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Defaults cast shadow over N.O. office market

Officialssay

higherrates will attractmoreproviders

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

Doctors’ offices and hospitals will get paid more to treat patients on Medicaid, Louisiana DepartmentofHealth officials announced Tuesday Officials said higherreimbursement rates will attract more health care providers to serve Medicaid patients andincreasepatient access to health care.

“Today’s move really createsaspace that allows physicians alloverthe state to be able to take moreMedicaidpatients in theirpanel, opening up access for patients,” said Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein.

“Better reimbursement rates empower doctors

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BY ANTHONYMcAULEY Staff writer

TwoofNew Orleans’ mostrecognizable skyscrapers —the Hancock Whitney Center and400 Poydras Street —are now in default on their debt, deepening uncertainty over the city’sfragile downtown office market.

The dual defaults come as Shell Oil prepares to vacate its longtime offices in the HancockWhitneyCenter and is expected to relocate to anew River District headquarters in early 2027—a move thatwould further

strain amarket still struggling to regain footing after years of decline

Both buildings are owned by Hertz Investment Group, theLos Angelesbased firm that for nearly two decades was adominant presence in New Orleans’ skyline. Now,both properties are under thecontrol of “special servicers,”third-party firms thatstep in and take control of properties when commercial mortgage-backed securities loans become distressed.

Once aloan becomes delinquent, theservicerassumes controlfrom the borrower —collecting rents, negotiating withlendersand determining whether to restructure,sell or foreclose. Theshifteffectively removesHertz from day-to-day control of two of its signature properties. Hertz declined to comment Hancock Whitney Center and 400 Poydras, sometimes referredtoas RegionsTower,are bothinmaturity default —meaning Hertzfailedto

Cult filmmaker Waters presents his‘worst’ artatgallery show

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

John Waters is abonafide pop icon. Starting ahalf-century ago, the Baltimore-based filmmaker, artist and raconteur helped lead the charge of gay culture into the mainstream with astring of campy,low-budget movies.

On Saturday,Waters led agaggle of fans on acomical tour of his new exhibit, “The Worst of John Waters,” at Arthur RogerGallery in New Orleans. He wore agarish jacket, fluorescent orange shoes and his characteristic carefully trimmed mustache, which is as thin as astrand of linguine.

“I try to make myself laugh,” the 79-year-old Waters said in an inter-

view Saturday.“Whatever Ido, I’m the first audience. Iliketosurprise myself with what Ican makehumorwith.”

His breakout camein1981 with atranscendently tasteless, tongue-in-cheek film titled “Polyester” that starred the drag queen Divine. The future cult classic includedanolfactory component. At select showings, audience members wereissued“Odorama” scratchand sniff cards, which allowed them to follow the plot with their noses. That’sJohn Waters. Waters’ currentexhibit includes montages ofmovie stills featuring everythingfrom ayoung Johnny Mathis singing, to actors in coffins, to splats of fake Hollywood blood, cinematic fires set by pyro-

maniacs,blank television screens, cosmetic surgery,and mundane ducttapemarks on thefloor that tell actors where to stand. All are satisfyingly droll. In addition to his wall pieces, the exhibit includes two especially memorable sculptures. One is an ordinary baby strollerthatWaters satirically decoratedwith advertisements from bygone gay clubs withnames such as Basic Plumbing and the Mineshaft. The sculpture, titled “Bill’sStroller,” is atributetodenizens of such clubs who have now become proud parents, Watersexplained. The other sculpture, titled “Control,”isadisturbingly lifelike

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Quantum technology

work wins physics Nobel STOCKHOLM Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines and laid the groundwork for better cellphones and faster computers.

The work by John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M Martinis, who work at American universities, took the seeming contradictions of the subatomic world — where light can be both a wave and a particle and parts of atoms can tunnel through seemingly impenetrable barriers — and applied them in the more traditional physics of digital devices. The results of their findings are just starting to appear in advanced technology and could pave the way for the development of supercharged computing.

The prize-winning research in the mid-1980s took the subatomic “weirdness of quantum mechanics” and found how those tiny interactions can have real-world applications, said Jonathan Bagger, CEO of the American Physical Society

The experiments were a crucial building block in the fastdeveloping world of quantum mechanics.

Speaking from his cellphone, Clarke, who spearheaded the research team, said: “One of the underlying reasons that cellphones work is because of all this work.”

When quantum mechanics

first came to light in 1926, it was explained by the example of a cat in a box that was both alive and dead at the same time. The three Nobel winners showed that the idea is not just a thought experiment, and science can put it to work, said Physics Today editor-in-chief Richard Fitzgerald, who worked in a competing research group in the 1990s.

“They didn’t take it that far, but they showed that it can be done,” Fitzgerald said.

New Ariz. representative has yet to be sworn in Adelita Grijalva won a special election for a House seat on Sept. 24, but has been unable to actually represent her district in Congress until the speaker officially swears her into office House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, has so far refused to accommodate her request to officially take office while the House is not conducting legislative business during the government shutdown.

Johnson did not elaborate on what he meant Tuesday by saying he would swear her into office as soon as she wants However, Grijalva could be sworn in during one of the House’s proforma sessions. The next one is Wednesday

Once she officially takes office, Grijalva has said she will join a legislative maneuver to force a vote in the House on a bill that would require the Department of Justice to release the case files on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Teen decapitates mom’s boyfriend, NYPD says NEWYORK A troubled teenager lopped off the head of his mother’s boyfriend in a bloody knife attack inside the bathroom of their Staten Island home Monday afternoon, police said.

“I did something bad,” the 19-year-old suspect told his 16-year-old sister after she came home from school to the bloody scene about 4:20 p.m. Monday, according to police sources. “Go to your room.” The sister called their mother, who raced home and called 911.

The mother “just kept saying to her son, ‘Why would you kill him? I still loved him!’ ” said neighbor Jennifer Diaz, who witnessed the aftermath to the slaying.

On Tuesday, cops charged the son, Damien Hurstel, with murder The suspect’s mother had called cops five times on her boyfriend starting in 2021, police source said. In the first incident, she said her boyfriend had been drinking, had a gun on him and was breaking things in the home.

‘Conversion therapy’ case heard

Justices

BY LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press

WASHINGTON A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side with a Christian counselor challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

Kaley Chiles, with support from President Donald Trump’s administration, argues the laws passed by about half of U.S. states wrongly bar her from offering voluntary, faith-based therapy for kids.

She’s challenging the law in Colorado. The state says its measure simply regulates licensed therapists by barring a practice that’s been scientifically discredited and linked to serious harm.

But the court’s conservative majority didn’t seem convinced that states can restrict talk therapy

aimed at changing feelings or behavior while allowing counseling that affirms kids identifying as gay or transgender Justice Samuel Alito said the law “looks like blatant viewpoint discrimination.”

Therapist says law silences her Chiles contends her approach is different from the kind of conversion therapy once associated with practices like shock therapy decades ago. She said she believes “people flourish when they live consistently with God’s design, including their biological sex.”

Her attorneys argue the bans make it difficult for parents to find a therapist willing to work on gender identity unless the counseling specifically affirms transition.

“Ms Chiles is being silenced, and the kids and families who want her help are unable to access it,” said attorney James Campbell. Violating the law carries potential fines of $5,000 and license suspension or even revocation.

The Republican administration argued the Colorado law suppresses therapists’ speech, and

should be subject to the higher legal standard of strict scrutiny, one that few measures pass.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned why the Colorado law should be struck down, while the court upheld a different measure from Tennessee that bans transition-related treatments for transgender kids.

The Justice Department counters that Tennessee’s law is different because it involves medical treatments rather than conversations between a patient and their therapist.

State says therapy is health care

Families who have spoken in favor of restrictions include Linda Robertson, a Christian mom of four from Washington state whose son Ryan underwent therapy that promised to change his sexual orientation after he came out to her at age 12. The techniques led him to blame himself when it didn’t work, leaving him ashamed and depressed, she said. He died in 2009, after multiple suicide attempts and a drug overdose at age 20.

Motorists lift helicopter to rescue woman in crash

BY HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press

A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in California’s capital, critically injuring three people aboard, including a woman who was pinned underneath and was rescued with the help of motorists who lifted part of the aircraft, officials said.

The helicopter landed upside down Monday evening and left debris scattered across U.S. 50 east of downtown Sacramento. The aircraft had departed a hospital after dropping off a patient when it experienced an “in-air emergency” and went down just after 7 p.m., said Captain Justin Sylvia with the Sacramento Fire Department

A pilot, nurse and paramedic were taken to hospitals in critical condition, he said No one on the highway was injured, he said, calling that “mind blowing” given that the helicopter crashed in the center of the eastbound lanes.

“People reported that they basically saw the helicopter kind of going down quickly So all the traffic slowed down,” Sylvia said.

An injured woman was trapped underneath the helicopter and a crew from the fire department was able to work with

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motorists to push the aircraft off and get her into an ambulance.

“It took every ounce of all approximately 15 people to move that aircraft up just enough to get her out,” he said.

Aimee Braddock was among those who helped. She told KCRA-TV that she rushed to the crash site after seeing the helicopter plummet to the pavement

“As soon as I saw that everybody was moving to try to push the helicopter out to help the first responders get to the passenger, I just ran over and got in the line of people and was just pushing it as much as I could,” Braddock recounted. “Then we held it for several minutes, so the first responder could get the person out.”

The helicopter did not catch on fire, Sylvia said.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration said they were investigating the crash of the Airbus EC-130 T2.

Eastbound lanes of the highway were closed throughout the night and reopened Tuesday morning.

The aircraft was a REACH Air Medical helicopter according to the company, which said in a statement that they “are keeping all those impacted in our thoughts and prayers.”

takes plea deal after accusations of influencing probe

By The Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire Supreme Court justice pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor Tuesday after facing charges that she tried to interfere with a criminal investigation into her husband, who ran the state’s division of ports and harbors.

State Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi was indicted in October 2024 by a Merrimack County grand jury for two felonies and five misdemeanors. Under a plea deal approved by a judge on Tuesday those charges were dismissed, and Marconi pleaded no contest to criminal solicitation of misuse of position, which is a misdemeanor Marconi had been accused of soliciting then-Republican Gov Chris Sununu to influence the attorney general’s investigation into her husband, telling him that the investigation was the result of “personal petty and/or political biases.” According to the indictment, she told Sununu

there was no merit to the allegations and that any investigation into her husband “needed to be wrapped up quickly because she was recused from important cases pending” before the court. Authorities have not disclosed the nature of that investigation, but Marconi’s husband, Geno Marconi, has been charged with interfering with it by deleting voicemails and providing confidential motor vehicle records to a third party.

Geno Marconi, the director of the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors, faces two felony charges — witness tampering and falsifying evidence — and four misdemeanors of obstructing government administration and violating driver privacy Bradley Cook, chair of the port division’s advisory council, also was charged with perjury and false swearing and is accused of lying to a grand jury about Marconi.

Marconi will pay $1,200 fine for pleading no contest and state prosecutors will agree that her offense does not fall under the definition a “serious crime.”

“What happened in conversion therapy, it devastated Ryan’s bond with me and my husband,” she said. “And it absolutely destroyed his confidence he could ever be loved or accepted by God.”

Colorado argues its law does allow for wide-ranging faith-based conversations, and it exempts religious ministries. No one has been sanctioned under the 2019 law

State attorneys say that therapy is health care, and that Colorado has a responsibility to regulate it.

“Providers have a duty to act in their patients’ best interest and according to their professional standards. The First Amendment affords no exception,” Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson said.

Justice Neil Gorsuch, though, questioned whether the same argument could have been used to restrict pro-LGBTQ therapy in previous decades, when the mainstream medical view was different. “What if a state back then might have passed a law prohibiting talk therapy that affirmed homosexuality?”

Judge blocks effort to alter teen pregnancy prevention programs

BY GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press

A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump’s orders aimed at curtailing “radical indoctrination” and “gender ideology.”

The ruling is a victory for three Planned Parenthood affiliates — in California, Iowa and New York — that sued to try to block enforcement of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy document issued in July that they contend contradict the requirements of the grants as established by Congress.

The policy requiring changes to the pregnancy prevention program was part of the fallout from a series of executive orders Trump signed aimed at rolling back recognition of LGBTQ+ people and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. In the policy, the administration objected to teaching that promotes same-sex marriage and that “normalizes, or promotes sexual activity for minors.”

The Planned Parenthood affiliates argued that the new directives were at odds with requirements of the program — and that they were so vague it wasn’t clear what needed to be done to follow them. The decision applies not only to the handful of Planned Parenthood groups among the dozens of recipients of the funding, but also nonprofit groups, city and county health departments, tribes and universities that received grants.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell blasted the administration’s policy change in her written ruling, saying it was “motivated solely by political concerns, devoid of any considered process or analysis, and ignorant of the statutory emphasis on evidence-based programming.”

Guardmembers from Texasare in Illinois

BY ERIN HOOLEY and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press

ELWOOD,Ill. National Guard members from Texas were at an Army Reserve center in Illinois on Tuesday,the most visible sign yet of the Trumpadministration’splan to send troops to the Chicago area despite alawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders.

IllinoisGov.JBPritzker, who has accused President Donald Trump of using troops as “political props” and“pawns,” didnot immediatelycommentonthe development

The Associated Press saw military personnel in uniforms with the Texas National Guard patch at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood, 55 miles southwest of Chicago. Trucks marked EmergencyDisaster Services pulled in and out, dropping off portable

toilets and other supplies. Trailers were set upinrows. Theexactmissionwas not immediately clear,though theTrumpadministration hasanaggressive immigration enforcementoperation in the nation’sthird-largest city,and protesters have frequentlyralliedatanimmigration building outside the city in Broadview

The president repeatedly hasdescribed Chicago in hostileterms,callingita “hellhole” of crime, although policestatisticsshowsignificantdropsinmostcrimes, including homicides.

Trump’sbid to deploythe military on U.S. soilover local opposition has triggered aconflict with blue state governors.Illinoisand Chicago are urging afederal judge to intervene and stop “Trump’s long-declared‘War’”onthe state. Acourthearingon their lawsuit is scheduled for Thursday.In Oregon, ajudge over theweekend

themilitary’sroleinenforcing domestic laws. Trump has said he would be willing to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows apresident to dispatch active dutymilitary in states that are unable to putdownaninsurrection or are defying federal law

Months of tension

Thesight of armed Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous landmarks has amplified concerns from Chicagoans already uneasy after an immigration crackdownthat began last month.

Agents have targeted immigrant-heavy and largely Latino areas.

meanwhile, police Chief Cerelyn Davis said Guard troops could arrive by Friday.She said asmallgroup of commanders were already in the city,working on planning and logistics.

Republican Gov.Bill Lee, whosupports the effort, has said the troops will be deputized by the U.S. Marshals Serviceto“play acritical support role”for local law enforcement, though that role hasn’tbeenprecisely defined yet.

blocked theGuard’sdeploymenttoPortland, Oregon.

Ill.:Wedon’t need troops

Pritzker hadsaidMonday that Illinois National Guard troops would be activated, alongwith 400 from Texas. Texas Republican Gov.Greg Abbottposted apictureon

social media showing troops boarding aplane and declared, “ever ready.”

ChicagoMayor Brandon Johnson said thepresident’s strategyis“unconstitutional, it’sillegal and it’sdangerous.”

The nearly 150-year-old PosseComitatus Actlimits

The Chicago mayor signed an executive order Monday barring federalimmigration agents and others from using city-owned property, such as parking lots, garages and vacant lots, as stagingareasfor enforcement operations.

In Memphis, Tennessee,

Trump has sent or talked about sending troops to 10 cities,including Baltimore, Memphis, the District of Columbia, New Orleans, and theCalifornia cities of Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said she met TuesdaywithDepartment of Homeland SecuritySecretary Kristi Noemand told her there’s“no insurrection” in the state.

Bondidodgesquestions as sheclashes with Democrats

AG accusedof weaponizingDOJ to seek vengeance

BY ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press

WASHINGTON Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly deflected questions as she sought during acombative congressional hearing on Tuesday to defend herself against growing criticism that she’sturning the law enforcement agency into a weapon to seek vengeance against President Donald Trump’spolitical opponents Democrats sought to use the hearing, coming on the heels of the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey,towarn of what they view as thepoliticization of

adepartment that has long prided itself on remaining independent fromthe White House.

against Trump —was theone thathad been weaponized.

turn his 2020 election loss to Biden, aDemocrat.

withstand political pressure from the White House.

Bondi brushed aside with seeming disdain questionsabout her tumultuoustenure, flatly refusing to answer time and again as Democratspressed her on politicallychargedinvestigations, the firings of career prosecutors and othermatters.Her refusaltoengage on the questions meant little if anyfreshinsight wasofferedabout her actionsand decisions, with Bondi insteadoptingtorespondto Democrats’attacksbyechoing conservative claims that President Joe Biden’sJustice Department —which brought two criminal cases

“They were playing politicswith law enforcement powers and will go down as ahistoric betrayal of public trust,” Bondi said of the BidenJustice Department.

“This is the kind of conduct thatshatters the American people’sfaithinour law enforcement system. We will work to earn that back every single day.”

The hearing split early along deeply partisan lines, with Republicans repeatedly leaping to her defenseto highlight thecriminal cases againstthe presidentthat they say show the institution she inherited was deeply politicized. Theypointed to revelations from aday earlier that the FBI had analyzed phone records of several Republicanlawmakers as part of an investigation into Trump’sefforts to over-

“This is an outrage, an unconstitutional breach and ought to be immediately addressed by you and Director Patel,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Republican chairman of the committee, toldBondi, referring to FBI Director Kash Patel.

Democrats, meanwhile, accused Bondi of destroying thedepartment’scredibility and eroding its longstanding independencefrom the WhiteHouse as theRepublicanpresident publicly calls for the prosecution of his political foes.

The hearing markedBondi’sfirst before thepanel since her confirmation hearing, when she pledged to not play politics with the Justice Department —a promise Democrats pounced on as they pressedthe attorney general on whether she can

Sen. Amy Klobuchar,DMinn., reminded Bondi of that commitment and asked herifshe thought shehad upheld it. Bondi replied that she believed she absolutely had.

“I pledged that Iwould end the weaponization also of the Justice Department and that America would once again have aone tier system of justice for all,”Bondi said. “And that is what we are doing.”

Bondirefusedrepeatedly to discuss matters, including abribery investigation into Trumpborder czar Tom Homan that was shuttered under the Trump administration. That drew the ire of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, aRhode Island Democrat, who accused Bondi of responding with “far-right internet talking points.”

She also declined to say whethershe talkedtothe

president aboutthe case against Comey,who was charged last monthwithlying to theSenate Judiciary Committeewhen he said he had not authorized anyone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about aparticular investigation. His indictment camejust days after Trumpappeared to publicly implore her on social media to take that action against him and other perceived political enemies. Comeyisset to makehis first courtappearance on Wednesdayinthe case, whichwas broughtdespite career prosecutors’ reservations aboutthe strength of evidence, after theTrump administration raced to install anew prosecutor to secure the charges following the resignation under pressure of the experienced leader of that office.

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Gaza talks enter second day on war’s anniversary

BY SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press

CAIRO Peace talks between Israel and Hamas resumed at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the militant group’s surprise attack on Israel that triggered the bloody conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The second day of indirect negotiations at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh is focused on a plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump last week that aims to bring about an end to the war Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official, told Egypt’s Qahera TV that Hamas wanted guarantees of a lasting ceasefire as part of any deal to return the remaining 48 hostages, around 20 of them believed by Israel to be alive.

It appeared to be his first public appearance since an Israeli strike targeting him and other top Hamas leaders in Qatar last month killed six people, including his son and office manager Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted Trump’s plan, which calls for the immediate release of the hostages. The plan also calls for Gaza to be

Relatives and supporters of Israeli

in the Gaza Strip carry posters with portraits of their loved ones during a protest demanding their immediate release and calling for a ceasefire in Jerusalem on Tuesday, the second anniversary of Hamas’ cross-border attack on Israel on Oct 7, 2023, which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza.

placed under international governance and for Hamas to be disarmed, elements the militants have yet to accept.

Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday that Israel was “cautiously optimistic,” framing the talks as technical negotiations over a plan that both sides already had approved

The plan has received widespread international backing, and Trump told reporters on Monday that he thought there was a “really good chance” of a lasting deal. In a sign the talks were

gaining momentum, Qatar said its prime minister and top diplomat, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, would travel to Egypt on Wednesday to join the negotiations. Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as well as top Netanyahu adviser Ron Dermer are also expected to join the talks then.

Trump’s peace plan

The plan envisions Israel withdrawing its troops from Gaza after Hamas disarms, and an international security

Pro-Palestinian protests held on anniversary of Hamas’ attack

BY SUZAN FRASER Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey Protesters gathered in several countries Tuesday to condemn the war in Gaza as Israelis marked the second anniversary of the Hamas attack that sparked the fighting that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and spilled violence across the Middle East.

More than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta to denounce Israel’s blockade of Gaza and the detention of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla that tried to break through last week

Chanting “Free free Palestine” and waving flags, demonstrators called for the activists’ release and condemned two years of Israeli military action in Gaza.

Authorities in Indonesia the world’s most populous Muslim majority nation and one that has no formal ties with Israel — deployed over 1,000 police to secure the embassy Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 people in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack during a major Jewish holiday Most hostages have been released in ceasefires or other deals.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed more than 67,000 people, destroyed vast areas of the strip, displaced around 90% of the population of

some 2 million and caused a humanitarian crisis, with experts saying Gaza City is experiencing famine.

The conflict has sent ripples across the region, bringing Israel into combat with Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, Yemen’s Houthi rebels and militant groups in Iraq and Syria along with their patron, Iran, which suffered major losses in a 12-day war with Israel in June.

U.S. embassies across Europe warned Americans to stay vigilant on the anniversary of the attacks, citing potential threats and protests. The coordinated notices from embassies in Armenia, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus Germany Greece, Iceland, Norway, Spain and Turkey urged heightened awareness and personal security precautions.

In Japan, hundreds of protesters, including Palestinians, marched through downtown Tokyo demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and the hostages’ release. Similar protests were held in Osaka and other major cities.

Lena Grace Suda, a 30-year-old Tokyo resident who joined the rally, called for sanctions against Israel.

“Recognizing the state of Palestine is not enough if you’re still complicit in the genocide,” she said. A growing number of experts, including those commissioned by a U.N. body, have said Israel’s offensive in Gaza amounts to genocide an accusation Israel ve-

hemently denies.

Hundreds of students and staff from universities in London and elsewhere in the U.K. joined protests demanding an end to the war in Gaza, defying warnings from Britain’s prime minister that such demonstrations risk fueling antisemitism.

Keir Starmer had warned protesters that marching on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks were “un-British” and disrespectful.

Many of those rallying carried flags and placards bearing pro-Palestinian slogans.

“If you think that me protesting for human rights of a group of people is offensive towards you, then that is your problem,” said Muhlisa Husainova, 19. In Turkey, where public support for Palestinians runs deep, hundreds of demonstrators took part in a rally organized by various civil society groups, waving Palestinian flags and calling for an end to Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Meanwhile, in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei, a vocal supporter of Israel, paid tribute to the victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack at a campaign event that felt more like a rock concert.

“Israel is the bastion of the West, and that’s why terrorists and the left wing are together,” Milei told the crowd. “They know by destroying Israel, they’re destroying the world and Judeo-Christian culture.”

force being put in place. The territory would be placed under international governance, with Trump and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair overseeing it.

In a statement issued Tuesday, Hamas reiterated its longstanding demands for a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza but said nothing about disarmament.

The war began on Oct 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251. Most have since been released in ceasefires or other deals.

The ensuing war has killed at least 67,160 Palestinians and nearly 170,000 wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, and left the territory in ruins.

The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants, but says

around half of the deaths were women and children. The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government, and the United Nations and many independent experts consider its figures to be the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties.

A growing number of experts, including those commissioned by a U.N. body, have said Israel’s offensive in Gaza amounts to genocide — an accusation Israel vehemently denies.

Promise of relief

Ahead of the resumption of talks, U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said the hostilities have created “a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale that defied comprehension.”

Trump’s proposal “presents an opportunity that must be seized to bring this tragic conflict to an end,” Guterres said in a statement.

Egypt and Qatar which have been mediating between the sides for most of the war, are facilitating the latest talks. Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, said Monday’s talks went on for around four hours. Witkoff and Kushner are expected to join the talks on Wednesday, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to brief reporters because the trip has not yet been formally announced. Dermer, Netanyahu’s top adviser, was also heading to Egypt on Wednesday according to an Israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Part of the plan is to surge humanitarian aid into Gaza, where more than 2 million Palestinians are facing hunger and, in some areas, famine.

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Trump threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown

BY LISA MASCARO AP congressional corespondent

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s administration warned on Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House.

Trump signed into law after the longest government shutdown in 2019 legislation to ensure federal workers receive back pay during any federal funding lapse. But in the new memo, his Office of Management and Budget says back pay must be provided by Congress if it chooses to do so, as part of any bill to fund the government.

“There are some people

that don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way,” Trump said during an event at the White House He said back pay “depends on who we’re talking about.” Asked a second time about back pay for furloughed federal workers given that the requirement is spelled out in law Trump said: “I follow the law, and what the law says is correct.”

Refusing retroactive pay to the workers, some of whom must remain on the job as essential employees, would be a stark departure from norms and practices and almost certainly would be met with legal action.

“That should turn up the urgency and the necessity of the Democrats doing the right thing here,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a news conference at the Capitol.

BY ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a critical vacancy at the top agency for worker rights, restoring it to the full power needed to deepen his overhaul of civil rights enforcement.

The confirmation of Brittany Panuccio as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Tuesday established a Republican majority at the agency and restored the quorum needed to make major policy and enforcement decisions in pursuit of Trump’s civil rights priorities, including stamping out diversity and inclusion programs and rolling back protections for transgender workers.

The Senate voted 51-47 to confirm Panuccio and more than 100 other Trump nominees under rules adopted by Republicans to make it easier to confirm large groups of lower-level, nonjudicial nominations.

Leading Democratic senators have said they won’t confirm Trump’s nominees to the EEOC unless he reverses his unprece-

Johnson, R-Benton, a lawyer, said he hadn’t fully read the memo but “there are some legal analysts who are saying” that it may not be necessary or appropriate to repay the federal workers.

In the memo draft prepared for Trump’s Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, first reported by Axios, the office’s general counsel Mark Paoletta lays out a legal rationale for no back pay for federal workers.

The memo explains that while the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 says workers shall be paid after federal funding is restored, it argues the action is not self-executing. Instead, the memo says, repaying the federal workers would have to be part of subsequent legislation, presumably in the bill to reopen the government.

Judge tosses lawsuit to make La. AG defend voting map

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus seeking to compel Attorney General Liz Murrill to defend the constitutionality of the state’s current congressional map, which has two majority-Black districts.

The Black Caucus last month asked the 19th Judicial District Court to either require Murrill to defend as constitutional the state law that created the current congressional map or to take no position when her solicitor general, Ben Aguiñaga, goes before the U.S. Supreme Court next week for oral arguments.

Murrill argued that the legislators had neither a legal basis nor standing to sue under the law they had cited, a stance the judge agreed with.

“This was the proper result,” Murrill said in a statement about Judge Eboni Johnson Rose’s ruling. “Our focus is on arguments in the United States Supreme Court and addressing the flaws in the court’s jurisprudence that deprives the Legislature of their

constitutional duty over drawing maps.” Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus Chair state Rep. Edmond Jordan, the Baton Rouge Democrat who filed the lawsuit, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a second round of oral arguments on Oct. 15 in the case Louisiana v. Callais. The high court’s eventual decision could alter the federal Voting Rights of 1965, which for decades has fueled court rulings requiring states with a history of disenfranchising Black voters to draw maps with majority-Black voting districts. This summer the justices asked the parties involved in the case — including the state of Louisiana, a group of White voters and a group of Black voters — to address whether the Voting Rights Act is constitutional.

Murrill previously argued the state’s congressional map is constitutional. But in response to the Supreme Court’s request this summer, she changed her stance and now says that using race as a factor in drawing voting maps violates the U.S. Constitution.

dented firing in January of two Democratic commissioners before their terms were up, saying the move stripped the agency of its historic bipartisanship and independence. Their dismissals removed a key obstacle to implementing Trump’s civil rights agenda but also temporarily left the commission without the quorum required to bring some major lawsuits, revise regulations for implementing laws and take other decisions.

Republican senators have welcomed the prospect that the EEOC will rescind certain policies on DEI, gender identity and abortion that they argued overstepped the agency’s authority Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas, who was confirmed to a second term as commissioner in July, has taken key steps to fulfill a slew of Trump’s executive orders on civil rights. The EEOC has dropped lawsuits on behalf of transgender workers and subjected incoming complaints related to gender identity to heightened scrutiny Lucas leveraged the EEOC to help the Trump administration target private institutions over their DEI programs.

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to see more patients and potentially open up more clinics,” he said. Improved patient access should lead to more preventive care and better treatment of chronic conditions, Greenstein said.

With the change, Medicaid providers are now getting reimbursed at 85% of the Medicare reimbursement rate.

Previously,the rate for professional health careservices was, in aggregate,73% of the Medicare

reimbursementrate, Greenstein said. That’sbecause different types of providers, such as primary care doctors, pediatricians, surgeons and psychologists, for example, had different rates.

Medicaidisahealthinsurance program for low-income people run by the state. It’sfundedby both thestate and federal government,with thelatter picking up most of the cost.

Medicare, the health insurance program for seniors,isrun and paid forbythe federalgovernment.

Theincreased Medicaid rateapplies to physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists,

certified nurse midwives andphysician assistants, Greenstein said.

HealthDepartment spokespersonEmma Herrock said that while somerates had been bumped up in the past, “this is probably one of the most comprehensive increases to rates in adecade.”

Dr.Wyche Coleman, aprimary care doctor whohas been practicing in rural northwestLouisiana for over four decades, said 50% of his practice is Medicaid patients.

“FirsthandI’ve seen the challenge withlow reimbursement,” Coleman said. He added that one of the “biggest challenges” is getting specialty

doctors tosee Medicaid patients.

Coleman, whose son is ophthalmologistand Health Department Deputy Surgeon General Wyche Coleman III, called the 85% reimbursement rate a“game-changer” thatcould incentivize young health care providers from Louisiana to return to rural hometowns and launch solo practices.

Theincreaseinproviderpayments comes after state Sen. Gerald Boudreaux, D-Lafayette, sponsoredabillin2024 that directed the Health Department to put together aplan to increase rates.

This spring, theLouisiana Legislature appropriated $258 mil-

lionfor thecurrent fiscal year to cover the cost of the rate increase, including $200 millionoffederal funding, $22.5 million of state general fund dollars, and$26 million from savings generated by LouisianaGov.Jeff Landry’sLouisiana DOGE program,Health Department Undersecretary Drew Maranto said.

Some of the DOGE-related savings came from eligibilitychecks and removing people from the rolls who moved to another state or died, Greenstein said. Marantosaidthere arejust under 1.6 million people on Medicaid in Louisiana.

to measurements used in EPAmodels, researchers deployed amobile air monitoring lab across Ascension, Iberville, St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes. They then used the concentrations of those chemicals in the air to estimate cancer risks in 15 different census tracts.

In all but one of those tracts, cancer risks from air pollutants outweighed the estimates from the EPA’s models. All of the census tracts had “unacceptable” levels of cancer risk, the researchers found.

The Johns Hopkins researchers attribute the differences in the two models to differencesinhow the pollutants were measured. They used real-time dataon air pollutants over amonthlong period in February 2023.

The EPAmodel is based in part on emissions data from state agencies and industrial facilities.

Much of this data is selfreported from industry, said Peter Decarlo, aprofessor of environmental healthand engineering at Johns Hopkins who led the research “I think what our results really highlight is that we can’trely on self-reported emissionsdata from facilities to estimate the health risks from air pollutants,”

he said The study itselfsaidthat there is an “urgent need for comprehensivemeasurements of key carcinogenic air pollutants, especially in areas with ahistory of disproportionate environmental health burdens.”

David Cresson, the president of theLouisianaChemical Associationand Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance,whichadvocates for the industry,questioned whether the measurements by researchers, whichwere conducted during asingle month, accuratelycapture thefullpicture.

In an email, heargued that the monthlong mobile measurements “can capture peaks that are notrepresentative of year-round communityexposure”and said that the pollutants can have multiple sources in addition to area plants, and so “itis not scientifically sound to assign totalrisktoany single sector.”

Comparing the study’s measurementstoself-reported industry figures, he said, overlooks other tools “that underpin federaland state emissions reporting.”

Joe Robledo,apress officer for the EPAregion that includesLouisiana,saidthe EPAcannot comment on studies performedoutside theagency CensustractsinIberville and Ascension parishes had someofthe highestcancer risk levels,according to the researchers’ findings. The

tract with thehighestrates is an Iberville Parish tract with acancer risk of 560 per 1million people. The EPA estimate forthis area, by contrast, was around 50 per 1million.

The subsequent three tracts in Ascension Parish similarlyhad cancer risks around 500 or higher per 1million, based on the researchers’ findings, andEPA estimates under 100 per 1 million

The EPAstates on its website that“air toxics have no universal,predefined risk levels that clearly represent acceptable or unacceptable thresholds”but notes a“general presumption” that sets an upperlevel of acceptable risk at 100 per 1million lifetime cancer risk for the mostexposed person.

For environmental advocates living in an area they often refer to as Cancer Alleydue to health risks attributed to industry pollution, the study’s findings add a new level of concern.

“I thought it was extreme before, but this is even beyond what Iimagined,” said Jo Banner,who co-leadsthe St.John the Baptistcommunitygroup The Descendants Project. “I say it’s awake-up call, but Iknow manypeople won’tregister it.”

While theEPA model accumulatesdatafromacross thecountry,Decarlo said states have the ability to gather moredataand betterassess cancer risks. The EPAwebsitenotes that

the federal screening tool, called the AirToxScreen, can spur state and local agencies,“inform monitoring programs” and“focus community efforts.”

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality declinedtocomment on the study

Theresearch,released in apeer-reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences, arrivesasadvocacy organizations are embroiledina legal fight over astate airmonitoring lawthatlimits groups’ ability to allege environmental violations.

The law requires community groups to use the latest federal air monitoring equipment in ordertoallege violations of the Clean Air Act or other laws. The airmonitoring toolsthe researchers used in their new study do not fit those federal requirements. Supporters of the rule in the state’schemical industry say it standardizes air monitoring standards, but advocatessay therule“effectively bans”community groups from their sharing air pollution findings or advocating forredress.

K&BPlaza building in downtown N.O. up forsale

BY RICH COLLINS Staff writer

The iconic K&B Plaza office building in downtown New Orleans is for sale for the first time in half acentury

The commercial real estate company Corporate Realty,whichis listing the seven-story property at 1055 St. Charles Ave., announced last week it was back on the market with alisting price of $11.4 million. K&B Plaza is best known asthe longtime headquarters of the K&B drugstore chain, whichdebutedas

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repay the principal when the loans came due. Tenant income from thebuildings, which,in2024, were nearly 82% and 89% leased respectively,still covers interest and operations. But each will need fresh equity from whoever assumes ownership. Christopher Dozier,managing partner at Union Advisory Group, acommercial debt consultancy,said the future of the 1.2 millionsquare-foot Hancock Whitney Center is especially uncertain because it will lose Shell —which accounts for roughly one-third of its tenant base —within about ayear.The building also suffers from “functional obsolescence” that will be costly to address, he said.

Completedin1972 and rising 51 stories, it remains Louisiana’stallest building. Designed by Bruce Graham of Skidmore,Owings &Merrill —the architect behind Chicago’sWillis Tower —it became amodernistlandmark and asymbol of the city’soil-boom ambitions.

That symbol now faces a reckoning. The tower’s$108 million mortgage went into default in July, just as Shell finalizedplans for its relocation to asmaller,subsidized headquarters in the new Shell Plaza. Shell’sdeparture from roughly 330,000 square feet of space will leave asignificantgap in a downtown already oversupplied with empty offices.

Afew months later,the 32-story 400 Poydras Street alsowent into default. Together,the two towershighlight the mounting distress in New Orleans’ office market, where leasing activity

Katz &Besthoff in New Orleans in 1905and grew to nearly200 locations acrossthe Southbefore being soldtoRite Aid in 1997. In 1973, areal estate firm led by Sidney BesthoffIII, one of K&B’sthirdgeneration owners, bought the building andrenameditK&B Plaza. Designedinthe International Style by architectural firm Skidmore, Owings &Merrill, thebuildingwas created to be asecond office for Boston-based John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.It opened in 1962. Its modern design was consid-

remains sluggish andrefinancing options haveevaporatedamid rising interest rates andlender caution Office building defaults have become increasingly prevalent across the United States. However,properties financed through commercial mortgage-backed securities have been disproportionately affected.AccordingtoTrepp, whichtracks real estate financing, the overall CMBS delinquency ratereached arecord high of 7.29% in August,marking the sixth consecutive month of increases. Notably,the officesectorexperienced asignificantsurge, withits delinquency rateclimbing to an all-time highof11.66% The unraveling marks a starkturn forHertz Investment Group, onceknownfor betting onoverlookeddowntowns. Founder Judah Hertz builthis realestate empire in the late 20th centuryby buying unfashionable towersinsecondary cities, wagering that tenantswould eventually return to central businessdistricts and rents would rise.For many years, that strategy succeeded, and Hertzbecame amajor owner of urban office spacefrom Pittsburgh to New Orleans But Judah Hertz’sdeath in 2021 left thecompanyin the hands of his son, William Zev” Hertz, just asthe pandemicwas transforming office demand. What began as arefinancing squeeze hasevolved into asystemic breakdown of thefirm’s portfolio, with New Orleans as one of the most visible flashpoints.

Eighteenmonths ago, brokers warned of a$400million waveofmaturingoffice debt threatening to upend thecity’smarket. Five of the eighttowerstiedtocollateralized mortgage-backed loanswere ownedbyHertz,

ered innovative. It has aconcrete exoskeletonthatwas both afaçade and support structure. Somewhat controversially at thetime,the building replaced agrand public library dating back to 1908 that was paid for by millionairephilanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Just downriver from the elevated Pontchartrain Expressway leading to theCrescent City Connection bridge, thebuilding rests on apodiumelevated approximately 8 feet above street level. That raised plaza hides aparking garage. After sellingtheir drugstoresto

with maturities stacked between late 2024 and mid2026. The firsttofail was the Energy Centre at 1100 Poydras St., whose$56.5 million loan wentdelinquent in late 2023 and ended in foreclosure.

By 2025, thedefaultshad spread. In addition to the two NewOrleans towers,Hertz propertiesinPittsburgh, Richmond, and Cleveland have gone delinquent, with severalalready in foreclosure or awaiting sale. In December 2024, bondholders in the British Virgin Islands forced the liquidation of portions of Hertz’sU.S. portfolio, acceleratingthe firm’s decline.

Still, there areafew positivesamid the gloom.The downsizing of office space afterthe pandemic appears to have stabilized, even if at alower level of demand. Entergy Corporation, for instance,had been preparing to relinquish sixfloors at Entergy Towerbut ultimately gave up only four after finding stronger-than-expected demand forits space. DeltaUtilities, asubsidiary of BernhardCapital, has leased 50,000 square feet in Place St.Charles Tower for its new headquarters and is expected to expand as it consolidates staff from Entergy’sformer gas business and other acquisitions.

Mike Siegel, president of Corporate Realty,said the Hancock Whitney Center may undergo atransition that could takeseveral years. Buthenoted that it still will have astrong base of tenants even after Shell’s departure, including Hancock Whitney Bankand accounting firms Ernst & Young and Deloitte.

Siegel and others believe the Hancock Whitney Center’sfuture may hinge on a partial conversion.

Rite Aid, the Besthoff family retained K&B Plaza as office space andtohouse its sizable art collection.In2003, manyofthose sculptureswere moved from the plaza to the 12-acre Sydney and Walda BesthoffSculptureGarden at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The office building has full- and partial-floor tenants andiscurrently 83% leased, according to CorporateRealty CorporateRealty said there is potential for ahotel, multifamily or mixed-use developmentonthe site, which is listed on the National Reg-

He pointed tothe many transitions of One Canal Place, which in itsmodern form wasthe BellBuilding when the phone company was its main tenant, and nowisstill amixed-use hub of offices, shops, hotel and restaurants.

“The questioniswhether some portion of the building will be redeveloped for mixeduse,” he said of Hancock Whitney Center

Seth Knudsen, CEO of the Downtown Development District, noted thatNew Orleans began shrinking its office footprint earlier thanmost comparable citiesfollowing the upheaval of Hurricane Katrina. Over thepasttwo decades,total downtown office space has

ister of Historic Places, making it eligible for investment tax credits.

“This is where the Besthoff family grew their business and started their artcollection, so it’s bittersweet,” Corporate Realty President Mike Siegel said. “But they don’t need to owna70,000-square-foot office building in downtown New Orleans. It’stime for atransition.” The new K&B Plaza listing followsother real estate activity in the area, which includes Harmony Circle, The National WWII Museumand severalrestaurantsand dozens of small businesses.

declined by about 15%, with hotel conversions helping to keep occupancy rates in the remaining inventoryrelatively stable.

He expects that trend to continue, pointing to the conversion of 1010 Common into two hotels and alikely mixed-use future for1515 PoydrasSt., which was recently purchased by Gayle Benson.

The broader market backdrop, however,still offers little margin forerror.Class Aoffice occupancy in New Orleans has fallen below 80%, and average rents remainaround $20 per square foot.New leasesare often relocations within downtownrather than net new demand,ascompanies con-

solidate or downsize. For New Orleans, theimplications extend beyond empty floors. Persistent vacancieserode property values, shrink tax revenues andsap vitality fromthe downtown core. For Hertz, the consequences are more personal: Zev Hertzinherited acontrarian investment philosophy suited to adifferent era —one that assumed tenants would eventually return and rents would recover.Those assumptions no longer hold.

Acompanythat once specializedinrescuing distressedassets hasbecome one itself, as servicers, bondholders and courts now determine the fate of its remaining properties.

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Fire disrupts aluminum supply for automakers

Ford Motor Co. said it’s working to minimize manufacturing disruptions after a fire took out a New York plant that supplies roughly 40% of the aluminum sheet used in the auto industry Aluminum makes up the bodies of the automaker’s F-Series trucks, the country’s best-selling vehicles that drive the company’s earnings A late-night fire on Sept. 16 at Atlantabased Novelis Inc.’s Oswego, New York, plant damaged a building with the company’s hot mill that supplies the aluminum sheets for automakers, rendering it unusable. A major part of the plant will be offline until early next year Ford declined to provide details on the fire’s impact, including whether vehicle production has been affected. Dearborn Truck Assembly, one of Ford’s plants that produces F-150s, was running Tuesday, said Tony Richard, first vice president of United Auto Workers Local 600 that represents employees at the plant. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the fire’s automotive sector disruptions. About a dozen automakers use aluminum from Novelis, including Ford, Chrysler-maker Stellantis NV, Toyota Motor Corp., Hyundai Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Stellantis spokesperson Jodi Tinson said the company is monitoring the situation at Novelis.

USDA: Hello Fresh’s spinach may be tainted with listeria

Federal health officials late Monday warned people not to eat certain Hello Fresh subscription meal kits containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria.

The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a public health alert for the meals, which were produced by FreshRealm, the San Clemente, California-based company linked to an expanding listeria outbreak tied to heat-and-eat pasta meals.

The products include 10.1-ounce containers of Hello Fresh Ready Made Meals Cheesy Pulled Pork Pepper Pasta and 10-ounce containers of Hello Fresh Ready Made Meals Unstuffed Peppers with Ground Turkey. Both were shipped directly to consumers. The pork pepper pasta is identified with establishment number Est. 47718 and lot code 49107 or Est. 2937 and lot code 48840. The unstuffed peppers with ground turkey is identified with Est. P-47718 and lot codes 50069, 50073 or 50698.

Toyota recalls nearly 400K Tundras and Sequoias

WASHINGTON Toyota is recalling nearly 400,000 vehicles because the rearview camera may not display when backing up, increasing the risk of a crash, federal traffic safety regulators said. Included in the recall are 2022-25 Toyota Tundras and Tundra hybrids and 2023-25 Sequoia hybrids. The number of automobiles in the recall totals 393,838, with the nonhybrid Tundra making up more than half of them. The camera display malfunction is caused by a software problem, which will be fixed with an update by dealerships free of charge.

Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed Nov 16 Owners can contact Toyota’s customer service at (800) 331-4331. The numbers for the recall are 25TB10 and 25TA10 Tesla drops prices on two models

NEW YORK Tesla rolled out new, cheaper versions of two of its electric car models on Tuesday in hopes the offerings will help revive flagging sales.

The new Model Y, costing just under $40,000 with a stripped-down interior follows a slump in Tesla sales covering most of the past year due to anti-Elon Musk boycotts targeting the company The company is also offering a cheaper version of its Model 3 for under $35,000.

The company is under intense pressure to lift sales but is facing big challenges. In addition to anti-Musk backlash, it is contending with a likely hit to demand after a federal tax credit worth as $7,500 for EV purchases expired at the end of September

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Stocks snap 7-day winning streak

Gold price tops $4,000 per ounce

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEW YORK Wall Street’s recordbreaking rally ran out of momentum on Tuesday after the price of gold topped $4,000 per ounce for the first time.

The S&P 500 dipped 0.4% from its latest all-time high and broke a seven-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 91 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.7%.

Stocks took a pause following a nearly relentless rush higher since April on hopes that the economy will remain resilient and that the Federal Reserve will continue to cut interest rates. Tesla was the heaviest weight

on the market and dropped 4.4% after unveiling cheaper versions of two of its electric car models. The stock gave back most of its leap from the prior day, when speculation and hype built after Tesla hinted at a coming product announcement.

Oracle also helped drag the market lower It fell 2.5% after a news report suggested it’s making thin profit margins on a key line of business related to artificial-intelligence technology

The frenzy around AI has been one of the biggest trends guiding Wall Street to record after record recently It’s been so strong that it’s raised worries that prices have potentially shot too high across the market.

On Tuesday Dell climbed 3.5% after executives talked up the company’s opportunity for growth because of AI at an investment conference. Advanced Micro Devices rallied 3.8% to add to its surge from Monday, when it announced a deal where OpenAI will use its chips to power AI infrastructure. IBM rose 1.5% after announcing a partnership that will integrate Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot into some of its software products.

Much is riding on expectations that the AI investment boom will pay off by making the global economy more productive and driving more growth. Without that increased efficiency, inflation could push higher due to upward pressure coming from the mountains of debt that the U.S. and other governments worldwide are building. That has optimists on Wall Street buying tech stocks and pessimists buying gold, according to Thierry Wizman, a strategist at Macquarie Group. In Toronto, shares of Trilogy Metals more than tripled after the White House said late Monday that it’s taking a 10% equity stake in the Canadian company while allowing the Ambler Road mining project in Alaska to go forward.

which is critical to

Trump mulls trade deal

Canadian leader expresses concerns over negotiations among North American countries

BY ROB GILLIES Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was open to extending the free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada through a renegotiation or seeking “different deals” as he met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House. Carney made his second visit to the Oval Office ahead of next year’s review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and as one of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances has been affected by Trump’s trade war and annexation threats. The free trade agreement was enacted during Trump’s first term, and it allows the majority of Canadian and Mexican goods to be shipped to the U.S. without tariffs.

But Trump has made it clear since returning to office that he wants to reshape the relationship, and he expressed ambivalence over the process as long as he feels like he’s able to improve America’s position.

“We could renegotiate it, and that would be good, or we can just do different deals,” he said.

“We’re allowed to do different deals if we want. We might make deals that are better for the individual countries.”

The remarks suggested that Trump is willing to let uncertainty over the agreement’s future linger

‘Natural conflict’

Carney entered the visit hop-

ing to find some relief on sectorspecific tariffs. There is fear in Canada over what will happen to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which is critical to

Canada’s economy More than three-quarters of Canada’s exports go to the U.S.

Trump showed a fondness for Carney — something he didn’t display toward Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau — but noted there was a “natural conflict” between the two countries, a point to which the prime minister politely disagreed.

“We want Canada to do great,” Trump said. “But you know, there’s a point at which we also want the same business.”

Asked why the U.S. and Canada have failed to reach a deal on trade, Trump said it’s a complicated situation.

“We have natural conflict,” he said. “We also have mutual love.”

Carney balked at Trump’s use of the word “conflict.”

“There are areas where we compete, and it’s in those areas where we have to come to an agreement that works. But there are more areas where we are stronger together, and that’s what we’re focused on.”

‘Outright rebellion’

Trump’s talk of making Canada the 51st state and his tariffs have Canadians feeling an undeniable sense of betrayal. The U.S. president made a joking reference to a “merger” between the two countries at the top of his remarks Tuesday Relations with Canada’s southern neighbor and longtime ally are at a low point.

“We’ve had ups and downs, but this is the lowest point in relations that I can recall,” said Frank McKenna, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States and current deputy chairman of TD Bank.

“I talk every day to ordinary citizens who are changing their

vacation plans, and I talk to large business owners who are moving reward trips away or executive business trips,” McKenna said. “There is an outright rebellion.”

Carney has said the USMCA is an advantage for Canada at a time when it is clear that the U.S. is charging for access to its market. Carney has said the commitment of the U.S. to the core of USMCA means that more than 85% of Canada-U.S. trade continues to be free of tariffs.

But Trump has some sectorspecific tariffs on Canada, known as Section 232 tariffs, that are having an impact There are 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, for example.

Asked by a reporter about the prospect of Canada getting some relief in steel and aluminum tariffs, Trump said it would be something they would discuss.

Close connections

The ties between the two countries are without parallel. About $2.5 billion worth of goods and services cross the border each day. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. There is close cooperation on defense, border security and law enforcement, and a vast overlap in culture, traditions and pastimes.

About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports are from Canada.

Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing in for national security

President Donald Trump late Monday ordered the approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper cobalt gold and other minerals used in production of cars, electronics and other technologies. Trilogy is seeking to develop the Ambler site along with an Australian partner

Official says shutdown adds stress on air traffic controllers

program that small communities rely on to help subsidize airline service. Controllers are expected to continue working without a paycheck Duffy said, so they are now worried about how to pay their bills in addition to worrying about keeping flights safe. And there have started to be instances of controllers calling out sick, leading to delays at several airports Monday “Now what they think about as they’re controlling our airspace is, how am I going to pay my mortgage? How do I make my car payment? I have a couple kids at home. How do I put food on the table? I’m working six days a week. Do I have to take a second job and drive Uber when I’m already exhausted from doing a job that’s already stressful to think about how I can make extra money because the government may not provide me a paycheck?” Duffy said.

The Transportation Department has been able to keep the air traffic controller academy in Oklahoma City open for now with funding from previous years, but Duffy is still concerned about the potential impact on efforts to hire and train new controllers in the hope of eliminating a longstanding shortage. Duffy said the support staff who train controllers after they come out of the academy could be laid off.

By Monday evening, the FAA was reporting that staffing shortages were creating delays in the Burbank, Newark and Denver airports. The worst problems were in Burbank, where California Gov Gavin Newsom said no controllers were on duty during the evening, leading to average delays of 21/2 hours at that airport.

The Essential Air Service program that subsidizes airline service to small communities across the country will also quickly run out of money Duffy said that program enjoys strong bipartisan support and provides an important lifeline to many small communities. It is especially important in Alaska, where flying is the only way to travel between many communities.

“That money runs out this Sunday So there’s many small communities across the country that will now no longer have the resources to make sure they have air service in their community,” Duffy said.

statueofthe laterock ’n’ roll pioneer and accused domestic abuser IkeTurner.Waters depicts Turner manipulatingthe strings of atiny puppet of his wife, the late superstar singerTina Turner

During theexhibit walk-through, Watersnoted that he first saw Tina Turner perform way back in 1964. “She was so good!” he exclaimed. When she finally fled Ike Turner, he said, she went all the way to Zurich. “Control” may have to do with victimization, and/or ourobsession with celebrity dysfunction, or adeep love of 1960s music. Waters didn’tput afine point on his motivation Watersiswhat’s known as aconceptualist. The ideas behind his art are what matters most, even if those ideas aresometimes inscrutable. His subject matter may sometimes be intentionally lowbrow,but his style is dryly sophisticated That’sthe way he wants it. “I like its elitism,” he said of theart world. “I’ve always said that art for the people is terrible.It’sthe worst ideaI’veeverheard.” To appreciatecontemporary art, you have to learn to see in anew way, he said, andtospeaka newlanguage.“It’s like amagic trick,” he said. Waterssaid that just before the movie “Polyester” came out, he andacouple of pals moved to New Orleans on awhim.They were all broke, he explained, andmade ends meet by falselyclaiming that their travelers’ checks had been stolen, when in fact they’d

already been redeemed. For those too young to remember,travelers’ checks were a“safe” alternative to cash before credit cards were ubiquitous. Every day,Waterssaid, he ate thecheap beans and rice at the old Buster Holmes’ restaurant in the French Quarter.AsaTennessee Williams fan, he’d hoped to ride the streetcar named Desire, but settled for theDesire bus. Plus, he visited an outpost of the British-based Process Church,which, Waters said, hada reputationfor being asimultaneously Christian and satanic cult. He told the crowd Saturdaythat, honestly,hewasn’tinterestedinthe weird theology. He just likedlaying eyes on theyoung menworshipping in theirblack robes. The exhibit includes aportrait of the church founder titled “Cult Leader.” “The Worst of JohnWaters,”continues through Nov.15atArthur RogerGallery,432 JuliaSt. Waters’photographic montagesare $5,000 to $10,000. “Bill’sStroller” is $18,000 and “Control” is $55,000. To view the exhibit online,visit the gallery website.

Candidates back teacherraises

Mayoralhopefulspropose solutionsfor educationissues

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

New Orleans’ leading mayoral

candidates agree: Teachers deserve araise, and the city should help pay for it.

At aforum last week, state Sen. Royce Duplessis and CityCouncil member OliverThomassaid they wouldbacka taxorother measures to generate revenue to boost teach-

4vie for N.O. District Cseat

BY BLAKE PATERSON

Staff writer

Four candidates are vying for the District Cseat on the New Orleans City Council in arace that has centered primarily on issues of affordability and land use buthas also featured sharp attacks among candidates over each other’srecords. Of New Orleans’ five council districts, DistrictC is among the most racially and geographically diverse. It straddles theMississippi River and includes the entirety of New Orleans’ West Bank as wellasthe French Quarter Treme, Marigny, Bywater and parts of the 7th Ward,St. Roch, St. Claude and Bayou St.John Incumbent District Ccouncil memberFreddie King III, an attorney and Democrat who lives in English Turn, is seeking asecondterm and is facing atrio of opponents in the Oct. 11 primary Theyinclude Eliot Barron, a GreenParty candidate who lives in St. Roch and is an emergency medical technician at LCMC’sWest Jefferson Medical Center; Kelsey Foster,aDemocrat who lives in Algiers Point and is the former executive director of the Algiers Economic DevelopmentFoundation;and Jackson Kimbrell,a projectmanager at Landis Construction who lives in Algiers Point and is running under no party

EliotBarron

Barron, 50, said he wants to bring environmentally friendly jobs and transportation to District C. He’s running,hesaid, to remind people that climate change is not ahoax, that good science saves lives and that public health is public wealth. Barron said he alsowantstosee the east bank’sinterests betterrepresented. Acampaign donations website says he would focus on economic development, public safety and beautifying New Orleans on both sides of the river He said he’d like to see the New Orleans Police Department do more patrols on foot or bicycle. He wants the city to launch amore robust anti-littering campaign. He thinks the council should also purchase Entergy New Orleans and

ers’pay.A spokesperson forCity Council member Helena Moreno, thefront-runner in therace who did not attend theforum, said Moreno would “supportadedicated new sourceofrevenue forteacher raises.”

“Our teachersought to be paid like Zion Williamson,” Thomas said at Thursday’sforum, referringto the Pelicans’star player.Headded that he would advocate for teacher

pay raises at the state level if needed,aswellassupport housingprograms for New Orleans educators.

Duplessis alsosaidhewould support first-time homebuyer programsand othersubsidies aimed at teachers.

“Wetalk about how much we love

our kids, we talk about how much we love our teachers,” Duplessis said. “But we neverpay them what they’re worth.” Teacher pay is apressing issue across Louisiana, where teachers make about $5,000 less on average than educators in other Southern states and about$15,000 less than the national average, according to datafrom the Southern Regional Education Board. Thestate Legis-

lature has given teachers one-time stipends forthe past threeyears, but has failed to permanently increase their salaries.

Meanwhile, aproposed property

taxinneighboring JeffersonParish that would have boosted teacher pay by $8,300 failed by just 300 votes last year.The possibility that Jefferson Parish eventually will increase teachers’ compensation has ignited discussion among New Orleans education officials about

2arrestedinburglary of Saints player’s home

Suspects identified in OldMetairie incident

BYMICHELLEHUNTER Staff writer

TwoGeorgia men have been arrested and two moreare wanted for allegedly burglarizingthe Old Metairie home of New Orleans Saintsplayer Cam Jordan. Theburglary occurred Sept. 14 as the defensive end was playing anoon game against the San Francisco 49ers at theCaesars Superdome in New Orleans,Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopintosaid Tuesday

“Within 12 hours, we had the vehicle identified. In 16 hours, it wasover,and we had …(detectives) driving to Georgia,”Lopinto said.

Authorities in Georgia have arrestedDonald Robinson, 28, of Stockbridge, and Jadon Brown, 19, of Conyers, Lopinto said. Warrants have been issued for JahaunSuber, 20, andDevellOrtiz,19, both of Conyers. Once extradited to Jefferson Parish, the mencould faceseveral charges, including simple burglary and possession of stolen property,Lopinto said. They couldalsobefacingadditional federal charges as theFBI is

BY JOHN SIMERMAN Staff writer

OrleansParish Criminal District Clerk Darren Lombardon Tuesday withdrew his bid to stop challenger Calvin Duncanfrom airing campaign ads declaringhimself exonerated in a 1981 murder Kenneth Bordes, an attorney for Lombard, told Civil District Judge Omar Masonhe was withdrawing apetition filed Oct. 1for atemporary restraining order against Duncan and his campaign. Bordes acknowledged it was

filed aday too late under astate law that bars such petitions within 10 days of an election. The clerk’srace will be settled this Saturday Bordes described it as a“procedural defect,” saying Lombard stands by his claims against Duncan, but that “we’d rather handle this in the public forum.” Mason agreed to grantthe withdrawal of Lombard’sclaims but left open acountersuit filedby Duncan, who left prisonin2011 after 28 years forakilling he has

Jefferson rallies around deputy with cancer

Bowling fundraiser planned for Thursday

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

Family members, friends and co-workers will try to bowl strikes Thursday night to help a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy and married father of three who has been battling cancer Westside Lanes in Harvey will host a fundraiser to help cover medical and living expenses for Deputy Edward “Eddie” Beck Jr., who has been off work while undergoing treatment.

“It’s been an emotional roller coaster,” Beck, 35, said. “It’s been

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how to ensure the city’s teachers aren’t lured to higher paying jobs in nearby districts.

Teacher pay was discussed at the recent forum for candidates in the Oct. 11 mayoral election. The two candidates who attended also were questioned about the ongoing legal battle between the Orleans Parish School Board and the city of New Orleans over a tax collection fee

Both candidates said they would seek to settle the lawsuit

The forum, organized by NOLA Public Schools, also featured a panel of education experts from the city, including charter school and early education leaders and nonprofit chiefs. Panelists urged elected officials to better the partnership between city leadership and the school district and put more funding toward schools amid federal cuts.

“We need your support putting money back into the schools,” said Tammi Griffin-Major, CEO of Algiers Charter School, “so we can take care of (students) mentally physically and making sure they have a safe environment.”

In 2019, the School Board filed a lawsuit claiming that the city of New Orleans improperly charges a fee for collecting taxes on the dis-

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manage the utility’s transmission and distribution systems itself.

On most major issues, Barron shied away from critiquing King. His website says that voters should seek to break the mold of career politicians and bring fresh ideas to City Hall.

“We really have to reset and focus on the basics,” Barron said.

Kelsey Foster

Foster, 38, said she is running because City Hall’s politics made it tough for her to do her job as an economic developer

“I want to make sure that the city of New Orleans is a place where small business people can get their permits on time, where your trash is picked up on a regular basis, and where you can get a response to your emails,” she said at a forum last month.

Foster said she’d support phasing out commercial short-term rentals, boosting the RTA’s sales tax revenue and offering loans to small landlords to help them comply with the city’s rules for safe homes.

Foster has criticized King and the council’s move to block a multifamily housing development near English Turn, which triggered a federal probe that made the city ineligible for some federal housing funding. She also highlighted his backing of an Elysian Fields hotel the City Planning Commission denied, and his support for the removal of bike lanes in Algiers.

King said no one in Lower Coast Algiers supported the English Turn development, that people he spoke

overwhelming, the amount of support.”

Beck is 14-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office who patrols the 3rd District in Marrero. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in July

It was a nerve-wracking diagnosis for the family, including his wife, Patrice Beck, 34, and the couple’s children, Alannah, 13, Bailey, 8, and Ivan, 3. The girls have kept their spirits up while occupied with sports, playing volleyball, football and basketball, the family said.

“My first day of treatment was the first day of school, Aug. 11,” Edward Beck said. “We all started something that day They were on their way to school, and I was on my way to treatment.”

trict’s behalf that costs the school system up to $11 million annually

Last year, the city agreed to a settlement that would have it pay the school district $20 million up front plus $70 million over the next decade but Mayor LaToya Cantrell backed out months later claiming the city could not afford the deal. The matter is still pending in court

Both Thomas and Duplessis said they would amicably settle the lawsuit.

Thomas said he would support permanently ending the fee, while Duplessis said he would “commit to a fair and equitable settlement,” which could include eliminating the fee.

Another school revenue source, school zone traffic cameras, is also on hold after the city filed a lawsuit against the state last month alleging the requirement to split the revenue with school districts is unconstitutional. Both candidates said they would ensure schools receive their fair share of the ticket revenue.

Duplessis has also touted plans for a universal preschool program for children from birth to age 3, while Thomas said his plan includes expanded access for 3- and 4-year-olds.

While both cited the need for more affordable early childhood education — thousands of children in New Orleans remain on the waitlist for city-funded seats neither offered a detailed plan to fund an expansion.

Beck’s sister and cousins are also deputies with the Sheriff’s Office. His cousin, Deputy Ashley Theriot, said she and other relatives and friends decided to come together to help the family make ends meet.

“I knew he was going to be out of work for an extended period of time,” Theriot said. “We work (security) details to pay bills.”

Theriot went to a couple of local businesses to seek out donations for a raffle. Before long, she helped put together a bowling fundraiser at Westside Lanes.

They’ve already reached the maximum number of 20 participating bowling teams, Theriot said.

But there will be a DJ and a parade of prizes, a raffle, a 50-50 drawing and a silent auction avail-

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involved in the investigation, Lopinto said.

The investigation revealed that the suspects rented a vehicle in Atlanta and then made the drive to the New Orleans area, breaking into Jordan’s house during the game, according to Lopinto. He did not disclose what was taken from the home.

The burglary was discovered later that evening when Jordan’s wife returned home, he said.

The Sheriff’s Office burglary division canvassed the neighborhood and used video to identify a suspect vehicle. The department typically uses a mix of videos from home surveillance systems, mounted crime cameras and license-plate recognition cameras.

The department tracked the suspect vehicle back to Georgia, where Conyers police conducted a traffic stop, taking one of the suspects into custody, Lopinto said. A second suspect was arrested the following day Investigators did recover property stolen in the burglary, Lopinto said.

Jordon referenced the burglary in X post Tuesday saying “Yah, that Sunday sucked. The

able for attendees The prizes include a stay at a condo in Destin, a charter boat trip, services from The Rovervelt Pet Hotel and Spa, gift baskets and more.

Theriot said Beck is one of the kindest people she knows but would never would have asked anyone for help. That’s why, she said, it was so important to step in and do what they could for him and his family

“Because of what we do we sometimes see the worst of people,” Theriot said “But to see so many people who do care, it has been amazing.”

The bowling fundraiser will begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Westside Lanes, 3715 West Bank Expressway, Harvey

most important things, my family was and is safe.”

Lopinto could not say whether Jordan’s burglary was directly related to similar break-ins targeting professional athletes during away games. In February, federal authorities in Ohio indicted four Chilean nationals with the Dec. 9 burglary of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home in Hamilton County, Ohio, according to an ABC news story

“Our investigation remains ongoing as these individuals seem to be the alleged tip of the iceberg of South American theft groups committing crimes throughout our district and elsewhere,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker said following their indictment.

Lopinto said the burglary of Jordan’s home may have been a copycat act, but did not say whether those arrested are suspected in any similar burglaries. He also did not speculate on whether the burglary suspects had anything to do with their proximity to the Saints’ division rival, the Atlanta Falcons, but said, “I’m sure he’ll get his revenge on the playing field when we go back and play Atlanta.”

Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@theadvocate.com.

CANDIDATES FOR NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT C

Eliot Barron

50, born in London, lives in St. Roch

EDUCATION: Isidore Newman School; Bachelor of Arts in German, Lewis & Clark College

JOB EXPERIENCE: emergency

medical technician LCMC’s West Jefferson Medical Center

PARTY: Green Party, candidate in 2014 for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, candidate in 2016 for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District

WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/3KFIjFZ

Kelsey Foster

38, born in Utica Pennsylvania; lives in Algiers Point

EDUCATION: Franklin High School in Franklin Pennsylvania; Bachelor of Arts in print and multimedia journalism, Emerson College; master’s in public service, University of Arkansas

to favored the Elysian Fields hotel, and that the city removed the bike lanes after numerous complaints.

Jackson Kimbrell

Kimbrell, 35, said that he’s focused on the affordability crisis and that he decided to run after realizing that his children will be worse off than he is if they stay in New Orleans.

“The future is not particularly bright, and I want to fix that,” Kimbrell said Kimbrell wants to double the amount of money dedicated to the

JOB EXPERIENCE: former executive director of the Algiers Economic Development Foundation; former campaign director Committee for a Better New Orleans; former charter school reporter,The Lens PARTY: Democrat, first-time candidate WEBSITE: https://www leadwithkelsey.com/

Jackson Kimbrell

35, born in Little Rock,Ark., lives in Algiers Point

EDUCATION: Bentonville High School in Bentonville,Arkansas; Bachelor of Arts in history and French,The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; master’s in construction management, Louisiana State University

JOB EXPERIENCE: project manager, Landis Construction; 15-year military veteran, served in both the Army National Guard and Army Reserve

city’s Housing Trust Fund, offer relocation expenses for people living under slumlords and put in place a citywide ordinance that limits how much landlords can increase rents.

Kimbrell, who isn’t running under a political party but is a member of the New Orleans Democratic Socialists of America, also wants to put a fee on cruise ships to pay for the Regional Transit Authority’s ferry service between Algiers Point and Canal Street and have the city purchase Entergy New Orleans and run the utility in-house.

Both Kimbrell and Foster said

PARTY: No party first-time candidate, member of the New Orleans Democratic Socialists of America WEBSITE: https://www jacksonkimbrell.com/

Freddie King, III

42, born in New Orleans, lives in English Turn

EDUCATION: Archbishop Shaw High School; Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts Southeastern Louisiana University; juris doctorate, Southern University Law Center

JOB EXPERIENCE: lawyer, King Law Firm Former attorney at Orleans Parish Public Defender’s Office PARTY: Democrat, former Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee member, former director of constituent services for New Orleans City Council District C member Nadine Ramsey WEBSITE: https://www votefreddieking.com/

they wouldn’t have supported an exception to the council’s one-perblock short-term rental regulations that King championed and allowed the council to approve two additional rental permits within a square block The council has since done away with the exception. King said all but one exception he approved had community support.

Freddie King, III King, 42, said he has delivered in his first term for the district’s residents He counts among his achievements the renovation of the

maintained he didn’t commit. Duncan, a successful prison lawyer for two decades at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, agreed in 2011 to plead guilty to lesser charges in exchange for his release, in a deal with former district attorney Leon Cannizzaro. A decade later, an Orleans Parish judge accepted a motion from Duncan to vacate his conviction and sentence under a statute meant for claims of factual innocence. District Attorney Jason Williams’ office then dismissed the case against Duncan.

Duncan, who has recounted numerous roadblocks to obtaining records in his case, now leads in fundraising in a challenge to Lombard for the powerful clerk’s seat.

One of his attorneys, Kristen Amond, described Lombard’s petition for a temporary restraining order as frivolous, both procedurally and factually Both sides acknowledged that “exonerated” is not a legal term. Mason said he would schedule a hearing for after Saturday’s election on Duncan’s counterclaims against Lombard.

The withdrawal of Lombard’s petition marks the latest turn in an increasingly bitter race. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has weighed in, with a letter threatening legal action against Duncan. Murrill has claimed that Williams should have recused his office from the proceedings that resulted in Duncan’s conviction being vacated. She pointed to court records to suggest Williams had represented Duncan as a defense lawyer Williams and Duncan deny it. They say references to Williams in the minutes of Duncan’s case are misleading.

Meanwhile, Lombard’s attacks — he recently accused Duncan of “killing an innocent man” have stirred blowback.

A group of 70 lawyers signed a letter Monday saying the decision to vacate Duncan’s conviction in 2021 left no doubt about his innocence under the law

Skelly Rupp Baseball Stadium and the opening of a new year-round public pool in Algiers, as well as a soon-to-open bulk trash drop-off station in partnership with Gretna and a new 70-unit apartment for low-income seniors that opened last month in Federal City At campaign forums, King’s opponents have accused him of neglecting the east bank of his district. But King says he stood with French Quarter residents in their fight to keep IV Waste’s sanitation contract in place; helped protect parklets in the Bywater and Marigny; supported the removal of a homeless encampment under the Claiborne Avenue overpass; and allocated funding to toward the redevelopment of the blighted former Naval base in the Bywater among other wins.

“Every part of the district on the east bank, we’ve touched, we’ve made better,” King said.

In a second term King said he’d focus on bringing the Bywater project across the finish line, redeveloping DeGaulle Manor and the old Brechtel Golf Course on the West Bank, boosting funding for the New Orleans Recreation Department and helping small businesses thrive.

ContrastsemergeinLacyinvestigation

BY AIDAN McCAHILL Staff writer

Nearly half ayear after former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy took his life, two contrasting accounts areemerging over how Louisiana StatePolice handled the investigation that led to his arrest three months before his death.

Lacy was accusedofcausing aDec. 17, 2024, crash that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall, amilitary veteran from Thibodaux. While his car never collided with others, Lacy’srecklessdriving caused achain of events that led to the crash, State Police say

In January,the 24-yearold turned himself in to State Police on counts of negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and reckless operation of avehicle.

Lacy was seen by many as destined for abright future in theNFL.Aformer transfer from the Universityof Louisiana at Lafayette, he wasthe SECco-leader for receiving yards during the 2024 season. After the accident,the NFL withdrew its invitation for him to participate in the annual draft combine.

Then, in April, two days before Lacy’scase was set to appear in front of agrand jury related to the crash, he died of aself-inflicted gunshot wound in Houston whilefleeingpoliceasaresult of aseparate incident.

On Friday,attorney Matt Ory,who representedLacy and has claimed his innocence from the beginning, appeared on anews station in Houma to reveal new evidence collected by the Lafourche ParishDistrict Attorney’sOffice.

The findings —which Ory saysabsolve Lacy of responsibility for the crash have sparked amix of public outcry and confusion on social media, among sports commentators, and among public officials.

On Monday,the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus called for an independent investigation into theState Police handling of the case. Later in the day,onthe nationallytelevised “Monday Night Football,” former LSU player Ryan Clark described Lacy’sfate as an injustice, asentiment echoed by other commentators, including Pat McAfee and Scott VanPelt.

“Guys, Kyren Lacywas supposed to be in the NFL,” Clark said. “Kyren Lacy was being accused of something and was being investigated for something that he didn’tdo.”

Meanwhile, Louisiana State Police has doubled down, defending its investigation. On Tuesday,State Police released 11 minutes of surveillance and body camera footagerecorded on the day of Lacy’scrash, plus additional evidence, including Lacy’sarrest warrant

DistrictAttorney’sOffice determined Lacy wasover 70 yards behind thecars involved in the crash —and back in the correct lane— during the time of impact. That was much too far away for him to be considered responsible, Orysaid.

“That is not how thisstory was ever painted,never,” he said.

Ory also presented police body camera footage of aState Police trooper taking awitness statement from the driver of the gold truck. Thedriver hadleft thesceneofthe crash before police arrived, and the questioning took place five days after the incident occurred.

“Just make sure you add in there that youhad to slam on the brakes to avoid that Charger,” thetrooper said.

“I didn’tskidmarkor nothing; Iwasn’tevengoing fast,” the witness said in the video. “That lady in theback of me, shedidn’t see what’shappening. Isay she caused that wreck.”

“But the Charger was going right at you? …Make sure you include that,”the trooper responded.

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and witness statements. Attorney General Liz Murrill has said the findingssupport accusations of Lacy being responsible forthe crash

Accordingtohis arrest warrant, Lacy was driving south at noon on abusy, two-laneportion of La.20 in Thibodaux,whenhe crossed into the northbound lane andillegally passed four vehicles, including an 18-wheeler.One witness claimed he saw the green Dodge Charger driving “at least 80 mph” in the40mph speed zone. The Charger rapidly approacheda gold truck, which was forced to “emergency brake” and drive offthe roadway to the right.

Immediately behind that truck, aKia Cadenzaalso took evasive action, but swerved left into oncoming

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traffic and crashed head-on with aKia Sorento. Hall, apassenger in the Sorrento,was taken to a hospitalwhere he died from hisinjuries. More than 20 surveillancevideos were used to identify Lacy as the driver of the Charger

During his 45-minuteinterview with HTV’sMartin Folse, Ory presented findings fromanindependent investigation conducted by the Lafourche ParishSheriff’s Office.

“I’mhere simply comparing and contrasting the DistrictAttorney’sOffice and State Police with this matter,” Orysaid.

In the footage of the crash Ory presented, Lacy’sCharger can be seen driving into the frameaboutfourseconds after the collision. DespiteLacyillegallypassing four vehicles, Ory saidthe

Orysaidthe videoindicated a“clear suggestive nature”bythe officer.Ory showed the driver’s witness statement, whichdid not include any mention of the woman driving behind him. Over the signatureportion of the paperwork, “refused” is written.

Meanwhile, theState Police’s11-minute video, released to the public Monday, does not include thatbody camera footage. Instead, it includes body camera footage of atrooper as he interviews two witnesses at thescene of the crash, both of whom immediatelydescribe agreen Dodge Charger driving intooncoming traffic.

“When thegreen Charger came, he went and caused this whole big traffic, so everybody went and hit their brakes,”saidthe driverof an 18-wheeler that Lacy had allegedly passed.

“The green Charger had stopped, but then kept going,” another witness said.

The trooper then interviewed thedriver of the Cadenza while she was still being extricated from her car She claimed she rememberedthe truck attempting to avoid an oncomingcar before she did so herself.

“The other car was trying to pass theother car,” she said. “I was trying to dodge by not hittinghim.”

StatePolice also included additional surveillance footage of Lacy’svehicle speeding, before abruptly breaking andreturning to thecorrect lane.

“As the Dodge Charger returns to itsproper lane, immediate braking and deceleration can be heard,”a narrator of the video says.

And then the sound of a crash can be heard.

“Sincethe incident occurred, State Police never reported that the green Charger impactedany of the involved vehicles,”the narrator said.

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Roger Joseph BarbaJr. 92 of Metairie, Louisiana peacefully passedaway October4th,2025. He was born in NewOrleans Louisiana in 1932. He was thedevoted husband of 69 years to Sharon Barba. He wasa loving father to his sons, Stephen (Pamela) Barba, Donald (Sandra) Barba. He willalways be remembered by hisloving daughterinlaw,Terri Barba. He wasa very proudgrandfather of his5 grandsons, R.J Barba, IV, Jeffrey Barba, (Olivia Cobb), Michael (Ashley) Barba, Jonathan (Gabrielle) Barba, andD.J. Barba (Carlie Andre`). He wasextremelyhonored to be the great grandfather of Emma Graceand LucasJohn Barba. He is survived by one sister,Mary Evelyn Doody andnieces Kathleen (Jay) Joyce, Mary Lyn (David) Rawls.Heisprecededin death by his parents Roger andEvelyn Barbaand one son Roger BarbaIII Roger wasa long-time ownerofShellAirport Service.Hewas agreat golferand belongedtoCity ParkGolf Club. He also was an avidbridge card player andplayedmanyhands with hisbeloved friends known as theSacredSix Watchinghis grandsons play high school andcollege sportswas oneofthe greatest highlights of his life.

Servicesand visitation will on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at Saint Louis King of France,1609 Carrollton in Metairie. Visitation will be 10:00-11:30, followed by amass at 11:30-12:30. Burial will be at Lake Lawn MetairieCemetery,5100 Pontchartrain Blvd,New Orleans, La. followingthe funeral service.Inlieuof flowers, donations canbe made to theAmerican HeartAssociation,ormass intentionsinhis name

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Joshua Rene’Besterde‐partedthislifeonSeptem‐ber 28, 2025, at theage of 23. Joshua wasbornonDe‐cember22, 2001 to Jimmie WatsonJr.,Chantel Wat‐son,and Robert Bester Joshua is survived by his wife, Kimberly Bester;sis‐ter,Jane' Smothers (Bran‐don); brothers,Justin Smothers(Destiny),Jere‐mie Francis, JimmieWat‐son III, JacobPacknett, and a host of Bester siblings Heisalsosurvivedbyhis niece,KaliyaniFrancis; nephew, Josiah Smothers; grandparents, Albert Fran‐cis,Janet Fobbs,and Eva Bester; aunt,Ashlee Hunter;godmothers, Lynette Henryand Duana Lawrence; specialfriend Reign andmanyother fam‐ily membersand friends. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend theHome‐goingCelebration Service

4B ✦ Wednesday, October 8, 2025 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune honoring thelifeofJoshua Bester at GreaterKing Solomon BaptistChurch, 3305 AudubonSt.,New Or‐leans,LA70125.onFriday, October 10, 2025at11:00 am. Visitation at 10:00 am Interment: Mt.Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman Mayer Avenue,New Or‐leans,LA70122. Please signthe online guestbook atwww.charbonnetfuner alhome.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion, Directors (504)581-4411.

St Rose —Irene Mokrycki Estay passed away Saturday October 4th, 2025, surrounded by love. Known for her dedication to family, Irene leaves behind her husband of 54 years Tommy,son Stephen (Shanna) daughter Sarah (Ashlynn) and two beautiful granddaughters Alyssa& Chloe She is also survived by sisters Christina, Johanna, and Stephanie. Proud of her Polish ancestry, Irene is proceeded in death by her parents Stefan and Helana Mokrycki.At Irene's request, there will be no services. With holiday and familygatherings deeply important, she made it known she wanted us all to share alaughand raise aglass in honorof her journeyhome. Acelebrationofher life will be held at alatertime

Robert John Joseph Fritz,82, passedawayFri‐day,September 26, 2025, at his home in Houston, Texas,embracedbythe loveofhis family. Robert was born in NewOrleans onSeptember 28,1942, to Josephand Eunice Fritz. He was alovinghusband,fa‐therand grandfatheran‐swering to many names. Roberttohis parents, sib‐lings,aunt,and cousins; Rob to hiswife; Dadtohis sons; Pere andPé-Pé to his grandchildren;and Bobto his friendsand co-workers One friend covereditallRobbyBob. Loving hisfaith and learning,Robertat‐tendedSt. Joseph Semi‐naryCollege,and Notre DameSeminaryearning a degreeinphilosophy. He proceeded to Loyola Law School graduating firstin his class, Magnacum Laude in 1969, then served asa lawclerk to Federal DistrictJudge FrederickJ R.Heebefrom1969 -1971 Pursuingthe academic as‐pectoflaw,Robertre‐ceiveda fellowship to Co‐lumbiaUniversity Law School entering theJ.S.D Program,studyinga year eachinNew York,and Uni‐versité Catholique de Lou‐vain, Belgium. He returned toNew Orleanstoteach at LoyolaLaw School and there methis future wife Karen Sintes.Robert’sca‐reer turned to energy,lead‐ing to 38 yearsasin-house counsel forMobil Oil, ExxxonMobil, andVicePresident Legalfor Wood‐sideEnergy, Australia. Dur‐ing this tenure, he wasde‐lighted to sharethe experi‐ences of living abroad with Karen andtheir twosons spendingthree yearsin The Hague, Netherlands and Jakarta, Indonesia. Oncemore, returningto New Orleans, for12years, heand Karenrelocated to Houston with themerger ofExxon andMobil.Over those many years, busi‐nesstook himtoLondon, Tokyo,Seoul,Perth,Astana Kazakhstanand places in between.Henever stopped relishing themanyexperi‐ences he had. An emeritus memberofthe Louisiana Bar Associationand the Texas BarAssociation, he genuinely enjoyedthe workofthe law. Robert was an enthusiastic opera fan,football fan and cheered forall teamswith a Manningonthem. He will berememberedfor the loveofhis faith,loveof learning, drywit,and the ability to seetothe heart ofanissue, even whenliv‐ing with theeffects of Alzheimer’s.Above all, he loved hisfamily. Thelesson he wanted to pass on to all

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he lovedislifeisa process ofbecoming. From birth forward,weare continu‐allylearningand growing until our finalmoments; and only at theend arewe complete. Life is acollec‐tionofworks,and Robert’s opusismasterful.Robertis survivedbyhis wife of 49 years,Karen Sintes Fritz, sons, John-PatrickMcGin‐nis FritzofLos Angeles, CA and Andrew Sintes Fritzof Needham, MA;brother, Joseph W. Fritz, Jr (Pamela)New Orleans, and fourmuchloved grandchil‐dren. He is also survived by nieces, nephews, and cousins who held aspecial place in hisheart.Heis precededindeath by his parents,Joseph W. Fritz, Sr.,Eunice McGinnis Fritz, brother,Kenneth P. Fritz, and sister,Elizabeth Fritz McConnell. Thefamily would like to thank Robert’scaregiver,Dawn Adams who broughtskill kindnessand humor to him inhis last year,and to Gen‐tivaHospice Care in Hous‐ton.Familyand friendsare invited to attend aVisita‐tionat1:00pmonFriday, October 10,2025, at Im‐maculateConceptionJe‐suitChurch,130 Baronne Street,New Orleans, LA 70112, followed by afu‐neral Mass beginningat 2:00pm. Intermentwillbe atGreenwood Cemetery Wealsoinviteyou to share yourthoughts, memories, and condolencesonlineat www.greenwoodfh.com.In lieuof flowers, please con‐sider adonationin Robert’smemorytothe Alzheimer’s Association (alz.org) or acharity of yourchoice.

Bonnie Barbay Griffin, 77, passedawayOctober 2, 2025, surrounded by her family. Awoman of deep Catholic faith, shegrewup inLouisiana andlater moved to Mississippi after Hurricane Katrinawithher husband of fortyyears,the lateDaryl Griffin. She worked many yearsat ExxonMobilRefinery,in‐spiredmanyasa contes‐tantonNBC’s TheBiggest Loser,and wasactive at St Mark’s. Bonnie is survived byher daughter Kimmie (Shawn) Nowak,sonsCraig (Amy) Griffinand Kirk Grif‐fin, andgrandchildren Brock,Brennan,Olivia, Hayden, Jonathan,Jenna, and Jacob. Aservice will beheldat St.Bernard Fu‐neral Home on 10/11from 9-11amfollowedbymass. In lieu of flowers, dona‐tions maybemadetothe Pulmonary Fibrosis Foun‐dationorthe American Lung Association.

Hampton, Celestine Johnson Parker

CelestineJohnson Parker Hamptonpassed awayonMonday, Septem‐ber 29,2025 at theage of 80. Daughter of thelate EmmettHampton and ThelmaHampton.Survived byGeraldParkerhusband two daughters, Tuesday Johnson,Donna Mason; one son, KennethJohnson; goddaughter,Janet Marie Watis;sisters,Annonia Ter‐rell, Emma Hampton, Linda Anderson, Patricia George, LisaSwain;brothers, Emile Hampton, Lionel Hampton; one affectionate cousin, GladysB.Brown as she calls hersister; grandchil‐dren, BrianBurbank,Jes‐sicaJohnson,Angela Mason,AlishaMason,Ken‐nethJohnson,TheoEzento; and 2great grandchildren, Jayla andJayden. Shewas precededindeath by her two brothers,Edmondand Leonard Hampton. Funeral ServicesatNew Hope Bap‐tistChurch, 1807 Reverend JohnRaphael Jr WayNew Orleans,LA70113 on Fri‐day,October 10, 2025 at 10:00 am officiatingPastor Rev.Jamaal Weathersby Visitationwillbefrom9:00 amto10:00 am.Final rest‐ing placewillfollowat Providence Memorial Park

and Angeline Luke MarcianteofNew Orleans.

8200 AirlineDrive Metairie, LA70003. Arrangements by D.W.RhodesFuneral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue,New Orleans, LA 70125. Please visitwww rhodesfuneral.comtosign the guestbook

Harris, Dorothy MarieSaddler

It is with greatsadness thatweannouncethe death of DorothyMarie Saddler Harris,who peace‐fully enteredintoeternal restonThursday,Septem‐ber 18, 2025, at theage of 86. Dorothywas abeloved motherand friend whose impactwillnever be for‐gotten. Allwho knew and loved DorothyMarie Sad‐dlerHarrisare welcometo attend theFuneralService atMtMoriahB.C., 2407 LouisaSt.,New Orleans, LA 70117 on Friday,October, 10, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Visi‐tationat09:00 am.Inter‐ment: Providence Memor‐ial Park,8200 AirlineDr. Metairie, LA 70003. Please signthe online guestbook atwww.charbonnetfuner alhome.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion, Directors (504) 581-4411.

Janice Dove Henderson, 81, of St.Joseph, passed away on October 2, 2025, at RiverRidge Retirement Village in South Haven. Arrangementshavebeen entrusted to Starks & Menchinger Chapel and CremationServices. Aprivate family servicewillbe held at alaterdate. Burial willtake place Central Cemetery in Beverly, MA. In lieu of flowers,donations may be madetothe Alzheimer'sAssociation https://www.alz.org/. Those wishing to leave an online condolence may do so at www.starksmenchinger.com.Janice was born on February 5, 1944, in Baltimore, MD, to David &Jeanne (Pope) Dove. She attendedBeverly High School graduating in 1962. Following high school, Janice continued her education at Wilson CollegeinChambersburg, PA where she earneda bachelor'sdegree in math and physicsin1966. Janice was an avid music lover who played thepiano and flute throughout her life

After her retirement from Shell OilCompany, she became aMaster Gardener and shared her knowledge with friends and family She enjoyed not only horseback riding, but watching her horses show at theWorld's Championship Horse Show in Louisville,KY. Janice is survivedbyher children, Julie (Kevin) Block of St. Joseph, MI and Christopher (Tammy Ellis) Henderson of Benton, LA;grandchildren,Jordan Block and Jenna Block of St. Joseph, MI; and brothers, Gordon (Alison) Dove and Webster (Monica) Dove. She was preceded in death by her parents, David &Jeanne; brother, DavidDove; and sister, Barbara Slack.

Marciante,Theodore Joseph

Theodore J. Marciante, theaccomplished writer, poet,historian, researcher, and teacher, died on October6,2025, at LafayetteGeneralHospital. He was 84. He was theonly son of Theodore Charles

Mr. Marciante was a lifetime resident of New Orleans. He livedin Lafayettefor 24 yearsand 3months. He was thelecturer and usherofSt. Gerard Parish for theHearing Impaired in NewOrleans and theDeaf ActionCenter of Lafayette He was an independent writer. One of his books, "FromSlavery to Freedom in Louisiana1862 -1865,"m was one of thetop five best-sellers at theonline storeofhis publisher, Dorrance Publishing Co., of Pittsburgh, PA.

Mr. Marciantemay be thefirst Deafwriterto come out of Lafayette. His book told thestory of everydaypeopleasthey learned to cope with the climateofsocial change and economicupheaval wrought by theCivil War and Emancipation Proclamation. This welltold tale has been called "well-researched," and one reviewerwrote that Marciante"concludes that what is valued in the1860s is what we stillvalue today: thefundamental need for dignity and theworth of allhuman beings".

Mr. Marcianteattended theChinchuba Institute of theDeafinMarrero, the Colton Public School,and theJohn McCrady Art School in NewOrleans, and theLouisiana School for theDeafwithhonors in BatonRouge,and studied writing at famedGallaudet University in Washington, DC, theworld'sonlycollege forthe deaf Mr. Marciante is survivedbynoimmediaterelatives. He was attended to especially by James H. Lalande and Bruce Dunn of Lafayette.

Visitationwillbe Thursday, October 9, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12 Noonat Delhomme FuneralHome of Lafayette. Burial willbe in Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery in Metairie, Louisiana at 3:00 PM Delhomme Funeral Home,1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette,Louisiana, was in chargeofall funeral arrangements.

SallyRose Dallmann KleinMartinezdiedon Wednesday, September 17, 2025. She wasbornonMay 17, 1936, and was preceded in deathbyher parents, Gerard and Geraldine Dallmann, and her brother, Wayne Dallmann. SallyattendedSaint Anthony of Padua Grammar School and graduated from SacredHeart of Jesus High School.

Sallybrought diva energy into everyroomshe entered.She worked at Ochsner Hospitaland its associated Brent House Hotel forover 30 years, but Sallyfound true happiness in traveling theworld,her pets, and her family. Grams willbeforever lovedand remembered She is survivedbyher brother, Gerard Dallmann, her partner, GeorgeEgan, her sons, Craig,Chris, and CaseyKlein,her grandchildren,KaylenKlein,Kelsey Riley, KevinKlein,Claire Klein, Kaleb Klein, Chloe Capielano,Kansas Bucher, KallePierce,Kylah Rogers, and Kadia Klein, and her 13 great- grandchildren. Grams willalways be in OUR HEARTS. WE LOVE YOU! Aprivateservicewillbe held for thefamily To view and sign theonline guest book, please visit LakeLawnMetairie.com

Earl

passedawaypeacefully Thursday,October 2, 2025 atthe ageof77. He was the belovedhusband of Jan NellFiegenschue McCal‐lon;fatherofBrian Michael McCallonand BrettDavis McCallon(Jennifer); and the grandfatherofMae Marie McCallon.Bornin New Orleans, LA to thelate Dr. Earl R. McCallon Jr.and MarjorieRichardsMcCal‐lon.Heisalsosurvivedby his sister,SharonMcCallon Cage(Roy).Mac attended St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Metairie before attending Loyola University and graduating with aJuris DoctordegreefromTulane UniversityLaw School.He servedinthe U.SAir Force from1971 until 1972 during the VietnamWar.Hehad a successfulcareer as ape‐troleum landmanuntil his retirement. He wasactive withthe Tulane Greenback‐ers boostercluband the Deutsches Haus in NewOr‐leans,and attended First PresbyterianChurch in Hammond,LA. Relatives and friendsare invitedto attendthe FuneralServices atGardenofMemoriesFu‐neral Home &Cemetery, 4900 AirlineDrive Metairie LA70001 on Tuesday, Octo‐ber,14, 2025. Visitation will begin at 12:00 noon with servicesstartingat2:00 pmfollowedbyburial. In lieuof flowers, please send donations to giving.tu‐lane.edu/athleticsor https://www.wyes.org/ support/.Onlinecondo‐lencesmay be offeredat www.gardenofmemorie smetairie.com.

Donald Franz McClure, age 88, passed away on September 30, 2025. Born in NewOrleans to thelate Allenand Isabell McClure, he wasthe thirdofseven boys andthe last surviving McClure son. He wasprecededindeathbyhis beloveddaughter, Kelley; andhis brothers, Robert "Mickey"(Rosalie), Allen "Pudgy"(Sadie), Patrick (Ron), Wayne, Gerry "Mike"(Françoise), and Darryl Donald is survivedby hisdevoted wife of 60 years, Carolyn;his children,Shannon Hewitt (Adam), Brian (Kimberly), and Sean Nolan (Gregory); andseven grandchildren whobrought him immense joy: Christian,Catherine Caroline, Clare,Kate, James, and Clark. He is also remembered fondlyby many nieces andnephews. Aproud Jesuit High School alumnusfromthe class of 1955 and graduate of theUniversity of New Orleans, Donald was a starter on the 1953 state championship football team anda lettermanin football, basketball, and track and graduated with thehighest academic honorsfor amulti-sport letterman. Knowntofriends as "Turk," he remained apassionate sportsfan throughout hislife. He

lovedtorun,bike, play tennis, and take long walks, staying active well into his later years. Hardworking andselfless, Donald began his days for decades throwing anewspaper routefrom3 a.m. to 6a.m., sevendays a week, before heading to work in accountingtooil anddivingcompaniesand later theUniversity of New Orleans. Histireless efforts providedhis children with Catholic school educations andthe foundation for all four childrentoreceive collegedegrees. He wasalways ready to lend ahelpinghand to anyone in need Donald relished family gatherings, agood Guinnesswith aslice of pizza, andthe opportunity to cheeronhis children andgrandchildren in all of theirpursuits. He was endlessly proud of theirsuccesses. He will be remembered for hisstrength, devotion, humility, andunwavering love—a legacy that will live on in theheartsofall whoknewhim. Afuneral Mass willbe held on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at The Chapel of the North American MartyrsatJesuitHigh School. Visitationbegins at 11:00 a.m., with Mass to follow at 1:00 p.m.

BerniceBaileyMott passedawayonSeptem‐ber 29, 2025, at theage of 80. AnativeofDes Alle‐mands andresidentofJef‐fersonParish, shewas known forher love of cook‐ing andoutspoken person‐ality. Berniceworkedoff‐shore as acookfor Otto Candies Inc. formany years andlater became the proud proprietor of Ber‐nice’sCafe’Restaurant. She is survived by herlov‐ing anddevoted children: AlfredCraig,Ron Christo‐pher(TerryFleming)and TiffanyRichelle Mott (Mar‐cus Lee) of Hattiesburg, MS, grandchildren, Lynn Christopher Simmons (Brione)ofHouston,TX and Marcus Malik Leeof Hattiesburg,MSand greatgrandchildren,Blake and BlaiseSimmons of Hous‐ton,TX. Shealsoleavesto cherish hermemories, sib‐lings:Melba Rankin (Percy),Emily DianeHall, Lloyd Griffin, III (the late Barbara), Bruceand Sonjia Griffin, Gail Howard (John), Louis Bailey,MaryJane Triche, Patricia Lewis, CherylPuryear (Nathaniel), Theresa Dabon, Easter Si‐moneaux andSonya Smith, aunts: GeraldineDorsey Hilland Marguerite Dorsey ofNew Jersey,godchildren: WilmaLucas,Donna Sim‐mons, AlineWilliamsEvers, Kayla Morris-Garcia,An‐tionette Ardion andEmelda Blanco, herdevoted friend & companionJosephJones bestfriendBarbara John‐son, ahostofnieces,

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nephews, otherrelatives, friends andher grandpup‐pie,Jericho.She is pre‐ceded in deathbyher par‐ents, Violet H. Griffin (Lloyd, Jr.) andLesterBai‐ley,Sr.,siblings: Katherine FayeJohnson (Louis), BrendaHaynes, Beverly Simmons (Walter) and LesterBailey, Jr.Family, friends,members of Mt ZionB.C.-Ama, FirstBaptist Church of Paradis, Antioch B.C DesAllemands,neigh‐boringchurches,friends & customers of JaeFlem Cafe’are invitedtoattend Bernice’s Celebrationof LifeService on Friday,Oc‐tober 10, 2025, for11:00 a.m.atMt. Zion Baptist Church,10867 RiverRoad Ama,LA. Visitation/view‐ing will beginat9:00a.m until servicetimeonly. PastorNichelle Burt-Con‐erly, officiating, andRev Sha’Teek A. Nobles,Host PastorofMt. Zion B.C. In‐terment will follow at Mt ZionBaptist Church Ceme‐tery, Ama. Live streaming willbeavailable on www facebook.com/people/MtZion-BC-Of-Ama/1000802 75269161/# andwww facebook.com/theboyd familyfuneralhome/ Online Guestbook:www.anewtra ditionbegins.com(504)2820600. Linear BrooksBoyd and DonavinD.BoydOwn‐ers/Funeral Directors.

Army Staff Sergeant Kevin PerkinsSr.,65, passedawayonSaturday, September 27, 2025 at the New OrleansSoutheast Louisiana VA MedicalCen‐ter.Hewas born on March 20, 1960, in NewOrleans to Dolores (Cains)Perkins and thelateWilliePerkins Jr. AgraduateofBooker T. WashingtonSeniorHigh School, he furtheredhis education at theUniversity ofNew Orleans. Kevin proudly served hiscountry beginning hismilitary ca‐reer at Fort Carson and serving with BatteryA,4th Battalion,61st ADA. He is survivedbyhis sons,Kevin Jr. (Jennifer) andTavaris K. (Michael);formerwife, Kim Phillips; mother,Dolores Perkins;sister, Adinas Perkins;one grandson, CarterHarper; anda host ofother relatives and friends.Hewas preceded indeath by hisfather, Willie PerkinsJr.;grand‐parents;and brothers, Brian Perkinsand Milton Ramsey. ACelebration of LifeService will be held in the Chapel of theRoses at CharbonnetLabat Glapion Funeral Home,1615St. PhilipStreet,New Orleans, LAonFriday, October10, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Visita‐tionat9:00a.m.Aninti‐mateinterment will follow ata laterdate. Please sign the online guestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion,Directors,(504) 581-4411.

passedawayonFriday, October 3, 2025,ather homesurroundedbyher lovingfamily. Shewas born on January 27, 1932, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Joseph Earl Pedelahore andJulia Akers Haight of New Orleansand Ponchatoula respectively

Sheispreceded in death by herdevoted husbandof 69 years, Dr. FelixG Rabito; and herbrother, Joseph Earl Pedelahore.

Sheissurvived by their four children, GiaM.Rabito (Sid Bhansali), Felicia A. Rabito (William Ellison), Felix G. Rabito,Jr. (Mary Frances Slahetka Rabito) and MichaelS.Rabito (Robin Jermann Rabito); six grandchildren, KatherineDiLeo (David Brand), Ara Ellison,Emily Ellison, FelixM.Rabito, Julia Rabito, and Thomas Rabito;and many extended family membersand friends.

Shewas agraduate of Eleanor McMain High School and Southeastern Louisiana University, majoringinBiology. She worked as amedical technologist at Baptist and CharityHospitals fascinated by sickle cell research before meetingand marrying herperfect partner, Felix Rabito. Janice joined Felix on their family journeytogether -supporting his growing careerand medical practice, creating an active and celebratory homelife. Shewas adevoted wifeand mother and dear friend to many. She was known for her impeccably decorated and maintainedhomes andgardens, her gourmet -leveleveryday meals and her rangeof delectable home-made cookies. She wasa lover of artand enjoy painting in oilsand watercolor specifically.She was an avid golfer and tennisplayer and volunteered fora variety of church, school and medical societies. Shewas known for her sensibleand witty view of life and had many admirers of all ages, stages and walks of life. Wherever she went,she made an impression anda lasting friend. The Rabito Family wouldliketothank her team of loving caregiversover the years, specifically Shelena Gervais,Loyda Groff and Da'Jah Johnson. Relatives and friends areinvited to attend the memorialservice on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Mary Queen of PeaceCatholicChurch, 1501 WestCauseway Approach,Mandeville Louisiana,with visitation beginning at 11:00 AM. Interment willbeheldprivatelyatAll Saints Mausoleum, 5100 PontchartrainBoulevard, NewOrleans, Louisiana E. J. FieldingFuneral Home of Covington, Louisiana,ishonoredtobe entrusted with Mrs. Rabito's funeral arrangements. Herfamily invites you to sharethoughts, memories, and condolences by signing an online guestbook at www.ejfieldingfh.com.

Sanderford,Joanne Basso

Joanne Basso Sander‐ford, age90, passedaway peacefullyonSeptember 28, 2025. Shewas born in Yonkers,New York,in1934 tothe late Joseph and Stella Recore Basso and was alifelongresidentof Metairie, Louisiana. Joanne attendedCazenovia Col‐lege in Cazenovia, New York, andlater became a flight attendantfor Eastern Airlinesinthe early1950s She went on to teach grammarschool at St Catherine of Sienain Metairie.Joanneenjoyed

studying theBible,garden‐ing,and spending time withher children and grandchildren.She was precededindeath by her beloved husband of 51 years,HughB.Sanderford Sr.;her brother, Joseph Basso Jr.; andher grand‐son,Michael Corcoran Joanne is survived by her children, Hugh Britton SanderfordJr. (Sheila) BethCorcoran(David), RyanSanderford(Michelle),and AmyHutcherson; her grandchildren, Hugh Brice” Sanderford (Adele), ShelbyDabelich(John), Spencer Sanderford,Blake Sanderford, StephenCor‐coran (Meagan),and BergenSanderford; and her great-grandchildren, Hugh“Hughes”Sanderford and LucieSanderford. She isalsosurvivedbya niece and anephew. Relatives and friendsare invitedto attendthe funeralservices onFriday, October10, 2025 atGardenofMemoriesFu‐neral Home,4900 Airline Drive,Metairie, Louisiana 70001. Visitation will begin at9:30a.m., followed by a Catholic Mass at 11:00 a.m. A privateburialwilltake place immediatelyafter the services.Toofferon‐linecondolences,send flowerstothe familyor plant atreeinmemoryof Joanne,pleasevisit www gardenofmemoriesmetairi e.com.

Mom was alifetime daughter of NewOrleans, born in thefamily home on Robert Street on January9, 1929 and passed away on August 20, 2025. Recently when asked,she woulddeclare her age as, "96 and a half". She is survivedby her daughter ElizabethAnn Griffith(Jeffery), and her sonAugust Gerard Schwartz. She is predeceased by her husband EugeneAugust Schwartz, her eldest daughter Mary Louise Schwartz, her father JulienJoseph Burvant, her mother Gertrude Santana Burvant,and her brother Dr. Julien Robert Burvant.It's important to note that Mom was devastated by thelossofher sister-in-law,Josie Corte Burvant, also 96 years old, who passed away in April of this year. Mom and Josie were classmatesatLoyola both studying Medical Technology. Mom was proud to havedescended from thefamilies of AntonioMondelli and his son-in-law Leon Daniel Pomarede, both early artistsinthe city of New Orleans and both having contributedgreatly to the artwork of our Catholic diocese. Most recognizable of that workisPomarede's threepanel fresco painted behind thealter of St Patrick'sChurch in New Orleans. Mom was theonly girl in her extended familythatwas comprisedof her brotherBob, and cousins Urban and Donald

Pfefferle. Almost thesame ageand consideredas family was John "Jack May who was adopted by her grandmotherLutille PomaredeSantana. We havemany family photos of mom, Bob, Urban, Donald and Jack, who we always called,"Uncle Jack". Shirley was agraduateofDominican High School and Cum Laude, LoyolaUniversity, class of 1949, where she earneda Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology.Mom was adevoutCatholic, originallya congregant at St. Andrew theApostleand for themost recent decadesatHolySpirit, both in Algiers. For decades mom enjoyed annual retreats at the Cenacle,where she served as aretreat captain forthe ArchdioceseofNew Orleans Retreat Center. In 1963, as ayoung mother of three, mom joinedranks with several otherNew Orleans mothers, including Delores Cunningham and JaneLambert,tofound Children's House, thefirst Montessori schoolinNew Orleans. She laterpoured herenergiesinto Montessori education,becoming aMontessori directress certified by Montessori World Education Institute, San LuisObispo, CA and St Nicholas Training Center, LondonEngland. She continuedher studies in early childhooddevelopment at XavierUniversity and the University of California, SantaBarbara. Mom taught at Children's House Montessori for many years and eventuallyopened her own school, HOPE Montessori,(House Of Preprimary Education). After she retired from classroomteaching mom was proud to assist with theeducationand certification process for Montessori teachers- this primarilywith Teri BickhamatOaks Montessori in Hammond. In addition to beinga founding member of Children's HouseInc,she was afounding member of The Greater NewOrleans Montessori Society. In her mid 80's after 30 years she finallyretired completely fromMontessori education. For many years mom enjoyed studying french at Alliance Francaise of New Orleans. Mom was an active participant and student at thePeople Program, anon profitproviding diverse classes to seniors. Her passion with languages first led her theretorefresh her French and she eventuallytaught both entry level and intermediateFrench classes. In additiontoteaching she took classes in Italian, art history, wordprocessing and many othersubjects. Second onlytoher children were her pets. Mom greatly lovedher animalsand her home was never without acat or two, or adog. Even until her death she talked regularlyabout her last and most beloved dog and companion Cheri who passed twoyears ago. Mom lovedseafood and her favoritewas agood fried soft shellcrab from any corner of thecity. And she lovedbreakfast or lunch at La Madeleine where her favoritemeal was croque monsieur with acup of French roast coffee.Inrecent years her favorite local casual dining spotswere Dimartinosand OliveBranch. We would be

remiss to notmention our many familyoutingstothe nowlong goneBerdou's restaurant with Madam Berdou in Gretna, Fitzgeralds seafood restaurant at thelakefront, andDe-No Seafood restaurantGretna. She loved studyinglanguages, readingmystery novels, and spendingtimeinher garden. Momhad agreen thumb anda particular passion for antique roses. The familywould like to give special thanks to Deb Pamplin and herson Justin whooriginally began as twicea week dog walkers butwho later became indispensablehelpersand close friends.Lastly, we each have angels in ourlife andmom'sangel was her care giver,closefriend and companion, Janice Thomas.Janice caredfor mom for thebetterpartof adecade, managingher household, doctor visits, medications, shopping and meals, arranging weekend care givers(thankyou DonnaPerkins andTammy Nora), andall aspects of herlife. Shebecame an indispensablepartofmom's life andweare forever indebted to her. We wholeheartedly trusted Janiceto care for ourmom, and withouther we could not have kept ourpromise to keepmom at home till the end- whichshe did. To our angelJanice,thank you for helpingus, guiding us and holdingour hands along thejourney of eldercare. Amass celebrating mom will be held at Lake Lawn MetairieFuneral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd NewOrleans,LA70124 on October11at10am. Visitation will be at 9:00 am. By then Elizabeth and Iwill have already placed mom'sashes in themausoleum in Lake Lawnwith Mary and Dad. In lieu of flowersplease support yourlocal SPCA or just adopt apet andlove it.To view andsignthe online guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.co m

LeroySingleton Sr passedawaypeacefullyat the ageof78, on Friday September 26, 2025, at 5:13 p.m.BorninFerriday, Louisiana,Leroy wasthe son of thelateRoy Single‐ton andJosephine Gardner. Devoted husband to Joyce Cooks. Father of Son: Leroy Singleton Jr.Daughters: Marilyn, Keisha,and Della Singleton;Sarrassa (Mark Emilien); andCarmetta (GregoryHarris).Brothers: Carl& Lionel Singleton, Johnny& Robert Forest, JessieGardner.Sisters:Au‐drey, Gwen,Denise, Veron‐ica,Kaiser, Janice &Ollie Singleton,and BridgetFor‐est.Hewas preceded in death by hiseldestdaugh‐ter DorisAnn Gettridge (Gwen); Brothers:David Howard, andHowardSin‐gleton; Sisters: Brenda Aisha,Mary, andJulia Sin‐gleton. He also leaves be‐hindmanygrandchildren, nieces, nephewsand other loved ones who lovedhim dearly. Family andfriends are invitedtoattend the FuneralService on Friday, October 10, 2025, for10:00 a.m.atThe Boyd Family Fu‐neral Home,5001 Chef Menteur Hwy.,New Or‐leans,LA70126. Visitation willbegin at 9:00 a.m. Pas‐tor Bennie Scott, officiat‐ing.Interment is private. Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504) 282-0600. DonavinD Boydand Linear Brooks BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

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La.delegation should brew up arguments againsttariffs on Brazil

Now that better relations are percolatingbetween President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Louisiana’s legislative delegation should urge Trumpto eliminate massive tariffs on Brazilian goods —including coffee, which is akey commodityshipped through Louisiana ports.

Trump has imposed an extra 40% tariff, on top of his standard 10%, on Brazilian goods. Those levies are particularly damaging to Louisiana because coffeeisthe largest containerized import at the Port of New Orleans,with 42% of those beans coming from Brazil.Asreporter Anthony McAuley wrote in these pages, thecostofwholesale Arabicabeans rose from$1.20 perpound before the pandemictoarecord highof$4.40 now with asignificant portion of the increase due to the tariff.

Louisiana coffee traders say theirfinances are suddenly precarious, as it is they, not Brazil, who actuallymust pay the tariff. Such businessestypically operate on thin margins,which the tariffs are squeezing or even obliterating

“We’ve been around for decades, but nothing in our experience compares to this moment,” said Matt Madary,head of thehalf-century-old International Coffee Corp., amajor Metairie-based wholesale trader.“Every day isa new calculation. We’re constantly weighing prices, shipping delays and now the legallandscape.It’sexhausting.”

The good news, of asort, is thatTrump’stariff decisions are mercurial. He blitzed Brazil’simports, even though the U.S.actuallyruns ahefty trade surpluswith Brazil, because he didn’tlike the prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Now, though, current President Lula has established arelationship withTrump, and after an Oct.6phone call, Trumpsaid they soonwould meet in person. Lula’s office said Lula specifically asked for the removal of the 40% tariff.

This is now agood timefor Louisiana’s congressional delegation to weigh in. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, are thekey agents of Trump’sagenda, and the other Republicanmembers of the delegation all seem to be in Trump’s good graces. They shouldbeperfectly placed to prevail uponTrumpthat his Braziliantariffs are harming American importers and costing jobs at ports, retailers androastingcompanies right here in Louisiana, not tomention forcing price hikes for coffee nationwide.

The last thing Trump needs politically is consumers nationallyangry at him for exorbitantly priced cups of joe.

Also, it is worth noting thatthe U.S. andBrazil are the West’stwo largest democracies, andthat aunited front with Brazil could helpTrump counterthe communists in Venezuela and thecrisis of political violence in Haiti —where the U.S.is leading United Nations efforts to combat gangs, and where Brazil in the past has putboots onthe ground to assist.

Allofwhich providesLouisiana lawmakers good grounds to argue that the extra tariffmust end.

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OPINION

WorkingtobetterLa. with Trump’sagenda

Aug. 29 marked 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana. Iwas adoctor,teaching medical studentsand treating patients in theLSU public hospital system Louisianans lost homes, schools, hospitals and hope. Where government failed, neighbors stepped up. Volunteerscared for families as we turned an abandoned Kmart into ahospital, while communities across thestate sheltered the homeless. Afterward, manyasked: Could Louisianadobetter? Iran for office to makeour statesafer,stronger and prosperous. These are still my goals.

In Congress, Isecured billions to strengthen levees, restore the coastline and rebuild roads. To protect

Louisianafamilies, President Donald Trumpsigned my HALTFentanyl Act to stop deadly drugs from flooding our communities. To create prosperity,President Donald Trumpand Ipassed the Big BeautifulBill. We madeAmerica energy dominant again, supporting oil and gas, because Louisianaisanenergy state. When Louisianapowers the world, we create thousands of jobs.

As adoctor,Iknow prosperity also meanslowering health care costs. President Trumpsigned my No Surprises Act, preventing over one million surprise medical bills monthly.Healso signed abill Ico-authored eliminating gag clauses on pharmacists, allowing them to tell patients how to get lowercost medicines.

What kind of messagewillNational Guardtroopssendtotourists?

This was arough summer for tourism in New Orleans. American touristsare reluctanttotravel due to aslowing economy,weak jobs market and fear of rising costs.

Foreignvisitors,vital to New Orleans’sslow summer tourist season, are avoiding the U.S. to protest theUnited States’ disruptive trade policies and inhumane treatment of immigrants.

Small businesses in New Orleans that rely on tourism are struggling. Many hotels, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, nightclubs and music venues are closing or in danger of closing.

Workers in thetourism and hospitalityindustries could lose their jobsoralready have.

When thepresident falsely describes New Orleans as sounsafe as to need outside help, he contributes toanationwide perception that New Orleansistoo dangerous to visit New Orleansneeds dedicated resources toachieve the safety we want for all New Orleanians, but theNational Guard’sdeployment to

New Orleanswill make us less safe. The impact of cratering tourism will inevitably lead to morecrime, long after the spectacleofthe National Guard in American cities is over New Orleanians applaud the work theNational Guard doesintimes of natural disasters and real crises. However,National Guard troops are neither trained nor qualified to do thechallenging work of urban policing.

It is wrong to use theNational Guard to symbolically occupy American cities, especially when their deployment causes economic harm,asitwill in New Orleans. These young people volunteered to serve their country,not waste their time picking up garbageorguarding federal buildings from imaginary threats.

New Orleanswelcomes all visitorstoenjoy our legendary cuisine, culture, festivals, parades and music, but theNational Guard has no business right now in New Orleans.

ANNMARIE COVIELLO NewOrleans

Women’srightsmay need explaining

Regarding syndicated columnists Kathryn Jean Lopez’sassertion that “rights” come from God, Ican’thelp but ask:IfGod created theworld in just one week —and presumably created humanrights at thesametime why did women have to waitthousands of years for the same rights?

AARON SHIPPER

NewOrleans

Asafer America means stronger borders, defending life and protecting common-sense values. As acommittee chairman, I’ve fought the far-left’sradical transgender ideology in schools. Icare about results. Louisiana is safer,more secure and moreprosperous than 20 years ago. I’ve contributed by showing up, listening and working behind the scenes. That samedrive took me to Kmart in 2005 and guides me in the Senate. I’mproud of what President Trump and I’ve delivered. Together,we’ll keep working and winning forastronger Louisiana.

SEN. BILL CASSIDY Baton Rouge

Cabinetgroveling a scenebeyondwords

Is “unctuosity” aword? If it isn’t, it should be, as in the sentence, “Donald Trump’srecent cabinet meeting set arecord for unctuosity that is unlikely to ever be exceeded.” Except, perhaps, for his next sycophantic, obsequious conclave.

The meeting lasted three hours and 17 minutes, during whichevery single attendee wasobligated to deliver extravagant praise for and to the president that surpassed that of his/her predecessors. Unctuosity squared, cubed, from the likes of puppy-killing Kristi Noem, vaccinescause-autism Robert F. Kennedy Jr., shockingly incompetent Pete Hegseth and others. This was the cabinet meeting during which Trump, so eloquent and articulate, said that slavery wasn’tsobad, that Cracker Barrel should not change its icon, nominated himself for the Nobel Peace Prize and said that he could do whatever he wants sinceheis the president. That meeting reminded me of asimilarly unctuous praise-fest gathered by Joseph Stalin of his advisers, during which the ruthless dictator delivered an endless recitation of his own accomplishments, mainly, of course, of sending millions of comrades whomhedid not favor to the gulag. After his endless soliloquy,all of the attendees stood and applauded. And applaudedsome more, and even more. All of them,until one guy,exhausted, finally sat down and ceased applauding —and that unfortunate adviser was hustledout of the meeting and never heard from again. But so far in the United States, Iamglad to report, it seems thatno secretary of this or that has disappeared each having fulfilled her or his responsibility of unctuosity

ARNOLD PULDA NewOrleans

What Sec. Pete Hegsethgot rightabout theU.S.military

The expressionlessfaces of the generals, admirals, commanders and officers at the all-hands meetingin Virginia remindedmeofteenagers when their parents are lecturingthem. Impenetrable.

Kathleen Parker

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth —who changed his department’sname from defense to war,because we don’tplay defense —basically told everyoneat the gathering that they had to get in shape or get out. Our military,though the best in the world (for now), is about to get leaner,meaner and— moremasculine, clean-shaven and proudtobe the biological gender one was assigned at birth.

Like so much coming out of Washington, Hegseth’spromised retrofit of his war machine to its pre-DEI “woke” incarnation at times seemed to have been hatched at acomedywriters’ sleepover.Between his farcical facial antics and superior posturingtoward war veterans twice his age, his directives were abarrage of platitudes: To ensure peace, we must prepare for war.The only mission of the newly restored Department of Waristhis: war fighting. Enemiesgather.Threatsgrow. There is no time for games. We must be prepared. The time is now,and the cause is urgent. It is perhaps better to read than watch Hegseth’sassault on ourmighty military.His overallmessagewas we candobetter,and we must because we might go to war soon. Everything in his arsenal pointed to an inevitable clash with China or Russia or both at once. Not to mention Memphis The need for astrong defense to avoid war is always urgent, andundoubtedly our foes have long been encouragedbywhat Hegsethdescribed —overweight troops and“wokeness” in the ranks all the way up to thePentagon, meaning policies in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion.He also railed againstlowered standards to accommodate those who can’tmeet the highest male bar.Inother words, women.

Let’spause here. Having written about the military for more than two decades, Ican testifytothe erosionof standards, primarily to advancewomen with an eye on directcombat.There were good reasons to keep female soldiers offthe front lines, but women don’tget promoted in thePentagon without combatrecognition. Obstacles to mixed-gender combat started comingdownin2012, and full inclusion of women in combat wentintoeffect nearly 10 years ago.

Defense SecretaryPete Hegseth, center,sits withU.S.militarysenior leadership as theylisten to PresidentDonald TrumpspeakatMarineCorpsBase Quantico in Quantico,Va.

I’veinterviewed too manyinfantry menand women aboutthe pros and consoffemales in direct combat to believe this was the correct course. In war,getting killed or wounded requiresnospecial talent. It’swell documented that manywomen died alongside men from IED explosions, which isn’tthe way we historically viewed combat,the definition of which hasbeen expanded to include almost anykind of engagement. But this definition-tweaking was apolitical move that made women into heroes for dying or surviving“in combat.” Until 2012, combat had aspecific meaning —todirectly engage the enemy up close and personal Can some women do it?Absolutely Are women as brave as men?You bet.All things being physically equal, Hegseth said, his militarywill welcomewomen into battle. Meanwhile, acertain level of fitness will be required for all personnel, including Hegseth’s “fat generals” waddling through Pentagon corridors. They,like everyone else, will be required to pass aphysical training test twice ayear.And all troops, he says, will have to meet the same male physical fitness. First off, fat generals are probably a bit olderand,therefore, might not be in stellar shape. To require afitness test

seems insulting even if the Pentagon does takeage intoaccount. Adeskbound general doesn’tneed to perform 50 pullups and 100 pushups in less than 10 minutes. If Hegsethcan toughen our forces while advancing artificial intelligence and other technologies to stay ahead of China’smilitary expansion, then he will have performed his job well. Americans should be reassured by his intent even if they’re also annoyed by his selfrighteous bravado. Critics who say Hegseth could have delivered his directives in an email are missing thepoint of theater —audience. He wanted the world to hear about his new,improved “screw up and find out” military machine. But like much propaganda, themessage was double-edged. The world didn’t just see atough-talking hombre on the stage; they saw weakness—America’s highest-ranking militaryofficers ridiculed and minimized by astrutting, self-involved television personality Speaking of which: If optics are what we’re after,shouldn’tthe very top brass —Donald Trump—beheld to thesame standards as the officers and troops he commands? Aweighty subject perhaps for another day Email KathleenParker at kathleenparker@washpost.com.

Many N.Y. minutesbeforeanew mayor

Right before New York’sDemocratic mayoral primary, political seers declared with enormous confidence that Andrew Cuomo would easily beat Democratic SocialistZohran Mamdani. They were wrong.

Now,about amonth before the general election, whereCuomo is running as an independent, the same blowhards are barking that Mamdani has it all butin the bag. They may be wrong again

licans included, want him to drop out to give Cuomo abetter shot. Despitehis fiery vows to stay in the race, Sliwamight still do the right thingand end his campaign.

protection. That can explain why Black voters preferred Cuomointhe primary,asdid voters in the Bronx.

It was believedthat Mayor Eric Adams had splitthe non-Mamdani votes with Cuomo and that if heleft therace, Cuomo’spoll numbers would rise. A handful of hours after Adams did drop out, CNN’s“Chief Data Analyst”Harry Enten was bellowing that themayor’s departure provedto be “a giant dud” for Cuomo, becausehis numbers improved just slightly

Many Adams supporters probably didn’teven know then that their candidate had bowed out. This was abeautiful fall Sunday.Enten said he based his conclusion on “poll after poll” without naming the polls. Nor did he say when the polls were taken.

It’strue that the general election is only about amonth away.It’salso true that alot can happen in aNew York minute. The Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa,still holds agood piece of the electorate. Almost everyone, many Repub-

GiveMamdani this: He is a master politician. He’s centered hiscampaign on makingNew York more affordable at atime whenthe cost of housing keeps rising. But aNew York mayor cannot unilaterally impose arent freeze. And any rentfreeze would affect only rentstabilized apartments, afraction of the apartments. Interviewers keep asking Mamdani that if he’selected, would he moderate his views. He answers that he will erect a“big tent”and listen toeveryone. That’sthe clever way of not answering the question. The Cuomoside is now running ads. They note that Mamdani has no experience runninganything. He’s held payingjobsfor all of three years and now imagines he can oversee thecity’s$104 billion budget.

Mamdaniisnow trying to erase his 2020 outrageous and childish call to “defund” and“dismantle” the New York City Police Department. But just three years ago, StateAssemblyman Mamdani voted to cut 1,300 officers from a“racist” NYPD. It happensthat lower-income New Yorkers of color tend to live in neighborhoods highly reliant on police for

Andother constituencies are unlikely to go his way Most Jews do not like Mamdani’s dancing around his “intifada” talk or his vow to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits New York. Jews may have mixed feelings about the Israeli leader but want to know why only him? They have their guesses. About 12% of city residents are Jewish. For Italians, about 6% of the population,there’sthe picture of Mamdani giving themiddle finger to astatueof Christopher Columbus, alongside a tweet demanding, “Take it down.” Columbus remains ahero to many Italian Americans.

AndWhites of all backgrounds may not appreciateMamdani’spromiseto raise taxes on richer,“whiter”neighborhoods.

The temperature on primary day was atorrid 105 degrees.Many Cuomo supporters, believing their man was a shoo-in, undoubtedly figured he would win without their venturing outside into theheat.And in theend, only 12% of all registered voters chose Mamdani. The stakes have changed. Andthere are many more New York minutes to go before Nov.4

Froma Harrop is on X, @FromaHarrop. Email her at fharrop@gmail.com.

Will Sutton

For decades now, peopleofall kinds have voted their interests based on quality-of-life satisfaction or dissatisfaction,the qualityofcityservices or thelack thereof, toomanystreets withtoo many potholes and inconvenient construction projects that actually lead to progress Andsometimes,yes, sometimes,they vote based on what someone said. They’vealsovoted forpeoplelike themselves. It seemsthere’snothing wrongwith Whitepeople supporting aWhitecandidate, but it seemssome think it’s abad thing —orracist —whenBlack people support Black candidates. In therace forNew Orleans mayor,mostserious NewOrleans voters are listening to state Sen. Royce Duplessis, CityCouncilVicePresidentHelenaMoreno andCityCouncilDistrictE member OliverThomas as candidates mostlikely to replace MayorLaToya Cantrell. Each is qualified. One is Whiteand Hispanci. Twoare Black.And,yes, race matters. So do endorsements. That’swhy in this predominantly Black city you’ve seen moreBlack elected officialsand formerelected officialsweighinginthanWhiteelected officialsand former elected officials. That’swhy you’ve seen Black ministers, pastors and other faithleadersweighing in. That’swhy you’ve seen Black community, grassroots andpolitical groups weighing in. Social media influencers playmore of arolethese days,but somelike to hear from people they know. Depending on which public poll youlook at, Moreno hasbeen leadingbydouble digits— andmanyexpect hertowin without arunoff once thevotes aretallied Saturday night. With 70% to 75% of theWhitevote linedup, that puts her close to getting the50% plus one vote sheneeds. But it’snot enough. Black voters matter With Duplessis, Morenoand Thomas essentially splitting the Black vote equally during recentpolling, it’sclear that Black folkswho voted in biggernumbers during earlyvoting this campaign season than they did during the2017 campaign earlyvoting periodwill likely decidethis race along withundecidedBlack voters who haven’tyet cast theirballots. Whitevoters cast just shyof5,000 votes during the2017 early voting stretch and14,000 votes this year.In2017, the Black earlyvote count was almost11,000. This year it was morethan 22,000.

Old-lineBlack political organizationshad decided thatformer Judge Arthur Hunter wasthe best person to lead New Orleansasmayor.The Southern Organizationfor United Leadership (SOUL), theCommunity Organization forUnifiedPolitics(COUP)and the Treme Improvement Political Society (TIPS) quickly backed Hunter.But Hunter’scampaign nevercaught fire. Not enough charisma, someofhis biggest supporterstoldmerecently. Whenhedroppedout and endorsed Duplessis, so did SOUL,COUPand TIMS. Duplessisgained support from former MayorSydney Barthelemy andretired LouisianaSupreme Court ChiefJustice Bernette Joshua Johnson.Recently, he gainedsupport from U.S. Rep. CleoFields, too. That’sgood Black support.

In earlySeptember,Public ServiceCommissioner DavanteLewisand Orleans Parish DistrictAttorney Jason Williams werejoined by former U.S. Rep.Cedric Richmond as thetrioendorsed Moreno,saying sheisthe best choice. U.S. Rep. Troy Carter later gave Morenohis support.

That’sgood Black support. Thomas has the support of someteachers, unions andgrassroots organizations, buthedoesn’thavebigname Black support. That’sOK, he said; his political success has come without those groups andfromcommunitypeople.

Three Black news publications in NewOrleans have differentideas aboutthe futureofthe city.The DataNews Weeklyendorsed Moreno. The Louisiana Weekly endorsed Duplessis. The New OrleansTribune endorsed Thomas While much of the Whitecommunityhas coalesced behind Morenowithsome Black support, alot of Black people strongly committed to Black causes, Black concernsand Black efforts want amayor who looks like them, someonewho is from theircommunity and someonewho they feel can relate to them —just as Whitepeople do.While so many Whitepeople easily found theirway to Moreno, alot of Black people have listenedtothe candidates, believe each is qualified, andtheyhave decided to choose between two qualified Black men. Why notDuplessisorThomas?

The CityCouncilat-large, sheriff andclerk races each have front-runners, but those races arelargely undecidedbecause so many Whitepeople haven’t decided which Black candidates are worthy of their votes. I’mcertainthatwouldn’tbethe caseifthere wereviable Whitecandidates running at-large,for sheriff andfor clerk Richmondsaid“we can’t getitwrong.”WhenImet withDon Hubbard,founderand chairmanofSOUL; Constable Lambert Boissiere Jr.ofCOUP andformer state Rep. Louis CharbonnetofTIPSrecently, they agreed.But they think Duplessisisthatguy.These oldline Black pols see Duplessisasthe next generation coming behind them

As we head intothe finaldaysofthis campaign and learn election resultsonSaturday night, Black voters will continue to have heated, mostly civil debates aboutwhichBlack man shouldbemayor —and most will give Black Morenosupporters respect if they’ve considered theBlack candidates and decidedtovote forher Email Will Sutton at wsutton@theadvocate.com.

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POINTS NOTTAKEN Tulane says E. Carolina therealdeal

Saints failed to score on the possession in a26-21 loss.

Redzonehas been dead zone forNew Orleanstouchdowns

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Over the first month of the season, the Saints have made strides on offense.

In Sunday’swin over theNew York Giants, quarterback Spencer Rattler finally got an explosive play to detonate when he hit Rashid Shaheed for an 87-yard touchdown.The week before that sawthe rungamefind some muchneeded consistency

The offense is still far from an elite unit, but the improvementsmatter to coach Kellen Moore as he tries to turn around the franchise.

The next step? The Saints have to start converting in the red zone.

The Saints went 0for 4ontouchdowns inside the opposing 20 against the Giants, bringing New Orleans’ sea-

Breakin theclouds

LSUremains in title chases amid other programs’faultystarts

RED ALERT

Topand bottomofthe NFL in scoring touchdownsinsidethe opponents 20-yardline Team (TDs-tries) TD%

1. Philadelphia (12-13) 92.31%

2. Miami (10-13) 76.92%

3. Detroit (19-25) 76.00%

4. Cincinnati (8-11) 72.73% 29. New Orleans (7-17) 41.18%

30.L.A. Chargers (5-13) 38.46%

31.Las Vegas(5-14) 35.71%

32.N.y. Giants (6-19) 31.58%

son total to 7of17— alowly41.2%.

Only threeteams rank worse in the redzonethan the Saints this season:

the Los Angeles Chargers (38.5%), the Las Vegas Raiders (35.7%) and the Giants (31.6%).

Thestruggles in theareaare even more frustrating because the Saints have done asolid jobofsustaining long drives. They have strung together aleague-high 14 drives of at least 10 plays.

But of those14, the Saints have scored only six touchdowns. The team’stouchdown rate on those 10-plus play drives ranks exactly league average at 42.9%.

Against the Giants, theSaintshad three drives of 10 plays or more. They settled for field goals on all three, two of which entered the red zone.

“Ultimately,you need to score touchdowns down there,”Moore said. Through five games, thered-zone

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BY GUERRYSMITH

Contributing writer

Tulane coach Jon Sumrall can come across as thecoach whocriedwolf, buthedoesnot appear to be lying this weekwhen he praises East Carolina profusely By all indications, the Green Wave (4-1, 1-0 American Conference) could learn ademoralizing lesson if it overlooks the Pirates (3-2, 1-0) on Thursdaynight at YulmanStadium (6:30 p.m., ESPN).

“These guys are really good,” Sumrall said. “This is without question. one of the top teamsinour league. Everybody’stalking about three or four other teams, but Idon’t think thegeneral public understands how good this team plays. This team is as scary as anybody we play on our schedule.”

While Sumrall has offered similar glowing assessments of numerous opponents in his two-year tenure, East Carolina backs up his words withstats.The Piratesallow thefewest points (13.4 per game) and yards (304.2) in the American. They held opponents without an offensive touchdown for11consecutive quarters through the end of the North Carolina State game, in blowouts of Campbell and Coastal Carolina, and the first half of aloss to BYU to set aleague record.Theyrank fourth nationally in tackles for loss, averaging 8.6 per game. Offensively,they are second in the American in yards (456.0) and passing (315.0). Redshirt juniorquarterback Katin Houser, whotransferred from Michigan State after 2023, is ahair behind UAB quarterback Jalen Kitna for the league lead in yards passing (1,509) andcompletion percentage (68.3%). Three receivers have exceeded 300 yards, accounting for afourth of the total of 12 in the 14-team conference.

Blake Harrell is 8-3since taking over as interim coach midway through last season, going 5-1 to end 2024 after East Carolina went 3-4 under Mike Houston. Harrell earned fulltime status in November,beat in-state rival North Carolina State in the Military Bowl and will take his crackatTulane as atouchdown underdog on Thursday night. Harrell mentioned Tulane’srecent success with Willie Fritz and Sumrall as amodel for his program, adding his team was readyto makewaves in his first complete season. “Forgeteverything else and make it about

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Every LSU loss, like the Tigers’ 24-19 defeat two Saturdaysago at Ole Miss, castsapall over Tigertown. But it’samere early-morning haze compared to the clouds hanging over Austin, Texas; State College, Pennsylvania; and Clemson, South Carolina, right now

The preseason Associated Press Top10isinthe shredder Preseason No. 1Texas is not even in theTop 25 after being stunned 29-21 at Florida on Saturday.Neither is preseasonNo. 2Penn State after an even more stunning42-37 loss at previously winlessUCLA, by far the worst loss for any ranked team this season. And preseason No. 4Clemson? LSU helped grease its skid out of thepolls witha17-10 defeat to startthe year.Combining the records of the Longhorns, Nittany Lions and Tigers (orange version), you get avery mediocre 8-7. Preseason No. 6Notre Dame started 0-2 andisstill ranked only because of itsstrenuous early

South Carolina defensiveback O’Donnell Fortune trips up LSU running backCaden Durhaminthe fourth quarter on Sept.14, 2024, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia,S.C.The teamsmeet again Saturday night in TigerStadium.

strength of schedule —the Irish’s two losses were to current topfive residentsMiami and Texas A&M—followed bya three-game winning streak,but its marginfor-error card is all used up. If it’schaosyou crave, you’ve cometothe right sport. Against that backdrop, LSU’s 4-1 record andNo. 11 national ranking looks rosy With the 2025 campaign nearing the clubhouseturn forhome this week,wehavewhat we thought we would have in the SoutheasternConference and across college football at large: Ahuge pack

of very good but not great teams dottingthe transfer portal-fruited plain. Right now,you easily could figure 20, 25, even 30 teamshaving ashot at earning one of those 12 coveted golden tickets into this season’sCollege Football Playoff. Despitetheir loss to theRebels, despite an anemic offense, despite how much you loveorloatheLSU coach Brian Kelly,the Tigersare verymuchinthat number. All of LSU’sgoals are legitimately attainable. The road for LSU is, of course,

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LSUhas scored just 13 points off of eighttakeaways

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

When the ball landed in PJ Woodland’shands, thegame should have flipped on adime. LSU trailed Ole Miss by a touchdown in the third quarter when the sophomore cornerback snatched hisfirstcareerinterception. LSU was in position to turn the game in itsfavor as Woodland returned the throw 31 yards into theRebels’ side of the field. But the Tigers couldn’tfully capitalize on quarterback Trinidad Chambliss’ mistake. LSU gained just 16 yards on five plays andsettledfor a48-yard field goal. The kick was good, but an opportunityfor agame-turning touchdown failed. LSU eventually lost 24-19 in aperformance that raised more questions than answers about its offense. Among those questions is the Tigers’ inability to capitalize on turnovers.

“I think your point is well taken; those (turnovers) have turned intofield goals. We need to turn those into touchdowns,”coach

Brian Kelly said Monday.“Idon’t knowthatthey’ve been empty possessions, but they haven’t been impactfulpossessions for us offensively.” LSUhas seveninterceptions andone fumble recoverythrough five games, but the Tigers have only 13 points off of those turnovers. Sophomoresafety Dashawn Spears’ pick-sixagainst Florida is the only timeLSU found the end zone as aresultofaturnoverthis season. Besides the Woodland interception against Ole Miss, the only other time the offense scored off aturnover was against Florida when senior Damian Ramos hit a45-yard field goal after senior safety AJ Haulcygrabbed LSU’s second interception of the night. The10points LSU scored on turnovers proved to be the difference in its winover Florida. Still, LSU wonbyonly 10 despite forcingfive interceptionsand turning the ball over once, which could be seen as abig red flag.

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BY STEVE MEGARGEE AP sportswriter

MILWAUKEE Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester hasexperienced postseason baseball at Wrigley Field before, only froma much different perspective than the one he’sabout to have.

Priester grew up in theChicago area and was in Wrigley Field’s stands for Game 5ofthe 2016 World Series. The 25-year-old right-hander will be backatWrigley on Wednesday as he continues his breakthrough season by trying to pitch the Brewers into the NL Championship Series “I was in the last row in the nosebleeds,” Priester said aboutthat 2016 experience. “My mom and I had our backs against the chainlink fence up there drinking hot chocolate because it waslate OctoberinChicago anditwas freezing.”

Priester watched the Cubs beat Cleveland 3-2 that night to begin their rally from a3-1 series deficit thatearnedthemtheir first World Series title since 1908. Now he wants to make sure the Cubsdon’tstart asimilar comeback. Milwaukee carries a2-0 lead into Game 3ofthisbest-of-5 NL Division Series. This start will mark Priester’s postseason debut. JamesonTaillon is starting for the Cubs.

Priester went 13-3 with a3.32 ERAduring the regular season whilewinning 12 straight decisions at one point. According to Sportradar,that was the longest streak within asingle year by any pitcher since Gerrit Cole won 16 consecutive decisions for Houstonin2019

Untilthe Cincinnati Reds beat Priester 3-1 on Sept. 26, the Brewers had won 19 straight gamesin which Priester had pitched. That stretch included 16 starts and three appearances in which he had followed an opener “He’sbeen sensationalfor us,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. The Brewers needed starting pitching duetomultipleinjuries

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MORRy GASH Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester throws during the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels on Sept.18inMilwaukee.

when they acquired Priester on April7 from theBoston RedSox for minorleagueoutfielder Yophery Rodriguez, the 33rd pick in the 2024 draft,and minor league pitcherJohnHolobetz Priester,the 18th overall selectioninthe 2018draft, had a6-9 record and6.23ERA in 21 career appearances with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Red Sox at the timeof the trade

“I had followed him for years,” Brewerspresident of baseball operationsMatt Arnold said. “Obviously when guys come up to the big leagues, especiallyaspitchers, theydon’talways have success immediately,but we thought there were somereally goodingredients there.”

Priester quicklywarmed up to the idea of pitching in Milwaukee.

“I was really surprised,” Priester said.“Ifelt likeIwas kind of in the mix for the rotation in Boston. I

Halladay’s sons

BY DANGELSTON AP sportswriter

PHILADELPHIA Braden Halladay

stood on the field to throw afirst pitch at the same ballpark where Roy Halladaythrew aplayoff nohitterand wondered how the moment never seemed too bigfor his father Roy Halladay already had thrown aperfect game for the Phillies in 2010,about as rare a feat apitcher can accomplish in baseball.Halladay pitched himself into baseball history later that October with aplayoff no-hitter, the second ever in baseballand a moment that foreverstamped an already great pitcherasabona fide Hall of Famer

“Tough to be in front of that many people,” Braden Halladay said. “Makes me reallythink about how incredible it is that my dad not only did it in the regular season but in the postseason.How well he did it, it’sreally special to think about for me.”

Braden Halladay and his brother,Ryan, both had troves of special memories to share about their father eight years after hedied in aplane crash at the age of 40.

The Halladay brothers were greeted with aroaring ovation moments after avideotribute aired on the 15-year anniversary of thePhillies ace’sOct.6,2010, no-hitter against Cincinnati.

There was Halladay again, wrapped in abig bear hug with catcher Carlos Ruiz after the final out. Affectionately known as “Chooch,” Ruiz returned on Mondaynight to catchthe first pitch before the Phillies losttothe Dodgers.

“Thosemoments are in your mind, in your heart,” Ruiz said through an interpreter.“It was an honor to be apart of sucha great

certainly felt like Ihad ashot at it

When Idid get traded, Iwas super excited forthe opportunity.Being close to home was super exciting for me andmyfiancée, being able to seefamily.And obviously,being in Pittsburgh, every year, you’d see how well the Brewers seemed to play.” Priester wasn’tasfamiliar at the timewiththe Brewers’reputation for getting thebestout of pitchers who hadn’tencounteredmuch successbefore arrivinginMilwaukee. He’ddevelop into the latestexample. The turning point came against the team he faces Wednesday Priester gave up sevenruns over 41/3 innings in a10-0 losstothe Cubs on May2,raising his ERA to 5.79. That immediately followed astart in which he allowed five runs over fiveinnings in a6-5 loss at St.Louis. “Thatwas thekind of themoment when Ifeltthings needed to

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Braden Halladay, left, accompanied by his brother Ryan Halladay, throws aceremonially first pitch to former Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz, marking the 15th anniversaryoftheir father RoyHalladay’s postseason no-hitter,ahead of Game 2between the Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers on MondayinPhiladelphia.

moment.Being here today and being able to catch for his sonisa greathonor.”

Braden Halladayhoped to stick around the big leagues, though not quite asthe dominant ace of his era like dad. He pitched at Penn State and earned amaster’sdegree before he decidedtopursue hisdream of afront-office job —a careerpathhatched from growing up around the Phillies’ brain trust inside Citizens BankPark.

“I alwayswantedtobeaMajor League Baseball player.That’s every kid’sdream,” Braden said.

“But Iwas super obsessed with the front officeand howthe front office works. Ithink anybody who was here and knew me can second that. Even as a10-year-old, Iwas just completely enamored by it.”

Braden worked this pastspring trainingwith thePhillies’ SingleAteam inClearwater beforehe landed work as adata apprentice

with theTexas Rangers. With the year over,Braden is exploring his options for his next steps in baseball. “I’m excited to not onlyfollow in my dad’sfootstepsbut make my own mark on the game, as well, and have my own career,” he said.

RoyHalladay was already aCy Young Award winner,a20-game winner and aworkhorse who struck out253 batters in 2003 for theToronto Blue Jays when he came to Philadelphia.

Halladay never really sniffed the playoffs in Toronto and knew he couldfind thatpostseasonsuccess he craved in Philly when he was traded to thePhillies ahead of the2010season. ThePhillieshad won three straightNLEast titles, twopennantsand the 2008 World Series when the 6-foot-6 righthanderarrived poised to winthem another title. Halladay hada first season to

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change,” Priester said. “What Iwas doing, it’snot like Iwasn’t trying, but what Iwas trying just wasn’t working. And so Istartedtowrite somethings down every day, came in withsome goals, talked to all of ourguys, started to go about the lineups alittle bit differently.”

Priester pitched 24 more times the rest of theregularseason and allowed more thanthreeruns in just twoofthose appearances.

“The Cubs blistered this guy,and he wanted to continue pitching andhis competitive nature came out, and actually the last couple innings of that outing he was pretty darned effective,” Murphy said. “I think that failure, if youwill, for him,like, launched him into open ears, ‘OK, howdoIfigure this out?’

And we got the best version of him because of his competitive nature, and we got the best version of him going forward, andit’sbeen miraculous.”

Priester added acutter this year that he nowthrows about20% of the time to complement his sinker and slider, while he abandoned his four-seam fastball.

Priester averages less than one strikeout perinning, but he hasa knack for inducing ground balls andweakcontact whileworking quickly.Heunderstands the raucous atmosphere he’sgoing to encounter Wednesday.When Priester was in the stands forthat 2016 WorldSeries game,Priester recalled how “Kris Bryant hit a homer and Ithought the stadium was going to collapse.”

But he also entersthis game with the confidence that comes from spending the last fewmonths livinguptoall theexpectationsthat accompanied his draft selection.

“I think it wasjust kind of aticking time bomb waiting for ayear like this to happen for him,” Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick said. “I’m superhappywegot him when we did because Ijust kind of knew it was coming forhim.”

yearslater

remember,going 21-10 with the perfect game on May 29, 2010, in Miami, the no-hitter in Game 1 of the NL Division Series against theRedsand another Cy Young Award.

Yes, theno-hitter came in his postseason debut.

The game marked 10-year-old Braden’sfirst playoffgame, too.

“Mydad wouldn’t letusgountilhewas in it,” Braden said. “He clearly wasn’tuntil then.”

Braden’shighlight from that game was makingthe jumbotron that night.Ryan Halladay was abouttocelebrate abirthday and wastoo young to really understand the gravity of themoment. Plus,hehad something more important to worry aboutthanhis dadpitching awhale of agame —abirthdaytrip to the aquarium was on-deck.

“That’sall Icouldthink about,” Ryan said. “I didn’tcare much about anything else at the time.”

The brothers understandand appreciate now all their dad accomplished in baseball. Halladay would spend only four of his 16 seasons in Philadelphia. Halladay never did win that World Series with the Philliesbut was 55-29 with a3.25 ERA with them before he retired after the 2013 season when right shoulder trouble ended his career.The Phillies retired hisNo. 34 andinducted him into their version of the Hall of Fame.

For one morenightinPhiladelphia, the brothers got to share in the love from thePhilliesfans theyshowered on their father Bradennoted standing so close to themound “almost feels like I’m back here with him.”

“It’salways nice to come back andrevisit everything,”hesaid, “I thinkthat any time Iget to be around it, it helps me stayreally close to my dad.”

Free agent WR Odell Beckham Jr.accepted asix-game suspension from the NFLafter he reportedly faileda performance-enhancing drug test last year,hesaidonthe Pivot podcast Tuesday Beckham will not be eligible to play until Week 12, the NFL told The Associated Press. Beckham, 32, said on the podcast he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs. He played nine games with the Miami Dolphins last season, catching nine passes for55yards,both of which were career-lows by awide margin. Despitethe news,the 10-year NFLveteran said he hopestocontinue his career this season.Beckham, afirst-round pickinthe 2014 draft, posted 1,000-yard seasons four of his first five years in the league with the NewYork Giants.

Gardner-Johnson

signed to Ravens practicesquad

The Baltimore Ravens signed safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the practice squad Tuesday,two weeks after he was cutbythe Houston Texans. Baltimore (1-4) is desperate for help on defense after allowing 177 points through five games. Safety Kyle Hamilton missed last weekend’sloss to the Texans, and the Ravens also were without linebacker Roquan Smith.

Safety Ar’Darius Washington tore an Achilles tendon in the offseason and defensive lineman Nnamdi Madubuike is outfor the season because of aneck issue. The Texans released the27-year-old Gardner-Johnsonafter only three games with the team. They had acquired him from Philadelphia in an offseason trade. He had six interceptions last season for the Eagles.

CowboysownerJones fined $250K for obscene gesture

The NFL said Tuesday it has finedJerry Jones $250,000 for an obscene gesture toward fans at MetLife Stadium that the Dallas owner said was “inadvertent” and intendedfor fans of the Cowboys, not the NewYork Jets. The incident camelate in Dallas’ 37-22 victory on Sunday.Jones said on his radio show Tuesday he intendedtoflasha “thumbs up”for celebrating Cowboys fans.Jones is considering an appeal, league spokesman Brian McCarthy said. Jones was caught on avideo that went viralsmiling widely as he pointed toward fans before briefly flashing the gesture. Jones’ gesture camesoon afterDak Prescott’sfourth touchdown pass gave the Cowboys a37-14 lead with 4:31 leftinthe game.

Giants QB Dartsays

he’ll play againstEagles

Jaxson Darthas been playing through ahamstring injury since making and winning his first NFL start late last month. He does not plan to let it keep him off the field. The rookie quarterback brushed off any concern about the sore hamstring Tuesdayand insisted he’llplayfor the New York Giants on Thursday night when they host reigningSuper Bowlchampion Philadelphia.Afterbeing listedasa limited participant on the practice report Monday,Dart was estimated to be full go Tuesday,though the Giants did only what coach Brian Daboll calls a“jog-through.” Dart missed time on Sept. 28 against the Los Angeles Chargers while being evaluated for aconcussion but played the entire gamethis past weekend at New Orleans.

Aftera 17-year hiatus, Skins Game to make return

The return of the Skins Game shows how muchhas changed in 17 years. The four players are among the top six in the world, it’smoving from the California desert to South Floridaand it will be broadcaston PrimeVideo.

The Skins Game to be played on the Friday after Thanksgiving will feature Ryder Cup star and FedEx Cup champion Tommy Fleetwood, U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley,Justin Thomas and XanderSchauffele.Itwill be held at Panther National, anew course in Florida that opened two years ago andwas designedbyThomas and Jack Nicklaus. Bradley,Schauffele and Thomas all live in the area. The Skins Game, which beganin1983 with some of golf’s biggest stars, was last played in 2008 and won by K.J.Choi.

Harper, Schwarber fight postseason slump

BY BETH HARRIS Associated Press

LOS ANGELES Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber are mired in the same kind of postseason slump that wrecked the Los Angeles Dodgers two years ago.

Back then, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts were a combined 1 for 21 as the Dodgers were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 NL Division Series. Their lone hit was an infield single by Freeman.

Harper and Schwarber are 1 for 15 with eight strikeouts, putting the Philadelphia Phillies on the brink of elimination. They trail 2-0 in the bestof-five NLDS with Game 3 on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium.

“I think in the postseason you’ve got to flush as quick as possible because any atbat can change the course of a game or change the course of a series,” Harper said Tuesday

Betts remembers the frustration he felt knowing how much the Dodgers were counting on him and Freeman, but nothing they tried made a difference.

“When you get in that rut and it seems like it’s quicksand, it’s tough,” Betts said. “Hell, I didn’t get out of it, so I have no advice or anything. Good luck to those guys and

we’ll see if they have the answer.”

Only two teams have ever come back from a 2-0 deficit in the NLDS.

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Thomson was bench coach for the New York Yankees in 2017, when they rallied from a 2-0 deficit against the Cleveland Guardians in the ALDS to win and advance to the AL Championship Series.

“You’ve got to slow things down one inning at a time, really, and come out and relax and be yourselves,” Thomson said. “Don’t try to do too much.” Betts is not discounting the Phillies.

“They got on the plane with full intentions of going back for a Game 5,” he said. “We’ve got to be able to withstand the punches that they’re going to throw and be able to throw some back.”

Wheel play

The Dodgers successfully executed a defensive wheel play in the ninth inning Monday

With Nick Castellanos on second, third baseman Max Muncy rushed home plate to field a bunt by Bryson Stott, turned and perfectly threw to shortstop Betts, who was covering third. Betts got the out while being upended by a sliding Castellanos.

“It’s such a basic play,” Betts said. “It would be like the Lakers. They won the NBA championship running the 2-3 zone That’s how I view it. It’s just we ran it in a big spot and we were able to do it right. We executed it really perfectly myself, just the timing of it.” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wasn’t surprised at Betts’ execution of the play named for the wheel-like rotation of the infielders.

“I think that especially as an outfielder for the most part of his career to then come into the infield, he’s got a lot of feel,” the manager said “He’s got a lot of belief in his ability He made a great play, a really, really great play.”

Homers power Mariners past Tigers for lead in ALDS

BY LARRY LAGE Associated Press

DETROIT Cal Raleigh hit a tworun homer, Eugenio Suarez and J.P Crawford had solo shots and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 8-4 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the AL Division Series.

The Mariners are within a win of their first AL Championship Series since 2001. Their first chance to advance is on Wednesday afternoon in Game 4 at Comerica Park and if necessary another opportunity awaits on Friday back in Seattle for a decisive Game 5.

Seattle’s Logan Gilbert gave up one run on four hits while striking out seven and walking none over six innings.

Raleigh, who had a major leaguehigh 60 homers during the regular season, hit a 391-foot, two-run

homer to left-center in the ninth to make it 8-1

The offensively challenged Tigers were limited to four hits and one run through eight innings before suddenly generating some offense in the ninth against Caleb Ferguson, who allowed three runs on three hits and a walk without getting an out.

Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run double and Andy Ibanez followed with an RBI single.

All-Star closer Andres Munoz entered with one on and no outs and ended Detroit’s comeback hopes with a flyout and game-ending double play

Detroit’s Jack Flaherty lasted just 31⁄3 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on four hits and three walks.

Seattle scored two runs in the third after starting the inning with

three hits and a walk.

Victor Robles led off with a double and scored on an error, which was credited to left fielder

Riley Greene for an errant throw that could have been fielded on a bounce by catcher Dillon Dingler

Randy Arozarena’s RBI single put the Mariners ahead 2-0.

Suarez sent a 422-foot shot to left in the fourth to make it 3-0. Raleigh’s two-out RBI single in the inning gave Seattle a four-run cushion.

The Tigers were hoping their first home game in two-plus weeks might make them more comfortable at the plate, but it didn’t help and they lost an eighth straight at Comerica Park.

Detroit finally scored in the fifth on Kerry Carpenter’s fielder’s choice on what was potentially an inning-ending double play

Behind 2-0, Mercury down but

not out of WNBA Finals

BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press

PHOENIX The Phoenix Mercury is already experienced at comebacks during this postseason, dropping the first game in each of the first two series before rallying and advancing to the WNBA Finals. It will need to climb out of an even bigger hole to win the championship.

The Las Vegas Aces have a 2-0 advantage in the best-ofseven series as the Mercury prepare to host Game 3 on Wednesday Phoenix hopes a change of scenery, complete with a raucous homecrowd advantage, can help the Mercury overcome a frustrating first two games.

“Starting out on the road is tough,” Mercury veteran DeWanna Bonner said. “That’s not an excuse, because in order to win a championship, you’ve got to win on the road. But I think being home, we’re more comfortable.

“We lacked a little bit of confidence (in Vegas), so hopefully we get that back tomorrow.”

Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts doesn’t bring up his NBA experience much with his players, but his famil-

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iarity with what it takes to win a seven-game series has helped him stay optimistic despite the 2-0 deficit Tibbetts spent more than a decade as an assistant in the NBA with the Cavaliers, Blazers and Magic.

This is the first time the WNBA Finals have been a best-of-seven series, expanding from the previous best-of-five format

“We’ve done a good job of resetting after wins and losses, getting back and finding ourselves,” Tibbetts said. “In a seven-game series, a lot of times the home team wins the first two. Now it’s our responsibility to protect our home.” If the Mercury is going to make this a tight series, its defense almost certainly has to improve.

The Aces edged the Mercury 89-86 in a tight Game 1 but were much more dominant in Game 2, winning 91-78 on Sunday while controlling the entire second half. Jackie Young scored 32 points — including a record 21 in the third quarter — while A’ja Wilson added 28 points and 14 rebounds.

Las Vegas shot 49.3% from the field and won the rebounding edge 43-34.

Tibbetts said “the reason we’re (in the finals) is because of our defense and to give up 89 and 91, that’s just too much.”

“Listen, they’re great players — Jackie and A’ja,” the coach said. “They’re going to score, but you just need to make it tough. We’re not playing 1-on-1 or 2-on-2, we’re guarding it 1 vs. 5 and we need to understand that, showing them bodies.”

Phoenix has actually been the early aggressor in both finals games, taking a 5045 halftime lead in Game 1 and a 27-24 lead after one quarter in Game 2. Both times, Las Vegas responded.

Wilson said she’s proud of the Aces’ resiliency, but falling behind game after game isn’t a recipe for success, particularly on the road. The two-time reigning MVP said defense will be crucial in making sure the Mercury doesn’t get on an early roll.

“It’s going to be more important now more than ever,” Wilson said. “Our starts in Vegas were awful, and we know we can’t come in here and do that. It’s a different type of feel Defensively, we’ve got to lock in.”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Making more plays than mistakes

young QBs getting plenty of run in Big Ten

BY LARRY LAGE AP sportswriter

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Bryce Under-

wood took a shotgun snap, dropped back, stood tall and delivered a 33yard pass to Donaven McCulley up the sideline with perfect placement to show a flash of his talent in a win over Wisconsin.

Three snaps later, the Michigan quarterback looked like the freshman he is.

Underwood rolled left and threw left, losing control of the football as it came out of his right hand and sailing a pass over his target that was nearly picked off by the Badgers.

The 15th-ranked Wolverines are one of several Big Ten teams who are starting quarterbacks in their first or second year of college and are living with good moments and growing pains.

Maryland freshman Malik Washington, Ohio State redshirt freshman Julian Sayin and Minnesota redshirt freshman Drake Lindsey along with sophomores Dylan Raiola of Nebraska and Demond Williams of Washington are making many more plays than mistakes.

Sayin won the Big Ten Freshman of the Week award with top-ranked Ohio State for the second time this week, matching Washington’s total. Underwood and Lindsey have each won the Big Ten honor once.

Underwood enrolled last winter as the nation’s top-ranked recruit and intentionally stayed quiet, not wanting to overstep with upperclassmen, before speaking up more often during the spring, summer and this season.

“I think the guys gained a lot of trust in me, to trust in what I see and say,” he said.

Underwood became the fourth freshman to start at quarterback for Michigan (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) and is coming off a season-high 270yard passing performance with a touchdown throw against the Badgers.

“Just seeing him grow from January to now is crazy,” McCulley said after he had six catches for a season-high 112 yards and a score last week. “He’s becoming more of a vocal leader. He’s always had good poise that is only getting 10 times better.”

Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell said the Wolverines are not putting a lot on Underwood’s plate.

“It’s not too much on him right now,” Fickell said. “He’ll grow and grow and grow, but he’s as talented

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daunting. According to ESPN, the Tigers face the nation’s 10th toughest remaining schedule, starting with Saturday’s home game against South Carolina (6:45 p.m., SEC Network).

The Gamecocks were yet another team that graced the AP preseason poll (at No. 13) that now finds itself on the outside looking in. South Carolina is 3-2, a start that includes wins over a Virginia Tech team that already has fired its coach; in-state renta-win South Carolina State; and a Kentucky team whose coach Mark Stoops is fending off reports that he has gone to UK officials to negotiate terms of a buyout.

LSU, through retention and the transfer portal, has a roster on paper that is CFP worthy, maybe even SEC championship game worthy That the Tigers didn’t play like it against the Rebels is a huge “X” in the demerit column, but it was just one game.

LSU can still be a national player if well, you know what “if” means, don’t you? If the offense can start to produce above the 25.6 points per game it has averaged so far a number that does not include seven points for Dashawn Spears’ pick-six return against Florida but does include 56 points rung up on Southeastern Louisiana. Against their three Power Four opponents — Clemson, Florida and Ole Miss — the Tigers are averaging a paltry 16.3 ppg on offense Kelly knows the score when it

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Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood gestures after a defensive penalty against Wisconsin on Saturday in Ann Arbor Mich. Underwood became the fourth freshman to start at quarterback for Michigan and is coming off a season-high 270-yard passing performance with a touchdown pass against the Badgers

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Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola has started all 18 games since he arrived as a freshman last year Raiola has completed 74.5% of his passes with 12 touchdowns against two interceptions this season.

as there is.” Sayin, an Alabama transfer has completed 80% of his passes for Ohio State (5-0, 2-0) to lead all major college football quarterbacks. He has 13 touchdown passes and only two interceptions, helping him rank among the Big Ten’s highest-rated quarterbacks.

“He’s got a bright future ahead of him,” Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said after Sayin was 22 of 28 for 208 yards and two touchdowns in a win at Washington two weeks ago.

Raiola has started all 18 games since he arrived as a freshman last year After struggling during the second half of last season, his numbers have improved through the first five games for the Cornhuskers (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten). He has completed 74.5% of his passes for 266 yards per game with 12 touchdowns against two interceptions.

The biggest knock against Raiola has been his tendency to hold the ball for too long, which has exacerbated pass-protection issues. Since the start of last season, Raiola has taken 42 sacks, fifth-most among FBS quarterbacks.

“Ultimately it’s me, so I’ll take that and we’ll learn from it and be better,” he said.

Washington has started for the Terrapins (4-1, 1-1) since Week 1, and they already have matched their win total for all of last season. He has thrown nine touchdowns with only two interceptions and has run for three scores.

Williams has eight touchdowns with only one interception and has two rushing touchdowns for the Huskies (4-1, 1-1).

Lindsey made the most of his redshirt season last year with the Gophers (3-2, 1-1), learning behind six-year transfer Max Brosmer

ASSSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO Maryland freshman Malik Washington has thrown nine touchdown passes with two interceptions while also running for three scores. The Terrapins are 4-1.

He fits with the program’s preference to develop players over the long term rather than frequently plug in newcomers from the transfer portal. Lindsey was the Gatorade Player of the Year for Arkansas high school football in 2023, but without an offer from his home-state Razorbacks, he went north to the state where his grandfather, Jim Lindsey, played seven seasons as a running back for the Super Bowl-bound Vikings. Lindsey went 31 for 41 for 324 yards and three touchdowns to lead Minnesota past Rutgers 3128 last month. He was 6 of 7 for 72 yards and a score on the go-ahead touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter

Coach P.J. Fleck’s message to Lindsey before the final drive?

“We’re putting it on your shoulders, big boy,” Fleck said.

LSU coach Brian Kelly talks with the team before the start of the second quarter against South Carolina on Sept. 14, 2024, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. LSU rallied to win 36-33.

comes to the Tigers’ aspirations, and it doesn’t include the offense continuing to produce 16.3 ppg against their remaining six SEC opponents.

“We just have to play a complete game,” Kelly said at his weekly Monday news conference.

“It hasn’t shown itself yet, but it will.”

Confidence is a valuable currency, but it doesn’t buy touchdowns and field goals. The Tigers have to break through what to

date has been a frustrating barrier against the higher echelon teams on its schedule. And they must do it quickly considering the competition ahead. Of the Power Four teams LSU has played so far, only Ole Miss at No. 4 is currently ranked. Four of the teams on the Tigers’ remaining schedule are in this week’s AP poll, with three in the top 10.

According to ESPN, if the season were to end today the Tigers would be on the cusp of making

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us,” he said. “Us is good enough.”

Tulane’s first task is to take away the ground game, as North Carolina State did while holding the Pirates to 30 yards on 29 attempts in its 24-17 victory The second objective is to prevent long completions, a staple of the Pirates’ success. Asked about Houser, Tulane defensive lineman Santana Hopper pointed to his power

“It’s a real arm,” said Hopper, a recent American defensive player of the week. “He takes shots down the field and most of the time he connects. If we can stay on top of that and keep them from making big, explosive plays, the game should be what it is.”

Houser threw two critical interceptions against BYU, including a pick-six that helped turn a close game statistically (East Carolina was outgained 418-404) into a decisive 34-13 home loss. He rebounded to throw touchdown passes of 40 and 20 yards in a 28-6 rout of Army on Sept 25.

“If (the defensive backs) don’t play good, we’ll get torched,” said Sumrall, who rated Houser as good as any quarterback in the American. “We have to hold up and stay on top of things. We’ve been a little too nosy at times in coverage to my liking with our eyes in the backfield.” Offensive balance will be key for Tulane, which ran for 185 yards and passed for 252 in its 31-14 conference-opening win at Tulsa. Freshman running back Javin Gordon scored his first three career touchdowns but expects a sterner challenge against East Carolina.

“Everybody on their defense flies to the ball,” he said. “They play their gaps well and they are all where they are supposed to be on every play.”

Tulane, which lost 11 of its first 14 meetings against East Carolina, won five of six under Fritz. The Wave is 23-2 in American regular-season games since the start of 2022 and 8-1 under Sumrall.

To keep that roll going against what Sumrall considers a very tough opponent, he asked for an assist from the fans. The Wave’s last home game — a 34-27 win against Duke and Darian Mensah on Sept. 13 — was a sellout.

“I look forward hopefully to having the same type of environment,” Sumrall said. “That would be huge. Our crowd that night was a difference-maker, and we need it to be that way again Thursday night.”

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Kelly said, “whether it be special teams, which they have, (or) turnovers, which they have.”

There are a variety of reasons why LSU has struggled to score points, let alone capitalize on turnovers.

Senior quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has dealt with a torso injury since the preseason, an ailment that has affected his ability to push the ball downfield and make tight-window throws.

LSU also has had trouble complementing its passing attack with a strong run game. The Tigers enter this weekend 15th in the Southeastern Conference in yards per rush and yards rushing per game.

“We want to run the ball more efficiently, but I see the signs of that coming together,” Kelly said, “so we expect that to get better and better as the season goes on.”

the CFP, likely only boxed out of the last spot in the 12-team field because a bid has to be reserved for the fifth highest-ranked conference champion. At least LSU has a chance. Compared to where some other schools find themselves at this point of the season, that is certainly worth quite a bit.

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The defense has done its job through five games. The Tigers looked more vulnerable on that side of the ball against Ole Miss, but overall they are third in the SEC in points allowed per game. Between forcing stops and creating turnovers, the unit has created ample opportunities for the offense to find its footing and put points on the board. But through the first five games, that hasn’t been the case, even as the likes of Woodland keep snatching balls out of the hands of opposing receivers. “We just need to play a complete game where our offense complements our defense and special teams,” Kelly said. “That hasn’t shown itself yet. It will.” Email Koki Riley at Koki. Riley@theadvocate.com.

By MARCIOJOSE SANCHEZ

Struggling Bengalstrade forBrownsQBFlacco

BY ROBMAADDI AP pro football writer

Joe Flacco is on the move again.

The Cincinnati Bengals (2-3) acquired theveteran quarterback from theCleveland Browns alongwith a 2026 sixth-round draft pick on Tuesday for afifth-round pick next season.

will fit ourpersonnel well

He is agifted passer with astrongarm,and we are excited to have him on our team.”

Rookie DillonGabriel replaced Flacco in thestarting lineup and played well in Cleveland’s21-17lossto Minnesota in London.

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Special footballsused forkicks and punts areplacedinfront of aball crewmember during the firsthalf of agame between the LosAngeles Rams and the SanFrancisco 49ers on ThursdayinInglewood, Calif.

Here’s onereasonNFL fieldgoals flying farther

BY JOSH DUBOW AP pro football writer

SANTACLARA, Calif. The

field goals of 50-plus yards that once were ararity in the NFL arenow as routine as far shorter kicks ageneration ago. The range for many kickers now exceeds 60 yards, changinglategame strategy in amajor way.The kicking revolution has sparked questions about whether the balls are juiced Not quite,but there is a major difference this year, with teams now having the chance to prepare kicking balls before game day and practice with the same balls they use in games. The added length had Philadelphia defensive coordinator Vic Fangio comparing it to the home run explosion during baseball’ssteroid era starting in the late 1990s.

“It’salmost like they need an asterisk here,” Fangio said. “The way they’ve changed the ball, the NFL, the kicking ball has drasticallychangedthe field goals.”

Fangio’scomparison might be abit hyperbolic, with kickers sayingthe more broken-in ballstravel only afew yardsfarther,but even that could put records for long-distance field goals in jeopardy

There already have been four kicks made from at least 60 yards this season one shy of the single-season record —with Tampa Bay kicker ChaseMcLaughlin hitting a65-yarder against the Eagles in Week 4, just 1 yard shy of Justin Tucker’s record set in 2021.

Dallas kicker Brandon Aubrey made a64-yarderin Week 2, and Pittsburgh kicker Chris Boswell and Minnesota kicker Will Reichard also made kicks of at least

60 yards

Fangio predicted Aubrey will eclipse the 70-yard barrierthis year. Aubrey said he believes the biggest change is the more consistentballs providing more peace of mind.

“The nice part about the rule is nowyou getto the point where you don’thave to think about the balls,” he said. “You don’thave to be, ‘Is this ball going to be in good shape or not?’ Now it’s, ‘OK, the balls are going to be whatthey’re supposed to be.’ ”

Long-distancekicks have becomefar moreprevalent as thequality ofkickers has improved thanks tomore training and specialized coaching. The NFL has set records in each of the last four seasons for made field goalsofatleast50yards, with the total reaching 195 in 2024 —doubling the total from every NFL season until 2015.Kickersare making 72.5% of field goals from at least 50 yards —nearly double the rate from three decadesago

“I thinkit’sdefinitelyan advantagefor specialists this year,” said49ers long snapper Jon Weeks, who is entering his 16thseason in the NFL. “You’re starting to see the field-goaldistance line back up alittle bit. That’sjust kind of natural.”

While the trendtoward longerkicks hasbeen a steady one the past two decades,ithas increased even more this season after thechange in rulesfor the “K ball,” with the 28 made kicks fromatleast 55 yards themost ever through five weeksand more than in any entire season until 2022.

The change this year came afterseven teams —Baltimore, Cleveland, Houston, Philadelphia, Las

Vegas, Minnesota andWashington —made aproposalto reduce thestress on equipment staffs on game days.

Before this season, balls designated for use in the kicking game were shipped directly to the officials and brought to the stadium on game day

Teamsthen had a60-minute window to prepare three kicking balls,using only a wet towel, adry towel anda special ball brush.

Now,teams are given 60 “K balls” before theseason to prepare for games, with each team getting three each gamethatare approved by thereferee.

No ball can be used in morethanthree games.

The initial rules for kickingballs werefirst put in place in 1999 after specialists were allegedly doing all sorts of thingstomanipulate the ball, including using microwave ovens, dryers and saunas to soften the leather and make them easier to kick.

Initially,only the officials wereallowed to prepare the balls,and kickers andpunters complainedtheywere too slick. That changed afterthe 2006 season,with teams gettingashort window on game day toprepare the ballsafter Dallas quarterback Tony Romo dropped asnap as the holder on apotentialgame-winning field goal in aplayoff losstoSeattle

Now the balls for thekicking gamecan be preparedin advance— just like the balls for the rest of the game but teams are mostly limited to usingthe towels and aspecial Wilson-branded brush.

Balls can’t be subjected to high heat like dryers or microwaves and the shape can’tbealtered at all.

Jaguarscontinuetoride Lawrence roller coaster

BY MARK LONG

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. It must be somewhat maddening to coach Trevor Lawrence

The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback makes headscratching decisions like leaping over the goal line on adesigned tush push, running two steps past the line of scrimmage before releasing the ball and declining easy dump-offs in favor of tougher throws down the field —often into harm’sway Then he makes plays like he did to close outa31-28 victory against Kansas City on Monday night. Lawrence had two of the best throws of his five-year NFL career in the final minute, an absolute dime to former LSUreceiver Brian Thomas for 33 yards followed by a13-yard bull’s-eye to Dyami Brownonthe other side of the field.

Those set up Lawrence’s crazy scramble for the winning score that had apacked stadium, both teams and mil-

lions more watching from home wondering whatthey just witnessed on anational stage.

“Competitive greatnessis being your bestwhenyour best is required,” first-year headcoach LiamCoen. “Obviously the funky play at the end, but he willed himself to get into the end zone Iwas really proudofthe wayhe competed.”

Lawrence ran 10 times for ateam-leading 54 yards and twotouchdowns, using his legs as much as he has inany previous start.

He nearly had another rushing score, butthe ball got knocked out of his hands when he improvised at the goal lineearly in thesecond quarter and went high instead of low His final run of the night on his26thbirthday,noless —was even more surreal. Lawrencefellwhena guard steppedonhis right foot to start afirst-and-goal play from the 1. He stumbled trying to get up, finally reached his

feet, slipped ashoestring tackle in thebackfield and then scrambled for a1-yard touchdown with 23 seconds remaining.

“Yeah, it’s agoofy finish, but what atough moment for him to be able to say he wasn’tgoing to lose,”Coen said. “That’sreally what it comes down to.Hewasn’t going to lose.”

Jacksonville (4-1) hosts Seattle (3-2) on Sunday,ashort week that forcesplayers and coaches to move on quickly after beating the three-time reigning AFC champions in prime time Takeaways have been the key to Jacksonville’sturnaround this season. The Jaguarshave aleague-leading 14 takeaways —fivemore than they had in 2024 —and are an NFL-best plus-eight in turnover margin. Jacksonville’sthird-down defenseremains awork in progress. The Jags have allowed opponents to convert 47% on the crucial down, which ranks 30thinthe league.

The40-year-old Flacco gives Cincinnatianother option. Jake Browning has struggledsince replacing Joe Burrow,who is out with atoe injury sufferedin Week 2.

Flacco startedthe first four gamesfor theBrowns (1-4) this season, completing 93 of 160 passes for 815 yards and two touchdowns with six interceptions.

“Joe is an experienced quarterback withahistory of winning,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “He is a leader with askill set that

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problems could be boiled down to amix of accuracy issues and curious playcalling. While Rattler’s completionpercentage has improved in his second season —from57% to 67% —the quarterback isn’thitting his targets at nearly the same rate whenthe space is oftencondensed inside the redzone. Rattler’s48% completion rate (12of25) ranks sixth-to-lastamong 33 qualified passers.

But Moore isn’tfree of blame, and the first-year coach saidheneeded to be better.Moorepointed to the team’slack of efficiency on first down, saying the Saints have to improve at running the ball in those scenarios.

As aplay-caller,Moore alsohas made somequestionable decisions in the redzone. Againstthe Buffalo Bills in Week 4, his choice to run the Philly Special trick play ledtoa Chris Olave interception. ThenonSunday, the Saints bypassed achance to take ashotatthe endzonewith 11 seconds left in the first half and instead threw a short passthat resulted in a 1-yardloss.

Asked about the latter, Mooresaidhehad called for a“man beater,” given the Giants’ tendency to play man-to-man defense, but thatNew York played off coverageand matched the patterns well.

TheSaintsproceeded to take aquick shot at the endzoneonthe next play, though Rattler wasforced to throwout of bounds so that he could leave enough time on the clock fora short field goal.

Statstoknow

38.9%: The Saints havea first-down success rateof only 38.9%inthe red zone

Rookie Shedeur Sanders nowmoves to thebackup spot. “I gotthattextduring practice. Idon’t care. I don’tgive adarn aboutthe Browns at all.I care about the Colorado Buffaloes,” said his father, Colorado coach Deion Sanders. “I do love me some Shedeur Sanders, though,believe that Icareabout him. The rest of that mess,I don’t. I’ma coach trying to winjust like they’re trying to wingames. Icould carelesswho they traded.”

Flacco, who was Super Bowl MVP with the Balti-

moreRavens13years ago, has played forthe Broncos, Jets, Eagles, Jets again, Browns, Colts, Browns again and now the Bengals. If Flacco starts against Green Baythis week, he will becomethe seventh QB sinceatleast1950 to start against the sameopponent twice in aseason with adifferent team Kyle Orton did it twice. The Bengals were4-3 with Browning in 2023, andheled them to acomeback win in Week 2against the Jaguars after Burrow leftthe game. But Cincinnati has lost each of histhree starts, and Browning has six TDs and eight picks so far. The Bengals released Brett Rypien after the trade. Flacco has thrownfor 46,512 yards, 259 TDs and 168 INTsin18seasons. He is 10-6inthe playoffs with 3,530 yards passing, 26 TDsand 12 INTs.

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RUNNING BACK JONES

The Saints reshuffled parts of their rosterand practice squad Tuesday. The Saints signedveteran cornerback Michael Davis and releasedrunning back Velus Jonesfrom the 53-manroster, the team announced. NewOrleans also made changes to the practice squad, signing wide receiver Ronnie Bell and tight endMoliki Matavao while cutting defensive endGarrett Nelson, tackle Sataoa Laumea and wide receiver Tommy Mellott Davis’ signing comesafter Isaac yiadom suffered a

thisseason,whichbacks up Moore’sassertion about the lack of efficiency.New Orleans is also throwing it 61.7% of the time in the red zone. 63: CamJordan played 63 snaps against the Giants, his highest amount since 2023. With Chase Young still out with acalf injury, the Saints areplaying their starting defensive ends at astaggering rate.

Carl Granderson and Jordan have played 80.1% and 72.4% of the snaps this season, respectively 32.6%:The Saints did not make life easy on Giants rookie Jaxson Dart. They blitzed him on 32.6% of his dropbacks, the secondhighestrate at which New Orleans has sent an extra rusher this season. Only in the Seahawks game did theSaintsblitzmore, but Seattle had only 21 pass attempts, and the outcome was decided early

Up next

It’sa clashofthe 2024 quarterback draft class

hamstring injuryinpractice last week and missed Sunday’swin overthe New york Giants. Davis, 30, spent last season withthe Washington Commanders, but he spent his first seven years withthe Los Angeles Chargers— wherehewas coachedbynow Saints defensivecoordinator Brandon Staleyfor threeof those seasons. Davis, 30, has started 76 of his 122 games.The 6-foot-2 cornerback started only twoof15contests in 2024. MatthewParas

when Rattler has to face off against Drake Maye and the New England Patriots. The Patriots are coming off their biggest winofthe Maye era, upsettingthe Bills in a23-20 road win on “Sunday Night Football.” Maye wasphenomenal in primetime, but the Patriots offenseishumming as of late thankstothe re-emergence of All-Pro widereceiver Stefon Diggs. Coming off an ACLtear,hehas hadtwo straight gamesofat least100 yards.Hecaught 10 passes for 146 yards against his former team Sunday Defensively,the Patriots are starting to gel under new coach Mike Vrabel theformer Patriotslinebacker whohad asuccessful six-year coaching stint in Tennessee. The rundefensehas been particularly imposing, holding Bills star runningbackJames Cook to only 49 yards

Email Matthew Paras at matt.paras@theadvocate. com

Rahm back home after ‘toughest week’ of career

Following Ryder Cup, Spaniard seeks to win record fourth Spanish Open title

BY TALES AZZONI AP sportswriter

MADRID Jon Rahm is back in action at his home tournament in Spain after what he considered the toughest week mentally of his career during the Ryder Cup in New York. Rahm is in Madrid to try to win a record fourth Spanish Open title and surpass Seve Ballesteros as the tournament’s most successful golfer since the creation of the European tour in 1972.

Rahm helped Europe win the Ryder Cup in the United States two weeks ago, when the raucous home crowd tormented the European players from the start

“That week in New York was mentally the toughest week of my career, but at the same time it was the most fun I’ve had,” he said Tuesday “What happened there during those three days was something inhospitable. At times, I couldn’t believe it.”

Rahm teamed up with Tyrrell Hatton at Bethpage Black, and they were some of the most targeted Europeans by the New York crowd.

Rahm said he heard it all from the American fans and, “with alcohol being sold (very early), by 9 a.m. things were already out of control.”

“You could compare it to soccer, but then you have the noise of 50,000 people and you don’t actually hear what each person is saying,” Rahm said. “In my case, every step I took I could hear everything.”

Rahm said the outcome couldn’t have been any better as Europe clinched the victory to retain the trophy won two years ago in

Rome.

“It’s going to be hard to outdo that week, possibly in the 2031 Ryder here in Spain, which will be more special for me than for anybody else,” Rahm said.

Rahm will be making his seventh appearance in Madrid, with his victories coming in 2018, 2019 and 2022. He was runner-up to fellow Spaniard Ángel Hidalgo in a playoff last year

Ballesteros won the last of his 50 titles on the European tour at the Spanish Open in 1995.

It will be the first time the tournament will offer an automatic spot in next year’s Masters and the British Open to the winner

“Super proud of that,” said Sergio Garcia, another home-crowd favorite. “It’s kind of showing the quality of the field that we have this week.”

Rahm and Garcia, the 2002 winner in Spain, are among the LIV players in the field.

Also playing this week are Patrick Reed, Joaquin Niemann and

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x-Sunday: Phoenix at Las Vegas,

p.m. (ABC) x-Wednesday, Oct. 15: Las Vegas at Phoenix, 7 p.m. (ESPN) x-Friday, Oct. 17: Phoenix at Las Vegas (ESPN) Major League Baseball Postseason glance x-if necessary (Best-of-5) American League Division Series Toronto 2, New York 0 Saturday: Toronto 10, New York 1 Sunday: Toronto 13, New York 7 Tuesday: Toronto at New York, n x-Wednesday: Toronto at New York (Schlittler 4-3), 6:08 p.m. (FS1) x-Friday: New York at Toronto, 7:08 p.m. (FOX) Seattle 2, Detroit 1 Saturday: Detroit 3, Seattle 2, 11 innings Sunday: Seattle 3, Detroit 2 Tuesday: Seattle 8, Detroit 4 Wednesday: Seattle at Detroit (Mize 14-6) 2:08 p.m. (FS1) x-Friday: Detroit at Seattle,

TAQUERIAS CARNALITO

930 Poydras St. l 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.Sunday toThursday,11a.m. to 1a.m. Fridayand Saturday

To find this newbrunch cafe,justwalk throughthe bookshelves

BY IAN McNULTY Staff writer

Formanyyears,peoplehave found breakfast or aquick lunch through the doors right around the corner from the Uptown institutionOctavia Books. Now they can walk right through the bookshelves to finda tableatthe new additionhere

Café Malou opened Oct.1 in the restaurant space that delightfullyconnects to the retail bookstore through abank of pivot doors.

One minute, you’re looking over cookbooks; the next, you could be sitting down to aricotta andclementine toast or taking awarm brown butter chocolate chip cookie to go

The new Café Malou makes an impression even if you walk through the main doors off Laurel Street.

This is abreakfast andlunch spot with awarm sense of style, somecaptivatingdesigntouches and amenu anyone would want to find around the corner in their neighborhood, andmight cross neighborhoods to try. The family behind Café Malouknows this particular neighborhood well. Proprietor Mani Dawes and her husband, Sean Josephs, live afew blocks away andManigrew upnearby They once ranthe upscale Southernrestaurant Kenton’s at the Magazine Street address that’snow home to Alon Shaya’s restaurant Saba.The husband and wife have each operated restaurants in New York, and

Dawes remains apartner in the Manhattan tapas spot TiaPol. Café Maloutakes itsname from Dawes’ grandmother and at least part of its inspiration comes from the laid-back family meals

The open faced baked crabsandwich is stacked with pimento cheeseand served with the daily soup

TaqueriasCarnalito is built for just that, andalso the quick workdaylunch or astop en route to adowntown event when afull-service dinner doesn’tfit right but aquick biteand agoup drink on the waysure does. This new fast-casual taqueria officially opened Friday, Oct. 3, after afew test runs. It’s open most nights until 11 p.m. (marginally late night by New Orleansstandards), and until 1a.m. on weekends (deep snacking timefor those still out or getting off shift).

It’sinaformer Reginelli’s location, right next to Johnny Sanchez, the upscale/casual Mexican restaurant from chef Aarón Sánchez. But this new taqueria is adifferent beast.

It’sessentially about street food, with air conditioning, drinksand some built-in counters to perch that elbow.It’safast, fun, tasty addition to downtown Carnalito is Mexicanslang forlittle brother,and the taqueria does feel like the fast-casual sidekick to its sibling restaurant from thesame owners, Tacos del Cartel, which hasone of its locations afew blocks away Only compared with Tacos del Cartel,withits Mesoamerican wonderland design motif and tabletop theatrics, could Taquerias Carnalito feel low-key The colorschemeisFanta soda-orange,disco balls glitter fromthe ceiling, upbeat Latin music pulses andshimmiesover the sound system. At the counter, the manwith the mic calling out ä See MALOU, page 2D

ä See CARNALITO, page 4D

Delivery men stealmedication

Dear Heloise: Irecently had anew sofa delivered to my home, and the two men who delivered the item were rather young. One fellow asked if he could use my restroom, and Itold him that he couldn’tuse it but that there was afast food place at the end of the street. They have clean restrooms there. He wasn’t happy and threw the paperwork at me as he left.

So,why did Isay “no”?

By The Associated Press

Hints from Heloise

About four monthsago,we hadanew dishwasher delivered andinstalled, andthe guys asked if they could use the restroom.Foolishly, Isaid “yes.” They stole medication that my husband usesand medication that Itakefor high blood pressure.We replaced the drugs(and it was expensive), but Iwon’t let strangers near thebathrooms again.

Ieven called the delivery company,and they told me their employees do not steal. Well, they stole from us! —Elaineand GregR.,Anaheim, California Elaine and Greg, I’m sorry to hear about this, but yours is not thefirst letter I’ve received concerning this problem. Apparently it’sbecoming aproblem in other states besides California. —Heloise Send ahinttoheloise@ heloise.com.

MALOU

at her home in Opelousas.

On themenu

To develop the menu, Dawes tapped Matt Greco, achefshe andher husband know from their time in New York. It is fresh and interesting, approachable but not the same old stuff. It has some Southerncomfort food touches, but is more modern and nuanced. It’sa bit Spanish here (an egg dish somewherebetween huevos rancheros and patatas bravas) anda tadItalian there (baked eggs alacacciatore). It feels at home in New Orleans(gravyeggswith boudin) but wouldn’tbeout of place as aNew York neighborhood standby either (eggs, baconand cheese on aroll).

Baked grits alacarbonara recruits the hearty Italian classic for abrunch role, with baked eggs and thickcut smoky bacon pieces between the pecorino grits.

Avocado toast gets ablackened edge with seafood boil spices playing against the soft curves of avocado. The French toast on afeathery brioche absorbs atopping blending maple syrup and Nutella with blueberries for asweet, nutty,rich, fresh combination in each bite.

Crabmeat is draped over pimento cheese for an openfacedsandwichthat works like aDeepSouth crab melt Youcan keep it lighter with salads, including aCaesar with the crunchofkale and zippy from anchovy and garlic.

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The coffee is acustom

bacon is part of the menu at Café Malou,a brunch spot in Uptown

blend from Applied Arts Coffee, the Bywater-based roaster that has its own cafe open now.The breads, and also croissants and such for the grab-and-go pastry case, comefrom Bellegarde Bakery,which is now based at the Commissary as part of the Dickie Brennan & Co.restaurant group. The Commissary also supplies theboudin and another specialty meats. This address was previouslyScrambled,had been thefirst location of Toast (which hassinceexpanded to more neighborhoods) and it was the original home of Laurel StreetBakery, which brought that name across town to 2701 S. Broad St As Café Malou, the space looks very different. It’sa small restaurant that manages to keep different spaces. Up front,the sunny room with checkered curtains and rustic furniturehas acoun-

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2025. There are 84 days left in the year

Todayinhistory: On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Firebegan; more than 300 people died and morethan 17,000 structures weredestroyed during the three-day blaze.

Also on this date:

In 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect gameinaWorld Series as the New York Yankees beat theBrooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2-0.

In 1997, scientists reported the Mars Pathfinder had yielded what could be thestrongest evidence yet that Mars might once have been hospitable tolife.

In 2005, amagnitude 7.6 earthquake on the Pakistan-India border killed an estimated 86,000 people.

In 2016, Donald Trump

vowed to continue his campaign after manyRepublicans called on him to abandon his presidential bid in the wakeofthe release of a2005 video in which he madelewd remarks about womenand appeared to condone sexual assault.

In 2020, authorities in Michigan said six men had been charged with conspiring to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power.”

In 2022, an explosion caused the partial collapse of abridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’swar effort in southern Ukraine.

In 2024, two pioneers of artificial intelligence —Canadian John Hopfield and American Geoffrey Hinton —won the Nobel Prize in physics forhelping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way people work and live. Today’sBirthdays:

tryfeel. Just around the corneris“thesnug,”furnished with afew boothsand feeling more secluded. In the frontyou might socialize over coffee; youmight tuck into thesnug for aprivate conversation (ora small party)

The 32-seat restaurant has full table service and also counter service for orders to go, like that quick coffee andpastry,perhapsafter a stroll through thebookshop. Moving through those pivot doors, book browsing and breakfast noshing seem to go hand in hand here.

Café Malou is open Wednesday through Sunday to start, with plans to expand to daily service. The cafe is walk-in only (no reservations); privateevents and party bookings are available.

Email Ian McNulty at imcnulty@theadvocate. com.

n Justicefor All Ball

“I’ve always wanted to speak from apulpit,” said Walter J. LegerJr. as he addressed the crowd from aspotlighted area in the first balcony’sloge seating of the Orpheum Theater.Hewas the honorarychair at the 37th annual Justice for All Ball: Second Line for Justice, and, along with The Pro Bono Project, extended the invitation for the gala evening. As per the title of the ball, the honored Leger spoke about just that:the need for justice.

Patrons assembled at 6:30 p.m., in the downstairs Double Dealer,where thehonorary chairman was celebrated. The ball then continued for three hours withan 8p.m. start time. “Black tie” was suggested as the dress code, but it was optional. Most of the distaff attendees wore long formal dresses.

The mission of The Pro BonoProject is to provide free, quality civil legal services tounderserved membersofour community, and, by engaging volunteer attorneys, paralegals, law students, and privatecitizens to render free services, theproject helps clients in six parishes who otherwise might not have access to thehelp they need. In 2025, The PBP commemorates 20 years of recovery and resilience since Hurricane Katrina. Special acknowledgments tapped event co-chairs April Davenport and Ryan Swayze, emcee Mark Romig, Thompson Auctions (for all the bid business),Sazerac/Goldring Family Foundation, Red M. Studios, WWNO 89.9 FM,and RobertSantopadre,who was commissioned as thegala’s artist. His cubist“Lady Justice,”incolors of gold, blue, navy and crimson, depictedher holding scales in one hand and ashort sword in the other.The artwork graced theinvitationand figured as atop item for auction purchase with Dianne Sullivan as the“winner.” Janice Bryant was also blessed by Lady Luck. She won the raffle’sdiamond andsapphire pendant necklace donated by Beje Jewelry In keeping with the “SecondLine” theme,the ball committee created illuminated second-line umbrellas as centerpieces.Some were decorated withpinkfeathers and pearlswags, others with musical notes. Underneathwere whiteplumes in clear glass jars and fairy lights illumination.Catchingeveryeye wasthe neon “Justice for All Ball” photo backdrop by the above April Davenport. Whitehandkerchiefs, with The PBP logo in green, werestrategically placed forwaving and strutting. Features of the fundraiser were numerousand included the chance to bid on an amazing set of global travel opportunitiesinthe auction’s100-plus array of items; the 360 Photo Booth by Majestic Photography;aWine Pull; and the delicious catering by 12 Seasons, along with additional dishes by 10 otherrestaurants and coffee service. One partygoer savored acrabmeat appetizeronaspoon. As she tried to return the spoon to the server,the latter smiledand said, “No need. It’s edible.”And so the “spoon” was.

The who’swho includedthe celebratedWalter J. Leger Jr.along with spouse K.C. and son Walter J. LegerIII,and Bruce and Jackie Shreves,Gregg and Shari Barrios, Kevin and Nancy Colomb, Project executive director C.C. Kahr andDr. Brent Wallis, Bill and LauraPlunkett, LouisianaSupreme Court Chief Justice John Weimer, Judge Rachael Johnson,Sharonda Williams, Bivian “Sonny” Lee III and Rosie, Justin Woods, JennyAbshier and Bryce Murray,City Council member Lesli Harris, Paul Edward Langenwalter and Kelsey Foster, NellieCatzen, andJudge Bernadette D’Souza and daughter Vanessa. Scott Sternberg serves as The PBP chair, Alyssa Maurice-Anderson as secretary, and CoryVidal as treasurer The desire to dance wasparamount,evenbeforethe band,Retro Punkz, revvedup. Background music got dozensline dancing and boogieing, but when the live music makers and the pair of mini-skirtedsingers hitthe stage, there was no stopping this fleet of feet.

n Habitat for Humanity

Afundraising cocktail party wasthe rally for friends and supporters of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity

The historical aspects of thevenue, Columns (formerlyThe Columns) hotel on St. Charles Avenue, made for an appealing site. And sights.

“Still Rising” —and 20 and 25 flanking an image of an old gold crescent with afleur-de-lis in black within topped the invitation thatcontinued with “A Forum forHousing Innovation.” The socializing occurred on the eveofthe Still Rising Forum, which brought together “innovative mindsfromdesign, finance, policy, and beyond.”

NIGHTNODS

Catherine

n Paul Tulane Society

Words from Tulane University’sPresident Michael A. Fitts summed up theimportance of the evening: “It is an honor to welcomethe newest members of the Paul Tulane Society,adistinguished group that is comprised of the mostvisionary leaders and devoted supporters of Tulane University.”Hecontinued, extolling their extraordinary generosity, marked by contributions of $1 million or more….”

Under the name of thesociety,and on the top of the invitation, werethe words “Visionary Leadersand Forward-Thinking Philanthropists.” Hosted by President Mike Fitts andthe BoardofTulane, the2025 Induction Ceremony &Dinner unfolded in thenewly restored BoardofTrade with an outdoors reception, enhanced with string lighting, for the initial socializing. Passed food and astring duo from Tulane Orchestrawere welcome features.

Once within the historic building, guests sat forathree-course dinner that had florals by Ambrose Garden andJoel Catering selections of wedge salad, asmallbeef filet or seared Gulf fish, and alemon tart. Champagne arrived to toast the honorees.

On theeve of the induction, and during several days of Tulane board meetings, Marion and David Mussafer hosted aLagniappe Gathering at Saba restaurant. David figured prominently at the induction as board president.

At 8p.m., President Fitts greeted the assembly with robust thanks fortheir generosity to the Paul Tulane Society.Mussafer was also on the stage. Avideo followed about Tulane with apair of students talking. The next videos featured the distinguished honorees. During theprogram,laurels befell Capital One (represented by Katharine Kay); First Horizon Bank (Cleland Powell,Tony Adams and Ben Dupuy); Mark A. and Margo C. Fogelman; Mark D.Wheeler, Ph.D., and AmeliaJ.Archer;and the estates of Louise R. Horn; Robert J. Peyser; Charles E. Stokes Jr., Ph.D.; Barbara G. Sunderland; and Peter G. VonDippe, M.D. (MarianneRogoff). Most werefrom out of town. Particularly recognized were Orleanians CathyWright Isaacson, alawyer and chair of the Middle East Investment Initiative, and WalterIsaacson,arenowned biographer,journalist and professor.Both are highly involved with the NewOrleans Book Festival at Tulane University.Asthe program concluded, Mike Fitts called foraround of applause, noting that every person in theroom was aligned with the vision of Tulane. His final words wereahearty “Roll Wave!”The bubbly wasthen enjoyed. Amongthe manyassembled were Andrew“Drew”Marsh and Lynn, Katy Williamson, Claudia Powell and Sweet Dupuy (with Cleland and Ben), DarrylBerger,Shawn Abbott, Robin Forman, Ginny Wise, RobertE.Young,Jennyand Bob Kottler,Rick Powell, LarrySchloss, Lori Hurvitz, Erica Washington and dozens morewho lined up to extend their congratulations.

Making rounds, and enjoyingthe purveyance of thehost hotel, were Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford,area executive director Marguerite Oestreicher,KevinGoldsmith,Andrew R. Lee,Tony Toups, SandraDiggs-Miller,Kevin Ferguson,Allen Bell,Thomas Excnicios, Odom Heebe,TimothyIeyoub, Eric Kronberg, Dr Felicia Rabito, MeganRiess, and others whoespouse theHabitat approach of making homeownership possible to help communitiesthrive. They also delighted in friendly fraternizing.

ABOVE: Paul Richard, Sandra Diggs-Miller, Allen Brett LEFT: Megan Riess

Thelast day at the golf course is Oct. 30. The restaurant is slated to open in Mid-City around midNovember

The Munch Factory is a modern Creole restaurant started by local couple

Alexis and Jordan Ruiz. Alexis Ruiz said the family is grateful for the support of neighbors who became regulars and people who traveled to dine with them. The decision was driven by the restaurant’s lease with the city,which runs the golf course.

In March, the city issued arequest for proposalsfor afood and beverage operator for the golf course. The bid Munch Factory submitted was rejected, Ruiz said. That’swhenthey found the Mid-Citylocation In the interim, the city put thegolf course food and beverage operation back

out for bid again in June

The family initially thought they couldperhaps run both the golfcourse andnew Mid-City locations at the same time, but they weren’t able to cometoacceptable termsona new lease.

“It wasn’taneasy decision, but the business wouldn’t have been sustainable for us,”Ruizsaid

Thecity’sDepartment of Parks& Parkwaysis nowaccepting bidsfor the contract to operatethe golf course restaurant.

In Mid-City,chef Jordan Ruiz’smenu will expand with more dinner entrees, in addition to arepertoire that runsfrom blackened fish, shrimpand gritsand hotsausage pattymelts to Buffalo-style fried oysters, salmon bites, fried pork ribs, fish tacos and afirstrate burger

The Mid-City location has amuchlarger kitchen that will also enablethe Munch Factory to take on morecatering, abusinessline where requests outstripthe restau-

rant’scurrent capacity.

Charmant coming soon

Where we once got our hands on nuoc cham chicken wings and lamb shank curry bowls, we’ll soon be sipping French wineand digging intocroque madamesandwiches and scallop crudo.

Anew restaurant called Charmant is in theworks in Mid-City,inthe former homeofMoPho, the modern Asian restaurant that closed earlier this year Charmant (514 City Park Ave.) is shaping up to be an all-day European-inspired bistro, one designed to shift roles as the day progresses. It will open early in the morning for grab-and-go pastry and coffee, then serve itsbreakfast and lunch menuthroughout the day.Late afternoon will bring happy hour; as evening descends, Charmant will spark up as awine bar The evening menuwill be based on small plates, plus afew larger dishes.

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number orders for pickupalmost sounds like aDJurging on the crowd.

Tromposand tortillas

But what’sspinning here of real interest are the trompos, the vertical rotisseries at the heart of the taco kitchen.

These are stacked with cuts of pork, for tacos al pastor,orsirloin, layered into immense beehive shapes, just like theMiddle Eastern shawarmas that first inspired this Mexican tradition.

The edges get crispy against the flame. They’re sliced off for the next taco and with another orbitof therotisserie thecrispiness returns. Juice drips through juice. This is adelicious way to roast meat and make a taco, perfect for the quickserve format here

The most distinctive taco here is the Gaonero taco, made with thin,cutlet-sized slices of ribeye steak. This is as simple as it gets —grilled steak,seasonedwith salt and lime,dressed with onions andcilantroand whatever you want to add from the salsa bar Fold it together,bite in, tuck back to avoid the running juices, swig that beer

they’re made with through the nixtamalization process, the ancient preparation for turning driedcorn into masa. This yields fluffy-fresh tortillas, fragrant of corn,and perfect hot from thegriddle Simple,fast, tasty

The self-serve salsa bar is arainbow of spice(theyogurt-basedone that looksa little likequeso hasthe spiciest kick).

Charmant is thefirst restaurant from Bonnie and Chris Borges, alocal couple who live nearby in Mid-City.

Both have long worked in thelocal hospitality scene. After years cooking in the Bay Area out west, Chris Borges has locally been chef at Josephine Estelle and, most recently,atthe Virgin Hotel. Bonnie Borges, asommelier,isgeneral manager at Charmant and directsits wineand cocktail programs.

They are aiming foran opening in November after arenovation that’sadding a new style across the space. The aim is to create afeel of Old World charm with modern sophistication, an understated elegance that’s approachable enough for an anytime visit, Bonnie Borges said.

“It’sthe love child of a wine bar and abistro,” she said. “Wethought about the neighborhood and ways we could serve its needs.” Inventive but approach-

able is also the mandate forthe kitchen. The overall menudirection is French but will also have elements of Mediterranean and California cooking. “The menuwill change from day to night, but it’s my food sensibility,and that will be the same,” said Chris Borges. The daytime menu will have straight-up breakfast plates and aseasonal breakfast plate, acroque madame made with truffled salami, yeasted Belgian waffles, salmon toasts and salads, including afried Brussels sprouts salad with lima beans and cardamon yogurt. The evening wine bar menuwill have cheese and charcuterie boards, small plates like scallop crudo and osso bucco arancini, and afew dishes from the brunch side, like aWagyu burger and crab dip with melba toasts.

Email IanMcNulty at imcnulty@theadvocate. com.

repeat. This is exactlywhat Iwant from late-night food on thego.

TheGaonero taco is the same type that famously garnered aMichelin Star for ahumble taco stand in Mexico City called El Califa de León. Did the Michelin inspectors go late that night, maybeafter acantina crawl?

If so, Ican see how thestars aligned for that one.

Thenew restaurant,like theTacos del Cartel brand, is part of the VEHO Hospitality Group, founded locally by Vilexys andDannyCruz. They’ve done their homework for thisone, using taco-eating trips to Mexico City as R&D.

Beyondthe flash design, the fundamentals areall here.Atthe base are the tortillas.AsatTacosdel Cartel,

Theroomhas thepotentialfor good energy as a nightlifepit stop. Youcan grab bottles of Mexican soda or beer,including aquart of Carta Blanca, very crispand refreshing, agood taco beer Frozen margaritas are on tap and you can get half gallons pre-mixed from thecooler, next to the aquas frescas Beyond the flagshiptacos, themenu remains shortand simple. Thereare gringas (somewhere between taco and quesadilla) with cheese melted between the tortillas filled with al pastor pork. And there arevolcanes,stoutly built up on crisp tortillas, abit like atostada. Elotes (street corn),churros and fries loaded withmeat from the trompos round things out

Given the dearth of latenight food, especially quick, easy and good quality,this newtaqueria should fill a niche. It certainly hits the spot

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Sudoku

InstructIons: sudoku is anumber-placing puzzle based on a9x9 grid with several given numbers. Theobject is to place the numbers 1to9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. Thedifficulty level of thesudoku increases from monday to sunday.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

BY PHILLIP ALDER

Who said, “We do not learn by inferenceanddeductionandtheapplicationof mathematics tophilosophy,but bydirect intercourse and sympathy”?

Interestingly, when hunting suitable quotations for these columns, this is the first I found exactly word for word credited to two different people; in this case, Henry David Thoreau and Richard M Nixon. Is it possible thatNixon borrowed from Thoreau?

Whichever, clearly neither was a bridge player. Our game is full of inferences from which we learn information aboutadeal.Becausesomeonedidsomething, he must have this or cannot have that.

Today’s deal is a testing example of this. South is in four hearts. West leads the diamond three, dummy’s 10 taking the trick. How should South continue?

South has only nine winners: six hearts and three diamonds. He probably needs to guess clubs.

However, before doing that, he should draw trumps, cash his diamond tricks andexitwithaspade.Here,supposeEast wins with his queen and cashes the ace. Then his best play is immediately to shift toalowclub Ifhedoes,shouldSouthplay his jack or king? Probably, though, East will try to cash a third spade. Declarer ruffs, crosses to dummy with a trump, and leads a club up.

Average

Time

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.

GramS Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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of MorrisonRoad; thence alongsaidsouth line which is 20 feet southof andparalleltothe for‐mersouth line of Morri‐sonRoad, N68°15'24" E, a distance of 1060.48 feet to thewestlineofSt. CharlesCanal to the pointofbeginning; Said portionofground consists of Portions of Groves 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11,13, 15 &17ofSection 20 of theformerNew Orleans LakeshoreLandCom‐pany Tract; 2. Together with allbuild‐ings,structures, andim‐provements nowlocated or latertobecon‐structed on theLand(the “Improvements” and, to‐gether with theLand, the “Project”); Andtogetherwith: 3. Together with allexist‐ingand future appurte‐nances,privileges, ease‐ments, franchises,and tenements of theLand, includingall minerals oil, gas, otherhydrocar‐bons andassociated substances,sulfur, nitro‐gen, carbon dioxide, he‐lium,and othercommer‐cially valuable sub‐stancesthatmay be in under or produced from anypartofthe Land,all developmentrightsand credits, airrights, water, i h ( h h i g waterrights (whether ri‐parian,appropriative or otherwise, andwhether or notappurtenant),and waterstock,and any portionofthe Land lying in thestreets, roadsor avenuescurrently exist‐ingorlater constructed; 4. Together with allexist‐ingand future leases subleases, subtenancies, licenses,rentalagree‐ments, occupancyagree‐ments, andconcessions relating to theuse and enjoymentoforaffecting allorany part of the Land or Improvements anyand allguaranties, extensions,renewals, re‐placements andmodifi‐cationsthereof,and all otheragreementsrelat‐ingtoormadeinconnec‐tion therewith, andany agreement(writtenor oral)between Lakewood Pointe Apts LLCorits agents,and anytenant, lessee, occupant,li‐censee, guestorinvitee pursuant to which Lake‐wood Pointe Apts LLC, or itsagent,agrees to per‐mitsuchtenant, lessee, occupant,licensee, guest or inviteetoparkinorat theProject (each a “Lease”, andcollectively, the“Leases”); 5. Together with allreal property andimprove‐mentsonsuchrealprop‐erty,and allappurte‐nances andother prop‐erty andinterests of any kind or character, whether describedabove or notthatmay be rea‐sonablynecessary or de‐

The Advocate October 1st, 8th, AND 15th, 2025

INVITATION TO BID

Sealed Bid No. 25-6922

October 1, 2025 RENTAL OF EMERGENCYPOWER EQUIPMENT POST DISASTER

Sealed Bid No. 25-6922

The City of Kenner (alsoreferenced as “Kenner” and “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for:

Rental of Emergency Power Equipment Post Disaster

Bidders may also obtain copies of thebid documentsand submit bids electronically by visitingwww.centralauctionhouse.com.

Sealed bids may alsobereceived by mail or in-personuntil Monday,November 3, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. CST,bythe City of Kenner in the Finance Department located at: 1610 ReverendRichard Wilson Drive Building D Kenner,Louisiana 70062

All interested parties are invited to attend theBid Opening on the same dayat10:00 a.m. in theCityofKenner,Building

DAuditorium, 1610 Rev. Richard WilsonDrive, Kenner, Louisiana, at which timethe bids will be publicly read CITY OF KENNER

/s/Elizabeth

TheCityofKenner(also

orable Judges of CivilDistrict

Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

CONDO: 80 CY‐PRESSGROVE CT, UNIT 33 NEWORLEANS, LA 70131

LOTS:1,2,4,5, AND6,SQUARE; 2 FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1437813 WRIT AMOUNT: $27,496.64

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 25 STEPHENSON, CHAVARRI,& DAWSON,L.L.C 504-523-6496 MARIAI STEPHENSON

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $93.01 PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT ACONDO:THAT CERTAINPOR‐TION OF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 920 POEYFARRE STREET UNIT 269, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:COTTON MILL CONDO‐MINIUM ASSO‐CIATION, INC. VERSUS JACOBNORRIS WOODARD

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7074 By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orableJudgesof CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM PARCEL OF COT‐TONMILLCON‐DOMINIUMS (HEREINAFTER THE“CONDO‐MINIUM”), CRE‐ATED PURSUANT TO AN ACTOF DECLARATION CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A CONDOMINIUM REGIME DATED SEPTEMBER30, 1996, FILEDAS NOTARY ARCHIVES IN‐STRUMENT NO 96 47068, CONVEYANCE

STREET N 13°44’45” E, A DISTANCE OF 265 FEET 54/8 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CONSTANCE AND POEYFARRE STREETS; THENCE ALONG THESOUTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY OF POEYFARRE STREET,S 76°06’15” E, ADISTANCE OF 4654 7/8 INCHES TO THE SOUTHWEST IN‐TERSECTION OF ANNUNCIATION ANDPOEYFARRE STREETS; THENCE ALONG THEWESTERLY RIGHTOFWAY OF ANNUNCIA‐TION STREET,S 13°41’45” W, A DISTANCE OF 265 FEET 54/8 INCHES TO THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF ANNUNCIA‐TIONAND JOHN CHURCHILLCHAS STREETS; THENCE ALONG THENORTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY OF JOHN CHRUCHILL CHASE STREET,N 76°06’15” W, A DISTANCE OF 465 FEET 76/8 INCHES TO THE POINTOF COMMENCE‐MENT

PROPERTY AD‐DRESS: 920 POEYFARRE STREET,UNIT 269 NEWORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130

BEINGTHE SAME PROP‐ERTY ACQUIRED BY JACOBNOR‐RIS WOODARD FROMROCK PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. BY ACTOF CASH SALE DATEDJUNE30, 2009, AND REGISTERED ON JULY 1, 2009 AT INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2009 26852, CON‐VEYANCE INSTRUMENT NUMBER 437045 IN THERECORDS OF THECLERK OF COURTFOR ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA (“THEPROP‐ERTY”) WRIT AMOUNT:

$29,755.49

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chase price, and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 26 SUTTON LAW FIRM,LLC 985 218 9358 CHARLESE.SUT‐TON

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $235.41

PUBLICNOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 924 ELYSIANFIELDS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED: FED‐ERALHOME LOANMORT‐GAGECORPORA‐TIONVERSUS CATHY CAMPBELL

CONVEYANCE INSTRUMENT NO.129219, COB 956 FOLIO296, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS AMENDEDAND RESTATED BY THAT CERTAIN AMENDEDAND RESTATED ACT OF DECLARA‐TION BY COT‐TONMILLLIM‐ITED PARTNER‐SHIP CREATING ANDESTABLISH‐INGA CONDO‐MINIUM REGIME FORCOTTON MILL CONDO‐MINIUMS, BEFORE RANDY OPOTOWSKY, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATEDFEBRU‐ARY12, 1998, FILEDAS NOTARIAL ARCHIVES IN‐STRUMENT NO 98 13073,CON‐VEYANCEIN‐STRUMENT NO 155932, AND FURTHER AMENDEDBY THAT CERTAIN INSTRUMENT EXECUTED OCTOBER19, 1998, OCTOBER 28, 1998,FILED NOVERMBER4, 1998, AS NOTAR‐IAL ARCHIVES IN‐STRUMENT NO 98 50888,CON‐VEYANCEIN‐STRUMENT NO 168266, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND AS FURTHER AMENDEDAND RESTATED BY THAT CERTAIN SECOND AMENDEDAND COMPLETELY RESTATED ACT OF DECLARATIN, DATEDJUNE30, 2004 ANDFILED JULY 1, 2004 AS NOTARIAL ARCHIVES IN‐STRUMENT NO 04 34228,CON‐VEYANCEIN‐STRUMENT NO 286768, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA (HEREINAFTER THE“DECLARA‐TION”), WHICHSAID PARCEL IS DES‐IGNATEDAS UNIT NO.269, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED IN‐TEREST IN AND TO COMMON EL‐EMENTS APPUR‐TENANT THERETO, AS PROVIDED IN THEDE‐CLARATIN,AS AMENDEDAND RESTATED.THE CONDOMINIUM IS SITUATED UPON ANDTHE DECLA‐RATION RE‐LATESTOTHE FOLLOWINGDE‐SCRIBED PROPERTY,TO WIT: THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,SITU‐ATED IN THE STATEOF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS, FIRST MUNICI‐PALDISTRICTOF THECITYOF NEWORLEANS, COMPOSED OF ALLLOTS, GAPS, GORES, ANDAL‐LEYS COMPRIS‐INGSQUARENO. 120, WHICHSQUARE IS BOUNDEDBY POEYFARRE, CONSTANCE, JOHN CHURCHILL CHASE, ANDAN‐NUNCIATION STREETS, AS DE‐LINEATED ON A SURVEY BY COLEMAN, KUHN,P.L.S OF GANDOLFO KUHN &ASSOCI‐ATES,C.E.&LS, DATEDSEPTEM‐BER20, 1996, DRAWING NO.T 181 4, AC‐CORDINGTO WHICHSURVEY, SAID SQUARE NO.120 IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCEAT THENORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CONSTANCE ANDJOHN CHRUCHILL CHASE STREETS; PROCEED THENCE ALONG THEEASTERLY RIGHTOFWAY OF CONSTANCE STREET,N °

CAMPBELL A/K/ACATHY DOWNSTIM‐MONS CAMP‐BELL

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5803

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 924 ELYSIAN FIELDS AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOTC -SQUARE 271 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1203167 WRIT AMOUNT: $112,649.31

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 7 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYG YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $90.36

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1475 LAURADALE DRIVE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:STAN‐DARD MORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS LATOYA ARM‐WOOD,DI‐VORCED WIFE OF JOSEPH MCGINNIS

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5308

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1475 LAU‐RADALE DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOT:9, SQUARE: 4

LOT:9, SQUARE: 4 FIFTHMUNICI‐PAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1311259

LAURADALE SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT:

$77,396.73

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 12

GRAHAM,ARCE‐NEAUX& ALLEN, LLC504-5228256 FOERSTNERG MEYER

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $91.42

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2019 CARNOT STREET THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS BRUCE ALLENYOUNG‐BLOOD, TORRI YOUNGBLOOD, ANDBRIDGETT YOUNGBLOOD WILSON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7986

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2109 CARNOT ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70122 SQUARE 3460, LOTB THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQ MIN:1435175 WRIT AMOUNT: $11,705.91

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

CHARMAINE L MARCHAND

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $88.24

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1522 GORDON STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS LYDIA CHAPITAL JOSEPH,ALLI‐SONL.CHAPI‐TAL, JR.,SHARON CHAPITAL GRIF‐FIN, KARENL CHAPITAL ELEANORM CHAPITAL,GARY CHAPITAL,OR HIS SUCCESSORS, HEIRS, ANDAS‐SIGNS, ERIC D. CHAPITAL,KEN‐NETH S. CHAPI‐TAL, SHAUNE CHAPITAL JAMAR C. CHAPITAL, ANDRAPHAEL CHAPITAL

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-10715

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1522 GORDON ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70117 LOTS:18AND 19, SQUARE:686 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1409555 WRIT AMOUNT: $20,170.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 1 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 DEISHA LA‐GARDE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $97.77

SUER LLC vs FULL CIRCLE HOME,LLC CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-8975

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parishof Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 13, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4942 MUSIC STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122

LOTS 11 &12, SQUARE 55, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQ MIN:1416645 WRIT AMOUNT: $166,600.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 2 ADAMS& REESE. LLP 504-5813234

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/8/2025 & 11/12/2025 oct8-nov 12-2t $93

PUBLICNOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2201 DELERY ST,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS THE LOFT (A/K/A THELOFTINC.) ANDSANDRAP MARTIN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-10235

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 3 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 ANNA T. LEE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $86.66

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5145 MANDEVILLE STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTITLED:NAVY FEDERALCREDIT UNIONVERSUS GLORIA REED AKAGLORIA CARTER REED, GLENDA R. DAIGNE AKAGLENDAR DIAGNE AKA GLENDA REED DIAGNE,JOSEPH HENRYREED III, TERRANCE L. REED, JANELLES WASHINGTON, ANDJOMAR N. REED

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI S HO F OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-5421

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 13, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 5145 MANDEV‐ILLE STREET, NEWORLEANS LA 70122, LOTS 39 &40, SQUARE 64, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDIUSTRICT ACQMIN: 681635 WRIT AMOUNT: $280,764.13

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

cate Date (s): 10/8/2025 & 11/12/2025

oct8-nov 12-2t $93

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5700 LOUISPRIMA DR E, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:LAKE‐VIEW LOAN SER‐VICING,LLC VERSUS THE OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF WILBERT MITCHELL AND THEOPENED SUCCESSION OF ROCHELLA MITCHELL, (A/K/A ROCHELLA TURNER MITCHELL, ROCHELLA TURNER, ROCHELLA MARIETURNER MITCHELL, ROCHELLA MARIETURNER, ROCHELLA MARIE MITCHELL, ROCHELLE MITCHELL ROCHELLE TURNER MITCHELL, ROCHELLE TURNER, ROCHELLE MITCHELL ROCHELLE MARIETURNER MITCHELL, ROCHELLE MARIETURNER, ROCHELLE MARIE MITCHELL)

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-11767

BT 2 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 CHARMAINEL

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4942 MUSICSTREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:CFIN 2022-RTL1 IS‐SUER LLCvs

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2201 DELERY ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70117 LOT9 -SQUARE 1 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1382643 WRIT AMOUNT: $1,710.00

Seized in the

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check,Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 3 LawFirm: DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318-388-1440

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES ANDAPPURTE‐NANCES THERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORIN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THETHIRD DIS‐TRICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF OR‐LEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN FAUBERGSUBDI‐VISION,BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF LOT4 A7, SECTION26 OF THE LAKRATTTRACT (F/K/A NEWOR‐LEANS LAKESHORE LAND COMPANYSUB‐DIVISION)AND ACCORDINGTO PLAN BY B.L. CARTER,C.E., DATED JANUARY5,1979 ANDDECEMBER 5, 1979, SAID LOTISDESIG‐NATEDAS: LOT 49, SQUARE B, AND IS BOUNDEDBY LOUISPRIMA DRIVEEAST, LOUISPRIMA DRIVE EAST/WEST LOUISPRIMA DRIVEEAST SIDE,LAKEFOR‐ESTBOULEVARD ANDLOUIS PRIMACOURT (SIDE).LOT 49 MEASURES THENCE 60 FEET FRONTON LOUISPRIMA COURTEAST, SAME WIDTH IN

COURT EAST, SAME WIDTHIN THEREAR, BY A DEPTHOF112.5 FEET BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES SAID LOT FORMS THE COMEROF LOUISPRIMA DRIVE EAST ANDLAKE FORESTBOULE‐VARD.ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURVEY OF EDWARD LCLIN‐TON, LAND SUR‐VEYOR, ATED MARCH15, 1984, ACOPYAN‐

NEXEDTO ACTPASSEDBE‐FORE JOHN AE DAVIDSON,NP, DATEDMARCH 16, 1984. HAVING A MUNICIPAL AD‐DRESSOF5700 LOUISPRIMA DRIVEEAST, NEWORLEANS LA 70128.SAID MORTGAGE WAS FILEDOF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERKOF COURTFOR OR‐LEANSPARISH ON FEBRUARY 7, 2013 AT INSTRU‐MENT # 1114867. A CERTIFIEDCOPY OF THESAID MORTGAGE IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE APART HEREOF ANDTO WHICHSPECIAL REFERENCEIS MADE FOR MORE SPECIFIC PROOF (THE "MORT‐GAGE")

WRIT AMOUNT:

$79,915.12

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 4 ALBERTELLI LAW, P.A. 813 221 4743 PENNY DAIGRE‐PONT

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $169.77

NUMBER 1446

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3982

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected

in the First Dis trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 838-840 ELMIRA ST 912-914 HOMERSTNEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOTS 11 AND PART OF 12SQUARE 145, OLDSQUARE22 5THMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1423158 WRIT AMOUNT: $172,590.52

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 23 NEWMAN, MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE APLC 504-8379040 WAYNEA.MAIO‐RANA,JR.

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $93.54

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 8718 FORSHEY STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WELLS FARGOBANK, N.A. VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSIONOF AND UNKNOWN HEIRSOFWAR‐RENK.HAGAN A/K/AWARREN HAGANA/K/A WARRENK HAGANAND THE UNOPENED SUC‐CESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN HEIR OF DORIS JOHNSON HAGANA/K/A DORISJOHNSON HAGANA/K/A DORISJ.HAGAN A/K/ADORIS HAGAN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2020-1079

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floorofthe Civil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictof theCity on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 8718 FORSHEY ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70118 LOT: 5, SQUARE: 489 ACQMIN: 1080380 SEVENTHMU‐NICIPALDIS‐TRICT ACQMIN: 1080380 WRIT AMOUNT: $81,453.83 Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH

TERMS CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐posit of tenper‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty daysthereafter Note:The pay‐mentmustbe Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 27

THELAW OF‐FICES OF HER‐SCHEL C. AD‐COCK, JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373

DENNIS F. WIG‐GINS

TheN.O.Advo‐cateDate (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025

sep3-oct 8-2t $99.36

PUBLICNOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1436 STRAND CT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANYAS TRUSTEEFOR HOME EQUITY MORT‐GAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED TRUST, SERIES SPMD 2000-C, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES SPMD 2000-C VERSUS IVORYLEE AND DEMETRIALLEE (A/K/A DEMTRIAL CAL‐ISTELEE)

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5127

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rectedtomeby theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trict of theCity on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1436 STRAND CT NEWORLEANS LA 70117 LOTJ -SQUARE 571 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1453572 WRIT AMOUNT: $102,769.91

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐posit of tenper‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐mentmustbe Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson

Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 19

RB 19 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504831-7726 JEREMY L. NUS‐LOCH

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $96.71

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 6700

BRUNSWICK COURT, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTITLED: WILMINGTON SAVINGSFUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOTINDIVIDU‐ALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEEFOR FINANCEOF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES AC‐QUISITION TRUST2019-HB1 vs CATRICE ROBINSON WINESBERRY,IN HERCAPACITY AS ADMINIS‐TRATRIXOFTHE SUCCESSIONS OF SAMUEL

ROBERTSON ANDELIZA ROSS ROBINSON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-1377

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 13, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 3218 SABINE STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOT20, SQUARE 141, FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, HOLLYPARK, SECTION1-A, ACQMIN: 1141933 WRIT AMOUNT: $138,756.54

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 23 THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,LLC 225-756-0373

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/8/2025 & 11/12/2025 oct8-nov 12-2t $89

ASHLEY E MOR RIS

HARRISONAV, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION VERSUS LOLA INEZ CUADRADO, (A/K/A LOLA I. CUADRADO)

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-423

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable JudgesofCivil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

1446 HARRISON AV NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70122 LOTS 35 AND36 -SQUARE2875 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1165800 WRIT AMOUNT: $32,416.75

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING.

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 15 ALBERTELLI LAW, P.A. 813221-4743 PENNY DAIGRE‐PONT

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $88.24

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3218 SABINE STREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:U.S BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEEOF YURT SERIES III TRUSTvsKEITH STRIPLINGAND RITA LARKINS PETERS

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-1107

3218 SABINE STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOTS 27 &28, SQUARE 108, FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 837091 WRIT AMOUNT: $175,817.89

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 9 JACKSON& MCPHERSON, LLC504-5819444

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/8/2025 & 11/12/2025 oct8-nov 12-2t 88

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1869 N ROCHEBLAVE ST CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:NAVY FEDERALCREDIT UNIONVERSUS SHIRLEY AUBERT NEW‐MAN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5905

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil DistrictCourt forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1869 N ROCHEBLAVE ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70119 LOT13- SQUARE 1336 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1305228 WRIT AMOUNT: $27,700.79

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $87.71

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2402 CALHOUN STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:USAA FEDERALSAV‐INGS BANK VER‐SUSTHE UN‐OPENED SUC‐CESSIONOFPA‐TRICIA H. MCLAIN A/K/APATRICIA L. HALE AND THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF JAMESJ MCLAIN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-10500

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2402 CALHOUN ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70118 LOT: A, SQUARE: 115 SIXTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1099144 WRIT AMOUNT: $41,172.62

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 10 GRAHAM,ARCE‐NEAUX& ALLEN, LLC504-5228256 FOERSTNERG MEYER

BESSIE M GRIF FIN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2016-3095

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 13, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4123 ABND 4125 EDEN STREET, NEWORLEANS LA 70125 LOTC,SQUARE 161, SIXTHMUNICI‐PALDIUSTRICT, WRIT AMOUNT: $54,394.55

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 14 LOGS LEGAL GROUP, LLC504831-7726

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/8/2025 & 11/12/2025

oct8-nov 12-2t $90

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 14 NEW BASINWAY CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WILM‐INGTON TRUST, NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, AS SUCCESOR TRUSTEETO CITIBANK,N.A., AS TRUSTEEFOR BEAR STEARNS ALTA TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006 7 VERSUS GRETA L. WILSON (A/K/A GRETA WILSON)

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $91.95

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7921

INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREONAND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVI‐TUDES, ADVANTAGES ANDAPPURTE‐NENCES THERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THESECOND DISTICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF OR‐LEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, PERPLANBY BFMCORPORA‐TION,DATED AUGUST 19, 1997 APPROVED.BY THE. CITY PLAN‐NING.COMMIS‐SION.REGIS‐TEREDIN INSTRUMENT NO.153056 N.A. 98 04645 AND. ACCORDINGTO SAID PLAN,SAID LOTIS DESIGNATED AS LOT13OF PONTCHAR‐TRAINPOINTE SUBDIVISION, BOUNDEDBY WEST END BLVD ROBERT E. LEEBLVD, PONTCHAR‐TRAINBLVD. ANDCIVIL DE‐FENSE STATION(SIDE), SAID LOTISLO‐CATEDAND MEASURES AS FOLLOWS: LOT13, MEA‐SURES55.54' FEET FRONT ALONGANARC OF ACURVE ON NEWBASIN WAY, AWIDTH IN THEREAROF 55' FEET,BYA DEPTHOF 138.95' ON THE SIDELINE NEARER LOT14, ANDA DEPTH ON THEOPPO‐SITE SIDELINE OF 146.46' FEET IN FURTHERAC‐CORDANCE WITH ASURVEY OF GILBERT, KELLY& COU‐TURIE, INC., DATEDFEBRU‐ARY8,2006, SAID LOTBEARS THESAMELO‐CATION,BOUND‐ARIESAND MEASURMENTS AS STATED ABOVE.

THEIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREONBEAR THEMUNICIPAL NO.14. NEW BASINWAY NEW ORLEANS, LA 70124. WHICHHAS THE ADDRESS OF 14 NEWBASIN WAY, NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70124

WRIT AMOUNT: $576,084.36

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 13, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 8 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4123 AND4125 EDEN STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:U.S.BANK NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR THEC-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-RP2 vs BERTHA L. GRIFFINAND BESSIEM.GRIF‐

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ONE(1) CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALLTILEBUILD‐INGS AND

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 18 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504 838 7535 AMYR.ORTIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $145.95

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF

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