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An explosion caused by a projectile strike illuminates the skyline in Tel Aviv, Israel, early Saturday. Iran retaliated against Israel’s blistering attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear and military structure on Friday.
Israel intensifies strikes amid Iranian retaliation Top generals, scientists killed in Iran and nuclear sites hit, officials confirm
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Tigers fan Val Brown of New Orleans takes a selfie with ‘Mardi Gras Mike’ during Men’s College World Series practice at the University of Nebraska Omaha in Omaha, Neb., on Friday.
LSU loves Omaha, and Omaha loves LSU right back OMAHA, Neb. — For a long time it was an unrealized romance, this thing that’s been going on for four decades now between LSU baseball, this city and its crown jewel event: the College World Series. Legendary LSU coach Skip Bertman often has spun the tale of how he had to educate his first players about Omaha and why going there was important. For a program that had made all of one NCAA Tournament trip before his arrival in 1984, it Scott was a much-needed Rabalais teaching moment. Now? Now the team and this place seem ä LSU’s Jay wedded together, a Johnson is perfect match like in his happy hot crawfish and cold beer, Bogart and Baplace in call, infield dirt and Omaha at outfield grass. CWS. PAGE 1C Though the Tigers don’t play until Saturday night — a titanic tussle against Southeastern Conference rival Arkansas (6 p.m., ESPN) — LSU fans were out in force at the ballpark Friday checking things out. They
ä See ISRAEL, page 6A
LSU players arrive at the ballpark for Men’s College World Series practice at the University of Nebraska Omaha in Omaha, Neb., on Friday. were sizing up potential opponents of course. The back of one supfor the Tigers in case they make it porter’s purple T-shirt spoke for the to the CWS championship series for LSU baseball faithful everywhere: a shot at the program’s eighth na“Expect to win!” tional championship. ä See OMAHA, page 7A There is no “in case” for LSU fans,
Gardener’s shack on Lafitte Greenway demolished hand-built shack at the back of the same small parcel. Sipp’s homestead was a landmark along the Greenway, an unexpected rural throwback in the middle of BY DOUG MacCASH | Staff writer the city. It was common to see him With rain dousing the city early there, tending his rows of okra, toFriday, many New Orleanians were matoes and mustard greens, or reworried about the plight of 82-year- laxing near an open fire. old gardener Fred Sipp. For years, But on Wednesday morning, repSipp had tended a few rows of veg- resentatives of various city agenetables on a small plot of land near cies arrived with a bulldozer to the running track on the Lafitte ä See SHACK, page 6A Greenway. He lived in a ramshackle
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Fair Grounds seeks to ensure there is a horse racing season Company failed to secure public subsidy from state legislators
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear and military structure Friday, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to assault key facilities and kill top generals and scientists — a barrage it said was necessary before its adversary got any closer to building an atomic weapon. Iran retaliated late Friday by unleashing scores of ballistic missiles on Israel, where explosions flared in the skies over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and shook the buildings below. In a second round of attacks, sirens and explosions, possibly from Israeli interceptors, could be heard booming in the sky over Jerusalem early Saturday. The Israeli military urged civilians, already rattled by the earlier wave of missiles, to head to shelter. The Iranian outlet Nour News, which has close links with the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, said a wave was being launched. Associated Press journalists in Tel Aviv could see at least two Iranian missiles hit the ground, but there was no immediate word of casualties.
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Fred Sipp poses in a plot of land he uses to grow fruits and vegetables on the Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans on Thursday. The structure he built next to his garden was removed due to safety concerns.
The owner of the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is in “active discussions” with state officials to ensure that the upcoming horse racing season will proceed on schedule, a company spokesperson said Friday. Churchill Downs Inc., which has owned the historic racetrack for the past two decades, had asked the Louisiana State Racing Commission earlier this week to call an emergency meeting so that it could relinquish its operator’s license after the company failed to secure a public subsidy from state legislators. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company operates its Fair Grounds slots business and 12 other off-track betting outlets under a
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