Marcell Rodriguez earned his high M. Rodriguez school diploma after joining the U.S. Army, according to his son.

His wife, Vanessa Rodriguez, followed him to Kansas, where he attended army training to become a welder. The family returned to Marrero until Marcell Rodriguez

built their family home by hand in Lafitte in 1980, Christian Rodriguez recalled.

After leaving the military, Marcell Rodriguez did auto body work at a shop in Marrero. When Christian Rodriguez decided to go into law enforcement at the age of 20, Marcell Rodriguez, then 45, decided to join him.

Father and son signed up for the Gretna Police Academy, graduating together in 1996. Both wanted to serve and to help their community.

“It was pretty cool,” Christian Rodriguez said. “The academy only gives out four awards. I won one for physical fitness, and he got

‘Mr. Congeniality’ because everybody loved him.”

Marcell Rodriguez joined the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, working first in the Jefferson Parish jail, then as a bailiff in the courthouse. He later moved over to property and evidence.

That’s where he was serving in 2011 when Kerner, then mayor of Lafitte, appointed him to become the chief of police. Kerner said he knew Marcell Rodriguez would be a perfect fit.

“He’s a guy who was a mountain of a man, a strong fellow but such a pure and good heart,” said

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Transformer sparked fire, evacuations on Saturday

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

Power has been restored to portions of the French Quarter where a transformer explosion sparked a fire and left parts of the area in the dark Saturday evening amid July Fourth celebrations.

Bourbon Street remained closed to vehicular traffic Sunday from Bienville to St. Louis streets and Conti Street from Dauphine to Royal as crews continued

to work in the area, according to the city’s emergency alert service NOLA Ready.

The New Orleans Police Department evacuated parts of Bourbon and Conti streets, including the Royal Sonesta Hotel, late Saturday night after an underground electrical transformer exploded, causing flames to erupt in the street.

NOPD spokesperson Jonathan Morris said the 400 block of Bourbon and 700 block of Conti had been STAFF PHOTO By ENAN CHEDIAK evacuated by 11:25 p.m.

Crews continue working in the French Quarter on Sunday NOPD tapped additional first responders to clear the after a transformer explosion sparked a fire and power Quarter and get crowds to outage in the area on the Fourth of July. safety.

Power was restored by overnight to get the tourist- said in a Sunday morning 7:30 a.m. after Entergy centric Quarter back on- update posted to social meNew Orleans crews worked line, Mayor Helena Moreno dia.

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“He was my hero,” Christian Rodriguez said.

Continued from page 1B Marcell Rodriguez was married for 53 years before his wife died in 2024. Theirs Kerner, who noted that Mar- was an incredible and decell Rodriguez helped make voted love, family members 30 arrests in his first six said.

“He was lost without my months to tackle the town’s mama,” Christian Rodribudding drug problems.

Marcell Rodriguez started guez said. prayer meetings and Bible Tributes to Marcell Rostudies to help those strug- driguez poured in Tuesday as word spread of his death. gling with addiction.

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Continued from page 1B of a naphtha-hydrogen mixture pollutants that were released — about 13.3 tons in total.

Under the refinery’s air permit, the section of the plant that burned can’t release any catalyst or nickel arsenide into the air and only about a half ton of naphtha annually.

The company told Department of Environmental Quality neither the catalyst nor the naphtha was “extremely hazardous,” though the nickel arsenide was. The refinery’s letter did address potential air emissions of nickel arsenide, telling regulators its dust particles would be too big to inhale.

The environmental group Louisiana Bucket Brigade questioned whether that would occur in an explosive fire.

Chalmette Refining did test for air emissions commonly associated with fires involving petroleum products, including ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and volatile organic compounds, and found none in neighborhoods near the plant, including on the West Bank.

But neither state nor company officials took air readings to determine whether particulates from the discharged catalyst or other aspect of the fire may have been sent into the air.

Still under investigation The disclosure of the expelled catalyst came in a “seven-day letter,” which companies must file with the state DEQ a week after incidents. The letters pro-

vide a first estimate of what chemicals were released and an early explanation of what happened, though often the cause remains undetermined, as it is in this case.

The Advocate | TimesPicayune obtained the Chalmette Refining report through a request.

In the May 15 letter, the company didn’t fully describe what the catalyst was made of nor what impurities it may have had.

In a one-sentence statement, Chalmette Refining would not say why it didn’t test for particulates nor provide more information about the catalyst’s makeup: “Chalmette Refining is continuing to work with the appropriate agencies on this matter and will update them as required.”

DEQ officials couldn’t say what the catalyst was made of but said the fire remains under investigation.

The refinery did tell DEQ that the catalyst’s chemical active component was made of nickel and that the catalyst had small traces of the chemical byproduct, nickel arsenide. Both nickel and arsenic are metals with toxic qualities that can trigger respiratory problems in acute exposures.

Catalysts often have qualities that remain proprietary for competitive reasons. But reports from PBF Energy, the refinery’s owner, and chemical engineering groups indicate such catalysts often are made of nickel and molybdenum or cobalt and molybdenum. They can have an alumina base and can be embedded with the impurities they remove from crude.

“It’s just devastating. It took us all by surprise,” said Lafitte Mayor Yvette Crain, who also spoke of his integrity and compassion. “He’s been a part of our community for as long as I can remember.”

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto called Marcell Rodriguez a humble individual who always asked what he could do, how could he help.

“He was always more of a father figure, not necessarily an enforcer,” Lopinto said.

Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng order that flags at all Jefferson Parish facilities be flown at half-staff in Marcell Rodriguez’s honor until sunset on Thursday.

“We had such a good working relationship that turned into a friendship I

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A May explosion and fire at the PBF Chalmette Refinery on the Mississippi River in Chalmette shook homes miles away. According to a regulatory report, more than 13 tons of a nickel-based catalyst were ‘expelled’ in the blast.

‘Doesn’t make any sense’ A Louisiana Bucket Brigade chemist says the catalyst was likely embedded with heavy metals commonly found in crude oil and there “was no way” those metals weren’t sent aloft as tiny bits of dust along with other particles generated by the fire.

“It doesn’t make any sense not to measure all the particulates, especially because it is so easy to do, so they should have done that straight away,” said Corinne Gibb, an air monitoring coordinator for the organization.

Dust emissions from catalyst problems aren’t without precedent at Chalmette Refining. In early February, a different catalyst for a different part of the refinery “got into the system,” according to company officials, during a unit startup

The explosion came during a lively Fourth of July weekend and as thousands flocked to the city for the annual Essence Festival of Culture.

Many streets in the French Quarter were already blocked off for pedestrians and there was a heightened police presence to patrol the area.

“There’s a lot of people who are out and about and they may be going to very dark streets in the French Quarter right now,” Moreno said in a 1 a.m. briefing Sunday. “Anytime there is a fire in the French Quarter, it is incredibly concerning.”

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

will always cherish,” she said.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Mothe Funeral Home, 7040 Lapalco Blvd., Marrero. Visitation for the public will begin at 10 a.m. Military honors and the ceremony will begin at 1 p.m.

Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@theadvocate. com.

reporting failures and other breakdowns going back to 2017, according to state documents.

The complex had a fire in its renewable diesel unit in January 2023 that an independent federal safety regulator concluded stemmed from a tube rupture. In 2024, the refinery has had at least three small fires, according to state reports.

Since 2023, the refinery has also had a series of equipment failures and accidental releases of toxic or highly flammable chemicals that didn’t lead to fires, including a leak of more than 53 tons of compressed flammable gas over 15 minutes in mid-2023.

The company has also received 10 DEQ violation warning letters since February 2024 from alleged failures to keep up with equipment maintenance that led to leaks, elevated emissions or fires.

In some cases, the company has disputed the breakdowns were preventable and has told the agency it invests heavily in keeping equipment up to date.

The refinery has also been among a handful of facilities along the river that are the focus of frequent community complaints about rotten egg or pungent smells emanating from somewhere in the parish’s industrial zone.

Several of the facilities handle or emit gases like hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide that can create smells. Often state inspectors aren’t able to determine the source, according to state reports.

and workers reported seeing dust emitting from a vent. Company officials told DEQ officials the dust emissions weren’t significant enough under regulatory standards to warrant further inquiry, according to a report.

The plant has had chronic alleged violations in the past that have led to costly settlements with the state.

It is also the focus of a recent federal whistleblower lawsuit alleging poor maintenance in parts of the complex, though not where the May 8 fire happened, according to state and federal records.

In the past two years, the refinery has paid $100,000 in fines to DEQ and, in late April, agreed to pay another $160,000 under settlements to end dozens of alleged violations for self-reported David J. Mitchell can be emissions exceedances, ac- reached at dmitchell@ cidental leaks, emissions theadvocate.com.

the streetcar was inoperable again at the start of Carnival 2025.

Last February, Roe’s krewe skipped the formality of reserving the streetcar and simply boarded one of the squealing vehicles en masse on the first night of Carnival. The feathered and glittered riders were cautioned not to cause a disturbance with too much music or merrymaking.

Unhappy 10th birthday For the krewe’s 10th anniversary, Roe planned for the Societé to return to form, with a proper, private party in a red streetcar that had been reserved a full halfyear in advance. But, the RTA advised, that would be impossible.

“Why have you changed the deal?” Roe asked via email.

“I understand your disappointment regarding the availability of the red streetcars,” wrote RTA associate marketing and sales manager Ana Marenco, “and we thank you for your continued support of our streetcar charter service over the years.”

Ironically, Roe was a North Rampart Street line enthusiast from the start.

He was among the very first to board the new line, during a so-called soft opening on a Sunday morning in 2016.

For Roe, the Twelfth Night wasn’t just about Carnival. It was about the mode of transportation. “I have a thing for trains,” Roe said. He’s fascinated by trolleys, hillside funiculars, passenger trains, etc.

True, his love of tracked conveyances was shaken when he was aboard the City of New Orleans Amtrak train when it wrecked in 1999, killing 11 passengers.

But he rides New Orleans streetcars nonetheless.

When he can.

“This whole thing started because the streetcar was coming to the neighborhood,” he said, referring to the decadelong, halting history of the Societé des Champs Elysée.

In case a North Rampart Street streetcar remains unavailable on Jan. 6, Roe vows his krewe will have a big 10th anniversary bash anyhow. If the Societé des Champs Elysée saves $1,000 on the streetcar rental, “we’ll take the money and give it the homeless,” he said.

The RTA did not respond to a request for comment.

The mayor’s press secretary, Jonah Gilmore, referred comment to RTA.

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New Orleans Area Deaths Klein, Jerri Saux, Yvonne

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Jerri Leonard Klein, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and dedicated community leader, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family.

Born on September 2, 1935, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jerri later moved to Birmingham before making New Orleans her lifelong home. It was there that she built a remarkable life with her beloved husband of more than 60 years, Burton G. Klein, who preceded her in death in 2023. Together they created a home centered on love, generosity, and family.

Jerri is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Wooton (Michael), and her son, Stephen Klein. She was a proud and loving grandmother to Ryan Aldridge (Maddie) and Mason Wooton, and a cherished great-grandmother to Carter Aldridge and Owen Aldridge, who brought her endless joy.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Donnie Leonard and Michael Leonard; her husband, Burton G. Klein; her brother, Bill Leonard; and her sister-in-law, Rosemary Leonard. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews, each of whom she loved dearly and remained close to throughout her life.

Jerri believed that family was life's greatest blessing. Whether celebrating holidays, cheering on her grandchildren, or simply spending time together, she treasured every moment with those she loved.

Her kindness, warmth, and unwavering support left a

lasting impression on everyone fortunate enough to know her.

Beyond her family, Jerri devoted countless hours to making New Orleans a better place. Her civic involvement earned her numerous honors throughout her lifetime. She was recognized by the New Orleans City Council for her community service, served as President of Cancer Crusaders, was named Jefferson Parish Woman of the Year, served on the board of Lafreniere Park, was President of the Jefferson Parish General Hospital Women's Auxiliary, and was an active member of the Metairie Women's Association. Her dedication to charitable organizations touched countless lives.

Perhaps no organization held a more special place in Jerri's heart than the Fore!Kids Foundation. For more than 50 years, she poured her time, energy, and passion into its mission of improving the lives of children throughout the region. One of her proudest accomplishments came in 2006 when she served as Chair of the Zurich Classic, becoming the first woman to chair a men's PGA Tour event. She considered the friendships she built through Fore!Kids to be among the greatest blessings of her life, and she was immensely proud of the difference the organization continues to make in the community.

Jerri's legacy is one of service, compassion, generosity, and unconditional love. She never sought recognition for her efforts, but her impact on her family, her friends, and the New Orleans community will be felt for generations.

The family finds comfort in knowing she is reunited with Burt, the love of her life, and that her legacy lives on through her children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces, nephews, and the many lives she touched.

The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Alan Yager and his exceptional nurse, Arlene, for their compassionate care and kindness.

They also extend their sincere thanks to Rabbi David Gerber, who was not only a treasured neighbor but also a dear friend, and to Brandy Pigeon, whose unwavering love, support, and presence meant so much to both Jerri and Burt

throughout the years.

She will be deeply missed, lovingly remembered, and forever celebrated.

A visitation will be held at Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Boulevard, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 2026, and will be followed by a private graveside service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Fore!Kids Foundation, a cause that was especially close to Jerri's heart.

Saux, Yvonne Graffagnino

Graffagnino, Yvonne entered the world alongside her twin sister, Yolande.

She was also a deeply loving sister to her younger siblings, Alix and Peter.

A proud 1959 graduate of Mt. Carmel Academy, Yvonne went on to earn a certification in commercial art from L.E. Rabouin Vocational School, sparking a lifelong love for creativity. In 1963, she married Jack E. Saux, Jr. From that moment on, they were inseparable—it was never just Jack or Yvonne; it was always "Jack and Yvonne."

Deeply rooted in their Catholic faith, Yvonne and Jack shared a profound commitment to their church community, serving devotedly for many years as Eucharistic Ministers.

Together, they raised three children: Jack III, Jennifer Perry (Steve), and Stephanie Desjardins (Gary). Their journey took them across the country with the Air Force and Delta Airlines before they ultimately settled back home in New Orleans.

As her children reached high school, Yvonne channeled her creative talents into entrepreneurship, cofounding an interior decorating business with two

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close friends. Later, she further honed her craft at the New Orleans Fine Art Academy, truly letting her artistic talents shine.

Today, her family and friends are blessed to treasure beautiful pieces from her personal art collection.

Whether they were playing tennis at The Beach Club, sailing, catching a new movie or embarking on travel adventures with dear friends, Yvonne and Jack lived life to the fullest, always side-by-side. Above all, Yvonne was fiercely devoted to her faith and family always making time for her siblings, friends, children, and grandchildren.

Yvonne is survived by her three children; her beloved grandchildren, Emmie Saux, Claire Saux, Izzi Saux Wale (Derrek), Paul Perry (Emily), Benjamin Perry, Stephen Perry, Dominic Desjardins, Thomas Desjardins, and Michael Desjardins; and her adored great-grandchildren, Elyse, Quinn, and Jack Perry, and Elliott Saux. She is also survived by her brother, Peter Graffagnino; her nephews, Sidney and Peter Montecino, Jeffrey Metzler and Kristopher Graffagnino; and many

cherished cousins and friends.

A Catholic Funeral Mass will be held for Yvonne at St. Dominic's Church 775 Harrison Ave. NOLA on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Visitation will begin at 9:30a.m. followed by Mass at 10:30a.m. Jack and Yvonne will be interred together at the US Naval Academy at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Good Shepherd School (www.the goodshepherdschool.org) or the Alzheimer's Association (www.alz.org).

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Child abuse is the legacy of a nation that has treated people as less than human I am a licensed clinical social worker and survivor of child abuse who is deeply concerned about the state of child welfare in Louisiana.

As I learned about child abuse through my social work education and career, I discovered that abuse is not rare. I now see child maltreatment woven into the fabric of Louisiana culture, just like crawfish boils, potholes and Mardi Gras.

Those who feel entitled to abuse children have a desire to exert power over another human being. It stems from the belief that children are subhuman property. Just like enslaved people were seen as the property of White people. Just like women were seen as the property of their husbands.

The United States’ culture is a culture of abuse because we are a nation of colonizers who bought and sold people and abused them because we could. Many people today believe they have a right to physical violence against others to exert their control.

The same attitudes that have caused people to attack trans people in bathrooms, to lock away undocumented immigrants in concentration camps, to criminalize homelessness and disability, to beat their spouses, to exploit workers for their labor in exchange for pennies — these are the same attitudes that caregivers have when they abuse their children.

We will never be rid of this problem until we look at how we have been indoctrinated under a culture of abuse and make real efforts for cultural, systemic change. We need to understand that all human beings are worthy of dignity, respect, safety and having their basic needs met. Until then, this problem will persist.

MELANIE MANN Hammond

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Workers with Sunbelt Roofs install a fortified roof with impact-rated shingles on a home in Jefferson.

Fortified roof grant demands coverage that is unaffordable

With the flick of a pen, Gov. Jeff Landry has shown recently that he can change policy. My plea is for him to correct the unfairness of the requirements for the fortified roof program and protect many like myself who cannot get wind and hail coverage at an affordable price.

I, too, would like to have a new roof meeting fortified standards. I am willing to pay the difference from the grant.

We are two retired seniors who have always carried wind and hail coverage.

After Hurricane Ida in 2021, our insurer dropped us. We had no claim for that storm and no history of claims other than a small one for Katrina. We were model clients for insurers: Pay the premiums and file no claims. Pure profit for the insurers.

We have been able to secure basic homeowners coverage, but we were told to go to Citizens for wind and hail at the cost of $11,000 a year.

I want to protect my family and home from potential hurricane devastation and have applied for the fortified roof program. But, since I do not have wind and hail coverage, I do not qualify for the grant.

What and where is the logic here?

Requiring wind and hail coverage to qualify seems like a way to guarantee insurers their premiums and reduce payouts since roofs will be stronger. Those without wind and hail are not contributing to their income bucket.

I beg Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple to rethink this program for the tens of thousands who are not able to get wind and hail coverage due to the ultra-high cost. Before being dropped, I was paying $4,000 a year. Afterward, wind and hail coverage cost $11,000.

After all, this is America!

ALAN WEINSTEIN Kenner

Since it may be a while before we see gasoline prices come down, how about Congress giving everyone a break for the summer by temporarily suspending the federal 18.4-cent tax on each and every gallon we buy?

The state could kick in its part, too — another 20.93 cents, for a total of 39.33 cents a gallon in Louisiana.

While that doesn’t seem like much, consider that some large SUVs can hold up to 36 gallons.

That driver would save $14 per fillup!

Even a standard SUV with around a 20-gallon tank could save almost $8 each time he pulls into a gas station, which really adds up if you’re driving to a vacation destination.

I feel sorry for the guys with the full-size heavy-duty trucks that hold 48 gallons, but at least they could save almost $19 a fill-up.

For those driving diesel-fueled cars, the Fed’s tax is even higher — 24.4 cents before the individual state piles on its tax.

But it could be worse. We could live in California. Their state tax alone is 70.9 cents per gallon. Illinois came in second with 66.4 cents, based on U.S. Energy Administration figures.

BARBARA BABIN LACOUR Harahan

Immigrants who dodge hearings must not have a good case The article “In New Orleans, ‘mega master’ hearings latest tool of Trump administration’s deportation push” asserts hearings in New Orleans are a substitute for the roundups of a few months ago — false.

The hearings are primarily for those who have made asylum claims at the border or a defensive asylum claim after they have entered the U.S. The roundups targeted all illegal immigrants — i.e., those who had no asylum claims, those who committed crimes after entering the U.S., those who were found wanted for crimes committed prior to illegal entry and those with outstanding deportation orders.

The hearings are not a sham, as the proillegal immigration lobby asserts. They should tell the public that most of those who received letters requiring attendance at the hearing have committed a number of crimes

for which they have not been arrested: i.e. illegally working in the U.S., stealing Social Security numbers, lying on the DOJ I9 form claiming to be a U.S. citizen, tax fraud/evasion and conspiring with human trafficking/ drug cartels paying them thousands of dollars to assist them in illegal entry.

Those who don’t show up for hearings do so because their claim is false or weak and believe they will lose and be arrested.

A lawyer cited in the article claims illegal immigrants are not being given due process.

Not only are they getting one or more hearings to plead their case, they are being given a pass for the crimes cited previously, which they committed while living in the U.S. It is Americans who do not have due process: one law for Americans and another for illegal immigrants.

JOSEPH MOLYNEUX Metairie

Oil companies need to clean up their mess Marc Ehrhardt of the Grow Louisiana Coalition appeared in a guest column to decry the ingratitude of the people and parishes of Louisiana for having the audacity to bring legal action to compel oil companies to be held accountable for the catastrophic damage they have visited upon our coast.

He complains of the protracted course of litigation without acknowledging the many delays sought by the oil industry’s attorneys.

He suggests that, in deciding where to invest, global energy companies look for a skilled workforce, predictable tax structure and a stable legal environment.

Obviously, they drill where the oil is. They will drill in Angola, Ecuador, Nigeria or any-

where else there are accessible deposits.

Once there, what they actually want is a docile (nonunion) workforce, lax environmental protections and compliant politicians.

Ehrhardt worries about the message this litigation is sending. The message should be the one I received from my mother years ago: “Clean up your mess.”

Let us hope the purely procedural setback of the recent Supreme Court decision doesn’t discourage efforts to obtain funds needed to clean up the mess they have made of our coast.

W. KEITH HURTT New Orleans

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Congress needs to demand answers on Iran With the strongest navy and air force in the world, we destroyed Iran’s navy and whatever air force they had.

Then we put an embargo on their oil shipments and ports. Iran then closed the Strait of Hormuz, and we let them.

Instead of our navy keeping it open, we did nothing. Now, President Donald Trump is negotiating with known terrorists, something the U.S. has never done before.

What is going on? He is acting as though we need Iran.

It is time for Speaker Mike Johnson to act like the speaker of the House, not like the speaker of Trump.

Congress has been dead in the water since Trump was elected. It is time for them to go to work and run the country, not run and go home.

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Laurent Dabos’ circa 18031804 portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul of France.

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An inconceivable offer Louisiana Purchase was the deal that built our country

By Nancy Landry As Louisiana’s secretary of state, tate transaction in history.

I have the privilege of overseeing However, in what is now presentour elections, business services, the day Louisiana, the story was more Louisiana State Archives and many complicated. While ownership of our state museums. changed on paper, not every quesThose responsibilities tion was immediately anmay not seem to have swered. much in common, but each Parts of the western side of plays a role in preserving what we know as Louisiana our state’s history and helpbecame part of a disputed area between the United ing shape its future.

States and Spanish Texas. UnThat responsibility carNancy ries even greater meaning Landry able to agree on a boundary as we celebrate our counline, the two nations agreed GUEST try’s 250th anniversary.

COLUMNIST to a neutral strip of land — a place where neither governWhen most Americans think about the beginning ment exercises clear authorof our country, they think about the ity. It was called “No Man’s Land.”

Declaration of Independence, the The Florida Parishes were anConstitution and the Revolutionother exception. They were not inary War. When they think about the cluded in the original purchase and country’s expansion west, people became a part of the United States often envision covered wagons years later. crossing the plains or railroads beUndefined borders ing built.

But one of the most important As we celebrate America’s 250th moments in American history cenanniversary, it’s worth remembertered on our state. ing that parts of the land beneath Like most people, I appreciate a our feet were once places where no good bargain. Maybe it is purchasone knew exactly where one nation ended and another began. ing a home at just the right time, The lawless territory attracted finding a used car at a great price, or finding a vacant piece of land be- settlers, traders and its share of outlaws. Without a clear governfore anyone realizes its value.

No bargain in American hisment, people often had to rely on themselves and their neighbors. tory compares to the Louisiana This reminds us that America Purchase. It was a deal that nearly doubled the size of our country and wasn’t built overnight or by a single generation. made America a world power with It was built over time by ordinary the stroke of a pen. people who faced uncertainty and Vast landscape established communities and local governments.

President Thomas Jefferson Less than a decade after the Louioriginally sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to France to siana Purchase, Louisiana entered purchase New Orleans and secure the Union much smaller than its control of the Mississippi River. In- original territory. But our culture stead, Napoleon Bonaparte, in need has remained uniquely our own. of money to finance his war against Louisiana is a gumbo of cultures, traditions and people unlike anyGreat Britain, offered something unimaginable. where else in America.

He offered the entire Louisiana Living history Territory, stretching from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains.

Today, Louisianians have a unique For $15 million, the United States chance to see and experience that acquired more than 828,000 square history firsthand. miles, or roughly four cents an The National Archives has enacre. trusted my office with one of the Adjusted for inflation, the puroriginal Louisiana Purchase docuchase today would have cost around ments signed by Napoleon. It is $438 million, or just $1.17 an acre. now on display at the Louisiana Old Today, that is less than 1% of Louisi- State Capitol through July 11.

While these historic documents ana’s annual budget. Fifteen future states would be created in whole or have returned to Louisiana before, this is the first time in more than in part from that land. Historians two decades they have revisited the describe it as the greatest real es-

state they helped create.

I’ve stood and looked at the document several times since it arrived.

Seeing it in person is different from seeing a photograph in a textbook.

Looking at Napoleon’s signature, it’s impossible not to think about the generations of Americans whose lives were forever changed because of the agreement on those pages.

When people talk about our country’s founding documents, the Louisiana Purchase deserves to be in that conversation.

It changed the course of American history, and its effects continue to shape our lives today.

Preserving these connections to our past is one of the great responsibilities entrusted to the Secretary of State’s Office. Through our free museums and the Louisiana State Archives, we preserve the documents and stories that explain who we are as a state.

Our shared duty I also have the privilege of helping safeguard another foundation of our democracy — our elections.

Preserving our history and administering our elections are deeply connected. While one reminds us of where we have been, the other helps shape where we are going.

President Ronald Reagan once said that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It must be learned and appreciated by each generation.

Freedom isn’t just something we inherit, but something we must continue to practice.

As we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, I hope you and your family will take a few hours to visit the Old State Capitol to see the Louisiana Purchase in person. By examining the document, you will be reminded of the journey our country has endured and gain a renewed sense of pride in the American story.

The Louisiana Purchase is one of the defining documents shaping our nation’s history. It is a legacy measured by more than the land it added to a map. It opened the door for a young nation to become the world’s greatest power.

It is our responsibility to continue that growth and ensure our freedom for the generations to come.

Nancy Landry is the 45th secretary of state of Louisiana.

ON THE CALENDAR There are several events around Louisiana to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Here is a list of some going on now.

For a full list, go to america250la.org n Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, is featuring the exhibit,“Bought for a Song: A young Nation Expands,” whose only artifact is the French exchange copy of the convention between the Republic of France and the United States that finalized the Louisiana Purchase.

Through July 11. louisianaoldstatecapitol.org. n The Historic New Orleans Collection, 520 Royal St., New Orleans, is featuring the exhibit,“American Revolution: The Augmented Exhibition,” where visitors can immerse themselves in 3D interactive reconstructions of key moments in American history.This free, interactive experience, which runs through Jan. 17, utilizes 360-degree augmented reality to immerse visitors in 20 defining moments of the nation’s founding, from the sparks of the Boston Tea Party to the victory at yorktown.The “American Revolution” was produced and designed

by Histovery with promotional support from New Orleans & Company and Louisiana America 250.

The exhibition offers a fresh, technologically driven way to explore the American story. For more, go to hnoc.org. n The Louisiana State Museum at the Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., New Orleans, is featuring the exhibit,“Gálvez and Louisiana in the American Revolution,” which explores the life of Spanish Gov. Bernardo de Gálvez and the diverse people of Louisiana who fought for American independence.

Through May 15, 2027. louisianastatemuseum.org.

ABOUT THIS SERIES Throughout the year, the Opinion pages are featuring columns and conversations from historians, scholars, politicians and others about what this 250th anniversary of America means.To read previous pieces, go to the Opinion section of our website.

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Driver crashes Search underway for missing teen into restaurant

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

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though he could not say for what.

Photos shared to social media show the wrecked sedan at a stop on the sidewalk just outside the Italian Barrel, the building’s wooden shutters hanging off their hinges and what appears to be a trash can lying on its side. The structure of the building appears largely unscathed.

WWL-Louisiana reported that the business was able to remain open for the holiday following an inspection.

An unidentified driver was hospitalized and cited Saturday morning after crashing a car into the Italian Barrel over the busy July Fourth weekend, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

Police were called at 11:33 a.m. to the restaurant at the corner of Decatur and Barracks streets in the French Quarter.

Paramedics transported the driver to a hospital and NOPD spokesperson Jonathan Morris said Sun- Email Kasey Bubnash day the driver has since at kasey.bubnash@ received three citations, theadvocate.com.

The search is underway for a Mississippi teen who disappeared after taking a trip to Horn Island with friends on the Fourth of July, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.

Authorities say 18-year-old Nolan Wells was last seen Saturday around 3 p.m. on the popular barrier island off the Mississippi coastline near Ocean Springs wearing black shorts and sunglasses.

The island drew large boating crowds throughout the holiday weekend and officials say Wells was last seen on the western tip of the island’s north side.

It’s unclear if Wells ever made it back to the mainland.

“If you were on Horn Island

on July 4, traveled by boat in the area, or believe you may have seen Nolan or even given him a ride from the island, please contact authorities immediately,” Gautier Mayor Casey Vaughan said in a statement posted to social media. “Even the smallest detail could make a difference.”

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, along with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, the United States Coast Guard and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, are among the agencies searching for the teen.

The United Cajun Navy is also assisting with the search.

Cajun Navy incident commander Josh Gill said Wells is about 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. Wells had gone to the island on a boat with

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Authorities are searching for 18-year-old Nolan Wells, who went missing at Horn Island on Saturday.

from in close to 24 hours,” Gill said in a video posted to Facebook early Sunday. “So guys, if you’re out there fishing, if you’re out there jet skiing, doing whatever you guys are doing, keep your eyes out for Nolan.”

Wells’ mother, Christine Wonsley, also asked for help with the search on social media Sunday. She said her son was at some point separated from his phone, which is back with his family in Mississippi.

Those with information are encouraged to call the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources at (844) 937-6636 or (228) 523-4134, or the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department at (228) 769-3063.

friends and was hanging out with a girl before he disappeared, Gill said. Gill did not immediately respond to a request for additional details, but encouraged boaters to look out for Wells on Sunday. Email Joni Hess at joni.

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World Cup fever is epidemic on overseas trip The World Cup came to my country this summer.

I headed overseas.

Not because of the World Cup. It wasn’t something for me to cover, and I wasn’t going to spend a thousand American dollars on a ticket, so my wife Michell and I lit out on vacation. We flew from Scott here to London for a few Rabalais days before making the transatlantic crossing back like our immigrant ancestors (admittedly in much more comfort) on the Queen Mary 2.

I’m fairly certain the first Rabalais who came across from France in the 1730s didn’t have a balcony cabin and private bathroom.

But every stop along the way for the two weeks of our journey, the World Cup was a constant companion. I found myself immersed in the world’s most immense tournament daily, watching from pubs and planes as the drama unfolded in a colorful high-definition spectacle. I may have had to leave home to truly appreciate the World Cup in my home country, but it was well worth the trip.

It may be a bit lost on some American sports fans who are consumed by our brand of football, but the World Cup is the biggest sporting spectacle around the globe — tout le monde. I learned that lesson well from a chance encounter back in 1994, the last time this event visited our shores.

I was on assignment, returning a rental car at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport when I started chatting with the

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Referee Raphael Claus shows a red card to United States striker Folarin Balogun, right, during the World Cup round of 32 match between the United States and Bosnia in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday.

RED MEANS GO FIFA rules U.S. striker Balogun can play vs. Belgium despite 1-game ban

BY RONALD BLUM and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

SEATTLE — U.S. President Donald Trump intervened on behalf of American star striker Folarin Balogun, whose suspension was lifted in a decision that allows him to play in a World Cup match against Belgium on Monday.

Balogun, the American leader with three goals, received a red card for stepping awkwardly on the right ankle of Tarik Muharemovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 2-0 round of 32 win on Wednesday. A red card triggers an automatic onegame suspension.

FIFA announced Sunday that the suspension had been lifted, triggering praise from Trump and outrage from Belgium’s team.

Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino after the game asking FIFA to review the red card, according to a person familiar with the call who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

“Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice!”

Trump said in a statement on social media.

The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) said it was “astonished,” and Belgium coach Rudi Garcia mocked FIFA’s action.

“I didn’t know that in the offices of FIFA

Bosnia’s Tarik Muharemovic, left, reacts after a tackle from United States striker Folarin Balogun during the World Cup round of 32 match between the United States and Bosnia in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday. the 5th of July was the 1st of April in Europe,” Garcia said through a translator in an April Fools’ Day comparison. “The Belgian federation does not defend itself, it does not protect the national team, she defends football in general, she defends her integrity, her ethics. I think it’s the first time in the history of the World Cup that there is this kind of decision.”

Garcia wouldn’t respond when asked about a possible appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or whether he thought Trump affected FIFA’s action.

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Past injuries won’t make Saints center McCoy ‘timid’

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

There are a lot of ways Erik McCoy can sum up his last two seasons with the New Orleans Saints, but he opted for brevity with a dash of profanity.

“S*** just happens,” McCoy said.

The Pro Bowl center of the New Orleans Saints is a true differencemaker when he is on the field. He is a technician who is also a supreme athlete. He is the offensive line’s nerve center and a quarterback’s best friend. And he is the unquestioned leader of the most tight-knit position group in the locker room.

Unfortunately, he’s spent more time on the sidelines than on the field the last two seasons. He landed on injured reserve twice in 2024 — first for a groin injury, later for an elbow injury — and played in just seven games. He was limited to seven games again last season when he tore his biceps against the Chicago Bears, landing on seasonending IR. That is why McCoy didn’t want to dwell too much on all the other

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Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler takes a snap from center Erik McCoy during a game against the New England Patriots at the Caesars Superdome on Oct. 12. ways he could describe what the last two seasons were like. He can analyze it from every angle and try to pinpoint what went wrong, or he can accept that sometimes stuff just happens.

“It’s hard as an athlete, but it’s the name of the game,” McCoy said.

“Last year, the play where I tore my bicep was something I’ve done

a million times, and I saw people do it a million times after that. It just happened to be that impact angle and, you know, it ended my season.

“It was tough. But I’m going to keep doing what I can to mitigate those risks and hopefully I’ll be lucky. Hopefully all of us will be lucky, but I want to be lucky, too.”

This is a lesson he’s had to learn

as a pro, and he’s been on both sides of it. He recalled a moment after his fifth season, when he earned his first Pro Bowl honor after appearing in all 17 games. At that stage in his career, McCoy had mostly dodged injuries outside of a few soft-tissue issues.

He did an interview for the team’s in-house magazine ahead of the 2024 season when he was told he was the only player on the offense who stayed healthy for the entirety of the previous season.

“And my answer was, ‘It was the luck of the draw,’ ” McCoy said. “I still stick to that. Healthy, unhealthy. Yes, there are certain things you can do to prepare, but at the end of the day, it’s football, s*** happens, and it’s just the luck of the draw.”

That 2024 season started off with a bang. New Orleans scored 91 points in its first two games as McCoy played an integral role in the team’s new wide zone run scheme.

Then, in Week 3, McCoy hurt his groin and the team’s offense cratered.

New Orleans was better posi-

tioned to handle McCoy’s seasonending injury last year thanks to its trade for veteran Luke Fortner during the preseason, but his absence was still felt.

“Erik’s one of the top centers in this league, he’s a really talented player. When he’s on the field, we’re a better football team — always,” coach Kellen Moore said. “... Erik is an important part of this. When he’s out there, we’re a better offensive line, a better offense. So we’re excited to keep building.”

One of the players who is particularly excited to get to work with McCoy is quarterback Tyler Shough, who has yet to take a snap from McCoy in a game setting because he took over as the starter after McCoy’s injury last year.

“He’s been great for me,” Shough said. “Even though we didn’t get to play together we were around each other every single day. We had our sons born within 24 hours of each other so we were at the hospital together. I love him, he’s been great for me, just to be able to learn

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By The Associated Press LONDON — After all the records Novak Djokovic has broken, the latest one left him rather unimpressed — even though he surpassed his great rival Roger Federer.

Djokovic set a men’s record for most match wins at Wimbledon after overcoming a surprisingly tough challenge from 132ndranked qualifier Roman Safiullin on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals.

The seven-time Wimbledon champion screamed out his frustrations at times — later referring to the outbursts as “meltdowns” — before winning 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for his 106th match victory at the All England Club. That puts him one ahead of Federer atop the alltime list for men, although he still trails Martina Navratilova’s 120 match wins.

That’s clearly not the record he’s after at Wimbledon, though.

Not when he’s also trying to match Federer’s eight titles and become the first man or woman to win 25 major trophies.

“Not on my priority list,” Djokovic said. “Didn’t even know about it until after the last match win ... That’s really quite insignificant to me at the moment.”

The win also put him into the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the 17th time — one behind Federer’s record. But the Serb acknowledged that he will have to raise his game in order to go further.

“Survive to thrive, that’s how I feel,” Djokovic said when asked to sum up his first week of the championships. “So hopefully the thriving part is coming.”

LSU signee and middle infielder CJ Weinstein flipped his commitment from the Tigers to UCLA, he revealed on social media Sunday.

Weinstein attends Orange Lutheran High in California and is the No. 149 player in MLB.com’s draft rankings. He was one of LSU’s two high school signees who played middle infield.

One scout who spoke with The Advocate described Weinstein as a second baseman whose best trait is his ability to put the bat on the ball.

“He’s a good fit, but he might have a tough time playing (at LSU) because you know how good the roster is going to be,” the scout said.

With Weinstein’s departure, LSU still has 22 players committed to its 2026 recruiting class. The Tigers had 24 signees after the season ended in May, as they have also lost a commitment from lefthanded pitcher Colton Christman.

Yankees LHP Fried faces hitters in simulated game

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Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Roman Saffiulin in their fourth-round singles match at Wimbledon on Sunday in London.

In his on-court interview, he apologized for what he called “the outbursts, the meltdowns.”

“I had a few of those today,” he said.

Djokovic, who is renowned for his mastery of baseline tennis, also said he opted to play more at the net than usual after repeatedly being outplayed in long rallies

by Safiullin.

“I don’t get to feel inferior from the back of court with too many players, to be honest, throughout my career,” Djokovic said. “Today it was one of those days where I didn’t want to stay in the rally for too long. So I had to mix things up.

And it worked.”

He quickly seized control in A challenging opponent the fourth set by jumping out to The 39-year-old Djokovic has a 3-0 lead, and then served out the never lost a Grand Slam match match at love.

Djokovic will next face thirdagainst a player ranked as low as Safiullin, or to a qualifier, but he seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime, looked in danger at times on Cen- who came through a five-setter against No. 22 Alejandro Davidovtre Court.

Djokovic had to save two set ich Fokina. points when trailing 5-2 in the first set and was warned for apparent- No. 1 Sabalenka falls ly yelling out an obscenity in SerNaomi Osaka defeated topbian on Centre Court when he was ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6 broken early in the third. He then (2) to reach the quarterfinals at the drew boos from the crowd when All England Club for the first time.

Sabalenka had beaten Osaka in he hit the ball away in frustration all three of their previous matchafter losing that set.

at the buzzer.

Two minutes before 11, Gauff converted her first match point with a service winner out wide to reach the quarterfinals at the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time.

After beating Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, Gauff tapped her left wrist with the fingers on her right hand to acknowledge the timely ending.

Gauff said it “kind of reminded me of” Kawhi Leonard’s shot for the Toronto Raptors in 2019 that bounced off the rim four times before becoming the first Game 7 buzzer-beater in NBA history.

Because if Gauff hadn’t ended it in that game, the match would have been suspended until Monday.

“I was looking at the clock the last service game,” she said. “I was like, ‘I got to hit some big serves and some big shots.’ And honestly, that match point, I was going for a serve and volley because I was like, ‘I need to end the point.’

Gauff’s buzzer-beater “That was probably the most There’s not usually a clock tick- dramatic finish. I’ve never had to race against time. Playing tennis, ing down in tennis.

Yet for Coco Gauff, the All Eng- we’re used to not having a clock. land Club’s 11 p.m. curfew made it But honestly, today I felt the presseem like there was. sure. … Glad I didn’t choose basAnd Gauff hit the winning shot ketball.”

es this year — including at the same stage of the French Open last month.

“On the clay courts I felt like she was pushing me back a lot. I just tried to do it to her first,” Osaka said.

Osaka’s pace and flat groundstrokes overwhelmed Sabalenka.

“Obviously we’re big ball strikers. It’s not like I’m going to start running around the court trying to draw an error from her. I can only focus on my strengths,” Osaka said.

“I just tried to serve really well, because it’s grass. I also tried to get the upper hand in the rallies first.”

Osaka’s power had an even bigger impact than usual as her balls flew through the air faster on the warmest day of the tournament so far: The temperature during the match reached 82 degrees.

“She overpowered me,” Sabalenka said. “I felt like it was incredible level from her.”

Vonn says Sinner’s skiing background helps his agility

BY ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press

LONDON — Clay, grass, hard court — or even snow.

The surface underfoot doesn’t seem to make any difference for Jannik Sinner.

The top-ranked player — who is currently attempting to defend his title at Wimbledon — was one of Italy’s top junior skiers before he turned his attention full time to tennis.

Now Sinner excels on every type of court, and his background as a skier might have helped his tennis game.

Just like an elite slalom skier perfectly shifting their weight back and forth from one gate to the next, Sinner hardly ever seems off balance as he rushes back and forth across the baseline — deVonn spite his 6-foot-3 frame.

Fellow tennis player Casper Ruud agreed that the most impressive thing about Sinner is his movement.

“He’s strong also in balance and flexible to get to certain positions,” Ruud said. “He has good hip movement and knows how to slide (into) both corners.”

Skiing standout Lindsey Vonn also pointed to Sinner’s ability to stay in balance.

“He has an amazing kinesthetic sense, which is an important skill in both sports,” Vonn said. “He is

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Jannik Sinner slides on the court during a third-round match against Jenson Brooksby at Wimbledon on Friday in London. very aware of his body in space and time, so even though he is tall, he moves fluidly and in sync.”

Sinner won a national skiing championship at 8 and placed second in Italian nationals at 12.

In a 2009 giant slalom won by Sinner, Giovanni Franzoni — the breakout downhiller of last season — finished 12th, four seconds behind.

Franzoni is now the Kitzbühel downhill champion and the Olympic silver medalist.

“I was really good,” Sinner said after his first Grand Slam title in 2024. “But then I had a couple of so-so seasons when I started competing against older athletes in slalom and giant slalom, and when downhill came into the picture, I

weighed too little to compete.

“So I kept on playing tennis,” Sinner said. “In skiing, if you make a mistake you’re out; it’s a dangerous sport and you need to get up early in the morning and venture outside in frigid temperatures. Tennis is a bit more accessible. In the end, I think I made the right choice.”

Vonn, who shares a common sponsor with Sinner, once hit the slopes with the tennis star.

“He skis similarly to how he plays tennis; he is fluid, smooth, and makes it look easy,” Vonn said in written comments. “His knees and hips are always parallel, and he is always in balance. I really enjoyed skiing with him and I hope to do it again, but after his

tennis career!”

Many elite skiers include tennis in their summer training regimen.

Vonn’s fellow Olympic champion Bode Miller was a state high school champion tennis player in Maine and his family ran a tennis academy in New Hampshire. He once attempted to qualify for the U.S. Open.

“I love playing tennis. It’s good for my footwork, mental strength and general athleticism,” Vonn said. “I know of quite a few skiers who play tennis as a form of cross training. It’s a way to push myself physically and mentally. When you get physically tired, you have to still be mentally strategic and cool under pressure. I love that about tennis.”

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 fractured left leg.

Ruud, who is Norwegian, also skied as a kid, “but I don’t move as good as him,” he said of Sinner.

“I don’t necessarily believe because he did skiing when he was young, that’s why he moves so well,” Ruud said. “I mean, look at (Carlos) Alcaraz: He didn’t ski and he also moves pretty damn well.”

Ultimately, Ruud suggested, it’s just healthy for kids to try as many sports as they can.

“No matter what it is, whether it’s skiing, running, golf. Doing things that keep you active is great. I have never seen Jannik ski other than videos. Would be fun to do a skiing competition one day,” Ruud said with a smile.

NEW YORK — New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried inched closer to a possible minor league rehab assignment, throwing 36 pitches in his second two-inning simulated game on Sunday.

Before the Yankees concluded a three-game series with the Twins, Fried faced third baseman Ryan McMahon and catcher Ali Sánchez. Manager Aaron Boone said Fried’s next simulated game would likely occur Thursday or Friday with an increased pitch count and pitching in a minor league game could be the next step.

The 32-year-old left-hander has been out since May 13. Fried is 4-3 with a 3.21 ERA in 10 starts.

Brewers RHP Woodruff goes back on injured list PHOENIX — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff has gone back on the injured list with inflammation in his throwing shoulder, one day after a drop in velocity led to his early exit from a start against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Brewers recalled left-handed pitcher Drew Rom from TripleA Nashville in a corresponding move Sunday.

Woodruff, a two-time All-Star, was removed from the Brewers’ 4-3 loss at Arizona on Saturday in the fourth inning after striking out Adrian Del Castillo on a 75.1-mph changeup.

Although Woodruff struck out the only two batters he faced in the fourth, none of the pitches he threw that inning exceeded 87.3 mph.

White Sox 1B Murakami sent on Triple-A rehab stint

CLEVELAND — White Sox rookie first baseman Munetaka Murakami will begin a rehab assignment Monday at Triple-A Charlotte, the slugger’s final step before rejoining Chicago’s lineup after being out with a right hamstring injury.

Murakami has been sidelined since suffering a Grade 2 strain on May 29, when he got hurt trying to beat out a double play grounder against Detroit. At the time of his injury, Murakami was tied for the AL lead in homers and was first in runs.

He’s been traveling with the White Sox and following Sunday’s 7-6 win over the Guardians, manager Will Venable said Murakami will leave to play with the Knights.

If all goes well, it’s possible he could be back with Chicago before the All-Star break.

Gotterup closes with a 62, wins John Deere Classic

SILVIS, Ill. — Chris Gotterup made up a five-shot deficit Sunday by closing with a 9-under 62 to win the John Deere Classic for his fourth PGA Tour title in the past 12 months.

Gotterup avoided a playoff when Ben Kohles, trying to win for the first time in his 120th start, hit his approach to the 18th left and into the water and wound up with a double bogey.

Gotterup next week defends his title in the Scottish Open, where he began his remarkable run to reach the top 10 in the world. He held off Rory McIlroy a year ago in Scotland, and then won the Sony Open and the Phoenix Open this year.

Gotterup received a sponsor exemption to the John Deere Classic in 2022, after he finished his college career at Oklahoma.

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Guardians star Ramirez to begin batting soon again

BY TOM WITHERS Associated Press

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New york Knicks center Mitchell Robinson warms up prior to Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs on June 13 in San Antonio.

Ex-Knick Robinson clarifies cause of his hand injury The Associated Press NEW YORK — Newly minted NBA champion and Chalmette native Mitchell Robinson said the hand injury that left his status uncertain for the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals opener came after he punched a truck amid concern over his younger brother’s health.

Robinson, who last week agreed to leave the Knicks and sign with the Boston Celtics as a free agent, wrote a Facebook post Sunday that addressed the injury and other mental-health concerns he had during the season.

His injury emerged after the Knicks eliminated Cleveland in the Eastern Conference finals and was strange because coach Mike Brown said it didn’t happen on the court. It was originally called a broken bone in his hand.

But Robinson clarified Sunday that it was an injury to his knuckle after he returned from the Knicks’ victory in Game 4 and learned one of his brothers had been hurt in a serious car crash.

“Upon returning to New York, I received an unexpected phone call, and my family members contacted me, informing me that my youngest brother had been involved in a car accident,” Robinson wrote.

“As the eldest sibling, I felt a deep sense of concern, and I immediately went into panic mode.

I began returning calls and texts, and when I FaceTimed my brother, I thought he was deceased. He was wearing a neck brace, unresponsive and not speaking. I broke down in tears, feeling like a failure for not being able to protect my siblings. Being 910 miles away, I

felt helpless. In a moment of frustration, I banged my hand on my truck.”

Robinson has a fondness for trucks — one of his was in the Knicks’ championship parade — but said his family was most important to him and referenced challenges that he faced last season while helping lead the Knicks to their first NBA title in 53 years.

“Before judging someone, it is essential to understand their circumstances, which may not be publicly known. Life is unpredictable, and it is how we respond to challenges that truly matters,” Robinson wrote, adding that he consulted with doctors. “So at the end of the day, I battled with so much throughout this season even made a huge sacrifice to not see my daughter as much this season because I needed to focus and lock

CLEVELAND — José Ramírez has made steady progress in his recovery from hand surgery and the Cleveland Guardians star third baseman will soon start taking batting practice.

The seven-time All-Star has been out since having a portion of the hamate bone in his left hand removed on June 16. Ramírez injured his hand while making a swing against the Detroit Tigers three days earlier.

Chris Antonetti, the Guardians president of baseball operations, said Ramírez has been hitting off a tee and is scheduled to start overhand batting practice “over the next couple days.”

Antonetti said the 5-to-7-week recovery on Ramírez remains unchanged, and the team expects him back later this month following the All-Star break. When the switch-hitting Ramírez had the same procedure done on his right hand in 2019, he returned in 30 days.

Antonetti stressed that Ramírez has more hurdles to overcome.

“It’s really individual specific,” Antonetti said Sunday when asked whether the 33-year-old could be back sooner. “It’s how well the recovery site heals, how much discomfort they have over the surgery site and when they can progress to activity.

“So far, Hosey has met or exceeded all of those checkpoints along the way. So hopefully we’ll be on the shorter side of that. But again, he still has a lot of activity or a lot of boxes to check between now and then.”

One of the AL’s top players, Ramírez, a .278 career hitter, was batting just .239 with 10 homers

and 33 RBIs when he got hurt.

He was leading the league with 24 steals.

The Guardians have managed to stay in contention without their best player. Cleveland entered its four-game series finale against Chicago on Sunday at 4743, one-thousandth of a percent behind the White Sox (46-42) atop the AL Central.

Despite having to rely on numerous rookies, the Guardians have stayed more than competitive. They’ve also been without outfielder Angel Martinez and only recently got back rookie slugger Chase DeLauter from the injured list.

Ramírez, Martinez and DeLauter were all injured in the same game.

“It’s obviously been a lot to overcome,” Antonetti said. “But I think that’s been one of the hallmarks of this group, not only this year, but over the last few years is finding a way to overcome adversity. We know we have our work cut out for us.

“There’s still a ways to go before we get to the break and we know we need to continue to try to find ways to string together some wins. Our pitching staff has done a really good job of giving us a chance to stay in almost every game. We’ve found a way to score just enough to keep our heads above water. Obviously, there’s continued room for improvement on both sides of the ball, but yeah, hopefully we can continue to find a way to win.”

Antonetti said Martinez, who is out with a nondisplaced fracture in his left foot, felt good after taking batting practice and fielding grounders on Saturday. He also is projected to rejoin the club after the July 13-16 break.

Harrington repeats as Senior Open champ

BY JOE REEDY

AP sportswriter

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Padraig Harrington’s first two U.S. Senior Open titles weren’t decided until the final hole.

His record-tying third had no drama by the time he reached the back nine on Sunday.

Harrington became the fourth golfer to defend his U.S. Senior Open title, shooting a final-round 66 to win by four shots at Scioto Country Club.

The 54-year-old Irishman also joined Miller Barber as the only three-time winners in the tournament’s 46-year history.

“I like creating records, and to be part of that is a big deal. It just shows how hard it is,” Harrington said after capturing his fourth senior major. “I’m seeing guys coming along, and I’m kind of realizing there is only a window to win these tournaments.

They have told me and other players that it’s kind of up to about 56-57, then it starts going downhill quickly.

“But I was thinking and feeling that way, that you only have a set period to get your major wins on the Senior Tour because not that you’re getting older but new guys are coming in.”

Harrington also joins Barber (1985), Gary Player (1988) and Allen Doyle (2006) as the only golfers to win the U.S. Senior Open back-to-back.

Harrington — who finished at 12-under 268 — birdied the first two holes and had four birdies with only one bogey. Third-round leader Stewart Cink was runner-up for the second straight year. Cink bogeyed two of the first three holes and struggled with accuracy most of the day, shooting 71 and finishing at 8-under 272.

“It feels great, but there wasn’t the drama we normally provide down the stretch,” said Harrington, who won by one shot in 2022 and 2025. “I knew I had a nice lead, which let me play to the middle of the greens and hit the shots. I hit some big shots coming home to take all the stress out of it.”

It is Harrington’s 12th career PGA Tour Champions victory and

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Cleveland Guardians’ José Ramírez walks to the dugout after lining out to short in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.

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Padraig Harrington lifts up the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy after winning the U.S. Senior Open at Scioto Country Club on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. his first since last July’s Senior British Open.

George McNeill — the other player in the Harrington-Cink grouping — shot a 71 and finished with a 6-under 274. Ian Poulter (67) was fourth at 5-under 275 while Retief Goosen (67), Jamie Donaldson (68) and Paul Stankowski (69) were at 4-under 276.

Cink hit only 2 of 7 fairways on the front nine, ending his chances of becoming the first player to win the first three senior majors in a year.

“It’s always fun going down the stretch with a lot on the line. Today, I played poorly enough that there was no championship on the line, but I was still battling hard for second,” he said. “It’s been a while since I had a day like that where start to finish it felt difficult, but today it did, and my scorecard tells the story.”

Cink had a one-shot lead after 54 holes, but Harrington took the lead with a five-shot swing on the first three holes. It was the second straight round to start early to beat the weather.

Harrington made a 15-foot putt on the par-4 first to tie Cink. He then took a two-shot lead when his second shot on the No. 2 par-4 landed within 3 feet of the cup for an easy birdie while Cink bogeyed.

Cink got within two with a birdie on the par-4 seventh after Harrington bogeyed the No. 6 par-5.

The momentum shifted back to Harrington on the par-4 eighth.

Cink chose driver off the tee, but it landed hot on the left side of the fairway, took a couple of hard bounces, and rolled into the creek on the right-hand side of the fairway.

Cink ended up with a bogey while Harrington sank a 30-foot birdie putt to double his advantage.

“That one was definitely kind of a crusher there. I finally straightened the tee ball out after I hadn’t hit very many good tee balls, and boom, I hit a great one, and it cost me a penalty shot. And then Padraig makes the putt,” Cink said.

“We are so in the present that we don’t always feel those momentum shifts, but looking back, I’m sure it probably did.”

also realizes he has only so much time left to play this game. Now entering his eighth season, it occurred to him that he’s closer to the end than the beginning.

So, add him to the list of people who are excited to see him back on the field. Just don’t expect him to change the way he plays based on how the last two years went.

“There’s always going to be an awareness (of injuries), but you can’t play with an awareness, you know what I mean?” McCoy said.

“It’s kind of just got to be reckless abandon, and whatever happens happens. I’m going to keep that same mentality.

“I don’t want to be a guy that plays timid, that plays soft, that plays afraid to get hurt. If I play like that, I should quit football.”

(from) and talk with him.”

Beyond their personal relationship, having McCoy back in the fold should help the young quarterback’s on-field development.

McCoy’s ability to identify where defensive pressure is coming from and make the appropriate calls to the offensive line should alleviate some of Shough’s need to make decisions at the line of scrimmage.

“Whatever he’s calling … I trust him fully and implicitly,” Shough said.

McCoy just wants to be there for his team.

He and his wife welcomed their second child this spring, and while he said his growing family helped Email Luke Johnson at keep things in perspective, he ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

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Saints center Erik McCoy, middle, protects the line after snapping the ball to Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler against the San Francisco 49ers during a game at the Caesars Superdome on Sept. 14.

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Haaland, Norway knock out Brazil GLANCE

BY STEPHEN WHYNO

Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Erling Haaland scored, and Andreas Schjelderup jumped on his teammate’s back. Haaland scored again, and Schjelderup leapt up again.

Heading in the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute and scoring again before the end of regulation time, Haaland put Norway on his back and carried it into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time with a 2-1 defeat of Brazil on Sunday that showcased the towering striker on soccer’s biggest stage.

“Maybe this will write history in Norway,” Haaland said. “Everyone just need to enjoy themselves.

This is just an insane day. It’s one of the most insane days in Norwegian history. Just enjoy it, embrace it and enjoy the moment.”

After being a nonfactor for much of the afternoon and having limited touches, Haaland spoke at the second-half hydration break with coach Ståle Solbakken, who told him to drain his energy and go for it.

Haaland turned it on when it mattered most, getting the right side of his head on the ball after a perfect setup by Schjelderup, who entered at halftime. Haaland scored a little over minutes later for his seventh of the tournament, through Danilo’s legs to tie Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé of France in the race for the Golden Boot.

“It felt it was a gift from God that it actually went into the net,” Haa-

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Monday

Spain vs. Portugal, 2 p.m.

United States vs. Belgium, 7 p.m.

Tuesday

Argentina vs. Egypt, 11 a.m.

Switzerland vs. Colombia, 3 p.m.

QUARTERFINALS Thursday

France vs. Morocco, 3 p.m.

Friday

TBD, 2 p.m.

Saturday

Norway vs. TBD, 4 p.m.

TBD, 8 p.m.

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Erling Haaland, left, celebrates with Andreas Schjelderup after scoring his second goal for Norway during a World Cup round of 16 match against Brazil on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. land said after scoring in a 14th consecutive competitive match internationally. He has 27 in that stretch and 62 in 54 with Norway.

At the other end, goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland was stellar. He made a crucial stop early, diving to his left to deny Bruno Guimarães’ penalty kick in the 14th minute, then got

his left hand on a shot by Endrick late when Norway was hanging on to a one-goal lead.

The only goal Nyland allowed was to Neymar on a penalty kick late in stoppage time, which changed just the final score. Neymar, who is 34, said this was his final game playing for Brazil’s na-

tional team.

Nyland, who at 35 is his team’s oldest player, was a huge factor in a historic victory that ranks among the most significant in the country’s history — at least on the men’s side. Norway’s women’s team won the World Cup in 1995.

“I think that all Norwegian citi-

zens are experiencing the night of a lifetime,” Solbakken said. “Some people say that we have changed Norway forever. Probably, they will party for a week or so.”

Norway next faces the winner of the Mexico-England round-of-16 game on Saturday in Miami Gardens, Florida. Solbakken said he had more than a dozen friends already book travel to South Florida.

Yellow-clad Seleção fans outnumbered those in Norway red, many of whom did the now-famous Viking Row in the stands — with Brazil supporters even cheering it before kickoff. Brazil’s fans were stunned silent when it returned after the game, with Haaland banging the drum and leading the celebration.

“I’ve peaked a couple of times during this tournament, but this was a new peak,” Haaland said.

Ronaldo again says this World Cup will be his last

Passionate fans

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A Mexico fan waits in the rain for the start of the World Cup match between Mexico and England on Sunday in Mexico City. The game was delayed one hour by thunderstorms.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Vinícius Júnior had the ball at the penalty spot, a perfect chance to give Brazil the lead.

And he handed it to Bruno Guimarães.

And by the time Neymar took and made Brazil’s second penalty kick, it was too late for the fivetime World Cup champion.

Guimarães had his penalty shot stopped by Ørjan Nyland in the 14th minute and Brazil couldn’t get one past Norway’s goalkeeper until deep in stoppage time, losing 2-1 on Sunday in the round of 16 for its earliest World Cup exit since 1990.

The Brazilians will be left with four years of second-guessing, wondering why they chose not to have one of soccer’s elite scorers take the penalty shot after Matheus Cunha was taken down by a sliding tackle in the box.

No foul was called originally, to the Brazilians’ protest, but the penalty was awarded after a video review. Vinícius, who came into the game leading Brazil with four goals in four games, had the ball in his hands, and it appeared he would take the kick.

Instead, Guimarães walked to

the spot and Vinícius handed him the ball, then went and stood to the left of the box and watched as Guimarães stutter-stepped, then fired the shot that Nyland dived to his left to knock away.

It was Brazil’s first unsuccessful penalty kick in the World Cup — not counting shootouts — since 1986.

There would be some more quality chances, but Nyland turned them away each time, many of them right in front of the large section of yellow-shirted fans behind the goal Brazil was shooting at in the first half.

Vinícius was dangerous with some speedy runs along the left side, and coach Carlo Ancelotti brought on Neymar in the 68th minute for extra firepower. Their longtime great took and made the shot after another penalty was called late, joining Pelé as the only Brazilian players to score in four World Cups.

His team needed more than that and failed to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since falling to Argentina in the round of 16 in 1990.

The Brazilians returned four years later when the U.S. last hosted the World Cup and won. The Seleção won their fifth title in 2002 but remain empty since.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Cristiano Ronaldo’s sometimes playful banter in a rare World Cup news conference ended in an exchange between Portugal’s superstar and a reporter from Argentina.

Ronaldo took the moment on the eve of a round of 16 clash with border rival Spain to repeat something he has said at least once before.

This sixth World Cup for the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star will be his last.

“What remains with me is the people — the people who love you. I share hotels with the staff, Latino people, and those are spectacular memories. Yesterday on the flight, there was an Argentine flight attendant. And knew she was Argentine by the way she looked at me: ‘I knew you were Argentine by the way you looked at me. If you look away quickly, it means you don’t like Cristiano,’ ” Ronaldo said in translated remarks Sunday, breaking into a smile.

“I want to enjoy what will be my last World Cup to the fullest,” Ronaldo continued. “Hopefully, tomorrow won’t be my last match.

That way, you can keep bashing me some more.”

Ronaldo, the career leader in international goals with 146, made similar comments in a television interview late last year, a few months after Portugal won the UEFA Nations League title with a riveting victory over Spain in a penalty shootout.

Many of the questions for the 41-year-old during a 25-minute session at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys referred to what everybody in the packed room was assuming: This was it for Ronaldo.

Before the end, he joked with reporters that they were pushing him out the door. Just about every time he did, though, he would turn philosophical.

“There’s nothing missing,” Ronaldo said. “God was so generous toward me. He gave me everything I never expected to win, especially at the national team. And personally, the same thing. So it’s enjoying every moment. I’m not going to be more Cristiano or less Cristiano because I win the World Cup. Of

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Cristiano Ronaldo speaks to reporters on Sunday during a news conference ahead of Portugal’s World Cup round of 16 match against Spain in Arlington, Texas. course, we all have hopes, myself especially, and we all want all the conditions to win. But we know that only one is going to win.”

Ronaldo’s finale on soccer’s biggest stage — whenever that happens — will come eight years after he was the oldest to record a World Cup hat trick at 33. That was in a 3-3 draw with Spain in a group stage opener considered one of the World Cup’s best matches, although both powers didn’t reach the knockout stage.

“Not to say that we have to do man-to-man marking, but in certain areas of the field you’ve got to be aware that he’s there,” Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said in translated remarks. “He’s got the talent, he’s got the class, and he’s got the quality, and at any moment he can be decisive for the game.

He can be the best. So we’re well aware of this.”

Portugal is trying for a second consecutive trip to the quarterfinals. The only other time Portugal went deeper in the Ronaldo era was a semifinal run in his World Cup debut in 2006.

Ronaldo had the tying goal in Portugal’s 2-1 win over Croatia in the round of 32. Three of his 11 World Cup goals have come in this tournament. It was a matchup of 40-somethings against Croatia’s Luka Modric, his former Real

Madrid teammate who was in his fifth World Cup at 40.

“What I have done throughout my career is to adjust to the nuances of age, knowing that I’m not the player I used to be,” Ronaldo said. “But one thing I can understand very clearly is nothing has changed because I can still score a goal. I hope I do that tomorrow, and if I don’t, I hope others on the team do.”

Barring a replay of his hat trick from 2018 in Russia, Ronaldo is unlikely to challenge the Golden Boot co-lead of seven shared by Lionel Messi of Argentina and France’s Kylian Mbappé, who also have a substantial edge on the career World Cup goals list.

Messi set the record in this tournament and now has 20, while Mbappé is up to 19. Ronaldo sometimes bristles about where he stands among his rivals. But not on a day he reiterated his inevitable World Cup end.

“Besides some different opinions that you may have, I’m not doing so bad, right?” Ronaldo said. “You know, I scored three goals. Well, there are others that scored more, because they are doing incredibly well, but I’m not doing so bad. And I need to continue onward.”

For at least one more World Cup game.

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posted on social media a picture of himself in front of U.S. fans and overlaid with music of Michael Jackson’s pop single “Bad.” On Friday, Balogun said he thought a yellow card instead of red “would have been fair.”

FIFA said its decision relied on Article 27 of disciplinary committee rules.

“The judicial body may decide to fully or partially suspend the implementation of a disciplinary measure. By suspending the implementation of the sanction, the judicial body subjects the person sanctioned to a probationary period of one to four years,” the rule states.

FIFA in November deferred the final two games of a three-match ban for Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo for a red card against Ireland in a World Cup qualifier, allowing him to play at the start of the World Cup. Argentine defender Nicolás Otamendi and Ecuadoran midfielder Moisés Caicedo in April had one-game bans deferred for red cards in qualifiers, also allowing them to be available for World Cup openers.

Brazil’s Garrincha was ejected from a 1962 semifinal but allowed to play in the final against Chile after political pressure.

the probationary period, the suspension shall be revoked and the sanction enforced without prejudice to any additional sanction imposed for the new infringement.”

Balogun’s three goals included a go-ahead strike against Bosnia. He matched Landon Donovan in 2010 for the second-most goals by an American in a World Cup, behind only Bert Patenaude’s four in the initial tournament in 1930.

A 25-year-old who plays for Monaco, Balogun scored 13 Ligue 1 goals last season.

He has 12 goals in 30 international appearances. He was born in Brooklyn to Nigerian parents who were living in London and in 2023 opted to change his national team affiliation from England, which he had represented at the under-21 level.

“He strikes fear into a lot of defenders,” U.S. defender Chris Richards said.

The host U.S. is seeking to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002. The Americans lost in the round of 16 to Ghana in 2010, Belgium in 2014 and the Netherlands in 2022. They failed to advance from the group stage in 2006 and didn’t qualify for the 2018 tournament.

The USSF did not make Balogun available for comment Sunday, but Balogun

Continued from page 1C fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options,” the Belgian federation said in a statement.

American players learned of Balogun’s availability when social media posts started popping up during the 10-minute bus ride Sunday from their hotel to training at the University of Washington’s Husky Soccer Stadium.

Balogun’s red card had been one of the World Cup’s most controversial and consequential decisions.

“If you look at the foul, it was just zero intent at all,” U.S. star Christian Pulisic said. “I felt like there was much worse ones that went on this tournament.”

The U.S. Soccer Federation learned of FIFA’s action in a message sent by FIFA in its portal at 9:31 a.m.

“The implementation of the match suspension is suspended for a probationary period of one year,” FIFA announced. “If Folarin Balogun commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during

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United States player Folarin Balogun walks off the field after receiving a red card during the World Cup round of 32 match between the United States and Bosnia in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday.

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He had been working at the main broadcast center there. Every TV feed from every venue in the country apparently came to Big D and was then beamed out around the world.

“The thing you have to remember,” he said, “is every game (in the World Cup) is someone’s Super Bowl.”

Indeed it is, and that makes time irrelevant.

It was midnight Monday morning in Oslo (Sunday STAFF PHOTOS By SCOTT RABALAIS afternoon our time) when the Norwegians rowed The Prince of Teck pub in London’s Earl’s Court neighborhood is seen during the Englandtheir way past five-time Ghana World Cup match on June 23. champion Brazil and into the quarterfinals for the first time ever. The main stadium in Norway’s capital was packed with as many fans at that hour as if the match had been played there instead of in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

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Before it all unfolded Monday night, all the chills and the tears and the sound of one of sports’ most immense records shattering, a mic’d up Drew Brees gathered his New Orleans Saints teammates around him like he always does in the end zone for some fervent words of encouragement.

“Tonight, it’s about us!” Brees shouted. “It’s about us!”

Sorry, Drew. Noble sentiments, sir. But on this night, it was all about you.

The man.

The legend.

The saint of Saints.

Now, the most prolific NFL quarterback of all time.

It happened just before halftime before the madding “Monday Night Football” crowd inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. A little fake to give a Brees freeze to the Washington Redskins’ helpless-looking defense and a deep pass up the

Pensive England fans inside the Prince of Teck pub in London during the England-Ghana World Cup match on June 23. to the limit before falling 3-2 in extra time in the round of 32. All the passengers not dozing were gripped by their little in-seat screens and clapping for the drama and the brave west Africans after it was over.

But back to earlier in the trip. Soon after we got to surprisingly sweltering London, I made my way to a pub near my hotel to watch the England-Ghana group match. A pub with air conditioning. England finished in a frustrating scoreless draw, but I found a winner in The Prince of Teck pub near the Earl’s Court Underground station, a delightfully cozy and thankfully cool little bar filled with flags, TVs and Oscar Wilde quotes on the walls.

“I can resist everything except temptation,” one Wilde quote read. I resisted the temptation to imbibe in a pint as I was, in essence, working. It’s what would qualify there as a busman’s holiday.

Soon we were on the QM2 and heading into the Atlantic. The Cunard line made it well known that all the World Cup matches would be available on board.

Soccer central on the ship was its Golden Lion pub, packed for every match.

I watched England get past Panama 2-0. I watched

two nights later as Paraguay eliminated Germany, soccer royalty, on penalty kicks. A young German fan didn’t move an inch from his seat as the winning Paraguayan kick found the net. For all I know, he’s still sitting there, head in hand.

Fans from every country were enamored by a jolly Norwegian fan who was making the journey to New York just in time to attend his country’s epic win Sunday over Brazil. Viking horns on his head, beer in hand, he sort of became the ship’s mascot as he gleefully rooted on the U.S. to a round of 32 victory Wednesday over Bosnia-Herzegovina.

I only wish I could have seen the smile on his face after Norway got its biggest soccer win ever.

I’m home now, and will be watching from the couch Monday night as the Americans try to get past Belgium and into the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002.

As I do, I’ll think about what the World Cup, and indeed all of sports, reminds us.

That despite our cultural, geographic and language differences, we are all much the same. Proud, passionate and convinced the referees are out of their minds.

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Seattle at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Golf U.S. Senior Open Championship Sunday

At Scioto County Club Columbus, Ohio Purse: $4 million Yardage: 7,170; Par: 70 Final Round P. Harrington, $800,000 69-67-66-66—268 -12 Stewart Cink, $432,000 67-70-64-71—272 -8 G. McNeill, $258,746 68-66-69-71—274 -6 Ian Poulter, $181,376 70-69-69-67—275 -5 J. Donaldson, $135,260 69-70-69-68—276 -4 Retief Goosen, $135,260 70-73-66-67—276 -4 P. Stankowski, $135,260 69-70-68-69—276 -4 D. Clarke, $98,650 71-72-64-70—277 -3 M. Angl Jmenz, $98,650 69-68-67-73—277 -3 Pat Perez, $98,650 72-68-70-67—277 -3 Ernie Els, $76,202 71-69-69-69—278 -2 John Rollins, $76,202 72-70-67-69—278 -2 Henrik Stenson, $76,202 71-67-72-68—278 -2 Billy Andrade, $60,834 72-72-65-70—279 -1 Alex Cejka, $60,834 69-69-71-70—279 -1 F. Jacobson, $60,834 68-73-70-68—279 -1 Chris Devlin, $50,460 70-68-71-71—280 E Jerry Kelly, $50,460 72-71-67-70—280 E Y.E. Yang, $50,460 71-69-72-68—280 E Jason Caron, $37,751 71-70-71-69—281 +1 Tommy Gainey, $37,751 69-69-70-73—281 +1 Brendan Jones, $37,751 73-69-69-70—281 +1 Soren Kjeldsen, $37,751 69-72-72-68—281 +1 Charlie Wi, $37,751 67-70-73-71—281 +1 Michael Wright, $37,751 70-72-67-72—281 +1 Ryan Armour, $27,443 73-69-69-71—282 +2 Matt Gogel, $27,443 76-67-72-67—282 +2 Richard Green, $27,443 69-70-74-69—282 +2 Justin Hicks, $27,443 70-72-71-69—282 +2 A. Marshall, $27,443 73-68-70-71—282 +2 Shane Bertsch, $21,662 72-72-69-70—283 +3 Michael Block, $21,662 72-70-71-70—283 +3 Simon Griffiths, $21,662 68-72-68-75—283 +3 Tim Petrovic, $21,662 70-70-72-71—283 +3 Ken Tanigawa, $21,662 71-72-69-71—283 +3 Jeff Maggert, $18,791 71-69-71-73—284 +4 Haymes Snedeker, $0 73-68-70-73—284 +4 K.J. Choi, $16,807 73-71-71-70—285 +5 Ben Crane, $16,807 69-70-73-73—285 +5 Scott Hend, $16,807 75-69-70-71—285 +5 Gene Sauers, $16,807 74-68-69-74—285 +5 C. Montgomrie, $14,472 70-73-71-72—286 +6 Vijay Singh, $14,472 76-68-70-72—286 +6 Stephen Ames, $11,796 70-69-74-74—287 +7 Greg Chalmers, $11,796 69-72-74-72—287 +7 J.J. Henry, $11,796 72-70-73-72—287 +7 Timothy O’Neal, $11,796 75-68-70-74—287 +7 Mark Wilson, $11,796 74-70-72-71—287 +7 David Mathis, $9,493 71-73-72-72—288 +8 Cameron Percy, $9,493 71-70-75-72—288 +8 Takashi Iwamoto, $8,688 74-69-75-71—289 +9 Alan McLean, $8,688 74-68-73-74—289 +9 Scott Parel, $8,688 73-71-73-72—289 +9 R. Gonzalez, $8,325 73-67-75-75—290 +10 Kirk Triplett, $8,247 75-67-76-74—292 +12 Chad Campbell, $8,170 71-73-75-75—294 +14 T. Sriroj, $8,092 72-71-73-79—295 +15 T. Jaidee, $8,014 72-71-77-76—296 +16 Omar Uresti, $7,936 70-71-84-72—297 +17 Hank Kim, $7,858 72-71-79-79—301 +21

John Deere Classic

Sunday

At TPC Deere Run Silvis, Ill. Purse: $8.8 million Yardage: 7,327; Par: 71 Final Round Chris Gotterup 66-68-68-62—264 Max Homa 67-66-68-64—265 Lucas Glover 63-65-69-69—266 Lee Hodges 64-66-67-69—266 Ben Kohles 65-67-66-68—266 Doug Ghim 69-65-65-68—267 Mac Meissner 67-70-66-64—267 Jackson Suber 68-64-66-69—267 Zac Blair 63-68-67-70—268 Ryo Hisatsune 67-65-69-67—268 Zach Johnson 64-70-66-68—268 C. Bezuidenhout 68-68-68-65—269 Blades Brown 69-66-67-67—269 Tyler Duncan 66-66-71-66—269 Rickie Fowler 70-69-63-68—270 Stephan Jaeger 64-72-68-66—270 Matt Kuchar 72-66-65-67—270 Chandler Phillips 69-67-65-69—270 Preston Stout 66-69-66-69—270 Kevin Yu 66-72-66-66—270 Zecheng Dou 67-69-68-67—271 Ben Griffin 69-65-70-67—271 Harry Higgs 67-68-69-67—271 David Lipsky 67-65-71-68—271 Troy Merritt 66-66-70-69—271 Keegan Bradley 70-69-69-64—272 Jacob Bridgeman 67-70-68-67—272 Emiliano Grillo 70-66-67-69—272 William Mouw 66-68-68-70—272 Pontus Nyholm 68-66-69-69—272 Davis Thompson 69-69-66-68—272 Erik Van Rooyen 70-69-64-69—272 Michael Brennan 66-68-72-67—273 Davis Chatfield 69-66-70-68—273 Nick Dunlap 67-72-67-67—273 Tom Hoge 73-64-67-69—273 David Skinns 72-67-66-68—273

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Matt Wallace Eric Cole Pierceson Coody Trace Crowe Lanto Griffin Beau Hossler Karl Vilips Aaron Wise Joel Dahmen Mark Hubbard Mackenzie Hughes Tom Kim Keita Nakajima . Dumont De Chassart Luke Gutschewski Chan Kim Max McGreevy Keith Mitchell J.T. Poston Andrew Putnam Austin Eckroat Tony Finau Peter Malnati Austin Smotherman Jordan Spieth Hayden Springer Will Gordon Davis Riley Camilo Villegas Zachary Bauchou Rafael Campos Patrick Fishburn Steven Fisk Jonathan Byrd A.J. Ewart Sungjae Im Michael Feagles Fabian Gomez Nicholas Lindheim Ryan Voois Gordon Sargent Ryan Brehm

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BMW International Open

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Sunday

At Golfclub Munchen Eichenried Munich Purse: $3 million Yardage: 7,354; Par: 72 Final Round M. Hollick $445,469 66-68-69-67—270 -18 H. Du Plessis $288,244 64-69-72-66—271 -17 B. Wiesberger $165,08568-68-67-71—274 -14 O. Guillamundgy $121,06369-67-70-70—276 -12 Carlos Ortiz $121,063 67-67-70-72—276 -12 T. Rosenmueller $91,71469-71-65-72—277 -11 Ashun Wu $72,061 70-66-72-70—278 -10 J. Niemann $72,061 68-70-70-70—278 -10 K. Aphibarnrat $51,098 70-68-70-71—279 -9 Joe Dean $51,098 66-69-76-68—279 -9 Marco Penge $51,098 68-69-70-72—279 -9 Victor Perez $51,098 72-67-73-67—279 -9 Oliver Lindell $40,267 69-69-70-72—280 -8 Renato Paratore $40,26770-67-72-71—280 -8 Hugo Townsend $40,26770-66-75-69—280 -8 Quentin Debove $32,86767-72-72-70—281 -7 Alejandro Del Rey $32,86768-71-70-72—281 -7 Manuel Elvira $32,867 67-69-71-74—281 -7 Nacho Elvira $32,867 67-71-71-72—281 -7 Romain Lngsque $32,86767-72-75-67—281 -7 Freddy Schott $32,867 70-70-68-73—281 -7 Jeff Winther $32,867 68-70-71-72—281 -7 Ross Fisher $26,466 66-70-74-72—282 -6 Joel Girrbach $26,466 71-69-71-71—282 -6 Frederic Lacroix $26,46669-66-74-73—282 -6 Stefano Mazzoli $26,46668-72-72-70—282 -6 Jack Senior $26,466 69-65-72-76—282 -6 N. Von Dllngshun $26,46674-66-70-72—282 -6 Matti Schmid $26,466 69-67-74-72—282 -6 Filippo Celli $20,963 69-70-72-72—283 -5 Ugo Coussaud $20,963 69-69-72-73—283 -5 Calum Hill $20,963 70-70-74-69—283 -5 Jeong-Weon Ko $20,96367-73-67-76—283 -5 N. Norgrd Moller $20,96368-71-75-69—283 -5 M. Steinlechnr $20,963 69-69-73-72—283 -5 Brad Dalke $20,963 69-66-75-73—283 -5 Finn Kolle 70-67-72-74—283 -5 Todd Clements $16,509 68-70-70-76—284 -4 Scott Jamieson $16,50969-71-72-72—284 -4 Casey Jarvis $16,509 71-67-69-77—284 -4 Matthew Jordan $16,50968-70-75-71—284 -4 Shaun Norris $16,509 69-69-74-72—284 -4 D. Van Tonder $16,509 70-69-74-71—284 -4 Paul Waring $16,509 66-69-74-75—284 -4 Sam Bairstow $13,364 69-70-73-73—285 -3 James Morrison $13,36469-71-71-74—285 -3 JC Ritchie $13,364 65-71-75-74—285 -3 Andy Sullivan $13,364 68-69-72-76—285 -3 Quim Vidal $13,364 69-71-77-68—285 -3 Marcus Armitage $10,74470-69-78-69—286 -2 Davis Bryant $10,744 66-74-69-77—286 -2 A. Garcia-Heredia $10,74468-72-74-72—286 -2 Alexander Levy $10,74470-67-74-75—286 -2 Abraham Ancer $10,74470-68-77-71—286 -2 Fred Biondi $9,171 71-69-73-74—287 -1 R. Neergrd-Petersn $8,90969-68-74-77—288 E Adrian Meronk $8,516 67-69-80-73—289 +1 Daniel Young $8,516 66-71-75-77—289 +1 Dylan Naidoo $7,992 73-67-72-78—290 +2 J. Trey Schaper $7,992 64-73-75-78—290 +2 Gregorio De Leo $7,206 69-70-83-69—291 +3 S. Garcia Rodrigz $7,20668-68-81-74—291 +3 Benjamin Schmidt $7,20668-71-78-74—291 +3 Sebastian Munoz $7,20668-72-74-77—291 +3 Darius Van Driel $6,551 72-68-75-77—292 +4 Matteo Manassero $6,28970-70-76-77—293 +5

Auto racing NASCAR-O’Reilly Cuervo 300 Results Late Saturday

At Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Ill. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (29) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 201 laps, 60 points.

2. (11) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 201, 0.

3. (6) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 201, 52.

4. (2) Brent Crews, Toyota, 201, 34.

5. (16) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 201, 32.

6. (17) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 201, 40.

7. (25) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 201, 43.

8. (9) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 201, 39.

9. (21) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 201, 0.

10. (1) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 201, 0.

11. (3) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 201, 26.

12. (15) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, 201, 25.

13. (10) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 201, 24.

14. (5) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 201, 23.

15. (18) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 201, 22.

16. (8) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 201, 31.

17. (26) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 201, 20.

18. (23) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 201, 19.

19. (4) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 201, 29.

20. (22) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 201, 17.

21. (31) Leland Honeyman, Chevrolet, 201, 0.

22. (28) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 201, 15.

23. (12) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 201, 14.

24. (32) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 201, 13.

25. (24) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 201, 12.

26. (7) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 201, 12.

27. (27) Patrick Staropoli, Chevrolet, 201, 10.

28. (34) Lavar Scott, Chevrolet, 201, 9.

29. (13) William Sawalich, Toyota, 201, 11.

30. (33) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 201, 7.

31. (14) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 200, 6.

32. (30) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 199, 5.

33. (35) Tyler Tomassi, Chevrolet, 199, 4.

34. (37) Joey Gase, Toyota, 198, 3.

35. (20) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 198, 2.

36. (19) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 196, 1.

37. (38) JJ Yeley, Ford, garage, 55, 1.

38. (36) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, engine, 35, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 118.128 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 33 minutes, 9 seconds.

Margin of Victory: .171 seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 40 laps.

Lead Changes: 16 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: C.Zilisch 0-48; J.Love 49; C.Elliott 50-94; J.Love 95; T.Gray 96-99; J.Love

100-102; C.Elliott 103-108; T.Gray 109-139; B.Jones 140; C.Elliott 141-157; T.Gray 158; R.Sieg 159-161; B.Jones 162-169; T.Gray 170188; B.Jones 189; C.Elliott 190-199; B.Jones 200-201 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): C.Elliott, 4 times for 78 laps; T.Gray, 4 times for 55 laps; C.Zilisch, 1 time for 48 laps; B.Jones, 4 times for 12 laps; J.Love, 3 times for 5 laps; R.Sieg, 1 time for 3 laps.

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

Top 16 in Points: 1. J.Allgaier, 898; 2. J.Love, 703; 3. C.Day, 674; 4. S.Creed, 673; 5. A.Hill, 643; 6. B.Jones, 633; 7. C.Kvapil, 630; 8.

S.Smith, 602; 9. P.Retzlaff, 556; 10. S.Mayer, 549; 11. T.Gray, 535; 12. B.Crews, 527; 13.

W.Sawalich, 483; 14. R.Caruth, 479; 15. R.Sieg, 452; 16. A.Alfredo, 391.

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 Wimbledon Results Sunday

At All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club London Purse: £30,060,000 Surface: Grass LONDON (AP) _ Results Sunday from the Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

Fourth Round Novak Djokovic (7), Serbia, def. Roman Safiullin, Russia, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Felix Auger-Aliassime (3), Canada, def.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (22), Spain, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1.

Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 3-6, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 7-5, 4-2, ret.

Jannik Sinner (1), Italy, def. Shintaro Mochizuki, Japan, 6-3, 7-6 (0), 6-3.

July 6

1949 — Walker Cooper of Cincinnati went 6-for7, including three home runs and drove in 10 runs, against Chicago at Crosley Field. Cooper also had three singles and scored five times to lead the Reds to a 23-4 rout of the Cubs.

1966 — Boog Powell of the Baltimore Orioles knocked in 11 runs in a doubleheader against the Kansas City A’s to tie an AL record. In the first game, Powell hit two home runs, including a grand slam, two doubles and a sacrifice fly to drive in seven runs as the Orioles won 11-0. Powell had four RBIs in the nightcap.

1983 — On the 50th anniversary of the AllStar game, Fred Lynn’s grand slam off Atlee Hammaker, the first in All-Star competition, capped a record seven-run third inning.

The AL also set a one-game record for runs scored in a 13-3 victory that ended an 11-game NL winning streak. Chicago’s Comiskey Park was the site, as it was for the first All-Star game in 1933.

1986 — Atlanta’s Bob Horner became the 11th player in major league history to hit

American League East Division

National League

Fourth Round Jessica Pegula (4), United States, def. Iva Jovic (16), United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Karolina Muchova (10), Czechia, def. Barbora Krejcikova, Czechia, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.

Naomi Osaka (14), Japan, def. Aryna Sabalenka (1), Belarus, 6-2, 7-6 (2).

Men’s Doubles

Third Round Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, and Manuel Guinard (8), France, def. Hendrik Jebens, Germany, and Ray Ho, Taiwan, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz (7), Germany, def. Lucas Miedler, Austria, and Francisco Cabral (11), Portugal, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7).

Harri Heliovaara, Finland, and Henry Patten (1), Britain, def. Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl, Czechia, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (6).

Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia (13), France, def. Sander Gille, Belgium, and Sem Verbeek, Netherlands, 7-6 (3), 6-2.

Women’s Doubles

Second Round Shuko Aoyama, Japan, and En-Shuo Liang (13), Taiwan, def. Kimberly Birrell and Talia Gibson, Australia, 5-7, 6-0, 6-3.

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Wang Xinyu, China, def. Zhang Shuai, China, and Elise Mertens (4), Belgium, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, and Ellen Perez (9), Australia, def. Camila Osorio, Colombia, and Solana Sierra, Argentina, 6-3, 6-1.

Asia Muhammad, United States, and Fanny Stollar (16), Hungary, def. Yuliia Starodubtseva, Ukraine, and Peyton Stearns, United States, 6-1, 6-4.

Ingrid Neel, Estonia, and Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, def. Ulrikke Eikeri, Norway, and Quinn Gleason (15), United States, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Katarzyna Piter, Poland, and Anna Siskova, Czechia, def. Jesika Maleckova and Miriam Skoch, Czechia, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7).

Rebecca Sramkova, Slovakia, and Linda Noskova, Czechia, def. Tamara Korpatsch, Germany, and Nicole Fossa Huergo, Argentina, 7-5, 7-5.

Mixed Doubles

Third Round Marcelo Arevalo, El Salvador, and Jelena Ostapenko (2), Latvia, def. Darija Jurak Schreiber, Croatia, and Andres Molteni, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Lloyd Glasspool, Britain, and Tereza Mihalikova (7), Slovakia, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Zhang Shuai, China, and Christian Harrison (3), United States, def. Marcus Willis and Heather Watson, Britain, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, and Aldila Sutjiadi, Indonesia, def. Anna Danilina, Kazakhstan, and James Tracy (8), United States, 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-3.

Joe Salisbury, Britain, and Leylah Fernandez, Canada, def. Maia Lumsden and Ben Jones, Britain, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

Neal Skupski, Britain, and Desirae Krawczyk (6), United States, def. Ellen Perez, Australia, and Francisco Cabral, Portugal, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3.

Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Fanny Stollar, Hungary, def. Evan King, United States, and Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Storm Hunter and Marc Polmans, Australia, def. Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori (1), Italy, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent RHP Hayden Wesneski on a rehab assignment to Corpus Christi.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Angel Chivilli from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

Optioned RHP Brendan Beck to Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Mason Englert from Durham (IL). Optioned RHP Trevor Martin to Durham.

TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired C Arturo De Freitas from the Québec Capitales.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled LF Tim Tawa from Reno (PCL). Optioned 1B LuJames Groover to Reno.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Selected the contract of RHP Carlos Carrasco from Gwinnett (IL).

Optioned RHP JR Ritchie to Gwinnett. Sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Gwinnett.

CHICAGO CUBS — Sent RHP Jameson Taillon on a rehab assignment to South Bend.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled RHP TJ Shook from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned LHP Sean Sullivan to Albuquerque.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed RHP Brandon Woodruff on the 15-day IL. Recalled LHP Drew Rom from Nashville (IL).

NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of RHP Guillo Zuñiga from Syracuse (IL).

Optioned RHP Joey Gerber to Syracuse.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with OF Bryan De La Cruz on a contract. Designated RHP Jean Cabrera for assignment. Optioned OF Bryan De La Cruz to Lehigh Valley (IL).

four home runs in a game and it still wasn’t enough to win the game. The Montreal Expos pounded the Braves’ pitching staff for an 11-8 victory.

2000 — Keith McDonald of the St. Louis Cardinals became the second player in major league history to homer in his first two at-bats, connecting in the second inning of a 12-6 loss to Cincinnati.

2005 — Florida pitchers retired 28 consecutive batters from the third inning on and set a team record with 22 strikeouts in a 12-inning, 5-4 victory over Milwaukee. A.J. Burnett matched his career high and the individual club record with 14 strikeouts in six innings.

2007 — Justin Morneau homered three times in the second game of a doubleheader to help Minnesota sweep Chicago 20-14 and 12-0. The Twins won the opener behind Jason Kubel’s seven RBIs. 2009 — Chase Utley hit a three-run homer and Shane Victorino and Greg Dobbs each had two-run shots during a 10-run first inning, helping the Philadelphia Phillies rout.

East Division

Tampa Bay New York Toronto Baltimore Boston

W 52 49 42 42 39

L 34 40 47 49 48

Pct GB .605 — .551 4½ .472 11½ .462 12½ .448 13½

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 52 50 48 46 36

L 35 39 42 45 53

Pct .598 .562 .533 .505 .404

GB — 3 5½ 8 17

Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

W 46 47 44 39 35

L 42 43 47 50 54

Pct GB .523 — .522 — .484 3½ .438 7½ .393 11½

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 54 49 47 46 41

L 33 40 39 45 48

Pct .621 .551 .547 .505 .461

GB — 6 6½ 10 14

Seattle Texas Houston Athletics Los Angeles

W 46 45 44 41 36

L 44 44 47 48 54

Pct .511 .506 .484 .461 .400

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

W 59 44 43 37 36

L 31 44 45 51 54

Pct .656 .500 .489 .420 .400

GB — 14 15 21 23

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

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Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

Minnesota 11, N.Y. Yankees 4 Detroit 3, Texas 0 Seattle 11, Toronto 0 Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland 1 Baltimore 8, Cincinnati 5 Houston 10, Tampa Bay 8 Philadelphia 6, Kansas City 1 Boston 8, L.A. Angels 1 Miami 7, Athletics 2

Pittsburgh 7, Washington 1 Baltimore 8, Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 6, Kansas City 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 0 San Francisco 6, Colorado 4 Atlanta 14, N.Y. Mets 3 Arizona 4, Milwaukee 3 Miami 7, Athletics 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, San Diego 0

Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 6 Kansas City 5, Philadelphia 2 Kansas City 5, Philadelphia 2 Houston 2, Tampa Bay 0 Cincinnati 3, Baltimore 2 Miami at Athletics, n Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto at Seattle, n Boston at L.A. Angels, n

N.Y. Mets 10, Atlanta 9 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 4 Kansas City 5, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 3, Baltimore 2 Milwaukee 3, Arizona 2 Colorado 7, San Francisco 6 Pittsburgh 11, Washington 5 Miami at Athletics, n San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, n

Philadelphia (Sánchez 10-3) at Kansas City (Cameron 4-6), 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 8-5) at Tampa Bay (Jax 4-5), 5:40 p.m.

Houston (Burrows 4-8) at Washington (Mikolas 2-7), 5:45 p.m.

Toronto (Gausman 4-7) at San Francisco (Roupp 5-8), 8:45 p.m.

Philadelphia (Sánchez 10-3) at Kansas City (Cameron 4-6), 1:10 p.m.

Houston (Burrows 4-8) at Washington (Mikolas 2-7), 5:45 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Peralta 5-7) at Atlanta , 6:15 p.m.

Milwaukee (Drohan 3-2) at St. Louis (May 5-6), 6:45 p.m.

Arizona (Pfaadt 1-1) at San Dieg, 8:40 p.m.

Toronto ( at San Francisco, 8:45 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 2-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 4-5), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Sunday’s Games

Monday’s Games

Women’s Singles

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL 1929 — The St. Louis Cardinals scored 10 runs in the first and fifth innings in beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 28-6, in the second game of a doubleheader. The Cardinals had 28 hits and set an NL record with the 28 runs.

1933 — The first major league All-Star game was played at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

The AL, managed by Connie Mack, defeated the NL, managed by John McGraw, 4-2 on Babe Ruth’s two-run homer.

1938 — Johnny Vander Meer, Bill Lee and Mace Brown combined to limit the AL to one run and seven hits as the NL won the AllStar game 4-1 at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field.

Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees suffered his first defeat in four All-Star starts.

1942 — The AL beat the NL 3-1 in the All-Star game at the Polo Grounds in New York on first-inning home runs by Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians and Rudy York of the Detroit Tigers. York’s shot came with a man on base.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Monday’s Games

BOX SCORES Miami 9, Athletics 8

Seattle 4, Toronto 0

Miami

Toronto

Athletics

ab r h bi ab r h bi Lopez ss 4 2 3 3 Bolte cf 4 0 0 0 Hernández lf4 2 3 2 Kurtz 1b 4 0 0 0 Hicks 1b 5 0 2 2 Gelof 2b 4 1 1 0 Edwards 2b 4 0 2 0 Butler rf 3 2 1 0 Sanja 3b 6 0 1 0 Kuda-Grar ss4 1 1 0 Ruiz rf-cf 3 1 1 0 Cortes lf 4 1 1 1 Jiménez dh 4 1 1 2 Muncy 3b 2 2 0 0 Marsee cf 1 2 1 0 Heim dh 4 1 2 6 Conine rf 2 0 0 0 Thomas pr 0 0 0 0 Navarreto c 4 1 2 0 Serven c 4 0 1 0 Mack ph-c 1 0 0 0 Totals 38 9 16 9 Totals 33 8 7 7 Miami 123 002 001 — 9 Athletics 000 000 053 — 8 E_Butler (2). DP_Miami 0, Athletics 2.

LOB_Miami 14, Athletics 1. 2B_Sanoja (16), Lopez (25), Navarreto (1), Ruiz (8), Hernández (6), Cortes (11), Butler (8).

HR_Hernández 2 (11), Jiménez (1), Lopez (9), Heim (9). SB_Ruiz (18). SF_Hicks (6), Lopez (6).

IP H R ER BB SO Miami Pérez W,5-6 7 0 0 0 0 8 Bachar 0 4 5 5 2 0 Petersen H,14 1 0 0 0 0 1 Fairbanks 1 3 3 2 1 1 Athletics Jump L,3-3 3 8 6 6 3 1 Barnett 2 3 2 2 0 0 Sterner 1 2 0 0 0 0 Harris 1 0 0 0 1 1 Medina 1 1 0 0 2 1 Alvarado 1 2 1 1 1 1 Bachar pitched to 6 batters in the 8th, Barnett pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

HBP_Jump (Marsee), Harris (Conine), Medina (Ruiz).

ABS Challenge_Jump (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Bolte (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Ruiz (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Harris (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Bachar (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Kurtz (StrikeConfirmed); Fairbanks (Ball-Confirmed); Heim (Strike-Confirmed).

Pitch timer violations_Jump (pitcher).

Umpires_Home, Junior Valentine; First, Austin Jones; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Jordan Baker.

T_3:22. A_8,686 (14,014).

Houston 2, Tampa Bay 0 Tampa Bay

Houston

Seattle ab r h bi ab r h bi Lukes rf 4 0 1 0 Crawford 3b 2 0 0 0 Guerrero 1b 3 0 1 0 Arozarena lf 4 1 1 0 Okamoto 3b 4 0 0 0 Raleigh dh 3 0 1 1 Kirk c 4 0 0 0 Naylor 1b 4 0 1 1 Varsho cf 3 0 0 0 Raley rf 4 0 1 0 Clement ss 3 0 1 0 Young 2b 4 1 0 0 Keys dh 2 0 0 0 Garver c 3 1 1 2 Valenzuela ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Emerson ss 3 0 0 0 Urías 2b 3 0 0 0 Robles cf 3 1 1 0 Piñango lf 1 0 0 0 Straw ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 0 3 0 Totals 30 4 6 4 Toronto 000 000 000 — 0 Seattle 001 200 01x — 4 E_Clement (10). DP_Toronto 0, Seattle 1.

LOB_Toronto 4, Seattle 5. 2B_Guerrero (14), Raley (8). HR_Garver (4). SF_Raleigh (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Yesavage L,4-4 6 3 3 2 2 7 Rogers 1 0 0 0 0 1 Fluharty 1 3 1 1 0 2 Seattle Hancock W,6-4 7 2 0 0 2 5 Speier H,12 1 0 0 0 0 0 Muñoz 1 1 0 0 0 1 ABS Challenge_Garver (Strike-Confirmed); Hancock (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Raleigh (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Hancock (Ball-Confirmed); Raley (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Pitch timer violations_Hancock (pitcher).

Umpires_Home, Dexter Kelley; First, Ramon De Jesus; Second, Paul Clemons; Third, Quinn Wolcott.

T_2:11. A_37,415 (47,929).

Milwaukee 3, Arizona 2 Milwaukee

Arizona

ab r h bi ab r h bi Díaz dh 4 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 3 0 1 0 Aranda 1b 4 0 1 0 Alvarez dh 4 0 0 0 Caminero 3b3 0 0 0 Paredes 3b 4 1 2 1 Mullins cf 2 0 0 0 Walker 1b 4 1 1 1 Vilade ph-rf 2 0 0 0 Wade lf 3 0 0 0 Simpson lf 4 0 1 0 Matthews cf 0 0 0 0 Williamsn ss4 0 1 0 Smith rf 3 0 1 0 Mesa rf-cf 2 0 0 0 Trammell cf 2 0 0 0 Palacios 2b 2 0 0 0 Dezenzo ph-lf1 0 0 0 DeLuca ph-cf1 0 1 0 Allen ss 3 0 0 0 Feduccia c 2 0 0 0 Vázquez c 3 0 1 0 Fortes ph-c 1 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 4 0 Totals 30 2 6 2 Tampa Bay 000 000 000 — 0 Houston 000 101 00x — 2 E_Williamson (3), Feduccia (4). DP_Tampa Bay 1, Houston 0. LOB_Tampa Bay 6, Houston 5. HR_Walker (20), Paredes (12).

SB_Simpson (21), Williamson (6).

IP H R ER BB SO Tampa Bay 2 1 9 Englert L,0-2 5 2⁄3 5 2 Booser 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 Kimbrel 1 1 0 0 0 0 Houston Lambert W,7-5 5 2⁄3 3 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 Okert H,11 1 1⁄3 0 0 King H,11 1 1 0 0 0 0 Hader S,9-9 1 0 0 0 1 2 WP_Lambert, Okert.

ABS Challenge_Englert (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Englert (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Englert (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Lambert (Ball-Confirmed); Altuve (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Caminero (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Cory Blaser; First, Jansen Visconti; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Alex Tosi.

T_2:37. A_29,003 (41,000).

ab r h bi ab r h bi Turang 2b 4 0 1 0 Marte dh 4 0 1 0 Chourio lf 4 0 2 0 Perdomo ss 5 1 3 0 Yelich dh 3 0 0 0 Carroll rf 4 0 1 1 Vaughn 1b 3 0 1 0 Moreno c 3 0 0 1 Frelick pr-rf 1 1 0 0 Gurriel lf 2 0 0 0 Bauers rf-1b 4 1 1 2 Kepler ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Mitchell cf 4 0 0 0 Vargas 2b 3 0 0 0 Sánchez c 3 1 1 0 Tawa 3b 2 0 0 0 Hamilton 3b 3 0 0 0 Smith 1b 4 0 1 0 Ortiz ss 3 0 1 1 Troy cf 4 1 1 0 Totals 32 3 7 3 Totals 32 2 7 2 Milwaukee 000 000 300 — 3 Arizona 100 000 100 — 2 E_Ashby (1). DP_Milwaukee 1, Arizona 0.

LOB_Milwaukee 3, Arizona 10. 2B_Chourio (15), Sánchez (5), Perdomo (13), Carroll (18). HR_Bauers (16). SB_Tawa (1), Perdomo (13). S_Yelich (1), Tawa (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Sproat 4 5 1 1 3 4 Anderson 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Rom W,1-0 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Ashby H,5 ⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 Uribe H,13 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Megill S,13-15 1 0 0 0 1 0 Arizona Rodriguez L,7-3 6 5 2 2 0 3 Ginkel 1 2 1 1 0 1 Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jameson 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rodriguez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

ABS Challenge_Smith (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Troy (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Ashby (Ball-Confirmed); Marte (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Megill (BallConfirmed).

Pitch timer violations_Uribe (pitcher).

Colorado 7, San Francisco 6

N.Y. Mets 10, Atlanta 9

San Francisco

Colorado

ab r h bi ab r h bi Arraez 2b 4 0 0 0 McCarthy lf 4 1 1 0 Schmitt 3b 4 1 1 1 Moniak lf 3 0 0 0 Ramos lf 4 0 1 0 Carrigg ph-cf1 0 0 0 Devers 1b 5 2 2 2 Goodman dh4 1 2 1 Lee rf 5 0 1 0 Rumfield 1b 4 2 3 0 Cox pr 0 0 0 0 Johnston rf 2 0 1 1 Adames ss 4 2 1 0 Fulford pr 0 1 0 0 Eldridge dh 3 0 0 0 Freeman rf 0 0 0 0 Gilbert cf 4 1 4 3 Karros 3b 4 1 1 3 Cavanaugh c3 0 0 0 Julien 2b 4 1 1 0 Totals 36 6 10 6 Totals 33 7 11 6 San Francisco 020 121 000 — 6 Colorado 211 000 03x — 7 E_Mahle (1), Tovar (6). DP_San Francisco 1, Colorado 1. LOB_San Francisco 9, Colorado 4. 2B_Gilbert (9), Sullivan (7), Rumfield (20). 3B_McCarthy (6). HR_Gilbert (4), Devers 2 (18), Schmitt (17), Karros (7). SB_Cox (4). SF_Johnston (3).

S_Cavanaugh (1).

IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco 3 0 5 Mahle 4 1⁄3 8 4 Miller 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 2 Houser H,1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hentges H,4 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Smith L,0-1 BS,1-2 1 2 3 3 0 1 Colorado Gordon 5 6 5 5 2 7 Bernardino 1 1 1 0 1 0 Herget 1 1 0 0 0 1 Vodnik W,3-3 1 1 0 0 1 2 Romano S,5-7 1 1 0 0 0 2 HBP_Herget (Schmitt), Smith (Johnston).

Derek Thomas; Second, Ron Kulpa; Third, Manny Gonzalez.

T_2:48. A_25,548 (50,144).

New York

Atlanta

ab r h bi ab r h bi Lindor ss 4 3 1 1 Baldwin c 4 2 2 4 Soto dh 4 1 2 2 Albies 2b 5 1 1 0 Bichette 3b 5 1 3 3 Olson 1b 5 1 1 0 Vientos 1b 2 0 0 0 Harris cf 5 1 2 3 J.Young ph-1b2 0 1 2 Dubón lf 5 1 3 1 Benge rf 5 0 0 0 Smith dh 5 1 1 0 Taylor lf 4 1 1 1 Riley 3b 4 1 2 0 Ewing cf 4 1 2 1 Ystrzmski rf 1 0 0 0 Torrens c 3 1 0 0 White ph-rf 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Baty 2b 4 2 2 0 Jarvis ss Totals 37 10 12 10 Totals 39 9 12 8 New York 140 000 005 — 10 Atlanta 300 000 006 — 9 E_McLean (2), Vientos (7), Brazobán (1), Riley (8). DP_New York 1, Atlanta 2.

LOB_New York 4, Atlanta 6. 2B_Baty (12), Bichette (14), Albies (17), Olson (23).

HR_Ewing (5), Taylor (5), Baldwin (15).

IP H R ER BB SO New York McLean W,6-5 6 5 3 2 1 5 Raley H,12 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Weaver H,11 1 ⁄3 4 5 5 1 1 Brazobán 2 Williams S,13-14 ⁄3 3 1 1 0 2 Atlanta M.Pérez L,6-6 4 1⁄3 6 5 4 2 1 2 Kinley 0 0 0 ⁄3 0 0 D.Young 1 1 0 0 0 2 Dodd 1 0 0 0 0 1 Carrasco 2 5 5 5 2 1 McLean pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

HBP_McLean (Baldwin). WP_Williams.

Umpires_Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Lance Barrett; Second, Malachi Moore; Third, Alfonso Marquez.

T_3:03. A_28,621 (41,149).

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The Motown Museum’s $75M expansion aims to honor Detroit’s musical legacy

BY COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press

PHOTO By KANDACE POWER GRAVES

The Winston Churchill statue on British Plaza by the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel.

STANDING TALL

Why is there a statue of Winston Churchill in New Orleans?

BY RACHEL MIPRO

Contributing writer

Visitors to downtown New Orleans may wonder why a bronze Winston Churchill waves from a prominent perch near the Mississippi River.

One reader’s question: “What’s the history of the Winston Churchill statue in New Orleans?” The answer seems to be thanks to one hotelier.

The Churchill statue joined the New Orleans scene in November 1977, unveiled in a public ceremony by Churchill’s daughter, Lady Mary Soames, and situated between the Hilton New Orleans Riverside and the World Trade Center of New Orleans.

The statue sits outside the hotel in the middle of a traffic circle at the end of Poydras Street, now known as the British Plaza, near one of the main entrances to the aquarium, River Walk and Spanish Plaza.

The connection between the British wartime prime minister and a Crescent City hotel is best understood through hotel leadership.

DETROIT — The Motown Museum in Detroit has been resonating with a different signature sound — the rumble of trucks, the buzz of drills and the pounding of metal — as one of the most significant sites in American musical history undergoes a $75 million donor-driven face-lift ahead of its 2027 grand reopening.

The expansion of the Hitsville USA campus — a house where chart-toppers by Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross and The Supremes were written, rehearsed and recorded — aims not just to honor Detroit’s musical legacy, but also to increase the city’s footprint as an education and tourism destination.

The museum should enjoy the same level of promotion as other landmarks in the United States, former Motown music arranger Paul Riser Sr., comparing the seminal label’s potential to a tourist mecca in New York City.

“The city can really benefit by further marketing this whole concept here,” Riser said. “We need to see more pageantry of Motown. Every time I think Motown, I think Times Square.”

Cities across the U.S. have for years promoted musical heritage as a selling point to attract business conventions, exhibitions and tourists. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame attracts 500,000 people each year to Cleveland, while Nashville’s music history and attractions tied to country, gospel and other genres bring in about 17 million people annually.

AP PHOTO By COREy WILLIAMS

AP FILE PHOTOS

Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, in a Sept. 17, 1954, photo and Lady Mary Church Soames on a visit to New Orleans in 1977.

International Rivercenter, the company that built the Hilton, donated the plaza and statue to the city, thanks to co-managing partner James Coleman Jr., who served as an honorary consul for the British government.

Coleman championed British culture in the city throughout his life, fielding ventures such as the Windsor Court Hotel, a hotel

meant to bring British style to the bayou.

He eventually received the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire recognition from Queen Elizabeth II, as well as the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire recognition, both

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Former Motown music arranger Paul Riser Sr. poses outside Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit on June 11.

The Motown Museum says it logs more than 100,000 visitors each year and is expecting at least 325,000 visitors per year after the expansion opens.

“Motown for many, many decades has been just a magical source of pride and inspiration,” said Robin Terry, Motown Museum chair and chief executive. “Visitors come to the little house that’s Hitsville USA — what used to be the headquarters of Motown — just to touch the magical space where so many of their musical icons … got their start.”

Motown, uniquely Detroit

they can be pulled up easily when she writes.

These days, she uses a keyboard, punching the keys slowly, one at a time. But when she is creating a story, it still all starts with writing by hand. She also draws pictures.

“I want to write so that the reader can visualize what I am writing,” she said. “I love to write.”

Motown was founded in 1959

by Berry Gordy in one of the three homes on West Grand Boulevard just north of downtown Detroit, that currently house the Motown Museum.

Just a year later, The Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Hits like “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” “Baby Love,” “My Girl” and “The Tracks of My Tears” soon sent the Motown sound around the globe.

Gordy moved the label to Los Angeles in 1972 and sold it to MCA Records in 1988. His late

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‘KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE’ AUTHOR AT 91

Japan’s Eiko Kadono still believes in magic of books

BY YURI KAGEYAMA

ing in the magic of books.

“Kiki’s Delivery Service,” which was first pubKAMAKURA, Japan — Eiko lished in 1985 and turned Kadono, the author beinto a 1989 animation film

by Hayao Miyazaki’s Stuhind Japan’s most famous — and almost certainly dio Ghibli, is among 200 most beloved — literary books she has written. witch, has a little trouble Kadono “I never tire of writing,” going up the stairs these days. she told The Associated Press at At 91, she’s still writing every her home in the picturesque seaday and hasn’t stopped loving the side town of Kamakura, south of color pink, dressing up or believ- Tokyo.

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With a little pink gate, the house is filled with books, pink chairs and her collection of animal figures.

“I’m probably a child at heart,” Kadono says with a small laugh.

Wearing her signature boldly framed glasses, Kadono is dressed in a colorful smock that her daughter designs especially for her.

She explains proudly that the sleeves are elastic at the wrists so

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Diseases spread by tick bite take time to transmit Dear Doctors: I got bitten by a tick in April. That’s earlier than our tick season here usually starts. I went to urgent care, and the doctor said that because I was sure it had been attached for less than an hour, a Lyme infection wasn’t likely. Is that true? Should I have done anything else?

Dear Reader: To say it is unsettling to find a tick attached to your skin is probably an understatement. To the tick, you represent the blood meal it needs to advance through its next stage of life. But to the mammal that has become its host — in this case, you — the tick represents the risk of a serious bacterial or viral illness. The most common of these in the United States is Lyme disease.

Dr. Elizabeth Ko Dr. Eve Glazier ASK THE DOCTORS

For those who are not familiar, Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can affect the skin, joints, nervous system and heart.

It is transmitted by the bite of a black-legged tick infected with a bacterium known as Borrelia burgdorferi. An early symptom of infection can be an expanding rash that forms a bullseye near the site

CURIOUS

This unusual, vivid photo of Sir Winston Churchill was taken on the Riviera, where he once vacationed.

The arm at the right is that of an attendant who is adjusting a blanket around him.

Continued from page 1D prestigious designations that recognize significant contributions.

The Churchill statue was designed and cast by British artist Ivor RobertJones, who is well-known for his Churchill statue across from the Houses of Parliament in London.

In 1977, Coleman officiated the unveiling of New Orleans’ Churchill statue, gathering together a group of British and New Orleans leaders and businessmen.

For the ceremony, Lady Soames, accompanied by her daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. and Mr. Richard Hambro, traveled from Great Britain.

It was Soames’ first visit to the city, and she was greeted by a whirlwind of parties and receptions in her honor, along with opportunities for sightseeing and fine dining.

Among the highlights of her visit, she was reportedly struck by the Superdome.

“It’s a wonderful stadium,” Soames said in a chronicled

MOTOWN

Continued from page 1D sister, Esther Gordy Edwards, founded the museum in 1985.

The 40,000-square-foot expansion is being constructed around the original Hitsville USA house and will feature a theater, a recording studio, retail space and a cafe, as well as immersive exhibits and a searchable back catalog of music and interviews.

“The expansion is so iconic and unique for Detroit,” said Riser, who joined Motown at age 17 and won a Grammy in 1973 for best R&B instrumental performance on The Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.”

“I would hope to see the legacies and the historical content preserved,” Riser said. “It’s OK to having buildings … but if we don’t keep the legacies of these

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Continued from page 1D Still quick with her retorts, laughs and thoughts, Kadono shrugs off how she’s wearing a wig. She doesn’t understand why people might want to hide that. She wears red lipstick and acts a bit shy about her wrinkles.

Still, her writing hasn’t basically changed over the years. Though when she looks back on her past writing, she feels it’s wordier than her current crisp style.

The Kiki series in the original Japanese spans six books and three spinoffs. The first installment was translated into English in 2020 by Delacorte Press. It is now in 25 foreign languages.

Kiki and the New Magic Now, the second in the series, “Kiki and the New Magic,” is set for release in August in English, translated by Emily Balistrieri and illustrated by Yuta Onoda.

Kadono, who won the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2018, never set out to become a writer.

She was basically a house-

of the bite. However, this does not always happen. Additional symptoms can include headache, fever, fatigue and muscle and joint aches.

When caught early, Lyme disease can be successfully treated with antibiotics. If left untreated, it can progress to a multisystem illness.

The timing of your tick bite played a role in your doctor’s actions. A mosquito bite or a bee sting delivers biologically active compounds almost instantly. But the mechanics of a tick bite are a bit more complex. This leads to a time lag between attachment and the transmission of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The Food and Drug Administration reports that for the Lyme bacterium to be transmitted, in most cases

account of her visit in The Times-Picayune. “It’s amazing and beautiful.”

The ceremony was packed with notables, among them U.S. Rep. Lindy Boggs, Lt. Gov. James Fitzmorris Jr., Mayor Moon Landrieu and Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana James B. Brown. The U.S. Navy’s Eighth Naval District Band and the bagpipe group Pipes and Drums of New Orleans played.

A recording of Winston Churchill’s speeches was broadcast to an audience outside the hotel.

The local newspaper chronicled Soames’ cherry red suit, muted print scarf and triple-strand of pearls, in which she spoke of the two countries’ “passionate love of freedom.”

“She put on her horn-

rimmed glasses to read her speech about how proud she was that her father was chosen to be a symbol of the bond between our two countries,” read the TimesPicayune account of events.

“Hail Britannia” played as she pulled off the statue’s wrappings, and there Churchill has been ever since, facing the Superdome. He is portrayed wearing his naval cap and overcoat, flashing the victory salute as he leans on his cane.

Do you have a question about something in Louisiana that’s got you curious? Email your question to curiouslouisiana@ theadvocate.com. Include your name, phone number and the city where you live.

people who built this mas- the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame terpiece, keep them in mind, are very important for Clevewe’ve lost something.” land,” Lauer said. “They are likely to stay overnight and Marketing music history spend money on hotel rooms, The Motown Museum is a in our restaurants and in our must-see for international stores. They get to see Cleveand domestic visitors, ac- land and that strengthens the cording to Jennifer Ollinger, likelihood to come back.”

Nashville’s vibrant music senior director of tourism for Visit Detroit. The Michi- scene, encompassing coungan city clawed its way back try, gospel and the storied from bankruptcy in 2014 Grand Ole Opry, brings in and has seen something of a tourist revenue totaling more revival in recent years. than $11 billion annually.

Motown is part of the pitch Deana Ivey, president and to businesses considering chief executive of the NashDetroit for conventions, ville Convention & Visitors conferences and other large Corp., said music has been gatherings, Ollinger said. the main reason tourists “We are the only place in visit Nashville for three the world that can claim decades. The Tennessee DeMotown music as our own,” partment of Tourist DevelOllinger said. opment agrees.

In Cleveland, rock ‘n’ roll “We’re the second fastest is a pillar of the Ohio city’s growing state in America brand, said Emily Lauer, and we’ve done that without vice president of Public Re- a beach or casinos,” departlations and Communications ment commissioner Mark at Destination Cleveland.

Ezell said. “Music is our “Out-of-town visitors and draw to Tennessee.”

wife, married to a designer and raising a daughter.

She lived in Brazil for two years during her 30s and was asked to write about that experience. That’s when she discovered she liked writing as a fun thing to do, not as a job. It was certainly not something she was ordered or pushed to do.

The character of the sprightly, no-nonsense Kiki was inspired by a drawing her daughter did when she was 12: A cute witch was flying on a broomstick toward the moon.

Kadono decided to create a coming-of-age story about a little witch who goes on an adventure, traveling with her black cat Jiji.

The rest is history.

Kiki’s Museum of Literature, which opened in Tokyo in 2023, now sells Kadono’s smocks, as well as pink mugs and T-shirts decked with the characters she has created, as well as displays rows upon rows of books, including other authors.

“The other-worldly fantasy that Kadono creates has overcome the boundaries of language, to become appreciated by a wide global audience, including children and

adults, and won international accolades,” reads a statement in pink lettering on the museum wall.

Five-year-old Tsukiko Fukuda, who was visiting the museum with her family, had a more to-the-point reaction: The books are fun, and pink is her favorite color, too.

The power of books Kadono hopes there will be a continuous flux of talented writers of children’s books so that the future generation can grow up to love books.

Now is a crucial period, she believes, that may decide whether that can really happen.

The walks in the woods and other activities that captured the imagination of children of the past no longer exist, said Kadono.

There are other digital and modern diversions.

And so they must read.

“People must think on their own to be able to create. That’s what being human means,” Kadono said with a passion in her voice.

“Books are the only thing now that can bring about creation and imagination.”

a tick must be attached for 36 to 48 hours or longer. Because your bite was just one hour, the urgent care doctor concluded that transmission was unlikely.

While the tick you found was large enough to see, this is not always the case. Even nymphs, which can be as small as a poppy seed, can transmit Lyme disease.

That makes taking precautions when spending time outdoors very important — especially when, as you have noted, tick season starts earlier in many areas.

In a wooded or brushy area, protect yourself by wearing long pants and a long-sleeved shirt and tucking them in. Wearing light colors makes ticks easier to spot. Use insect repellent with

20% to 30% DEET on clothes and exposed skin. Be sure to read and follow the product instructions.

At the end of any outdoor activities, do a thorough tick check.

Anyone who gets bitten by a tick and develops symptoms should always seek medical care.

In your case, with a one-hour bite, the urgent care doctor’s assessment appears reasonable. The prompt removal of the tick was the most important action.

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.

Octogenarian baffled by deluge of compliments Dear Miss Manners: The odd- as invisible as they used to be. Powerful women are est thing started happenconspicuous in politics and ing to me when I reached business. Actresses who my 80s: Strangers began are no longer ingenues approaching me to tell make striking appearme how beautiful I am. It continues regularly ances, not only in at the supermarket, dramas, but also at at restaurants or on formal events. Even the bus. the fashion indusIt is unnerving try is beginning to and embarrassing. realize that the slim All my life, no one youngsters they Judith ever told me I was have always faMartin vored have considcute or attractive.

MISS I am not ugly, but erably less buying MANNERS I’ve never thought I power than their was pretty, either. seniors.

Have you heard from Then it becomes noticeother elderly ladies who able that, as with older have experienced this men, some are more atphenomenon? If so, what tractive than others. The do they attribute it to? I’m standard for beauty is obstumped. viously different. Beauty Gentle reader: You are prein the freshness of youth is not the same as beauty in sumably classifying this the majesty of old age. with the patronizing reSo you might consider marks that are often made the possibility that alto old people, especially women: pretending to though you were not mistake their age, address- considered pretty when young, you are now beautiing them as if they were trying to pass for young, ful. And that some people and speaking to them as if are sophisticated enough they were cute children. to recognize that.

There is plenty of that goDear Miss Manners: As a woman in her 70s who ing around. looks her age, I increasingBut there is also a less condescending possibility: ly find myself in situations The admiration may actuwhere service people talk down to me. They probally be sincere.

Our society is far from ably think they are being throwing off the notion flattering, but I don’t see it that aging is unfortunate, that way. if not reprehensible. But For instance, I recently Miss Manners has seen had a haircut and the small signs that older stylist called me “Gorwomen are not considered geous” several times, as in,

“Would you like me to trim your bangs, Gorgeous?”

Then there was an oral surgeon who kept calling me “young lady.” I didn’t want to be snarky with a man who was about to drill into my jawbone, so I said nothing. What can I (politely) say to these people to let them know their remarks aren’t appreciated?

Gentle reader: All right, this is the patronizing version of complimenting the elderly. Those who call you “young lady” do not actually believe you are young; they believe that you want to pass for young.

And there is a difference between blurting out that a woman is beautiful and addressing her by the cheeky title of “Gorgeous.”

But as you said, it is often unwise to retaliate, pointing out that these people are trying — and failing — to pass for charming. Especially if they are armed with a drill. The real comeback will be when that surgeon is old and young men call him “young fella” and young women tell him he is cute.

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.

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, July 6, the 187th day of 2026. There are 178 days left in the year.

Today in History: On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.

Also on this date: In 1777, during the American Revolution, British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga.

In 1885, French scientist Louis Pasteur tested an anti-rabies vaccine on 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by an infected dog; the boy did not develop rabies.

In 1933, the first All-Star baseball game was played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park; the American League defeated the National League 4-2 behind winning pitcher Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees.

In 1942, Anne Frank, her parents and sister entered a “secret annex” in an Amsterdam building where they were later joined by four other people; they hid from Nazi occupiers for two years before being discovered and arrested.

In 1944, an estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Connecticut.

In 1945, President Harry

S. Truman signed an executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom.

In 1967, Nigerian forces invaded the Republic of Biafra, sparking the Nigerian Civil War. In 1988, 167 North Sea oil workers were killed when explosions and fires destroyed a drilling platform.

In 2013, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport, killing three passengers and injuring 181.

In 2016, Philando Castile, a Black elementary school cafeteria worker, was fatally shot during a traffic stop in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, by St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez. (Yanez was later acquitted on a charge of second-degree manslaughter.)

In 2018, six followers of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were hanged along with its leader, Shoko Asahara; they had been convicted of crimes including a 1995 sarin gas attack that killed 13 people and made thousands of others sick on the Tokyo subway system.

In 2020, the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization; President Donald Trump had criticized the WHO’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

(The pullout was later halted by President Joseph

Biden’s administration but was formally completed in 2026 during Trump’s second term.)

In 2024, Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield, Illinois, home, was fatally shot by Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson; Grayson, who testified at trial that he feared Massey was about to scald him with a pot of steaming hot water that she had removed from the stove, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Today’s birthdays: The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is 91. Singer Gene Chandler (“Duke of Earl”) is 89. Actor Burt Ward (TV: “Batman”) is 81. Former President George W. Bush is 80. Actor-director Sylvester Stallone is 80. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 75. Retired MLB All-Star Willie Randolph is 72. Former first daughter Susan Ford Bales is 69. Actor-writer Jennifer Saunders (“Absolutely Fabulous”) is 68.

Actor Brian Posehn is 60.

Political reporter/moderator John Dickerson is 58.

Rapper Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan) is 56. Rapper 50 Cent is 51. Actors Tia and Tamera Mowry are 48. Comedian-actor Kevin Hart is 47. Actor Eva Green is 46. San Diego Padres infielder Manny Machado is 34. NBA power forward Zion Williamson is 26.

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zodIAC cAncER (June 21-July 22) Push forward regardless of what others choose to do or say to deter you from following your intuition. Invest more time and money in your skills and the things that bring you the most joy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Listen to podcasts or watch documentaries that offer insight into something you want to pursue.

Knowledge is your ticket to positive change and understanding what's possible.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-sept. 22) Pay attention to what's going on around you. Back away from people and events that have the potential to become out of control. Use common sense and pay attention to detail.

LIBRA (sept. 23-Oct. 23) A wait-and-see attitude will not help you get ahead.

Think outside the box to bring about change that encourages you to do your own thing and to live up to your expectations. scORPIO (Oct. 24-nov. 22) Pick up the pace, ask questions, redefine what's necessary to reach your objective and exhaust your options. The more you put into the process of getting ahead, the better the outcome. sAGITTARIus (nov. 23-Dec. 21) Stick close to home, and aim to make your space convenient and comfortable. Eliminate clutter, and restructure your routine to ensure you aren't wasting time on people and projects that are bringing you down more often than contributing to your life.

cAPRIcORn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Say little, and do a lot. Focus on what you can accomplish, and avoid discussions with people who offer little. Set high standards when dealing with people and projects.

AQuARIus (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Put more thought into how you earn and handle your finances. Investing more in yourself and your surroundings will encourage you to turn something you enjoy doing into a profitable pastime.

PIscEs (Feb. 20-March 20) Sit tight, wait, watch and look inward to determine how to expand your knowledge, interests and your ability to gain momentum where it will benefit you most.

ARIEs (March 21-April 19) Choosing a unique path that encourages you to push yourself harder or in a direction that excites you will help you build momentum and outperform anyone trying to compete with you.

TAuRus (April 20-May 20) Relax. Distance yourself from trouble or complicated situations, and take the road that leads to peace of mind, clarity and what and who brings you joy.

GEMInI (May 21-June 20) Research will not be wasted time. The more you learn, the better the outcome. Avoid unnecessary, overpriced physical changes when it's the little things you do that will make the most difference.

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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 Rene Descartes, a French mathematician, philosopher and writer, said, “(Intuition and deduction are) the two operations on which we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.”

At the bridge table, we make deductions and sometimes use intuition. A few deals involve making one deduction and using that to draw a second deduction.

Today’s is an example.

South jumps into six spades. West leads the heart king. How should declarer plan the play? After North made a gameinvitational limit raise, South knew that a grand slam would be good if his partner held the spade king, heart king and diamond queen. But since he had no way to find out if North had that perfecto, South sensibly took a shot at six spades.

The contract looks too easy. Draw trumps, run the diamonds and claim an overtrick. But rather than plunge recklessly forward, South should wonder what might go wrong.

The only danger is a bad split in each pointed suit. If diamonds are 4-0, there will be a loser only if East has all four. If spades are 3-0, declarer can avoid a loser by guessing which opponent is long in the suit and finessing through him.

South should assume he has a diamond loser. But if East has four diamonds, who is likely to be long in spades? Right — West.

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So, after taking the first trick with his heart ace, declarer should cash his spade ace.

Here, when East discards, South plays a spade to dummy’s jack, cashes the spade king, throws his heart five on the club ace and concedes a diamond trick when they do break 4-0. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus.

“Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Saturday’s Puzzle Answer

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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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2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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HErE is a plEasanT liTTlE gamE that will give you a message every day. it’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. if the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. if the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. start at the upper left-hand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the checked figures give you.

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Merchandise

Anyone having any information about or knowing the whereabouts of Ruben Dario Luciano Feliz, please contact Bianca M. Brindisi, Attorney, at 504-333-6934.

193176-7/4-5-6-3t $133.00 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of one promissory note executed by Joseph Bergeron, Sr., in the amount of $4,035.64 dated October 3, 2023, payable to Bearer, please contact Joshua P. Mathews, Attorney at Law, 3501 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite, 300, Metairie, LA 70002, phone: (504) 8379040.

193195-7/6-1t $95.50 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of one promissory note executed by Joseph Bergeron, Sr., in the amount of $7,116.01 dated September 11, 1995, payable to Bearer, please contact Joshua P. Mathews, Attorney at Law, 3501 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite, 300, Metairie, LA 70002, phone: (504) 837-9040.

193211-7/6-1t $95.50

Employment INDUSTRIAL

MORRISON DELIVERING ENERGY Hiring Positions * Superintendent * Clerk * EHS Rep * Tower Operators * Crane Operators * Mechanics * Foremans * Leaderman * Riggers * Galley Personnel * Welders * Welder Helpers * Dive Sup * Divers * Tender Email resume to: employment@morrisonenergy.com MORRISON is an equal opportunity employer

Public Notices

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived for the Nunez Community College in the lobby at 3710 Paris Road, Chalmette, LA 70043. The deadline for receipt of bids is 2:00 PM on August 6, 2026, at which time bids will be opened and read aloud in a public meeting in the Administration Conference Room. Bidders have the option to submit bids electronically in accor‐ dance with Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 38:2212 A(1)(f)(i). Please find bid related materials and place electronic bids at www.centralbidding. com.

FOR: NUNEZ COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORK AT HEIGHT TRAINING CEN‐ TER PROJECT NUMBER: 40015 Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from Kyle As‐ sociates, LLC, 638 Village Lane North, Mandeville, LA 70471, (985) 727-9377, ext 202. Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most repro‐ graphic firms. Plan hold‐ ers are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Complete bid doc‐ uments are also avail‐ able at www.centralbidd ing.com. Prospective Bid‐ ders are cautioned that the failure to obtain Bid Documents from the En‐ gineer as set forth above or notify the Engineer of an intention to Bid could prevent the Prospective Bidder from receiving ad‐ ditional information, up‐ dates or addenda that may be issued concern‐ ing bidding on this Pro‐ ject.

Questions about this pro‐ cedure shall be directed to the Designer at: Kyle Associates, LLC – Attn: Eddie Powell 638 Village Lane North, Mandeville, LA 70471 (985) 727-9377, ext 202 epowell@kyleassociates. net

All bids shall be accom‐ panied by bid security in an amount of five per‐ cent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all al‐ ternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instruc‐ tions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 10:00am on Wednes‐ day , July 22, 2026 at 3710 Paris Road, Chalmette, LA 70043 in the Adminis‐ tration Conference Room Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of Com‐ merical– Building Con‐ struction. Bidder is re‐ quired to comply with provisions and require‐ ments of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be withdrawn for a pe‐ riod of forty-five (45) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provi‐ sions and requirements of this Section; and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity.

When this project is fi‐ nanced either partially or entirely with State Bonds or financed in whole or in part by federal or other funds which are not readily available at the i bid i d

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

WANT TO BUY Old Records 33's, 45's & 78's. All types of music. Call 985-259-1889 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 Mausoleum Crypt located at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Phase VII, Single Unit, Pristine, Peaceful location.

Valued at $7,500, asking $7k, Transfer fees are Buyers responsibility. Call/Text Lisa M. (832) 444-8007.

CEMETERY PLOTS Two (2) Double Depth, Double Companion Niche. (Crypts) Located: Lake Lawn/Metairie $6200 ea.

1-757-647-6748

APARTMENT METAIRIE

Public Notices Bids/Proposals y time bids are received, the award of this Con‐ tract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, or the sale of bonds by the Bond Com‐ mission or the availabil‐ ity of federal or other funds. The State shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Con‐ tract Between Owner and Contractor is fully exe‐ cuted.

APARTMENT 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 1925 Brighton Pl., Single 3/2.....$2200 4557 Feliciana St, 5Bds/2Bas.....$2500 2560 Orleans Ave., (Furn) 2/1....$2990 821-1858 * 822-8432 * 427-4646 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

If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to participate in this meeting, please con‐ tact Wendy RobinsonFrazier at wfrazier@ nunez.edu or (504) 2786475 as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the sched‐ uled meeting.

NUNEZ COMMUNITY COLLEGE WENDY ROBINSONFRAZIER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING 192488 July 6, 13, 20, 2026 3t $1,417.68

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TITLE: SET-ASIDE- CONTRACT RECOVERY SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4721 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: JUNE 22, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: JULY 22, 2026 @ 4:00 P.M. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: JULY 8, 2026 @ 1:00 P.M. TEAMS: Meeting ID: 275 454 676 277 342

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 @ 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.

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):

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

Looking for the right hire?

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177 W. 5TH STREET LAPLACE * $1,950/MO

1027 CHARTRES, UNIT F * $1,250/MO Super FR QTR Location, One bed/bath, Cent A/H, Modern Appliances, Hardwood Floors.

In unit W/D, Lovely Courtyard, Pleasant Residential Complex. No dogs.

GARY WILLIAMS * 504-251-2047 FQR Realty 504-949-5400

2850 IDAHO AVENUE 1 Block to Vets & Williams All Amenities * Pool * Parking Studio/1 Bed Apt * Starting $650/Mo 504-236-1971 * 504-454-1333

KENNER 510 FARRAR AVENUE - 1/2 Duplex, 3 Bd, 2 Ba, All Electric, Central A/H, Off St Prkg, No Smoking or Pets!

Call: 504-458-9700

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981-76, 550-90, 920-28, 990-29, 990-30

Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing:

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 9108 191823-jun 22-29-jul 6-3t $113.37 PUBLIC NOTICE --At the June 23, 2026, Spe‐ cial Board Business Meeting, the Orleans Parish School Board adopted Resolution 1626, Fiscal Year 2027 Gen‐ eral Fund and Special Revenue Funds.

The Adopted Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund and Special Revenue Funds are available for public view on NOLA Public Schools website at www. nolapublicschools.com.

193172-jul 6-1t $32.13 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 2080 Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd.

Sandy Ward * 504-259-2616.

Re/Max Living * 504-475-1011. Ea ofc indpntly owned & operated.

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Renovated 3BR/3BA home w/ private baths, laminate wd flrg, TV's, appls, dishes, W&D, lawn care, & ample parking.

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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

GENTILLY 2544 ALLEN TOUSSAINT BLVD. NEWLY RENOVATED!!!

1-2 Bdrm Apts * From $800/mo Parking * Sec Gate 504-209-8054 * 504-454-1333

METAIRIE 3201 RICHLAND AVENUE 1/2 Block off Vets * by Paretti Jaguar 1 Bed * Prkg * Pool * Rent $675/mo 504-320-6958 * 504-454-1333

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Advertising Dates: June 22, 29 and July 6, 2026 NOCP 9107

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

10,000 Apt Homes and 75 Locations with Studio, 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms Pools, Access Gates, Garages (504) 360-9347

CEMETERY PLOTS Westlawn Cemetery Mausoleum, in the Chapel. Corr IV, Tier A, holds 6 interments $17,500. 504-259-0505

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NEW ORLEANS EAST 8501 Gervais St, Nice 3Br/2Ba Dbl, $1400/m Txt & Call (504) 710-5952

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RFx No. 3000026351, State Chemical BN Janitorial Chem. - SW, 7/21/26 RFx No. 3000026433, Armed Security Guard Services – DCFS, 7/21/26 RFx No. 3000026404, Live Triploid Grass Carp for LDWF, 7/22/26 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 193168-jul 6-1t $13.48 PUBLIC NOTICE --School Food and Nutrition Services of New Orleans, Inc. Invitation to Bid Large Kitchen Equipment Bid 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.

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‐ l iddi l

Public Notices Bids/Proposals g 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 --SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TM1789-Water Transmission Main Replacements SOLICITATION NO.

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2026-SWB-40 The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is requesting bids for TM1789 Water Transmis‐ sion Main Replacements throughout New Orleans and surrounding areas.

Bid Documents and pro‐ posal forms are available for download on July 6, 2026, at the following websites: SWBNO: https://www2.swbno. org/business_bidspecific ations.asp LAPAC: https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/dspBid.cfm?sea rch=department& term=181 A NON- MANDATORY prebid conference will be held on July 15, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. CDT at the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans’ Carrollton Water Purifi‐ cation Plant Engineering Building, 2nd Floor Audi‐ torium, located at 8800 S. Claiborne Ave., New Or‐ leans, Louisiana, 70118 or if you are unable to at‐ tend this in-person meet‐ ing, you can also join via teleconference call: Microsoft Teams Join: https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/23197517551 953?p=l5VK5IY51XGU27o TlV Meeting ID: 231 975 175 519 53 Passcode: 6uq9Kj9X Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698,, 727225156# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 727 225 156# All inquiries shall be di‐ rected to Kimberly kbarnes@ Barnes, at swbno.org. The deadline for inquiries is on July 21, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. CDT. Bids are due on August 04, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Any Bids received after the specified time will be re‐ j d

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Bids will then be publicly opened and read on Au‐ gust 04, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. at Sewerage and Water Board of New Or‐ leans, 625 St. Joseph Street, Purchasing Con‐ ference Room 131, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Microsoft Teams Join: https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/26765636853 1401?p=KwH9RV4qybB kZZyUhg Meeting ID: 267 656 368 531 401 Passcode: Sy7F4x89 Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698,, 40709257# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 407 092 57# LATE BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 193041-jul 6-13-20-3t $143.41 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --CLERK’S OFFICE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS NOTICE OF INTENTION TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Public Notice is hereby given that Ordinance bearing Calendar No. 35,478 was introduced to the Council of the City of New Orleans on June 24, 2026 and was published in full in the Official Jour‐ nal thereof, being The Advocate / The New Or‐ leans Times Picayune, on Friday, July 3, 2026, and may be seen therein and in the Office of the Clerk of Council, in the City Hall. The Council will consider the final adop‐ tion of said Ordinance at the regular meeting thereof on July 23, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Said Ordi‐ nance would grant a nonexclusive wireless fran‐ chise to SQF, LLC DBA VERTA to construct, maintain, operate, and authorize new wireless facilities on and under the public rights-of-way within the corporate lim‐ its of the City of New Or‐ leans, with locations subject to the approval of the Grantor, to provide for annual payments, and the furnishing of a surety bond.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL

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NOTICE Attached is a summary of the filing submitted to the Council of the City of New Orleans (“Council”) on June 30, 2026, in connection with Council Docket No. UD-17-03 and Council Docket No. UD18-07. The cover sheet summarizes the filing and attached to the cover sheet summary is a copy of the filing so that anyone who wishes to may review it and may make a copy, at that person’s expense. A copy of this notice, the Summary, and the filing is to be located at the main branch and every satellite branch of the New Orleans Public Library and also at the Entergy New Orleans, LLC Customer Care Centers. A copy will also be available at the office of the Clerk of Council of the City of New Orleans.

SUMMARY OF ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, LLC’S FILING UPDATING ITS ENERGY EFFICIENCY COST RECOVERY RIDER On June 30, 2026, Entergy New Orleans, LLC (“ENO”) submitted a filing containing the updated Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Rider (“Rider EECR”) consistent with Resolution Nos. R-19-457, R-20-51, and R-20-67 approved by the Council of the City of New Orleans. The estimated net effects of this updated Rider EECR on customers’ typical monthly electric bills are shown below.

Estimated Typical Monthly Electric Bill Customer Type

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Demand (kW)

Present Rate

Proposed Rate

Difference

Residential Legacy Residential Algiers Small Electric Legacy Small Electric Algiers Large Electric Large Electric Algiers

1,000 1,000 9,125 9,125 91,250 91,250

50 50 250 250

$144.64 $140.21 $1,452.41 $1,407.95 $10,532.98 $10,210.54

$145.47 $141.02 $1,483.81 $1,438.39 $10,836.47 $10,504.74

$0.84 $0.81 $31.40 $30.44 $303.49 $294.20

The revised EECR shall be implemented for bills rendered on and after the first billing cycle of January 2027.

Written comments should be filed with the City Council Utilities Regulatory Office - City Hall, Room 6E07, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112. Phone (504) 658-1110 for more information.

ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, LLC

NEW ORLEANS HOUSING INVESTMENT PROGRAM (NOHIP) REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS TO DEVELOP SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON SCATTERED SITES ON BEHALF OF THE NEW ORLEANS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND NEW ORLEANS REDEVELOPMENT UNLIMITED, INC. The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and New Orleans Redevelopment Unlimited, Inc. (NORU) are requesting applications from developers seeking to purchase lots owned by NORA and seeking financing from NORU to support the redevelopment of those properties.

An informational meeting will be held online via Zoom, on Tuesday, July 22, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. (CDT). Respondents are encouraged to attend this meeting, during which time NORA staff will discuss the application process, review program requirements, and answer questions.

Applicants are required to register and complete the full application electronically through NORA’s grants management software system.

NORA will not accept hard copy submissions at this time.

The application period opens on Monday, July 6, 2026. All applications must be submitted electronically through NORA’s WebGrants Portal no later than THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026, at 4:00 P.M. (CDT).

Copies of the “Guidelines and Application”, including detailed instructions and information regarding the meeting, may be accessed at https://noraworks.org or by contacting Audrey Plessy, Procurement Manager, at (504) 658-4400 or email at Audrey.Plessy@nola.gov.

Important Note: Please read and complete the entire application.

All applications must be complete at the time of submission to be considered. Missing items or information may result in disqualification.

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p and (e) 3623 Third Street, designated as lot G in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District (col‐ lectively, the “NORA Properties”); authorizing the transfer of the land and improvements com‐ prising 2021 Danneel Street, designated as Lot A1 in square 293 of the Fourth Municipal District (the “City Property”).

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: July 6 and 13, 2026 NOCP 9141 193197-jul 6-13-2t $38.52 PUBLIC NOTICE --CLERK’S OFFICE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS NOTICE OF INTENTION

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ORLEANS, IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN GEN‐ TILLY PARK SUBDIVISION, WHICH SAID LOT, AC‐ CORDING TO A SURVEY

BY WILLIAM CASE, SUR‐ VEYOR DATED AUGUST 14, 1950, A PRINT WHEREOF IS ATTACHED TO ACT PASSED BEFORE LEONARD 11. ROSENSON, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATED SEPTEMBER 11. 1950. IS DESIGNATED AS LOT “II” IN BLOCK “E” BOUNDED

BY WALLACE DRIVE, MANDOLIN AND ST. AN‐ THONY STREETS AND THE EASTERLY LINE OF THE SUBDIVISION SAID LOT “II” COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 294 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF WALLACE DRIVE AND ST. ANTHONY STREET AND MEASURES THENCE 42 FEET FRONT ON WALLACE DRIVE SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF THE SUBDIVI-SION, BY A DEPTH OF 125 FEET BE‐ TWEEN EQUAL AND PAR‐ ALLEL LINES AND IS COMPOSED OF 21 FEET OF ORIGINAL LOT 8 AND THE ADJOINING 21 FEET OF ORIGINAL LOT 7 ALI AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SURVEY MADE BY GILBERT. KELLY & COU‐ TURIE S. & E., DATED JULY 12, 1969, EXCEPT THAT ST. ANTHONY STREET IS NOW PELOPIDAS STREET. IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR THE MU‐ NICIPAL NO. 315 WAL‐ LACE STREET. Which has the address of 315 Wal‐ lace Drive, New Orleans, LA 70122. Anyone know‐ ing the whereabouts of the persons or heirs of the persons listed above and anyone claiming an interest in the property should contact the office of Graham, Arceneaux & Allen, LLC, 3850 N. Cause‐ way Blvd., Suite 1695, Metairie, LA 70002, 504522-8256.

health, as well as in-pa‐ tient services for the Greater New Orleans Area (Eastbank and Westbank) catchment area. Further information and proposal documents may be obtained elec‐ tronically by download‐ ing the Request for Pro‐ posals (RFP) documents located on the LAEP web‐ page:

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Publication Dates: July 3, 6 and 13, 2026 NOCP 9133

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Public Notice is hereby given that Ordinance bearing Calendar No. 35,479 was introduced to the Council of the City of New Orleans on June 24, 2026 and was published in full in the Official Jour‐ nal thereof, being The Advocate | The New Or‐ leans Times Picayune, on Friday, July 3, 2026, and may be seen therein and in the Office of the Clerk of Council, in the City Hall. The Council will consider the final adop‐ tion of said Ordinance at the regular meeting thereof on July 23, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Said Ordi‐ nance would authorize the acquisition by the City of New Orleans (City) from the New Or‐ leans Redevelopment Au‐ thority (NORA) of (a) 900 Elmira Avenue, desig‐ nated as the front por‐ tions of lots 19 & 20 in square 260 of the Fifth Municipal District; (b) 909-15 Homer Street, des‐ ignated as the rear por‐ tions of lots 19 & 20 in square 260 of the Fifth Municipal District; (c) 3617 Third Street, desig‐ nated as part of lot 15 in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District; (d) 3621 Third Street, desig‐ nated as lots B, C, E, & F in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District; d( ) hi d

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PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE – WHEREABOUTS AD Secretary of Housing and Urban Development VER‐ SUS Gloria Flot and An‐ thony Joseph Flot. Please take notice that on June 22, 2026 a Notice of De‐ fault and Foreclosure Sale was recorded at As Instrument No. 202619395, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban De‐ velopment. The above captioned matter is an action by the United States Secretary of Hous‐ ing and Urban Develop‐ ment affecting the prop‐ erty description de‐ scribed below: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVE-MENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF

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RFP documents will be available electronically beginning June 16, 2026.

Proposals are due to the United States Probation Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 500 Poydras Street, Rm. B505, New Orleans, LA 70130 by 5:00p.m., on July 31, 2026.

188896-jun 22-july 1-6-1317-21-6t $686.02 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY CONSTABLE JU‐ DICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THAT PORTION OF GROUND, BEARING MU‐ NICIPAL 13130 Maple‐ wood Dr.., this city, in the matter entitled PRIME IMPORTS COMPANY, INC. vs AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIALIST GROUP, LLC;

g y enue, in the First District of the City on Wednes‐ day, July 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the follow‐ ing described property to wit: Municipal No. 13130 Maplewood Dr. New Orleans, La 70129 District: Third Municipal Square: 1 Lot(s) 17 Subdivision: Maple Ridge COI 2674175 WRIT AMOUNT: $12,600.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS-CASH. The pur‐ chaser at the moment of adjudication to make a deposit of ten percent of the purchase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.(unless cash on spot) Note: All deposits must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order; No Per‐ sonal Checks.

Atty: Irl Silverstein 504-362-3692 TP/Advocate, Date(s) : June 15, 2026 July 6, 2026 La. Weekly Date(s): June 15, 2026 July 6,2026 Lambert C. Boissiere, Jr Constable, Parish of Orleans 191053 June 15, July 6, 2026 2t $79.67 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

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Public Notice Treatment Solicitations The United States Proba‐ tion Office for the East‐ ern District of Louisiana (LEAP) is currently ac‐ cepting Request for Pro‐ posals (RFP) for treat‐ ment services, for sub‐ stance abuse, mental

By virtue of a writ of Seizure and Sale to me directed by the Honor‐ able The First City Court for the City of New Or‐ leans, in the above enti‐ tled cause, I will proceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Av‐ i h i i i

SALE BY CONSTABLE JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THAT PORTION OF GROUND, BEARING MU‐ NICIPAL 7444 St. Charles Ave., this city, in the mat‐ ter entitled 7444 ST. CHARLES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION VS. SONYA

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First City Court for The City of New Orleans Case No: 2025-08191 By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me directed by the Honorable The First City Court for the City of New Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will proceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First District of the City on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following de‐ scribed property to wit: Undivided 99% Interest of Sonya David Municipal No. 7444 ST. CHARLES AVE. UNIT 109 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 District: Seventh Munici‐ pal District Square: 61 Lots D and E-1 Acquired: CIN 56967, 03/18/19 WRIT AMOUNT: $2810.91 Seized in the above suit, TERMS-CASH. The pur‐ chaser at the moment of adjudication to make a deposit of ten percent of the purchase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: All deposits must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order; No Per‐ sonal Checks.

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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‐ li i

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