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A nonprofit organization, Art Temple, plans to revitalize the former Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, school and rectory in St. Roch into a vibrant community center for artists.

Group buys old St. Roch church

Architect plans to turn campus into arts center BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

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Saints quarterback Tyler Shough passes under pressure from Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson in Detroit on Sunday. It took the Saints a while to find their rhythm in their season opener in Motown, but once they did, they gave the Lions a run for their money, erasing a 21-0 deficit to force overtime. The first half featured some terrible offense and a controversial replay review that overturned a Saints defensive touchdown. The second half featured Shough atoning for his earlier mistakes and then some, passing for 410 yards and three touchdowns. In the end, it ended in Saints heartbreak when Shough’s 2-point conversion pass to Bryce Lance fell incomplete in overtime. ä SEE COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE SAINTS GAME. PAGE 1C

The former Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, along with its school and rectory, in the heart of St. Roch have been purchased by a new nonprofit that plans to turn the abandoned buildings into a spiritually focused community center for artists. Art Temple, as the new organization is known, purchased the three buildings in a deal that was finalized Thursday. A sale price was not disclosed, but the 1.3-acre complex had been listed for sale since early 2025 for $1.15 million. Local architect and developer Trenton Gauthier, 36, the founder of Art Temple, said in an interview that his vision for the property is to first secure and repair damage to the three buildings, which haven’t been used since the Archdiocese of New Orleans closed the parish in mid-2024. Then, he aims to transform them into a campus for the city’s creative workers. “What excites me is that we do not have to turn it into something alien,” Gauthier said. “The church remains a place of worship and gathering. The school becomes a place for making, teaching and public learning. The rectory returns to communal religious life through residency, meals,

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‘A needle in a haystack’

Neighbors rattled after fatal stabbings in Houma subdivision Suspect in hospital after 4 killed, child wounded

LSU students analyze snails for what they reveal about Louisiana’s coast BY HALEY MILLER

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Bruce Fuhrmann holds a numbered marsh periwinkle snail that was previously collected Ankle-deep in the muck, LSU students and released back into the wild for a study combed through tall grass in the brackish on how black mangroves affect snails. marsh of Grand Isle, searching for snails.

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They were looking for specimens that had been tagged and color-coded earlier in the summer. The retrieved snails would serve as “bioindicators,” cluing scientists into how the black mangrove — a heat-loving tropical shrub — affects the habitat as it advances into Louisiana wetlands amid rising global temperatures. “It’s going to be a needle in the haystack,” LSU graduate student Ahmani Browne, who is leading the project, told the students. With the collected marsh periwinkle

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snails, he and his team of undergraduates will study changes in their physiology, from shell length and weight to the shape of their teeth and the microbes in their feces. The characteristics will reveal how the mollusks and their ecosystem are responding to the encroaching black mangrove population. But ﬁrst the researchers needed to ﬁnd the snails.

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Sandra Landry and her husband, Robert, were sitting inside enjoying the AC, listening to worship music on Saturday night when four people across the street were stabbed to death and a child was left critically wounded in their quiet subdivision in Houma. They didn’t know anything out of the ordinary had happened until they left for church the next day and found law enforcement vehicles and investigators crowded around their house on Ashland Drive. “There’s never been nothing this bad in our neighborhood. Like I said, we’ve been here for 30 years and that was the ﬁrst incident,” Landry said. “It’s scary it happened so close to home, right across the street. I never would have imagined

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Detectives with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office investigate the scene of a fatal stabbing on the 200 block of Ashland Drive in Houma on Sunday.

that.” Investigators were still at the scene Sunday afternoon, walking the premises where the stabbings took place, speaking with neighbors and searching

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Trump to remove 10% tariff on Irish whiskey

DOONBEG, Ireland — President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey. Trump said during the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open that he had been asked about the issue by everyone, including some of the golfers. “Everybody’s been bugging me” to do it, the Republican president said. “And I said, ‘On behalf of the United States of America, I am going to take the tariffs off’ ” Irish whiskey. Irish whiskey currently faces the standard tariff imposed by Trump on most imports from the European Union, which was reduced from 15% to 10% in July. Trump announced in May that he was lifting certain tariffs on U.K. whiskey, which includes Scotch and spirits made in Northern Ireland. Trump’s apparent surprise announcement at the conclusion of the tournament was met with loud whistling and cheers from the crowd of spectators. Details on how soon the tariff would be lifted were not immediately available.

Wis. congressman’s plane lands in lake WAUSAU, Wis. — A Republican congressman from Wisconsin said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the light aircraft lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport. The pilot made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau. They both ended up in the water and swam to safety. The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the emergency landing happened just before 9 p.m. Saturday. Tiffany and the pilot, Leonard Boltz, got out of the plane and called 911. They were rescued by emergency responders in a fire department airboat just after 9 p.m. Both men were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries and released. Tiffany suffered a cut above his right eye that required stitches, his campaign said in an emailed statement. A no-wake buoy was placed near the plane, which remained in the lake, and boaters were being asked to avoid the area until the plane can be removed, the sheriff’s office said. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson said the agency would investigate the incident. A National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson said that agency is waiting for the FAA to assess the plane as to whether the damage was substantial enough for it to get involved.

Trespasser reported at Harris’ Malibu home A trespasser was reported Friday night at former Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in Malibu, California, law enforcement ofﬁcials and a Harris spokesperson said. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to her home around 10:30 p.m. after her private security detail made a “suspicious person” call, the department said. When they arrived, they made contact with the person and advised them to leave, the sheriff’s department said. The person left voluntarily without incident. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, were not home, according to her spokesperson, Eduardo Negrón. Negrón said the individual “illegally entered” the couple’s property and was stopped by security before reaching the home. Former vice presidents typically receive federal government protection for six months after leaving ofﬁce, while former presidents receive protection for life. Then-President Joe Biden extended Harris’ protection beyond the traditional six months, but President Donald Trump revoked the extension last August. It otherwise would have ended this summer.

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A fruit seller waits for customers Saturday at Tajrish Square in northern Tehran.

Iran’s talks with neighbors delayed after ship struck

er the U.S. struck the Iranian cargo vesCommercial vessel hit sel early Sunday in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said: “I don’t want to say.” He in the Strait of Hormuz then boarded Air Force One to head back

BY SAMY MAGDY, SALLY ABOU ALJOUD and CARA ANNA Associated Press

CAIRO — An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, and a plan by Tehran to brief neighboring countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping in the strait was postponed. The attack, which the reports said killed one and wounded four, drew attention back to the strait after threats to shipping in the region intensified last week when Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming a “terrorist enemy” for Sunday’s attack. There was no immediate comment by the U.S. military, which has struck Iranian-flagged vessels during its blockade of Iranian ports and faces a new threat from Iranian ballistic missiles launched at its warships. Qeshm Island, about 14 miles from the port city of Bandar Abbas, is key to Iran asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz. Hours before the attack, Iran’s government remained defiant. “Our people can’t be bullied into submission. Iran won’t surrender,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a social media post. President Donald Trump disagreed, saying on Sunday that Iran “wants to make a deal so bad” that “they’re calling constantly.” Trump spoke at his golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland, where he was attending a tournament. Later, when asked by a reporter wheth-

to Washington. Iran had said foreign ministers from regional countries would meet Monday in Oman to discuss efforts by Iran and Oman, located on the other side of the strait, to manage shipping on it. But the foreign minister of Oman, Badr Albusaidi, said on X late Sunday that the meeting had been postponed “in the interests of consensus.” “We remain committed to fostering dialogue that supports stability and lasting cooperation in our region,” Albusaidi said. Commercial ship traffic remains low in the Strait of Hormuz as attacks continue on what was seen as an international waterway before the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations monitor said Sunday that a vessel was hit by a projectile while transiting the strait, though it wasn’t clear if this was referring to the attack Iran had reported off Qeshm. The monitor said a severe fire had broken out and that local authorities were evacuating those on board. The U.S. has asserted that plenty of oil is getting out as its military helps to guide ships along Oman’s coast, at the risk of being struck. Before the meeting in Oman was postponed, only Iraq had publicly confirmed plans to attend. Bahrain had said it would not attend, citing a lack of diplomatic relations with Tehran. Since early in the war, Iran has expressed interest in having ships pay fees for transit. It has said traffic into the Persian Gulf would pass through Iranian waters, while the outbound route would pass partly through Iranian waters and partly through Oman’s.

Johnson says $5K ‘dividend’ needs Congress’ approval Trump wants to send American adults money if GOP prevails in midterms

BY ABDULNASSER ALSEDDIK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press

ADEN, Yemen — The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government. The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast and one official conceded a “painful” defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab elMandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz. The escalation — especially Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure and its shipping in the Red Sea — adds pressure on global oil supplies and prices, and that could give Iran leverage in its war with the United States. As Yemen risks descending into another civil war, the United Nations estimated that more than 80,000 people in the impoverished country have been displaced by the fighting since the start of September. One woman said a mortar shell fell nearby as she fled in the middle of the night from the town of Khawkha in Hodeida province along the Red Sea, shortly before it was captured by Houthis. “I saw with my own eyes cars and buses burning, and bodies of children and women were lying on the road in a horrific scene,” said the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern for her and

her family’s safety. Saudi authorities sounded sirens Sunday afternoon in the southern city of Abha and Khamis Mushait province, warning residents to take shelter from potential incoming fire. The Houthis claimed to have used drones and missiles to target Saudi Arabia, including a military base just over the border with Yemen. Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree didn’t provide evidence or say when the attack occurred. The Saudi civil defense overnight said a projectile fell in a different area near the border with Yemen along the Red Sea, injuring two people and damaging a mosque and several other buildings. The statement blamed the Houthis. The National Resistance, a government-allied force that had controlled coastal areas, said more than 500 government fighters were killed on the west coast over the past four weeks — its first comprehensive toll. Sultan al-Arada, a member of the ruling presidential leadership council, described the collapse of government forces in the port city of Mokha and elsewhere on Yemen’s west coast as “painful and regrettable.” He said in the televised interview aired late Saturday that forces “are currently regrouping and will return to the battle.” On Sunday, Rashad alAlimi, who leads the presidential council, sought to downplay the defeats as “incidental,” according to comments published by the country’s state-run SABA news agency. The government, he said, “will remain clear and fixed on the goal of retrieving (state) institutions and of reclaiming sovereignty over all national territories.”

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Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to make it happen. Trump made the unusual pitch at the party’s midterm convention in Dallas last week, promising a “Trump Dividend” if voters keep the GOP in power on Capitol Hill. The president later told CBS News Texas that he did not think Congress would need to authorize the payments, though he did not specify how he could spend more than $1 trillion without lawmakers’ authorization. But Johnson, R-Benton, said congressional approval is needed. “I would assume, yes, he’d need Congress to act, and that’s a creative idea,” he said. A few hours later, Trump said he would deliver on his promise. “The 5,000’s going to happen, 100%,” he told reporters before boarding Air Force One in Ireland, where he attended a pro golf tournament at his resort. Johnson, meanwhile, said he would work to get Trump’s proposal through Congress despite a small Republican margin. “He’s the big-ideas president. We’re going to try to implement everything we can,” he said. “I commit that Congress will work through it and ﬁnd consensus

Houthis launch more attacks on Saudi Arabia

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Benton, speaks at a Republican convention Thursday in Dallas.

on that like they have to do everything else.” Johnson appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The dubious election-year gambit could cost more than $1 trillion, putting further strains on the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and exacerbating concerns of inflation. The economy is confronted by persistent inflation and increasing interest rates, a tough combination for governing Republicans as they seek to hold on to control of Congress. The president argues that payments would be possible because of the strong economy, but consumer sentiment is weak as gasoline prices rise because of the war with Iran and wages struggle to keep pace with inflation. Trump told reporters earlier Sunday that the payments would be “easy enough” because the United States has a strong economy. “We can easily handle that because we’re taking in so much money,” he said. “We’ve never done better.”

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President calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel He says attacks on refineries are causing a global shortage

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Meta data centers operate Sept. 5 near Social Circle, Ga.

Trump downplays need to check AI development He says he doesn’t want to cede edge to China

York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, according to a transcript released by his ofﬁce.

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE and DIDI TANG

Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council at the White House, said he expects meetings will be held this week involving administration officials who oversee cyber and science and technology policy to discuss the next steps. Trump also could meet with members of Congress, some of whom have also been sounding alarms about the fast pace of AI development. “I think the president wants to hear from them as well,” Hassett said. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, acknowledged the need for “some guardrails, some safety measures” so AI “doesn’t run away.” But, like Trump, he also wants to ensure the U.S. does not “lose our edge in the global competition on this with China because that would be a national security threat.” Johnson said industry leaders need to be summoned for “one big meeting and work this out together in the same room.” He said he has discussed the issue with Trump and believes a meeting held quickly should be the “next step.” “So we’re going to pull everybody together and make sure we do this in the right way,” Johnson said, adding that it is a “top priority for me and for the Congress.” “But we don’t need everybody to panic right now,” Johnson said. Jeffries criticized Republican leaders for allowing members to go back to their districts for the ﬁnal part of September. “We should take decisive action now so that we can slow down, as the CEOs have recently acknowledged, … the pace of development in order to protect the American people and ensure that AI is proceeding safely,” Jeffries said. Action on AI will be a “high priority” when House Democrats meet Tuesday as a group.

Johnson: Need ‘one big meeting’

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DUBLIN — President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artiﬁcial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help would address the risks from the advancing technology. While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no speciﬁcs about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify, though industry pioneers have raised such concerns. “We can put guardrails, we can do this and that, but I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that … shouldn’t be bringing it up, and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen,” Trump told reporters during weekend trip to Ireland. “But whoever wins with AI wins.” The Republican president spoke a day after Dario Amodei, CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, said the industry should put the brakes on its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Other tech leaders, including Elon Musk and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, publicly agreed with Amodei. Asked by a reporter if the industry should slow down or be regulated, Trump said after watching a golfer tee off in the Irish Open at his resort in Doonbeg that the United States is leading China in the development of AI and “frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins.” Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to visit the U.S. later in September to

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President Donald Trump, left, presents the trophy to Shane Lowry of Ireland during the Irish Open golf tournament at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Ireland, on Sunday.

meet with Trump, and AI likely will be among the items they discuss. AI has become a major election-year issue in the U.S. as some of the country’s largest companies seed small towns with a national network of computing warehouses while Americans from both parties increasingly raise alarms about less farmland and water supplies and rising electricity bills. Trump has kept up his support for data centers even as both Republicans and Democrats run from them and many communities try to block them. Former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, said his party should make AI a campaign issue. “I would talk about this, and I would say, ‘Here’s our plan for safety, here’s our plan for making sure our kids are not corrupted by this.’ … I would be thinking about the economic impacts in very concrete ways and understanding what does it mean if there’s going to be job displacement. Where is that going to hit? How are we going to respond?” he said at an event last week with the top Democrat in the U.S. House, New

KYIV, Ukraine — President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. He spoke after diesel prices in the U.S. hit a record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average. Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with longrange strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July, removing supplies from the already tight global market. But the global crunch also came after the war on Iran curtailed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Zelenskyy following his recent conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. He responded by calling on Zelenskyy to halt strikes against Russia. “Mr. Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Irish Open, which is being played at his Doonbeg golf club. “We spoke to Mr. Zelenskyy about it. There are plenty of other targets. Don’t hit diesel fuel, because that’s hurting, that’s hurting the world,” he said.

Gulf and Russia “accounted for almost 45% of global seaborne trade.” Kyiv says Russia’s oil industry both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine. Russia has ramped up its air campaign against Ukraine in recent weeks, using ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones to pierce Ukraine’s defenses. Moscow’s attacks have targeted Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter in what officials say is meant to demoralize civilians. Civilians were killed and injured overnight into Sunday as Russia and Ukraine exchanged large-scale drone strikes. Two people were killed and 14 more wounded near an oil and industrial hub in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local ofﬁcials, while Ukrainian authorities reported on Russian drones pummeling the Black Sea port of Odesa and starting a ﬁre near a border crossing with Poland.

Ukraine targets oil sites

The two Russian civilians died after a drone slammed into a tree near their parked car in the city of Nizhnekamsk, according to the office of regional head Rustam Minnikhanov. Nizhnekamsk houses a key cluster of oil refineries and other industrial plants. Mayor Radmir Belyaev said that a fire had broken out at an unspecified “enterprise.” Ukraine also claimed to have hit a major oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, in Russia’s Krasnodar region near Crimea. The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine agency said its drones struck a key oil processing unit and the refinery’s tank farm overnight into Sunday. Krasnodar authorities said Gulf diesel exports down the strike on “an enterprise” According to a report pub- in Slavyansk-on-Kuban inlished Friday by the Inter- jured three people and damnational Energy Agency, net aged an oil pipeline. exports of diesel and gasoil from the Gulf countries in Russia targets Odesa August stood at “just over a In Ukraine, at least nine quarter” of what they were people were injured in a before the war on Iran be- “massive” Russian nightgan in February. time attack on Odesa, ac“Disruptions to Russia’s cording to Serhii Lysak from refining system and a near- the city’s military adminishalt to product exports fol- tration. A Russian drone attack lowing intensified Ukrainian attacks have compounded on Saturday struck a resithese losses,” the IEA wrote. dential high-rise in Odesa, It added that in February, killing two people and injurcombined next exports of ing 26 others, Ukrainian ofdiesel and gasoil from the ficials said.

DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ in Florida to holdout juror in Clancy murder trial BY JESSICA SCHLADEBECK New york Daily News (TNS)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending the lone juror who refused to vote to acquit Lindsay Clancy of murder in the killing of her three children. The juror, who has not been identiﬁed, single-handedly prevented a unanimous not-guilty verdict in the case, splitting the panel 11-1 on

whether to ﬁnd Clancy not guilty because of mental disease or defect following a seven-week, highproﬁle trial in a Massachusetts. As a result, the judge declared a mistrial, and it is still unclear whether Clancy will be retried. While the holdout has not identified himself, others jurors revealed that he was Black and in his 30s. Then, NBC10 Boston reported Friday that he was charged

in 2021 for allegedly assaulting his then-wife. His 13-year-old nephew apparently told police he saw the man grab his wife by the throat and throw her into the dresser. The charge was later dismissed, and the couple divorced. In a social media post on Friday, DeSantis accused the media of launching a smear campaign against the juror. “A man objected to allowing a

woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media,” DeSantis wrote on X in response to the NBC10 report. “If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum — I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated,” the governor added. Clancy has never denied killing

her children, but her attorney argued she only did so because she suffered from postpartum psychosis. Clancy strangled all three of her kids — Cora, 5, Dawson 3, and Callan, 8 months — with exercise bands, and then tried to take her own life under the fog of a mental health crisis, the defense contended. Prosecutors, meanwhile, argued she was aware of her actions and their consequences.

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Ferry capsizes in Indonesia’s Java Sea; at least 129 missing 6 bodies recovered as rescue operation expanded

The bottom of passenger ferry Virgo Transport 8 is seen above the water after it overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday.

BY IMAN SATRIA and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia — The search is continuing for at least 129 people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in Indonesia’ s Java Sea on Sunday. At least 108 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search operation expanded around the vessel’s last known position. The ferry, with more than 240 people on board, was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, on Borneo Island, ofﬁcials said. The captain had reported rough seas with waves up to 10 feet be-

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By BASARNAS fore issuing a distress call, saying the ship was listing, said I Putu Sudayana, who heads the Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Ofﬁce. Authorities later received information indicating the vessel had overturned. The rescue agency in Banjarmasin said it received a report two hours after contact was lost with the Virgo Transport 8 at about 2 a.m. Sunday.

A rescue ship was headed to the vessel’s last known position, the agency said, and by Sunday afternoon authorities were deploying teams supported by a dozen vessels, including four navy ships, and two helicopters. Initial information indicated the vessel’s last known position was in the Java Sea, about 92 miles from Banjarmasin. The ship’s manifest said it was carrying 243 people —

213 passengers and 30 crew members — although it is common in Indonesia for the number of passengers to differ from the manifest. The vessel was also transporting 89 vehicles. Sudayana, who is coordinating the search, said search teams, assisted by nearby tugboats and other passing vessels, had rescued 107 people and recovered six bodies by Sunday afternoon. The 390-foot Virgo Transport 8 ferry was built in Japan in 1987 and operated there until last year before being sold to the current Indonesian operator, PT Virgo Karya Shipping. Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said aerial searches showed the ferry was ﬂoating upside down and had not sunk. Rescuers were concentrating search efforts around the overturned ferry, he told reporters Sunday. Videos released by the National Search and Rescue Agency on Sunday showed an overturned ferry

ﬂoating in choppy waters during a helicopter search operation. Separate footage captured exhausted survivors disembarking from a rescue ship at a port in Banjarmasin, while injured victims were carried on stretchers before being taken by ambulances to nearby hospitals. Hundreds of relatives gathered at a command center in Banjarmasin’s Trisakti port, awaiting word on family members believed to be aboard the ferry. Many anxiously checked passenger manifests and rescue lists as authorities continued searching for survivors. “I was shocked when I saw my uncle’s name on the passenger list,” said a woman who goes by a single name, Bunga. “But I felt relieved after ofﬁcials told me he had been rescued.” Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands where ferries are a common method of travel. Disasters occur regularly, with weak safety enforcement often blamed.

Gianna Rodriguez, from left, Ava Pitcher and Ahmani Browne look for marsh periwinkle snails during a field research trip at Grand Isle State Park on Sept. 6.

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LSU student Kara Kersey smiles as a periwinkle snail comes out of its shell and crawls around her finger during a field research trip at Grand Isle State Park on Sept. 6.

It was a stiﬂing day in the Louisiana humidity in September, and many students were farther south in the Gulf than they had ever visited. The raised houses of the ﬁshing community of Grand Isle broke up an otherwise empty skyline. “The real Louisiana, this is it,” freshman Gianna Rodriguez said. Fieldwork was not a requirement. The students, who are taking a biology lab course at LSU, all volunteered to show up. They said they wanted an experience to add to their resumes, as well as the opportunity to spend a day in the environment they would be studying that semester. They got braver as the minutes wore on, growing accustomed to a boot getting stuck here and there. They stopped to wriggle their foot out of the mire and then crouched again to resume the arduous task

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Continued from page 1A under houses with gloves on as residents in the area remained rattled and sleepdeprived. Authorities were first called to the 200 block of Ashland Drive about 7:40 p.m. the night before, where they found two victims dead in a house and two more inside a camper in the backyard, according to 1st Lt. Blake Tabor, a spokesperson for the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. A boy under 10 who had been beaten and stabbed multiple times escaped the attack and ran to a house next door for help, according to several residents and investigators. One neighbor, who requested anonymity for safety reasons, said she saw the child knocking on her sister’s door on a doorbell camera before he ran into her backyard.

“My niece knows the kid,” she said. “They were used to playing here and that’s why he came for us for help.” The child was taken by an Acadian Ambulance Service Air Med helicopter to an out-of-area hospital. He was stable but in critical condition as of Sunday, ofﬁcials said. In the ensuing manhunt for the attacker, investigators found and arrested Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, of Houma, about 10 a.m. Sunday, Tabor said. Solet was found near the scene with injuries that authorities believe are directly related to the attacks and was transported to a hospital, according to Tabor. Police plan to jail him on several counts once he’s discharged from the hospital. Ofﬁcials did not provide the victims’ identities or details about the motive for the killings, but Tabor said investigators believe the murders were targeted and not a random act of violence.

“At this point, every indication is that (Solet) had everything to do with this particular series of events,” Tabor said. Landry and other neighbors said they were relieved to hear the alleged killer was caught by officials. Several residents of the neighborhood — where children are often outside playing in the road and roosters and chickens roam freely — said they were up all night after law enforcement showed up. The following morning, Landry’s pastor at God’s House of Praise in Chauvin led the community in prayer for those impacted by the killing. “We’re gonna trust God. He’s caught, and we’ll just keep praying for our neighborhood,” Landry said. “We’re just going to pray every day, and we aren’t going to stop.” Email Violet Bucaro at violet.bucaro@ theadvocate.com.

Marsh periwinkle snails rest on cordgrass at Grand Isle State Park. “Mangroves are much tougher and more chemically defended from insects,” Browne said. “They resort to eating algae or the sediment.” About 45 minutes into their expedition, the students struck gold: the ﬁrst snail of the day. “I found one!” “Oh my god!” The timidity they brought to the adventure, as they introduced themselves and clambered out of

an LSU-branded van, was gone. It was all celebration and relief upon seeing the little snail with a white dot and a printed number 80 on its shell. The students glowed with excitement and clapped for their classmate. Straightening their gloves and parting the grass, they returned to the hunt. Email Haley Miller at haley. miller@theadvocate.com.

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of inspecting the plants and mud. “The marsh is like quicksand,” Browne warned the group as they ventured out. The increasing number of black mangroves, triggered by warmer winters, does not necessarily spell doom for the ecosystem, Browne said. But it does affect one of the lowest animals in its food chain — the marsh periwinkle snail — which can have a domino effect on other organisms, he explained. “They deposit a lot of microbiomes, which can help with the growth of the plants themselves,” he said. “They’re also food for the blue crabs and what eats the blue crabs.” By the end of the day, the group managed to retrieve 20 snails out of 200 that had been placed in the marsh with identifying numbers on their shells. The process involved separating blades of grass in each plot around Grand Isle State Park, scanning the clinging snails for man-made markings and continuing to the next patch of plants without forgetting which areas were already checked. Browne said the day provided

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DOJ struggles to get felony convictions against protesters BY JAIMIE DING and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions. All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. Experts say that’s surprising for a department known for its ability to win at trial. The last three felony assault cases, in Los Angeles and Portland, will go to trial this fall. The dismal record has raised questions about rushed investigations and aggressive charging tactics by prosecutors under pressure to show the Trump administration is cracking down on people who assault law enforcement. It comes as the Justice Department is facing broader setbacks in politically charged investigations, with grand juries repeatedly refusing to return indictments and trial juries granting acquittals. “Prosecutors tend to win because they control what cases they pursue and they have a lot of resources and discretion,” said Mary Fan, a former federal prosecutor and law professor at the University of Washington. The fact that the government failed to win any felony assault convictions at trial calls into question “whether or not these charges should have ever been brought in the ﬁrst place,” she said.

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Protesters clash with authorities in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025, following an immigration raid protest.

AP tracked 167 arrests

onstrate good behavior. The AP’s analysis shows that the Justice Department’s record failed to meaningfully improve since December, when an initial assessment showed early struggles to prosecute people on the charges for which they were arrested. The Justice Department said federal prosecutors are right to prioritize cases against people accused of assaulting federal ofﬁcers and that “each case is based on the facts.” “If there are mitigating factors identiﬁed in a case, then prosecutors must also act appropriately to inform the court, and in some cases downgrade or drop charges,” the department said.

The Associated Press’ analysis focused on arrests made during protests last summer and fall in L.A., Chicago, Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. — cities with signiﬁcant protests where President Donald Trump sought to or successfully deployed the National Guard. Most of the arrests — 102 — were for felony assault on a federal ofﬁcer, which can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Of those cases, 41% were dismissed and 34% were pleaded down to misdemeanors. Ten people pleaded guilty to felony assault. Nine people got prison time. Of those arrested on other charges, seven were sentenced to prison for offenses including arson and Juries, judges unconvinced obstructing law enforcement. A It’s rare for federal prosecutors handful of defendants have diver- to lose at trial. In 2024, 82% of desion agreements, meaning their fendants charged with felony or case will be dismissed if they dem- misdemeanor assault were con-

victed at trial or with a plea deal, according to data from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. AP’s analysis found that less than half of the protesters charged for either felony or misdemeanor assault were convicted. In Portland, a jury couldn’t reach agreement on felony assault charges for Oriana Korol, who was playing clarinet in a marching band demonstrating outside the city’s ICE building last October when a scuffle involving officers broke out. Officers pepper sprayed her and pushed her to the ground, where she struck one with her foot, according to court documents. After a mistrial, prosecutors filed a reduced misdemeanor assault charge. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced Sept. 1 to time served and one year of supervised release. Michael Rabbitt was among six co-defendants accused of felony conspiracy to impede a government vehicle from accessing an ICE facility near Chicago last September. The vehicle slowly advanced despite being surrounded by protesters, leading some to put their hands on it, Rabbitt said. After the government dismissed charges against two of the defendants, defense attorneys requested transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to the conspiracy indictment. The government eventually dropped the conspiracy charge and proceeded on misdemeanor counts of impeding a federal officer. The judge later reviewed the unredacted transcripts and admonished prosecutors for improper behavior before the grand jury.

The charges were dismissed days before trial. Rabbitt said he was proud they fought the charges. “This case was bigger than us,” he said. “I’m proud that we won this case, not just for us, but for protesters across the country.”

Misdemeanors instead Though many federal criminal cases end in plea deals, some legal experts say it’s rare for felony assault to be pleaded down and may signal overcharging — filing a more severe initial charge so defendants will be more willing to plead guilty to one with a lighter sentence. “I think when prosecutors bring charges ethically, they should be prepared to prove them beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor who is a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. The U.S. Attorney’s office overseeing Los Angeles said it brought the prosecutions in response to a “wave of violence against law enforcement officers who were doing their jobs.” It voluntarily dismissed charges against some defendants after further investigation, it said. L.A. prosecutors have arrested three additional people for felony assault at immigration-related protests this year. One pleaded guilty to a felony and two to misdemeanors. In Chicago, all but one of 19 felony assault cases were dismissed. The U.S. Attorney’s offices in the Northern District of Illinois, District of Columbia and Oregon did not respond to requests for comment.

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Continued from page 1A hospitality and gardens. “We are preserving it by using it.” Gauthier, who self-financed the purchase of the buildings, estimates that renovating the entire campus will cost several million dollars but said it doesn’t have to be done all at once. “The immediate task is not to execute some ﬁnished master plan,” he said. “It is to listen to former parishioners and neighbors, and let the institution develop incrementally through actual practice.”

‘Deeply passionate’ Gauthier is a New Orleans native and graduate of Metairie Park Country Day School and Tulane University. His previous projects include Margaret Place, a bedand-breakfast in the Lower Garden District that hosts community events, and the Briede Building, 1160 Camp St., which houses artists’ studios, merchants and community events. His family’s foundation, the Wendell and Anne Gauthier Family Foundation, helped support the renovation of the Briede Building several years ago as well as construction of the new Roots of Music campus, which opened in October in Gentilly. Gauthier, who grew up in the Roman Catholic Church, said Art Temple has grown out of his belief that the creative process can be a religious experience. He wasn’t initially looking to purchase a church campus for Art Temple but was shopping for a building that could serve as a place for artists, musicians and creatives to live in community and work and create together. His search led him to the two-story shuttered rectory at 1835 St. Roch Ave., a nearly 5,300-square-foot building with a 4,000-square-foot fenced backyard and several second-ﬂoor bedrooms. The deal came with the 95-year-old church and its adjacent two-story schoolhouse, the former Our Lady Star of the Sea Elementary, which was shuttered in the 1970s and later used as a truancy school until Hurricane Katrina. The more he thought about it, the more Gauthier said he realized the property was a perfect location for Art Temple. He purchased the whole complex in a matter of weeks. “This is something I am deeply passionate about,” he

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Trenton Gauthier, founder of Art Temple, walks through the former Our Lady Star of the Sea School and church property in New Orleans on Friday. St. Josephine Bakhita Parish on the existing St. Mary campus. In the two years since, all the copper wiring has been removed from the church and its organ has been dismantled. A stained glass window was broken and there’s no air conditioning. In the rectory, a broken pipe ﬂooded several rooms, which haven’t been updated in decades. The school has rotted wood and evidence

The former Our Lady Star of the Sea rectory is seen in the St. Roch neighborhood on Friday. said. “I feel very conﬁdent about doing this.” In a statement, archdiocese spokesperson Sarah McDonald called the sale “a good thing for the neighborhood as the buildings will be preserved and redeveloped for commerce.”

Changing times Our Lady Star of the Sea was formed in 1911 in the heart of St. Roch, then a fast-growing working class neighborhood inhabited by Irish immigrants and other new arrivals to the city. Its name came from its ministry of holding predawn Mass for local ﬁshermen before they boarded their boats. The original church was destroyed by a hurricane in 1915. The current Byzantine Revival church was completed in 1931. The historic St. Roch Cemetery, which is separately owned by the archdiocese, is a regular stop on tourist maps and during a walking

recitation of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday because of the prosthetic limbs that have been left there in thanks for healing. The parish fell on hard times in the 1980s and 1990s. Katrina further displaced generations of longtime Catholic families. More recently, a new wave of younger residents have moved into the area, attracted by its stock of charming, older houses and its proximity to the Marigny and the Bywater. But the number of parishioners continued to dwindle. In 2022, parishioners of the church raised more than $120,000 to help fund repairs to the church and its mural behind the altar, the “Dance of Holy Innocence.” But in 2023, then-Archbishop Gregory Aymond announced it would be among more than a dozen parishes to close or consolidate. In mid-2024, it was merged with the nearby St. Mary of the Angels to form the new

Gauthier’s plans call for using the church to host worship services and community gatherings, gospel choirs or concerts and small productions like those at the nearby Marigny Opera House. He hopes the church will be up and running again in a matter of weeks, though he doesn’t have plans to install air conditioning any time, noting that Marigny Opera House didn’t have AC in its early years. He hopes to turn the rectory into housing for artists with a community kitchen, a community garden and space for shared meals and gatherings. “The idea is to support the artists and people who are crucial to the city, but who exist on marginal incomes,” he said. As for the 18,400-squarefoot school building, Gauthier hopes to make the ground floor available to any number of community organizations for events like a regular farmers market. He’s also talking to two organizations interested in the space for workforce training. He hopes to convert the eight second-floor classrooms into artists studios that would be heavily subsidized and available through an application process.

of termite damage. It is marred by grafﬁti. Gauthier said the buildings’ condition isn’t as bad as it appears and he believes they can all be cleaned, secured and made safe for inhabitants relatively quickly and inexpensively. “These buildings were well maintained until two years ago when they were abandoned,” he said. “If they Email Stephanie Riegel had been properly secured, at stephanie.riegel@ they would be in much bet- theadvocate.com.

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Plan distributes battery systems to homes BY JONAH MEADOWS Staff writer

As the New Orleans City Council prepares to take up a program to install backup batteries in hundreds of homes, businesses and community institutions, advocates of the initiative gathered Wednesday outside City Hall to emphasize the importance of the plan in a city that has been plagued in recent

years by grid failures. Dubbed the “Neighborhood Power Plan,” the $30 million program is set to create the nation’s largest virtual power plant, per capita, with a vastly expanded network of batteries in individual homes and business that kick on when the lights go out or the grid is strained. “When we talk about reliable power, we are really talking about public health infrastructure,” said

Jeanie Donovan, public health and policy director for the New Orleans Health Department. During a power outage, homes get dangerously hot, communication is disrupted, food goes bad and medication can’t be refrigerated. According to Donovan, the deaths of 29 people in the wake of Hurricane Ida in 2021 were associated with power outages or generators across Louisiana.

“The Neighborhood Power Plan takes the lessons of Ida and other storms and turns them into action, putting solar-connected battery systems on homes and community institutions so vulnerable residents and critical infrastructure can have another layer of protection when the grid is disrupted,” Donovan said. The plan has been in the works for more than a year and will be funded with proceeds from a settlement between the city and Entergy New Orleans over alle-

gations of mismanagement of the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. Later this month, the City Council will begin ﬁnalizing rules for the program. The city’s current target for the program is to provide batteries to about 800 homes and 220 businesses or other institutions, with 40% of funds reserved for low- and moderate-income households. It’s not clear how much homeowners will have to pay for battery

ä See MICROGRID, page 2B

Two in running for Abita Springs mayor Town’s infrastructure, safety top issues

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Abita Springs will be electing a new mayor in the fall, and the two candidates vying for the position are staking out positions on town infrastructure, growth and some of the other big issues facing residents. Stephen Saussy, a Republican, and Sandra Slifer, who is not registered to any party, will both be on Saussy the Nov. 3 ballot. Though Abita Springs does not impose term limits, Mayor Dan Curtis opted not to seek reelection after eight years on the job. The town, which has a population of more than 2,500 people, has faced challenges related Slifer to its water, development and finances in recent years. In December 2024, two former Abita Springs employees were charged by northshore District Attorney Collin Sims with embezzling public funds, after they allegedly used town credit cards to buy things like alcohol and pillows. The town later sought guidance from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Ofﬁce to ensure its financial practices were in line with the law. In June, Curtis declared a state of emergency after the town’s only well became too damaged for use. The town, which gets its name because of its historically pristine water, has been relying Utilities Inc. of Louisiana to provide water. And in one of the most dramatic development battles in St. Tammany Parish, a state judge has tried to throw Curtis in jail multiple times for not complying with court orders to let a developer build a large new subdivision on the town’s outskirts. Both mayoral candidates say they would focus on some of these issues if elected.

Saints’ Sunday

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Council axes requirement N.O. agrees to pay for mailing advertisements $6M to School Board Mardi Gras krewes authorized to recruit on social media

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Saussy, who was has been living full time in Abita Springs since around 2010, said he hopes to bring his experience in various parts of government, including his current work on the town’s Board of Aldermen, to the ofﬁce. Saussy said he wants to focus on public safety, infrastructure and government accountability.

Chances are, we’ll soon be seeing advertisements to join Mardi Gras krewes in our social media feeds. During a Joint Governmental Affairs Committee meeting Thursday, six members of the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to approve an amendment to the Mardi Gras code that will allow krewes to advertise for new members using means other than the U.S. mail. Advertisements have long been

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banned in parades during the city’s ofﬁcial Mardi Gras season, a prohibition which even extends to krewes seeking to attract new members. Currently, krewes have only one authorized method of publicly advertising for new membership — by the use of envelopes and stamps. “To say that was an archaic requirement would be generous,” said council member JP Morrell, as he introduced the amendment. Calling himself the Mardi Gras grinch, Morrell has been on a crusade to tighten up the Carnival ship by proposing new rules and changes to old ones. “The idea of individual krewes sending out unsolicited mail into the ether to try to solicit membership,” Morrell

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Settlement resolves fight over tax fees

the City Council last week and by the School Board in August. Of the $6 million, any city cash that will come from bond proceeds must be used for capital improvements to districtBY MARIE FAZIO owned school buildings Staff writer that will be used for more New Orleans must pay than a decade. City and school ofﬁcials the Orleans Parish School Board $6 million by June, initially announced the according to a settlement agreement in May. It puts that puts an end to years to rest a legal battle that of ﬁghting between the two began in 2019 when the entities over fees charged School Board accused the for property tax collec- city of improperly skimming millions of dollars of tions. But some of the cash will fees from taxes it collected come with strings, accordä See SCHOOL, page 2B ing to the deal approved by

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Man who instigated fatal gunfire receives 25 years BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

Standing inside a New Orleans courtroom Friday wearing a shirt adorned with the face of her son, Sherilyn Price offered no forgiveness for the man convicted of instigating the shootout that killed comedian Brandon “Boogie B” Montrell over the holidays in 2022. Price accepted an agreement last month under which the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office offered Jabril Cowart a 25year sentence in exchange for his guilty plea. But on Friday, Price called it a “sweetheart deal” that has forced her to rely on the prison system to “take it from here.” “I hope they do what’s right,” she said as Cowart sat in the courtroom cuffed in orange jail scrubs. The outspoken mother’s fiery words illuminated a final chapter in the case surrounding Montrell’s fatal shooting outside the Rouses in the Central Business District a few days before Christmas. Price later described the plea deal as a “measure of justice” other victims’ families often don’t

receive, saying she was grateful for the accountability. Jason Williams, the district attorney, said he understood Price’s frustrations Friday outside the courtroom. “We wouldn’t have done it if we didn’t consult with her ﬁrst,” he said. A New Orleans-born comic whose star was rising, Montrell was home visiting from California when he landed in the middle of a Dec. 23, 2022, shootout outside the Barrone Street store. Cowart, 23, laid in wait and opened ﬁre on 34-yearold Charles Cannon after the two men argued inside and it spilled into the parking lot, prosecutors said. Cannon returned fire and investigators believe one of his bullets struck and killed Montrell, 43, as he sat in his car. Police said he was not involved and an unintended target in what Price called a “melee.” He was there shopping for last-minute cooking items his grandmother needed for the holidays. “What on Earth could you have been thinking?” Price asked at Friday’s sentencing. “What kind of person would do something like that? My mother could’ve been in that car. She should’ve been in that car.” New Orleans Judge Rhonda Goode-Douglas sentenced Cowart to the agreed-upon 25 years. In

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Sherilyn Price, mother of comedian Brandon ‘Boogie B’ Montrell, looks through photo albums of her son at her Slidell home. Montrell was struck and killed by a stray bullet during a 2022 shootout at the Rouses on Baronne Street. April, she sentenced Cannon to 20 years, suspending ﬁve of them, after he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, a gun charge and two other counts. The judge called the shooting “unimaginable” Friday and said it was a shock to the “sanctity of the community” because Montrell was beloved in New Orleans. “It’s still unbelievable that this gentleman lost his life in really such a foolish way,” Goode-Douglas lamented. Montrell established a

presence in Los Angeles’ comedy scene. He also gained popularity on social media platforms TikTok and Instagram for his “New Orleans Hood History” series, video reels where he chronicled New Orleans pop culture and infused it with his humor. By pleading guilty to a manslaughter charge reduced from seconddegree murder, Cowart escaped the prospect of life in prison. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss obstruction of justice and other

charges. Cowart did not speak during the hearing Friday. His attorney, Devin Jones, said he accepted responsibility for his role in the shooting. He stressed that Cowart is “not street trash that nobody cared to raise,” addressing a remark Price made Friday. “Twenty-ﬁve years of anybody’s life is not a sweetheart deal at all,” Jones told the judge. Email Matt Bruce at matt. bruce@theadvocate.com.

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Continued from page 1B installation or whether they will need to already have solar panels on their roofs. Nathalie Jordi, a leader with the community organizer Together New Orleans, said advocates are pushing the council to make battery installation free for low-income ratepayers, while charging others around $5,000, to be paid over time. She favors limiting batteries to place that already have solar panels, though it’s ultimately the council’s call. “I think as a resilience asset, they have a lot less value if they’re not tied to solar,” she said.

Garreth Johnson leads the conference.

Maximizing the microgrid

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The Neighborhood Power Sonya Norsworthy, board president of Together New Orleans, holds an illustration of what Plan grew out of the broader New Orleans could look like with more microgrids Wednesday during a news conference Community Lighthouse Pro- on the steps of City Hall in New Orleans.

gram, an initiative created by Together New Orleans after the widespread grid failures following Ida. That program seeks to create resilience hubs by installing commercial-scale solar panels and backup batteries on churches and community centers. “We were like, ‘We should have a lot more of these on homes, on businesses, on wherever. Put a battery everywhere,’ ” Jordi said

Wednesday. Separately, the city recently ﬁnalized billing rules for its community solar program, which allows residents without solar panels to reduce their electricity bills by subscribing to solar farms. Together, the two programs are the ﬁrst steps in a broader effort to create a microgrid — a network of batteries powered by so-

lar panels, linked together so that Entergy can draw on them directly when the larger grid is stressed. Currently, there are about 15 community lighthouses and 120 homes tied into the local microgrid. Garreth Johnson, a leader at Together New Orleans and the head of the community lighthouse at Cornerstone United Methodist Church in New Orleans

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residential growth, he said he wants to “maintain the character of Abita” but also Continued from page 1B wants to see growth in appropriate areas and make “The biggest thing is re- sure the city has sewer cabuilding the character and pacity for more people. “Abita Springs is the gem integrity of the town of Abof the New Orleans metroita Springs,” Saussy said. Pointing to the issues politan area,” he said. with the town’s well, “You have to do the preventive Slifer maintenance on your car. Slifer, who moved to You have to do the preven- Abita Springs 10 years ago tive maintenance on your and has lived in St. Tamhouse. It’s not different many Parish since 1990, with government.” said that electing her as If residents elect him, mayor would be “a way to the former St. Tammany start over, and bring people reserve police ofﬁcer said, back together and bring “You’ll have someone at some trust and a different the helm that knows the attitude to the town to the language and can have the table.” dialogue with law enforce“The town of Abita has ment.” He said he wants gone through a rough four an Abita Springs law en- years, with the court cases forcement ofﬁcer to be at with Abita Meadows, with intersections near schools the thefts that happened, to help students walk to some of the challenges reschool safely. garding infrastructure,” Saussy said as a member Slifer said. of the Board of Aldermen, Slifer said her time with he’s helped secure money community organizations for sewer improvement such as the St. Tammany and has worked to make League of Women Voters the Town Hall accessible to is an asset in the mayor’s residents with disabilities. race, and that it gives her As for commercial and unique insight into town

power plan would do, in a single sentence, is to make New Orleans the microgrid capital of the country.” District A council member Aimee McCarron, who chairs the council’s Climate Change and Sustainability Committee, said the city must avoid relying too much on large, centralized infrastructure in light of shoddy reliability and repeated failures. “Having energy resources throughout our neighborhood gives us another layer of protection when parts of the larger system fail and makes our local power supply more reliable to build a stronger and more resilient New Orleans,” McCarron said.

East, said microgrids solve both of the biggest problems facing the grid. “Microgrids solve disruption by providing backup power that can stay on when the grid goes down, and they help solve congestion, because those batteries can send locally stored power back onto the grid when electricity is scarce and Email Jonah Meadows expensive,” Johnson said. at jonah.meadows@ “What the neighborhood theadvocate.com.

ABITA SPRINGS MAYORAL ELECTION Sandra Slifer

71, no party. Born in Crystal Lake, Illinois, has lived in Abita Springs since 2015 and St. Tammany Parish since 1990 EDUCATION: Graduated from Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Illinois; bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Illinois State University CAREER: Retired computer and technology marketing and sales; worked for St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court’s Office in elections EXPERIENCE: St. Tammany zoning issues. “We would sit down with the developers,” she said. “We worked together to make their plans better. We listened to the public. We may oppose one development, but we supported another development that the developer did.” She said she wants to see more improvements to the city’s sewage system, including its pumping

Parish Fire District No. 8 board member, former president of St. Tammany League of Women Voters, Louisiana League of Women Voters, Abita Springs Garden Club and Keep Abita Beautiful WEBSITE: voteslifer.com

Stephen Saussy

61, Republican. Born in New Orleans, has lived in Abita Springs full time since 2010 EDUCATION: Graduated from St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; bachelor’s degree stations, and also drainage issues. She’d push for building more sidewalks, trails and other modes of transportation in town. And she wants to work with the parish and state to improve busy intersections in the area, like Harrison Avenue and La. 59. She said Abita Springs should aim for responsible growth. “I think that Abita has

in psychology from University of Southern Mississippi; paramedic training at University of South Alabama; Slidell Police Academy CAREER: Damage prevention for Entergy in New Orleans; retired medical sales; former paramedic; former reserve police officer in St. Tammany Parish. EXPERIENCE: Abita Springs Board of Aldermen since 2018, former St. Tammany Fire District No. 8 board member. always been recognized as being unique and something that people really all over the parish treasure. It doesn’t mean we won’t grow, but it does mean we grow without losing the character of the town. We don’t lose what makes us special,” she said. Email Willie Swett at willie.swett@theadvocate. com.

said, “is not in line with modern society.” If approved by the full council and mayor, Thursday’s ordinance change allows krewes to advertise by other means, Morrell said, including social media. Morrell said that any such advertising still would not be allowed in the 12-day ofﬁcial Mardi Gras season that begins two Fridays before Fat Tuesday. Morrell emphasized that krewes are still strictly prohibited from advertising by any means during parades. Since Carnival parades are heavily subsidized by the city’s public funds, Morrell said, they should not be viewed as advertising opportunities. In 2024, riders in the nowdefunct Mystic Krewe of Nyx tossed small gift bags that advertised membership. That violation, in addition to other matters, led to the council pulling the controversial krewe’s parade permit. The full City Council may vote on the amendment as early as Sept. 17. Email Doug MacCash at dmaccash@theadvocate. com.

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Continued from page 1B on behalf of schools. School Board members said the deal did not go as far as they hoped. The board voted 5-1 in August to approve it, with board member KaTrina Chantelle Griffin opposed and member Nolan Marshall abstaining. Griffin said the city “owe(s) us way more than that.” “I think that we’re bending a lot,” she said. The terms of the deal line up with what city officials and board members said they had agreed to in May. New Orleans City Attorney Charline Gipson said both sides “worked diligently to resolve ongoing obligations in the most efficient and beneficial manner.” The city will slightly reduce the fee it charges the school district for collecting sales and use tax for the school district and entirely stop charging a fee on property tax collections, though the Assessor’s Office will still get a 2% fee from the school district’s property taxes. Under the deal, the city also agreed to pay $2 million per year for 15 years beginning in 2027. Beginning in 2030, the board will receive $4 million a year through the city’s casino lease. The city also agreed to stop using school taxes to cover some pension obligations, a practice that has been paused for several years while the board challenged it in court. Board members have said these changes will save the school district about $6.6 million per year and give schools an extra $110 per student. School Board member Katie Baudouin said she voted for the agreement because she wanted to put an end to the legal battle but that she too thought the agreement came up short. “The city finds itself and put itself in a pretty tough position and this is about what we can get,” she said, “but I agree the children of New Orleans deserve more.”

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St. Martin, Agnes 'Doris'

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Obituaries Haas, Donna Pitre

Donna Raye Pitre Haas, 83, a longtime resident of Metairie, Louisiana, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2026, at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie. Donna was born December 28, 1942, in Ville Platte, Louisiana, to Marshall and Bridget Pitre. Donna graduated from Ville Platte High School where she was an excellent student and Clarinet player. In August of 1964, she married Douglas Haas in New Orleans. She was preceded in death by her siblings, Norwood Pitre, James Pitre, Geneva Babb, Lessie Letzinger, Joy Fontenot, and Delores Kostick. She is survived by her husband, Douglas J. Haas, two children, Christopher R. Haas, Suzanne R. Haas; two grandchildren; and other relatives. A memorial mass will be held at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church 4921 West Metairie, Metairie LA 70001, on Friday, September 25, 2026. Visitation will begin at 10:00am followed by the

Agnes "Doris" Kugler St. Martin passed away on Monday, September 8, 2026 at the age of 94. She was a native of Norco, longtime resident of LaPlace and recent resident of Francois Bend Assistant Living. Survived by her children; Diane Cancienne (Reid), Charles St. Martin, Jr., Jane Vicknair (Robin); Mary Holmes (Matt), Jon St. Martin (Liane); also survived by 16 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; brothers, Emile Kugler and Paul Kirk Kugler (Thelma); sisters, Leona Durapau (Robert) and Saundy Weber (Mike). Preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Charles "Challo" St. Martin; sons, Kenneth and Peter St. Martin; granddaughter, Anna Williams; parents, Emile and Blanche Oubre Kugler; and brothers, John and Barry Kugler. The family would like to

extend a special thanks to the staff of Francois Bend Assisted Living and Memory Care. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 529 W. 5th St., LaPlace on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. with the Funeral Mass to immediately follow at 12:00 p.m. Interment in St. John Memorial Gardens Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Masses preferred. Arrangements by MilletGuidry Funeral Home. To share memories or condolences please visit www.milletguidry.com

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Until voters look past divisions, La. will continue to pay the price In response to Mark Goldstein’s letter, I am baffled by those who remain shocked by the actions of our Republican leadership (“Letters: Voters trusted our elected officials. Then they signed NDA deals behind our backs,” Sept. 7). The real disappointment is how many Louisiana voters continue to cast ballots against their own economic self-interest. As one of the poorest and leasteducated states in the nation, Louisiana relies on $24 billion in federal assistance, which funds 44.3% of our state budget. We are one of the most federally dependent states in the country. Yet, we consistently elect politicians who seek to cut the very benefits our citizens desperately need. The current platform consistently prioritizes big business over average citizens. While everyday people struggle with rising unemployment, soaring grocery prices and high gas costs, wealthy elites thrive. Donald Trump and his family have made millions through questionable foreign deals, while billionaires like Elon Musk cut thousands of jobs yet reap billions from government contracts. Closer to home, our governor championed a controversial, racially fraught redistricting plan. Sadly, a majority of Louisiana citizens will likely continue to vote the same way. I do not believe they are blind to the empty promises. Instead, their motivation is best captured by President Lyndon B. Johnson’s famous 1960 observation: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pockets. Hell, give him something to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” Until we look past these calculated divisions and vote based on our actual needs, Louisiana will continue to pay the price.

KIM MINOR New Orleans

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Remembering the message of unity 25 years after 9/11

Twenty-five years ago, I was living in Germany. The day after 9/11, a German newspaper ran an article with the headline: “Great God, stand by us — thousands dead in America.” But it was a line within the article that touched me then as much as it still does today. It said, simply: “We are all Americans.” The German nation — indeed, the world — was grieving with us. At the time, I was a flight attendant for American Airlines. It’s been 25 years, all told. And in those years, I flew with so many incredible pilots, mostly former military, all of them steady and strong. But one I never forgot. He talked about the love for his family and country that motivated him as he fought for

both in Vietnam. And when he came home, he ran a farm here — and taught Cambodian immigrants how to grow crops. His name was John Ogonowski. He was the Captain of Flight 11, the ﬁrst plane to hit the World Trade Center. I don’t believe that he went down without a ﬁght. I believe that brave warrior did again what he’d long ago taken an oath to do: He defended his country as best he could against those seeking to do her harm. We still remember those who perished that day, though our current world seems to have a short memory. But 25 years later, we will never forget. We are still all Americans.

and City Park, I constantly see teens and possibly pre-teens racing up and down Navarre Avenue and Marconi Drive — sometimes in the bike lanes, sometimes not, sometimes going the opposite direction — on e-bikes and e-motos, often without a helmet. As a rider and the parent of a teen who loves to ride his mountain bike, I worry for the safety of the children, of pedestrians, of other bicyclists and even motorists who can often feel blindsided by this activity. Bike Easy, a bicycling education and advocacy nonproﬁt, will host a smart e-biking workshop in New Orleans Sept. 26. I hope my neighbors take advantage of the opportunity and support the city’s efforts to make our streets safer for all users.

Now that big business is welcome in La., let the good times roll Happy to see FBI Director Kash Patel come to Louisiana to take advantage of Sportsman’s Paradise (“Kash Patel attends Jeff Landry’s gator hunt, meets with local cops on multiday Louisiana tour”). Elon Musk, Hyundai and others making their way down here is all good news and should be celebrated now that we have a political climate in Louisiana that welcomes business and politics. Let the good times roll.

BRYAN HALE Metairie

DAVID LEE SIMMONS board member, Bike Easy New Orleans

Longtime restaurant closes amid challenges Prominently featured in critically acclaimed series such as Showtime’s “Your Honor” (2020-2023), the New Orleans restaurant Stanley has held the corner of Chartres and St. Ann streets in Jackson Square for decades. Chef Scott Boswell and “hostess with the mostest” Tanya Boswell are a husband-andwife dynamic duo renowned in the French Quarter for offering their gracious hospitality along with generously portioned, homey favorites like grits, old-timey malts, classic poboys and refreshing walking cocktails to friends, neighbors, artists, musicians and tourists alike. No matter who you were when you walked into Stanley, you always walked out feeling like family. They survived Katrina. They survived Rita. But the Boswells could not ride out the storm of changes in the last six years, like the restrictive no-Airbnb policies (2019), new gun laws enacted in 2024 and the terrorist attack in 2025. And they are not alone. Another local fa-

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CHRISTY HAIK flight attendant, American Airlines, 1989-2014 Baton Rouge

Dad who bikes, drives wants safety When I’m out in New Orleans at any given time of the day or day of the week, I am a walking on sidewalks or streets, driving a car, taking the bus, streetcar, ferry or riding a bike. Within that, I ride different bikes for different reasons, needs and preferences: a hybrid bike to get around smoother streets and for long rides out on the lakefront or along the levee, a mountain bike for scenic and challenging trail rides or an e-bike to get where I’m going a little more efﬁciently, to reduce using my car for short trips and often to minimize sweaty clothing. As the owner of a Class 2 e-bike, I know the temptation to “lean on” the throttle, which takes me to speeds higher than I’m accustomed to on my other bikes, and which creeps closer to speeds driven by motorists. Similarly, living on the edge of Lakeview

Although both pieces are probably meant to be sympathetic, I was struck by the juxtaposition of two articles in my morning perusal of the newspaper’s website Sept. 8. First was the description of Gayle Benson’s purchase of her 10th downtown property, probably valued at more than $40 million. Directly under that was a story of many moms who are waiting for childcare assistance, for which they are eligible. One mom who was featured has to borrow to make ends meet, with a $720-per-month childcare bill, even though she is on the honor roll in medical assistant training. This is a painful reminder of income inequality in this country. I realize that curtailing millionaires’ private spending on properties would not ameliorate lagging federal and state childcare assistance programs. However, considering the dire straits in which many of our residents live, it would be more uplifting to develop more public and private efforts to alleviate suffering in our wealthy country.

vorite, Justine, shut down in 2025. The Boswells lived down the street from me. They gave everything they had. After 20 years of success in one of the best locations in the French Quarter, it still wasn’t enough. Stanley closing its doors on Labor Day marks the end of an era. The French Quarter will never be the same. And neither will those of us who came to know, love and appreciate Tanya, Scott, their hardworking staff and the warmth and charm their beloved restaurant, Stanley, brought to the French Quarter. The city needs to start paying attention when a place like Stanley closes. It’s a major loss for the community; the Boswells employed locals. New Orleans artists and musicians thrived when parked near Stanley. With the recent study calling for immediate evacuation, businesses are struggling. So are the residents who own them.

REBECCA HOUSEL New Orleans

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State’s payment to Saudi golf investors was misguided Re: Faimon Roberts’ column, “LIV Golf’s bankruptcy is a $1.2 million triple bogey for Louisiana,” Sept. 10. Did Jeff Landry really give a group backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund $1.2 million? The Saudis are responsible for 9/11. What is wrong with him? As suggested by New Orleans resident Bette Perez at a recent community budget meeting, why not “take back all the properties the state owns in the city?” The $1.2 million will never be refunded.

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COMMENTARY Jobs grow for Trump voters A new analysis in The Wall Street Journal offers striking evidence that, for all his problems, President Donald Trump has delivered economic beneﬁts to the voters whose support was the foundation of his victory in 2024. The Wall Street Journal’s headline and story synopsis read: “Americans Without College Degrees Are Having One of the Best Job Markets in Years; Unemployment among younger workers who didn’t go to college has rarely been lower in recent decades. It is the opposite story for college grads.” Byron The article was based York on work done by a think tank called the Burning Glass Institute. Analysts found that “the unemployment rate for workers ages 22 to 34 who never graduated from college” is at one of its lowest points in the last 20 years. Meanwhile, workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher are experiencing greater and greater difﬁculty getting a good job. In the past, analysts noted, the trends for the two groups, degreed and non-degreed, tended to move in the same direction at the same time. Now, they have diverged, with the non-degreed improving and the degreed encountering problems. It’s not that those with college degrees are suddenly at a huge disadvantage compared to those without. A degree still means something. The Wall Street Journal notes that for those workers between ages 25 and 54 who have a college degree, the unemployment rate averaged 2.7% in the last year. For those with some college but no degree, it was 3.6%, and for those with no college at all, it was 4.7%. Now the politics. A key part of Trump’s rise and hold on power has been the support of voters who do not have a college degree. Trump’s success has prompted hundreds of stories on the “educational divide” in politics — how educational status increasingly determines one’s politics. The bottom line of all those stories is that voters without degrees support Trump, and voters with degrees support Trump’s opponents. With Trump, it was a phenomenon that was apparent from the very start of his political career, beginning with

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican convention on Sept. 9 in Dallas. the Iowa caucuses in January 2016. “Trump overwhelmingly leads rivals in support from less educated Americans,” a headline from PBS reads. Now, years later, in a second presidential term, the essential storyline is this: Candidate appeals to a group. Candidate wins with that group’s support. In ofﬁce, candidate looks after that group. The cornpone version of it is the phrase, “You got to dance with them what brung you.” In this case, Trump got elected on the strength of people without college degrees, and people without college degrees are doing better under his administration. Of course, it’s not that simple. Behind the numbers, there is profound economic and social dislocation. Among the biggest problems is the state of the nation’s colleges and universities, many of which offer a product so insanely expensive that it has set off widespread debate on whether a college education is worth it. Still, the belief in college is so ingrained in the American psyche that schools are turning out more graduates than ever, even as AI replaces some of the work they do. On the other side, people without

college degrees, with lower wages, are struggling to pay the same high prices for groceries, gas and other necessities as those with degrees. That has led to Trump’s approval rating falling into negative territory with the noncollege voters who elected him. Looking at the details inside a Fox News poll from the summer, the president was underwater with voters who might be expected to be with him. With White voters who do not have a college degree, Trump was at 43% approval, 57% disapproval. That is essentially the opposite result of the 2024 exit polls. It will also probably mean defeat for Republicans trying to keep control of the House in November’s midterm elections. Nevertheless, on one of the most basic measures of economic health — having a job — the prospects of those without a college degree are improving under the president they supported. And that has likely created a stable core of support for Trump in what could be a very bumpy second half of his term. Byron York is on X, @Bryon York.

Democrats try to brush aside ‘Woke 1’ “’Woke 1’ was crazy.” So said Rep. Al- ing police were immediately followed by a sharp spike upward in violent exandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, on ABC News’ “This Week” last month. crime. Liberals have characterized that spike as a response to COVID-19, but She said she was quoting New York charts compiled by writer Steve Sailer City Councilman Chi Osse, whom The make it clear that the spike began not New York Times characterizes as “far with the lockdowns but with the riots left.” This was where Ocasio-Cortez seemed to be located on the ideological and Woke 1 depolicing. At the same time, the lockspectrum after her surprise defeat of House Democratic downs, enforced with Woke leadership member Joseph 1 censoriousness, were causCrowley in the 2018 Democrating not just economic damage but also long-lasting harm to ic primary. children who were kept out of At that time, she was a teacher union-run schools long 28-year-old former waitress Michael after it was clear children were and organizer for Sen. Bernie Barone not vectors of the virus. Sanders’, I-Vt., 2016 presidenNow there are numerous signs tial campaign. Today, a decade that the nation is putting Woke 1 so far later, she’s a nationally known ﬁgure in the rearview mirror as to be invisoften mentioned as a presidential candidate. In polls for the 2028 nomination, ible and has little appetite for Woke 2. she ranks fourth in the RealClearPoliItems include: n The lack of visible vehement tics average, behind 2024 nominee and former Vice President Kamala Harprotests at the elimination of DEI proris, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., and grams, racial quotas and preferences, former Transportation Secretary Pete in federal regulations, in many state Buttigieg, and Polymarket places her and local governments, and even in odds of winning as better than any of their strongholds in the universities. theirs. You hear grumbling about the Supreme As a possible national candidate, Court’s 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Ocasio-Cortez obviously has a motive Admissions v. Harvard, but nothing to brush aside, as she did with a charm- like the politically charged attacks on ingly self-deprecatory laugh, the exotic its 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. positions she and other Democrats took There’s covert opposition and attempts to retain DEI under different labels, on issues, particularly after the death but you don’t hear Democratic candiof George Floyd in May 2020 and the ensuing multicity violent rioting. dates talking about the issue. n Similarly, there’s a dog-who-didn’tThey included demands to “defund the police” or even abolish police debark response to the Trump adminispartments, to step up the already intration’s effective shutdown of illegal stitutionalized demands for “diversity, immigration on the southern border. Missing from the political dialogue equity and inclusion” hiring, and prohave been media stories about the motions in bureaucracies, public and asylum-seekers who are obliged now private, for racial reparations. These weren’t just words: Cities such as New to pursue their claims not from someYork, San Francisco, Chicago and Min- where in the continental United States but from a not particularly helpful or neapolis did hustle to partially defund sympathetic Mexico or somewhere their police departments. even more distant. The Floyd riots and calls for defund-

n Violent crime rates seem sharply down. After the Floyd riots, homicides rose even more in 2021 and seemed on a trajectory to reverse all the enormous progress in crime reduction accomplished since the reforms pioneered by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in New York in the 1990s. Homicides declined in 2025 to below the lowest numbers of the post-Giuliani years, and the FBI reported that violent crime dropped 9.3%, the biggest drop since 1936. n For 2026, statistics aren’t fully available, but there are starkly lower rates of violent crime in New York, and Baltimore has seen a huge drop in homicides in the 2020s. Why the huge drop in violent crime? No one is sure, but it comes as Democratic politicians are hastening to assure us that they never actually really wanted to abolish the police and the prisons when they were saying so back in Woke 1. Against this evidence of the discrediting of Woke 1 come recent victories and near victories of members of or sympathizers with the Democratic Socialists of America, whose platform calls for the abolition of police and prisons. Those candidates have been emphasizing economic issues, however, which pass muster in Democratic primaries but may not in general electorates in states such as Michigan. What is not apparent in the political landscape is nostalgia for Woke 1 police defundingor for a revival of the Biden administration’s open-borders immigration policy. Democrats may be able to capitalize on the current Trump slump this year. But for 2028, they may not be able to dismiss questions about Woke 1, and Woke 2, as ﬂippantly as Ocasio-Cortez tried to do last month.

Michael Barone is on X, @MichaelBarone.

What if factories had gotten the data center treatment?

When American manufacturing was truly coming into its own in the early 20th century, workers sometimes labored 12-hour days seven days a week and risked life and limb working near dangerous machinery, while factories blackened the skies of American cities. Yet some of the same people who insist that we need to reindustrialize to return to a version of those halcyon days can’t bear the thought of the construction of industrial-scale computing facilities. They complain that data centers are unsightly and use lots of energy and water. But what do they Rich think major factories are like? Lowry If today’s standards applied, we almost certainly never would have built manufacturing facilities at scale. Industrial buildings look pretty in Edward Hopper cityscapes and, say, the Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge complex had a certain majesty. Otherwise, factories were generally closer to William Blake’s dark satanic mills than anything the average local zoning commission would want in the neighborhood. No one ever said, “God, that smokestack looks gorgeous — I wish I lived closer to it!” Data centers have caused outrage because they look like big warehouses, but imagine the reaction if they spewed soot over streets and houses, created slag heaps, divided neighborhoods with rail lines and other supporting infrastructure, and packed workers into nearby subpar housing. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thought she had a trump card in the anti-data center case when she brandished two jars of dirty water from a house near a data center (the house’s well was perhaps disturbed during construction). That’s nothing compared to the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland repeatedly catching ﬁre from 1868 to 1969. These sorts of phenomena were alleviated in the postwar years. Still, even then, factories inevitably were ugly, resource-intensive and hazardous compared to other worksites. If we can’t tolerate operations using prodigious amounts of water and energy — key inputs of the Industrial Revolution — we never could have had, for instance, integrated steel mills, sucking up an unbelievable amount of water and accounting for something like 5% of the entire country’s energy usage. Paper mills would have been a non-starter. Aluminum smelters, the largest of which used as much electricity as a city? Forget about it. Chemical plants? Oil reﬁneries? No way. We hear much about the arrogance of the titans of Big Tech and how it explains opposition to data centers. How does their high-handedness compare to that of the industrial titans of yore? Well, we haven’t witnessed any tech companies locking out the workers building their data centers, then sending in Pinkerton guards for a gunbattle with the electricians and plumbers. That would be what Carnegie Steel did during the 1892 Homestead Strike near Pittsburgh. Now data centers don’t provide the regular employment of old-school factories. The bluecollar workforce needed to build and maintain them is substantial, though, and driving up wages in exactly the fashion everyone has long said they wanted. It is a symptom of the perversity of the current moment that we’ve imposed huge tariffs on the rest of the world in order to — at the margins and perhaps only in theory — create more blue-collar jobs at the same time we are preparing to turn our backs on private-industry-driven investments to make such jobs more lucrative and plentiful. If the tariffs are tinged by nostalgia, the data centers are meant to power the next wave of innovation. One of the advantages of the mass manufacturing revolution was that it occurred at the technological and economic frontier, where large-scale productivity gains and national power are forged. The AI revolution is at the frontier now, and it should be considered a minor miracle that a phenomenon all about computing power is driving a blue-collar construction boom. What’s not to like? We never would have become the country we are today if the response to the physical assets necessary for economic growth and good bluecollar work had been “Not in my backyard — or anywhere else.” Rich Lowry is on X, @RichLowry.

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Saints wide receiver Chris Olave can’t hold on to a pass as he is defended by Detroit Lions cornerback Avonte Maddox in the first half on Sunday in Detroit. The Saints lost their season opener 31-30 in an overtime thriller.

Saints nearly pull off an improbable comeback in overtime loss to Lions BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

DETROIT — If Chase Young was aghast over the controversial explanation that overturned what would have been a sack-fumble touchdown into an incomplete pass — and to be clear, he was in disbelief — then the New Orleans Saints pass rusher had a completely different reaction later when watching Tyler Shough. By now, even so early in the quarterback’s career, Shough responded in a way that Young and the rest of his teammates had come to expect. It was normal, apparently, to see Shough erase a three-score deﬁcit after the worst start to any game of his career. It was normal, apparently, to watch Shough rip throw after throw with the game on the line, ﬁnding his desired target. It was normal, apparently, to watch a quarterback with

only 10 starts drag his team to overtime and set new career highs in the process. “I love it,” Young said. With all due respect to Young and the rest of the Saints who have expressed so much confidence in Shough, that’s still difficult to fully comprehend. What the 26-year-old did in Sunday’s 31-30 overtime loss to the Detroit Lions was even more absurd than the officials’ controversial call that took a touchdown away. How else do you describe a performance that started with Shough mustering just 85 yards passing at halftime — only to rack up 325 yards in the second half and overtime? Shough finished with a career-high 410 yards for three touchdowns and two interceptions, with his rally coming up just

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In defeat for New Orleans, starting QB Shough shows he’s a winner deed, special: 35 of 56 for 410 yards DETROIT — The Saints lost their seaand three touchdowns. His quarterson opener here Sunday. But in doing so, they found something much more back efficiency rating was 87.6 after important and valuable: their franbeing at 17.1 midway through the third quarter. The Saints haven’t had chise quarterback. a quarterback eclipse the 400-yard If any doubts lingered about Typassing mark since Drew ler Shough’s validity as the Brees did it in the 2018 season Saints’ starting quarterback, opener. they were vanquished after he Ultimately, though, Shough’s valiantly led New Orleans to steel was more impressive within one play and one point than his stats. of one of the greatest comeAfter struggling through backs in franchise history. Jeff the nightmarish start that Despite the 31-30 defeat, Duncan saw him produce seven first Shough proved his bona fides downs, three turnovers and in rallying from a 21-0 secondzero points on his first eight half deficit and showed why drives, he somehow maintained his his teammates and coaches believe poise and confidence and rallied the they have a burgeoning star at quarSaints back from the dead. terback. The Saints failed to score on their “We’ve seen what he is,” Saints initial eight offensive possessions, linebacker Kaden Elliss said. “He’s going to be a special player.” ä See DUNCAN, page 5C Shough’s final numbers were, in-

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BERLIN — Breanna Stewart had an American flag draped around her body as she soaked in the moment. The U.S. captain delivered again and the Americans continued their domination of international play, winning a fifth straight women’s FIBA World Cup title with a 97-79 victory over France on Sunday. The Americans have won 36 straight World Cup games, dating to the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup, where they lost to Russia. “We are the standard,” said Stewart, who scored 22 points in the victory and earned MVP honors of the tournament for the second time. “USA Basketball has continued to show up and go for gold and to have done that however many times consecutively is an insane stat. We want to make sure that we continue to build on that standard and everybody else knows it.” Despite the final score, this game wasn’t easy; the Americans faced their biggest deficit in the tournament since that loss to Russia when they were down 14 points in the first half to France. They calmly rallied behind Stewart and Jackie Young to get within two at halftime, with Caitlin Clark hitting a 3-pointer just before the buzzer. “I think we felt really good about where we were at,” said Clark, who finished with 12 points. “I think France was 8 for 14 (from 3-point range). We dug ourself a hole, but we climbed out of it, and I felt like we were never rattled by anything.” The U.S. dominated in the second half, starting the third quarter with an 11-2 run to go up 54-47. Stewart, who has now four World Cup titles to her name, had four points during the game-changing burst. France was able to get within 5551, but the Americans used a 16-3 spurt that included two unsportsmanlike fouls against France on the same play. The Americans were up 73-57 heading into the fourth quarter, and France never

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands — The Solheim Cup is back in the hands of the Europeans after they won seven of the 12 singles matches Sunday at Bernardus for a 15-13 victory over the United States. The blue wave came early and never really went away, with Lottie Woad holing a putt from 2 feet on No. 17 to guarantee Europe reaching the 14½ points needed to beat the United States. Moments later, Carlota Ciganda closed out her match over Jennifer Kupcho for the ﬁnal point. The Europeans have now won three of the last ﬁve editions, the only loss in that stretch coming in Virginia two years ago. The teams were tied at 8-8 after two days and set out Sunday in heavy rain for the singles, with Europe going out fast and putting blue all over the scoreboard. Early wins for Charley Hull and Linn Grant set the tone.

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Breanna Stewart gets a rebound for the U.S. during the Women’s World Cup final game between the U.S. and France in Berlin on Sunday. was able to close the gap. “I’m really happy with the way that we let the rest of the world know that our goal is always gold,” Stewart said. “Just really proud.” The U.S. improved to 9-0 in goldmedal games since ﬁnishing second in 1983 to the Soviet Union. This was the second-youngest team the Americans have sent to a World Cup. There were many newcomers on the roster including Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers, who were playing for the national team for the first time. But it was the veterans who carried the team to the victory. The Americans had looked more vulnerable in this tournament than at any time during their remarkable run. A three-point win

over Italy in pool play was the closest a team has come to the U.S. in group stage in 50 years. The 10-point victory over Spain was the closest semifinal contest during the streak. The Americans had been winning by an average of 26 points over the past four medal-round games. None of that mattered in the end as the Americans finished the same way they had the previous four World Cup tournaments — as champions. The loss nevertheless gave France its best finish ever in the event. The French were hoping for the top prize after they came close against the U.S. in the 2024 Paris Olympic gold-medal game two years ago. That one-point loss still stung two years later.

Dominique Malonga scored 21 points and Gabby Williams added 20 for France. “Of course we’re disappointed right now, but I think we’re showing little by little, France is a basketball country,” Williams said. “That was my goal, when I joined this team, was to change the culture. Obviously we have higher expectations, but we’ll get there.” France got off to a strong start. The U.S. trailed 20-17 after the first quarter and the French scored the ﬁrst 11 points of the second, capped by Williams’ 3-pointer, to take a 31-17 lead. But the Americans rallied and trailed 45-43 at the half on Clark’s 3 just before the buzzer. Spain topped host Germany to win the bronze medal.

Zverev beats Shelton for U.S Open title BY BRIAN MAHONEY AP sportswriter

NEW YORK — Alexander Zverev’s best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam title by an American man since 2003, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday in the U.S. Open final. Zverev finally broke through in the majors by winning this year’s French Open and followed up by adding the title in New York that he so painfully let slip away in 2020. The No. 1 seed in a Grand Slam for the first time, he capitalized on Shelton’s shaky start in his first major final, played a nearly flawless tiebreaker on serve and then turned back Shelton’s comeback attempt in front of a crowd that desperately cheered him on. “I know today 99.9% of the people wanted Ben to win, so I’m very sorry first of all,” Zverev said during the trophy presentation. “But second, it was an incredible atmosphere to play in. Even though I know that the crowd was against me, the crowd was always incredibly fair.” Shelton was trying to win the first title by an American man since Andy Roddick won in Flushing Meadows in 2003, as well as become the first Black player to win the men’s crown since Arthur Ashe in 1968. But Zverev was too good in majors this year and apparently didn’t even know how good he was. He finished the match on his serve but didn’t seem to realize it, dropping back behind the baseline as if set to return. Only a few moments later did he figure out he had won, raising his arms in celebration.

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Alexander Zverev, of Germany, returns the ball to Ben Shelton, of the U.S., during the men’s singles final of the U.S. Open on Sunday in New york. “You’re one of the very best players in the world, maybe the best player in the world this year,” Shelton told Zverev. Zverev improved to 25-2 in major matches this year and won $5.5 million, matching the prize earned by women’s champion Elena Rybakina on Saturday as the largest in Grand Slam history. He thought this title would come in 2020 and still acknowledges it should have. He won the first two sets against Dominic Thiem and got within two points of victory before becoming the first man to blow a two-set lead and lose in the final since 1949. Whatever ghosts were left from then are long gone now. Zverev also reached the final at Wimbledon, falling to Jannik Sinner, and became the No. 1

seed in New York when the topranked Sinner had to withdraw with a knee injury. “I think God has seen how hard we worked, how much we suffered, how much pain we went through and I think 2026 is the outcome of all the years that happened before,” Zverev said, addressing his team. Shelton had already eliminated the defending champion when he beat Carlos Alcaraz in a fiveset quarterfinal that ended at 3:33 a.m., the latest finish in U.S. Open history. But he fell short on Sunday in his attempt to become the first man to beat the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds en route to the U.S. Open title since 1975. The No. 8 seed fell to 0-6 against Zverev, winning a set Sunday for only the second time.

The 23-year-old Shelton ﬁgures to get more chances, but Americans who have grown tired of waiting to celebrate a men’s title wanted it now. Fans stood and screamed when Shelton emerged from the tunnel before the match, but he didn’t give them any reason to keep the cheers going once play began. Serving ﬁrst, he lost the opening two points and then eventually handed the game to Zverev with a double-fault. Zverev maintained that lead the rest of the set, which ended on another double-fault by Shelton. Zverev’s deliberate playing style helped limit the crowd’s effectiveness. Fans are expected to quiet down as a player is preparing to serve and stay quiet until the ensuing point has completed. Zverev bounces the ball a number of times — sometimes around 10, maybe a dozen, others nearly 20, insisting there is no set pattern or plan — before he begins his toss, so it guarantees lengthy stretches of silence. Fans tried to get around that by occasionally cheering when he missed a first serve — another tennis no-no that the chair umpire scolded them for — but Zverev, who said before the match he enjoyed hostile crowds, did not seem affected. Zverev then turned back Shelton’s chance to even the match in the tiebreaker. Shelton returned Zverev’s opening serve long, was beaten by a superb passing shot and then came up on the wrong end of a 16-shot rally as Zverev went up 3-0. Zverev then hit serves of 147 mph and 124 mph that Shelton couldn’t get back in play. Shelton cut it to 5-2 and then got a return in play for the only time, but Zverev won the point and then hit another serve at 139 mph to close it out.

MADISON, Ill. — Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak Sunday, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman in overtime of a crash-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway that shook up the playoff standings. Larson, the defending series champion, took his No. 5 Chevrolet to Victory Lane for the first time since May 2025 at Kansas Speedway after defending the lead on three restarts in in the final two laps of regulation and seven laps of overtime. The second race in NASCAR’s new postseason Chase format gave significant boosts to the championship hopes for Larson and Joey Logano, a three-time Cup Series champion who finished third and added 19 stage points.

Giants star Devers’ season is over, might have surgery

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco first baseman/designated hitter Rafael Devers’ season is over and he may have surgery for a core muscle injury. The Giants placed him on the 60-day injured list Sunday, ending his season. Devers, who leads the team with 37 homers and 98 RBIs, is to meet Monday in Philadelphia with Dr. William Meyers. If a procedure is recommended, Devers would have the operation on Tuesday. Devers had played in 309 consecutive games before sitting out against St. Louis on Wednesday. In the third season of a $313.5 million, 10-year contract, Devers was acquired from Boston in June 2025.

Verlander makes progress toward one more start

DETROIT — Justin Verlander is making progress toward potentially pitching one more time in the last year of his playing career. The Tigers have planned a twoday celebration of the three-time Cy Young Award winner’s career when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates in two weeks during the last series of the regular season — and they hope he can pitch. The two-time World Series champion and 2011 AL MVP shared his plans to retire in July. Verlander threw on Saturday with hitters standing in the batter’s box but not swinging to give him feedback on his pitches. At 43,Verlander is the oldest player in Major League Baseball.

Antonelli wins first F1 race held in Madrid in 45 years

MADRID — This time, Kimi Antonelli didn’t have to work too hard for his Formula 1 victory. A week after having to come from the back of the grid for an epic win in Monza, Antonelli was virtually given the victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. The young Italian took advantage of an unlucky break for Lando Norris to win in F1’s return to Madrid and increase his lead in the drivers’ standings. Antonelli was second early on at the new Madring track in the Spanish capital, but pole-sitter Norris relinquished his lead after he wasn’t able to pit when a virtual safety car was deployed. Antonelli had come from 19th place to win at the Italian GP last weekend. Norris ended third, behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in “one that just got away from us.”

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BY JON BLAU Staff writer

Ready or not, Ole Miss week has arrived on LSU’s schedule. While a pair of wins over Clemson and Louisiana Tech can’t be considered a statistically trustworthy sample, there are signs Lane Kiffin has assembled a team capable of walking into his former stomping grounds and achieving a signature win. There have also been moments, particularly in an uneven performance against Louisiana Tech, where No. 7 LSU’s flaws were on display for new Rebels head coach Pete Golding and his compatriots to potentially exploit. Where does LSU stand ahead of an SEC opener STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON of top-10 teams? Here’s a look at the Tigers’ apparent LSU tight end Trey’Dez Green, right, tries to grab a high pass strengths, weaknesses and against Louisiana Tech in the fourth quarter on Saturday at question marks before they Tiger Stadium. hit the road for Oxford, Mississippi. reer on Saturday. That’s just Through two contests, the over 83 percent of LSU’s 6-foot-7, 237-pound junior Front 4 harasses QBs sacks emanating from the has more than doubled his yards per game, from 39.4 It’s doubtful Clemson and front four. Last year, 16 of the Tigers’ last year to 81 this year. In Louisiana Tech will rank as the best offensive lines LSU 27 sacks — or just over 59 his six-catch, 104-yard persquared off against this sea- percent — were by the D- formance against Louisiana son. It’s possible they could Line. Blake Baker had to Tech, Green was not only be near the bottom of the blitz to generate pressure, productive but clutch. which isn’t ideal against Ole During one second-quarlist. But even if the turnstiles Miss quarterback Trinidad ter drive, Green had a 15in front of edge rusher Chambliss, who either gets yard catch on a third-and-13, Princewill Umanmielen turn the ball out quick or extends a 24-yard reception on firstinto gator-filled moats, he plays with his legs. The and-20 and a 15-yard snag appears to have the athleti- more bodies LSU can drop on third-and-17 that set up into passing lanes, the bet- a manageable fourth-down cism to find a way around. conversion. Umanmielen’s closing ter. Later in the game, he speed was uncommon in LSU’s 23 TFLs are also a three-sack performance forcing offenses into obvi- hauled in a 23-yarder on secagainst Louisiana Tech, ous passing downs, which ond-and-18 and a touchdown bringing his season sack to- should allow Umanmielen, grab on third-and-goal. Kiffin even lined Green up tal to five. That’s more take- the Ole Miss transfer, to pin downs than LSU’s top pro- his ears back in his return to in the backfield, letting him take direct snaps to drive ducer last season, Harold Oxford. and stretch for first downs Perkins, who had four sacks Green’s breakout season on a pair of third-and-1s. in 12 contests. It’s just two games, but evJordan Ross has more When LSU tight end tackles for loss (four) in two Trey’Dez Green was voted a erything Green has shown to games at LSU than he had in preseason All-American and this point affirms why he is 11 games at Tennessee last handed the program’s No. 7 wearing LSU’s No. 7 jersey. season. He has tied last sea- jersey, it was based more on He’s a playmaker. son’s total in sacks with 1.5. potential than production. Green had his moments Run game not a sure thing As a team, 10 of the Tigers’ 12 sacks are from defensive as a sophomore, but his 433 Leavitt, Dilin Jones and linemen, including the first yards and seven touchdowns the rest ran all over Clemtwo of freshman defensive in 11 games weren’t particu- son for 309 rushing yards, tackle Deuce Geralds’ ca- larly dominant. which was extremely no-

table following a season where LSU ranked last in the SEC with just 104 rushing yards per contest. LSU’s 147 ground yards versus Louisiana Tech, however, was a reversion to the mean. Especially the 44 yards LSU produced on 23 ﬁrst-half carries. Kiffin is committed to running the ball, but the Tigers’ offensive line was overwhelmed by Louisiana Tech’s run blitzes. Negative runs are inevitable when a defense overloads a gap as the Bulldogs did, but nearly a quarter of the Tigers’ rushes, 10, were stopped for no gain or a loss Saturday. That’s a few too many. For certain, Golding will be on the attack. LSU can’t ﬁnd itself behind the chains as often as it was this past Saturday and easily keep pace in Oxford.

Leavitt’s decision-making The only risky decisions Sam Leavitt made in the Clemson opener were ballsto-the-wall scrambles where he could have preserved his body better for a long season. The second game tossed in some head-scratching throws, which could shorten the length of said season if they aren’t rooted out quickly. The worst was a thirdand-8 where Leavitt tried to force it to Winston Watkins in the end zone, but a safety was sitting in his throwing window, tipped it up, and it was picked. Leavitt also completely overthrew Green on his ﬁrst interception, and there was a disconnect with Jackson Harris on a slant at the goal line that led to his third, which was more about the route’s depth and timing than Leavitt’s choice of target. He ﬁnished with 344 passing yards and two TDs, but it’s unlikely Leavitt can throw three picks and beat Ole Miss. He has to consistently make sound decisions if LSU is going to improve to 3-0.

Why Ohio State is No. 2 despite loss to Texas The Texas-Ohio State showdown delivered while Oregon fell ﬂat in Stillwater. Michigan bounced back against Oklahoma, Alabama earned a nice win over Kentucky and Mississippi Koki State made a Riley statement at Minnesota. Here is my latest AP Top 25 poll after a wild Week 2 in college football.

My poll after Week 2 1. Texas, 2. Ohio State, 3. Indiana, 4. Notre Dame, 5. Miami, 6. LSU, 7. Georgia, 8. Southern Cal, 9. Alabama, 10. Ole Miss, 11. BYU, 12. Texas A&M, 13. Tennessee, 14. Florida, 15. Louisville, 16. Penn State, 17. Texas Tech, 18. Houston, 19. Oklahoma, 20. Boise State, 21. Virginia, 22. Arizona, 23. Mississippi State, 24. SMU, 25. Michigan Just missed: Virginia Tech, Missouri, Utah, Iowa Newcomers: Mississippi State, Michigan Dropped from last week: Oregon, Minnesota

shaky against an elite defense again, and blowing a 20-point lead shouldn’t give anyone the warm fuzzies. But, once you stop and think about it, outplaying Texas on the road for three quarters should mean something, right? And besides Texas, who has shown that they’re a better team than Ohio State? We don’t know much about Indiana, which hasn’t faced a Power Four conference team. LSU turned the ball over four times in four straight possessions against Louisiana Tech on Saturday. Notre Dame let Wisconsin hang around last week, and the toughest team Miami has faced is Stanford. Sure, Ohio State lost. But does one bad quarter against a great team prove that they’re not still at or near the pinnacle of the sport?

Oregon red alert

The performance needed to be one heck of a stinker for me to drop a top-5 team out of my poll after one week, but that’s what happened to Oregon. The Ducks, after laying an egg last Saturday against Boise State, lost to an Let’s talk Texas-Ohio State Oklahoma State team that started the season with a deThrough two weeks, Texas has earned the best feat to Tulsa. And this result win in the country while wasn’t a ﬂuke, either. The sporting arguably the best Cowboys outgained Oregon roster in the land. It’s true 554 to 281, and if it weren’t that the Longhorns trailed for two interceptions from the Buckeyes 23-3 at the quarterback Drew Messtart of the fourth quarter, temaker that practically but give credit where credit handed the Ducks 14 points, is due. What a comeback, the score would’ve been and what a turnaround for more lopsided. quarterback Arch Manning Combine this week’s and the Texas offense. no-show with their perforAs for Ohio State, I conmance in the opener, and the Ducks simply haven’t played sidered moving it down like a team that deserves to from No. 2 — where it be near the poll, especially was heading into the week after what Mississippi State — after this loss. Quarterand Michigan did. back Julian Sayin looked

If I had to bet, Oregon will be back in the rankings sooner rather than later. There’s too much talent here to think that coach Dan Lanning’s team won’t turn it around (the Ducks were my No. 1 team in the preseason). But if the poll each week is a snapshot of what we’ve seen so far, it’s become pretty hard to justify placing Oregon in the top 25.

Michigan bounces back Welcome back to the top 25, Michigan! After I left the Wolverines out last week following a horriﬁc performance/miracle win against Western Michigan, coach Kyle Whittingham’s team is back in the poll after taking down Oklahoma. The Wolverines’ defense came to play — even if Oklahoma’s offense was very poor — and quarterback Bryce Underwood was better against a tough defense. The Western Michigan game still keeps Michigan at the bottom of the rankings, especially since we’re not sure how rough this Sooners offense may ultimately be, but Whittingham and Co. will take it after last week’s debacle. I toyed with dropping Oklahoma further than 19 in my poll but couldn’t pull the trigger because the game was in Ann Arbor, and Michigan, despite its ﬂaws, is a top 15 team on paper. If the Sooners offense looks like this in SEC play, it may be hard to keep them ranked for long.

Other notes Outside of Texas’ comeback, Mississippi State might’ve had the best win of the weekend, taking down the No. 25 team in my rankings last week in domi-

AP TOP 25 POLL Rec. Pts. Prv. 1. Texas (56) 2-0 1678 4 2. Georgia (3) 2-0 1551 2 3. Notre Dame (1) 2-0 1531 3 4. Indiana (3) 2-0 1466 5 5. Miami (FL) (4) 2-0 1452 7 6. Ohio State 1-1 1407 1 7. LSU (1) 2-0 1334 8 8. Ole Miss 2-0 1216 9 9. Texas A&M 2-0 1165 10 10. Alabama 2-0 1068 12 11. BYU 2-0 966 15 12. USC 3-0 944 14 13. Texas Tech 2-0 910 13 14. Penn State 2-0 692 16 15. Tennessee 2-0 676 18 16. SMU 2-0 636 17 17. Utah 2-0 558 20 18. Iowa 2-0 391 21 19. Michigan 2-0 382 NR 20. Missouri 2-0 344 23 21. Oregon 1-1 324 6 22. Houston 2-0 292 22 23. Louisville 1-1 244 24 24. Oklahoma 1-1 222 11 25. Virginia 2-0 182 25 Others receiving votes: Washington 172, Florida 83, Boise State 57, Oklahoma State 36, Western Michigan 35, Tulsa 18, Mississippi State 17, South Carolina 15, Virginia Tech 11, UCLA 9, James Madison 6, Arizona 5, North Dakota State 3, Pittsburgh 1, Kansas State 1.

nant fashion. If quarterback Kamario Taylor plays like that for the rest of the season, the Bulldogs won’t just be making a cameo in my top 25. This team has a chance to be dangerous. Alabama had an uneven start against Kentucky but did a nice job of pulling away from a frisky Wildcats team on the road. The Crimson Tide looked more convincing than Texas A&M, which won a lopsided contest over Arizona State almost solely because the Sun Devils couldn’t stop shooting themselves in the foot. BYU earned a really nice win over Arizona, turning a crucial fourth-down stop in the fourth quarter into seven points at the other end in a 28-17 win. Since the Wildcats were just a fourthdown conversion and a few plays away from possibly beating a top-15 team on the road, it was hard for me to justify taking them out of my rankings. They looked and played like a top 25 team despite the ﬁnal result.

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Tulane quarterback Kadin Semonza, left, passes the ball during the Green Wave’s home opener against South Alabama on Saturday at yulman Stadium.

Perfect TD pass caps a big night for Tulane’s new difference-makers BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

When he looked at South Alabama’s defensive alignment, Tulane quarterback Kadin Semonza saw a run read on a critical third down while facing a 3-point deficit with 1:22 left on Saturday night at Yulman Stadium. He threw anyway, and his decision paid off with a perfect back-shoulder pass to wide receiver Destyn Hill for the winning 14-yard touchdown in the corner of the end zone. If the ball had been even a little off target or if Hill had not held on with tight coverage from corner Jaylen Moson, the Green Wave would have needed a tying field goal attempt and a defensive stop just to force overtime. “I really wasn’t supposed to throw it,” Semonza said. “But it got to the point in the game where I wanted to take it in my hands and go make a play so we could win. God willing, that’s what I did.” Semonza was one of several players in new, much bigger roles who stepped up to ensure Tulane (11), which travels to Kansas State next Saturday, would not start 0-2 for the first time since 2015. Starting for the first time since transferring from Ball State in January 2025, he went 3 of 3 for 63 yards on the decisive drive, which began with a well-executed option pitch to Jaylin Lucas for 8 yards. “It’s been a long, hard journey for me,” Semonza said. “I was humbled. I had to learn patience all over again after having a good season at Ball State (in 2024), so to come through all that and get to where I am now, it’s a blessing.” Lucas was a featured performer for the first time in three years. His Yulman Stadium-record 214 yards rushing were more than he had in the two previous seasons combined at Florida State. His 11 attempts were his first double-digit total since September 2023 when he played for Indiana. Exhibiting elite speed, he raced 55 yards to set up a go-ahead touchdown in the first half and topped that with an 80-yard score that put the Wave ahead again in the third quarter. A Terrebonne product who spent his senior year of high school at Edna Karr, he is fitting in fabulously in his return to Louisiana. “It just means a lot being able to come back to the

city and pick up the things that I used to do here,” he said. “I just love doing it with the guys here. It’s a family.” Senior linebacker Makai Williams, a key backup a year ago, became much more than that when starter Chris Rodgers left with a leg injury during the opening series on Saturday. Williams made arguably the two most significant defensive plays, stuffing quarterback Bishop Davenport for a 5-yard loss on fourth down from the Tulane 30 after South Alabama scored on its first two drives and stopping Keenan Phillips in the backfield on third down at the Tulane 17 to force a third-quarter field goal the Jaguars missed. The players responsible for the yards on the winning drive were pivotal figures for the first time. Senior Garrett Mmahat’s 13-yard catch over the middle was his third for a first down on the night after he entered with 11 career receptions. A converted quarterback from Brother Martin who walked on in 2022 before earning a scholarship at receiver, he endured an injury-plagued 2025 season after finally getting in the rotation. “That man came here, worked his way up to play and went through all his injuries last year,” coach Will Hall said. “He stuck it out and to have that opportunity this week, that’s why I do this, for those guys.” S e m o n z a ’s y o u n g e r brother, redshirt freshman Cash Semonza, caught a 36-yard pass that set up the final touchdown, holding on to the ball despite taking a big hit. He walked on when Kadin arrived and has carved out significant playing time. “I’ve always been telling people he’s a damn good player, no matter his size (5-foot-10, 178 pounds),” Kadin said. “He will be on scholarship here at some point, I promise you that.” Hill, who played at Florida State and LSU before transferring to Tulane in January, had eight career catches entering the season. His winning touchdown gave him nine grabs through two games, including a career-long 61-yarder that set up the Wave’s first touchdown on Saturday. “We have a lot of things to clean up, but when we do play clean, there are so many guys that can make a difference in the game,” Semonza said. “It’s just my job to get them the ball.”

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LIONS 31, SAINTS 30 (OT)

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SAINTS NOTEBOOK

Detroit 31, New Orleans 30, OT

New Orleans 0 0 14 10 6 — 30 Detroit 7 0 14 3 7 — 31 First Quarter Det—Gibbs 1 run (Bates kick), 3:37. Drive: 13 plays, 89 yards, 6:25. Key Plays: Goff 8 pass to LaPorta on 3rd-and-5; Goff 11 pass to Gibbs; Goff 19 pass to LaPorta; Gibbs 21 run; Gibbs 11 run; Goff 10 pass to J.Williams on 3rd-and-8. Detroit 7, New Orleans 0. Third Quarter Det—Gibbs 1 run (Bates kick), 11:14. Drive: 7 plays, 41 yards, 3:37. Key Plays: Barnes 3 interception return to New Orleans 41; Goff 11 pass to Vaki; Gibbs 18 run; Gibbs 2 run on 3rd-and-1. Detroit 14, New Orleans 0. Det—St. Brown 19 pass from Goff (Bates kick), 8:54. Drive: 3 plays, 25 yards, 00:51. Detroit 21, New Orleans 0. NO—K.Miller 8 run (Carlson kick), 4:27. Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards, 4:27. Key Plays: B.Brown kick return to New Orleans 21; Shough 47 pass to Olave; Shough 3 run on 3rd-and-1; Shough 6 pass to Etienne on 3rd-and-3. Detroit 21, New Orleans 7. NO—Vele 1 pass from Shough (Carlson kick), :28. Drive: 7 plays, 54 yards, 2:52. Key Plays: Shough 11 pass to Olave; Shough 16 pass to Etienne. Detroit 21, New Orleans 14. Fourth Quarter NO—FG Carlson 28, 7:41. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 5:22. Key Plays: Etienne 14 run; Donaldson 1 run on 3rd-and-1; Shough 31 pass to Vele on 3rd-and-5; Shough 1 pass to Etienne on 3rd-and-4. Detroit 21, New Orleans 17. Det—FG Bates 23, 2:32. Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards, 5:09. Key Plays: Kennedy kick return to Detroit 50; Gibbs 15 run; Goff 4 pass to St. Brown on 3rd-and-9. Detroit 24, New Orleans 17. NO—Johnson 9 pass from Shough (Carlson kick), 1:07. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 1:25. Key Plays: B.Brown kick return to New Orleans 25; Shough 15 pass to Lance on 4th-and-12; Shough 11 pass to Vele; Shough 42 pass to Olave. New Orleans 24, Detroit 24. First Overtime Det—St. Brown 4 pass from Goff (Bates kick), 5:04. Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 4:56. Key Plays: Saylors kick return to Detroit 30; Gibbs 11 run; Gibbs 10 run; Goff 22 pass to J.Williams. Detroit 31, New Orleans 24. NO—Fant 8 pass from Shough (pass failed), 1:34. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 3:30. Key Plays: B.Brown kick return to New Orleans 20; Shough 20 pass to Olave on 4th-and-3; Shough 10 pass to Fant; Shough 27 pass to Johnson. Detroit 31, New Orleans 30.

A—62,897.

NO Det FIRST DOWNS 29 26 Rushing 7 14 Passing 19 10 Penalty 3 2 THIRD DOWN EFF 8-17 5-13 FOURTH DOWN EFF 2-2 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 469 369 Total Plays 86 73 Avg Gain 5.5 5.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 91 165 Rushes 25 33 Avg per rush 3.64 5.0 NET YARDS PASSING 378 204 Sacked-Yds lost 5-32 1-2 Gross-Yds passing 410 206 Completed-Att. 35-56 26-39 Had Intercepted 2 0 Yards-Pass Play 6.197 5.1 KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 6-2-2 6-2-1 PUNTS-Avg. 5-47.6 7-48.0 Punts blocked 0 0 FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 95 123 Punt Returns 4-21 3-35 Kickoff Returns 4-74 4-84 Interceptions 0-0 2-4 PENALTIES-Yds 6-53 8-61 FUMBLES-Lost 2-1 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:35 36:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—New Orleans, Etienne 9-46, K.Miller 9-30, Shough 4-8, Donaldson 2-4, Brown 1-3. Detroit, Gibbs 29-156, Vaki 2-7, Goff 2-2. PASSING—New Orleans, Shough 35-56-2-410. Detroit, Goff 26-39-0-206. RECEIVING—New Orleans, Olave 10-182, Vele 7-69, Etienne 7-32, Fant 4-33, Johnson 3-54, Lance 3-42, Donaldson 1-(minus 2). Detroit, St. Brown 10-67, LaPorta 5-48, Gibbs 5-30, J.Williams 4-45, Vaki 1-11, Wright 1-5. PUNT RETURNS—New Orleans, Brown 4-21. Detroit, Kennedy 3-35. KICKOFF RETURNS—New Orleans, Brown 3-55, K.Miller 1-19. Detroit, Kennedy 2-59, Saylors 2-25. TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—New Orleans, Sanker 7-3-0, J.Reid 5-3-0, McKinstry 4-3-0, Elliss 3-6-0, Werner 3-4-0, Stutsman 3-3-0, Blackmon 2-4-0, Godchaux 2-2-0, Riley 2-1-0, Granderson 2-0-1, Broughton 1-2-0, Shepherd 1-2-0, Emerson 1-1-0, Wooden 1-1-0, T.Wilson 0-1-0. Detroit, Reed 7-3-0, Ya-Sin 7-0-0, Campbell 5-2-0, Maddox 4-3-0, Hutchinson 4-1-2, McCreary 4-0-1, Barnes 3-2-1, Harper 3-0-0, Rodriguez 2-2-0, C.Clark 2-1-0, Abney 2-0-0, Gill-Howard 1-2-0, White 1-2-0, T.Williams 1-20, Wonnum 1-2-0, McNeill 1-0-1, Lacy 0-1-0, O’Neill 0-1-0. INTERCEPTIONS—New Orleans, None. Detroit, Barnes 1-3, C.Clark 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS—New Orleans, Carlson 62. OFFICIALS—Referee Alan Eck, Ump Paul King, HL David Oliver, LJ Greg Bradley, FJ Fred Dimpfel, SJ Dale Shaw, BJ Grantis Bell, Replay Joe Wollan.

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Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is hit by Saints defensive end Chase young in the first half on Sunday in Detroit.

NFL explains controversial call Officials negate Saints’ scoop-andscore in first half BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

DETROIT — Chase Young didn’t have anything to add when asked about his controversial non-sack in the first half of the Saints’ eventual overtime loss to the Detroit Lions, but what he left unsaid was enough. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Young said. “That’s all I’ll tell you.” With the Saints offense mired in a rut, Young looked to instantly reverse the Saints’ fortunes when he beat All-Pro tackle Penei Sewell and crushed Lions quarterback Jared Goff from his blindside, separating him from the football. Saints defensive back Jonas Sanker scooped it up and scored what appeared to be a game-tying touchdown. But after replay review, ofﬁcials determined it an incomplete pass, striking the sack and subsequent touchdown from the game record, because they determined Goff’s arm had started the throwing motion. That apparently nulliﬁed the fact that

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Continued from page 1C short on a failed two-point attempt in overtime. The NFL is fueled by the notion that teams can only go as far as their quarterback. Shough reinforced that idea to the furthest extreme Sunday — and set the stage for what could be a wild season. “That’s a good football team,” Shough said of the Lions. “We’re in their environment, and we were able to continue to operate there. We had it really close. And it’s Week 1. (Now) how do we kind of sustain growth throughout the entire season, and we’ll be in a good spot.” Sunday’s game, in some ways, could be boiled down to “intent.” That was the keyword that referee Alan Eck used in the second quarter when explaining how Lions quarterback Jared Goff did not, in fact, fumble on a play that the Young clearly seemed to force. Eck said Goff had begun his throwing motion and had “intent” to throw it forward, which superseded the fact that the ball went backward for safety Jonas Sanker to scoop up and run it to the end zone. As tough as the outcome of the play was to digest, Shough’s intent mattered much over the course of the afternoon. The Saints needed to see how he would overcome one of the worst possible outcomes to

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Saints tight end Noah Fant pulls in a touchdown reception against the Detroit Lions during overtime on Sunday in Detroit.

begin his second season. New Orleans had fallen into a 21-0 hole in large part because of him. They needed to see whether Shough could push a seeming contender like the Lions. Sunday’s game wasn’t supposed to start like this. In a perfect world, the Saints would have come out blazing after spending the offseason making moves aimed at bolstering the offense. In free agency, the Saints not only signed running back Travis Etienne to a four-year, $48 million contract, but they also gave guard

joint practice against the Dallas Cowboys, he was not active for game day. New Orleans also placed running back Audric Estime (thigh) on injured reserve before game day, meaning Estime will miss at least four weeks with the injury. It’s not clear when Estime suffered the injury, but he hadn’t practiced since the team closed training camp. That meant the Saints called up undrafted rookie CJ Donaldson from the practice squad to serve as the No. 3 running back behind Travis Etienne and Kendre Miller. Donaldson got two carries in third-and-short situations, converting both.

the ball traveled backwards after it left Goff’s hand, which in all other instances is considered a fumble and not an incomplete pass. In a pool report interview with a Pro Football Writers Association member after the game, NFL vice president of instant replay Mark Butterworth offered the following explanation: “If the defender contacts the passer prior to the passer starting his throwing motion, then it can be ruled as a backward pass. Because Goff already started his throwing motion and then the defender contacted him, it is therefore a forward pass.” Butterworth went on to say, “the defender’s contact made the pass go backwards” in a subsequent answer. Coach Kellen Moore did not push against the decision after the game, saying the rule was explained to him on the field. But the play ended up looming large in a game that was tied at the end of regulation. “I’m sure that’s how the rule is in the rule book,” said linebacker Kaden Elliss. “It is what it is; it’s all right. To me, it looked a whole lot like a sack fumble.”

the game and made a huge play on the opening defensive series, cutting between blockers to knock down running back Jahmyr Gibbs on a third-and-short run stuff. When the Saints defense returned to the ﬁeld, New Orleans had supplanted Werner with second-year linebacker Danny Stutsman. New Orleans rotated a couple of defensive starters off the ﬁeld throughout the game Sunday in Detroit. Werner and Stutsman spent much of the game alternating series, while backup corner Martin Emerson Jr. also played several series in place of usual starter Quincy Riley. Werner and Stutsman also traded off some last season, but the Emerson rotation was new. The veteran corner joined the Saints as a free agent this offseason. “It was just a little bit of a rotation there; I feel really good about all those corners,” Moore said.

The Saints opened the season with four running backs on their initial 53-man roster, but only two of those players were able to take the ﬁeld Sunday against the Lions. Though veteran Alvin Kamara returned to practice Wednesday Defensive rotation after missing three weeks with a Linebacker Pete Werner started knee injury he suffered during a

Tyler Shough threw for a careerhigh 410 yards — and added to an odd statistical ledger for the Saints, who have now seen a quarterback throw for 400 yards in a season opener four times and have lost every one of those games … Linebacker Isaiah Stalbird left the game with an injury in the ﬁrst quarter after making a stop in punt coverage, but returned to action after being evaluated in the medical tent … Rapper Eminem was in attendance at Ford Field to watch his hometown team play the Saints.

David Edwards a four-year, $61 million deal to boost their rushing attack. A month later, the Saints drafted three wide receivers — including Jordyn Tyson with the eighth overall pick. New Orleans even locked up its star wide receiver, Chris Olave, to a four-year, $133 million contract, days into training camp. The moves were supposed to put Shough, a finalist last season for Offensive Rookie of the Year, in a position to take off in Year 2. But they didn’t pay off right away. Far from it. As hopeful as New Orleans entered the year, familiar problems remained for coach Kellen Moore’s offense. The unit was, again, pitiful in the first quarter. The Saints failed to put up points for the 12th time in 18 first quarters under Moore. And though each game is different, many of the same underlying themes emerged. An off pass here. A run that goes nowhere there. The Saints were consistently put in third-and-long in Detroit, which effectively killed drives. Shough was at the center of what went wrong. The second-year quarterback didn’t seem to be on the same page with his receivers, specifically with tight end Noah Fant. Shough’s two interceptions were both mistimed throws to Fant, a new piece to the offense who signed a two-year contract in free agency. On Shough’s first interception, the quarterback threw directly behind Fant while the tight end

was cutting outside. Then to open the second half, Shough committed a pair of backto-back turnovers. He was picked off on the first play of the third quarter by Derrick Barnes, followed by a fumble on New Orleans’ next series. “I was too fast in the beginning,” Shough said. “I was trying to distribute it too fast.” But Shough would eventually slow down — perhaps in part because the Saints’ defense started to slow down Detroit. New Orleans trailed only 7-0 at halftime, and despite giving up back-to-back touchdowns in the third, the defense made a series of stands that paved the way for Shough and the offense to heat up. At first, Shough appeared to find comfort by relying on the old instead of the new. He honed in on Olave and Devaughn Vele, key targets from last season, to march New Orleans down the field for 17 unanswered points. Then, after the defense held the Lions to a field goal, Shough made numerous clutch throws to tie the game. There was a 15-yard conversion on fourth-and-12 to Bryce Lance. There was a 42-yard bomb to Olave. And there was the 9-yard touchdown strike to Juwan Johnson to tie the game at 24. Shough even got New Orleans in position to try and steal the game late with a 62-yard field goal, only for kicker Daniel Carlson to miss as time expired.

“It doesn’t surprise because we know who he is,” Johnson said. “He’s worked hard for it. He’s done it already.” But overtime arguably showed Shough’s real ceiling. Though the Saints did not win, and the defense let up a 10-play, 70-yard drive to begin the extra period, Shough carried the offense on another drive and tapped into the playmakers around him. Notably, Shough’s final touchdown was to Fant — the tight end he struggled to connect with earlier. With only 1:38 left, Moore had the Saints attempt the 2-point conversion that would give them a win. Shough went through his progression — ﬁrst Olave near the pylon, then Vele on the spot route and Lance on the corner route — only for his options to be covered, leaving the quarterback to force a pass to the rookie that was broken up. In the locker room afterward, Lance appeared disappointed he couldn’t haul in the pass. The fourth-round rookie said he “should have come down with it,” adding that Shough gave him a chance. Lance may be one of the few on the Saints who isn’t quite used to Shough just yet. Yes, the two had spent training camp together. But the 24-year-old wasn’t with the Saints last year. He didn’t see the ﬂashes and plays up close that made the Saints splurge in the offseason. He knows now. “Unreal,” Lance said.

Short-handed

Odds and ends

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THREE AND OUT: ROD WALKER’S TOP THREE TAKEAWAyS

SHOUGH’S THE GUY Tyler Shough couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start. All the momentum he built in those nine starts of his rookie season went missing in the first half. Shough completed just 10 of 22 passes for 85 yards with two picks and a fumble. But boy did he get going, showing the resilience that helped him win over the fanbase last year. He rallied the Saints and finished the day completing 35 of 56 passes for a career-high 410 yards and three touchdowns. It’s fair to question whether Kellen Moore’s decision to not play his starters in the preseason caused the slow start for Shough and the offense. But Shough is no doubt the future. And the present.

DEFENSE SOLID Brandon Staley’s defense looks like it could be just as solid as it was in 2025. This was an explosive Detroit team with some big-time playmakers in running back Jahmyr Gibbs and receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams. While Gibbs torched the Saints for 156 yards (5.4 yards per carry), the defense did enough to keep New Orleans in it. The Saints defense held the Lions to a field goal late in regulation, which allowed Shough and company to march down and tie it. The defense also appeared to score a defensive touchdown in the first half, but Jonas Sanker’s scoop-and-score after what appeared to be a Chase young sack fumble was reviewed and overturned. The defense did run out of gas on the drive, though.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? In the grand scheme, this was just the first game of a 17-game marathon. When the NFL released the schedule in May, most people had the Saints penciled in as starting 0-2. you knew road trips to Detroit and Baltimore to start the season were not going to be easy. It would have been nice if the Saints could have somehow stolen the opener. And props to Moore for going for two at the end to try to do just that. The Saints could have easily quit after falling into a 21-0 hole. But the grit they showed in the second half once Shough finally got going was promising. The Saints’ offense will have to avoid slow starts going forward. There are no moral victories in the NFL, but this sure felt like it. Going on the road and taking a likely playoff team to overtime is a sign the Saints are heading in the right direction.

Function over form

Wearing Guardian Cap, Saints WR Olave proves looks don’t matter BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

DETROIT — A lot of things have changed for Chris Olave, including the things he cares about most, which is why he might have looked a little different on the field during Sunday’s 31-30 loss to the Detroit Lions. Not as a player, mind you. Olave looks primed for an even bigger season than he did a year ago after hauling in 10 passes for a career-best 182 yards in the loss. New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough persistently looked his way while guiding the Saints out of a 21-0 hole, and Olave almost always delivered. No, what changed was literally his look. The somewhat funky-looking Guardian Cap he was wearing over his helmet — the one, in years past, that he alluded to not wearing because of the way it looked. There are more important things to Olave than looks right now. “Y’all know all the head injuries I’ve had in my career,” Olave said. “... I’ve got kids now. I want to be able to live the long game. It’s not all about football; I want to live a regular life after I’m done with football. I love my kids to death, so I don’t really care how it looks no more. I just gotta throw it on, and it did me good today.” Neither Olave’s talent nor his concussion history is new. He has been a steady, excellent presence whenever he’s been on the field as an NFL player, with three 1,000-yard seasons in his first four as a professional. The one outlier happened in 2024, when he missed more than half the season with multiple concussions — enough that had him considering an early retirement. The two things have been hard to disentangle. Even this offseason, when Olave signed a massive extension with the Saints, there was language written into the contract protecting the Saints’ investment in the event of a serious head injury.

the regular headgear. It makes the helmet look especially large on a player, and while players have had them available to them for years, Olave had never worn one in a game before Sunday. But this summer, he started wearing them for training camp practices. And there was a recent moment in practice when Olave went up for a deep ball and came down hard, hitting his head in the process. He immediately felt the difference. “From that point forward, I said I was gonna wear the Guardian Cap in the game,” Olave said. Sunday against the Lions, Olave was one of the main engines driving the Saints’ comeback. He entered halftime with three receptions on six targets for 40 yards, lamenting the missed one-on-one opportunity he had on a deep shot downfield where he waited for the ball to get to him rather than going up and getting it. A switch flipped in the third quarter when, scrambling to avoid the rush, Shough saw Olave snap his route off upfield. Olave hauled in the pass for a 47-yard gain to set up the Saints’ first score of the day. That was the start of a huge second half and overtime for Olave, who snared each of his seven targets in the game’s closing chapter — including a brilliant leaping 42-yarder over a defender down the middle of the field that caused him to stay down on the ground for a moment and get evaluated in the medical tent. Olave’s back was acting up and his calves were cramping — so badly, in fact, that he decided to play most of the fourth quarter and overtime without socks, knowing he is going to get a fine from the NFL’s uniform police. “He was grinding the whole game,” Shough said. “I was really proud of his performance, just who he is.” A big, bulging helmet and no socks ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By REy DEL RIO didn’t throw Olave off. His new contract will help pay for the fine, but New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave pulls in a pass over Detroit Lions the rest of the new look may keep cornerback D.J. Reed during a game on Sunday in Detroit. him on the field making plays — and healthier, happier for everything And then there was his family to The Guardian Cap is a padded soft that comes after that. consider, and the long view. So Olave shell that attaches to the outside of made the decision to favor function the helmet — essentially adding a Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@ over form. second, exterior shock absorber to theadvocate.com.

31-30

Sept. 20 at Ravens Noon

Sept. 27 Raiders 3:25 p.m.

Oct. 5 Falcons 7:15 p.m.

Oct. 11 Vikings Noon

Oct. 18 at Giants Noon

Oct. 25 Steelers 8:30 a.m.

Nov. 8 Browns Noon

Nov. 15 Panthers Noon

Nov. 22 at Bears Noon

Nov. 29 at Bengals Noon

Dec. 6 Packers Noon

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Continued from page 1C mustering 93 yards and seven first downs. On their final six drives, they scored 30 points and gained 390 yards and 22 first downs. “I think we’re a resilient football team, and certainly Tyler showcased that,” Saints head coach Kellen Moore said. “That’s about as challenging of a circumstance as you can have, so I credit our guys for hanging in there and giving ourselves a heck of a chance to go win it on the last play.” Motown, one of the world’s great music cities, is an unusual place to lose your rhythm. But that’s what happened to Shough throughout the first two and a half quarters of action. He looked hurried and haggard as the Lions confused him and disrupted the timing of the passing attack with some defensive wrinkles the Saints didn’t see on film during their pregame preparation. Some Slim Shady-like officiating from the referees didn’t help matters. A controversial call by the officials overturned Chase Young’s strip-sack that led to Jonas Sanker’s scoop-andscore and robbed the Saints of what little early momentum they had. Shough never panicked, though. Even after he opened the second half with an interception and fumble to grease the skids for a 21-0 deficit, he

Sept. 13

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By REy DEL RIO

Saints quarterback Tyler Shough looks to throw a pass under pressure from Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson in the first half on Sunday in Detroit. kept a level head and positive mindset. “You can’t fake that,” Shough said. “I was just trying to be neutral, and there’s nothing to be positive about. All that sucked. It was a bad situation, but at the same time, how do we be

neutral and be like, man, that was under our control. It was all about staying neutral and mission-focused.” During the furious rally, Shough converted four of seven third downs and both of his fourth-down tries, including a got-to-have-it fourth-and-12

on the Saints’ game-tying drive in regulation. “That’s what we expect,” said receiver Chris Olave, who finished with a career-high 182 yards and 10 receptions. “He’s a winner. He’s a competitor. That’s what we wanted in our quarterback.” Going forward, Shough will need to play better from the start to improve his team’s chances of winning. He and the Saints can’t continue to dig themselves a hole and play catch-up the rest of the way if they hope to fulfill their expectations and win the NFC South this season. As we learned against the Lions, as he goes, so go the Saints. “It wasn’t good enough in the end,” Shough said. “I was proud of how we fought as a team and how, regardless of the adversity and circumstances, we kept going. And I just got to play better and get a rhythm going in the first half.” The loss dropped Shough’s career record to 5-5 as a starter. Still, all things considered — the opponent, the venue, the early adversity — it was arguably the most impressive performance of his nascent tenure as the Saints’ starter. “I already believed in him,” Elliss said. “I believe in him more now.” Elliss was speaking for himself, but he might as well have been speaking for the entire Saints organization and fan base. The Saints lost the game. But they have clearly found their quarterback.

Dec. 13 at Panthers TBD

Dec. 20 at Buccaneers 7:15 p.m.

Dec. 27 Arizona Noon

Jan. 3 Falcons TBD

TBD Buccaneers TBD

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NFL ROUNDUP

Cousins throws 3 TDs as Raiders beat Dolphins

By The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Kirk Cousins became the 15th quarterback to throw at least 300 touchdown passes in his career after tossing three on Sunday to lead the Las Vegas Raiders to a 27-13 season-opening victory over the Miami Dolphins. Two of his TD passes went to running back Ashton Jeanty, who also rushed for 102 yards and caught six passes for 45 more. This was the third career 100-yard game for Jeanty, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft who showed no ill effects of an ankle injury he suffered on Aug. 23. Cousins, making his first start for the Raiders after being acquired in the offseason from Atlanta, completed 21 of 30 passes for 160 yards, though he was intercepted twice. He has 301 touchdown passes for his career, moving into 14th and one TD ahead of John Elway. Cousins is the first Raiders quarterback to throw at least three TDs in the opener since Kerry Collins in 2005 against New England. The Raiders totaled 290 yards in their first game under coach Klint Kubiak, the offensive coordinator on Seattle’s Super Bowl-championship team last season. It was a noticeable improvement for an offense that last season was last in the league in yardage (245.2 per game) and scoring (14.2 points). But Las Vegas is about to embark on a six-game gauntlet against teams such as Kansas City, Buffalo and the Los Angeles Rams that will test how much the offense truly has improved. JAGUARS 34, BROWNS 10: In Jacksonville, Florida, Trevor Lawrence threw for 245 yards and four touchdowns, opening the season much like he closed last year, and Jacksonville dominated rebuilding Cleveland to spoil the debut of new Browns coach Todd Monken. The Jaguars scored on six of their first seven possessions, with Lawrence connecting with Parker Washington, rookie Josh Cameron, Brenton Strange and Jakobi Mey-

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ROSS D. FRANKLIN

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins throws a pass during the first half of a game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday in Las Vegas. ers for touchdowns. Three of four targets were wide open. RAVENS 41, COLTS 23: In Indianapolis, Derrick Henry ran for three touchdowns to move into third on the NFL’s career list, Lamar Jackson threw for 324 yards and a TD and rushed for a score, and Baltimore beat Indianapolis. The Ravens improved to 13-6 in openers since 2008 and have topped the 20-point mark in their last 10, the league’s longest active streak. Henry had 24 carries for 144 yards, his 56th 100-yard game and his eighth with three or more TD runs. Henry has 125 career rushing TDs, two more than Hall of Famer Marcus Allen. JETS 23, TITANS 10: In Nashville, Tennessee, Breece Hall ran for 102 yards and a touchdown, Geno Smith threw for 215 yards in his Jets return and New York defeated Tennessee in the season opener to spoil Titans coach Robert Saleh’s debut against his former team.

The Jets never trailed, led 10-3 at halftime and held the ball for just over 38 minutes. Smith, drafted by New York in 2013 and acquired from Las Vegas in March, finished 19 of 24 while efficiently moving new coordinator Frank Reich’s offense. The game matched franchises that went 3-14 last season and prompted the Titans to hire Saleh — who coached the Jets from 2021 before being fired after five games in 2024 — in January hoping to end four straight losing seasons. The Jets, meanwhile, are trying to snap a skid of 10 consecutive seasons under .500 with Aaron Glenn starting his second season in New York. BENGALS 33, BUCCANEERS 27: In Cincinnati, the Bengals’ new-look defense forced four turnovers — including its first fumble recovery for a TD since 2022 — former LSU standout Joe Burrow passed for 254 yards and a touchdown and Cincinnati defeated Tampa Bay. Evan McPherson had four field goals, including from 55 yards and

58 yards, as the Bengals won their opener for the second straight year. Linebacker Boye Mafe and safety Bryan Cook, both signed in free agency, had big games. Both had forced fumbles and recoveries while Mafe also one of Cincinnati’s four sacks. STEELERS 20, FALCONS 13: In Pittsburgh, T.J. Watt jumped in front of a pass from Cooper Rush and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown to break open a tight game as Pittsburgh began the Mike McCarthy era with a win over Atlanta. Pittsburgh was hardly dominant in McCarthy’s debut as the coach of his hometown team, in his reunion with Aaron Rodgers. The star quarterback and his offense sputtered for long stretches thanks to a steady stream of dropped passes, penalties and missed opportunities that allowed the Falcons to hang around. In the end, it didn’t matter. Atlanta, with Rush filling in for injured Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr., could muster little beyond what running back Bijan Robinson could provide to spoil the debut of coach Kevin Stefanski. BILLS 36, TEXANS 31: In Houston, Josh Allen threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Palmer with 1:36 remaining to lift Buffalo to a win over Houston in a back-andforth season opener. Allen had 334 yards passing with two touchdowns and ran for two more scores to get his first win in Houston after losing his previous four games at Reliant Stadium. The Texans led 31-30 when Allen split two defenders to find Palmer. The 2-point conversion failed. One play earlier, Houston’s Kamari Lassiter got his hands on a pass from Allen in the end zone but couldn’t grab the interception. BEARS 59, PANTHERS 37: In Charlotte, North Carolina, Caleb Williams threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 65 yards and two more scores as Chicago defeated Carolina in the highest-scoring season opener in NFL history.

Chicago and Carolina scored eight more points than the previous record of 88 set in Tampa Bay’s 48-40 win over New Orleans in 2018. Coach Ben Johnson’s prolific Bears also broke a franchise record for points in an opener, a mark that had stood since 1948, when Chicago hung 45 points on Green Bay at Wrigley Field. The 59 points were the most allowed by the Panthers in team history. CARDINALS 26, CHARGERS 14: In Inglewood, California, Jacoby Brissett threw for 277 yards and a touchdown and Arizona defeated Los Angeles, giving Mike LaFleur a victory in his head coaching debut over Jim Harbaugh. The Chargers were 91/2-point favorites — biggest in the NFL in Week 1 — but they played from behind the entire game. VIKINGS 39, PACKERS 22: In Minneapolis, Carson Wentz came in after Kyler Murray’s ﬁrst-quarter concussion in his Minnesota debut and led a spirited comeback against the rival Green Bay as the Vikings scored 29 straight points to close a victory to open the season. Wentz had two touchdown passes to Justin Jefferson, matching the two-time All-Pro’s 2025 season total, and the pair connected on a 2-point converstion when the Vikings took their ﬁrst lead at 25-22 with 6:37 remaining. Green Bay extended the drive three times with crushing defensive penalties. EAGLES 24, COMMANDERS 22: In Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns, and the Eagles’ Moro Ojomo stuffed the Commanders’ attempt at a tying 2-point conversion with 1:01 remaining as Philadelphia squeaked past Washington. Former LSU star Jayden Daniels threw a 1-yard TD pass on thirdand-goal to Antonio Williams with 1:01 left for the Commanders’ second touchdown of the fourth quarter. On the 2-point try, Washington called a shovel pass to tight end John Bates, who was wrapped up instantly by Ojomo.

SCOREBOARD Sports Betting Line NFL Monday

FAVORITE at K.C.

OPEN 2½

Sunday’s games

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ (43½) Denver

College Football Thursday

FAVORITE at PITTS

OPEN 10½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 10½ (53½) Syracuse

FAVORITE OPEN Miami (FL) 19½ at TEX TECH 14½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 22½ (55½) at W.F. 9½ (52½) Houston

FAVORITE OPEN at DEL 5½ at PENN ST 39½ Georgia 17½ at IOWA ST 23½ at KANS ST 20½ at MIN 28½ at CLEMSON 9½ at TEXAS ST 3½ Arizona State 5½ at OHIO ST 52½ at WISC 24½ at VANDER 5½ at C. MICH 1½ at TOLEDO 1½ at CIN 14½ at UTAH 27½ USC 24½ at MICHIGAN 35½ at ALABAMA 15½ at LOUISVILLE 1½ at TEX A&M 14½ at DUKE 11½ at INDIANA 44½ at BAYLOR 18½ at LIBERTY 13½ at S. CAR 7½ at OLD DOM 2½ at APP ST. 19½ at FLA ATL 9½ Marshall 4½ Florida PK W. Michigan 10½ at S. ALABAMA 3½ at MISSOURI 27½ Nevada 6½ at JAX STATE 3 UConn 2½ at UCF 19½ Va Tech 1½ LSU 2½ at ND 29½ at NRTWSTRN 5½ at VIRGINIA 8½ at OKLA 21½ BYU 20½ at TEN 35½ at LOUISIANA 8½ at TCU 20½ at TEXAS 29½ at SDSU 1½ Ndsu 23½ at ARIZONA 31½ Fresno State 5½ at UCLA 13½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 5½ (58½) C. Carolina 39½ (48½) Buffalo 24½ (53½) at ARKAN 22½ (46½) B. Green 19½ (49½) Tulane 26½ (49½) Akron 4½ (44½)N. Carolina 3 (62½) N. Texas 5½ (54½) at KANSAS 51½ (57½) Kent State 24½ (46½) E. Mich 4½ (54½) NC State 1½ (39½) Wyoming 4½ (51½) Temple 14½ (49½)Miami (OH) 27½ (56½) Utah State 24½ (55½) at RUTG 36½ (49½) UTEP 19½ (50½) Florida St 1½ (59½) SMU 15½ (48½) Kentucky 9½ (50½) Stanford 44½ (59½) W. Kent 17½ (54½) La Tech 14½ (54½) Ball State 3½ (58½) Miss St 2½ (49½) E. Carolina 20½ (50½) Charlotte 7½ (62½) Florida Intl 4½ (52½) at MSU ST 2½ (53½)at AUBURN 11½ (45½) at RICE 4½ (53½) Ohio 27½ (50½) Troy 6½ (50½) at M. TEN 3½ (53½) Ga South 3½ (55½) at S. MISS 21 (50½) Georgia St 3½ (53½)at MRYLND 2½ (59½)at OLE MSS 29½ (52½) Mich St 3½ (47½) Colorado 9½ (54½) W. Virginia 22½ (48½) New Mex 20½ (52½) at CSU 34½ (59½) Knnsw St 9½ (57½) UAB 20½ (56½) Arkan St 30½ (58½) UTSA 1½ (46½) J. Madison 27½ (53½) at SSU 35½ (49½) N. Illinois 7½ (51½) at SJSU 14 (52½) Purdue

Friday

Saturday

MLB Monday

American League FAVORITE LINE at CLEVELAND -147 at TORONTO -133 N.Y Yankees -141 Seattle -118 National League FAVORITE LINE LA Dodgers -216 at CHI CUBS -134 at ST. LOUIS OFF San Diego -180 -137 at ARIZONA Interleague FAVORITE LINE -124 at N.Y METS

UNDERDOG LINE Chi White Sox +123 Detroit +111 at MINNESOTA +118 at LA ANGELS +100 UNDERDOG at CINCINNATI Atlanta San Francisco at COLORADO Miami UNDERDOG Baltimore

Pro basketball FIBA Women’s World Cup Glance At Berlin

Semiﬁnals

Saturday’s games

France 86, Germany 64 United States 76, Spain 66

LINE +178 +113 OFF +149 +114 LINE +104

EAST

Third Place Spain 81, Germany 58 Final United States 97, France 79

Boston College 28, Rutgers 21

SOUTH

Louisville 59, Villanova 13 NC State 73, Richmond 0 Virginia 59, Norfolk St. 3

Pro football

MIDWEST

Missouri 38, Kansas 21

NFL Glance AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

Saturday’s games EAST

N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami New England

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Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago

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Wednesday’s Games

Seattle 13, New England 10 Thursday’s Games San Francisco 27, L.A. Rams 7,Baltimore 41, Indianapolis 23 Buffalo 36, Houston 31 Cincinnati 33, Tampa Bay 27 Jacksonville 34, Cleveland 10 N.Y. Jets 23, Tennessee 10 Pittsburgh 20, Atlanta 13 Chicago 59, Carolina 37 Detroit 31, New Orleans 30, OT Arizona 26, L.A. Chargers 14 Las Vegas 27, Miami 13 Minnesota 39, Green Bay 22 Philadelphia 24, Washington 22 Dallas at N.Y. Giants, n

Monday’s Games

Denver at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

College football State schedule Saturday’s games

UAB 26, UL-Monroe 20 Tarleton St. at McNeese St. , n Tulane 28, South Alabama 24 Nicholls 31, UT Rio Grande Valley 28 Southeastern 30, at North Alabama 25 East Texas A&M 38, Northwestern St. 14 Southern 77, Houston 6 LSU 45, Louisiana Tech 14 TCU 63, Grambling 7 USC 49, UL 30

Major scores Friday’s games

Albany (NY) 35, LIU Brooklyn 13 California 21, Syracuse 18 Delaware St. 21, Bowie St. 6 Lafayette 13, Marist 9 Lehigh 44, William & Mary 20 Marshall 28, Middle Tennessee 26 Maryland 38, UConn 14 Merrimack 23, Maine 14 Morgan St. 55, Va. Lynchburg 0 New Hampshire 42, Stonehill 35 Penn St. 27, Temple 9 Pittsburgh 12, UCF 7 Rhode Island 31, Elon 10 South Florida 28, Army 24 UMass 37, Sacred Heart 10 West Virginia 52, UT Martin 7

SOUTH

Akron 45, Robert Morris 10 Ball St. 41, Stony Brook 17 Butler 52, Franklin 0 Cent. Michigan 13, Colgate 10 Cincinnati 62, W. Carolina 10 Dayton 30, Thomas More 7 Duke 31, Illinois 27 Illinois St. 28, N. Illinois 24 Indiana 55, Howard 0 Indiana St. 42, E. Illinois 35 Iowa 16, Iowa St. 13 Kansas St. 34, Washington St. 7 Kent St. 36, Wofford 15 Miami (Ohio) 45, Holy Cross 7 Michigan 17, Oklahoma 10 Michigan St. 35, E. Michigan 7 Mississippi St. 38, Minnesota 13 Missouri St. 48, Lindenwood (Mo.) 14 N. Iowa 56, Drake 14 Nebraska 56, Bowling Green 7 Notre Dame 52, Rice 0 Ohio 29, Jacksonville St. 27 S. Dakota St. 57, New Haven 14 S. Illinois 34, SE Missouri 20 South Dakota 41, E. Washington 23 St. Thomas (Minn.) 56, N. Michigan 14 Toledo 63, CCSU 10 W. Michigan 49, Monmouth (NJ) 14 Wake Forest 38, Purdue 36 Wisconsin 36, W. Illinois 9 Youngstown St. 70, Duquesne 13

East Division

Arkansas St. 52, West Georgia 7 Cent. Arkansas 59, Cent. Oklahoma 20

Monday’s Games

Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-7) at Cleveland (Williams 13-7), 5:40 p.m. Detroit (Melton 8-4) at Toronto (Soriano 12-7), 6:07 p.m. Baltimore (Young 9-4) at N.Y. Mets (Tong 2-1), 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Warren 10-6) at Minnesota (Ober 7-5), 6:40 p.m. Seattle (Anderson 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Detmers 5-8), 8:38 p.m.

BYU 28, Arizona 17 Boise St. 38, Memphis 20 Chicago State 78, Kentucky Christian 7 Colorado 52, Weber St. 21 Colorado St. 58, S. Utah 24 Idaho St. 59, San Diego 17 Lamar 23, Idaho 17 Montana 35, Utah Tech 14 N. Arizona 38, Incarnate Word 28 New Mexico 70, Mercyhurst 7 Texas Tech 35, Oregon St. 24 UCLA 28, San Diego St. 10 Washington 16, Utah St. 14 Wyoming 21, N. Colorado 13

AP Top 25 Poll

SOUTHWEST

Detroit 8, Colorado 1 N.Y. Yankees 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Washington 6, L.A. Angels 5 Tampa Bay 14, Houston 4 Toronto 8, Baltimore 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland 9, Minnesota 2 Boston 4, Kansas City 1 Texas 7, Arizona 6 Athletics 8, Seattle 7

FAR WEST

Alabama 45, Kentucky 17 Alabama A&M 30, Tennessee St. 3 Appalachian St. 27, East Carolina 24 Austin Peay 63, Morehead St. 7 Bethune-Cookman 43, Stetson 18 Bryant 31, Hampton 3 Bucknell 14, VMI 3 Charleston Southern 26, The Citadel 20 Coastal Carolina 45, Fordham 7 Davidson 28, Dickinson 14 E. Kentucky 22, Chattanooga 17 FAU 38, Navy 30 FIU 33, Buffalo 20 Florida 52, Campbell 3 Furman 20, Mercer 13 Georgia 70, W. Kentucky 20 Georgia St. 31, Kennesaw St. 17 James Madison 87, Wagner 3 LSU 45, Louisiana Tech 14 Liberty 24, Gardner-Webb 23 MVSU 31, Lincoln (Pa.) 20 Mississippi 41, Charlotte 9 Murray St. 27, Valparaiso 18 NC Central 30, NC A&T 22 Nicholls 31, UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 28 North Carolina 35, ETSU 3 SC State 66, Virginia St. 0 SE Louisiana 30, North Alabama 25 South Carolina 45, Towson 9 Tennessee 45, Georgia Tech 24 Tennessee Tech 45, Samford 19 Troy 34, Alabama St. 17 Tulane 28, South Alabama 24 UAB 26, Louisiana-Monroe 20 Vanderbilt 35, Delaware 26 Virginia Tech 44, Old Dominion 21

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Sunday’s Games

East Texas A&M 38, Northwestern St. 14 Houston 77, Southern U. 6 Houston Christian 88, Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes 0 North Texas 44, UNLV 6 Oklahoma St. 39, Oregon 31 SMU 56, UC Davis 10 Stephen F. Austin 26, Abilene Christian 7 TCU 63, Grambling St. 7 Texas 24, Ohio St. 23 Texas A&M 48, Arizona St. 20 Tulsa 23, Sam Houston St. 17 UTSA 31, Texas State 26

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Rec. Pts. Prv. 1. Texas (56) 2-0 1678 4 2. Georgia (3) 2-0 1551 2 3. Notre Dame (1) 2-0 1531 3 4. Indiana (3) 2-0 1466 5 5. Miami (FL) (4) 2-0 1452 7 6. Ohio State 1-1 1407 1 7. LSU (1) 2-0 1334 8 8. Ole Miss 2-0 1216 9 9. Texas A&M 2-0 1165 10 10. Alabama 2-0 1068 12 11. BYU 2-0 966 15 12. USC 3-0 944 14 13. Texas Tech 2-0 910 13 14. Penn State 2-0 692 16 15. Tennessee 2-0 676 18 16. SMU 2-0 636 17 17. Utah 2-0 558 20 18. Iowa 2-0 391 21 19. Michigan 2-0 382 NR 20. Missouri 2-0 344 23 21. Oregon 1-1 324 6 22. Houston 2-0 292 22 23. Louisville 1-1 244 24 24. Oklahoma 1-1 222 11 25. Virginia 2-0 182 25 Others receiving votes: Washington 172, Florida 83, Boise State 57, Oklahoma State 36, Western Michigan 35, Tulsa 18, Mississippi State 17, South Carolina 15, Virginia Tech 11, UCLA 9, James Madison 6, Arizona 5, North Dakota State 3, Pittsburgh 1, Kansas State 1.

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N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 2 Detroit 11, Colorado 7 Toronto 7, Baltimore 3 Boston 5, Kansas City 1 Minnesota 4, Cleveland 3 Washington 6, L.A. Angels 5, 10 innings Tampa Bay 3, Houston 2 Chicago White Sox 6, St. Louis 5 Texas 6, Arizona 2 Seattle 19, Athletics 1

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Sunday’s Games

Detroit 8, Colorado 1 N.Y. Yankees 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Washington 6, L.A. Angels 5 Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 4 Miami 6, L.A. Dodgers 4 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Texas 7, Arizona 6 San Diego at San Francisco, n

Monday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers (Skubal 9-7) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 3-4), 5:40 p.m. Baltimore (Young 9-4) at N.Y. Mets (Tong 2-1), 6:10 p.m. Atlanta (Smith-Shawver 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Peterson 7-8), 6:40 p.m. San Francisco (Roupp 9-13) at St. Louis (Mathews 1-3), 6:45 p.m. San Diego (Mize 5-9) at Colorado (Sugano 12-9), 7:40 p.m. Miami (Alcantara 13-10) at Arizona (Burnes 0-0), 8:40 p.m.

Wild Card Glance American League New York Boston Cleveland Toronto Texas Baltimore

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Across the U.S., high school sports provide a sense of community — and, for some, a way out

The flag of Acadiana was designed in 1965 by Thomas J. Arceneaux, of the then-University of Southwestern Louisiana, and officially adopted on July 5, 1974.

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BY WILL GRAVES ALQUIPPA, Pa. — The phone calls started coming long before the lights at “The Pit” flickered on for the first time this fall. “When will the senior citizen passes be available?” Aliquippa High athletic director Jennifer Damico’s office heard more than once as the latest season of Quips football inched forward. At the school about 30 minutes northwest of downtown Pittsburgh, the passes have been a longstanding tradition — a way for the community’s past to connect with its present. A lot has changed in the century-plus since Aliquippa first opened its doors. The Aliquippa Works steel mill, which employed over 10,000 workers at its height before the industry collapsed, is long gone. Many storefronts in the heart of the borough’s business district sit empty. One of the few constants through the years has been those precious hours every week during the fall when the Quips storm out of the locker room. “We might be going to different churches on Sunday at 11,” says coach Mike Warfield, an Alquippa alum and retired state trooper who believes the program saved his life twice. “But on Fridays at 7, we’re together.” Amid an ever-changing landscape, when a constant distraction sits in the palm of your hand, and the culture wars seem specifically designed to divide, those Friday nights and everything they represent endure.

A newspaper story, an invoice typo and a House resolution: How Acadiana’s name came to be AP PHOTO By GENE J. PUSKAR

BY IZZY WOLLFARTH

Aliquippa High School football fans celebrate after their school scores during a football game between Aliquippa and Mars high schools at Heinz Field in Aliquippa, Pa., on Sept. 4.

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Today, “Acadiana” is a place where someone comes from. It’s a place that ties directly to someone’s ancestral roots. For more than half a century, Acadiana has been a name of a particular region in Louisiana. The word is also thought to be a combination of two regional names of early settlers — the ﬁrst being Acadie, an area largely in eastern Canada where settlers were expelled in the late 1700s and Louisiana, where those same settlers made their generational homes. The Crowley Daily Signal has the earliest documented use of the term “Acadiana” dating to Oct. 15, 1946. Back then, the newspaper used the word when discussing local achievements and social happenings in Acadia Parish and surrounding areas. The paper praised what they called, “Acadiana, the folklore that is South Louisiana” and its recognition by the International Rice Festival, a festival still held today celebrating farmers and the rice industry. The editorial also explained what and who Acadiana is.

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Signs with common Cajun family names wait to be used during Acadiana Culture Day at Vermilionville on Aug. 9 in Lafayette. “When the word ‘Acadiana’ is used, it is mentioned not in the sense of those residents of Acadia Parish alone, but to all those French people who are descendants of the people who migrated here around 1755 when distributed by their British overlords for protection purposes,” the paper read. In the years following, the paper would continue to capitalize on the newly identiﬁed Acadian area. On June 7, 1950, writers Max and Freda Thomas started a new column entitled, “Acadiana.”

Their ﬁrst entry discussed how they happened upon the column name. “Early one morning the idea struck, why not ACADIANA (all caps in original).” They continued, “And too from the phonetics and spelling, Acadiana harmonized perfectly with Louisiana, and the last four letters in each word are the same. So, Acadiana was selected without further question.” A similar idea struck the KATCTV3 ofﬁce about a decade later,

issued Tuesday, with shipping from Jan. 12 through the traditional cookie sales season. Patch Pals, a blueberry muffinIn early 2027, the Girl Scouts of the USA will begin selling their inspired flavor for pooches, will first-ever cookie creation for be made for the Scouts by the dogs, along with a new flavor for Bark company, a Kansas-based dog-food and toy specialist. allergy-sensitive humans. Bark’s dog food is “formulated Both will be available online only — no booth sales — accord- to meet the nutritional levels esing to the GSUSA announcement tablished by the Association of

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A tradition that is thriving A century-plus ago, organized sports at the local level were a mishmash. There were no real age limits or parameters. Around the dawn of the 20th century, state athletic associations began to pop up in the Midwest, hoping to establish a little order amid the chaos. The model they created provided the framework for what has become an intrinsic part of the high school experience. Today, even with competition from youth travel leagues, prep sports are thriving. The NFHS’s annual survey for the 2025-26 academic year estimated there were over 8.4 million participants in high school sports, a 25% jump since the 20th century became the 21st. The expansion of opportunities — particularly on the girls’ side with ﬂag football and wrestling — has helped. It also looks good on a college resume. Yet the roots, particularly for the 1.1 million high school football players and what they have

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“It may be overstated, but I think it’s kind of an American institution,” says Bruce Howard, director of publications and communications at the National Federation of State High School Associations director of publications and communications. “If you played on a sports team in school, you’re still talking about it. You still remember it.” In a country in which nearly a third of the population tunes in to the Super Bowl, the conﬂuence between sports and community may be felt most acutely in far smaller venues.

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many cards and have some left over. This year, I told my husband to order fewer, with the thought that if we run short, we could send one of the cards that was left over from a prior year. (This would only be the second time in 20 years that we have done this.) Given that few reciprocate anymore with their own cards and we are under no obligation to send cards at all, I saw nothing wrong with this. But we received an email from one of the recipients (who, I might note, has never sent us a card) thanking us for “resending” a card, which we interpreted as a snide comment. Obviously, she remembered the card from a prior year, which I am not certain I would have. We are irked, but did we violate the rules of etiquette? Gentle reader: Remind your husband to buy even fewer cards next year. Miss Manners advises that someone who considers the design of a holiday card to be more important than the message be dropped from the list. Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com.

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2026. There are 108 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inﬂicted by an assassin eight days earlier; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, becoming the youngest-ever U.S. president at age 42. Also on this date: In 1861, the ﬁrst naval engagement since the start of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. In 1927, modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France, when her scarf became entangled in a wheel of the sports car in which she was riding.

In 2001, Americans packed churches and public squares on a day of remembrance for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. President George W. Bush prayed with his Cabinet and attended services at Washington National Cathedral, then flew to New York, where he waded into the ruins of the World Trade Center and addressed rescue workers in a show of resolve. In 2012, fury over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad sparked violent clashes across the Muslim world. In 2018, Hurricane Florence made landfall on the U.S. Southeast coast in the Carolinas, swamping entire communities, trapping hundreds in rising floodwaters and leaving at least 43 people dead. In 2024, the first submarine especially designed to accommodate men and women sailors was com-

missioned by the U.S. Navy. The USS New Jersey, a fast-attack submarine, was put into service with separate sleeping and bathing quarters for the coed crew. Today’s birthdays: Actor Walter Koenig (“Star Trek”) is 90. Architect Renzo Piano is 89. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is 86. Pope Leo XIV is 71. Country singer John Berry is 67. Actor Melissa Leo is 66. Actor Faith Ford is 62. Film director Bong Joon-Ho is 57. Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is 56. Actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley is 55. Actor Andrew Lincoln is 53. Rapper Nas is 53. Olympic gold medal middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj is 52. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is 48. Chef/TV personality Katie Lee is 45. NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler is 37. Golfer Tony Finau is 37. Actor Emma Kenney is 27. Actor and gymnast Morgan Wigle is 19.

Hormonal disorders can cause weight loss through several mechanisms. Hyperthyroidism, which is when the thyroid gland becomes overactive, accelerates metabolism. This increases the body’s energy needs and can lead to a calorie deﬁcit. Diabetes, by contrast, makes it more difﬁcult for the body to access the energy sources that are already present. When the body isn’t making enough insulin or can’t use it effectively, it’s harder for glucose to move from the blood and into the cells. This can cause glucose to be lost in the urine. With glucose now less available, the body begins to break down fat and muscle to use for energy. If anyone experiences unexplained weight loss, check in with your healthcare provider to try to pinpoint a cause. They will review

your medical history, including whether you are up to date on recommended cancer screenings. These can include prostate and colorectal cancer screening, and mammograms. If a metabolic issue is suspected, blood tests may be recommended. These can include testing for thyroid function, and blood glucose or A1C for diabetes. Unexplained weight loss doesn’t automatically mean something is seriously wrong. But ﬁnding the cause can offer answers and also peace of mind. Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla. edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

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Continued from page 1D when William “Bill” Patton, the station manager at the time, and the station owner were searching for a way to define the region and unify the station’s coverage. A year after their launch by Acadian Television Corp in 1962, KATC-TV3 received an invoice from the FCC mistakenly addressed to “Acadiana Television Corp,” adding an extra “a” to the company name. “They had been looking for something to refer to the area, and it just kind of landed in their lap through a typo,” says Sean Trcalek, the general manager at KATC. The station never officially coined the term, hoping it would catch on with the public. “It caught on really, really quickly, but it was never trademarked,” Trcalek said. “Now, it’s just ubiquitous. It belongs to everybody.” The name “Acadiana” would eventually gain traction in the chambers of the Louisiana Legislature. In 1971, then-Gov. Edwin Edwards would sign House Concurrent Resolution No. 496 and officially designate 22 parishes ranging from Acadia to West Baton Rouge and Calcasieu, as “The Heart of Acadiana.” As written in the resolution, the legislation aimed to strengthen the image of

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The bonds can be timeless Rich Boronyak grew up in Crafton, Pennsylvania, 60 years ago. A three-sport star at long-since-closed Crafton High, he remembers the parade the town threw after a football championship. The faces that lined those streets are still so fresh in his mind. “Everybody knew everybody,” he said from the stands at “The Pit” while waiting for his grandson, who plays football for Mars Area High, to take on the Quips. It remains that way in countless places across the nation, though perhaps few where the pressure and the privilege of playing are more intertwined than Aliquippa. It’s not just the record 21 regional championships, the ﬁve state titles, and the notable alumni like Pro Football Hall of Famers Mike Ditka, Ty Law and Darrelle Revis. It’s all of it. Senior running back Akiva Woods says “there’s a huge standard to stay up to.” Reminders dot the stands at home games, where the alums reminisce and keep

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Acadiana for Louisianans and attract tourists to the region. “It would be to the best interest of Acadiana and would serve greatly to enhance the tourist attraction and image of Louisiana to further develop and identify this unique cultural aspect of Louisiana thereby publicizing on a national and international level the beauty of Acadiana and the attraction of our state and this area in our state,” the resolution reads. Patton and the station opposed the legislation saying the region cannot be deﬁned in geographic terms and instead was more broadly a way of life. Michael S. Martin, department head for History, Geography and Philosophy at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, says the designation continues to misrepresent the community. “One thing it clearly does, is show this place where the people who were known as the Acadians ended up after

tabs on the latest members of what all involved universally describe as a family. Things have changed since Paul Royba graduated in 1984. Back then, there was no pregame hype video. No cameras capturing every moment. Gone are the miserable grass field and the locker room where hot water was more myth than fact. And still, part of the appeal remains eternal. “The mentality and the spirit has stayed the same,” says Royba, now 60 and recently retired after 34 years in the corporate world. That spirit is described on Quips T-shirts: “Aliquippa against the world.” The school of around 320 students does its best to silence the outside noise that their hometown is poor, small and dangerous. “Athletics is what I believe has kept this place going,” Damico says. “There’s been good economic times and bad, but the athletics is always the constant, always the positive story that is coming out of here.” Things are hardly perfect, but they’re hardly perfect anywhere. America’s harsh realities in 2026 have a way of showing up. About an hour east of the Quips and the Mars Planets game, longtime rivals Gateway and Penn Hills played in front of a mostly

their arrival in Louisiana,” he says. “But over time, it became such a dominant label — and I think this is rightly so — that people who were not of Acadian descent came to criticize it.” A 1971 letter sent to the The Daily Iberian, in New Iberia, showcases some local dissent with the region begin so strictly defined. “I am not of Acadian ancestry, rather I am a mixture of Irish, English, Scotch, German, and a little French,” wrote Barbara A. Burke, a then-New Iberia resident. In her letter, Burke said America is a “melting pot,” where numerous nationalities came together and settled. “But it seems a little discriminating to take any one section of this country and officially declare it a region named for whatever nationality happened to settle it hundreds of years ago,” she wrote. Still, the official name “Acadiana” was believed to be a step toward regional pride, a renewal of native languages and a moment for the region to make a name for itself. 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.

empty stadium after school ofﬁcials learned of a “potential threat.”

The American dream For Woods, his goals lie beyond Aliquippa. He’s already received scholarship offers from nearby Division II schools, and he’s hoping a standout senior year turns even more heads. It’s working out that way for Lester Longmire. A year ago, he was a senior linebacker and one of the leaders of the defense. Now he’s a special teamer and freshman sports management major at Slippery Rock University, about an hour north. Standing on the sideline as the Quips struggled in the ﬁrst half against Mars, Longmire talks about the urge to get away, even though it means leaving his support system and everyone he cares about. “I do miss football. I miss the community and all that,” he says. “But I want to start a new life, so I plan on staying out of here.” Just not quite yet. Eager to encourage his former teammates, Longmire wades into the sea of red-and-black jerseys. As he walks away, the safety and the promise of the Friday night lights and all they have meant and all they will mean cradle him once more.

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Sudoku InstructIons: sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday. Saturday’s Puzzle Answer

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Bridge By PHILLIP ALDER Claude Bernard, a French physiologist who died in 1878, said, “Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.” At the bridge table, you must actively observe. And when you are on defense, you have to decide whether to round up a posse and go out actively hunting for tricks, or to sit at home and passively wait for declarer to knock on your door and give you tricks. This week we will study the various factors that affect your choice. First, though, look at the West hand and the auction in today’s diagram. What would you lead against four spades? In the auction, South might have rebid three hearts because North could have held three spades and four or five hearts, when four hearts would probably have been the right game. But raising immediately to four spades kept the defenders in the dark. When being active on defense, you lead from honors or very short suits; when passive, you often start with a trump. On the majority of deals, it will be right to defend actively. And that applies here. If West leads a trump, South will win, draw a second round, cash his two club honors, go to dummy with a trump, and discard his two diamonds on the club ace and queen. Then he will attack hearts, losing two tricks there but coming home

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word game InstRuctIons: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. 4. proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

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today’s thought “And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.” Luke 24:52-53 Worship should be in the heart of every born again Christian. G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. “Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Saturday’s Puzzle Answer

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InstructIons: 1 - Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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HErE is a plEasanT liTTlE gamE that will give you a message every day. it’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. if the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. if the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. start at the upper left-hand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the checked figures give you.

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Announcements Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to FIRST NATIONAL BANK USA, executed by LARRY DORSEY, JR., and dated July 10, 2006, from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373. 200446-Sept 12-14, 3t $221.74 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Almotaki Al Kuhaif and/or Firas Alkuhalf, contact Michael Somoza, Attorney, at MSomozaLaw@gmail.com; (504) 265-9880; 848 Second St., 3RD Floor, Gretna, LA 70053. 200589-Sept 12-14, 3t $90.10 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of any known heirs of the property located at 1780 Sere Street, N.O., LA; call Raashand Hamilton, Esq. 504940-1883. 200445-Sept 12-14, 3t $81.70 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Bilal Muhammad, manager of Stone 305 Decatur, LLC please contact Attorney Kandice Doley Meyers at 504-943-7071. 200576-Sept 12-14, 3t $77.50 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Dhong Viet Nguyen and/or Hai Thi-Mong Tran please contact Attorney Keith A. Doley at 504-9437071. 200578-Sept 12-14, 3t $75.40 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of Albert Jeffery Bryant, please contact the Law Ofﬁce of April Mundy-Francis, at (504) 5151259. 200586-Sept 12-14, 3t $79.60 Anyone with knowledge of the whereabouts of Brian Keith Paul, please contact Atty. Alex J. Bellow at 504-544-4055. 200639-Sept 14-16, 3t $71.20 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the lien granted by the Louisiana Self-Service Storage Facility Act–LA RS:4759, Storage Post Self Storage will sell at public auction September 24, 2026 personal property belonging to the following tenants to the highest bidder for CASH ONLY. The sale shall be held at www.StorageAuctions.com, 225 River Road, Jefferson La. 70121 504834-0888, concluding at 1:00PM.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID SEALED PROPOSALS AS LISTED BELOW WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE: PURCHASING DEPARTMENT LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 433 BOLIVAR STREET, 6TH FLOOR ROOM 623 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 UNTIL TIMES AND DATES INDICATED, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE THE PROPOSALS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ: BID WILL BE OPENED AND PUBLICLY READ ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 AT 2:00 PM FOR DENTAL X-RAY EQUIPMENT SOLICITATION NUMBER: 002997 BUYER: DEBORAH HOLMES SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT OR https:// wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/OSP/LaPAC/Agency/ outMain.cfm THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO REJECT AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES, LSUHSC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. DEBORAH HOLMES PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST dholme2@lsuhsc.edu 504-568-2598 200454-sept 14-1t $41.63

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO QUOTE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Department of Property Management TITLE: Public Works Trades: Painting Services Zones 1- 3 ; Plumbing Services Zones 1-5 & Elevator Repairs & Rescue Services Zones 2&5 SOURCING EVENT NUMBERS: Painting Services: 4760, 4761, & 4762 Plumbing Services: 4763, 4764, 4765, 4766, 4767 Elevator Repairs & Res‐ cue Services: 4769 & 4770 DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: August 31, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: September 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/25249170977 6435?p=3WRixyVCmyI 1h0VTpR The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): Painting Services: 910-54; 914-61

Rene Watson (4001) restaurant kitchen equipment, tables/chairs. Dana Hines (1713) Suitcase, totes, Stands. Monchel Melrose (1311) Chair, totes, dresser. Glenn Murray (4002) Totes, File Cabinet, Boxes. James Dawson (1907) Tv, Fishing Poles, Skate board. Kenneth Newton (5027) Computers, Tools, Ladder. All sales are subject to prior cancellation. Sale rules and regulations are available at the time of sale. 200565-Sept 14, 1t $126.06 SUNNY SIDE UP, LLC. d/b/a SUNNY SIDE UP NOLA is applying to the ofﬁce of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverages of HIGH AND LOW alcohol content at retail in the parish of ORLEANS at the following address 5951 BULLARD AVENUE STE 6, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70128 SUNNY SIDE UP, LLC. d/b/a SUNNY SIDE NOLA 5951 BULLARD AVENUE, STE 6, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70128 ADNEN GHARBI- MEMBER 200592 Sept. 14, 15, 2t $190.72 Seeking RELIABLE, COMPASSIONATE CAREGIVER (age 55+) for elderly couple in New Orleans - 7th Ward. Requires weekend shifts, so please consider your availability when responding via email MsBlu1223@gmail.com

GENERAL HELP Wanted: City of New Orleans Approved DBE Vendors City of New Orleans Solicitation #4752 – Street Light Maintenance and Rehabilitation Services Local Electrical Contractor in need of City of New Orleans approved DBE’s for the following trades: Licensed Arborist Concrete Demolition Concrete Supplier Masonry – Brick & Tile – Installation and Repair Tree Trimming Painting Application Method: Qualified, interested parties should please contact Harold Boydston hboydston@allstar-electric.com or Todd McDonald tmcdonald@allstarelectric.com

NOW HIRING Galleyhands Night Cooks Must hold TWIC card, pass drug test & physical. 985-851-0727 or email:

Wanted Silver Dollars Old Silver Dollars 1878-1921 Paying $20 Each $20.00 504-837-1285 george.cowand@att.net

As part of our ongoing expansion, we are seeking part-time, work-fromhome candidates. The position offers a monthly salary of $1,300, in addition to benefits, and requires minimal time commitment. The role involves just 2-3 hours of internet access per week. Requirements: * Must be computer literate * Must have 2-3 hours of internet access per week * Must be efficient and dedicated

Plumbing Services: 910-65; 914-68 Elevator Repairs & Rescue Services: 910-13; 295-70; 295-40; 295 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons Jr. Chief Procurement Ofﬁcer Advertising Dates: August 31, September 8 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9258 199102-aug 31-sept 8-143t $126.48 PUBLIC NOTICE --Nunez Community Col‐ lege will receive bids until 2:00 PM (CST) on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, and thereafter publicly opened for Grass Maintenance. There will be a Pre-bid meeting on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 9:00 AM (CST). Manda‐ tory site visits will be conducted on Wednes‐ day, September 9th and Thursday, September 10th. Additional informa‐ tion may be obtained by contacting Wendy Frazier in the Purchasing Depart‐ ment, Nunez Community College, 3710 Paris Road, Chalmette, LA 70043 (504) 278-6475. wfrazier@ nunez.edu. Please refer‐ rence 40015_NUNEZ_GM‐ S2026. Evidence of authority to submit bid shall be re‐ quired in accordance with R.S. 38:2812 (A) (1) (c) and/ or R.S. 39:1954 (C) (2) (d). AA/EEO 199601-SEP 3-7-14-3T $317.17

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (Board) is soliciting bids from companies to pur‐ chase Check and Gate valves. Invitation to Bid (ITB) will be available September 14, 2026, for download at the following websites: Board: https://www. swbno.org/Bids/ LAPAC:https:// wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/OSP/LaPAC/dspBid. cfm?search=departm ent&term=181 All inquiries shall be di‐ rected to Kimberly Barnes, at kbarnes@ swbno.org. The deadline for inquiries is on Sep‐ tember 22, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time. Fax and email submis‐ sion will not be accepted. Bids will be received by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Procurement Department by September 29, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. (Central Time). For submission instruc‐ tions, see bid docu‐ ments. Bids will be publicly opened on September 29, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. (Cen‐ tral Time) in the Procure‐ ment Conference Room, Rm 131, located at 625 St. Joseph St., New Orleans, Louisiana 70165.

New Orleans Real Estate For Sale HOUSES For Sale By Owner. 432 & 434 Taylor Street, Kenner. Call Vera Perkins 504-338-8368

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Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams. microsoft.com/meet/287 312169024139? Meeting ID: 287 312 169 024 139 Passcode: H5hF6Kp3 Dial in by phone +1 504-2248698,,733378359# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 733 378 359# LATE BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 200245-SEP 14-21-2T $50.64 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority is requesting sealed bids for C-2204 Furnish & Install Sodexo Check-in Area. Bids are due Friday, Octo‐ ber 9, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at which time bids re‐ ceived on time and in the correct location will be considered. Bid Docu‐ ments may be obtained online at https://www. centralauctionhouse. com/Category/10822/ NewOrleansErnestNMo rialConventionCenter or by contacting the Con‐ tracts Department at (504) 582-3562 or via email at contracts@ mccno.com. All Bids must be submit‐ ted in accordance with the Bid Documents. 200377-SEP 14-22-OCT 13T $28.44 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (“the Author‐ ity”) is requesting sealed bids for C-2249 Procure‐ ment of Electric Carts. Bids are due Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at which time Bids received on time and in the correct loca‐ tion will be considered. Bid documents may be obtained online at https://www.centralauct ionhouse.com/Category/ 10822/NewOrleansErnes tNMorialConventionCe nter or by contacting the Contracts Department at (504) 582-3562 or con‐ tracts@mccno.com. All Bids must be submitted in accordance with the bid documents. 198915-SEP 2-14-2T $17.82

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pp g liminary and Final Devel‐ opment Plans for PD-260002, an outdoor drivethru light show on 21.87 acres of property at the northeast corner of Cen‐ tral Thruway and A. J. LeBlanc Road, on Tracts 2-A-1 and 2-A-2, Emile Lesage, Sr. Property, in the R/A (Rural/Agricul‐ tural) & ORD (Office, Re‐ search and Develop‐ ment) zoning districts, Central Thruway Overlay. (Applicant: James Ho‐ hensee) Commission action (Au‐ gust 27, 2026): Mr. Sheri‐ dan moved to approve with these stipulations: business hours are re‐ stricted to 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; existing mature trees must not be dis‐ turbed; add a flashing caution light near the property’s entrance that will be turned off during non-business hours; re‐ quire a traffic and secu‐ rity plan to be filed with the Central police de‐ partment and City Hall staff. Mr. Pino seconded. Public comment: Re‐ becca Austin. Vote: 6 yeas (Firmin, Freneaux, Pino, Sharafkhani, Sheri‐ dan, Johnson), 0 nays, 1 absent (Harper). Motion passed, and PD-26-0002 was recommended for approval with stipula‐ tions.

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14:42.1 - Forcible Rape Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 07/09/2015. 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 07/09/2015. 14:81 - Indecent Behavior with Juveniles Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 07/09/2015. 14:81 - Indecent Behavior with Juveniles Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 07/09/2015. My Address is: 5840 ST JOHN AVE MARRERO, LA 70072 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 5/6/1955 Height: 5'5" Weight: 160 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

The complete agenda can be found at www. centralgov.com on the Public Notice page and the City Council page or by calling 225-262-5000. 200515-sept 14-1t $36.10

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LOUISIANA 200234, SEPT 13-14 $250

METAIRIE 3201 RICHLAND AVENUE 1/2 Block off Vets * by Paretti Jaguar 1 Bed * Prkg * Pool * Rent $675/mo 504-320-6958 * 504-454-1333

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METAIRIE 3513 EDENBORN AVENUE Lrg 2 Bed, 1 Bath * $925 * Off St Prkg Blocks from Lakeside 504-982-4040 * 504-885-8060 504-454-1333

APARTMENT N.O. EAST * LITTLE WOODS SPECIAL 7819 SANDS STREET * 3 BD/2 BA Central A & H * Fenced Backyard Sec 8 Welcome. No Deposit. $1,200 504-241-6189 * 504-430-1162

I, Chad Enos Martinez AKA CHAD W MARTINEZ, have been convicted of 14:42.1 Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 10/21/1998. 15:542 - Failure to Register/Notify as a Sex Offender. Date Convicted: 05/17/2010. My Address is: 2672 VULCAN ST HARVEY, LA 70058 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 6/27/1974 Height: 5'10" Weight: 177 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIASNA

LOUISIANA 200229, SEPT 13-14 $250

Automotive WANT TO BUY Cars, Trucks & Camper Trailers. Running or Not in any cond, with or w/out title. 504-508-0087 2019 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 2.0L Limited needs some body work. Motor and transmission good. $3500 or best offer. 504-235-3223.

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CATS RAGAMUFFIN & RAGDOLL KITTENS www.CatsByFrancy.com/kittens $1500up! Reg. Shots & Guaranty 337-230-3150

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Eye Color: HAZEL Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 200200, SEPT 13-14 $250

My Address is: 132 GARDENIA LN WAGGAMAN, LA 70094 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/27/1981 Height: 5'10" Weight: 235 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

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Material. 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2) - Receipt, Possession, or Distribution of material containing Child Pornography. Date Convicted: 03/26/2015. State Equivalent: 14:81.1 - Child Sexual Abuse Material. My Address is: 291 SOUTHWOOD DR GRETNA, LA 70056

I, JOHNATHAN MYERS AKA JOHNATHAN T MYERS, have been convicted of 14:42.1 Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 05/29/2007.

200216, SEPT 13-14 $250

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 3/21/1990 Height: 5'8" Weight: 240 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

Toy poodles in mini Snells or's Tiny toy, poodles, M/F shots WM. tiny mini schnauzer $800.00 985-630-2333

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My Address is: 518 BERTUCCI ST MARRERO, LA 70072

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My Address is: 2844 BRITANNICA DR MARRERO, LA 70072 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 7/31/1992 Height: 5'8" Weight: 180 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

DOGS Shih Tzu Puppies for Sale. $200. Adult male Shih Tzu FREE to a good home. Cash Only. Call 504-418-3046

2 Bdrm / 2 Bath Condo. ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED! New Carpet & ﬂrg, quartz countertops in baths. No pets. 2-yr lease. Laundry Rm on 1st ﬂoor. Guard @ night. Sandy Ward * 504-259-2616. Re/Max Living * 504-475-1011. Ea ofc indpntly owned & operated.

I, JERMAINE MONTGOMERY, have been convicted of 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 11/05/2019. 14:43.5 - INTENTIONAL EXPOSURE TO AIDS. Date Convicted: 11/05/2019.

The Mayor and Council of the City of Central, LA will hold a public meet‐ ing and public hearing on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 6:00 pm at Cen‐ tral City Hall, 11530 Sulli‐ van Road, Central, LA 70818 to discuss the fol‐ lowing items:

I, ALONZO JOHNSON , have been convicted of

METAIRIE 2720 WHITNEY PLACE UNIT #504 • $1,500/Mo

PC - Indecency w/Child Exposes. TEXAS Date Convicted: 09/26/2011. State Equivalent: 14:81 - Indecent Behavior with Juveniles.

200210, SEPT 13-14 $250

200219, SEPT 13-14 $250

a) PD-26-0002: Illumina‐ tion Park Planned Unit Development (PUD) Pre‐ liminary and Final Devel‐ opment Plans. An ordi‐ nance approving the Pre‐ li i d i l l

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b) T-26-0005: Zoning Overlay Districts. An or‐ dinance amending Title 7 Uniﬁed Development Code (UDC) and Appen‐ dix 1 Comprehensive Zoning Code (CZC) to move zoning overlay dis‐ tricts from the CZC to the UDC, make minor adjust‐ ments, and provide for related matters.

Commission action (Au‐ gust 27, 2026): Mr. Fre‐ neaux moved to approve with the condition that the term “substantial” in Sec. 7:2.41(c)(3) be de‐ ﬁned like the other over‐ lay districts. Mr. Firmin seconded. Public com‐ ment: none. Vote: 6 yeas (Firmin, Freneaux, Pino, Sharafkhani, Sheridan, Johnson), 0 nays, 1 ab‐ sent (Harper). Motion passed and T-26-0005 was recommended for approval with a condi‐ tion.

DOGS BEAUTIFUL FRENCH BULLDOG (FULL FLUFFY) 8wk Old Very Special PUP CALL FOR DETAILS TODD (504) 782-9061

10,000 Apt Homes and 75 Locations with Studio, 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms Pools, Access Gates, Garages (504) 360-9347

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CATS Young Male Cat, Gray Colors, Have too many cats, Looking for another home for him. Please call 504-861-9617 ($50)

APARTMENT Efﬁciency #E $800. 4327 & 4329 Hollygrove Street: 1 Bedroom. Water Pd $900. 504-313-2192

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Invitation to Bid 2026-SWB-25 Check and Gate Valves

KENNER 2850 IDAHO AVENUE 1 Block to Vets & Williams All Amenities * Pool * Parking Studio/1 Bed Apt * Starting $675/Mo 504-385-5482 * 504-454-1333

97 ACRES Prime Hunting Land. Mature Timber, Pond. Near Bogue Chitto River, Pike County 601-249-8026

Interested candidates may reach out via email at michelle.appliedit@gmail.com for further information.

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APARTMENT ESPLANADE RIDGE The Carson Company, Inc. 5900 Hayne Blvd., 1Bd/1Ba..........$695 2900 Third St., 1Bd/1Ba.................$700 3953 Delachaise St. (Up), 3/1.......$950 8940 Dinkins St., 2Bds/1Ba...........$995 2300 N. Broad St., 1Bd/1Ba...........$995 5910 Hayne Blvd. Up 4/1.....(Sec 8 OK) 8904 Olive St., 3Bds/1Ba.............$1350 2503 S. Dorgenois St., 2/1...(Sec 8 OK) 1222 S Salcedo #201, Up, 2/1.....$1639 4557 Feliciana St, 5Bds/2Bas.....$2500 821-1858 * 822-8432 * 427-4646

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CEMETERY PLOTS Westlawn Cemetery Mausoleum, in the Chapel. Corr IV, Tier A, holds 6 interments $17,500. 504-259-0505

* Accounting * Bookkeeper * Account Coordinator * Finance * Payroll Officer * Sales Representatives * Customer Service * Business Admin Representative

3BR/2BA welcome,

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APARTMENT 7113 Boston Dr. Townhouse, Section 8 $1200. Gail (504) 239-2885

GENTILLY 2544 ALLEN TOUSSAINT BLVD. NEWLY RENOVATED!!! 1-2 Bdrm Apts * From $800/mo Parking * Sec Gate 504-209-8054 * 504-454-1333

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APARTMENT: DUPLEX 8629 Apricot St. 3Br/1Ba, Central air/heat, Section 8. No Pets $1300. 504-344-2324

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I, Judah Christian Sadler, have been convicted of 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 09/19/2018. 14:43.1 - Sexual Battery. Date Convicted: 09/19/2018.

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 10/16/1983 Height: 5'11" Weight: 240 Hair Color: BALD Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 200205, SEPT 13-14 $250

My Address is: 600 GARDEN RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 4/1/1996 Height: 6'3" Weight: 236 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 200225, SEPT 13-14 $250

I, JOHN WILLIAM WERT, have been convicted of 14:78.1 Aggravated Incest. Date Convicted: 04/16/1998. 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 04/16/1998. My Address is: 8415 AIRLINE DR B3 METAIRIE, LA 70003 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 01/17/1957 Height: 5'10" Weight: 240 Hair Color: BROWN

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I, KEITH JOSEPH MCGEE AKA KEITH J MCGEE AKA KEITH J MCGEE JR, have been convicted of 18 U.S.C. 2251 - Sexual Exploitation of Children (attempted). Date Convicted: 09/05/2013. State Equivalent: 14:81.1 Child Sexual Abuse

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I, Derek John Drago AKA DERRICK DRAGO, have been convicted of 36990013 - 21.11(a)(2)

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