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Todd Graves doesn’t consider himself a celebrity. At least, not the red carpet kind. “A chicken finger celebrity,” the Raising Cane’s founder joked as he stood in the doorway of his office outside the Mothership, the nickname for the original Raising Cane’s restaurant near the North Gates of LSU. Graves detailed the rise of the business, from concept to globalization, during a media event Tuesday morning celebrating the company’s 30th anniversary. Alongside Graves him were his wife, Gwen, and children Sophia and Charlie, all of whom work in some capacity in the family business. His children will be tasked with carrying on the Cane’s legacy in the future, Graves said. Though he doesn’t outright consider himself a celebrity, the room at the Mothership said otherwise. Influencers, TV stations and press filled the space, some traveling from as far as Hollywood and New York to learn the tale of how a Louisiana man grew a chicken finger empire. Cane’s staff, wearing black clothing with the bright red Cane’s logo, STAFF PHoToS By MICHAEL JoHnSon

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Elliot Colvin, the longest-serving member of the Richland Parish Police Jury, responds to an infrastructure issue concerning Meta’s data center while he and his farm crew harvest a field in Rayville on Aug. 4. BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer

Cecil Reddick dealt with the typical constituent requests after he was elected to the Richland Parish Police Jury in rural northeast Louisiana: repair roads, upgrade drainage and demolish dams built by beavers that were now ﬂooding roadside ditches. Then, in late 2024, Gov. Jeff Landry and executives with Meta announced shocking news: the Californiabased company planned to build a massive data center to power artificial intelligence computing, in fields where corn, rice, cotton and soybeans were grown. Now, residents constantly seek out Reddick, the Police Jury president, approaching him at the local Walmart or interrupting his meal at Wafﬂe House. “My phone never quits ringing,” Reddick said during a recent interview, adding that he’s happy to help. It’s constituents with the normal calls, but also people

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Richland Parish Police Jury President Cecil Reddick said he is frequently contacted by residents with questions about the data center plans. asking about the Police Jury’s decision to impose a moratorium on new RV parks to house an army of construction workers. Calls also come from reporters, the governor’s office and out-of-town investors enticed by the prospect of earning big money from skyrocketing land values.

“This is all new to us,” Reddick said. “We’re learning as we go.” The creation of what Meta now says will be a $50 billion investment has upended the lives of the nine police jurors who each receive $1,600 per month to represent about 1,500 people apiece in a parish where life for decades

has centered around the farmland crops. Most of the police jurors are farmers accustomed to the slow pace of life in a parish that has had no need for zoning laws. None of the four jurors interviewed for this article have a college degree, but they have Ph.D.s in life experiences. Interstate 20 bisects Richland Parish, but until recently, only a handful of passing drivers had a reason to stop in either of the parish’s two towns, Delhi (population: 2,500) and Rayville, the parish seat (population: 3,200). The parish has been steadily losing population since it peaked with 26,000 residents in 1940. The 2025 estimate: 19,500. Local ofﬁcials believe that the influx of investment and workers now swells the parish’s population by about 8,000, or nearly 50%, each workday. Locals now complain about trafﬁc jams on Interstate 20 and U.S. 80, which runs parallel a

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their ﬁrst military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in ﬁghting during an intermittent CO ONFLICT war that has lasted more In THE T than six months. Iran swiftly MI IDDLE vowed to retaliate for what it EAST AST called a deadly attack. Forces with the Revolutionary Guard Corps were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait, according to Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. military last week completed clearing sea mines from the strait’s international shipping routes.

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A South Carolina police officer died and a second was injured in a gunfight Saturday in a park following a call about a domestic dispute, the police chief in Columbia said. The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, also died, Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said at a news conference in the capital city. The deceased officer, 29-yearold Christopher DeLong, had been with the police department for two years and leaves behind a wife and two young children, Holbrook said. “Our hearts are broken this evening,” he said, appearing choked up at times. DeLong’s wife, in a social media post, praised her husband as the “best dad to our babies” and said she was “living a nightmare.” After a Saturday night news conference, Holbrook and other law enforcement officials joined in a procession from the hospital. The second officer, David Dymock, was in stable condition, the chief said. “I hope that our officers know that they’re not alone in this. We will lean on each other in this tragic time,” Holbrook said. “Let’s pray for this department.”

Hundreds attend funeral in Haiti for attack victims

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hundreds of people crowded into a church near Haiti’s capital on Sunday for the funeral of four of the 47 people killed in a recent gang attack so brutal that it shook a country that has long struggled with violence. Mourners wiped away tears, raised their hands and cried out as cofﬁns arrived at a church in the farming community of Kenscoff. “We thank everyone who came in solidarity with the families that died and those who lost their loved ones,” Pastor Jean Robert Dorlus said. “God will open a space to receive them.” Inside the church, people swayed to gospel music. Some wailed as their shoulders shook. The church was so packed that dozens had to stand outside, peering through the windows, as they honored those being laid to rest: a mother, father and their son, and a 70-year-old man whose body had been set on ﬁre by the gang members. “I’ve known them for a long time,” said Yvon Marleus, a Kenscoff resident who lost a cousin in the attack. “These are people who are respected in the community.” Gangs abducted more than 50 people during the attack, although they recently released six children and seven women following an intervention by community leaders and UNICEF.

1 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Swiss rave

GENEVA — A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau left one person dead and five injured early Sunday, local police and media reported. Police said they are still looking for potentially more than one suspect. Aargau cantonal police wrote earlier on X that a 22-year-old woman died of injuries at the scene. Four men and one woman, between 24 and 27 years old, were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from minor to severe. All of the victims are residents of Switzerland, police said. They did not release their names in line with Swiss privacy rules. However, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday evening identified the woman who was killed and two other victims as Italian citizens. “I express my deepest condolences for the death of Maria Spinelli, the young Italian woman who was a victim of the tragic shooting in Aarau, Switzerland,” she wrote on X, identifying the dead woman by name. “My thoughts also go to the other injured individuals, among whom there are two Italian citizens, and to all the people involved in this dramatic event,” she said, adding that she trusts “the work of the Swiss authorities to shed full light on what happened and identify those responsible.”

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BY VICTORIA MILKO and NIRANJAN SHRESTHA Associated Press

DHADING, Nepal — Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet. The latest warnings came after Chinese authorities informed their Nepalese counterparts of increased water flow upstream, according to Dharam Raj Uprety, chief executive of Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. The Chinese state news agency Xinhua, citing the country’s water resources ministry, said a new lake formed after Wednesday’s floods high in the mountains had largely drained. But Xinhua said the ministry warned that a crater

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A resident looks at the swollen Trishuli River on Sunday in Galchhi, dhading district, nepal. located 3.5 miles upstream, which held an estimated 1.4 million cubic meters of water, still posed some risk and required close monitoring. Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Chinese side of the border. The missing include hundreds of people from over a dozen countries who were in the region to work, visit the mountains or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. On Sunday, Chinese state media said 261 foreigners were miss-

ing in Tibet, including over a hundred Nepalis and others from around the world. In Dhading, one of the worst-hit regions in Nepal, some residents began returning to ruined homes to see what can be salvaged. Residents sat in homes with walls washed away by the floods, shoveling sludge-like mud and rubble off balconies or window frames. Others scanned the ground for items they could pick out of the mud and rinse off. One man had returned for his chickens, which he found alive. He tied them up and put them in the cabin of his truck. “Everything is ﬁnished. Nothing is left. Not even

our home,” Sharmila Tamang, a Dhading resident who was trying to salvage items from her home, told The Associated Press. At a key power plant that was severely damaged by the ﬂoods, workers started inspecting the facilities Sunday to survey the destruction. The plant serves over 20,000 people across four districts. In the town of Galchhi, a group of residents sought higher ground on a nearby bridge and watched as the river roared by. Some pointed to enormous rocks washed downriver during the earlier floods, while others standing on a suspension bridge were

warned off with whistles. Along the river, homes, vehicles and farm tractors could be seen jutting from the thick gray-brown sediment that enveloped entire villages in some areas. Parts of rice terraces along the riverside had dropped into the river after landslides hit them. Homes and businesses left intact after the flooding were still without electricity on Sunday, as twisted power line poles and wires lay tangled in the mud. Residents of flood-hit villages said they were struggling to make sense of near-constant alarms they’ve received since the initial floods. “Sometimes they say a flood is coming, then we have to run again to higher ground, even at night. There is also rain,” said Govind Shreshta, a resident. “It’s really difficult for me. I have a 72-year-old father and 70-year-old mom. I must carry them and I am exhausted. It’s going on like this for those who are still alive.” Large concrete and smaller suspension bridges were destroyed, leaving communities on the other side of the river with less easy access. “Those who are there are now stuck there. Those who are here are stuck here. It’s going to be very difficult,” said Sattan Singh Tamang, 47, who was working near a bridge when Wednesday’s floods came.

Iceland votes down proposal to restart EU bid BY KWIYEON HA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland’s voters rejected restarting negotiations to join the European Union in a referendum that pitted concerns about geopolitical stability against keeping national control of Iceland’s prized fisheries, officials said Sunday. Opponents defeated the measure by a margin of 52.8% to 47.2%, the National Electoral Commission said. The result puts the divisive issue to rest for now — more than a decade after a euroskeptic government ended EU talks that had begun after the 2008 financial crisis. The vote Saturday was held in the shadow of repeated threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to take control of nearby Greenland. Although Iceland is a NATO member, supporters said European solidarity would provide greater protection if Trump ever made similar threats toward the volca-

to change in the next 24 months for this to be at the top of the agenda.” Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, leader of the opposition Independence Party who opposed the measure, said the result is a blow to the government but not European relations. “The best way to heal the wounds is for the government to listen to the conclusion and put this path aside,” she told RUV, the national ASSoCIATEd PRESS PHoTo By MARCo dI MARCo broadcaster. “Because we Leaders of the campaign against a proposal for Iceland want to remain in close with the European to restart negotiations to join the European Union react contact Union, Europe and as many to results on Saturday during an election night gathering other countries as possible,

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nic island. Iceland’s left-leaning coalition government, elected in 2024, moved up the EU referendum it had planned for next year after Trump mistakenly named Iceland four times while speaking about his designs on Greenland. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir said she did not see the loss as a setback for her coalition government but

as a win for democracy as more than 82% of the eligible 270,000 voters cast ballots. She said she would respect the result but would not rule out a future attempt to reopen the issue. “Things happened in the past couple of years, though, that I could not have predicted,” she said. “But this government will not go forward with it. And something big has

Dozens of people evacuated from Grand Canyon after flash flood BY JAMIE STENGLE and FELICIA FONSECA

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A major flash flood at the Grand Canyon forced the evacuation of dozens of people and swept large boulders, metal structures and other debris into the Colorado River that runs through it, the National Park Service said. The flooding in Bright Angel Creek, which ﬂows into the river, happened Saturday afternoon and has left the park service seeking information about 15 people who may be missing or unaccounted for. Torrents of water wiped out footbridges over the creek and signiﬁcantly altered the landscape, widening the creek bed and creating what appeared to

be a new river rapid. As the park service tries to account for everyone in the area, it is asking asked anyone with details about people hiking or camping there to get in touch. It said it was working with the Arizona Department of Public Safety to continue evacuations Sunday. “This is a reminder of what a dynamic and active landscape Grand Canyon is,” said Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University. Popular tourist spots including the Bright Angel Campground, Phantom Ranch and parts of the North Kaibab trail remained closed on Sunday while park officials surveyed the damage, the park said. Rafting trips on the Colorado River also have been halted for now.

More than 60 people were evacuated from Phantom Ranch, which has a historic canteen and dorms, and is a common spot for rafters to get off and on the river. No injuries have been reported. Erica Viola said she was at Bright Angel Campground when the rain started Saturday afternoon, and she and about 50 other hikers watched the creek rise and then debris start to ﬂow by, including what looked like a bunkhouse. The group was taken by helicopter to safety, ending her adventure two days early, she said. About half an inch to 1 inch of rain fell within about 30 minutes in the rocky area where there’s a steep drop in elevation, said National Weather Service meteorologist Justin Johndrow in Flagstaff.

the nation is sending a clear message that we intend to steer that course ourselves.” Voters faced a simple yes-or-no question: Should Iceland resume accession negotiations with the European Union? The capital of Reykjavik was the only area in the island nation of 400,000 people where a majority supported the referendum. The inﬂuential ﬁshing industry led opposition to the referendum over fears the bloc’s common fisheries policy would open its waters to Spanish, Dutch and other trawlers.

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — President Donald Trump’s administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week as it intensiﬁes efforts to economically isolate Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press on Sunday. “This is going to be ﬁnancial violence if we have to,” Bessent said in the interview. “We are showing people that we know who you are, you know who you are, and this has got to stop.” Bessent spoke with the AP ahead of Group of 20 meetings in Asheville, North Carolina, where he will huddle individually with his counterparts from the world’s major and developing economies to encourage cooperation against Iran. He said he plans to focus on encouraging economic growth in his meetings, which are taking place as he

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faces scrutiny for an unusual bond buyback program and his approach to $40 trillion in U.S. debt, and he defended the Treasury’s decision to exclude certain reporters from covering the event. Bessent did not name the bank that would face sanctions this week. His comments come after the Trump administration signaled that it would shift from military strikes to economic pressure during a war that recently reached the six-month mark, promising what it called an “economic D-Day” against a country that has already weathered decades of punishing sanctions.

day, which would, if ﬁnalized, sever the Emirati branches of Banque Misr, Egypt’s second-largest bank, from access to the U.S. financial system. In stopping short of imposing sanctions on the Egyptian bank, the Republican administration appeared to be signaling its reluctance to penalize major trading partners that do business with Iran, including China and India.

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tween the U.S. and Iran flared on Sunday. U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month, breaking a lull in fighting. Iran vowed to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack. In addition, the administration has mostly relied on warnings rather than new sanctions against Iran’s trading partners. There’s also the

question of how Trump will handle China, which is Iran’s biggest trading partner and leading buyer of its oil. Bessent told the AP he would speak to his Chinese counterparts at the G20 meeting and “all options are on the table” in terms of sanctioning Beijing for its continued purchases. But he rejected the idea that the administration was

reluctant to confront China, calling it “a completely false narrative that the media picked up on.” He insisted that China and the U.S. agree on the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Treasury’s first official action in this campaign of economic pressure was a proposed rulemaking on Fri-

The Treasury barred certain reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News from covering the G20 meetings. The Times said it was “not just another disturbing effort by the administration to undermine independent journalism, but a blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny.” Treasury ofﬁcials have not explained their decision. Bessent defended the exclusion by telling the AP that “it has nothing to do with point of view.”

Bond market Bessent said he wanted to

focus on growth at the summit with his counterparts. “The world has this mountain of debt, and we do have to grow our way out of it because you know there are many countries that have very large budget deficits, but they also have zero growth,” he said. Bessent surprised financial markets earlier this month with an unusual intervention into the bond market that sparked criticism that the administration has not done enough to address fiscal issues. The move – which occurred on the same day the U.S. debt topped $40 trillion — was seen as a way to try to put a cap on rising bond yields, which have pushed up borrowing costs for consumers. Some of the sharpest criticism came from Stan Druckenmiller, CEO of Duquesne Family Office LLC — a former boss of Bessent’s in the 1990s — who wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the Treasury Department was on “the wrong side of that trade” and needed to do more to address the deficit.

8 suspended after probe into Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 newborns BY MUNIR AHMED Associated Press

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the space observatory Roman Telescope lifts off Sunday from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak aboard a triple-the-firepower Falcon Heavy rocket. Roman blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away that’s home to the Webb Space Telescope, one of NASA’s other big-ticket eyes in the sky. The bus-sized telescope — named after the late Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer — will take more than three months to reach its destination. Once there, it will cast the widest gaze yet on the hidden parts of the universe from space, uncovering the unimaginable with unsurpassed speed. “It’s going to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies and tens of billions of stars,” said NASA science mission director Nicky Fox. “It’s going to be able to do things that we’ve never been able to do before with its massive field of view.” Several minutes after the

thunderous launch from Kennedy Space Center, the rocket’s two reusable side boosters descended tail-ﬁrst in a thrilling scene, producing sharp sonic booms as they landed back at Cape Canaveral. Soon afterward, the telescope separated successfully from the rocket’s upper stage, drawing applause from ground controllers. Fox was in tears watching the action unfold. “It’s such a good day!” she said. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman was in the middle of a news conference a couple hours later, predicting that the Roman Space Telescope would soon become a household name, when his cellphone rang. President Donald Trump was on the line, offering congratulations. “Boy, it looked beautiful on television,” said Trump, fresh off his visit to Houston’s Johnson Space Center on Friday to honor the Artemis II moon crew. “You’re the hottest in space.” Roman’s field of view is more than 100 times wider than that of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, still churning out celestial glamour shots after 36 years in orbit. Webb joined the effort several years ago with an even

narrower yet spot-on vision capable of zooming in on objects almost as old as the universe-creating Big Bang. These three orbiting powerhouses will join forces — along with the European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft and the National Science Foundation’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile — to reveal some of the universe’s biggest secrets. Inside the countless galaxies awaiting discovery are stars with planets. Once these new worlds are spotted by Roman, the more powerful and sensitive Webb will take aim to fill in the blanks. “Roman’s vast reach will allow us to find the weird, the rare and the unusual,” senior project scientist Julie McEnery said on the eve of launch. “We’ll redefine what it means to find a needle in a haystack.” Perhaps even more important, astronomers expect Roman to shed light on the dark matter and dark energy that make up most of the universe yet remain concealed. Roman’s catalog of galaxies will help scientists ascertain how quickly the universe is expanding due to these puzzling, unseen forces.

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday ordered the suspension of eight officials and directed that criminal proceedings be initiated against those found responsible for a fire that killed 14 newborns at an Islamabad hospital, his office said. Sharif issued the orders after an investigative committee headed by retired senior civil servant Shahid Khan presented its interim report on Wednesday’s fire at the Pakistan Institute of

Medical Sciences, or PIMS, his office said in a statement. The fire was confined to a third-floor nursery but officials said it spread so quickly that staff were able to rescue only one baby from among the 15 being cared for there. The inquiry found that the nursery had no fire alarm or sprinkler system and that the hospital lacked detailed procedures and training for responding to fires and other emergencies, the statement said. The fire has intensified public anger, prompting grieving families and civil

society groups to demand accountability. “Those guilty of criminal negligence deserve no leniency,” Sharif was quoted as saying. He ordered departmental and criminal proceedings against those identiﬁed by the committee. The eight included the hospital’s executive director, two joint executive directors, the head of the neonatal department, two other doctors, the hospital’s assistant director for security and the head of the Capital Development Authority’s emergency services.

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Trump, however, is in no rush reported. came a week after The string of departures threatVacancies in inner nouncement Trump also tapped his Cabinet Leavitt — another one of Trump’s ens to create a vacuum in Trump’s to replace Leavitt, according to a most trusted advisers and fierc- inner circle and finding replace- person familiar with the matter. secretary, Will Scharf, to replace circle prompt concern est defenders — said she would ments won’t be easy. In the meantime, the White House Warrington as White House coun-

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President Donald Trump is entering a critical stretch of his second term with a slew of resignations among his senior staff, forcing him to rely on an even smaller circle of aides. Over the last month, Trump lost his chief spokesperson, his top legal adviser, a key national security adviser and his liaison to Capitol Hill. More senior officials are said to be weighing a potential exit over the next few months, according to people familiar with the matter. While staff departures are typical before midterm Leavitt elections, the departures of key aides such as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt this month took some in the White House by surprise, according to a person familiar with the matter. James Braid, White House director of legislative affairs and a longtime Trump aide, announced earlier this month his plans to quit in the coming weeks. Braid’s an-

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Continued from page 1A mile north. Sheriff’s deputies now try to keep trafﬁc moving along the two-lane highways that ring the data center, known as Hyperion. The residents and police jurors in Vermilion Parish — where SpaceX just announced plans to spend $100 billion to build a massive spaceport — are about to face many of the same issues. For as long as anyone can remember, Richland Parish has had only enough money to take care of basic needs. Now the police jurors have more than $20 million in the bank after sales tax collections nearly doubled in 2025. The sales tax jump provided more money than the parish had received over the previous 20 years combined, according to NELA Growth, which promotes investment in northeast Louisiana. “We’re having to learn how to spend it, so that we spend it in the right places to improve the parish,” said Jesse Lively, a police juror. “For the ﬁrst time ever, we hired an in-house engineer. He takes a lot of guessing out of what we normally do.” The police jurors have also had to learn to address issues involving variance requests, permit fees and step-backs from property lines. They have been grappling with such questions as whether Hyperion will leave the parish short of water (the police jurors say it won’t), will raise electricity bills (they say they don’t believe it will) and whether the new power plants will make too much noise. On that count, the police jurors want to require Entergy Louisiana to construct power plants that emit 50-60 decibels outside. Entergy favors an 85-decibel limit. “They have to do what we tell them,” Reddick said, while acknowledging that the Police Jury faces enormous pressure from Meta, Entergy Louisiana and Landry to not impede construction of the data center.

From rumors to rush hour Steve Adcock, 70, is a retired registered nurse who provided home hospice care at the end of his career. He lives on a farm. “I’m a Christian. I try to do service for the Lord,” he said as he dug into an order of fried catﬁsh at Big John’s Steak and Seafood, listed by tripadvisor.com as the best place to eat in Rayville. (Subway is No. 6, Waffle House is No. 7.) Adcock was elected to the Police Jury in November 2023. Months later, he was invited to a meeting in Monroe, a half hour away, with 15-20 people in attendance. He was not allowed to bring his cellphone into the meeting.

step down at the end of August. Their successors have not been announced. White House deputy national security adviser Andy Baker, who had been personally involved in negotiations with Iran, and White House Counsel David Warrington have also departed and were replaced by existing administration ofﬁcials. The senior staff exodus comes at an already tumultuous time for Trump, who is struggling with foreign and domestic challenges — including some of his own making. Republicans are facing the prospect of losing their congressional majorities in the November midterm elections, a result that could open his administration to subpoenas and investigations under a Democratic-led Congress. As he enters the last two years of his ﬁnal term, Trump faces historically low approval ratings, a shaky economy and an unpopular war in Iran that has roiled the global energy markets. He’s engaged in a fresh trade war with Canada and has lashed out at South Korea, another longtime U.S. ally.

“If your vetting process the first go-round mandates that you have to claim that the 2020 election was stolen, then the pool of candidates was probably already small and getting smaller now,” said Marc Short, who served in the first Trump administration. The administration expressed little outward concern over the outflow of aides. “This movement is bigger than any one staff member, and the president’s mission to make America greater than ever before will continue unabated,” said White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers. Still, the loss of some of Trump’s closest advisers has left the White House without a clear succession plan in key offices. Braid, whose job was to press congressional Republicans on the president’s legislative agenda, has lost much of his staff over the last six months, according to a person familiar with the matter. Though Leavitt plans to remain in Trump’s orbit, her absence in the communications office deprives the president of one of his most effective messengers to sell his domestic and foreign policies to skeptical voters.

is weighing a plan to again rotate Cabinet ofﬁcials through the briefing room as they did while she was on maternity leave earlier this year, the person said. “This also is, without question, the hardest time to hire into an administration,” said Lisa Camooso Miller, a former Republican National Committee communications director. “The real question is, who’s going to ﬁll these roles? Will they be the right people, and will they be people that the president listens to? It’s not so much about the vacancies, but who’s willing to go into the second two years of an administration that largely will face headwinds with a change in Congress.”

Post-midterm strategy The administration has announced some key moves to boost its political operation and strategy ahead of the midterms. In April, Trump announced deputy chief of staff James Blair would temporarily leave the White House to lead the president’s political operation. Earlier this summer, the White House brought back veteran advisers Jason Miller and Johnny DeStefano to focus on midterm messaging, Bloomberg previously

sel, partly in preparation for the onslaught of congressional investigations should Democrats take control of the House, according to a White House official. Scharf was part of Trump’s legal team during his four years out of office and was one of the president’s lawyers in the election obstruction case. Several other aides have left in recent months. Trump’s pardons attorney and staunch ally Ed Martin has announced his departure from the Justice Department. Abigail Jackson, a deputy White House spokeswoman, stepped down last month to take a job in the private sector. Emily Underwood, who worked under White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, left earlier this month to join a venture capital firm, according to a person familiar with her decision. Caleb Orr, a top adviser to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is expected to replace her. The remaining team will have their work cut out for them. In addition to resolving conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, some within the party are pushing the White House for fresh economic plans, including further tax cuts to expand the president’s signature tax and spending law.

care of the problem? Colvin texted back that he would ask a parish employee to address it. The police jurors are negotiating a ticklish but bigdollar issue with Meta. The parish typically requires payment of 1% of the construction cost to obtain a permit to get started on any project. But Meta officials balked at paying 1% of the initial $10 billion construction cost as a permit fee. So instead of paying $100 million, Meta provided $10 million. The two sides are back at the negotiating table now after Meta announced plans to double the size of Hyperion. STAFF PHoTo By JILL PICKETT Reddick said he believes Work continues on the Meta Richland Parish data Center near Rayville on Aug. 3. that the two sides will settle on Meta paying a tenth of 1% for the next phase, which will generate at least another $10 million. “We’re committed to Richland Parish and to being a partner this community can count on for the long haul,” a Meta spokesperson said. “That commitment is already having a huge impact: more than $1 billion in local roads, water, and infrastructure, over $1.6 billion in work for Louisiana businesses, and resulting in historic teacher bonuses of up to $50,000 this year. We’re proud to call Richland Parish home.” Police jurors are also trySTAFF PHoTo By MICHAEL JoHnSon STAFF PHoTo By MICHAEL JoHnSon ing to better prepare themRichland Parish Police Jury member Steve Adcock, district 4, Richland Parish Police Jury President Cecil Reddick listens selves for what’s to come by listens to a report during a meeting on Aug. 3. to a report during a meeting in Rayville on Aug. 3. hiring a consulting firm to produce a report by the end of the year that could lead to Some business officials combine cutting corn, he fered. A farm is a beast. It sage. told the group that they rep- described himself as the will consume anything and A Meta official advised Richland Parish having its resented a big corporation kind of person who willingly everything you give it. Your him that a ditch alongside first zoning laws. “We’re coming into the that wanted to move into the takes on tasks. Married, with time, your body, your health, one of the two-lane highways area, on farmland in an un- three children and oversee- all your money. There’s al- around Hyperion now posed modern world,” Reddick incorporated area known as ing a full-time farming op- ways something that has to a safety problem and asked: said. Does the parish maintain the Holly Ridge. Adcock’s dis- eration, he also serves as a be tended to every day.” Colvin stopped talking. He ditches? If so, could Colvin Email Tyler Bridges at trict encompasses that area. deacon at his church and as “They said they would a member of the local water had to respond to a text mes- ask to have a worker take tbridges@theadvocate.com. have 300-500 full-time em- system board. 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Continued from page 1A spanned the room with video cameras. The first restaurant was a labor of love. Though Graves’ famed story of a bad grade for a chicken finger restaurant business plan is common business school lore, the toil goes beyond the written plan. Graves replaced the paneling of the dated building, once an Italian restaurant and before that, a bakery. He took a crowbar to the wall to expose the brick that was underneath. It was worth it, he said. The rent for the building was cheap as long as he fixed it up. Much of his equipment came from Office Depot. Baton Rouge is woven throughout Graves’ life: He met his wife at the popular Perkins Road overpass bar Ivar’s and describes himself as an LSU fanatic. He still makes trips to Superior Grill. Graves’ success — and fame — came face to face with the restaurant’s humble beginnings on Tuesday. Who would he want to play him in a film? His good friend Leonardo DiCaprio, he said. Cane III, the latest dog that inspired the name of the company, was on the floor next to Graves. She graced Vogue magazine’s Dogue series this summer, the latest in the brand’s intersection with the fashion industry, after hosting an event during New York Fashion Week. In December, Graves told The Advocate a dream collaboration of his would be with Louis Vuitton. In the next 30 years, he hopes the company’s finances become more liquid. Selling chicken fingers is a capitalintensive business, he said, but he wants to generate enough profit to give “billions” back to the community one day. His net worth is valued at $22 billion, making him the richest person in Louisiana and the 115th richest person in the world. “I’m still as actively involved as Cane’s since I was from day one, and it’s been amazing to see how it’s grown,” he told the crowd. He repeated his famous quote, “God made me good at chicken fingers to help people.”

International expansion By the end of the decade, Graves aims for Cane’s to become one of the top 10 restaurant chains in the United States. He plans to open 100 restaurants each year and gradually increase the annual rate over time. Recently, Cane’s has hopped across the pond and south of the border. The company aims to open its

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Continued from page 1A Semiofficial news outlets in Iran reported sounds of explosions near Larak island on the strait. The Guard in a statement carried by Iran’s state broadcaster noted “the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots.” Later, Iranian state television showed what it said were ballistic missiles being fired by Iran at U.S. bases in Jordan in response to the American strikes. Jordan’s armed forces said they intercepted eight missiles that penetrated the country’s airspace early Monday. A return to open conflict would be dangerous for the region, where Iran has targeted U.S. military bases and infrastructure in Gulf countries since the war began on Feb. 28. The last time the U.S. military confirmed targeting Iran was on July 29, when it announced a “heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets including coastal surveillance and defense sites. On Aug. 1, President Donald Trump said he would order the military to hold off on new strikes at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Raising Cane’s founder and owner Todd Graves recounts the making of the company, alongside his kids Sophia and Charlie and wife Gwen, at a 30th anniversary event inside the original store on Highland Road in Baton Rouge.

A cake designed by renowned chef duff Goldman is seen at the Raising Cane’s 30th anniversary celebration. STAFF PHoTo By IAnnE SALVoSA

On one of the tables in the original Cane’s restaurant on Tuesday stood a roughly 7-pound cake by renowned chef Duff Goldman. Edible recreations of prominent items in Cane’s history stacked on top of each other, starting from the bottom with Graves’ briefcase, a sockeye salmon and hard hat representing the ﬁshing and oil jobs that he took on

to raise money for the restaurant, a Cane’s combo, the number “30” in the exposed brick common in the stores and topped with a replica of the Mothership. Graves, surrounded by the crowd of inﬂuencers, reporters and staffers, gawked at the cake. “This is my baby,” he said of the Mothership replica. He led a tour of his old apartment adjacent to the restaurant, which he has turned into a limited popup museum chronicling the Cane’s story. Rows of plush puppies resembling Cane in different outﬁts, which the company sells and donates profits to animal welfare, sat side by side in a display case. The original business

plan for the restaurant — which he was going to name Folly’s Fingers — sits in a propped-open briefcase. The pop-up museum will be open for the next month. Above the museum is Graves’ former unit, which he decorated to replicate exactly how it was when he lived in it, complete with 1990s-era TVs and computers, an LSU basketball poster hanging above the bed and a copy of the ﬁrst article written about the company titled “Trio’s Raising Cane a hit in LSU area,” published in The Advocate, pinned to a bulletin board.

vessels passed through last week. But that’s a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that transited daily before the war began. Earlier on Sunday, a multinational coalition overseen by the U.S. Navy said commercial trafﬁc through the strait remained at “reduced

levels.” And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said no casualties or environmental

impact had been reported, and cited unspeciﬁed military authorities. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The U.S. military said that as of Sunday, it had redirected 83 commercial vessels and disabled three under its blockade of Iranian ports.

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Todd Graves opened the first Raising Cane’s restaurant in 1996. ﬁrst London location in Piccadilly Circus in March and spread throughout Europe from there. The restaurant will open in Monterrey, Mexico, soon with drive-thru restaurants and plans to later expand in the country. Graves will own the London restaurants but franchise the Mexico stores, staying consistent with the company’s past international expansion practices of partnering with local operating groups in certain countries where it may be more difficult to enter the market. Cane’s partnered with Alshaya Group to open

restaurants in Middle Eastern cities like Dubai and Kuwait City; they now have more than 50 locations in the region. Though the chain’s footprint is worldwide, Graves has been adamant about keeping close to his roots. He has maintained that the company’s headquarters will remain in Baton Rouge, with more than 100 satellite operations around the country, though various headwinds have consistently pushed businesses and residents out of the Pelican State. He said the people of Ba-

Economic pressure

Trump has consistently emphasized that the U.S. and Israel campaign has been devastating for Iran’s navy and air force. Iranian officials have said the country has suffered $270 billion in direct and indirect damage. Israeli military strikes in the ﬁrst weeks of the war wiped out much of the theocratic government’s leadership structure.

The attack comes just days after the Trump administration said it would turn its focus to increasing economic pressure — rather than military action — to try to end its war with Iran. The shifting strategy centers on threats to punish any country or entity that continues to conduct business with Tehran. Sunday’s attack was a “fatal mistake by the Trump regime during the economic war” and the enemy will pay the consequences militarily and economically, a Guard spokesperson, Gen. Hossein Mohebi, said in a statement carried by Iranian media. The U.S. turn to using sanctions came as the administration weighs diminished munitions stockpiles after months of war, sparking concerns that the prolonged conflict could undermine U.S. military readiness in other parts of the globe. As the conflict grinds on, Trump’s talk of ﬁnding a quick end to the war also appears to be fading. He stressed last week that he’s “not in a hurry” to get Iran back to the negotiating table, and he continues making the case that the Islamic Republic’s leadership is on the ropes. Appointments to Iran’s senior security leadership in the past month, however, have signaled Tehran’s defiance after weathering decades of sanctions as well as a lack of tolerance for dissent at home.

Iran leans on the strait But Iran has found leverage through its strikes against vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, where relatively few ships carrying oil and liquefied natural gas are risking passage. Iran still has enough drones and missiles to ﬁre at vessels transiting the waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil normally ﬂows. Crude oil prices rose Sunday in response to the U.S. attack. The price for a barrel of U.S. oil went up 1.8% to $84.94, while the price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 1.9% to $89.79. Tehran continues to assert that even after it works out a management plan for the strait with Oman, its neighbor on the other side of the waterway, the U.S. can’t use it until it fulfills its obligations under the memorandum of understanding the countries signed in mid-June. Trump has repeatedly declared that the “Strait of Hormuz is open,” saying 24

ton Rouge and the support they have given him keep him in the city. “This is where Cane and I reside,” he said.

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Attorney NDAs signed with Tesla, Oracle new confidential charged agreements released after records request in roof fraud scheme BY SAM KARLIN Staff writer

Law firm accused of taking money owed to homeowners

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

An attorney who worked with a Texas-based law firm accused of defrauding owners of homes damaged during Hurricane Ida was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans on Friday. Richard William Huye III, 34, was charged through a bill of information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Friday afternoon. The charge carries up to five years in prison. Huye was a managing partner at McClenny Moseley & Associates, a Houston-based law firm that filed thousands of hurricane damage lawsuits in Louisiana after Ida and was later accused of fraud over some of its practices. In 2023, Huye’s firm faced scrutiny in federal court and was the subject of a State Police probe. That year, Huye was also suspended from practicing law by the Louisiana Supreme Court, and the firm was fined $2 million by the Louisiana insurance commissioner. The 22-page bill of information alleges that, as part of a scheme to get money from insurance companies and homeowners, Huye fraudulently stated to various companies and courts that he and his firm represented owners of homes damaged by Hurricane Ida, when in fact they didn’t. The larger goal of the alleged conspiracy, which also involved Huye’s law firm and an unnamed co-conspirator, was to obtain at least $40 million in attorneys’ fees and other costs from hundreds of homeowners and insurers in the Eastern District of Louisiana, the charging document alleges. The document detailed the effects of the alleged fraud on eight homeowners, who did not receive money to repair their roofs or did not receive as much as they were owed after some of the money was used to cover unapproved attorney’s fees. Sean Toomey, a lawyer for Huye, declined to comment. The alleged scheme started with an Alabama roofing company that Huye and his firm allegedly persuaded to set up shop in Louisiana in 2022 after Hurricane Ida, under the false pretense that the company’s business model would work. The roofing company operated on a door-knocking business model, with representatives offering free roof inspections to homeowners affected by Hurricane Ida. The roofing company would offer to make repairs, and the homeowners just had to sign off on an “assignment of benefits” form, which allowed the company to speak directly with the insurance company to make claims. But many of the insurance policies in Louisiana did not allow such an assignment of benefits form, prosecutors said, and also, the homeowners didn’t know that the roofing company was using Huye’s law firm to handle the insurance claims. Huye’s law firm allegedly proceeded to contact the insurance companies in hundreds of letters, in which they pretended they were contacting the insurance companies on behalf of the homeowners. Huye allegedly signed off on letters on behalf of at least 865 homeowners in the Eastern District of Louisiana, the charging document said. In some cases, Huye’s firm then allegedly accepted from insurance companies thousands of dollars worth of settlement money that was actually owed to the homeowners, the document said.

Louisiana Economic Development this month signed nondisclosure agreements with Oracle and Tesla, among other companies, records show. It’s not clear what the state may be discussing with the companies. Their NDAs with the state are among hundreds that Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration has signed, some of which have led to announcements of economic development projects. SpaceX and Meta are among the companies the state negotiated with privately before inking deals for projects, with Meta building a massive data center in Richland Parish and an announcement last week that SpaceX is planning the world’s largest spaceport on the

Louisiana coast. The new NDAs were among several released Friday to The TimesPicayune | The Advocate through a public records request. Zurich U.S., which runs an annual golf tournament in New Orleans, and a Colorado company called Origen Carbon Solutions also signed recent NDAs with LED, the records showed. LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois said in a brief interview Friday that she could not comment on any potential project or negotiation. “Comments or stories about these kinds of projects in this phase put Louisiana at risk of losing those projects,” Bourgeois said. “I think it’s patently dangerous and uncompetitive for us as a state to be having these discussions in the press right now.” Landry has been adamant in defending the use of NDAs in economic development, insisting the state needs them to get a seat at the table and not to be outbid by other states. He’s said they are a critical tool for negotiating with companies.

“You think I want Texas to steal my thunder?” Landry said in a media gaggle after the SpaceX announcement last week. “You think I want other states to know what we’re working on?” Advocates for transparency have pushed back on them, arguing government officials should clue their constituents into deals that will affect them. “At some point, there should be a public process where these things get approved,” Steven Procopio, head of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, said. “But it’s a tradeoff.” A database maintained by The Times-Picayune | The Advocate shows Landry’s administration has signed over 300 NDAs since taking office. The NDAs span a range of companies, as well as state and local government officials. The majority of the state Senate has signed an NDA, as have several key House members. Oracle is among several tech giants spending big on data centers across the country. LED has also

signed NDAs with Google, Anthropic and Amazon, among others who are pursuing data centers. Landry and other top Republicans in Louisiana have welcomed data centers to the state, including the massive $50 billion data center by Meta in Richland Parish. Other companies are also building data centers in the Shreveport area, central Louisiana and the greater Baton Rouge region. Tesla is run by Elon Musk, the billionaire who also runs SpaceX. The Tesla ofﬁcial who signed was Joshua Wheeler, head of lithium and recycling at the company, though it’s not clear what the NDA is about. Tesla and Oracle didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. The Times-Picayune | The Advocate reported last week that a host of government ofﬁcials — including environmental regulators and state lawmakers — signed NDAs as part of the SpaceX deal Landry announced Tuesday. SpaceX is building a $100 billion spaceport in Vermilion Parish.

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A lift squeezes between windows for a worker on the backside of the Sterling Tiger Valley apartments along Burbank drive recently in Baton Rouge. The apartment complex is set to open in the fall of 2027.

EAST BATON ROUGE-AREA PERMITS A list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish government from Aug. 24-28.

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1544 HARDING BLVD.: interior remodel to 4,366-square-foot McDonald’s, including kitchen equipment upgrades, $80,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; owner, Jorge Martinez; contractor, Douglas Cook Enterprises. 10622 HILLBROOK AVE.: political sign; applicant, John Kay. 11744 HAYMARKET AVE.: commercial office space suite B; applicant and owner, Hailey Fisher. 11744 HAYMARKET AVE.: commercial office space suite A; applicant and owner, Hailey Fisher. 11331 OLD HAMMOND HWY.: name change for outpatient family medicine clinic; applicants, Orlando Raphael, Sifontes Aponte; owner, Marcela Jolivette. 9454 EL CAJON DRIVE: political sign; applicant and owner, C. Denise Marcelle. 7165 SCOBELL DRIVE: auto repair shop; applicant, Leroy Scales; owner, David Roppolo. 338 N. EUGENE ST.: political sign; applicant, Shashonnie Steward. 9544 FENWAY AVE.: office; applicant and owner, Jennifer Fitzgerald. 9405 INTERLINE AVE.: commercial office; applicant, Nathan Dronette; owner, Kipp Nelson. 124 W. CHIMES ST.: restaurant and bar; applicant, Stephen Lagarde; owner, Peter Losavio. 13111 PLANK ROAD, BAKER: construction of new extraction booth in a 7,330-square-foot facility, $100,000; applicant, Shawn Fisher; contractor, Cangelosi Ward General Contractors. 4242 HARDING BLVD.: shared coworking/meeting space for business owners and professionals, $79,495; applicant and owner, Joseph Robins; contractor, Scottmoore. 11315 FLORIDA BLVD.: turn a space into an ice cream shop, $5,500;

applicant, Elvin Do; owner, Jamie Peña. 1003 BOB PETTIT BLVD.: putting up a temporary tent in side parking lot; applicant, Casey Field. 8009 FLORIDA BLVD.: interior remodel to 3,863-square-foot McDonald’s, including kitchen equipment upgrades, $110,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; owner, Jorge Martinez; contractor, Douglas Cook Enterprises. 7519 CORPORATE BLVD.: wall sign, $2,000; applicant, Cody Jenkins; owner, Jordan Paul; contractor, Brightbox Wholesale Signage. 11744 HAYMARKET AVE.: commercial office space; applicant and owner, Hailey Fisher. 3538 COLE DRIVE: office for title company/law firm; applicant, Caroline Borck; owner, Nathan Borck. 905 N. 47TH ST.: applicant and owner, Cobei Hills. 4455 AMERICAN WAY: office space for engineering professionals; applicant, Katie Maier. 14013 FLORIDA BLVD.: metal warehouse addition to the back of car wash canopy, $10,000; applicant, Maishia Peralta; contractor, Ultimate Construction Group. 2025 STUART AVE.: new 18,005-square-foot gym for St. Aloysius Catholic School; applicant, Ritter Maher; owner, the Rev. Michael Alello; contractor, Arkel Constructors. 7519 CORPORATE BLVD.: interior improvement for a 6,017-squarefoot Jos. A. Bank store, $500,000; applicant, Amy Diekevers; contractor, GRB Service Systems. 6867 VAN GOGH AVE.: change in classification of 5,000-square-foot property from assembly space to office; applicant and owner, William Firnberg. 15254 OLD HAMMOND HWY.: space to hand make body care products for online sales; applicant and owner, Erica Simpson. 658 SPANISH TOWN ROAD: political sign permit; applicant, Toni Higginbotham. 600 E. POLK ST.: kitchen addition to convenience store, $23,000; appli-

cant, Yahya Hussein; owner, Omar Hussein. 13469 S. HARRELL’S FERRY ROAD: new 568-square-foot building to prepare brides for their weddings at The Gatehouse, $42,000; applicant, Kirk Edwards; owner, Christi Edwards; contractor, Buquet and LeBlanc. 13146 FLORIDA BLVD.: interior remodel to 4,675-square-foot McDonald’s, including kitchen equipment upgrades, $30,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; owner, Jorge Martinez; contractor, F. Baham Construction Co. 2220 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD.: interior remodel to 3,757-squarefoot McDonald’s, including kitchen equipment upgrades, $80,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; owner, Jorge Martinez; contractor, F. Baham Construction Co. 6401 BLUEBONNET BLVD.: wall sign, $3,000; applicant, Dee-dee Ockman; owner, Asherah Barnett; contractor, TTA Service. 10770 N. HARRELL’S FERRY ROAD: wall sign, $15,000; applicant, DeAnna Silliker; owner, Brandon Rivers; contractor, Signworx. 4417 JEFFREY DRIVE: wholesale supply business; applicant, Raj Patel; owner, Milan Chaniyara. 340 FLORIDA ST.: banquet hall for private events; applicant and owner, Colby Burrell.

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2934 MURPHY DRIVE: $1.2 million, 10,887 square feet; applicant, Mark Matthews; owner, John Engquist; contractor, Leblanc & Fresina Investments. 1746 VILLE MARIE ST.: $331,734, 4,253 square feet; applicant, Kristal Jarreau; owner, Level Construction; contractor, Level Construction & Development. 14314 FARRIS DRIVE: $239,460, 3,070 square feet; applicant, Kristal Jarreau; owner, Level Construction; contractor, Level Construction & Development. 1725 RUE DE GRAND: $620,000, 3,644 square feet; applicant, Philip Stagg; contractor, LaFosse Construction

Co. 18130 SMALLEN DRIVE, ZACHARY: $100,000, 2,336 square feet; applicant, Ron Mathis; owner, Nash Abraham; contractor, Cato Construction. 7451 KRISTENE AVE., ZACHARY: $100,000, 2,336 square feet; applicant, Ron Mathis; owner, Nash Abraham; contractor, Cato Construction. 18225 MARTHA DRIVE, ZACHARY: $100,000, 2,336 square feet; applicant, Ron Mathis; owner, Nash Abraham; contractor, Cato Construction. 4362 CAMARGUE AVE.: $332,850; applicant and owner, Brandon Dodson; contractor, AP Dodson. 705 CONNELL’S PARK LANE: $305,000, 2,329 square feet; applicant, Charles Blount; contractor, Blount Builders. 707 CONNELL’S PARK LANE: $305,000, 2,329 square feet; applicant, Charles Blount; contractor, Blount Builders. 713 CONNELL’S PARK LANE: $305,000, 2,329 square feet; applicant, Charles Blount; contractor, Blount Builders. 715 CONNELL’S PARK LANE: $305,000, 2,329 square feet; applicant, Charles Blount; contractor, Blount Builders. 723 CONNELL’S PARK LANE: $305,000, 2,329 square feet; applicant, Charles Blount; contractor, Blount Builders.

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Death toll rises to 38 in attack on Ukraine warehouse BY SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — The death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv, the war’s deadliest attack this year, rose to 38 with four people still missing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. The Friday night strike on the warehouse, which Ukrainian ofﬁcials said was storing ammunition, sparked massive explosions and ﬁres that swept through dozens of nearby homes and buildings in the village of Myla. The attack came as Russia has sharply intensified its air campaign recently in the 4½-year-old war, with air raid sirens wailing repeatedly and explosions and the rumble of air defenses resounding across Kyiv throughout the day. Emergency workers continued to extinguish fires and identify and neutralize explosives at the site, Zelenskyy said on social media. At least 52 people were injured, said Tymur Tkachenko, who heads the local regional military administration. On Saturday, Zelenskyy called the Myla attack “a terrible situation” and a consequence of “terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people.” He said an investigation was underway into why the ammunition came to be kept there. The escalation was a no-

table shift in tactics, putting more pressure on Ukraine’s already strained air defenses while keeping civilians on alert for hours. Previously, daytime attacks on the capital had been relatively rare. The Defense Ministry in Moscow said Sunday it is preparing “massive strikes” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. It described the planned strikes as retaliation for Kyiv’s drone campaign against Russian online retailers Wildberries and Ozon, as well as the country’s oil and gas sector. K r e m l i n s p o k e s p e rson Dmitry Peskov said large-scale strikes against Ukraine’s energy sector would be “an appropriate response” to what he called Ukraine’s “path of escalation” and targeting of Russia’s civilian economy. Peskov told Russian state TV that Moscow has been launching “fairly systematic” strikes on what he called Kyiv’s military and war-related infrastructure. In the latest attack Sunday, an Ozon logistics facility was struck and set ablaze by a Ukrainian drone in the Belgorod border region of Russia, with the company saying it feared that there were multiple injuries. Ukraine said it was attacking Wildberries — the country’s largest online retailer, similar to Amazon — because it sells dual-use goods that have aided the military, although the com-

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destroyed vehicles and debris are scattered Sunday in the village of Myla, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, a day after a Russian attack struck a warehouse. pany denies that. Ukrainian drones also have struck oil reﬁneries and other energy infrastructure, prompting an unprecedented fuel crisis in one of the world’s biggest energy producers. During the war’s previous winters, Russia systematically battered Ukraine’s power grid, depriving thousands of heat and light. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly warned that the coming winter may prove to be the most challenging since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022. Ukraine’s new Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara said the ministry has op-

tions for closing the $27 billion funding gap he inherited from his predecessor, including seeking more contributions from allies. Khmara made the remarks at his ﬁrst brieﬁng with reporters since taking the post Saturday. His appointment followed weeks of protests after Mykhailo Fedorov’s dismissal that sparked a military reset in Kyiv and culminated in a video in which Fedorov called for a new presidential election. Khmara’s comments were released for publication on Sunday. Khmara, a former special forces officer, takes over

as Kyiv’s war effort faces mounting financial pressures. He said a priority will be avoiding battleﬁeld shortages while ensuring soldiers are paid and other essential needs are met. The ministry is considering bringing forward part of a $104 billion European loan planned for next year, and has identified partners for separate talks on ﬁnancing specific defense needs, he said. “Ukraine will show its partners a clear vision and a clear plan,” he vowed, adding he planned to preserve much of the existing ministry team.

Also on Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces downed or neutralized almost 500 Ukrainian drones launched overnight. Russian and Ukrainian reports on Telegram claimed the drone strikes set fire to a major oil refinery in Kirishi, southeast of St. Petersburg. The facility is one of Russia’s largest refineries and the only one in the country’s northwest. Local Gov. Alexander Drozdenko reported only that a fire broke out “in Kirishi’s industrial zone” following the drone strikes. He said a total of 62 drones had been shot down over the surrounding region. Russian strikes on Kyiv on Saturday killed a 2-year-old girl and injured 12 others, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. In the village of Bilbasovka in eastern Ukraine, a 13-year-old and an adult died after Russian troops dropped bombs on private houses Sunday, according to local official Vadim Lyakh. A Ukrainian strike Sunday on a mine in Luhansk in Russian-held eastern Ukraine killed an employee, a Kremlin-installed local official said. According to regional head Leonid Pasechnik, five others were injured across the province. In Russia, Ukrainian drone strikes injured at least four people in the border regions of Kursk and Belgorod, local authorities said.

Venezuelan oil will be used to U.S. coaches Polish forces in refill US reserve, Trump says drone-focused military drill BY ARI NATTER

Bloomberg news (TnS) The U.S. plans to use its newfound assertion of control over billions of barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to reﬁll the nation’s depleted emergency reserve, President Donald Trump said Sunday. “One of the things I am going to do with the Venezuelan Oil is ﬁll up the Strategic National Reserves,” Trump

said in a Truth Social post, in which be blamed Joe Biden, his predecessor as president, for emptying the reserve. “The ‘topping out’ process will begin very shortly, and is a Gift from Venezuela to the People of the United States,” Trump said. The more than 700 millionbarrel U.S. reserve currently holds 289.7 million barrels of oil, or roughly 40% of its capacity, following massive

drawdowns by both Trump and Biden. Trump said Friday that the U.S. was taking control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven reserves in partnership with private businesses, a move that U.S. officials said would create the world’s second-largest private oil company by reserves and secure American petroleum supplies for decades to come.

Norwegians line up at memorials remembering late King Harald V By The Associated Press OSLO, Norway — Tens of thousands of Norwegians lined up Sunday in front of cathedrals and churches across the country for memorial services held for the late King Harald V, who died at 89. Harald passed away Friday and his son immediately became the new King Haakon VIII. Since Harald’s death, the royal family and the country have been in an official state of mourning. Norway’s royal palace said Sunday evening the funeral will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Mourners expressed their grief over the weekend by laying ﬂowers, writing cards and lighting candles in front of the royal palace in Oslo, where the cofﬁn arrived late Friday from the hospital. “This Sunday is different. His Majesty King Harald is dead. A family has lost their spouse, father, grandfather, father-in-law,” said Dean Pål Kristian Balstad as he opened the funeral service in Oslo Cathedral, Norway’s public broadcaster

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norway’s King Haakon arrives for a mourning service for King Harald V on Sunday in Asker church, Asker, norway. NRK reported. The royal family attended a service at Asker Church, southwest of Oslo. Some Norwegians decided to postpone celebrations such as weddings and baptisms until after the mourning period has passed, NRK reported. Harald’s son, the new king, eulogized Harald on Saturday night. He expressed his pain over the death of his beloved father and promised to lead the country with the same dedication.

“I’m going to miss him. I’ll miss his laughter. His goodnatured way of dealing with people and situations,” Haakon said in his ﬁrst speech as new king that was broadcast live on public television. Trying to hold back his tears, he vowed to give everything for the country as its king. “That means — in the ultimate sense — being willing to risk everything, even one’s life, for Norway’s freedom and independence,” Haakon said.

Police detain suspect after British woman fatally stabbed in Germany By The Associated Press BERLIN — A man suspected of fatally stabbing a 31-year-old British woman with a knife early Sunday morning in the southern German town of Rosenheim was detained, authorities said. The woman, who was attacked at the Rosenheim train station, was taken to a

nearby hospital where she died due to serious injuries, Rosenheim police said. Federal police officers, called to the scene, detained the suspect right after the stabbing. Police identified him as a 27-year-old German man from the nearby county of Fürstenfeldbruck. They did not release the names of the victim or the

suspect in line with German privacy rules and said they were still investigating the circumstances and motive behind the crime. They asked any witnesses to come forward and asked whether anybody had witnessed “an argument or a physical altercation” in the early hours of Saturday night into Sunday at the train station.

BY KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press

HOHENFELS, Germany — On a moonless and rainy night, a group of soldiers emerged from a ramshackle building meant to resemble a church. The alpine terrain loomed over them as they quietly set off for the tree line of the German countryside a short distance away. The soldiers are members of the Polish special forces and are taking part in an exercise designed only months ago that simulates moving through enemy lines, traversing miles of enemy territory and launching a drone strike on a key enemy location. Initially designed by the Army’s Green Berets for U.S. Special Forces, the exercise that began Friday is informed by and simulates many of the challenges that Ukrainian troops have experienced in their conﬂict with Russia. It is the first time a NATO ally like Poland has undertaken the training, and it comes at a time when tensions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and NATO countries have escalated. “We’re using lessons learned from Ukraine,” an Army Green Beret ofﬁcer assigned to the training complex said Thursday. “All of those effects that we’re seeing either Russia or Ukraine having to overcome — we’re doing our best to replicate.” The Associated Press received rare access to both the training ground and the troops conducting the exercise, which has only been conducted twice before, both times this year, by two different Green Beret teams. The drill highlights the focus that some parts of the U.S. military have on learning the latest techniques in drone warfare, pioneered by Ukraine during its 4½-year effort to repel Russian forces. It also shows how the U.S., its NATO allies and Ukraine are working together to counter the threat of possible further Russian action in coming years even as the Trump administration has warned of troop drawdowns in Europe. CIA Director John Ratcliffe went to Moscow this week to warn Russia not

to attack NATO countries, The Wall Street Journal reported. Russia has the appetite to conduct sabotage and cyberattacks against NATO countries, but Putin wants to avoid a direct confrontation, according to three Western ofﬁcials, who spoke Friday on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters. During the exercise in Germany, a senior enlisted soldier familiar with the training scenario at Joint Multinational Readiness Center Hohenfels — about an hour’s drive southeast from Nuremberg — said the plan is to run it several times a year. The officer said he expects most, if not all, of the 32 NATO nations to express interest in sending their troops to try the exercise. Both spoke on condition of anonymity in line with the U.S. military’s long-standing policy of not publicly identifying individual members of special forces units. The scenario, which runs for several days, takes place on a large, 1,100-square-mile plot of land nestled in the Bavarian countryside. Poland’s special forces will be expected to sneak past a U.S. Army airborne infantry unit, whose soldiers will play the enemy. The U.S. airborne infantry unit will parachute into the closed-off training area at the Army’s Hohenfels base and set themselves up into a front line. Assuming the Polish forces can make their way past the U.S. Army, they must then move north — through about 60 miles of German countryside — to another training area in the town of Grafenwoehr, where they are expected to destroy a simulated target.

In between lie German farms and villages, private and government cameras, as well as a city with a large population, all of which not only pose as obstacles but also create the potential for them to be spotted. The senior enlisted soldier said that in previous instances of the exercise, the Army Green Berets removed their uniforms “so they can blend in” before adding that “blend in also means don’t get seen by civilians.” German civilians in the area largely are not aware of the exercise and serve as a reasonable test of how well special forces can blend into the local population. If they fail, reports of suspicious people to police will make it back to the military, which will use them to pinpoint the team. “This is supposed to be Russia and you’re going to stand out in Russia,” the enlisted soldier added. Plus, the U.S. Army also will be looking for the Polish forces with drones of their own. If they’re spotted, “now you have the entire Russian arsenal coming at you,” the enlisted soldier said.

Funerals Today Brignac, Lucille

St. Joseph Catholic Church in French Settlement at noon.

Collins, John

Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge at 2pm.

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St. Francis de Sales Cathedral at 11:00am.

McComas, Cecile

St. Patrick Catholic Church, 12424 Brogdon Lane, Baton Rouge, LA at 11am.

Sullivan, Nellie

Charlet Funeral Home, Inc, Zachary at 12:30pm.

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Potholes, construction and lack of lanes make biking hazardous To ride a bike in Baton Rouge unfortunately feels like you are putting your life at risk. My husband and I just went biking to get coffee. To get to our desired location, we had to cross Lee Drive, with all its potholes, very little shoulder, and, of course, no bike lanes. As we approached the LSU Lakes, we had to take an alternative route because of the neverending dredging project and more recent road construction. Again, we had no bike paths. Thankfully, we were aware of the risks and challenges ahead of us before leaving home, and we chose to ride mountain bikes, which can endure the bumps and are capable of navigating off-road when necessary. Many other cities in this country and abroad have worked diligently to encourage people to bike and walk by providing safe bike lanes, sidewalks and helping the community understand and respect biking and pedestrian rules. Sadly, Baton Rouge rates of obesity are currently 33% or higher. When visiting cities that are bike- and pedestrian-friendly, the health beneﬁts are noticeable. It’s time for Baton Rouge to get on board.

ALICE DEVALL Baton Rouge

drivers must stop, look and wait at stop signs This is an urgent appeal to New Orleans drivers: Please remember that at stop signs, the law requires drivers to come to a full and complete stop. Then, before proceeding, drivers must look both ways, even if entering or crossing a one-way street. Finally, pedestrians in or near crosswalks have the right of way, and vehicles must remain at a full stop until pedestrians have completed crossing. Following these simple rules keeps drivers and pedestrians safe.

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Will Johnson keep his position on Ten Commandments? The 10 Commandments poster distributed by the Louisiana Family Forum has a photo of Speaker Mike Johnson on it. If the midterm elections in November give the Democrats the House majority, Hakeem Jeffries will probably become speaker. Does anyone think that the Louisiana Family Forum will print and distribute new posters with Jeffries’ photo? Could and should the current posters be removed as inaccurate? Just wondering.

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dolly Parton arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards in 2019 in Los Angeles. The Grammywinning singer, actor and humanitarian died Tuesday.

Americans deserve calm, dignified leadership

Can’t we all be a little more like Dolly Parton?

I cannot think of one person who has received the millions and millions of accolades for making an impact on people around the world and from every walk of life like Dolly Parton. Who might come close? Maybe a pope, maybe another musician, maybe an elected ofﬁcial, maybe a television host, maybe a local, national or worldwide community activist, maybe a poet, maybe

Americans look to their president for inspiration, confidence and calming leadership. While there has never been a perfect president, we have seen examples of how presidents have reassuringly addressed the American people. For illustration purposes only, I cite President George H.W. Bush and his son, President George W. Bush, both Republicans. Each of them faced trying military conflicts and had their admirers and detractors. However, both men addressed the American public via national television in an even, self-assured and calm fashion. Addressing the nation is not defined as catered group chats or staged campaign events. The overwhelming idea that the presidency is a dignified and respected institution is tantamount to our republic. America does not benefit when a president defines his leadership by inventing slang insults, insufferable social media posts, denial of facts, omnipotence on every subject and an almost daily insertion of chaos. Americans have historically been viewed as beacons of light for the world. Presidential leadership’s beacon should be the standardbearer for all Americans and the world. That is an expectation that we the people deserve.

a great writer, maybe a well-known and respected journalist, maybe a king or a queen or maybe even Mr. Rogers. What a wonderful, beautiful, brilliant musician and a self-deprecating and generous human she was. Can’t we all be like Dolly?

EVA JACOB BARKOFF Metairie

Volunteers, LASPCA do what they can, but animal control is city’s job Having volunteered in animal welfare for more than 50 years, I have witnessed many debates about animal control and sheltering in New Orleans. What concerns me today is not the discussion itself, but the risk that public frustration will once again be directed at the very people working hardest to help animals. I remember when the Sunday newspaper published front-page photographs of euthanized dogs in August 1984. The public response was swift and harsh. Shelter staff were called “murderers,” donations were threatened and some people even threatened violence against the LASPCA. Lost in the outrage was the reality that shelter staff were dealing with the consequences of unchecked breeding and overwhelming animal overpopulation while also operating low cost spay/neuter services to address the problem at its source. Today, we ﬁnd ourselves facing another crisis. The city has reduced funding for animal control, yet criticism is again being directed at the Louisiana SPCA, which already subsidizes services that are ultimately the responsibility of local government. Animal control is far more complicated than picking up a stray dog. Dangerous animals, bite investigations, legal proceedings and public safety responsibilities require experienced personnel,

PRoVIdEd PHoTo FRoM THE LASPCA facilities and resources. As a founder of Trap Dat Cat, I have seen ﬁrsthand how community-based solutions can help. Last year, our volunteers trapped, sterilized and vaccinated 3,500-plus cats, many through the LASPCA clinic. That work reduces suffering, decreases shelter intake and saves taxpayer dollars. If we truly want to improve outcomes for animals, we should focus on solutions, not scapegoats. Supporting animal control, prevention programs and community partnerships will beneﬁt animals, taxpayers and the entire city.

TOM LEWIS Baton Rouge

Gerrymandering leaves citizen feeling that some votes don’t count I recently received a new voter registration card, only to discover that I have been gerrymandered out of my Democratic district into Rep. Steve Scalise’s deeply red District 1. This district does not represent my views. To add insult to injury, when I tried to contact Scalise via email to voice my objection to this gerrymandering, I was told I was not in his district and therefore could not submit my complaint. Obviously, our state government has been quick to gerrymander, but not so quick to adjust their records, leaving many of us in the new district without a voice. Furthermore, this grievous gerrymandering on the part of the Republican Party has ensured that the checks and balances of a two-party system no longer exist in Louisiana. We bemoan the fact that a large proportion of voters don’t vote, yet can you blame them when our government has guaranteed that only Republican votes will count?

NITA HEMETER Trap dat Cat new orleans

Quiet deals, ndAs just business as usual “They’re free to turn me in to the ethics board, which I’m sure would do nothing.” Louisiana Sen. Jay Morris, the spearhead of Meta’s sweetheart deal, said this when confronted about his own proﬁts from that deal. While many of our own elected politicians quietly signed nondisclosure agreements — the deal is so great for Louisiana citizens that they won’t tell us what it is — Morris and his “business partners” held plots of land in rural Louisiana that were then sold to Entergy for gas turbines. This same state senator was also at the forefront of the recent carve-up of our state, and the gerrymander — again — was so democratic they wouldn’t trust it to a people’s vote.These actions form a coherent way of life: one where a very small group of people

— always rich and mostly men — take everything and leave us with the bill. But there’s more of us than them, and their world would be our choice. We can also choose justice but still respect the precedents they set. Morris claimed the answer to his alleged corruption was to go to the state’s ethics board, and perhaps that’s the worst he thinks he’d ever face. As of this writing, his own party’s Department of Justice has secured a federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. This indictment wasn’t for bribery, not for fraud or conspiracy. Comey was indicted for posting a picture of seashells.

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COMMENTARY Americans have a right to know who Natalie Harp is

It’s summertime, and the living is uneasy, particularly in Washington newsrooms and bureaus. At this time of year, historically, serious news can be harder to find than the newspeople available to cover it. The result is what journalists call “the silly season,” when you can never guess what pseudo-story will get elevated to the headlines. Searching for silly Clarence news in seriously serious Page Washington can be easier than you might think, and of late it is becoming difficult to draw the line between the consequential and the absurd. Consider the kerfuffle raised around a remark by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat often mentioned among presidential hopefuls, about President Donald Trump and a young female aide. Ossoff angered Team Trump — and Trump himself — by calling suggestive attention to the relationship widely described as exceptionally close between the president and Natalie Harp, his 35-year-old executive assistant. “He doesn’t want to do the job,” Ossoff declared to an enthusiastic crowd, regarding Trump’s air of befuddlement amid a swirl of crises bedeviling his administration. “He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.” “With Natalie.” Those two words ignited the crowd and delighted down-inthe-dumps Democrats elsewhere who, in this polarized election season, are looking exceptionally hard for candidates who show backbone. And they were not alone. A brief sound bite from Ossoff’s 30-minute speech drew more than 5 million views on X and a volcanic backlash from Republicans, including Harp’s boss, who shot back, calling Ossoff a “Pee Wee Herman lookalike” — after mistakenly calling him “Pinky Herman.” A chorus of MAGA influencers took to social media to post their outrage that this upstart cad from Georgia had impugned the honor of a blameless professional woman. Even former House Speaker Newt Gingrich got the Bat Signal, and he assailed Ossoff on X for “misogynistic language diminishing and smearing someone who is simply doing their job.” But I would caution those who are eager, for whatever reason, to jump on the bandwagon that sees Ossoff’s barb as

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White House aide natalie Harp walks down the steps of Marine one to board Air Force one during a departure at Joint Base Andrews, Md., last week. sexual innuendo. It would bother me if all the Harp chatter was about spreading salacious rumors about an attractive young woman working with an older boss. We’ve seen this too many times before. You might even say it’s the way of the world, I guess, but without real evidence to back it up, I don’t want to be part of the rumor mills. But I would also suggest that Ossoff’s comment was not intended to suggest a sexual relationship. Although I acknowledge that such an explanation is exactly the misdirection GOP strategists would want to create. Rather, this story is about Trump’s deep, pathological need for sycophancy. Throughout his careers in business and politics, Trump has always sought to display his dominance. It’s no surprise, then, that in his televised cabinet meetings his closest advisers vie to outdo each other in displays of ﬂattery. What’s important about Harp’s relationship to Trump is not the prurient interest but rather that she seems to be, as New York Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman put it, “sort of his binky, for lack of a better word, his comfort blanket.” And, consequently, she seems to be his main conduit to reality. We have little idea who Harp is. And the more we learn, the more anxious we ought to be. Harp is referred to by many in Trumpworld as “the human printer” for her role supplying the president with

printed copies of everything from news reports to social media chatter. She reportedly works seven days a week, texts with world leaders on his behalf and stays up late with him drafting social media posts. Over the years, questions have arisen about who controls Trump’s social media accounts and gatekeeps the often toxic messages that emanate from them. Some observers suggest that Harp is a central player. I was downright outraged by reports that Harp sent out the racist video on Trump’s Truth Social account that portrayed former President Barack Obama and former ﬁrst lady Michelle Obama as apes. Some of us take that personally, not that Trump appears to care. The post, created under Trump’s direction, appeared in February at the end of a minute-long video promoting false claims about the 2020 election. It was deleted about 12 hours later after a furious bipartisan backlash. But, as one who believes in free speech and our democratic system, I hold the faith that such cheap shots will be punished, sooner or later, by the voters. That’s the way democracies mete out political justice. It’s not perfect but it offers an irreplaceably valuable chance for us voters to be heard. And we need every chance we can get. Email Clarence Page at clarence47page@gmail.com.

A frivolous and oblivious president This August features a stunning digan’s Upper Peninsula from the Lower. This should make Iran think. vergence. The world becomes more Dabbling in naval architecture, the dangerous as U.S. governance becomes polymathic president has got the Navy more frivolous. thinking about what The WashThe president is miffed with South Korea because, among ington Post calls his “preferred other insolences, that nation’s aesthetic” for aircraft carriers. insufficient help regarding his His taste favors the World War (you and South Korea might II look, when carriers’ command suppose) redundant second centers, called “islands,” were military operation against Iran. forward, nearer the George farther The second was undertaken to middle than, as today, the back of Will destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons the ships. He also wants to return program, which the president to steam-powered catapults to said the first operation “obliterated.” launch jets off the carriers, replacing The president, regretting that “it is the newer electromagnetic catapults the too late to cancel,” decided to “substanNavy thinks serve launching efficiency. Making these changes, which would tially reduce” joint U.S.-South Korea alter the ships’ balances, would cost military exercises. He said these “send a signal that is totally inappropriate and billions of dollars and delay by years hostile” to North Korea, which has been, delivering the carriers to the fleet. The president also wants a “Golden Fleet” he said, “unthreatening” during his including 15 new battleships, costing presidency. an average of $18 billion, more than the The president sees nothing threatening about North Korea’s development of $13.3 billion newest and largest carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford. ballistic missiles capable of delivering The aesthetics of aircraft carriers, its nuclear warheads to California. He is and the counterintuitive argument for consistent. enormous surface warships in an era of On June 13, 2018, the president said, proliferating anti-ship missiles, will be “There is no longer a nuclear threat considered by the Navy. Probably until from North Korea.” On Sept. 29, 2018, he explained to some perhaps perplexed noon, Jan. 20, 2029. Regarding another “desperately West Virginians in Wheeling that he and needed” (his words) national security North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, construction: The president recently “fell in love” after exchanging letters. remembered that his proposed White The presidential patience with Iran is exhausted, so he has unleashed a one-two House ballroom is actually not about his original justification for it — morepunch. He has threatened to “bomb the shit out of” a U.S. ally, Oman, if it “gets in elegant presidential parties. In a Truth Social post that did not use the word the way” of negotiations with Iran. And “ballroom,” he said that beneath the he has proclaimed the Strait of Hormuz ballroom would be a military complex. a “NEW U.S. territory,” perhaps like the He did not say why a ballroom must Straits of Mackinac that separate Michi-

sit on top of this. He did say that people blocking what he later called the “great Military Complex/Ballroom” are “TREASONISTS” who “revealed Top Military Secrets!” The ballroom’s contribution to national security is contestable. Its contribution to constitutional law might break the “national security” spell that transfixes courts. They might reasonably block this presidential mania, saying that Congress must authorize the destruction and construction of government buildings. And that incantations of the phrase “national security” are not substitutes for thinking. Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court held that its inquiry into matters of national security “is highly constrained.” But such inquiry is not impermissible for anyone. Otherwise, “security” becomes an elastic justification for government to do whatever it wants. “The Guns of August” is Barbara Tuchman’s riveting history of Europe’s 1914 stumble into a four-year catastrophe. On Aug. 23, 1939, the Hitler-Stalin “nonaggression pact” presaged the war that began with Germany’s invasion of Poland eight days later. On Aug. 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. A large and long U.S. military involvement in the region would follow. This August, an ally on the Korean Peninsula has been slighted for the benefit of a contiguous enemy. At least the president refrained from threatening to “bomb the shit” out of South Korea. Battleships and ballrooms, another August to remember. Email George Will at georgewill@ washpost.com.

Democratic voters reject resistance stars There has been a lot of commentary on the differences between Resistance 1.0, the effort by anti-Trump activists to bring down President Donald Trump in his first term, and Resistance 2.0, the effort by anti-Trump activists to bring down Trump in his second term. There are some tactical contrasts, but the simple fact is, they’re still at it. This year’s election season has featured two much-lauded figures of Resistance 1.0 as they tried to use their anti-Trump agitation as a springboard to public office. Alex Vindman, the former National Security Council staffer who in 2019 set off the first Trump imByron peachment, ran for U.S. Senate York in Florida, and George Conway, the lawyer who talked E. Jean Carroll into suing Trump, ran for the House in New York. Both suffered crushing defeats in Democratic primaries. Conway ran in New York’s 12th Congressional District, in Manhattan, the seat vacated by the retirement of Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler. There were a lot of candidates. Conway finished fifth, with 6.1% of the vote. A wealthy lawyer, Conway loaned his campaign $2 million for the run. In all, he spent $5.7 million. The money allowed Conway to mount a vanity campaign, to publicly fantasize about getting Trump, and to pound his chest about the massive damage judgment against Trump in the Carroll trial. Conway obviously thought the theme might work in New York’s 12th, in which Kamala Harris beat Trump 81% to 17% in the 2024 presidential election. But of course, all Democrats in the race promised to oppose Trump. The Democratic voters’ job was to choose the best. Conway was not their first, second, third or fourth choice. Instead, the primary winner was a member of the New York state assembly named Micah C. Lasher, who pledged to stand up to Trump. The other Resistance star to face-plant was Vindman, who in 2019, as an active-duty Army lieutenant colonel on the staff of the National Security Council, set in motion the first impeachment of Trump. Vindman, who was privy to some of the president’s calls with world leaders, felt that Trump had committed some sort of unspecified violation in a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Vindman relayed secret information to a friend in the CIA, who came up with a “whistleblower” complaint against the president. The impeachment failed, of course. Under pressure from the Trump administration, Vindman retired from the military and began trading on his notoriety. He wrote a memoir called “Here, Right Matters,” with the title based on his congressional testimony. He started a company called Here Right Matters LLC. It did well; in a financial disclosure form this year, Vindman listed around $1.5 million in income from that and other ventures. The Alexander Vindman business did pretty well. The next step would be politics. Vindman moved to Florida and ran for the Senate as a Democrat. When he jumped into the race in January, his announcement video began with news clips from his role in the Trump impeachment. A moment later, Vindman said, as pictures of his congressional testimony played: “The last time you saw me was here, swearing an oath to tell the truth about a president who broke his. See, my family came to America as refugees to escape tyranny. And I sure as hell was not going to bow down to some wannabe tyrant. This president unleashed a reign of terror and retribution, not just against me and my family, but against all of us.” No subtlety there; the Hero of the Resistance had arrived to take on Trump! Vindman raised $16 million for his campaign, while his Democratic socialist opponent, Angie Nixon, raised a little less than $1 million. Vindman immediately became a heavy favorite to win the Democratic nomination. He remained the favorite until Election Day, when Nixon shocked the political world by trouncing Vindman, 56% to 44%. Once again, the Resistance 1.0 magic did not work. As it had been in Manhattan, only on a far larger scale, Florida Democratic voters just didn’t care that a candidate had led one of the many unsuccessful efforts to drive Trump out of office from 2017 to 2021. That doesn’t mean they like or support Trump; they absolutely don’t. But it does mean that all the excitement that Conway and Vindman and their allies stirred up in the wayback time of Trump 1.0 truly came to nothing. Email Byron York at byork@washingtonexaminer.com.

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Saints set initial 53-man roster In surprise move, veterans Burgess, yiadom miss cut

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Projecting LSU’s depth chart ahead of season opener vs. Clemson

When Sunday began, the New Orleans Saints had 81 players on their roster with 28 moves to make to hit the NFL-mandated 53-man roster limit by 5 p.m. The Saints made a series of different transactions to get there, waiving 15 players, releasing four veterans, placing two players on injured reserve with a return designation — including first-rounder Jordyn Tyson — placing five players on seasonending injured reserve, one on the Physically Unable to Perform list and one more on the reserve/suspended list. The initial 53-man roster included three quarterbacks and all but two members of the Saints’ eight-player 2026 draft class — Tyson and seventh-round cornerback T.J. Hall. As always, the initial 53-man roster is fluid and subject to change in the coming days. Two of the somewhat surprising veteran moves were the release of safety Terrell Burgess and corner Isaac Yiadom, both of whom started games for the Saints last season. Yiadom opened the season as one of the starting outside corners for the Saints last

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There’s less than a week before LSU football’s season opener against Clemson on Saturday, but we still don’t know what Lane Kiffin’s first roster will look like on game day. That’s because a Louisiana judge is set to rule on a preliminary injunction hearing on Thursday that will determine the fate of over 40 athletes searching for a fifth year of eligibility from the NCAA. As many as five of the plaintiffs in the suit — Dae’Quan Wright, Zxavian Harris, Blake Cotton, Jack Pyburn and Junior Tuihalamaka — intend to join Kiffin’s roster if they are granted the injunction. LSU would get to add key players at multiple positions of need if the players win their court case. So what kind of impact could they make, and what does the rest of LSU’s roster look like ahead of its matchup with Clemson? Here’s a final look at LSU’s depth chart ahead of the season opener.

Quarterback Starter: Sam Leavitt, R-Jr. Backups: Husan Longstreet, R-Fr.; Landen Clark, R-So. Breakdown: By all indications, Leavitt has recovered from a foot injury that hampered him throughout last season and forced him to miss most of the spring. He’ll need to prove again that he can be as productive as he was in 2024 at Arizona State, but this time do it week in and week out against SEC competition. Longstreet was a ﬁve-star recruit

in the 2025 class, while Clark was the Co-Offensive Rookie of the Year in the Coastal Athletic Association. Both backups are talented enough to play, but lack the experience and polish to be immediate starters.

Running back Starter(s): Dilin Jones, R-So.; Harlem Berry, So. Backups: Caden Durham, Jr.; Stacy Gage, R-So.; Rod Gainey, R-So.; Raycine Guillory, R-Fr. Breakdown: Jones is a Wisconsin transfer who has surprisingly worked his way up the depth chart.

He was the Badgers’ second-leading rusher last season despite only playing in seven games. He’ll likely share snaps with Berry, a former ﬁve-star recruit who showed ﬂashes of potential last season. Durham has led LSU in carries in each of the past two years. But with a new coaching staff in place, there’s no guarantee he receives the same workload this year.

Wide receiver Starters: Jayce Brown, Sr.; Eugene Wilson, R-Jr.; Winston Watkins, So.

Buccaneers waive Pyburn, paving way for LSU return

way out of a college return after he followed Linebacker could join a two-sack effort against the Jets with another pair of quarterback takedowns in the Tigers after clearing waivers Bucs’ preseason ﬁnale against the Jaguars.

BY JON BLAU Staff writer

Is the NFL’s preseason sack leader bound for Baton Rouge? It’s entirely possible, as much as it might roil college football purists. Jack Pyburn, an undrafted free agent from LSU, was waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. A court filing in an eligibility lawsuit filed in Baton Rouge said Pyburn planned to return to LSU for the 2026 season if he was granted a fifth year of NCAA competition and wasn’t on an NFL roster on Tuesday. If Pyburn clears waivers over the next 24 hours, the Tigers might have another late addition to their defensive end rotation. LSU’s season opens Saturday versus Clemson. It appeared Pyburn may have played his

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His four sacks in the NFL eclipsed the three Pyburn totaled in college with Florida and LSU. It was ultimately difﬁcult for Tampa to keep a preseason overachiever because the franchise invested a ﬁrst-round pick in ex-Miami pass rusher Rueben Bain in April and brought in Al-Quadin Muhammad after an 11-sack season in Detroit. The Bucs also returned fourth-year veteran YaYa Diaby, who had seven sacks in 2025, and Pyburn was behind eight-year veteran Anthony Nelson and recent fourth-round pick David Walker in the pecking order. Talking to reporters in Tampa after Friday’s preseason finale, Pyburn credited Bucs outside linebackers coach Larry Foote for taking his game to another level.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — What Marshall Faulk envisioned his team could look like became clear after about 22 minutes of football. Southern’s ﬁrst-year coach saw quarterback Christian Johnson make an exquisite 41-yard pass to redshirt freshman Daejawn Smith, who was tackled at the goal line. The offense moved quickly and powered through for a 1-yard rushing touchdown that surprised the Alabama State fans whose team was trailing 14-3 with 12:52 left in the second quarter. “Offense kind of took a minute to get going, but when we did, we were rolling,” said Johnson, who completed 9 of 12 passes for 100 yards and ran nine times for 69 yards in the ﬁrst half. “I feel like a lot of things were clicking.” The Jaguars walked into the locker room at halftime with a 17-13 lead after Alabama State entered the contest favored by 19.5 points. The impressive start wasn’t

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NEW YORK — Jessica Pegula was one of the first players to compete at the U.S. Open, and she learned last year that starting Sunday provided some nice relief. “It is a little bit weird, but I did kind of enjoy that I could breathe for the next couple of days and everyone else is still freaking out about whether they’re going to win their first round,” she said. The head start is great — unless it’s a head start back to the airport. “We were just talking about it, and I said, it’s so nice to play on Sunday when you win. But if you lose it’s not nice, because you feel like the tournament didn’t even start and you’re out of it,” No. 11 seed Marta Kostyuk said. Pegula and Kostyuk both won easily and now the get the benefit of an extra day of rest before returning for the second round. Novak Djokovic lost the first set as he began his quest for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title on Sunday night against Mariano Navone. The match was suspended due to rain after two sets. Djokovic, 39, most recently lost his opening match earlier this month at Cincinnati. The No. 3-seeded Pegula beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-2. She said she was nervous early, which makes sense given what could be at stake for the 2024 U.S. Open runner-up. Pegula leads the women’s tour with 46 wins this season. She has two titles and has reached three other finals. Pegula can become No. 1 in the rankings if she wins her first major title and No. 2 Elena Rybakina loses before the semifinals. Pegula next faces the winner of the match between Venus Williams and fellow wild card Sofia Kenin. They were set to play in the nightcap at Ashe, and Williams and sister Serena are scheduled to play doubles together. “I felt really nervous before I went out there, but I know my coaches were like, ‘You didn’t really look that nervous. We thought you played great,’ ” Pegula said. The No. 11-seeded Kostyuk sure did, beating Storm Hunter 6-4, 6-1 for a strong start to the year’s final major after reaching the semifinals at the French Open

Donald ends retirement, returns to L.A. Rams

LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald has returned to the Los Angeles Rams, ending his retirement after 21/2 years to join Myles Garrett on their defensive line. The Rams announced decision on Sunday following several weeks of discussion, preparation and intensive workouts for the star defensive lineman. Donald, 35, agreed to a one-year contract, and ESPN reported he will make at least $20 million in an incentive-laden deal. Donald became one of the greatest defensive players of his era during his ﬁrst 10 seasons spent with the Rams in St. Louis and Los Angeles. He won three AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards while earning 10 Pro Bowl selections, eight All-Pro selections and a Super Bowl ring.

Scherzer passes Perry for 9th on career strikeout list

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Champions start Monday It was the second year of a Sunday start, though some of the biggest headliners don’t begin until Monday. Two-time reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka plays her opening match against Camila Osorio, before Carlos Alcaraz, who won his second U.S. Open title last year, plays his ﬁrst singles match since April after recovering from a right wrist injury. Past U.S. Open champions Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek, Sloane Stephens and Stan Wawrinka are also on the Monday schedule, along with Wimbledon women’s champion Linda Noskova and men’s contenders such as Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe. Daniil Medvedev, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, shook off his miserable preparation for the tournament by beating Hugo Gaston 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. The No. 7 seed was just 1-3 in the North American hardcourt swing, usually a time he thrives. “Last couple of weeks was not easy,” Medvedev said. “But I’m

happy that today I managed to produce high-level tennis.”

Rain causes havoc Other winners Sunday included No. 9 Elina Svitolina, No. 19 Jasmine Paolini and No. 31 Leylah Fernandez, the 2021 U.S. Open runner-up. No. 27 seed Barbora Krejcikova, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, lost 7-6 (4), 6-2 to Kamilla Rakhimova. American Tommy Paul, the No. 20 seed, bounced back from losing a first-set tiebreak to Coleman Wong to win 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Wong a year ago became the first man from Hong Kong to win an Open-era Grand Slam men’s singles match on the way to reaching the round of 32. Seven matches couldn’t be completed because of rain — and one was delayed even though it was being played in the other stadium with a retractable roof. There was a mechanical issue with one of the sensors at Louis Armstrong Stadium, and even after the roof finally closed, the court had to be dried before No. 15 seed Alexander Bublik and J.J. Wolf could play. Maric Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open

champion, and 2022 runner-up Casper Ruud both withdrew with injuries.

A new look Though the main draws didn’t begin until Sunday, action at the U.S. Open has already been going on for nearly a week. Large crowds gathered for the mixed doubles tournament, an exhibition headlined by Roger Federer’s return to Flushing Meadows and the singles qualifying tournaments, with free admission. Fans who came for the first time Sunday may have noticed a tournament in transition. The U.S. Open is in the second year of a three-year renovation of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main venue at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The improvements in the $800 million project include the addition of some lower-level seating, upgrades and additions of entertainment areas and the construction of a player performance center. “Please pardon our appearance while we are reimagining spectacular,” reads a sign above the entrance to Ashe.

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer moved into ninth place on the career strikeout list Sunday, passing Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry. A three-time Cy Young Award winner, Scherzer, 42, reached the mark by striking out Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh for the second out of the seventh inning, the 3,535th of his career. The sellout crowd of 42,039 rose for a standing ovation when the record was shown on the scoreboard. It was Scherzer’s season-high 10th strikeout of the game. It was just the third time in MLB history a pitcher 42 or older threw seven or more innings, struck out 10 or more and allowed two or fewer baserunners. Nolan Ryan did it twice, most recently on May 1, 1991 against Toronto, his seventh and ﬁnal no-hitter.

Chinese star Ruoning Yin wins FM Championship

NORTON, Mass. — Ruoning Yin won the FM Championship on Sunday at the TPC Boston for her sixth career LPGA Tour victory, outlasting Hyo Joo Kim. Yin ran in a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-5 12th for a share of the lead with playing partner Kim. The 23-year-old Chinese player parred the next ﬁve in breezy conditions and birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 70 and a two-stroke victory. Kim shot 71. She dropped back with a three-putt bogey on the par3 16th, missing a 9-foot par try. The South Korean player — a twotime winner this season — missed a 7-foot birdie attempt on the par-3 17th.

Curaçao tops Nevada, wins Preece wins at Daytona, takes ﬁnal playoff spot Little League World Series BY MARK LONG Associated Press

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Known for two violent wrecks at Daytona International Speedway, Ryan Preece experienced a much different ride at NASCAR’s hometown track Saturday night: a trip to victory lane. Preece won the Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona in overtime to secure the final playoff spot for Roush Fenway KeselLate owski Racing. Preece, who feSaturday rociously flipped cars at Daytona in 2023 and again in 2025, moved to the front during a green-whitecheckered finish when leader Zane Smith got bumped, started spinning and slammed into other cars on the last lap. Preece took the checkered flag under caution and edged Shane van Gisbergen for the 16th and final berth in the postseason finale. “This is redemption,” said Preece, whose victory landed two RFK cars into the 16-driver Chase for the championship. Chris Buescher is the other. “I’m just speechless right now,” Preece said. “Those guys, that 60 (car), we’re fighters. When you put our back against the wall, we swing hard. ... Last year, there were a lot of keyboard warriors saying I was nothing. Well, we just kicked their butts tonight.” Preece expressed confidence all week, but he found himself needing a victory late to pass van Gisbergen for the last playoff spot. Van Gisbergen finished 27th after pitting during the final caution and taking four tires. “Shame we’re not in it,” said van Gisbergen, who won twice during the regular season but missed the

“Days of Thunder.” The 64-yearold Cruise announced Saturday at Daytona he will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle. He said he wants to show audiences “the speed, the excitement and all that danger and stuff.” Anne Hathaway will co-star as a team owner and engineer in the ﬁlm scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 2, 2028.

Johnson’s final Daytona 500 Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will drive a familiar-looking No. 48 in his final Cup Series start. Johnson unveiled his paint scheme for his Toyota in the 2027 Daytona 500 by driving a ceremonial lap around the track before Saturday’s race. The gray-and-blue scheme melds ASSoCIATEd PRESS PHoTo By JoHn RAoUX the three main sponsors during Johnson’s record-setting racing Ryan Preece, center, celebrates with his crew after winning a nASCAR career: Lowe’s, Ally and Carvana. Cup race at daytona International Speedway on Saturday in daytona Johnson’s final start will come in Beach, Fla. the 69th running of the Daytona 500, scheduled for Feb. 21. Henplayoffs under NASCAR’s new Van Gisbergen won Stage 1 and drick Motorsports loaned Johnson format that puts more emphasis created more of a cushion on Pre- the No. 48 for his last ride. on season-long results than vic- ece, who was caught up in a three“Seeing this car for the first time car crash as he neared the finish brings back a lifetime of memotories. Bubba Wallace and Austin Cin- line. Preece raced his way back ries,” Johnson said. dric locked up the other two avail- to the front in Stage 2 and picked able spots. Wallace, Cindric, van up much-needed points with a Herbst sits out Gisbergen, Preece and Brad Kes- second-place finish behind Ryan Riley Herbst was scratched from the race because of “linelowski started the night vying for Blaney. But it came down to the final lap. gering effects” from a crash last the final three spots in the 10-race Preece needed to win to get in — weekend. Harrison Burton reChase. Wallace, who was nearly a lock and he pulled it off in dramatic placed Herbst in the No. 35 Toyota to make the 16-driver field when fashion. and finished 12th. “I’m a racer. I know what it the green flag dropped, claimed Herbst was involved in a crash his spot with a seventh-place fin- takes to build speed,” Preece at New Hampshire Motor Speedish in the opening stage. Cindric said. “So every man and woman way last Sunday, with his car avoided trouble all night, finished at RFK, thank you for giving me backing into the outside barrier sixth and advanced without much a rocket ship so I could go to the before being struck again. moon tonight.” fanfare. Up next Daniel Suarez finished second in ‘Days of Thunder’ follow-up the race, followed by Michael McThe 10-race Chase for the chamDowell, Tyler Reddick and Ricky Tom Cruise is getting back be- pionship begins at Darlington Stenhouse Jr. hind the wheel for a follow-up to Raceway next Sunday.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Juriënsly De Windt and Shardijon De Lanoi combined to drive in six runs, and Curaçao won its second Little League World Series title, beating Nevada 11-2 in the championship game on Sunday. De Windt started on the mound and allowed two runs in three innings. Giendry Ryan and Steven Felix were nearly flawless in relief with four strikeouts over the final three innings for the tiny island nation, which previously won the tournament in 2004. Curaçao had advanced to the finals by winning the international title in 2005, 2019, 2022 and 2023. This time, the group from Pariba Little League in Willemstad had enough firepower from the mound and at the plate to beat the U.S. champion.

Palou seals 4th straight IndyCar championship

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Alex Palou won his record-tying fourth consecutive IndyCar season championship with a 10th-place finish Sunday night in the resumption of a raindelayed race at the Milwaukee Mile. The 29-year-old from Barcelona, Spain, added to yet another dominating year for himself and Chip Ganassi Racing. Palou’s four consecutive championships match the record set by Sebastien Bourdais from 2004-07. He becomes just the third driver to win five titles, with A.J. Foyt winning seven and Scott Dixon six. It’s also a record-setting 18th title won by a Ganassi driver, one more than Team Penske. Palou finished fifth in Sunday’s regularly scheduled race.

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Scheffler captures second FedEx Cup He passes Woods on career earnings list

BY DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press

ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler’s second FedEx Cup title, and his 22nd victory on the PGA Tour during this astonishing five-year run, was different from all the others, even if it looked all too familiar. Scheffler celebrated with a beer. He had just closed with a 4-under 66 in the Tour Championship on Sunday — no one else from the leading six players broke par — and Scheffler had to wait for the last two groups to finish to make it official. “There was an open bar inside and I’m like, ‘All right, I’m grabbing a beer.’ It tasted great,” Scheffler said. “I don’t really drink often. My wife and manager were like, ‘Wow, I haven’t seen you have a beer in a long time.’ Well, season’s over now. I’m going to have a beer. Wellearned beer.” There was no arguing that, and there’s no longer a debate over who had the best season in golf. Scheffler took care of that at East Lake when he made up a three-shot deficit in four holes and pulled away to win the Tour Championship, claim a second FedEx Cup title and move past Tiger Woods for most PGA Tour earnings. Scheffler signaled his rally with a 5-iron to within 2 inches of the cup on the 211-yard second hole. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, pulled ahead for the first time on the 13th and wound

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Scottie Scheffler hits from the seventh fairway during the final round of the Tour Championship on Sunday in Atlanta. up with a three-shot victory. It was his first time with the low 72-hole score at the Tour Championship. When he won in 2024, he had a two-shot lead before the tournament began given to the No. 1 seed under the “starting strokes” format. He won by four shots, even though two other players had a lower actual score. That still bugs him. “When you’re coming down the stretch of a tournament and you’re tied or one shot back, it’s different than when you’re adding it up at the end and there’s starting strokes and all that stuff,” Scheffler said. “I think having a real tournament to finish the year, where I am the

winner and the lowest score at East Lake, feels like a bit more of an accomplishment.” Schefﬂer won for the third time this year — twice in the past three weeks during the PGA Tour’s postseason — to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark for most titles in 2026. Players vote on the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour player of the year. Schefﬂer has won the past four years — another would tie him with Woods for most consecutive awards. Taking over the top spot in career earnings was inevitable. The $40 million purse at the Tour Championship now

counts as official money. Scheffler won $10 million, pushing his career total to $130,390,661. Woods, who never played for more than a $10 million purse during his peak years from 1997 through 2009, had been at the top of the career money list for nearly 26 years. It was a small slice of redemption for Scheffler, who lost in a playoff to Hovland at the Travelers Championship, one of his five runnerup finishes this year. Hovland made only one birdie and closed with a 72 to finish alone in second, worth $5 million. Most aggravating for the Norwegian was having three putts hit the lip in a

four-hole stretch on the back nine, two of them for birdie and one for par. “He’s just good, and he played good every day,” Hovland said. “I could have shot 66 easily as well today. Just didn’t have it. ... It wasn’t like anybody else really played all that great in contention, and that’s what you see — a lot of guys just gagging and throwing up. And that’s where he just kind of stays in it and shoots a nice score. That gets the job done.” Schefﬂer had two bogeys — one an aggressive miss with a wedge from the fairway on No. 7, the other from a gnarly lie in the rough on the 14th — and otherwise

felt he didn’t miss much over a tough day of wind and firm turf that made the landing spots feel smaller. East Lake played to a cumulative average of 67.35 through three rounds. On Sunday, the average score was 70.07. Ryan Gerard, one shot behind Hovland staring out, made double bogey on the opening hole, followed with 13 straight pars and shot 72 to finish alone in third. “They made it as difficult as they could today, and that’s kind of what we were looking for,” Gerard said. “I just wasn’t on enough to execute shots to really tucked hole locations.” Scheffler said winning the Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup doesn’t change his outlook on the season. That’s for others to judge. Even so, he had a point to prove. He felt as though he had underachieved in the PGA Tour postseason — losing a six-shot lead to Rory McIlroy in 2022, not putting up much of a fight when Hovland won in 2023 when he started with a two-shot lead and finished 16 shots behind. “To come in this year maybe not winning the tournaments that I could have won throughout the regular season, to come in and win two out of three playoff events, is definitely a nice way to finish off the season,” Scheffler said. “That was my motto going into the playoffs. Maybe in years I’ve underperformed in the postseason, and maybe this is a year I’ll perform better than I have in the regular season.” That he did, and the beer no doubt went down smoothly.

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Saints punter Ryan Wright, left, places the ball for kicker Charlie Smyth during training camp on Aug. 9 at the team’s practice facility in Metairie. Smyth was cut from the Saints roster for a third consecutive year on Sunday.

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Saints moves Here is the full list of transactions the Saints made Sunday.

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S Terrell Burgess CB Michael Davis RB Zamir White CB Isaac Yiadom

season, but the job felt like a temporary posting while New Orleans prepared Quin- Waived Brown cy Riley for the position. KDLTanner Myles Cole This summer, he worked WR Jalen Cropper almost exclusively with the EDGE Fadil Diggs RB CJ Donaldson second team defense. CB T.J. Hall But when Riley went down TE Cody Hardy with an injury in training OT Alan Herron camp, the Saints turned to OL Easton Kilty Martin Emerson as his re- WR Trey Palmer placement, pushing Yiadom OL Torricelli Simpkins LB Jackson Sirmon further down the second- K Charlie Smyth ary’s hierarchy. DL Jay’Viar Suggs Burgess also didn’t make OT Alex Wollschlager the club out of training camp Injured reserve last year, but he quickly CB Dalys Beanum EDGE Mike Heldman made it back to the active CB David Long roster and appeared in 16 RB Devin Neal OT Barry Wesley games. As vested veterans, Bur- Injured reserve, designated for gess and Yiadom do not return WR Jordyn Tyson have to go through the LB Jaylon Ford waiver process, meaning Reserve/Physically Unable to the Saints do not have to Perform worry about another team WR Mason Tipton claiming their rights. If Reserve/Suspended there is mutual interest, WR Brock Rechsteiner the Saints could bring both back on the practice squad. ing camp for the ﬁrst time Tight end Treyton Welch after the Saints saw their made the roster out of train- depth depleted by injuries

to rookie Oscar Delp and Moliki Matavao. Defensive back Mike Reid also made the club after impressing on special teams and showing he can play safety. Included in the roster cuts for the third consecutive year was kicker Charlie Smyth, the native Irishman who took over with six games remaining last season as the Saints kicker. New Orleans had pushed Smyth hard with competition this offseason after he went 8-for-12 in his small sample last season. The Saints brought in former Pro Bowler Younghoe Koo for a workout and also pitted Smyth against undrafted free agent Mason Shipley and former UFL star Tanner Brown. Smyth and Brown spent most of training camp going back and forth, but when neither truly broke out, the Saints brought in former All-Pro kicker Daniel Carlson with less than a week remaining in camp. Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@theadvocate. com.

BIRMINGHAM, England — Joe Dean, a former grocery delivery driver ranked No. 292, captured his ﬁrst European tour title by shooting 9-under 63 to win the British Masters with his wife on the bag on Sunday. T h e Dean 32-year-old Englishman started the final round seven strokes off the lead at The Belfry but made nine birdies — including four on his last six holes — to ﬁnish the week on 14-under par and move into the lead with the late starters still having holes to play. No one could catch him, with four players — Nacho

Elvira (69), third-round leader Daniel Hillier (73), Niklas Norgaard (71) and Jakob Skov Olesen (71) — tying for second place, three shots back. This was the first tournament in Team Europe’s qualifying process for next year’s Ryder Cup, so that’s suddenly an unlikely target for Dean — quite the turn of events for someone who spent time delivering groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and kept doing it for nearly four years to help fund his career when he didn’t have a card. “I enjoyed it for most of the time,” Dean said of his old part-time job. “Obviously it’s a completely different life, a completely different lifestyle. I still see the vans going up and down the road every now and then, and I keep in touch.”

It was a family success, too. Dean got married to Emily following the British Open in July, and she was his caddie this week. “I can’t thank her enough for what she has to put up with, with me,” Dean said. “It was bad enough off the course, with the lows and stuff. “Now it’s on and off the course. I hope I made her proud.” Marco Penge tied for sixth place with a finalround 72, marking a solid start to Ryder Cup qualifying after he failed to get selected as a captain’s pick two years ago in a breakout season on the European tour that contained three wins. Penge acknowledged this week it was the correct call by captain Luke Donald, whose team went on to win 15-13 at Bethpage Black.

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Titans cut QB Levis as teams trim rosters

BY ROB MAADDI

AP pro football writer Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis was among more than 1,100 players cut Sunday as NFL teams trimmed their rosters, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Titans hadn’t announced their cuts. A second-round pick in 2023 who started 21 games for the Titans, Levis was stuck behind Cam Ward and Mitch Trubisky. He was 5-16 for Tennessee in two seasons and didn’t play in 2025 following shoulder surgery. “I think he’s been awesome,” Titans coach Robert Saleh said of Levis following Saturday’s game. “I thought he did a really nice job today. I thought he had a really good two-minute drive at the end of the half. Very good awareness with the time.” Levis said he believes he can be a starting quarterback in the NFL. “I feel like you’ve got to have that conﬁdence in yourself regardless of your position,” Levis said after going 14 for 22 for 143 yards against the Bears in a 24-15 loss to close out the preseason. “I saw a quote, I forget who it was, but it’s, ‘Everyone in the league here is a starter.’ You’ve got to have that mentality. You could be in at the press of a button and just be ready to play. That’s one thing that I feel like I gained a lot in my time away, is gaining back some of the conﬁdence that I lost throughout the last year that I played and I’m

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Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis warms up before a preseason game against the Chicago Bears on Saturday in nashville Tenn. Levis was cut on Sunday. going to maintain that mindset the rest of my career.” Teams had to be down to 53 players from 90 before 5 p.m. Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver and former LSU star Odell Beckham Jr. made the New York Giants after missing the 2025 season. The Vikings kept J.J. McCarthy, a ﬁrst-round pick in 2024. Anthony Richardson, a ﬁrst-round pick in 2023, remains with the Colts. Both quarterbacks were on the bubble. The Browns kept four QBs after placing Dillon Gabriel on injured reserve with a back injury. Shedeur Sanders will back up Deshaun Watson and rookie Taylen Green is No. 3 on the depth chart. Gabriel,

who started six games as a rookie last season, can return in Week 5. The Atlanta Falcons also went with four QBs, keeping Tua Tagovailoa, Michael Penix Jr., Cooper Rush and Jack Strand.

Numerous players traded Several teams made trades ahead of the cutdown deadline. Offensive tackle Broderick Jones, a 2023 first-round pick, changed teams on Sunday. So did quarterback Quinn Ewers and defensive lineman CJ Okoye. Quarterback Kyle McCord, tight ends Hunter Long and Mark Redman, tackle Walter Rouse, defensive back Clark Phillips III, defensive

lineman Gervon Dexter, centers Sedrick Van Pran-Granger and Jarrett Patterson were also traded. A day after trading Ewers to Jacksonville, the Dolphins landed a new backup quarterback by acquiring McCord from Green Bay for a 2028 sixth-round pick. The Dolphins had acquired a 2028 sixth-round pick from the Jaguars for Ewers. McCord threw four touchdown passes in a 42-38 victory over Arizona on Friday, including two in the ﬁnal 3 1/2 minutes. But the Packers signed Tyrod Taylor in May to back up Jordan Love. McCord will back up Malik Willis, who signed a three-year, $67.5 million contract in March after playing behind Love in Green Bay the past two seasons. The Cardinals acquired Long and a 2028 seventh-round selection from Jacksonville for a sixth-round selection in 2028. Long has 20 receptions for 153 yards in 46 games. The Colts got Van Pran-Granger and a 2027 seventh-round pick from Buffalo for a 2027 sixth-round selection. Van Pran-Granger appeared in 18 games, including one start with the Bills in two seasons. The trade is an indication starter Connor McGovern will be ready to go after missing much of the past month with an undisclosed lowerbody injury. Lloyd Cushenberry had replaced McGovern when he was sidelined. The Bears acquired a 2027 ﬁfthround pick and Phillips from Atlanta for Dexter. The 49ers added a backup center in Patterson from Houston for

SAINTS NOTEBOOK

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

Carlson wins out When the Saints signed veteran kicker Daniel Carlson this week, it appeared to be a sign they weren’t fully conﬁdent in moving forward with either of the two young kickers who had been competing for

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new orleans Saints wide receiver Jordyn Tyson catches the ball during training camp on Aug. 9 at the ochsner Sports Performance Center on Airline dr. in Metairie, La. the job in training camp. Sunday, the Saints validated that idea when they waived both Charlie Smyth and Tanner Brown in order to keep Carlson on the 53-man roster. Carlson had only gone through two practices and one preseason game before the Saints needed to trim the roster to 53 players, but he performed well in his limited opportunity. Carlson made both of his field goal attempts in Friday’s preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys, including the eventual game-winner from 53 yards out with two minutes remaining. In Carlson, the Saints also kept a proven veteran. Carlson spent eight seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders, earning All-Pro honors in both 2021 (second team) and 2022 (first team). He led the league with 40 made field goals (out of 43) in 2021and connected on at least 90 % of his kicks in four seasons. Las Vegas opted not to bring Carlson back after he struggled in 2025, when he made a career-low 81.5 % of his field goal attempts (22-27). If Smyth clears waivers, New Orleans may decide to bring him back on the practice squad. Because Smyth arrived in the NFL via the International Player Pathway, any team that signs him to the practice squad would receive an exemption for an extra spot — meaning he would not count against the 16-man practice squad limit. Smyth was the incumbent kicker coming into camp, having taken over for the final six games of the 2025 season. He went 12-for-16 in those games, including a gamewinner against the Carolina Pan-

Saturday’s trades A day earlier, the Steelers sent Jones to Dallas for draft picks. Jones who was picked 14th overall by Pittsburgh three years ago, gives the Cowboys depth at offensive tackle. Ewers, a seventh-round pick by Miami last year, will replace Nick Mullens as Trevor Lawrence’s backup. Okoye went from the Ravens to the Giants, reuniting with Harbaugh.

Practice squad Many of the players who were cut will rejoin their teams on the practice squad. Others will go to new teams. Some will reach the end of their NFL career.

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Saints place WR Tyson on injured reserve to start season Jordyn Tyson’s debut with the Saints is officially on hold until at least Week 5. As part of the roster transactions to trim the roster down to 53 players Sunday, the Saints placed Tyson on injured reserve with a designation to return, one of two players they were allowed to place on IR without having to carry him on the active roster through cuts. Tyson will not be eligible to play until the Saints’ Week 5 home game against the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 11. The No. 8 overall pick in this year’s draft suffered a hamstring injury during a joint practice Aug. 13 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The injury is expected to sideline Tyson for two months — which would put him almost exactly on track for a Week 5 return. Injuries have unfortunately taken up most of the oxygen regarding Tyson’s pro career to this point. He suffered multiple injuries throughout his time in college, including two hamstring injuries a year ago at Arizona State. Tyson’s hamstring injury prevented him from participating in the combine. New Orleans brought Tyson along carefully after the draft, holding him out of competitive periods for much of the summer before gradually working him in during training camp. When Tyson was on the field, he showed the tantalizing traits that made many consider him the most talented receiver prospect in this year’s draft class. He caught nearly everything quarterback Tyler Shough threw his way, and the Saints seemed intent on scheming ways to get him the ball. With Tyson on the shelf to start the season, the Saints could be leaning on a couple other members of their rookie class — fourth-rounder Bryce Lance and sixth-rounder Barion Brown — to play larger roles than the team may have originally anticipated. New Orleans also placed linebacker Jaylan Ford on injured reserve, with a designation to return. Ford suffered an undisclosed injury in the team’s preseason finale, an unfortunate finish to what had otherwise been an impressive training camp. Ford will also be eligible to return in Week 5.

a 2027 seventh-round pick, a person familiar with the deal said on condition of anonymity because it hadn’t been announced. Patterson started 21 games over the last three seasons after being a sixthround pick by the Texans in 2023. He will back up Jake Brendel in San Francisco. The Niners had signed Brett Toth to ﬁll that role in the offseason but he has been out since early August with a concussion. The Packers continued to boost their tight end depth by acquiring Redman from the Rams for a 2028 seventh-round pick. The move comes three days after Green Bay signed veteran tight end Jonnu Smith. The Vikings sent Rouse and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Patriots in exchange for a sixthround pick in the 2027.

thers from 47 yards out in Week 15.

Neal, Heldman on IR The Saints officially placed five players on injured reserve without a return designation, meaning they will not be allowed to play for New Orleans in the regular or postseason. That group included running back Devin Neal, who injured his hamstring in the Saints’ preseason loss to the Los Angeles Rams, and edge defender Mike Heldman, an undrafted rookie who showed promise as a pass rusher during the preseason and training camp. New Orleans also placed defensive back Dalys Beanum, cornerback David Long and offensive tackle Barry Wesley on injured reserve. Teams are allowed to use two IR spots on players designated to return during roster cuts, and the Saints used those on Tyson and Ford. The Saints may reach an injury settlement with any of these players if their injuries are not considered season-ending. Neal, the Saints’ sixth-rounder from last year’s draft, was considered to be in the mix for a tightly contested spot behind Travis Etienne and Alvin Kamara. But he suffered two separate hamstring injuries during the lead-up to the regular season. New Orleans ended up keeping four backs, with the others being Audric Estime and Kendre Miller. Heldman faced long odds at making the roster considering the Saints’ edge depth, but he left Friday’s preseason win against the Dallas Cowboys early with an unspecified injury.

Breaking down Moore’s improved Saints roster BY MATTHEW PARAS

light, given teams typically keep between nine and 10 offensive linemen. But regardless, this is The second time around for a solid group — particularly the Kellen Moore looks much better starting five. than the first. The New Orleans Saints’ ini- Edge rusher (5) tial 53-man roster is set, and in Chase Young, Carl Granderson, Cam Jorthe coach’s second season at the dan, Tyree Wilson and Anfernee Jennings: helm, the Saints’ roster seems no- Jordan avoided being placed on ticeably improved compared to a injured reserve as he deals with year ago, when the Saints finished a hamstring injury. The other four spots were fairly obvious. 6-11. But there were some surprises Undrafted rookie Michael Heldand some tough calls made along man cooled off down the stretch the way. after a splashy preseason debut, Let’s take a further look at the but he’s now done for the year afinitial 53: ter suffering an injury in Friday’s preseason finale and landing on Quarterback (3) injured reserve. Tyler Shough, Spencer Rattler and Zach Wilson: The Saints kept both Rattler and Defensive tackle (6) Wilson after the two battled for the Davon Godchaux, Vernon Broughton, Nabackup job behind Shough. ESPN than Shepherd, Christen Miller, Khristian reported that the Saints rebuffed Boyd and John Ridgeway: This position trade interest in Rattler. The Jack- was also affected by injuries. sonville Jaguars and Miami Dol- The Saints lost starting defenphins both added new backup quar- sive tackle Bryan Bresee (ACL) terbacks Sunday, and Jacksonville on the first day of training camp, and mid-camp injuries to Godchreportedly called on Rattler. aux, Miller and Ridgeway freed Running back (4) up Boyd to take advantage and Travis Etienne, Alvin Kamara, Audric make the 53. Godchaux and MillEstime and Kendre Miller: The Saints er are now healthy, but there’s a running back room does not question about Ridgeway’s status include Devin Neal, who was as he still deals with a foot injury. placed on season-ending injured reserve with a hamstring injury. Linebacker (5) It remains to be seen whether KaKaden Elliss, Pete Werner, Danny Stutsman, mara will be available for Week 1 Chris Rumph and Isaiah Stalbird: Rumph made the initial roster despite missas he deals with an MCL sprain. ing the last three weeks of practice Wide receiver (5) with an ankle injury — and switchChris Olave, Devaughn Vele, Bryce Lance, ing to off-linebacker just months Barion Brown and Kevin Austin: Tyson will earlier. Notably, Jaylan Ford was officially miss at least the first four the other designated player to be games as he was placed on injured put on injured reserve with the abilreserve with the ability to return, ity to return after four games. a designation the Saints could give up to two players. Among this Safety (6) group, fans may be surprised to Justin Reid, Jonas Sanker, Julian Blacksee Austin. Don’t be. Austin earned mon, Jordan Howden, Mike Reid and Lorenzo his spot over others such as Bub Styles: There were a few unexpectMeans and Ronnie Bell because ed moves in this group. First, the he’s reliable, contributes on spe- Saints waived Terrell Burgess — a cial teams and has a better track well-liked veteran who became a solid contributor last season. But record of staying healthy. he was perhaps unseated by Mike Tight end (4) Reid, who joined the Saints right Juwan Johnson, Noah Fant, Oscar Delp before training camp began. Reid and Treyton Welch: Welch’s inclusion had a terrific preseason, standing comes as a minor surprise, but it out on special teams. makes sense when factoring the injuries at this position. Moliki Mat- Cornerbacks (4) avao (knee) is out for the season Kool-Aid McKinstry, Quincy Riley, Martin Emand Delp, a third-round rookie, is erson and Jayden Price: Isaac Yiadom’s nursing a hamstring injury. Keep- release was arguably the most suring Welch gives the Saints the abil- prising move the Saints made Sunity to deploy 13 personnel (three day. The veteran had $1.5 million tight ends) if Delp has to miss time. in guarantees, but the Saints chose to move on anyway after Yiadom Offensive line (8) struggled throughout camp. Still, Kelvin Banks, David Edwards, Erik McCoy, four cornerbacks, or five if you Cesar Ruiz, Taliese Fuaga, Asim Richards, count Sanker at inside corner, feels Jeremiah Wright and William Sherman: light — especially since the Saints Perhaps this is a position the kept six last year and Riley (groin) Saints will look to further address is currently injured. Keep an eye on when examining the waiver wire this position for New Orleans in the in the coming days. Eight feels coming days. Staff writer

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Backups: Jackson Harris, R-Jr.; Tre Brown, 5th-yr. Sr.; Roman Mothershed, R-Jr.; Malik Elzy, R-Jr.; Phillip Wright, R-Fr.; Corey Barber, Fr.; Josh Jackson, R-So.; Tyree Holloway, R-Jr.; Jabari Mack, Fr.; Brayden Allen, Fr. Breakdown: LSU’s depth chart at receiver is still anyone’s guess. Jayce Brown, Wilson, and Watkins have the most impressive résumés in the room, but nothing we’ve seen in the spring or preseason suggests they will be the starting trio against Clemson. Jayce Brown led Kansas State in receiving yards last season. Wilson was productive at Florida, but injuries have hampered his career. Watkins had 373 yards as a freshman in Kifﬁn’s offense at Ole Miss last year. Mothershed had an impressive spring, but Harris and Tre Brown have the clearest paths to playing time outside of the Jayce Brown, Wilson and Watkins trio. Harris is a deep threat who averaged nearly 20 yards per reception in 11 games at Hawaii a year ago. Tre Brown was Old Dominion’s top pass catcher, accumulating 762 receiving yards and averaging 20.1 yards per catch.

Tight end Starter: Trey’Dez Green, Jr. Backups: Malachi Thomas, Jr.; Zach Grace, R-Jr.; JC Anderson, Fr.; JD LaFleur, R-Fr. Breakdown: If a Louisiana judge grants Wright a preliminary injunction, he could give LSU’s 12 personnel (two tight ends, one running back) packages a major boost. Wright hauled in a careerhigh 39 catches for 635 yards at Ole Miss last season. Whether Wright is allowed to play shouldn’t affect Green, who is set to be Leavitt’s top pass-catching option. He comes into this year as an AP first-team All-American, and last season he caught 33 passes for 433 yards and seven touchdowns.

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Starters: Richard Anderson, Fr.; Deuce Geralds, Fr. Backups: Dominick McKinley, Jr.; Malik Blocton, Jr; Stephiylan Green, R-Jr; Achilles Woods, R-So.; Shone Washington, 5th-yr. Sr.; Brandon Brown, R-Fr. Breakdown: This room is also in flux given the potential addition of Harris. If he receives a favorable ruling in court, he could provide a big boost to the middle of LSU’s defense. He had 58 tackles, including nine for loss, last year at Ole Miss. Two freshmen occupy starting spots in this exercise, but expect LSU to do a lot of rotating at this position. Anderson and Geralds were heralded recruits, but Green, Blocton and McKinley provide plenty of power conference experience. Add Harris into the mix, and LSU’s defensive tackle room will have a strong sixman rotation.

Starter: Dashawn Spears, Jr. Backup: C.J. Jimcoily, So. Breakdown: Spears inherits the role Harold Perkins had for two seasons under defensive coordinator Blake Baker. After playing mostly in thirdand-long situations at safety last season, Spears will try to prove he can be an everydown player this season.

Safety

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Continued from page 1B “That is the biggest thing that I have worked on, is timing the snap and getting off the ball as fast as possible,” Pyburn said. “His overall understanding of how an offense works has helped me so tremendously understand that at a deeper level.” Pyburn’s time in the NFL could be LSU’s gain. While he was working to make an NFL team, Pyburn remained on a list of 40-plus plaintiffs in a lawsuit in Baton Rouge challenging the NCAA’s decision to not allow Class of 2022 high school graduates to play a ﬁfth season. The judge overseeing the case, William Jorden, granted a temporary restraining order against the NCAA and, more recently, the Southeastern Conference, making Pyburn and his fellow athletes eligible to play in college. LSU has already recruited multiple players who were previously signed by NFL teams, including tight end

Dae’Quan Wright (Eagles and Browns) and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris (Saints). The judge ruled ex-pros were eligible as long as they were released from their contracts and paid back whatever money they made. Pyburn’s undrafted deal with the Bucs reportedly guaranteed him $115,000, including a $15,000 signing bonus. If Pyburn doesn’t land on another NFL roster and returns to LSU, he would become the first college football player who previously logged statistics for a pro team. Wright suited up for the Browns this month but didn’t record a reception, and Harris was cut by the Saints on Aug. 8 because a foot injury kept him off the ﬁeld. The SEC implemented rules against member institutions adding ex-pros, including a fine of 50% of a sport’s budget and a halfseason suspension of the team’s coach. But the judge amended the temporary restraining order to void those penalties. The league, unsurprising-

Johnson wished his first start at the Division I level had been a success, but he knows he has a chance to get Southern’s first victory at home at 6 p.m. Saturday against Kentucky State, a Division II program, at A. W. Mumford Stadium. Southern’s starting quarterback said the Jaguars can build off the Alabama State game and that they’re reminded of the importance of keeping the opposing team under pressure after a good start. “Just how important it is to not let a team stick around,” Johnson said. “You kind of let them linger around, and they get momentum. And once that ball hits the top and starts going down, it just rolls, you know. So they definitely had the momentum going in the second half. We just got to play harder.” Email Toyloy Brown III at toyloy.brown@ theadvocate.com.

ly, will abide by the court order, but the SEC is likely to appeal if the plaintiffs in the Baton Rouge case are granted an injunction during Thursday’s initial hearing. For now, LSU and other conference schools can add former pros. Pyburn could still be claimed by another NFL team, as well, but Pyburn will want to be on a 53man roster. College contributors tend to make more in the NIL and revenue-sharing era than rookie NFL practice squad members, who reportedly receive $13,000 a week, or about $234,000 over the course of an 18week season. If Pyburn re-enrolls at LSU, this would be the Tigers’ second August addition to the defensive end rotation. Notre Dame transfer Junior Tuihalamaka, who is also a plaintiff in the Baton Rouge eligibility case, previously committed to LSU. Tuihalamaka was injured during the pre-draft process and never signed with an NFL team. Email Jon Blau at jon. blau@theadvocate.com

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Starters: Ty Benefield, Sr.; Tamarcus Cooley, R-Jr. Backups: Faheem Delane, So.; Jhase Thomas, R-Fr.; Aiden Hall, Fr.; Isaiah Washington, Fr.; Jackson Williams, Fr.; Mason Dossett, R-So. Breakdown: Benefield was a major portal addition for LSU. The former Boise State safety was an All-Mountain West first-team selection last year. Cooley, meanwhile, is a returning starter after a productive first season in Baton Rouge. Behind them, Thomas was seen taking some reps with the first team during the preseason. Delane is the brother of Mansoor, who was the Edge rusher No. 6 overall pick in the NFL Starters: Princewill Uman- Draft this spring after a stelmielen, Sr.; Jordan Ross, Jr. lar campaign with LSU. The Backups: Lamar Brown, younger Delane arrives at Fr.; Dylan Carpenter, R-Jr.; LSU after transferring from Jaylen Brown, R-So.; Tren- Ohio State. ton Henderson, Fr.; Damien Shanklin, R-Fr.; Kolaj Cob- Cornerback bins, R-So.; Jaiden Braker, Starters: DJ Pickett, So.; PJ R-Fr. Woodland, Jr. Breakdown: Tuihalamaka Backups: Ja’Keem Jackson, and Pyburn could drastical- R-Jr.; Michael Turner, R-So.; ly change the outlook of this Havon Finney, Fr.; Dez Elroom if they join the team. lis, Fr.; Emari Peterson, Fr.; Tuihalamaka — a Notre Treylan James, R-Jr.; LavonDame transfer if he’s ruled te Williams, So. eligible — never signed a Breakdown: LSU has turned pro contract, so he has an to the courts for extra help even clearer path to the at this position as well. team than Harris, Pyburn The Louisiana lawsuit or Wright. Pyburn was cut states that Cotton “intends by the Tampa Bay Bucca- to seek a roster spot at a D-I neers on Sunday. If another university in Louisiana,” NFL team doesn’t pick him likely meaning that he will up on waivers, he could be try to join LSU’s roster this primed for a return to Ba- season. Cotton started in ton Rouge. eight games at Utah and finBoth Tuihalamaka and ished second on the team in Pyburn’s best attribute is pass breakups last year. their ability to set the edge Cotton, at the very least, against the run. That skill could provide depth for an set is a need for LSU’s edge LSU cornerbacks room that room, which lacks depth and needs it. With sophomore is mostly made up of players Aidan Anding out for the who do their best work rush- year with an Achilles tear, ing the passer. This became Jackson, a former Florida especially true after redshirt transfer, is currently in line sophomore Gabriel Reliford to be LSU’s third cornertore his ACL in the spring. back. Jackson played more Umanmielen was one of than 10 snaps in just one LSU’s biggest additions SEC game last year, accordfrom the portal, registering ing to Pro Football Focus. nine sacks and 13 tackles for With that said, LSU’s startloss last season. Ross is a ers at corner are strong. former five-star recruit who Pickett and Woodland return had 1.5 sacks at Tennessee as key pieces of last year’s last year. Brown is another defense. Add in Cotton, and former five-star recruit who the Tigers would be set at is expected to make an im- the position. pact as a freshman. Carpenter is another run-stuffing Special teams edge who earned playing Kicker: Scott Starzyk, So. time last season. Punter: Grant Chadwick, Jr. Long snapper: Mack Mulhern, Linebacker R-Fr. Punt returner: Jayce Brown Starters: Whit Weeks, Sr.; TJ Kick returner: Harlem Berry Dottery, 5th-yr.-Sr. Breakdown: Starzyk made Backups: Davhon Keys, Jr.; Zach Weeks, R-Fr.; Tylen 14 of 18 field goal attempts Singleton, R-So.; Charles at Arkansas a year ago. Ross, So.; Keylan Moses, Chadwick, after a strong first season at LSU, could R-Fr.; Theo Grace, R-Fr. Breakdown: Weeks and Dot- face competition from tery form one of the top Florida transfer redshirt linebacker duos in the SEC. freshman Hayden Craig. Weeks was awarded the No. Craig and Mulhern fol7 jersey for a reason, while lowed new special teams Dottery was a key starter on coordinator Joe Houston Ole Miss’ defense over the from Florida. Brown was seen fielding past two seasons. Keys started for an in- punts in the spring, but he jured Weeks last season and didn’t take any at Kansas should still earn some time State. Berry didn’t field any on the field, giving him or kicks last season, but has the Dottery a breather. Whit’s speed and vision to be danbrother Zach has excellent gerous in the role. He was speed and could also con- also seen fielding kicks in the spring. tend for reps.

trade, he was willing to lean on his legs more when it was needed. Johnson ﬁnished the game completing 17 of 27 passes for 174 yards and was the team’s leading rusher with 81 yards on 14 attempts. Faulk said he’ll emphasize to his team how to handle early success in games and follow it up with consistency instead of a falloff. “That’s one of the things that I’ll talk to them about next week,” Faulk said. “There’s only one way to play with a lead, is get a bigger lead. That’s what you have to do. But what you’re trying to say is, how do you handle success? Because offense, we went down, defense did some good things, offense went down, and then every time we scored, they scored, or they got a good drive together. We have to do better riding the momentum wave, and making sure, you know, we do the things that’s necessary (to win).”

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Starters: Jordan Seaton, Jr. (LT); Bo Bordelon, 5th-yr. Sr. (LG); Braelin Moore, 5th-yr. Sr. (C); Aliou Bah, 5th-yr. Sr. (RG); Weston Davis, R-So. (RT) Backups: Devin Harper, So.; Sean Thompkins, R-Jr.; William Satterwhite, R-So.; Darrin Strey, R-Fr.; JaKolby Jones, Jr.; Brysten Martinez, Fr.; Solomon Thomas, R-Fr.; Adrian Lamb, R-So.; Jar’Mand Jones, So.; Ja’Quan Sprinkle, R-Jr.; Brett Bordelon; R-Fr.; Ryan Miret, Fr. Breakdown: Seaton, Moore and Bah are virtual locks to start. Seaton was the top offensive lineman in the portal out of Colorado, while Moore is a returning starter and Bah had an impressive twoyear run at Maryland. The questions on the line are at left guard and right tackle. Davis started at right tackle for most of last year, but he struggled. He has the physical tools to be an SEC tackle — new offensive line coach Eric Wolford just needs to help him reach his potential. Bordelon never played much in four years under Brian Kelly, but he lined up as LSU’s starter at left guard during the spring. Harper and Satterwhite are in line for playing time in case something happens to any of the starters. Harp-

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er followed Kifﬁn from Ole Miss to LSU, while Satterwhite earned playing time at Tennessee last season.

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Southern quarterback Christian Johnson runs as Alabama State’s Amarion Fuller tackles him during the second half on Saturday in Birmingham, Ala.

STAFF PHoTo By MICHAEL JoHnSon

LSU safety Tamarcus Cooley, left, chats with teammate dashawn Spears during a break between drills on Aug. 10 at the team’s practice facility.

maintained as the Jaguars allowed 20 unanswered points to close out the game, losing 30-17 at Legion Field. The first thing Faulk said in his first postgame news conference was that his team cannot afford self-inflicted mistakes and those who are the perpetrators will be replaced on the field. “The number one thing that I told you guys we can’t do is just beat yourself,” the Pro Football Hall of Fame running back said. “You cannot do that, and the reality is this: we’re gonna work with those guys on those things, and try to get them to fix it. If not, we’re gonna find guys to play that might not be as talented, that might not be the best in that department, but at least they won’t beat themselves.” While Southern had 10 penalties for 85 yards compared to Alabama State’s eight for 95 yards, the Jaguars still had the game’s only turnover. They relinquished possession on an interception by Johnson early in the fourth quarter, sitting at the ASU 32-yard line. The Hutchinson Community College transfer said that he takes much of the responsibility in losses. “I wear it heavy,” said Johnson, who played 90 minutes from his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama. “I make sure that all the guys know that there will be things from my position that I can do better to put us in better situations or push the ball down the field, and get more scores out of our possessions for sure.” Faulk was still pleased with his quarterback’s grit in his debut at the Division I level. While he’s not a pure dual-threat quarterback by

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SCOREBOARD Odds Sports Betting Line NFL Wednesday

FAVORITE at SEATTLE

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 4½ 3½ (44½) NE

FAVORITE at LA RAMS

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 3½ 3½ (48½) San Fran

Thursday Sunday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at PITT 3 3½ (42½) Atlanta Chicago 2½ 2½ (47½) at CAR Baltimore 3½ 3½ (47½) at IND at CIN 3½ 3½ (50½) Tmpa Bay at TEN 2½ 2½ (39½) NY Jets at DETROIT 7 7 (49½) Nola Buffalo 1½ 1½ (44½) at HOU at JAX 7½ 7½ (40½) Cleveland at LAS VEGAS 3½ 3½ (40½) Miami at CHARGRS 10½ 10½ (47½) Arizona at MIN 1½ 1½ (45½) Green Bay at PHILA 4½ 4½ (46½) Wash Dallas 2½ 2½ (48½) at GIANTS

Monday FAVORITE at K.C.

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ 2½ (42½) Denver

College Football Thursday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at RUTGERS 30½ 29½ (53½) UMass at KEN ST 21½ 23½ (51½)W Georgia at BUFFALO 27½ 24½ (48½) Albany at DELAWRE 30½ 28½ (55½)Merrimack at W. FOREST 22½ 24½ (48½) Akron at UCF 38½ 42½ (59½) B.Cookmn at GA TECH 7½ 6½ (50½) Colorado at MISSOURI 50½ 54½ (60½) UAPB at MIN 43½ 42½ (51½) E. Illinois at UTAH 35½ 34½ (56½) Idaho at ILLINOIS 27½ 28½ (55½) UAB

Friday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at E. MICHGN 4 3½ (54½)San Jse St. at PURDUE 30½ 35½ (56½)Indiana St. at GA ST 26½ 28½ (63½) NC A&T at KANSAS 40½ 39½ (53½) LIU Post at OKLA 40½ 41½ (50½) UTEP at MICH ST 10½ 10 (49½) Toledo at USC 23½ 22½ (51½) Fresno St. Miami (FL) 22 24½ (48½) at STAN

Saturday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at UCONN 21½ 19½ (58½) Lafayette at SYRACUSE 27½ 33½ (55½)New Hamp at B. GREEN 1½ 2½ (47½) Tarlton St. at J. MADISON 6 6½ (52½) Liberty at NEBRASKA 23½ 23½ (47½) Ohio at HOUSTON 18½ 20½ (51½)Oregon St. at ALABAMA 26½ 28½ (54½)E. Carolina at INDIANA 40½ 40½ (55½) N. Texas at ARMY 37½ 37½ (51½) Bryant at W. VIRGNA 17½ 21½ (56½)C. Carolina at PITT 15½ 16½ (49½)Miami (OH) at OHIO ST. 50½ 50½ (56½) Ball State at S. CAR 34½ 36½ (53½) Kent State at IOWA ST. 30½ 29½ (53½) SEMSU at KENTCKY 27½ 23½ (62½) Youngs St at AIR FORCE 23½ 28½ (58½) Duquesne at TEMPLE 12½ 10½ (51½)Rhde Islnd at GEORGIA 48½ 46½ (56½) Tenn St. at CHAR 17½ 17½ (46½) Citadel at UTSA 27½ 28½ (59½) Utrgv at AUBURN 7 7½ (59½) Baylor at NDSU 35½ 39½ (57½) Fordham at NAVY 30½ 30½ (53½) Towson at CIN 7½ 7½ (51½) B. College at DUKE 9½ 9½ (50½) Tulane at OREGON 24½ 24½ (51½) Boise St. at TEXAS 30½ 30½ (60½) Texas St. at TEN 47½ 46½ (66½) Furman at APP ST. 22½ 18½ (53½) Maine at PENN ST. 23½ 24½ (54½) Marshall Oklahoma St. 12½ 14 (60½) at TULSA at IOWA 30½ 31½ (45½) N. Illinois at ARKANS 40½ 40½ (63½) N. bama at S. MISS 23½ 21½ (50½) Alcorn St. at OLD DOM 41½ 41½ (55½)Norfolk St. at CSU 3½ 3½ (47½) Wyoming at S. BAMA 14½ 12½ (52½) Selu at S. FLORIDA 12½ 13½ (54½) Flrda Intl at M. TEN 25½ 20½ (59½) Murray St. at KAN ST 41½ 40½ (55½)Nicholls St. at UTAH ST. 23½ 13½ (61½) Idaho St. at JAX STATE 20½ 19½ (54½) E. Kent at VAND 35½ 30½ (61½) A. Peay at TX A&M 38½ 41½ (52½) Missou St at GA SOUTH 26½ 25½ (51½) Chrlstn S at TEX TECH 41½ 42½ (59½)A. Chrstian at RICE 21½ 22½ (47½)Hou Christ at TROY 17½ 16½ (53½) Sam Hou at MEMPHIS 10½ 9½ (53½) Arkans St at MICHIGAN 26½ 27½ (47½) W Michgn at MISS ST 28½ 28½ (55½)UL Monroe at LSU 11½ 10½ (51½) Clemson at VA TECH 47½ 51½ (57½) VMI at LA TECH 40½ 43½ (52½)Nrthstrn St at FLORIDA 26½ 27½ (59½) Fla Atl at NRTHWSN 15½ 12½ (46½) S. Dkta St. at UL 17½ 20½ (48½) Lamar at MARYLND 41½ 45½ (56½) Hampton at BYU 47½ 47½ (54½) Utah Tech at NNMSU 23½ 28½ (51½) Mercyhrst at ARIZONA 29½ 33½ (56½) N. Arizona at SDSU 40½ 40½ (58½) Prtland St. UNLV 1½ 3 (58½) at HAWAII at ARIZ ST 42½ 41½ (52½) Morgan St at NEW MEX 12½ 10½ (46½)C. Michign at SAC ST. 32½ 35½ (56½) Miss Va St W. Kntcky 3 2½ (52½)at NEVADA UCLA 1½ 1½ (53½) at CAL

Sunday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at WASH 21½ 23½ (50½) Wash St. at N.D. 20½ 20½ (47½) Wisconsin at OLE MISS 6½ 6½ (55½) Louisville

Monday

FAVORITE SMU

MLB

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ 3 (53½) at FSU

Monday

American League FAVORITE LINE at BOSTON -168 at MIN -135 at TEXAS -221 at HOUSTON -135 N.Y Yankees -138 National League FAVORITE LINE at ATLANTA OFF San Diego -147 at WASH OFF Milwaukee -112 Philadelphia -118 Interleague FAVORITE LINE at TAMPA BAY -166 Baltimore -136

UNDERDOG Seattle Detroit Athletics White Sox at LA ANGELS

LINE +135 +110 +175 +110 +118

UNDERDOG San Francisco at CINCINNATI Miami at CHI CUBS at ARIZONA

LINE OFF +120 OFF -111 +100

UNDERDOG N.Y Mets at COLORADO

LINE +138 +116

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

W 26 26 24 24 15 11 10

L 14 14 16 16 25 29 29

Pct GB .650 — .650 — .600 2 .600 2 .375 11 .275 15 .256 15½

x-Minnesota x-Golden State x-Las Vegas x-Dallas Portland Los Angeles Phoenix Seattle

W 31 28 27 23 16 14 14 8

L 9 11 13 16 23 25 26 31

Pct GB .775 — .718 2½ .675 4 .590 7½ .410 14½ .359 16½ .350 17 .205 22½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-clinched playoff spot Saturday’s Games New York 85, Chicago 66 Phoenix 101, Toronto 69

Sunday’s Games

Atlanta 89, Minnesota 81 Los Angeles 90, Seattle 74 Golden State 86, Portland 69 Dallas 97, Connecticut 71

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled.

Pro football NFL Glance Thursday’s Games

Buffalo 28, Pittsburgh 27 Cleveland 37, New England 13 San Francisco 18, Las Vegas 12 L.A. Rams 20, L.A. Chargers 18

Friday’s Games

Baltimore 41, Washington 3 Atlanta 17, Miami 12 Carolina 16, Houston 13 Jacksonville 19, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Giants 23, N.Y. Jets 6 Cincinnati 30, Philadelphia 13 Green Bay 42, Arizona 38 New Orleans 27, Dallas 24 Seattle 9, Kansas City 9 Denver 34, Minnesota 6

jedovic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Daniel Merida, Spain, def. Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Yibing Wu, China, def. Adam Walton, Australia, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 7-5. Jiri Lehecka (18), Czechia, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-1, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2. Arthur Rinderknech (26), France, def. Sho Shimabukuro, Japan, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Lloyd Harris, South Africa, def. Jack Kennedy, United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. Dino Prizmic, Croatia, def. Aleksandr Shevchenko, Russia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Tommy Paul (20), United States, def. Coleman Wong, Hong Kong, China, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Daniil Medvedev (7), Russia, def. Hugo Gaston, France, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Toby Samuel, Britain, def. Tomas Machac, Czechia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Luca Van Assche, France, def. Cameron Norrie (29), Britain, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

Saturday’s Games

Detroit 25, Indianapolis 16 Chicago 24, Tennessee 15

College football Major Scores EAST

Bryant 24, Stonehill 6 Howard 31, Alabama A&M 24 Lehigh 35, Holy Cross 10 Robert Morris 28, Wagner 7

Women’s Singles

First Round Jasmine Paolini (19), Italy, def. Veronika Erjavec, Slovenia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Kamilla Rakhimova, Russia, def. Barbora Krejcikova (27), Czechia, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Jessica Pegula (3), United States, def. ElenaGabriela Ruse, Romania, 6-3, 6-2. Donna Vekic, Croatia, def. Talia Gibson, Australia, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Polina Iatcenko, Russia, def. Renata Zarazua, Mexico, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7). Leylah Fernandez (31), Canada, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 6-2. Marta Kostyuk (11), Ukraine, def. Storm Hunter, Australia, 6-4, 6-1. Wang Xinyu, China, def. Emiliana Arango, Colombia, 6-4, 6-2. Lanlana Tararudee, Thailand, def. Elvina Kalieva, United States, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2. Lucrezia Stefanini, Italy, def. Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Karolina Pliskova, Czechia, def. Hanne Vandewinkel, Belgium, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Ekaterina Alexandrova (18), Russia, def. McCartney Kessler, United States, 6-2, 6-2.

SOUTH

Alabama St. 30, Southern U. 17 Alcorn St. 56, Miles 7 Campbell 49, ETSU 37 Florida A&M 20, Albany St. (Ga.) 7 Florida St. 34, New Mexico St. 17 Grambling St. 49, Clark Atlanta 7 Hampton 45, Va. Lynchburg 0 Jackson St. 26, Tennessee St. 24 Mercer 23, East Texas A&M 15 Morgan St. 17, NC A&T 7 Norfolk St. 56, Winston-Salem 0 North Alabama 22, Samford 10 Richmond 35, Bucknell 14 SC State 87, Savannah St. 0 Stephen F. Austin 38, McNeese St. 27 Tennessee Tech 38, Monmouth (NJ) 14 Virginia 34, NC State 8 W. Carolina 45, E. Kentucky 21 Wofford 42, The Citadel 14

MIDWEST

Butler 27, Georgetown (KY) Tigers 23 Chicago 44, Chicago State Cougars 28 Dayton 43, Fairmont St. 20 E. Michigan 28, Sacramento St. 17 N. Dakota St. 33, Jacksonville St. 7 S. Dakota St. 70, Stetson 7 SE Missouri 23, Indiana St. 21 South Dakota 59, CCSU 20 Valparaiso 59, Lawrence 13

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SOUTHWEST

Ark.-Pine Bluff 35, Morehouse 15 Incarnate Word 76, Okla. Panhandle St. 14 Lamar 21, Abilene Christian 14 North Carolina 15, TCU 10 Tarleton St. 49, Prairie View 30 Texas Southern 42, NC Central 30 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 44, TexasPermian Basin 0

FAR WEST

Idaho St. 38, VMI 10 Memphis 27, UNLV 21 Montana 28, S. Utah 21 Montana St. 54, Utah Tech 0 N. Arizona 34, E. Washington 27 Southern Cal 42, San Jose St. 26 Stanford 37, Hawaii 27 UC Davis 31, Portland St. 24

Golf Tour Championship Sunday

At East Lake GC Atlanta Purse: $40 million Yardage: 7,440; Par: 70 Final Round Scottie Schefﬂer 65-67-66-66—264 Viktor Hovland 64-66-65-72—267 Ryan Gerard 65-65-66-72—268 Jacob Bridgeman 68-67-66-68—269 Alex Fitzpatrick 68-68-67-66—269 Chris Gotterup 64-67-67-71—269 Russell Henley 70-65-66-68—269 Min Woo Lee 62-73-66-68—269 Rory McIlroy 68-69-63-69—269 Ludvig Åberg 65-68-65-71—269 Tommy Fleetwood 66-70-67-67—270 Adam Scott 66-67-65-72—270 Cameron Young 70-62-68-70—270 Tom Kim 67-68-68-68—271 Si Woo Kim 69-68-65-69—271 Collin Morikawa 64-67-72-68—271 Xander Schauffele 67-71-67-66—271 Akshay Bhatia 65-69-71-68—273 Sam Burns 66-68-67-72—273 Justin Rose 68-65-69-71—273 Patrick Cantlay 68-70-68-69—275 Wyndham Clark 67-69-67-72—275 Matt Fitzpatrick 66-67-69-73—275 Hideki Matsuyama 69-70-67-69—275 Kristoffer Reitan 70-69-68-70—277 Ryan Fox 66-68-70-74—278 Alex Smalley 67-68-72-72—279 Robert MacIntyre 67-76-63-74—280 Gary Woodland 66-68-71-77—282

FM Championship Par Scores

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Sunday

At TPC Boston Norton, Mass. Purse: $4.4 million Yardage: 6,533; Par: 72 Final Round Ruoning Yin, $660,000 71-65-68-70—274 -14 Hyo Joo Kim, $413,842 68-67-70-71—276 -12 A. Corpuz, $300,213 68-67-74-68—277 -11 Sei Young Kim, $209,582 64-74-67-73—278 -10 Rose Zhang, $209,582 72-68-70-68—278 -10 Jenny Bae, $131,037 68-68-72-71—279 -9 B. Matthews, $131,037 72-69-70-68—279 -9 M. Yamashita, $131,037 65-70-75-69—279 -9 Jin Hee Im, $89,213 70-70-69-71—280 -8 Somi Lee, $89,213 66-72-70-72—280 -8 Hae-Ran Ryu, $89,213 68-70-72-70—280 -8 Jeeno Thitikul, $89,213 72-68-71-69—280 -8 Na Rin An, $67,971 72-72-66-71—281 -7 L. Coughlin, $67,971 68-71-70-72—281 -7 Na. Guseva, $67,971 69-68-72-72—281 -7 Nasa Hataoka, $67,971 71-70-72-68—281 -7 P. Tavatanakit, $67,971 71-68-73-69—281 -7 Hye Jin Choi, $54,288 72-66-73-71—282 -6 Karis Davidson, $54,288 70-73-70-69—282 -6 Charley Hull, $54,288 71-70-73-68—282 -6 M. Metraux, $54,288 71-65-73-73—282 -6 Linnea Strom, $48,486 73-67-75-68—283 -5 Ashleigh Buhai, $44,127 70-71-71-72—284 -4 N. Madsen, $44,127 73-71-68-72—284 -4 S. Schubert, $44,127 70-72-72-70—284 -4 A. Yubol, $44,127 68-75-70-71—284 -4 Hailee Cooper, $33,669 72-68-73-72—285 -3 Olivia Cowan, $33,669 73-71-69-72—285 -3 Aki Iwai, $33,669 74-66-72-73—285 -3 MinJi Kang, $33,669 73-70-71-71—285 -3 Minami Katsu, $33,669 71-73-69-72—285 -3 Megan Khang, $33,669 73-69-70-73—285 -3 Yan Liu, $33,669 74-70-67-74—285 -3 Gaby Lopez, $33,669 68-72-73-72—285 -3 Mao Saigo, $33,669 72-70-69-74—285 -3 Lottie Woad, $33,669 68-73-70-74—285 -3 S. Vnjchtam, $26,738 73-65-76-72—286 -2 P. Annnrkrn, $23,148 73-70-73-71—287 -1 M. De Roey, $23,148 72-72-73-70—287 -1 A. Jutanugarn, $23,148 75-67-73-72—287 -1 N. Nadaud, $23,148 72-68-77-70—287 -1 A. Nordqvist, $23,148 74-68-73-72—287 -1 E. Pedersen, $23,148 65-72-74-76—287 -1 A. Doherty, $18,239 70-69-73-76—288 E Lindy Duncan, $18,239 70-69-70-79—288 E Isi Gabsa, $18,239 73-69-74-72—288 E Dewi Weber, $18,239 75-69-73-71—288 E Yana Wilson, $18,239 71-72-71-74—288 E Ina Yoon, $18,239 74-70-71-73—288 E Laetitia Beck, $15,407 72-71-71-75—289 +1 Nelly Korda, $15,407 72-72-72-73—289 +1 Dongeun Lee, $15,407 71-71-73-74—289 +1 Chella Choi, $13,820 70-72-77-71—290 +2 Robyn Choi, $13,820 73-70-75-72—290 +2 Lucy Li, $13,820 74-69-76-71—290 +2 Ryann O’Toole, $13,820 75-67-76-72—290 +2 Hannah Green, $12,462 74-67-73-77—291 +3 Wei-Ling Hsu, $12,462 75-68-75-73—291 +3 Anna Huang, $11,406 69-70-76-77—292 +4 Soo Bin Joo, $11,406 71-73-75-73—292 +4 Paula Reto, $11,406 74-69-76-73—292 +4 Aditi Ashok, $10,762 71-71-76-76—294 +6 Aphrodite Deng, $0 73-71-73-77—294 +6 Kiara Romero, $10,762 71-73-74-76—294 +6 Ana Belac, $10,309 73-70-75-77—295 +7 D. Darquea, $10,309 77-67-72-79—295 +7

Tennis U.S. Open Results Sunday

At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $5,438,400 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Results Sunday from US Open at The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

First Round Kamil Majchrzak, Poland, def. Hamad Med-

Saturday

At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (4) Ryan Preece, Ford, 166 laps, 67 points. 2. (23) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 166, 38. 3. (17) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 166, 34. 4. (18) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 166, 33. 5. (32) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 166, 32. 6. (8) Austin Cindric, Ford, 166, 32. 7. (29) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 166, 30. 8. (20) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 166, 29. 9. (24) Josh Berry, Ford, 166, 28. 10. (16) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 166, 27. 11. (30) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 166, 26. 12. (5) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 166, 0. 13. (12) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 166, 34. 14. (21) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 166, 23. 15. (27) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 166, 24. 16. (11) Corey Heim, Toyota, 166, 0. 17. (35) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 166, 20. 18. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, 166, 27. 19. (33) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 166, 24. 20. (26) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 166, 21. 21. (31) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 166, 16. 22. (13) William Byron, Chevrolet, 166, 22. 23. (22) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 166, 16. 24. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 166, 13. 25. (7) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 166, 12. 26. (37) Noah Gragson, Ford, 166, 12. 27. (3) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 166, 0. 28. (6) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 166, 19. 29. (39) Daniel Dye, Chevrolet, 166, 0. 30. (36) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 166, 7. 31. (10) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 166, 16. 32. (34) Zane Smith, Ford, accident, 165, 13. 33. (19) Ryan Blaney, Ford, accident, 165, 14. 34. (14) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, accident, 165, 12. 35. (25) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, accident, 165, 2. 36. (40) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 165, 0. 37. (38) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 165, 1. 38. (28) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, accident, 154, 1. 39. (15) Erik Jones, Toyota, accident, 154, 8. 40. (2) Chris Buescher, Ford, 151, 1. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 154.692 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 40 minutes, 58 seconds. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 4 for 23 laps. Lead Changes: 41 among 22 drivers. Lap Leaders: R.Chastain 0-1; K.Larson 2; R.Chastain 3-4; C.Buescher 5-9; K.Larson 10; A.Hill 11-33; C.Buescher 34; S.Van Gisbergen 35-39; T.Gibbs 40; R.Blaney 41; J.Logano 4243; S.Van Gisbergen 44; T.Gilliland 45; A.Hill 46-49; C.Briscoe 50-55; R.Chastain 56-63; C.Elliott 64-67; Z.Smith 68-70; C.Elliott 71-81; R.Blaney 82-84; A.Cindric 85-90; C.Elliott 9194; R.Blaney 95; R.Preece 96; R.Chastain 97; J.Berry 98; R.Stenhouse 99; T.Gilliland 100106; C.Briscoe 107-109; B.Keselowski 110-113; C.Briscoe 114; B.Keselowski 115-117; C.Ware 118-119; B.Keselowski 120-122; C.Ware 123-128; W.Byron 129-142; J.Nemechek 143144; T.Reddick 145-149; R.Preece 150-152; C.Hocevar 153; Z.Smith 154-165; R.Preece 166 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): A.Hill, 2 times for 27 laps; C.Elliott, 3 times for 19 laps; Z.Smith, 2 times for 15 laps; W.Byron, 1 time for 14 laps; R.Chastain, 4 times for 12 laps; C.Briscoe, 3 times for 10 laps; B.Keselowski, 3 times for 10 laps; T.Gilliland, 2 times for 8 laps; C.Ware, 2 times for 8 laps; A.Cindric, 1 time for 6 laps; S.Van Gisbergen, 2 times for 6 laps; C.Buescher, 2 times for 6 laps; R.Preece, 3 times for 5 laps; T.Reddick, 1 time for 5 laps; R.Blaney, 3 times for 5 laps; J.Nemechek, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 2 laps; K.Larson, 2 times for 2 laps; R.Stenhouse, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Berry, 1 time for 1 lap; T.Gibbs, 1 time for 1 lap; C.Hocevar, 1 time for 1 lap. Wins: T.Reddick, 5; D.Hamlin, 4; R.Blaney, 3; T.Gibbs, 2; C.Elliott, 2; J.Logano, 2; S.Van Gisbergen, 2; C.Briscoe, 1; D.Suárez, 1; C.Hocevar, 1; R.Preece, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. D.Hamlin, 1027; 2. R.Blaney, 938; 3. T.Reddick, 894; 4. T.Gibbs, 892; 5. C.Briscoe, 761; 6. C.Bell, 758; 7. K.Larson, 724; 8. C.Elliott, 723; 9. J.Logano, 709; 10. C.Buescher, 677; 11. D.Suárez, 676; 12. C.Hocevar, 673; 13. W.Byron, 666; 14. B.Wallace, 651; 15. A.Cindric, 631; 16. R.Preece, 622. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated LF Roman Anthony and SS Trevor Story from the 60-day IL. Optioned LHP Raymond Burgos, 2B Anthony Seigler and DH Mickey Gasper to Worcester (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled LHPs Blake Weiman and Mitch Farris from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned RHP Trevor Martin to Salt Lake. Placed RHP George Klassen on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 27. MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled RF Gabriel Gonzalez from St. Paul (IL). Placed CF Byron Buxton on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 27. Sent RHP Woo-Suk Go outright to St. Paul. NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Luis Gil from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned RHPs Brendan Beck and Yerry De los Santos to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled RHP Nick Davila from Tacoma (PCL). Placed RHP Emerson Hancock on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 29. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent RHP Zac Gallen on a rehab assignment to Reno (PCL). Optioned LHP Mitch Bratt to Reno. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated LF Samad Taylor from the 10-day IL. Recalled 2B SungMun Song from El Paso (PCL). Placed 1B Gavin Sheets and LF Luis Rengifo on the 10-day IL. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled LHP Matt Wilkinson from Sacramento (PCL). Placed LHP Sam Hentges on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 27. Sent 3B Buddy Kennedy outright to Sacramento. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled 3B César Prieto from Memphis (IL). Placed 2B JJ Wetherholt on the 10-day IL.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League East Division

National League

Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

W 82 78 74 68 67

L 54 59 63 70 69

Pct .603 .569 .540 .493 .493

GB — 4½ 8½ 15 15

Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

W 72 69 65 63 62

L 64 68 72 73 76

Pct .529 .504 .474 .463 .449

GB — 3½ 7½ 9 11

Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

W 68 67 64 53 52

L 68 70 73 83 84

Pct .500 .489 .467 .390 .382

GB — 1½ 4½ 15 16

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

Boston 6, N.Y. Yankees 0, 1st game Detroit 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 2 Toronto 4, Seattle 3 Kansas City 8, Cleveland 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Houston 2 Tampa Bay 7, San Diego 6 Milwaukee 5, Texas 3 N.Y. Yankees 9, Boston 2, 2nd game Baltimore 5, Athletics 3 Philadelphia 4, L.A. Angels 2, 10 innings

Sunday’s Games

Cleveland 11, Kansas City 1 Toronto 7, Seattle 0 L.A. Dodgers 6, Detroit 1 N.Y. Yankees 16, Boston 1 Minnesota 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Tampa Bay 5, San Diego 4, 11 innings Texas 7, Milwaukee 4 Houston 6, N.Y. Mets 3 Baltimore 8, Athletics 5 Philadelphia 5, L.A. Angels 2

East Division Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 82 76 69 65 61

L 55 60 68 74 75

Pct GB .599 — .559 5½ .504 13 .468 18 .449 20½

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 85 77 68 67 64

L 52 59 70 71 72

Pct GB .620 — .566 7½ .493 17½ .486 18½ .471 20½

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

W 82 73 72 56 52

L 55 65 65 81 85

Pct .599 .529 .526 .409 .380

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

GB — 9½ 10 26 30

Detroit 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 2 Chicago Cubs 17, Cincinnati 5 Arizona 7, San Francisco 1, 1st game N.Y. Mets 6, Houston 2 Tampa Bay 7, San Diego 6 Atlanta 2, Colorado 1 Washington 5, Miami 4, 10 innings Milwaukee 5, Texas 3 San Francisco 7, Arizona 2, 2nd game Philadelphia 4, L.A. Angels 2, 10 innings

Sunday’s Games

Miami 6, Washington 2 Atlanta 3, Colorado 2, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 6, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 5, San Diego 4, 11 innings Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 4 Texas 7, Milwaukee 4 Houston 6, N.Y. Mets 3 Philadelphia 5, L.A. Angels 2 Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, n

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Mets (Stock 0-3) at Tampa Bay (Seymour 9-5), 5:40 p.m. Seattle (Kirby 9-10) at Boston (Tolle 8-6), 5:45 p.m. Detroit (Jobe 1-1) at Minnesota (Bradley 9-6), 6:40 p.m. Athletics (Jump 6-8) at Texas (deGrom 9-9), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Kay 9-6) at Houston (Lambert 8-7), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Bradish 7-12) at Colorado (Gordon 1-4), 7:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Rodríguez 0-2) at L.A. Angels (Klassen 2-2), 8:38 p.m.

San Francisco (TBD) at Atlanta (Elder 8-7), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Stock 0-3) at Tampa Bay (Seymour 9-5), 5:40 p.m. San Diego (King 8-9) at Cincinnati (Singer 5-12), 5:40 p.m. Miami (Gusto 1-3) at Washington (TBD), 5:45 p.m. Milwaukee (Harrison 10-3) at Chicago Cubs (Holmes 5-6), 6:40 p.m. Baltimore (Bradish 7-12) at Colorado (Gordon 1-4), 7:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 5-10) at Arizona (Pfaadt 7-1), 8:40 p.m.

WILD CARD GLANCE American League New York Boston Cleveland Baltimore Toronto Texas Minnesota Seattle

W 78 74 69 68 68 67 65 64

L 59 63 68 69 70 70 72 73

National League Pct .569 .540 .504 .496 .493 .489 .474 .467

WCGB +9 +5 — 1 1½ 2 4 5

Chicago Philadelphia Arizona San Diego Miami St. Louis

W 77 77 73 72 69 68

L 59 60 65 65 68 70

Pct .566 .562 .529 .526 .504 .493

WCGB +5 +4½ — ½ 3½ 5

BOX SCORES Houston 6, N.Y. Mets 3 Houston

New York

Texas 7, Milwaukee 4 Texas

Milwaukee

ab r h bi ab r h bi Peña ss 5 1 2 2 Lindor ss 4 1 11 Y.Alvarez lf 5 0 0 0 Soto dh 3 1 11 Velázquez lf 0 0 0 0 Bichette 3b 3 0 20 Paredes dh 4 1 0 0 Benge rf 4 0 00 Altuve 2b 5 1 2 0 Young 1b 3 0 00 Walker 1b 3 0 1 0 Morel ph 1 0 00 Varsho cf 4 0 0 1 Robert lf 4 0 00 Diaz c 3 2 1 0 Ewing cf 3 1 10 Smith rf 2 0 0 0 Semien 2b 3 0 00 Wade ph-rf 2 1 1 2 Torrens c 2 0 00 Trammell rf 0 0 0 0 Baty ph 1 0 00 Allen 3b 4 0 3 0 F.Alvarez c 0 0 00 Totals 37 610 5 Totals 31 3 5 2 Houston 110 002 200 — 6 New York 200 010 000 — 3 E_Diaz (3), Young (5). DP_Houston 1, New York 0. LOB_Houston 7, New York 5. 2B_Allen (5), Diaz (11), Bichette (22), Ewing (17). HR_Peña (17), Wade (3), Lindor (14), Soto (22). IP H R ER BB SO Houston Pecko W,1-0 5 3 3 2 2 4 Blubaugh H,9 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 Abreu H,12 ⁄3 0 0 0 2 1 1 Okert H,20 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Hader S,21-21 1 1 0 0 0 0 New York Thornton 5 6 2 2 0 5 Pintaro L,2-1 BS,0-1 1 3 2 2 0 2 Yan 1 1 2 1 1 1 Warren 1 0 0 0 0 1 Devenski 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP_Thornton (Diaz), Yan (Walker). ABS Challenge_Wade (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Soto (Strike-Conﬁrmed); Hader (Ball-Conﬁrmed). Umpires_Home, Nate Tomlinson; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Jacob Metz; Third, Carlos Torres. T_2:59. A_25,227 (42,136).

ab r h bi ab r h bi Pederson dh4 1 1 1 Turang 2b 4 1 10 Seager ss 4 1 1 0 Mitchell cf 4 1 10 Langford lf 4 1 0 0 Bauers 1b 4 0 11 Nimmo rf 4 1 1 0 Chourio lf 4 1 11 Duran 2b 5 2 2 3 Yelich dh 4 0 00 Burger 1b 5 0 1 1 Sánchez c 3 1 12 Carter cf 5 0 0 0 Frelick rf 2 0 00 Freeman 3b 4 1 2 1 Lara ph-rf 1 0 00 Díaz c 3 0 2 1 Hamilton 3b 2 0 00 Vaughn ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Ortiz ss 4 0 20 Totals 38 710 7 Totals 34 4 7 4 Texas 011 021 200 — 7 Milwaukee 200 000 200 — 4 E_Alexander (2), Turang (6). LOB_Texas 9, Milwaukee 10. 2B_Freeman (1), Díaz 2 (11), Duran (26), Turang (29). HR_Duran (15), Pederson (24), Sánchez (11). IP H R ER BB SO Texas Rocker 3 4 2 2 4 7 Alexander W,5-2 2 0 0 0 1 1 Macko H,5 1 1 0 0 0 1 Montgomery 1 1 2 2 1 1 Junis H,17 1 1 0 0 0 0 Latz S,27-30 1 0 0 0 0 1 Milwaukee May L,6-9 4 1⁄3 6 4 4 3 4 Anderson 2 3 3 1 0 2 Wilson 2 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 2 Anderson pitched to 4 batters in the 7th. HBP_May (Pederson), Alexander (Bauers). ABS Challenge_May (Ball-Conﬁrmed); Turang (Strike-Overturned to Ball). Pitch timer violations_Turang (batter). Umpires_Home, Brennan Miller; First, Austin Jones; Second, Ben May; Third, Chris Conroy. T_3:25. A_37,996 (41,700).

Philadelphia 5, L.A. Angels 2

Baltimore 8, Athletics 5

Philadelphia

Baltimore

Los Angeles

ab r h bi ab r h bi Schwrbr dh 4 1 1 0 Meckler lf 4 2 20 Turner ss 4 1 1 0 Trout dh 4 0 11 Harper rf 5 0 2 1 Grissom 1b 5 0 10 Crawford cf 0 0 0 0 Ballesteros c 4 0 1 0 Bohm 1b 4 0 0 0 Moore 2b 3 0 10 Sosa 3b 3 1 1 1 Lowe rf 3 0 00 Arraez 2b 0 0 0 1 Siri cf 4 0 00 De La Crz lf 3 0 0 0 Peraza ss 3 0 20 Marsh lf 1 0 1 1 Guzman 3b 3 0 00 Stott 2b-3b 4 0 1 0 Realmuto c 3 2 2 1 Hill cf-rf 4 0 1 0 Totals 35 510 5 Totals 33 2 8 1 Philadelphia 001 000 121 — 5 Los Angeles 100 000 001 — 2 DP_Philadelphia 1, Los Angeles 1. LOB_ Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 10. 2B_Stott (27), Harper (27), Meckler (11), Trout (21). HR_Realmuto (10), Sosa (7). SB_Moore (1). SF_Arraez (11). S_Guzman (2). IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Wheeler W,11-5 6 4 1 1 3 6 McFarlane H,1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 Alvarado H,12 ⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 1 Kerkering S,2-5 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 Los Angeles Kikuchi L,0-5 7 6 2 2 1 6 1 Peralta ⁄3 1 2 2 1 0 2 Fermin ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Farris 1 2 1 1 1 2 HBP_Wheeler (Trout). ABS Challenge_Harper (Strike-Confirmed); Kikuchi (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Kikuchi (Ball-Confirmed); Hill (Strike-Confirmed); Ballesteros (StrikeConfirmed). Umpires_Home, Dan Bellino; First, Mark Ripperger; Second, Shane Livensparger; Third, Dan Merzel. T_2:53. A_31,035 (45,517).

Athletics

ab r h bi ab r h bi Alexander 2b4 1 1 0 Bolte cf 5 1 20 Alonso dh 2 2 1 0 McNeil dh 5 0 11 Holliday dh 0 1 0 0 Gelof 3b-lf 2 1 00 Hendrsn ss 4 3 4 5 Butler rf 3 0 12 Mayo 1b 4 1 1 3 Walton 2b 3 0 00 E-Strnd 3b 4 0 0 0 Stefanic ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Taveras rf 4 0 0 0 White 1b 4 1 10 Franklin lf 3 0 0 0 Cortes lf 3 0 00 Beavrs lf 1 0 0 0 Muncy ph-3b 1 0 1 0 Narváez c 4 0 0 0 Serven c 4 2 22 Cowser cf 4 0 0 0 Williams ss 3 0 10 Heim ph 1 0 00 Totals 34 8 7 8 Totals 35 5 9 5 Baltimore 100 330 010 — 8 Athletics 212 000 000 — 5 DP_Baltimore 1, Athletics 0. LOB_Baltimore 1, Athletics 6. 2B_Butler (16), McNeil (19), White (5). 3B_Henderson (5). HR_ Henderson 2 (22), Mayo (19), Serven (5). IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Bassitt W,6-4 5 2⁄3 8 5 5 3 4 Nunez H,7 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 Walker H,3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Cano S,3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Athletics Springs L,3-13 4 2⁄3 6 7 7 1 6 Blewett 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 4 Basso 1 0 0 0 0 1 Morris 2 1 1 1 0 2 HBP_Morris (Alonso). ABS Challenge_Bassitt (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Bolte (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Henderson (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Williams (Strike-Overturned to Ball); McNeil (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Heim (Strike-Overturned to Ball). Pitch timer violations_Bassitt (pitcher). Umpires_Home, Doug Eddings; First, Mike Muchlinski; Second, Emil Jimenez; Third, Gabe Morales. T_2:46. A_7,606 (14,014).

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Raise a toast

Can you still find hucklebucks and frozen cups around new orleans?

Sippin’ (and chuggin’) through the years with a party mainstay — the red Solo cup BY JOSH HOFFNER Associated Press

BY TAMMY BARNEY Contributing writer

iggle like a snake. Wobble like a duck. Hunch your

back and go! That describes the Hucklebuck, a late-1940s dance craze that featured shimmies and hip gyrations. But in New Orleans, the hucklebuck also meant something much cooler: a frozen treat sold from neighborhood houses. Grandmothers became unofficial summertime entrepreneurs, serving one homemade hucklebuck at a time. Celina Fortuné was one of those grandmothers in the 7th Ward. She had a handwritten sign on her screen door listing the available flavors. Kids could knock on the door to buy a hucklebuck until 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. “Not only was she earning her own money,” her granddaughter Jessica Davis remembers, “but she also was looking out for the kids. She made sure they got home by the time the street lights came on.” Davis was 5 years old when she first remembers hucklebucks being sold. The neighborhood grandmothers used those little frozen treats to help pay utility and medical bills and, in some cases, send their children to college. Today, Davis is carrying that tradition forward. The respiratory therapist sells a gourmet version of the frozen treat through her business, Jessie’s HuckABucks, which is available at 48 locations — mostly corner and convenience stores — across the metro area. “I’m not just selling frozen treats,” Davis said. “I’m preserving New Orleans culture one cup at a time.” Every neighborhood seemed to have its own name for the frozen treat. In the Lower 9th Ward, it was a “frozen cup.” Uptown, an “iceberg.” Elsewhere,

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a “zip.” The names changed from neighborhood to neighborhood and from one generation to the next, but the treat provided the same result: cold, sweet relief from a sweltering New Orleans afternoon. The basic recipe was simple: Sweeten and ﬂavor a liquid — traditionally Kool-Aid or ﬂavored syrup — pour it into a paper or plastic cup, and freeze it solid. There was an art to eating one, too.

The Flip: The fun started before the ﬁrst bite. Squeeze or roll the cup between your hands until the frozen treat loosened. Then ﬂip it upside down and push it out, revealing that sweet, syrupy slush waiting at the top. The Peel: If your hucklebuck came in a paper or Styrofoam cup, there was no spoon required. Just tear or peel away the sides a little at a time and eat your way

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natocha Honore, ‘The Phrozen Kup Lady,’ stores her Phrozen Kups in multiple freezers at her home in new orleans.

STAFF PHoTo By SoPHIA GERMER

‘IT IS REAL ICE MADE BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS.’

N.O. played pivotal role in man-made ice BY KELTON SEARS

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Dr. John Gorrie died anxious, humiliated and debt-ridden in his Florida Panhandle home on June 29, 1855. He had just returned from one of many frustrating visits to New Orleans, where, for the better part of seven years, he desperately and unsuccessfully courted

TABOR, S.D. — It’s red. It’s soft plastic. And it probably contains your favorite beverage. The red Solo cup belongs on any list of the country’s most distinctly American objects, but it’s actually more than a single object. It is a symbol of the American psyche — a country that loves a good party, summertime barbecues, kegged beer, tailgating and above all, friendship and community. The red Solo cup is the receptacle for each of these proud traditions. It also Part of an serves as a occasional foundation for series from beer pong and The Associated functions as Press on a vessel for America’s contraband freedom public drinks. It works as a spittoon and a reusable household cup that survives countless top-rack cycles through the dishwasher. Sharpie name inscriptions are its universal language, along with condensation formed by an ice-cold drink. Its backdrops include campgrounds, block parties, parks, tailgates, keggers and county fairs. It’s also part of the story of capitalism in 20th-century America. The Chicago-based Solo Company originally made coned paper cups for water coolers; in the 1970s, it was modified to plastic and patented in the year of America’s 200th birthday. It grew into a massive disposable foodware company and was sold for about $1 billion to Dart Container Corp. in 2012. You can trace many plot points of the country’s last 80 years with the cup, starting with the advent of a postwar office culture and now-iconic — and cliché — water coolers. The country’s advertising and marketing ethos then allowed a mass-produced plastic cup to become an American household and party mainstay. More recently, it fueled college drinking traditions and a tailgate culture that is practically a business unto itself. And 10-figure sales to larger corporations have become regular occurrences at the corporate level. The cup achieved a new level of status after country star Toby Keith recorded a rhapsodic paean about it. Keith initially viewed the song as a throwaway but warmed up to it and included it on a 2011 album. Perhaps he and his producers realized that a song whose first verse includes “barbecues, tailgates, fairs and festivals” contains all the touchstones necessary to connect with American audiences on a deeper level. “Red Solo cup/I fill you up,” the chorus goes. “Let’s have a party.” And America loves a good party indeed.

investors for his strange new invention: an “artificial” ice machine. Chilly public reception and a string of bad luck drove him to a nervous breakdown, culminating in a sudden illness that claimed his life when he was 51 years old. Shortly before his death, he wrote that his ice

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2026. There are 122 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul (who was found to have been intoxicated at the time of the accident) also died. Also on this date: In 1881, the ﬁrst U.S. tennis championships (for men only) began in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1886, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of up to 7.3 devastated Charleston, South Carolina, killing at least 60 people. In 1962, the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago became independent of British colonial rule. In 1972, the charismatic Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut, 17, won individual gold medals on the balance beam and ﬂoor exercise at the Summer Olympics in Munich; she also won gold for the team all-around competition and a silver in

the uneven parallel bars. In 1980, Poland’s Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day-old strike. In 1992, White separatist Randy Weaver surrendered to authorities in Idaho, ending an 11-day siege by federal agents that had claimed the lives of Weaver’s wife, son and a deputy U.S. marshal. In 1994, Russia ofﬁcially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltics after half a century. In 2006, Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream” was recovered by Norwegian authorities after being stolen nine days earlier. In 2010, President Barack Obama announced the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, declaring no victory after seven years of bloodshed and telling those divided over the war in his country and around the world: “it’s time to turn the page.” In 2019, a gunman carried out a shooting rampage that stretched 10 miles between the Texas communities of Midland and Odessa,

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Continued from page 1C machine “had been found in advance of the wants of the country.” The frigid treatment his invention received had completely thawed by May 18, 1868, when the Louisiana Ice Manufacturing Company, the world’s first industrial ice-making plant, held its grand opening ceremony on the New Orleans riverfront at Tchoupitoulas and Delachaise streets. According to the NewOrleans Times, one of the 150 guests raised a toast to “the change it had effected upon the Mississippi, and of the astonishment the [river] must feel at being suddenly frozen up at this point.” Gorrie’s vision for an icy New Orleans proved prophetic, as the city became one of the epicenters of a new industry that reshaped not just the Gulf South but modern civilization.

‘No joke’ During the first half of the 19th century, if you needed ice and lived in the perennially warm regions of the American South, India, China, Europe or the Caribbean, you were at the mercy of the “Ice King,” Boston’s Frederic Tudor. The Tudor Ice Company was one of the first multinational American businesses, launched in February 1806 to public ridicule thanks to its bizarre premise. Tudor harvested free ice from New England’s lakes, put it on a schooner, and shipped it for sale wherever ice didn’t naturally occur. “No joke,” the Boston Gazette reported of his first shipment. “A vessel with a cargo of 80 tons of ice has cleared out from this port for Martinique. We hope this will not prove to be a slippery speculation.” The first shipment to New Orleans in 1826 went badly. The mayor, Count Louis Philippe de Roffignac, “thought ice was dangerous to the health of people inhabiting so warm a clime and dumped the first cargo into the river,” according to the Times-Picayune. Ironically, the Roffignac, a New Orleans iced cocktail, was invented around 50 years later and named in the mayor’s honor. Over time, the Ice King’s business solidified into a global success. By the 1840s, New Orleans and other hot metropolises around the world were erecting large, insulated “ice houses” to store and distribute Tudor ice, a product that earned the nickname “white gold” that cost today’s equivalent of $30 a pound during the summer.

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leaving seven people dead before police killed the shooter outside a movie theater in Odessa. In 2025, a landslide wiped out an entire village in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history. Today’s birthdays: World Golf Hall of Famer Isao Aoki is 84. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 81. Singer Van Morrison is 81. Rock musician Rudolf Schenker (The Scorpions) is 78. Actor Richard Gere is 77. Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson is 77. Attorney and author Marcia Clark is 73. Olympic gold medal hurdler Edwin Moses is 71. Rock singer Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) is 69. Rock musician Gina Schock (The Go-Go’s) is 69. Singer-composer Deborah Gibson is 56. Queen Rania of Jordan is 56. Golfer Padraig Harrington is 55. Actor Chris Tucker is 55. Actor Sara Ramirez is 51. Former NFL wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is 43. NBA All-Star Jalen Brunson is 30. Actor Jaylen Barron is 29. Actor Jason Maybaum is 19.

PRoVIdEd IMAGE FRoM THE HISToRIC nEW oRLEAnS CoLLECTIon he rigged up a contraption to soothe the waves of malaria and yellow fever patients overwhelming his hospital — the first air conditioner. A bedpan with a small hole was filled with ice and hung from the ceiling. Hot air rose, then flowed back down through the hole as it was cooled, lowering the temperature of the room. It took three years, but by 1844, he had made a slow, hand-cranked prototype for an ice-making machine, taking advantage of the cooling effect produced by rapidly compressing and expanding air — the same trick that powers modern refrigerators. Thrilled, he left his medical practice to pursue fulltime development in 1845. He began writing extensively about the machine in newspapers, but the pushback he received was so intense, he started assuming a pen name. The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce said his invention was a “cockand-bull story,” and some even framed it as a religious affront, including an author at the New York Globe who wrote, “There is a crank down in Apalachicola, Florida, that thinks he can make ice by his machine as good as God Almighty.” On May 6, 1851, U.S. Patent No. 8080 was awarded to “John Gorrie, of New Orleans, Louisiana” for the “artificial production of ice,” the first machine of its kind in the country. That same year, Gorrie’s chief financial backer in New Orleans unexpectedly died, dealing a critical blow to his finances and morale. After continued negative press scared away other potential investors, Gorrie died with today’s equivalent of $200,000 in debt.

‘It is real ice’ In 1859, Ferdinand Carré, of France, patented a more advanced, ammonia-based ice making machine, and by 1863, a ﬁrm founded by two fellow Frenchmen from New Orleans got a pair of small Carré machines through the Union blockade. One was kept in New Orleans, where Mathieu Jules Bujac and Camille Girardey began experimenting with industrial production at the corner of Orange and Tchoupitoulas streets, eventually importing three more machines. “It is a mistake to call this artificial ice. It is real ice made by artificial means,”

the Times-Picayune wrote in 1864. “This was ice made with the thermometer at 93 in the shade.” When the Civil War ended in 1865, engineer and former Confederate Daniel Holden improved the machine and used distilled water, making the final product not only drinkable, but clear. Suddenly, muddy Mississippi River water could be transformed into sparkling, sanitary ice blocks. Holden wrote that Bujac declared it “the most complete ice machine ever erected.” Bujac and Girardey had six 10-ton Carré machines built in Gretna under Holden’s supervision, and in 1868, the units made their historic debut powering the new Louisiana Ice Manufacturing Company, the world’s first industrial ice-making plant. An 1872 Times-Picayune article described New Orleans’s massive appetite for ice, with the city purchasing roughly 45 to 50 tons a day during the winter and 160 to 175 tons the rest of the year. Ice cream saloons alone accounted for up to 3,500 pounds a day, with hotels, soda fountains, restaurants and bars right behind them. But the largest patrons of New Orleans ice companies, the article noted, were “the wagons, which take from one to ﬁve tons per day each for resale to retail customers.” Hauling massive ice blocks in their horse-drawn wagons (and, later, trucks), icemen were a regular sight in the streets of New Orleans. By 1937, New Orleans was home to 49 ice manufacturing plants, employing between 1,500 and 2,000 people. One of which, Pelican Ice, lays claim as the world’s oldest continuously operated ice company, still running today in Kenner. Another, Cosmopolitan Ice Co., occupied a French Quarter building at 537 Chartres St. now owned by the Historic New Orleans Collection. Man-made ice transformed the region, enabling the Gulf seafood industry’s expansion beyond the coast, shaping New Orleans’s iconic cocktail culture, and linking new Northern markets to fresh Ponchatoula strawberries and other refrigerated produce. That legacy gave rise to another historic New Orleans invention as well: Ernest Hansen’s 1934 SnoBliz, the ﬁrst electric block ice-shaving machine, used to create the original sno-ball.

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up. I have people who come from all over to get them.” One of her friends brings an ice chest all the way from Baton Rouge in order to stock up for her kids. With so many customers and large orders, Honore said she has to refill her multiple freezers every other day with such flavors as pink pineapple, yellow watermelon, banana and creamy ice cream. She even sells frozen shot cups for those wanting an adult beverage. The days of 25-cent hucklebucks, frozen cups and zips are long gone. With larger sizes, fresh ingredients and gourmet toppings, they now cost $2 to $8 a cup. For many, however, the memories are priceless. “I’m not just in business, I’m fulfilling my purpose through my business,” Davis said. “So much has been taken from us. I did not want this to be something else taken away. “The people are in these cups,” she continued. “You can’t have culture without the people.” 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.

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BREC reserves the right to reject any or all bids for just cause as allowed by LSA-R.S. 38:2214. RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ________________ /s/ Brooks Williams, Superintendent THE ADVOCATE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA To be Published Two Times: August 24, 2026; August 31, 2026 198380 Aug. 24, 31, 2026 2t $93.76 PUBLIC NOTICE --Invitation to Bid SEALED PROPOSALS AS LISTED BELOW WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE PUR‐ CHASING DEPARTMENT AT: LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 433 BOLIVAR STREET ROOM 623 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 (504) 568-6261 UNTIL TIMES AND DATES INDICATED, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE THE PROPOSALS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ:

Ofﬁcial bid documents are available at Central Bidding (https://www. centralauctionhouse. com/rfpc10656-city-ofbaton-rouge.html) or by request from the City of Baton Rouge at rterrell@ brla.gov. Bids shall be submitted electronically via www. centralbidding.com or on the solicitation bid forms furnished by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the bidding deadline. Electronic bids for the solicitation will be down‐ loaded by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Pur‐ chasing Division and paper bids will be opened. Beginning as soon as feasible after the bid closing time all the names of vendor submit‐ ting bids will read aloud. Note: The City-Parish has elected to use LaPAC, the state's online electronic bid posting and notiﬁca‐ tion system, in addition to its standard means of advertising this require‐ ment. This Invitation to Bid is available in elec‐ tronic form at the LaPAC https:// website wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/osp/lapac/dspBid. cfm?search=departm ent&term=102.

BID NUMBER: 002989

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BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AT: LSUHSC-433 BOLIVAR ST. 6TH FLOOR, RM 623C NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PURCHASING DEPART‐ MENT. THE RIGHT IS RE‐ SERVED TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES. 197718-aug 19-25-31-3t $72.31 PUBLIC NOTICE --VOUCHER# RFP 2026-09-1500 Interstate Underpass Gateway Lighting TO BE PUBLISHED – LEGAL 08/31/26, 09/07/26 & 09/14/26 BIDS TO BE OPENED: 10/13/26 THE ADVOCATE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

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PUBLIC NOTICE --19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA PROBATE NO. 115204 DIVISION: 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUTH DORSEY NOTICE FOR APPLICATION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN, that Ritchie K. Goebel, the Ad‐ ministrator of the Estate of Ruth Dorsey, has, pur‐ suant to the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure art. 3281, petitioned this Court for authority to sell at pri‐ vate sale, for the sale price of Ninety Five Thou‐ sand ($95,000.00) Dollars and No Cents on the terms and conditions set forth in the Louisiana Residential Agreement To Buy Or Sell, which in‐ cludes the Estate’s undi‐ vided one-half (1/2) in‐ terest, the following de‐ scribed immovable prop‐ erty: One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, sit‐ uated in that subdivision of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, known as ROSEWOOD SUBDIVI‐ SION, and being desig‐ nated as LOT 36 of said subdivision according to the final plat thereof on file and of in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and state as Original 288, Bundle 11991, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes and building setback lines as shown on the said map. Municipal address: 9343 Tea Rose Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70810. All interested parties are required to make opposi‐ tion, if any, they have or can to such sale, within seven (7) days, including Sundays and holidays, from the date on which the last publication of this notice appears. Publication: The Advocate – East Baton Rouge Parish P bli h d t i

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p Act and the Indenture, the Bonds do not consti‐ tute an obligation, either general or special, of the State of Louisiana, any municipality or any other political subdivision thereof.

Attorney: Michelle Lorio St. Martin Koch St. Martin, LLC Address: 201 Napoleon Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 Telephone: 225-612-9700 196774 Aug. 10, 31, 2t $541.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL AT PRIVATE SALE NOT EXCEEDING $57,500,000 LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS (RENAISSANCE PLACE PROJECT) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 3-G of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the “Act”), that the Louisiana Hous‐ ing Corporation (the “Corporation”), proposes to sell its Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Renaissance Place Pro‐ ject) in one or more se‐ ries (the “Bonds”) matur‐ ing not later than forty (40) years from their date of issuance in aggregate principal amount of FiftySeven Million Five Hun‐ dred Thousand Dollars ($57,500,000) in one or more series at a rate or rates not exceeding eight percent (8.0%) per annum. The Bonds are to be sold to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated or such other purchaser to be determined by the Corporation at a later date to finance the ac‐ quisition, construction, rehabilitation, and equip‐ Renaissance ping of Place, located in New Or‐ leans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (the “Project”) at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corpo‐ ration scheduled for Sep‐ tember 9, 2026, at ten (10:00) o’clock a.m., Louisiana time, at the of‐ fices of the Louisiana Housing Corporation, 2415 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808. The Corporation reserves the right to postpone the date, hour and place set forth above for the sale of the Bonds (without any further publication of notice of the change in the sale date, time, and/or location). In the event the sale is post‐ provided poned as above, anyone desiring written notice of the sub‐ sequent date and time which said sale is to be accom¬plished must re‐ quest such notice from the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The Bonds will be sold pursuant to the terms of a resolution to be adopted by the Cor‐ poration and a Trust In‐ denture (the “Inden‐ ture”) to be executed by and between the Corpo‐ ration and a trustee bank. The Bonds are being is‐ sued pursuant to the Act and the Indenture for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and equip‐ ping of a multifamily housing project and pay‐ ing the costs of issuance associated with the Bonds. The Bonds are limited obligations of the Corporation and will be payable solely out of the income, revenues, and receipts derived from the Project and funds and accounts held under and pursuant to the Inden‐ ture and pledged there‐ fore. As provided in the d h d

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The principal of and in‐ terest on the Bonds will be payable at the princi‐ pal ofﬁce of the paying agent or agents selected by the Corporation in ac‐ cordance with the provi‐ sions of the Indenture. The Bonds will be dated as provided in the Inden‐ ture, will bear interest at such rate or rates estab‐ lished at the time of sale of the Bonds (not in ex‐ cess of eight percent annum, (8.0%) per payable on such dates as set forth in the Inden‐ ture, and will mature no later than forty (40) years from date of is‐ suance. The Bonds will be issued in fully registered form in the denominations as provided in the Inden‐ ture. Bonds will be trans‐ ferable as provided in the Indenture. This Notice of Sale of Bonds is being published in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution, Louisiana applicable statutes and the Act. For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of publication hereof, any person or persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of this notice, the resolution, any provi‐ sion of the Bonds to be issued pursuant to it, the provisions securing the Bonds, and the validity of all other provisions and proceedings relating to the authorization and is‐ suance of the Bonds. If no action or proceeding is instituted within the thirty (30) days, no per‐ son may contest the va‐ lidity of the Bonds, the provisions of the resolu‐ tion pursuant to which the Bonds were issued, the security of the Bonds, or the validity of any other provisions or proceedings relating to their authorization and issuance, and the Bonds shall be presumed con‐ clusively to be legal. Thereafter no court shall have authority to inquire i h

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For further information relative to the Bonds and not contained in this No‐ tice, address Butler Snow LLP, Bond Counsel, 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 2700, New Orleans, LA 70170. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, acting as the governing authority of the Corpora‐ tion. LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION /s/ Wendy Gentry Chairwoman /s/ Patrick Voelker Secretary 198946-aug 31-1t $113.50 PUBLIC NOTICE The City of St. George Planning & Zoning Com‐ missions will hold public hearings on Monday, Au‐ gust 31, 2026, at 6:00 pm at St. George City Hall, 11207 Proverbs Ave, St. George, LA 70816, to con‐ sider the following: Planning Commission S-26-0026 Combination of Lots at 15961 Airline Hwy: This 6.01-acres combined property is located on Lots TR 3-A-1 and 4-A-1 of the Edna D. Martin Tract in Sec 37 and 38, T8S, R2E, GLD, EBR. The applicant requests to combine two lots into one in the B-2 Business-2 Zoning Dis‐ trict. (Applicant: Brian Aguillard, B.M. Aguillard & Associates, LLC, on be‐ half of MMR Construc‐ tors, Inc) Zoning Commission T-26-0008 Home Occupa‐ tions: Amend Title 7 Uni‐ fied Development Code (UDC) to update regula‐ tions for home occupa‐ tions and provide for re‐ lated matters. T-26-0009 Significant Trees: Amend Title 7 Uni‐ fied Development Code (UDC) to prohibit re‐ moval of significant trees and provide for related matters. 197640 Aug. 15, 19, 31, 2026 3t $74.53

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By Order of the Court ________________ Clerk of Court 199175 Aug. 31, 2026 1t $53.01 PUBLIC NOTICE --19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA PROBATE NO. 115205 DI‐ VISION: 25 IN THE MATTER THE ESTATE OF MARY ANN MOORE' NOTICE FOR APPLICA‐ TION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN, that Ritchie K. Goebel, the Ad‐ ministrator of the Estate of Mary Ann Moore, has, pursuant to the provi‐ sions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure art. 3281, petitioned this Court for authority to sell at private sale, for the l i f i i

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TODAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

A couple of afternoon t-storms

Humid with a stray t-storm

Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two

A t-storm around in the p.m.

An afternoon t-storm in spots

HIGH

LOW

HIGH

91° 76°

LOW

92° 73°

LOW

92° 75°

Beaumont 94/77 Port Arthur 93/77

Baton Rouge 91/76

Lake Charles 93/77

New Orleans 89/78 Houma 85/76

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Hattiesburg 93/72

Alexandria 95/74

Lafayette 90/76

10s

20s

30s

40s

50s

92° 75°

60s

70s

80s

90s 100s 110s

High/low normal high/low Last year’s high/low Record high Record low

YESTERDAY

TODAY

REAdInG 52 MAIn PoLLUTAnT Particulates

MAIn PoLLUTAnT Particulates

Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today

SEP 4

City

Atlanta Austin Boston Charlotte Chicago dallas denver Houston Las Vegas

24-hour total Month to date normal month to date year to date normal year to date

HIGH

11:09a 5:56a 6:00a 7:19a 12:41a 12:08a 1:49a

6:41 a.m. 7:29 p.m. 9:22 p.m. 10:01 a.m. NEW

FIRST

SEP 10

92 100 75 94 90 100 85 96 98

TODAY Lo

72 74 66 71 74 80 60 77 77

FULL

SEP 18

pc s s pc pc s t pc s

SEP 26

96 97 70 96 91 99 84 87 98

ModERATE

PRECIPITATION

93°/74° 91°/72° 87°/72° 105° in 2000 60° in 1968

TODAY’S TIDES Lake Pontchartrain (Tchefuncte River) Shell Beach South Point, Marsh Island Cypremort Point Grand Isle (Barataria Pass) Mississippi River (Southwest Pass) Wine Island

LAST

Shown are areas of precipitation and high temperatures for the day.

LOW

95° 75°

TEMPERATURE Jackson 95/74

Many 97/72

LOW

Baton Rouge through 5 p.m. Sunday

Longview 101/75

-0s

91° 74°

Monroe 97/75

Shreveport 99/76

-10s

LOW

We’re watching closely the area of low pressure just off the Louisiana coastline as it drifts slowly to the west. The rain we’re expecting from this disturbance is the reason we are under a marginal risk of excessive rainfall that could lead to some measure of flash flooding today. Expect a partly to mostly cloudy, hot, humid and breezy day. Temperatures this afternoon will be about average, rising to the low 90s. Showers and storms are expected for the next few days, so keep the umbrella with you.

TUE. Lo

74 76 64 74 75 80 61 77 75

s s t s t s s t s

FT.

LOW

0.00” 2.25” 6.17” 43.74” 43.26”

FT.

HIGH

0.5 5:37a 0.4 1.4 1:09p 0.6 1.8 10:57a 0.6 1.5 2:12a 1.0 1.0 9:31a 0.6 1.1 7:36a 0.7 1.2 10:33a 0.7

SoURCE: LoUISIAnA dEQ And AIRnoW.GoV

FT.

LOW

FT.

--- --- 8:10p 0.3 --- ----- --8:00p 1.8 10:50p 1.4 10:19p 1.5 2:42p 0.5 --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---

The solunar period schedule allows planning days so you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during those times. Major periods begin at the times shown and last for 1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are shorter. MAJOR MINOR MAJOR MINOR

Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

City

2:03a 2:56a 3:53a 4:52a 5:53a 6:53a 7:50a

Los Angeles Miami nashville new york City Philadelphia Phoenix St. Louis San Francisco Seattle

86 92 96 79 85 97 98 69 75

8:14a 9:09a 10:07a 11:07a 12:08p 12:37a 1:35a

TODAY Lo

65 79 72 71 74 80 78 60 54

2:26p 8:38p 3:21p 9:34p 4:20p 10:34p 5:21p 11:36p 6:23p ---7:24p 1:08p 8:21p 2:06p

pc t s sh pc t pc pc pc

Good

84 92 98 85 92 101 99 71 74

TUE. Lo

64 81 74 70 75 85 79 59 57

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

s t pc t t t pc sh pc

MISSISSIPPI Memphis Vidalia-natchez Red River Landing Baton Rouge donaldsonville Reserve new orleans OHIO Cairo COMITE near olive AMITE near darlington denham Springs Port Vincent TICKFAW Montpelier Holden ATCHAFALAYA Simmesport Melville Krotz Springs Butte La Rose Bayou Sorrel Morgan City

FLOOD STAGE

34 48 48 35 27 22 17

SUN. 24-HOUR STAGE CHANGE

8.60 30.70 32.20 15.80 9.00 6.61 4.90

-1.80 +0.02 +0.40 +0.50 +0.70 +0.33 +0.64

19.94

-2.61

-1.50

-0.06

18 29 8

-0.52 10.18 1.88

+0.28 N.A. +0.15

13 15

2.59 0.81

none -0.01

47 34 29 20 12 6

14.25 9.63 7.77 6.45 3.70 2.66

+0.33 +0.32 +0.10 +0.21 +0.10 none

data as of 7 a.m. Sunday

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