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Landryurges rejectionofN.O.bailout

BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

Gov.JeffLandry on Tuesday urged state leaders to reject cashstrapped New Orleans’request for a$125 million bailoutand called for astate administrator to managethe city’sfinances, prompting city leaders to scramble to con-

vincethe statetochart adifferent course.

The city needs the approval of theState Bond Commission —which is scheduled to meet Thursday— to sell $125 million in short-term revenuebonds, essentially payday loans for distressed governments. Officials hopedto use themoney to make payroll

through the end of the year,after

Mayor LaToya Cantrell’sadministration saidlast week that delays in federal grant paymentsthreatened thecity’scashflow.The city is also looking for waystopluga $160 million budget deficit.

ButLandry in asocial media post Tuesday came out against the proposal and urgedRepublican lead-

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ers in the state Legislature to join him.Healso suggested appointing afiscal administrator to oversee thecity’sfinances.

The state committeeresponsible for making thatrecommendation is holding an emergency meeting Wednesday

Landry’ssocialmedia post kicked off a48-hour sprint among New Orleans’ political leaders to convince stateofficials that they’re capable of managing the city’sfinances without outside interference, that asimilar fiscal crisis

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“It is imperative that (New Orleans) address its financial matters promptly,”the governor said on X. He added that the Legislature’s Republicans, manyofwhom serve on the state Bond Commission, should “denythe city’s request to accumulate debt on the backs of its citizens.”

Category 5storm slamsJamaica

Caribbeanislandsuffers heavy flooding,winddamage, landslides

BYJOHN MYERS JR. and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press

KINGSTON, Jamaica Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roadsTuesdayasHurricane Melissacame ashore as acatastrophic Category 5storm,one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes onrecord Landslides, fallen trees andnumerous power outages were reported as Melissa hitwith 185 mph winds near New Hope, with officials cautioning that thecleanup anddamageas-

sessment could be slow

“There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand aCategory 5,”Prime Minister AndrewHolness said. “The question now is thespeed of recovery.That’s thechallenge.” Floodwaters trapped at leastthree families in their homes in the community of Black River in western Jamaica, and crews were unable to helpthem because of dangerous conditions, said Desmond McKenzie, deputy chair of Jamaica’sDisaster Risk Management Council.

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FewstormshaveformedinCaribbean

BY KASEY BUBNASH Staff writer

With wind speeds thatreached awhopping 185 mph by Tuesday morningand rain bands that could flood the Caribbean with feet of water,Hurricane Melissa likely will go downas the most devastating Atlantic storm of 2025 andamong the strongest ever to hitJamaica’s shores.

But whenMelissaformed last week,itmade historyinanother way: It was the first named storm of the year to makeitinto the Caribbean Sea, where, despitewarmer than average water,things have been eerily quiet this hurricane season. Only twonamed storms, Melissa and Tropical Storm Barry,havetracked through the

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GOPleaders criticize decision,suggest loss of statefunding

BY MARIEFAZIO Staff writer

Louisiana’s Republican leaders chastised Loyola University on Tuesday after its student government associationdeclined to formally recognize acampus chapter of Turning Point USA, aconservative political student group founded by the late Charlie Kirk. Gov. Jeff Landry,Attorney General Liz Murrill, the chair of the state Republican Party andthe Louisiana Freedom Caucus, afaction of hard-right state lawmakers, criticizedthe decisiontodenythe Turning Point chapter’srequest to become achartered student organization at the New Orleans school, with the governor saying he would look into the matter and the caucus chair suggesting that the private university could lose any state funding it may receive. Loyola does not receive direct state funding but hassome project-specific state-funded grants, and somestudents receive state scholarships, according to AarielCharbonnet, aspokesperson forthe university Since Kirk’sassassination last month, RepublicanshavepromotedTurning Point USA and cast any criticism of Kirk and his organization as an attack on free speech. On Monday,Landry spoke at arally hosted by LSU’s Turning Pointchapter and called on theuniversity to erect astatue of Kirk on campus. Landry previously criticized Louisiana universities for not welcomingconservative voices and pushed for greater freedom of expression on campuses.

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11 killed in plane crash flying tourists to Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya— Aplane crash killed 11 people,mostly foreign tourists, in Kenya’s coastal region of Kwaleearly Tuesday whiletheywere en routetothe Maasai Mara National Reserve in heavy rain.

The airline, Mombasa Air Safari, said in astatement that eight Hungarian and two German passengers wereonboard, and theKenyanpilot was also killed. The plane crashed in a hilly,forested area about 25 milesfrom the Diani airstrip, authorities said.

The airline did not confirm what time the aircraft departed Diani, saying the pilot failed to communicate upon departure andthat theairport control tower tried to reach him for30 minutes before the plane was located.

Investigating agencieswere lookinginto thecause of the crash,KwaleCounty CommissionerStephen Orinde told The Associated Press. Authorities initiallysaid the crash happened at 5:30 a.m. but the transport minister in astatement gave the timeas8:35 a.m.

The aircraft burst into flames, leaving charred wreckage, officials said.Witnessessaidthey hearda loud bang and found unrecognizablehuman remains at the scene Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on socialmedia that the foreign ministry had been in contact with Kenyan authorities.

Flight divertedafter two teens stabbedwith fork

BOSTON Aman from India stabbed twoteenagers with a fork, slapped afemale passenger and acrew member and mimicked shooting himself during an international flight, authorities said.

The Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday was diverted to Boston, where the Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli,28, was arrested and charged with one countofassault with adangerous weapon

According to the U.S. Attorney’sOffice, a17-year-old passenger awoke to find Usiripalli standingover him. Usiripallistabbed at theteen’sclavicle withafork andthenstabbed another 17-year-old boy in the head, causing alaceration,prosecutors allege. The first teen, who wasn’tinjured becausehe was wearing athick sweatshirt, toldinvestigators he hadexchanged pleasantries with the manseated next to himduring boarding but otherwise had not interacted with him, according to the criminal complaint.

‘Fawlty Towers’ actress Scales dies at 93

LONDON Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acidtongued Sybil Fawltyinthe classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her childrensaid Tuesday.She was 93 and had lived with dementia for many years.

Scales’ sons, Samuel and JosephWest, said shedied “peacefully at home in London”on Monday

“Although dementia forced her retirement from aremarkableacting career of nearly 70 years, she continued to live at home,” her sons said. “She was watching ‘Fawlty Towers’ the day before she died.”

Scales’ career included early roles in a1952 televisionversion of “Pride and Prejudice” and the 1954 film comedy “Hobson’s Choice,” followed by her TV breakthrough starring opposite Richard Briers in “Marriage Lines,” apopular 1960s sitcom about anewlywed couple. In “Fawlty Towers” she played the exasperatedwife of hapless Basil Fawlty,played by John Cleese, whoseefforts to run a seaside hotelinevitablyescalated into chaos. Only 12 episodes weremade, in 1975 and1979, but it is regularlycited as one of the funniest sitcoms of all time. Cleese remembered Scales as “a reallywonderful comic actress”and “a very sweet lady.” Scalesalso starred as the small-town social powerhouse Elizabeth Mapp in “Mapp &Lucia,”a1985TVadaptationofE.F Benson’s1930s series ofcomic novels.

Ceasefire in Gaza is tested

Israel,Hamas exchange fire andblame

BY WAFAA SHURAFA and RENATA BRITO Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, GazaStrip The Israeli army launched abarrage of attacksinGaza on Tuesday as tensions with Hamas grew two weeks into afragile ceasefire, and the militantgroup responded by saying it would delay handing over the body of ahostage. At least seven Palestinians werekilled, healthofficialssaid

The flare-upofviolence presented one of the biggest tests so far for the truce and had international mediators scramblingtoprevent it from collapsing. U.S. Vice President JDVance attemptedtoplay down thefighting, saying he expected“skirmishes” to quickly die down.

The order from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch “powerful strikes” came after an Israeli official said itsforces were fireduponinsouthern Gaza andafterHamas handed over body parts on Monday that Israel said were the partial remains of ahostage recovered earlier in the war Netanyahucalledthe return of thesebodyparts a“clear violation”ofthe ceasefire agreement, which requires Hamas to return theremaininghostages in Gaza as soon as possible. Israeli officials also accused Hamas of staging thediscovery of theseremains on Monday,sharing a14-minuteedited video capturedbya military drone in Gaza.

Israel notified the United States beforelaunchingthe strikes on Tuesday,according to two U.S officials whospoke on condition of anonymitytodiscuss sensitive matters.

In Gaza City,atleast two Palestinians were killed by strikes, according to Rami Mhanna, themanaging director of Shifa hospital, where thebodies were taken. In Khan Younis, an Israeli strike on avehicle killedfive Palestinians, including two children, according to Ahmed al-Farra, the head of pediatrics at Nasser hospital, where the bodies were taken.

Earlier in the day, Israeli troops were shotatinthe southerncity of Rafah andreturned fire, according to an Israeli militaryofficial who spoke on condition of anonymity becausetherehasn’tbeen an official announcement yet In astatement, Hamas denied involvement in the gunfire in Rafah

and reiterated its commitment to theceasefire. “The violent strikes carried out by Israel across the Strip is ablatant violation of the ceasefire deal,” said the group, calling on mediators to pressure Israel to stop.

TheU.S.vicepresident expressed confidence that the ceasefire would hold. “That doesn’t mean there aren’tgoing to be little skirmishes here and there,” Vance told reporters on Capitol Hill.

The ceasefire that began on Oct. 10 has largelyheld despite at least two previousflare-ups in violence.

On Oct. 19, Israel said twoIsraeli soldiers were killed by Hamasfire Israel responded with aseriesof strikes thatkilled over 40 Palestinians, according to local health officials. And over the weekend, Israel carried out an airstrike against what it said were Islamic Jihad militants planning an attack, wounding several people.

There are still 13 bodies of hostagesinGaza. HamassaidTuesday it had recovered the body of ahostage,but afterIsrael announced theplans to strike Gaza,Hamas said in astatement it would delay the handover

An AP videographer in Khan Younis witnessed Tuesday what appeared to be awhite body bag being carried out froma tunnel by several men, including some masked militants, and then transported into an ambulance. It was not immediately clear what wasin the bag.

The slow return of hostages’ bodiesisposing achallenge to implementing the next stages of the ceasefire, which will address even knottier issues,such as thedisarmament of Hamas, the deployment of an international security force in Gaza and deciding who will govern the territory Hamas has said it is struggling to locate the bodies amidthe vast destruction in Gaza, while Israel has accused the militantgroupof purposely delaying their return.

Over the weekend, Egypt deployed ateam of experts and heavyequipment to help search for the bodies of the remaining hostages.

An Arab officialinvolved in negotiating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas saidtalks were underway with both sides to try to prevent the truce from collapsing. “Both sides violated theagreement, but there wasnosignificant breach,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter

Theofficial said violations includeddelays in handing over bodies, the limited scaleup of aid delivery,and “minor skirmishes” on the line that separates Israeli troops from the rest of Gaza.

Johnsonsays‘no path’for Trumpthird term

BY LISA MASCARO AP congressional correspondent

WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump’smusings about apotentialthird-term bid for the White House have runupagainst at least oneobstacle: House Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson, the Republican leader whohas built his careerbydrawing closer to Trump, said they have discussed the issue, but

tions of the Constitution.”

the speaker held the line against aConstitution-bending third term “I don’t seeapath for that,” Johnson saidTuesday at his daily news conference at theCapitol, on day 28 of thefederal government shutdown.

Johnsonsaidhethinks Trump understands the situation: “Heand Ihave talked about the constric-

The speakerdescribed how the Constitution’s22nd Amendmentdoes notallow for athird presidentialterm and changing that, with a new amendment, would be acumbersome, decade-long process towinoverstates and votes in Congress.

“ButIcan tell youthat we arenot going to takeour foot off the gas pedal,” he said.“We’regoing to deliver for the American people, andwe’ve gota greatrun ahead of us —we’re going to have four strong years.”

Thespeaker’sremarks

U.S. launches strikeson4 allegeddrug-runningboats

14 killed in easternPacific, officialssay

BYKONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military has carried outstrikes in the eastern PacificOcean on four boats accused of carrying drugs, killing 14people and leaving one survivor in thedeadliest single day since the Trump administrationbegan itsdivisive campaign against drug trafficking in thewaters offSouthAmerica It was the first time multiple strikes were announcedinasingleday as thepaceofthe attacks hasescalated. The nearly two-month campaignand U.S. military buildup have strained ties with allies in the region and opened speculationthat the moves are aimed at oustingVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom theU.S hasaccused of narcoterrorism

Astatement provided by aPentagon official,who spoke on thecondition of anonymity tofreelydiscuss theoperation, said thestrikes were conducted Monday offthe coast of

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military carried out strikes on four boats in the easternPacificOcean accused of carrying drugs.

Colombia.

Followingone attack on a boat, the militaryspotted a person in thewater clinging to some wreckage. The militarypassed thesurvivor’sprecise location to the U.S. CoastGuard and a Mexicanmilitary aircraft that was operatinginthe area, the official said.

However,the Mexican navy says it is searching about 400 miles southwest of thePacific city of Acapulco, suggesting the possibility thatthe strike may have taken place far away from Colombiaand closer to Mexico’scoast. It wasn’t immediately clear exactly wherethe strike took place, and the Pentagon did not give moredetails

Hegseth saidMexican search and rescue authorities “assumed responsibility for coordinating the rescue” of thesole survivor but didn’tsay if that person

wassuccessfully rescued or would stay in Mexico’s custody or be handed over to the U.S. Mexico’snavy still was attemptingasearch and rescue operation,the military said in astatement Tuesday,aday after the strikes occurred. The American attacksdrew renewed criticism from the regional ally

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily news conference thatshe asked the foreign affairssecretaryand the navy to meet with theU.S ambassador in Mexico to discuss the issue because “we do notagreewith these attacks.”

“Wewant all international treaties to be respected,” she said.

Thestrikes also have strained ties with other historic allieslike Colombia, a country whose intelligence is crucial to American antinarcotics operations in the region.Inanescalating clash between the Republican U.S. president and Colombia’sfirst leftist leader, theTrumpadministration imposed sanctionsFriday on ColombianPresident Gustavo Petro, his family anda member of his government over accusations of involvement in the globaldrug trade. Petro vehemently denies theallegations.

comeasTrump, just 10 months in office in his secondterm, is testing the powers of the presidency in new and often jarring ways —and repeatedly has raised theideaoftrying to stay in power at the White House.

Hats blazing “Trump 2028” are passed out as souvenir keepsakestolawmakersand othersvisiting the White House, and Trump’s former2016 campaign manager-turned-podcaster Stephen Bannon has revived the idea of athird Trump term.

Trumptold reporters Monday on Air Force One on his trip to Japan thathe’d love to run again.

“I would love to do it,” the president said. Trump went on to say that hisRepublicanParty has great options forthe next presidential election —in Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, who was traveling with him, and Vice President JD Vance, who visited with senators at the Capitol on Tuesday “All Ican tellyou is we have agreat group of people,” Trump said.

Vancesayshethinks troops canstill be paid

Pressure builds as shutdown continues

BY KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press

WASHINGTON Vice President JD Vance saidTuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at theend of the week, though he didnot specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as pain from the second-longest shutdown spreads nationwide.

The funding fight in Washington gained new urgency this week as millions of Americans facethe prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers miss their first full paycheck and recurring delays at airports snarl travel plans.

“Wedothink that we can continue paying the troops, at least for now,” Vance told reporters afterlunch with Senate Republicans at the Capitol. “We’ve got food stamp benefits that are set to run out in aweek. We’re trying to keep as muchopen as possible. We just need the Democrats to actuallyhelp us out.”

The vice president reaffirmed Republicans’ strategy of trying to pick off a handful of Senate Democrats to vote for stopgap funding to reopen the government. But nearly a month into the shutdown, it hasn’tworked. Just before Vance’svisit, aSenate vote on legislation to reopen the government failed for the 13th time.

The strain is building on Democratic lawmakers to end the impasse. That was magnified by the nation’s largest federal employee union, which on Monday

called on Congress to immediately passa funding bill andensure workers receive full pay.EverettKelley, president of theAmerican Federation of Government Employees, saidthe two political parties have made their point.

“It’stime to pass aclean continuing resolution and end this shutdowntoday No halfmeasures, and no gamesmanship,” said Kelley, whose union carries considerable politicalweight with Democratic lawmakers.

Still,Democratic senators, including those representingstateswithmanyfederal workers, did not appear readytobackdown. Virginia Sen. TimKaine said he was insisting on commitments from the White House to prevent the administration from mass firing more workers. Democrats also want Congress to extend subsidies for health plansunder theAffordable Care Act

“We’ve got to geta deal with Donald Trump,” Kaine said.

But shutdownsgrow more painful thelonger they go. Soon, with closures lasting a fourth full week as of Tuesday, millions of Americans arelikely to experience the

difficulties firsthand.

“This week, morethan any other week, the consequences become impossible to ignore,” said Rep. Lisa McClain, chair of theHouse Republican Conference.

The nation’s1.3 million active duty servicemembers wereatrisk of missing a paycheckonFriday. Earlier this month, the Trumpadministration ensured they were paid by shifting $8 billionfrom military research and developmentfunds to makepayroll. Vance did not say Tuesday how theDepartment of Defense will cover troop pay this time.

Larger still, theTrump administration says funding will run out Friday for the food assistance program that is relied upon by 42 millionAmericans to supplement their grocery bills. The administrationhas rejected theuse of more than $5 billionincontingencyfunds to keep benefits flowing into November.And it says states won’tbereimbursed if they temporarily cover thecost of benefits next month.

Vancesaidthatreconfiguring funds for those programs was like “trying to fit asquare peg intoaround hole withthe budget.”

BY JANIE HAR Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO Afederal judge in SanFrancisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred theTrump administration from firing federal employees during thegovernment shutdown, saying that labor unionswere likely to prevail on their claims that thecuts were arbitrary andpolitically motivated.

U.S.DistrictJudge Susan Illston granteda preliminaryinjunction that barsthe firings while alawsuit challenging them plays out. She had previously issued atemporary restraining order against the jobcuts thatwas settoexpire Wednesday

Illston,who was nominated by Democratic President Bill Clinton, has said she

believes the evidence will ultimately showthe mass firings were illegal and in excess of authority

Federalagencies areenjoined from issuing layoff notices or acting on notices issued since the government shut down Oct. 1. Illstonsaid thather orderdoes notapply to notices sent before the shutdown.

The Republican administration has slashed jobs in education, health and other areas it says are favored by Democrats.

The administration has also said it will not tap roughly $5 billion in contingencyfunds to keep benefits through theSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP,flowing into November

The American Federation of Government Employees and other labor unions have sued to stop the “reductions in force” layoffs, saying the firings were an abuse of power designed to punish workers and pressure Congress.

“President Trump is using the government shutdown as apretense to illegally fire thousands of federal workers —specifically those employees carrying out programsand policies that the administration finds objectionable,” said AFGE National President Everett Kelley,ina statement thanking the court. The White House referred arequest for comment to the Office of Management and Budget, which did not immediately respond.

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won’t reemerge in the future and that ashort-term infusion of cash is the best route to fixing the city’s budget woes.

Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, who is currently serving as City Council vice president, said she called Landry after he published thepost and detailed measures the council plans to take to provide oversightofthe bond proceeds and create efficiencies in next year’sbudget.

“I think we started working toward amore workable path,” Moreno said.

Both Moreno and council President JP Morrell are planning to travel to Baton Rouge on Wednesdaytoask thestate’s Fiscal ReviewCommittee nottorecommend that New Orleans receive afiscal administrator.Theyalso plantoappear before the State Bond Commission on Thursday.

TheCity Councilisscheduled to hold aspecial meeting Wednesday at which they will introduce acharter amendment that would require the mayor to get approval from the council to move money around or spend in excessofthe budget, Morrell said. The item, if approved, would likely appear on the ballot for next year’s mid-

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“So much for welcoming students with diverse backgrounds,” Landry wrote on social media Tuesday,citing aFox News articlethat said Loyola’sTurning Point chapter had been denied official status. “I’ll be taking alook at this to ensure all voices are heard on campuses across Louisiana!”

Earlier this month, Loyola’s student government association denied astudent request to charter acampus chapter of Turning Point USA, citing alack of alignment between the Jesuit university’svalues andsomeofTurning Point’s positions. Several students spokeagainst the organization at thestudent government meeting, citing Kirk’s controversialstances on gender diversity and race and expressing fear the group would make some students of color and LGBTQ+ students feel unwelcome on campus.

Loyola University said in a statement that the decision was part of a“peer-to-peer” review process for approving new campus organizations and that group leaders can appeal the decision.

“Loyola will continue to support the student-led process as it moves through its next steps,” the university said in astatement. Student government representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.

Turning Point USA has seen asurge in interest from students looking to start college and high school chapters in the weeks since Kirk was fatally shot while speaking on aUtah college campus. Republican elected officials have sought to support thegroup’sexpansion, including in Florida, where Gov.Ron DeSantis said

term election, he said.

The councilisalso planning to introduce aresolution inviting Louisiana LegislativeAuditor

Michael Waguespack —who city leaders called on last month to examine the city’sbudgetdeficit —toworkwith the city’sInspector General on adeeper dive into city spending from 2022 to the present. Waguespack chairsthe Fiscal Review Committee.

“The concerns around financial responsibility,they’re warranted,” Morrell said.“But give us theopportunity to right this ship in away that’ssolvent andputs thecity in aproperstance.”

It’snot clear how New Orleans would close its short-term funding gapifthe Bond Commission decides to reject theirrequest to issue emergencybonds.

The Cantrell administration in astatement Tuesday said the citywill “continue to work” with the state of Louisiana and City Council to secure approval from theBond Commission for the gap financing.

ButMorrell said discussions arealready underway with Cantrell’sfinance department in the event thatNew Orleans’ request is denied, including furloughing city workers and steeper cuts to city services. Still, he said, there’s“no easysolution.”

“If the BondCommission declines to give us the money,it

Monday that the state “is not going to allow”any impediments to new high school chapters.

The Republican pressure on colleges to welcome TurningPointonto their campuses comes as the Trump administrationhas threatened to withhold federalfunding from universities that fail to promote “viewpointdiversity.” Even though private universities like Loyola have greater leeway than public institutions to determine what speech and groupsare allowed on campus, they too are facingpolitical pressure to provide support to conservativestudent groups State Rep. Beryl Amedee, R-Houma, chair of theLouisiana Freedom Caucus, urged Loyolatoreverse its decision in anews release Monday,arguing that because Loyola receivessome public funding it has a“public responsibility to uphold freedom of speech and association.”

“Denying alawfulstudent group because of its viewpoint is adirect attack on thosefreedoms,”Amedee wrote.

AnistinMurray,aLoyola freshman and co-founder of Loyola’sTurning Point group, said in an interview that the groupwould appeal thestudent senate’s decision.Althoughthe Loyola group existsasaTurning PointUSA affiliate, recognition as astudent organiza-

“Ifthe Bond Commission declines to give us the money, it would devastate the city of New Orleans. It will lead to the absolute undermining of the city of New Orleans as adestination for anymajor event.”

JP MORRELL, NewOrleans City Council president

would devastate thecityofNew Orleans,” Morrell said, adding that he’d expect major conventionsscheduled two to three years outtopull out of New Orleansand a“complete desertion” of city workers who couldn’t stomach adisruption in payroll.

“Itwilllead to theabsolute undermining of the city of New Orleans as adestination for any major event,” he added.

Morrell, whochaired the state Senate’stax committee during his tenure in the Legislature, saidthe loss of tourism dollars wouldalso“devastate thestate’s bottom line.” The state collects a 5-cent salestax in New Orleans andmostofthe city’shoteland motel tax revenue.

Thefirst hurdle for New Orleans’ political leaders will be convincing the Fiscal Review Committee to forgo recommending theappointment of fiscal ad-

tionwould allow students to access campus space and funding.

Murray and other cofounderspresented their case for asanctioned Turning Point chapter at Loyola on Oct. 15 andwereasked a series of questionsbystudent senators. Murray said Turning Point group members were asked to leave while students spoke against thecharter andsenators deliberated. The denialletter she later received said the club did notalign with Loyola’sJesuit values.

Murray,amass communication major from Destrehan, said she had hopedto create aspace for students to engage in debate and prayer without fear of being “canceled.”

“Loyola stands for being inclusive,”she said, “but shuttingusdown is away to go against that inclusivity.”

Since Kirk’sdeath, Turning Point USAclubs have multiplied, including in northshore high schools. Accordingtoa post from TurningPoint USA’sBayou Region, which coversLouisiana and Southern Mississippi, 10 chapters cropped up at universities across the region after Kirk’sdeath, including at Tulane and Loyola, as wellasUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe, LSU Shreveport,Louisiana Delta Community College and McNeese State University

They joined eight existing

ministrator.Landry in his social media post Tuesday urged the committee —which includes Treasurer JohnFleming andAttorney General Liz Murrill or their designees,and Waguespack —to“utilizeall necessary measures to thoroughly review the city’s fiscal affairs and, if deemed necessary,appoint afiscal administrator.”

If thecommittee’smembers reach aunanimous agreement that New Orleans isn’tfinancially stable, as defined in state statute, the attorney generalwould then fileamotion in Orleans Civil District Court giving the city the opportunity to showcause forwhy a fiscaladministrator shouldn’tbe appointed. In February,astate judge appointed afiscal administrator to overseethe cityofBogalusa’s financesuponthe committee’srecommendation.

Murrill last week told Axios New Orleans that she wasconsidering taking over thecity’s finances undera newly amended lawand in astatement MondaysaidMorenohad pledgedto work with the legislative auditor, “which Isupport and have encouraged her to do.”

Waguespack said Tuesday that the committee will take into considerationthe factthat Moreno will take over as mayor in January.Fleming, who also chairs the Bond Commission, said in atext

chaptersincluding those at LSU, Southeastern Louisiana University, Northwestern State University and University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Turning Point USAhad an active chapter at Tulane in the 2023-24 school yearbut did notrenew its charter thefollowing two years, according to Mike Strecker,aspokesperson for the university Studentsapplied to revive the Turning Point charter at Tulane this fall, but the university had paused the approval processfor perspectiveorganizations and is reviewing all active organizations “in light of recent federal guidance regarding civil rights andanti-discrimination laws,” Strecker said, who noted that the review process hasnothing to do with any single application.

message said he is in discussion with thegovernor, stateLegislature and“theNOLA administration to plan and coordinate assistance on theNOLAbudget shortfalls.”

Thenexthurdle will be convincing the 14 members of the State BondCommission,all of whom are Republicans, to give NewOrleans permission to sell revenue bonds.

Lt. Gov.Billy Nungesser, acommissionmember,said he’sinNew York Cityand won’tbeatThursday’smeeting in BatonRouge, but said in an interview that he’d have a“hard time voting forit” given what he described as the city’s record of wastefulspending.

Aspokespersonfor Secretary of State Nancy Landryechoed those concerns in astatement, adding that as of Tuesday afternoon,noneofNew Orleans’ elected officials had reached out to their office.

“Based on New Orleans’sgross mismanagement of their finances, Secretary Landry has serious concerns about the city’srequest for ashort-term loan. She will be seekinganswers from thecity’s representativesatThursday’s Bond Commission meeting,” the statement said.

Email Blake Paterson at bpaterson@theadvocate.com.

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He noted that extensive damage was reported in the southwestern parish of St. Elizabeth,which he said “is underwater.”

McKenzie said there are no confirmed reports of deaths andstressed that it was tooearly to talk about the extent of the damage because the hurricane —the strongesttohit the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago —was still pummeling the country

Rohan Brown, of Jamaica’sMeteorological Service, warned that as Melissamoves offthe coast, itscounterclockwise rotationwill bring aheavy storm surge to northern Jamaica throughthe night

The storm is headedtowardCuba, where it was expectedtomake landfall as amajor hurricane early Wednesday

Nearly 15,000 people were in shelters in Jamaica and some540,000 customers, or 77%,were without power, officials said.

Colin Bogle, aMercy Corps adviser,said most families were shelteringin place despite the government ordering evacuations in flood-prone communities He wassheltering with his grandmotherinPortmore, where everything went dark after aloud explosion.

“The noise is relentless, he said. “People are anxious andjusttryingtoholdonuntil thestorm passes.”

On Tuesdayevening, Melissa had top sustained winds of 145 mph and was moving north-northeast at 8mph as its center moved into the Caribbean Sea,according to theU.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. The hurricane was centeredabout 15 mileseastof MontegoBay,Jamaica, and about 200 miles southwestof Guantánamo, Cuba. Its 185 mph winds and 892 millibars of central pressuretied two records for the strongest Atlantic storm at landfall. The pressure —the keymeasurement meteorologistsuse —tied 1935’sLabor Dayhurricane in Florida. Thewind speed tiedthe 1935 hurricane and 2019’sHurricane Dorian, said hurricane scientists Phil Klotzbach, of Colorado StateUniversity,and Brian McNoldy,ofthe University of Miami.

“It’sbeen aremarkable, just abeast of astorm,” Klotzbach told The AssociatedPress.

With alife-threatening storm surge of up to 13 feet expected,officialswere concerned about hospitals

tats by flooding. McKenzie said the government was preparedfor rescues immediately after the storm passes through: “We have boats, helicopters, you name it.”

The storm was already blamed for seven deaths in the Caribbean, including three in Jamaica, three in Haiti andone in the Dominican Republic,where another person remains missing.

Tuesday evening, officials huddled in meetings to determinehow bestto clear the debris afterthe storm and launch the distribution of emergency relief supplies to avoid bottlenecks at Jamaica’sports, said Richard Thompson, acting general director for Jamaica’s emergency managementoffice.

Officialshavesaidthey hope to reopen the island’s airports byThursday U.N. agencies and dozensofnonprofits hadfood, medicine and other essential supplies positionedasthey awaited adistribution rush after thestorm.

Melissa was expected to make landfall in eastern Cuba early Wednesday.Up to 20 inches ofrainwas forecast in areas, alongwith asignificant storm surge alongthe coast.

In atelevisedaddress to the nation Tuesday,Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged thepopulation not to underestimate the power of the storm, “the strongest ever to hit nationalterritory.”

In theeastern province of SantiagodeCuba, people streamed intothe home of 83-year-old Eduviges Figueroa at thefoot of the Sierra Maestra mountains to seek shelterafter fleeing theirhomes in remote areas by bus, truckand even horse-drawn carts.

“We’re helping as best we can,” she said. “Now I’m cooking for everyone.”

People in Santiagode Cuba, the island’ssecondlargest city with more than 1million inhabitants, spent Tuesday frantically preparing.Few people were on thestreets, while state television showed Cubans in rural areas rounding up animals and protecting crops.

Diamon Mendoza, 36,did not hide her concern about theunavoidable storm

“MayGod have mercy on us, because it’s coming with alot of strength,” Mendoza said. “Anything can happen.”

Authoritiesineastern Hol-

guín province prepared to evacuate morethan200,000 people Tuesdayand evacuated asimilar numberof people earlierfrom the town of Banes. Reports on social media and state television showed blue and white buses ferryingevacuees to shelter early

Tuesday.Familiesclutched babiesand belongings and elderlypeoplesteadied themselves with canes as they disembarked.

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La.newlyweds caught in hurricane’spath

Couple struggles to leaveJamaicanresort

BY QUINN COFFMAN Staff writer

TwoLouisiana newlyweds who traveled to Jamaica for their honeymoon were trapped on the island’snorth shore Tuesday as HurricaneMelissa made landfall as aCategory 5storm.

High school sweethearts Stone Town, 21, and Lexi Perkins, 20, were married at abarn in Clinton on Oct. 18.

Less than aweek later,afterdays spent meeting localsand enjoying Jamaica’sbeaches, the couple were calling familyfromtheir room at their resort and trying to get aflight off the island

“They told us the airports are in distress; there’snoway for the planes to land or to fly out,” Town said, speaking over ashaky phone connectionjustbeforenoonTuesday

At the same time, Hurricane Melissa wasmaking landfall on Jamaica’ssouthern coast.

Hurricane Melissa carried wind speeds reaching 185 mph, according to news reports. In addition to being the strongest storm to ever strike Jamaica,itisone of the strongeststormsinthe historyof theAtlanticBasin. Afterroaring over Jamaica, the stormwas expectedtoreach Cuba by Wednesdaymorning.

Sevenpeople have already died as aresult of thestorm,according to reports.

Town’sand Perkins’vacation was only meant to last throughSunday.But as storm fears gathered throughout the week, their original flightshome were canceled.

“Wetried booking flights for Friday,and they were all taken. There was no way for us to get aflight,”

Town said. “We’ve been trying to arrange some private flightstoget out of here, but it’snot looking good.”

The couple’sresort is on the

is justone of many criteria neededtofueltropical storm formation and growth

Caribbean or theGulfso far this year, less thanhalf the historicalaverage, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.

From 1991 to 2020, Klotzbachsaid the Atlantic producedanaverage of about six named storms that tracked through the CaribbeanorGulf each season, whether they were “homegrown” stormsorsystems that started as tropical waves farther east in the Atlantic. Last season producednearly twicethe average, with 11 named storms that eitherformedoveror tracked through the CaribbeanorGulf.

State Climatologist Jay Grymes said it’snot unheard of for an Atlantic season to end having produced just one or two storms in the Gulf, and this year’smerciful lack of activity in the region can be attributed to acouple of obvious environmentalfactors —and others that are not so obvious.

But Grymes said the past 25 years have been brutal for Louisiana in terms of tropical activity,the busiestonrecord for the Bayou State since recordkeeping began in the 1850s. That, he said, more than anything has made this year feel abnormal.

“Wehavebecome hypersensitive inthe central Gulf Coast. And it’snot just the last couple of years, it’sthe last two decades.” Grymes said. “It’smore about psyche than it is about the atmospheresometimes.”

Theyearofthe fish storm Still, the atmosphere has certainly played its role this season, too.

Despite near-record-high sea-surface temperatures in the Gulf and temperatures hovering around the mid- to upper 80sinthe Caribbean, Grymes said warm water

“The real driver for storms is the atmosphere,” he said Avast majority of this year’s13named storms started as seeds west of Africaand thencurvedaway from theU.S.,mostavoiding direct hits to land,frequently called afish storm. This is thanks to what meteorologists call the ”Azores high,” asemipermanent ridgeof high pressure over aportion of theAtlantic Ocean that steers tropical systems.

Grymes said the highpressure ridge expands and contractsinacyclethroughout the year,and itsphases are known by two names: theBermuda and Azores high.

In its expanded, Bermuda phase, the ridge stretchesso farwest across the Atlantic that it sometimes reaches theU.S.EastCoast or Gulf, creatingabarrier that forces tropical systems to move lowalongits rim. That can resultinthe kind of longtrack storms that start near Africa and go on to complete the more than 3,000-mile trek acrossthe ocean and into the Gulf

ButGrymes said theridge has been in its contracted, Azores phase for much of this season, allowingsystemstoturn north wellbefore reachingthe U.S Little homegrown Dry air thathampers storm formation contributed to alull in activity in the tropical Atlanticlatethis summer at what is normally considered peak season, Grymes said.

It’slikely that similar conditions have preventedsystems from bubbling up on their own in the Caribbean andGulf, too. Grymes said acertain set of factors warm water,amechanism that can createacluster of storms, an environment conducive to strengthening —need to coincide fora system to get astorm to pop

northern shore of theisland, and they have been toldbyJamaicans that themountains usually work to break up winds.Still, Stone and Perkins areanxious to get home and seetheir 1-year-old daughter, Emerson. Perkins saidshe began to cry when she realizedthe storm was going to keep them on the island.

“Our daughter is not even 11/2 years oldyet,” Perkinssaid,“so Iwas hesitant about leaving her already.And then for them to tell us that we weren’tgoing to be able to leave for at leastanother week, Iwas like ‘OK, Idon’t wanttodo this.I’m ready to go home.’

Thetwo were moved from their ground-floor room to oneonthe third floor,tohopefully avoid flooding. While Town described thebuilding as “upona cliff,” he said the water’sedge was probably only100 yards from wherethey are staying Contacted just before5 p.m. Tuesday, Town said that the

up on its own in the Gulf.

For whatever reason, those things just haven’tcome together so far this year

“There’s no real clear explanation,” he said. “But even homegrown storms often have atropical that’s come in from theeast and then that wave startstoget organized.”

Jill Trepanier, aprofessor and hurricane researcher at LSU, agreed, saying dry air and wind shear have posed a persistentproblem for systems brewinginthe warm waters of theCaribbean and Gulf this year

But Trepanieralso said its typical for homegrown formations in theCaribbean and Gulf to pick up later in the season, generally by September,asconditions across the rest of theAtlantic growincreasingly hostile to storm formation.

While water temperatures have usually droppedand wind shear hasintensified throughout much of theAtlantic by this time of year, parts of theGulfand Caribbean are ready toburn.

“And so Melissa is agood exampleofthat,”Trepanier said.

Echoing Grymes’ point, Trepanier said this year likely feels stranger than it is to many Louisianans in comparison to recent, hyperactive seasons.

“I find that thelast few yearshavebeensodramatic in thelandfalling signature of major events, so much of that hasmade everybody kind of keyedup,”she said, “like, ‘Oh, everyyear will be like this now.’”

storm’s eye had passed over their resort and that winds andflooding had both increased sincethe start of the day.Hesaid floodwaterhad reached into some of the rooms. Food and water have been provided by the resort, and internet and television access have remained mostlyconnected. Town said employees have kept them up to date and been very supportive. The resort hadn’tlost power yet and has backup generators, Town said.

Amber Williams, Town’s mother, said she was abletospeak with the couple earlier this morning.

“It’s ascarysituation; they don’t know what’stocome,” Williams said. “They’re justpraying and asking everyone for prayers. It’s just unknown.”

The resort has other American familieswho arealso trapped, Town said, as wellasafew British touristswho tell him they have no experience with severe storms and

are very scared.

Town said that earlierinthe week most of thelocalswerenot very concerned, telling the newlyweds not to worry about evacuating. ButMondaynight things changed, Perkins said, with locals telling her that on ascale of one to 10, their worries were at a10.

“I asked, ‘Are you worried about you here, the resort, or theisland in general?’ Theywere like‘the island in general, our families,’ ” Perkins said.

The pair are stressed and anxious, but say they are grateful for their friends, families andchurch at home, whoare supplying them with prayers.

“If anything, keep sending prayers,” Town said. “Keep sending love and support.”

“Especially forthe people of the island,” Perkins added. “Obviously, we pray that we’re safeand everything will be fine withthe storm, but the island will have devastating effects forthem.”

PayPal, UPS send stocks to more record highs

The U.S. stock market pushed further into record heights on Tuesday

The S&P 500 added 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 161 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.8% All three indexes set all-time highs for a third straight day. Moves were also relatively modest in the bond market as Wall Street waits for a few events that could shake things up. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will announce its latest move on interest rates, while some of the stock market’s most influential companies will report how much profit they made during the summer On Thursday, President Donald Trump will meet China’s leader Xi Jinping.

United Parcel Service rallied 8% after delivering stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected. UPS also gave a forecast for revenue in the all-important holiday shipping season that was slightly above analysts’ expectations.

PayPal climbed 3.9% after saying it made a bigger profit during the summer than analysts expected. It also said it plans to pay its shareholders a dividend every three months, while announcing a deal where internet users will be able to pay for purchases through OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Consumer confidence dips modestly in October

WASHINGTON — Consumer confidence weakened slightly in October as Americans remain anxious about their future financial prospects. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell by 1 point to 94.6 in October from an upwardly revised September reading of 95.6. Economists were expecting the reading to come in unchanged from the previous month. One year ago, the reading was 109.5.

A measure of Americans’ shortterm expectations for their income, business conditions and the job market dipped by 2.9 points to 71.5, remaining well below 80, the marker that can signal a recession ahead.

However, consumers’ assessments of their current economic situation rose 1.8 points to 129.3. Write-in responses to the survey showed that prices and inflation remained consumers’ biggest concern. Mentions of tariffs declined again this month but remain elevated, according to the Conference Board.

UnitedHealth tops

3Q forecasts

UnitedHealth has returned to better-than-expected growth after starting the year swamped by medical costs and then withdrawing its forecast for 2025.

Leaders of the health care giant said Tuesday that care use is now climbing at rates they expected, and the company envisions annual growth next year that accelerates in 2027. In the meantime, UnitedHealth is going through a transition year, resetting health insurance prices and trimming unprofitable parts of that business

That includes cuts to its individual health insurance enrollment and losing about 1 million customers from its Medicare Advantage business. That provides privately run versions of the government’s coverage program mainly for people age 65 and over

With 8.4 million customers, UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans. The company said Tuesday that it now expects adjusted earnings this year of at least $16.25 per share. That tops analyst forecasts of $16.21 per share, according to FactSet.

UnitedHealth started 2025 with expectations of making as much as $30 a share. But the company later cut and then withdrew its forecast. In May, former CEO Andrew Witty abruptly left the company UnitedHealth Group Inc. runs one of the nation’s largest health insurance and pharmacy benefits management businesses Its Optum business also provides care and technology support.

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Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs

Spending on artificial intelligence accelerates

BY MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere.

Teams and individuals impacted by the job cuts will be notified on Tuesday Most workers will be given 90 days to look for a new position internally, Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon, wrote in a letter to employees on Tuesday Those who can’t find a new role at the company or who opt not to look for one will be provided transitional support including severance pay, outplacement services and health insurance benefits.

Amazon has about 350,000 corporate employees and a total workforce of approximately 1.56 million. The cuts announced Tuesday amount to about a 4% reduction in its corporate workforce.

In June, CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought to cut costs since becoming CEO in 2021, said that he anticipated generative AI would reduce Amazon’s corporate workforce in the next few years.

Jassy said at the time that Amazon had more than 1,000 generative AI services and applications in progress or built, but that figure was a “small fraction” of what it plans to build.

Amazon has announced plans to invest $10 billion in building a campus in North Carolina to expand its

cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Since 2024 started Amazon has committed to about $10 billion apiece to data center projects in Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina as it builds up its infrastructure to try to keep up with other tech giants making leaps in AI. Amazon is competing with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta and others. In a conference call with industry analysts in May, Jassy said that the potential for growth in the company’s AWS business is massive.

“If you believe your mission is to make customers’ lives easier and better every day, and you believe that every customer experience will be reinvented with AI, you’re going to invest very aggressively

Flight delays may spread amid stress

Air traffi

c

controllers going without pay during shutdown

BY JOSH FUNK

AP transportation writer

Air traffic controllers missed their paychecks Tuesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, and that has Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the head of the controllers’ union concerned that flight delays could multiply as increasingly stressed-out controllers call out sick.

Recent absences have led to a number of isolated delays around the country because the Federal Aviation Administration was already extremely short on controllers prior to the shutdown. The FAA restricts the number of flights landing and taking off at an airport anytime there is a shortage of controllers to ensure safety

major airports nationwide have still been on time this month.

Though a two-hour-long staffing-related ground stop at Los Angeles International Airport made national news on Sunday, a major thunderstorm in Dallas that day had a bigger impact on flights when only about 44% of flights were on time.

Cirium said 72% of the flights out of LAX were still on time Sunday

But Duffy and the president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association Nick Daniels have continued to emphasize the pressure that controllers are feeling. They say the problems are likely to only get worse the longer the shutdown continues.

cause of their frustration with the situation and because controllers need the time off to work second jobs instead of continuing to work six days a week like many of them routinely do.

Duffy has said that controllers could be fired if they abuse their sick time, but the vast majority of them have continued to show up for work every day

Air traffic controller Joe Segretto, who works at a regional radar facility that directs planes in and out of airports in the New York area, said morale is suffering as controllers worry more about money

“The pressure is real,” Segretto said. “We have people trying to keep these airplanes safe. We have trainees — that are trying to learn a new job that is very fast-paced, very stressful, very complex — now having to worry about how they’re going to pay bills.”

in AI, and that’s what we’re doing. You can see that in the 1,000-plus AI applications we’re building across Amazon. You can see that with our next generation of Alexa, named Alexa+,” he said.

Amazon’s workforce doubled during the pandemic as millions stayed home and boosted online spending. In the following years, big tech and retail companies cut thousands of jobs to bring spending back in line.

The cuts announced Tuesday suggests Amazon is still trying to get the size of its workforce right and it may not be over It was the biggest culling at Amazon since 2023, when the company cut 27,000 jobs. Those cuts came in waves, with 9,000 jobs trimmed in March of that year, and another 18,000 employees two months later Amazon has not said if more job cuts are on the way

OpenAI may move forward with new business structure

BY MATT O’BRIEN and THALIA BEATY Associated Press writers

OpenAI said Tuesday it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation after two crucial regulators, the Delaware and California attorneys general, said they would not oppose the plan. The restructuring paves the way for the ChatGPT maker to more easily profit off its artificial intelligence technology even as it remains technically under the control of a nonprofit.

OpenAI

CEO Sam Altman said in a call Tuesday that “the most likely path” for the newly formed business is that it becomes publicly traded on the stock market, “given the capital needs that we’ll have and sort of the size of the company,” though a Wall Street debut was not a part of the announcements detailed Tuesday Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings and California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in separate statements that they would not object to the restructuring, seemingly bringing to an end more than a year of negotiations and announcements about the future of OpenAI’s governance and the power that for-profit investors and its nonprofit board will have over the organization’s technology

The company also said it has signed a new agreement with its longtime backer Microsoft that gives the software giant a roughly 27% stake in OpenAI’s new for-profit corporation but changes some of the details of their close partnership. Microsoft’s $135 billion stake will be just ahead of the OpenAI nonprofit’s $130 billion stake in the for-profit company

The attorneys general of Delaware, where OpenAI is incorporated, and California, where it is headquartered, had both spent months investigating the proposed changes.

“We will be keeping a close eye on OpenAI to ensure ongoing adherence to its charitable mission and the protection of the safety of all Californians,” said Bonta. OpenAI said it completed its restructuring “after nearly a year of engaging in constructive dialogue” with the offices in both states.

There’s no way to predict when or where delays might happen because even a small number of absences can disrupt operations at times. Sometimes the delays are only 30 minutes, but some airports have reported delays more than two hours long and some have even had to stop all flights temporarily

So far, most of the delays have been isolated and temporary Aviation analytics firm Cirium said that normally about 20% of all flights are delayed more than 15 minutes for a variety of reasons

The data Cirium tracks shows there has not been a dramatic increase in the total number of delays overall since the shutdown began on Oct. 1. Nearly 80% of the flights at a sample of 14

“Air traffic controllers have to have 100% of focus 100% of the time,” Daniels said Tuesday at a news conference alongside Duffy at LaGuardia Airport in New York “And I’m watching air traffic controllers going to work. I’m getting the stories. They’re worried about paying for medicine for their daughter I got a message from a controller that said, ‘I’m running out of money And if she doesn’t get the medicine she needs, she dies. That’s the end.’”

Controllers gathered outside 20 airports nationwide Tuesday to hand out leaflets urging an end to the shutdown as soon as possible. Worrying about how to pay their bills is driving some to take second jobs to make ends meet.

The number of controllers calling in sick has increased during the shutdown both be-

Duffy said the shutdown is also making it harder for the government to reduce the longstanding shortage of about 3,000 controllers. He said that some students have dropped out of the air traffic controller academy in Oklahoma City, and younger controllers who are still training to do the job might abandon the career because they can’t afford to go without pay

“This shutdown is making it harder for me to accomplish those goals,” Duffy said.

The longer the shutdown continues pressure will continue to build on Congress to reach an agreement to reopen the government. During the 35-day shutdown in President Donald Trump’s first term, the disruptions to flights across the country contributed to the end of that disruption. But so far, Democrats and Republicans have shown little sign of reaching a deal to fund the government.

“OpenAI has completed its recapitalization, simplifying its corporate structure,” said a blog post Tuesday from Bret Taylor, the chair of OpenAI’s board of directors “The nonprofit remains in control of the for-profit, and now has a direct path to major resources before AGI arrives.” AGI stands for artificial general intelligence, which OpenAI defines as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work.” OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit in 2015 with a mission to safely build AGI for humanity’s benefit. It later started a for-profit arm. Microsoft invested its first $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, and the two companies formed an agreement that made Microsoft the exclusive provider of the computing power needed to build OpenAI’s costly technology It was a lifeline for the startup research lab, which is now valued at $500 billion but continues to lose more money than it makes. In turn, Microsoft heavily used the technology behind ChatGPT to enhance its own AI products

At least 60 dead in Rio raid

Violent operation biggest in city’s history

BY ELÉONORE HUGHES and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects dead, officials said.

The operation included officers in helicopters and armored vehicles and targeted the notorious Red Command in the sprawling low-income favelas of Complexo de Alemao and Penha, police said.

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil’s recent history, with at least one human rights organization calling for an investigation into each death.

Rio’s state Gov. Claudio Castro said in a video posted on X that 60 criminal suspects were “neutralized,” 81 arrested and 75 rifles seized during the massive oneday raid that he called the biggest such operation in the city’s history

A large amount of drugs also was seized, the state government said.

An Associated Press journalist also saw the bodies of at least two police officers among 10 bodies brought to the Getulio Vargas hospital in Penha. Police did not immediately confirm the deaths of officers.

An unknown number of people

Hospital

also were wounded.

César Muñoz, director of Human Rights Watch in Brazil, called Tuesday’s events “a huge tragedy” and a “disaster.”

“The public prosecutor’s office must open its own investigations and clarify the circumstances of each death,” Muñoz said in a statement.

Footage on social media showed fire and smoke rising from the two favelas as gunfire rang out. The city’s Education Department said 46 schools across the two neighborhoods were closed, and the nearby Federal University of Rio de Janeiro canceled night classes and told people on campus to seek

shelter

Suspected gang members blocked roads in northern and southeastern Rio in response to the raid, local media reported.

At least 50 buses were commandeered to be used in the blockades, the city’s bus organization Rio Onibus said.

The operation Tuesday followed a year of investigation into the criminal group, police said.

Castro, from the conservative opposition Liberal party, said the federal government should be providing more support to combat crime a swipe at the administration of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Louvre security ‘not in line’ with modern standards,

officials say

Despite mediation, no ‘workable solution,’ official says

BY SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said before dawn Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act against militants blamed for deadly cross-border attacks.

The talks followed an earlier round in Doha that produced a ceasefire on Oct. 19 after deadly border clashes between the two sides left dozens dead, including soldiers, civilians and militants.

Pakistan accuses the Taliban of harboring militants linked to a surge in attacks, while Kabul denies its territory is being used against Pakistan.

Before dawn Wednesday, Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar took to social media platform X, saying the dialogue “failed to bring about any workable solution,” despite mediation by Qatar and Turkey

There was no immediate comment from Kabul about Tarar’s remarks.

The latest development came

hours after the state media in both countries said there was an impasse in the talks, with the state media from both sides blaming each other for the failure to reach a deal.

Tarar said Pakistan at the request of brotherly countries Qatar and Turkey gave peace a chance and engaged with the Afghan Taliban government first in Doha and then in Istanbul. He accused the Taliban of being “indifferent to Pakistan’s losses” even though “Pakistan has always desired, advocated and immensely sacrificed for peace and prosperity for the people of Afghanistan.”

Tarar said Pakistan is thankful to Qatar and Turkey for facilitating this dialogue, which was part of a broader diplomatic push to ease months of heightened tension between Islamabad and Kabul over cross-border attacks and militant safe havens issues that have strained relations since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan four years ago.

He said that “since the Taliban regime bears no responsibility towards the people of Afghanistan and thrives on war economy, it desires to drag and mire the Afghan people into a needless war.”

Tarar said “Pakistan’s patience has run its course,” and warned that Islamabad would “continue to take all possible measures necessary to protect our people from the menace of terrorism.”

French senators say improvements are necessary

BY SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press

PARIS A delegation of French senators visited the Louvre on Tuesday and acknowledged that the museum’s security was “not in line” with modern standards, calling for improved measures at the Paris landmark that was the scene of a stunning heist earlier this month.

Thieves took less than eight minutes on Oct. 19 to steal jewels valued at $102 million from the world’s most-visited museum French officials described

how the intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window opened a breach in display cases and fled.

Two suspects were arrested on Sunday and are being questioned by police.

Sen. Laurent Lafon head of the Culture Committee at the Senate, said “we all noticed that the security equipment is not suitable for a 21st-century museum such as the Louvre. It is our flagship, it must be exemplary and today we cannot describe the security conditions at the Louvre as exemplary.”

Speaking to reporters after visiting the Louvre with fellow senators, Lafon said “there are many improvements to be made. Our security system does not meet

nowadays’ standards.”

Lafon acknowledged there was a “weakness” regarding outdoor cameras that allowed the robbery, but would not enter into further details for “confidentiality reasons.”

The senators called for a speedy start of massive renovation work that was already planned — as soon as possible, since France’s budget for 2026 is currently being debated in the parliament.

The decade-long “Louvre New Renaissance” plan, which includes security improvements, was launched earlier this year It is estimated it would cost up to $933 million to modernize infrastructure, ease crowding and give the famed Mona Lisa a dedicated gallery by 2031.

N.O. to vote on $510M in bonds

Tulane Avenue, are revived.

Three propositions on Nov. 15 ballot

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

When New Orleans voters approved a sweeping $500 million bond package in 2019, the cash was slated for specific city facilities, infrastructure improvements and affordable housing, though millions were redirected to the jail’s court-mandated mental health wing or to legal settlements.

Inspector sues for license return

Farrell claims constitutional rights violations

BY BEN MYERS

Staff writer

Randy Farrell, an electrical inspector facing federal charges, has sued the New Orleans and Jefferson Parish municipal governments for revoking or suspending his inspection licenses without due process. In a federal lawsuit filed Oct 27, Farrell and his company, IECI & Associates, claimed the two parishes’ disciplinary actions against him and his company have cost him “millions of dollars.” He claims he wasn’t given a chance to appeal, and that local officials are violating his constitutional rights Farrell was indicted in September 2024 on more than two dozen charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and other charges. The charges are related to allegations that Farrell took bribes from unlicensed electricians to obtain fraudulent permits for them and sign off on their work. He is also accused of bribing Mayor LaToya Cantrell to fire a permitting employee who raised alarms about Farrell’s business practices.

Trial is set for May 18.

Cantrell — identified in the indictment as “Public Official 1” — has not been charged in connection to the Farrell indictment. She faces separate charges related to an alleged scheme to cover up an affair with her former New Orleans Police Department bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie.

Spokespersons for the city and Jefferson Parish declined comment on pending litigation

Farrell pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges in a separate case in 2021. He also faces contractor fraud and forgery charges in Jefferson Parish.

Both the city and Jefferson Parish license outside inspectors to greenlight electrical work, and, before his legal trouble, Farrell’s company was the largest inspection firm in the area. Inspector General Ed Michel’s office and outside auditors have long criticized the system for allowing corruption.

The city’s permitting director, Tammie Jackson, revoked Farrell’s license in January 2023 because he also held a contractor’s license. City code prohibits third-party inspection licensees from also holding contractor licenses.

Jackson also denied Farrell’s renewal application later that year, citing the earlier tax fraud case and claiming she had learned that IECI improperly paid for electrical permits. Jefferson Parish then suspended IECI’s license in October 2024, citing the current federal indictment and the Jefferson Parish charges.

Farrell’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, claims that “the city of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, along with others, are working to deprive him of his rights and force him out of business.”

But this time around — and as the city grapples with a massive budget deficit City Council members say they’ll ensure a new round of proposed bond proceeds are spent as advertised.

The money would also ensure a slew of long-blighted or deteriorating sites, such as the Lindy Boggs Medical Center on Norman Francis Parkway and the Orleans Criminal District Courthouse on

Up for consideration on the Nov 15 ballot are three separate bond propositions totaling $510 million that would help build affordable housing projects, fill potholes, improve public parks and playgrounds and meet a host of other critical needs.

To avoid a repeat of six years ago, city officials have pledged not to remove 100-plus projects in line to be funded unless the council has approved it and the public has had a chance to weigh in. The city also cannot divert that funding to address its $160 million deficit, because state law and city policies prohibit such shuffling.

“There’s got to be more accountability before any money can be moved around. When you pass a proposition like this, if you say

you’re going to spend money in a certain area, you’re supposed to spend that money in that certain area,” said council member Eugene Green.

Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, whose transition team is exploring other ways to shore up city finances, did not return a request for comment.

Bond propositions focusing on stormwater management and economic development have gained

fic data suggests that milkweed is spreading a disease that can cause butterflies to emerge from their chrysalises wingless and deformed.

The butterfly effect

Scientists say some milkweed may be fueling a deadly parasite

BY ALEX LUBBEN Staff writer

For years, home gardeners have been told to do one thing to save monarch butterflies: plant milkweed, the only plant monarch caterpillars eat And for years, that’s what Linda Barber Auld, known as “NOLA BugLady,” did Her garden was full of it, as well as other butterflyfriendly vegetation.

But things changed in 2020 after she saw scientific data suggesting that milk-

weed is spreading a disease that can cause butterflies to emerge from their chrysalises wingless and deformed.

“I came home and I ripped out all the milkweed in my yard,” she said, both the native and tropical varieties. That disease ophryocystis elektroscirrha, or OE, for short — is widespread across North America, but monarch infection rates are particularly high in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. The vast majority of monarchs in New Orleans are infected with the protozoan pathogen, according to data collected largely by citizen scientists and compiled by Project Monarch Health at the University of Georgia

Some researchers warn OE spores can build up on milkweed that persists through winter especially tropical

milkweed, which is not native to Louisiana.

“The very thing that people are doing to help the monarchs is the thing that’s causing them problems,” said Andy Davis, an assistant research scientist at the University of Georgia who studies monarchs.

Monarchs are an emblematic North American butterfly with deep orange wings overlaid with an intricate webbing of black markings. Breeding monarchs live only a few weeks, but, each year, a “super generation” of the insects is born. These monarchs can migrate thousands of miles and live for up to eight months. Scientists believe the North American

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St. Tammany may update spokesperson regulations

Concerns raised over statements about job posting

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

A St. Tammany Parish government spokesperson’s critical statements about a job posting could lead to new regulations for the parish’s public information officers.

St. Tammany Parish Council member David Cougle’s proposed ordinance follows state-

ments to a newspaper reporter made earlier this month by Michael Vinsanau, a parish government spokesperson who often speaks on behalf of Parish President Mike Cooper

After parish resident Connie Phillips, who once lodged over 150 complaints about books in the library, used artificial intelligence software to create a job posting for the parish’s library director on behalf of the chair of the library board, Vinsanau questioned the decision.

“It’s inappropriate that it was made by AI by an activist,” Vinsanau said in an interview with

The Times-Picayune at the time.

“It would be inappropriate if this was made by either side.” These statements were the “the catalyst” for Cougle’s proposed ordinance that would require Vinsanau to indicate whether he is speaking for Cooper, the Parish Council or all of parish government. The spokesperson would also have to receive permission from Council Administrator Mary Burckell before speaking for the Parish Council or the whole government under the proposed ordinance. Cougle wrote in an email that he felt like Vinsanau was “target-

ing a private individual because (Phillips) did something as innocuous as offering an AI-generated job template to the (Library Board of Control).”

“I was personally offended by the idea of the spokesperson for parish government targeting a private individual like this.” Phillips and Cougle were allies in an effort to draw attention to minors’ access to library materials that they felt were objectionable. Books with LGBTQ+ characters and sexual themes have prompted controversy in

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Plan nears passage to delay elections

Republicans advance bills to shift primaries

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

Louisiana Republicans are one step away from delaying the state’s primary elections next year, batting away accusations from Democrats that they are setting the stage to get rid of majority-Black voting districts as part of a nationwide GOP push to gain more seats in Congress.

In a party-line vote, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee during a Tuesday meeting advanced two bills that would move party primary elections from April to May

“There is a push from the president of the United States to get more Republicans in seats in Congress,” said state Rep C. Denise Marcelle, DBaton Rouge “It looks like we are aligning ourselves to assist by making sure that we have something in place to quickly — and I heard that used a couple times — come in and draw maps.”

Regardless of whether Republicans want to admit it, Marcelle said, the hope underlying the ongoing special session is that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down or undermine the Voting Rights Act, a federal law that for decades has governed how race can be used as a factor in redistricting. She said any move toward reducing Black representation in Congress is “racist” and “unconscionable.”

Rep. Mike Johnson, a Pineville Republican who has played a key role on Louisiana redistricting matters for the state Legislature, disputed that idea.

“There’s no nefarious purpose behind this,” said Johnson, the No. 2 Republican in the Louisiana House. “We’re simply giving the time in hopes that the court will rule so that we can still have legal maps.”

Both Johnson and Marcelle were referring to an impending decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that deals with whether race can be used as a factor to draw congressional districts.

Some think there’s a chance the high court will rule on the

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case this year, which could create an opportunity for Louisiana to draw a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Others say it’s impossible to predict when an opinion will come down or what it will say And still others expect a decision to come in summer at which point it would likely be too late for Louisiana to draw a new map.

“All we’re doing is pushing election dates back,” Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, the bill sponsor, assured his colleagues during the meeting, reiterating a message he’s hewed to throughout the several days of the session.

“This has nothing to do with moving party lines or any kind of redistricting at all,” he said of the legislation.

Kleinpeter, R-Port Allen, said he expects the Legislature to eventually follow whatever guidance the Supreme Court provides with respect to redistricting — whether the high court determines Louisiana’s current congressional map is constitutional or unconstitutional.

Legislative Black Caucus Chair Rep. Edmond Jordan, D-Baton Rouge, told his colleagues the ongoing special session focused on delaying the April primary is a “pretext.”

“We know what this is,” Jordan said in an interview after the meeting. “The whole reason is to set up an opportunity to change these maps and redraw these maps so that we would not have two minority representatives in Congress in the next election cycle.”

The Legislature is expected to pass the GOP-backed plan Wednesday and end its special session, which was called by Gov Jeff Landry for the sole purpose of delaying the April primary one month.

Should it pass no election would be held in April.

Instead, an election would be held on May 16 for closed party primaries for U.S House and Senate races. Open primaries for some municipal races and statewide votes for five constitutional amendments would also be held that day

Possible runoffs for the U.S House and Senate closed party primaries would be pushed back to June 27, along with municipal general elections.

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monarch population has declined substantially due to habitat loss and the spread of OE. While there is some disagreement on how much the population has declined and what is responsible, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service thinks the bugs are in enough trouble that it recommended listing them as threatened. That’s primarily due to the effects of habitat loss, pesticides and climate change, but OE plays a role, too — especially in the Gulf South. If only mildly infected, a butterfly can live a fairly normal life. But a serious infection can be deadly, especially if a monarch catches it as a caterpillar, before it goes through the process of metamorphosis and grows into a butterfly. OE can spread when adult butterflies mate or it can be passed down from a female to her offspring. Increasingly, it’s spreading by accumulating on milkweed plants — particularly on non-native tropical milkweed, which is hardy enough to survive Louisiana’s mild winters — that many females are using to lay their eggs and where it infects monarch caterpillars. Once infected, monarchs are less likely to survive their annual long-distance migration. Their wings can crumple and fold over, and their bodies can be covered in a gooey substance. Every year, around August or September, butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains fly south from Canada to Mexico, and as they do, those infected with OE die off. Those that survive to mate are then less likely to be infected But if milkweed is available year-round, monarchs are less likely to attempt

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the support of the city’s business leaders, who point out the need to bring shuttered prime real estate back into commerce. The Bureau of Governmental Research, a local good government nonprofit, also recently swung its support behind those two proposals.

A bond proposition for affordable housing has proved more controversial. Affordable housing advocates and BGR say the city should find other, more secure ways to fund its housing needs.

What the bonds would fund

The bond propositions would see New Orleans borrow funding for more than 100 projects, including:

n $45 million for affordable housing, such as new housing construction, renovations or improving affordable housing facilities.

n About $50 million for stormwater management and drainage solutions such as a stormwater park in Lakeview to reduce flooding and underground water storage systems to alleviate pressure on the city’s drainage system.

n $410 million for key infrastructure projects, such as the second phase of the Lincoln Beach redevelopment, the Lindy Boggs site, upgrades to Criminal District Court and numerous roadwork projects.

The bonds would be repaid over 30 years, and the Board of Liquidation, an independent body that manages bond repayments, will set annual interest rates based on the current bond market, the city’s tax base and its credit rating.

Payment would come from a 14.5mill tax that is currently dedicated for the payoff of similar bond issues.

In 2019, when the city took out a similar $500 million bond issue, city officials pledged to spend it on infrastructure, affordable housing and public facilities. And while much of the money, which the city is still paying back, went to those needs, the city also frequently moved money destined for those projects to cover other projects that went over budget, according to a report BGR issued last week.

This time around, the council

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St Tammany’s libraries over the past few years.

Cougle and Phillips co-founded the St Tammany Library Accountability Project together and Phillips was a donor to Cougle’s campaign for Parish Council.

“Ms. Phillips is one of my many donors and I’ve known her for a while, but my main concern about what the PIO did was, in my opinion, targeting a private citizen with

would have a public process before any projects are deprioritized. And though the city is grappling with a multimillion deficit this year and could make more than $200 million in cuts in 2026, per a draft budget proposal, “all of the bond money is designed for capital improvements and cannot be used to offset a deficit,” said Tracy Madison, the secretary for the New Orleans Board of Liquidation.

That board sets the annual tax rate for existing debt and manages repayments for issued bonds. State law bans cities from using general obligation bonds, which the city would borrow in this instance, to cover operational expenses.

The city is requesting to increase its debt as its credit rating from Moody’s dropped from an A2 to A3.

While the city can still face higher interest rates, the city’s current rating is still considered strong, according to Moody’s, one of three agencies that rate the city’s credit.

Proposals draw support

Council member Lesli Harris said she supports all three propositions and will ensure the projects remain prioritized.

“This bond package also means long-awaited investments in projects like Lindy Boggs, Criminal District Court upgrades, Dryades Market redevelopment, NSA and more to improve access to affordable housing, stormwater management and infrastructure,” she said.

The dozens of renovation projects on the city’s list would help attract new companies to the New Orleans market and maintain the ones that have already set up shop, said Matt Wolfe, of Greater New Orleans Inc., whose organization secured support for the infrastructure proposition from more than 40 businesses and nonprofits across the city

“When you look at the fact that this won’t be creating new taxes and will create new positive outcomes, it’s something that’s paramount for our city to take on,” he said.

BGR also backed the infrastructure and stormwater management bond proposals.

“BGR’s support for the two bond propositions for infrastructure and drainage and stormwater management recognizes that the bond fund-

the power of parish government,” Cougle said.

In The Times-Picayune article about the library director job posting, Vinsanau was identified as a spokesperson for the parish president Vinsanau himself hardly ever speaks for the council, but his office provides communications for the council and parish government as a whole, in addition to the parish president The Parish Council does not have its own spokesperson. The ordinance would also require Vinsanau to distribute information on behalf of the council if the coun-

migration. That’s led to the development of populations that don’t migrate at all and repeatedly lay eggs on the same milkweed plants, where OE thrives.

Anna Timmerman, an LSU AgCenter agriculture and natural resources extension agent, said that a few years ago, she only dis-

couraged gardeners from planting tropical milkweed. Now, she takes a more aggressive approach.

“At this point, we have a nonmigratory resident population, which is heavily infected,” she said, and so she discourages gardeners from planting even native milkweeds, like aquatic

ing is necessary to sustain progress on these core city assets and community priorities,” said Rebecca Mowbray, the group’s president and CEO.

Some opposition

But BGR found the affordable housing proposition problematic, it said, because the city would be using long-term debt to meet an annual budget obligation. Last year, voters agreed to sign off on a dedicated fund for affordable housing, called the Housing Trust Fund, that requires the city to set aside 2% of its general fund budget or an amount equal to that for housing needs.

The bond proposal would rely on interest-bearing debt to fill the fund, which would be more costly, according to BGR.

“For a 30-year bond, interest typically accounts for 40% of what the city ultimately pays back,” the report’s authors stated.

Mowbray said that the city should refinance the debt it borrowed in 2019 to get a lower interest rate. The interest on the 2019 bond issue ultimately bumped its cost to $589 million.

Moving forward, the city also needs to factor in preventive maintenance costs for buildings streets, drainage and other elements, she added.

Meanwhile, a leading affordable housing group also said relying on bonds would cause processing delays and that the bonds would cover less than 15% of the city’s annual spending needs for housing, as identified by the Trust Fund.

“Given the history of the city’s management of these funds, the state of our bond capacity and the chaos in government, bonds are a risky proposition,” said Andreanecia Morris, president of the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance who also sits on the committee that oversees the fund.

Instead, the city should fund the 2% housing allocation through its general fund as initially intended, she said.

Early voting for the bond propositions, a handful of municipal runoff elections and other issues begins Saturday

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

cil administrator asks him to, a provision that Cougle said arises out of complaints that Vinsanau favors Cooper’s office over the council. Council member Arthur Laughlin said he had not looked at Cougle’s ordinance in-depth yet, but agreed there were problems with Vinsanau not representing the views of the council.

Vinsanau declined to comment. The ordinance would be introduced on Nov 6 and could be adopted in December Email Willie Swett at willie. swett@theadvocate.com.

milkweed, which naturally thrives in Louisiana’s cypress swamps.

Karen Oberhauser, a professor emerita at the University of WisconsinMadison and longtime butterfly researcher, said there are strong disagreements within the monarch research community about whether gardeners should still be planting milkweed.

On the one hand, data show that monarch populations have declined due to habitat loss, as fields once filled with native milkweeds have been razed for development or for agricultural uses. On the other hand, planting milkweed, particularly non-native varieties like tropical milkweed, has allowed OE to spread widely

“Milkweed being present where and when it’s not naturally present can pose problems,” Oberhauser said.

If gardeners are going to plant milkweed in their yards, Oberhauser recommends seeking out native varieties. In New Orleans, that’s primarily aquatic milkweed.

“Most people would agree that milkweed is beneficial if it’s available when it’s naturally available,” she said. “Often, that’s hard in a garden, because a garden isn’t always natural.”

When people plant milkweed, it may survive longer than it would in the wild because it’s being watered or tended to, she said. It might not die back in the wintertime as it naturally would, allowing butterflies to make use of it at times when they wouldn’t nor-

mally have access to it.

Another thing to consider is whether the plant has been sprayed with herbicides, pesticides or fungicides, said Ray Moranz, a conservation specialist with the Xerces Society

“We have found that a very large percentage of the milkweed plants sold at nurseries had significant amounts of pesticides in them,” he said. While Moranz discourages planting tropical milkweed, he thinks there’s likely still value in planting native milkweeds. “There’s not a lot of data demonstrating that they are actually going to cause as much of a problem as tropical milkweed,” he said. But Auld isn’t taking any chances. Her garden remains milkweed-free, but she plants ageratum, native sunflowers, ironweed, eupatorium and a whole lot of other nectaring plants.

“I don’t have any milkweed in my yard,” she said.

“But I have monarchs. I saw four of them out there yesterday.”

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Landry mayfurlough

BY MARK BALLARD Staff writer

WASHINGTON Gov.Jeff Landry raised the possibility of furloughing state employees in an executive order Tuesday,blaming the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Landry’sorder states “due to the lapse in federal funding, the furlough of some employees whose positions are supported by federal funds is expected.”

Specifically,Landry ordered the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Workforce Commission to identify which units and tasks are supported by federal funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and begin State Civil Service procedures to furlough those employees. Those plansinclude warning employees and submittingplans to State Civil Service Director Byron P. DecoteauJr. for consideration. Civil Service had not received those plans as of Tuesday afternoon, aspokesperson said Just how many employ-

ees wouldbesent homeis unknown Officialswith the LouisianaHealth Department and theLouisiana Workforce Commissiondid notrespondto repeated questions. TheGovernor’s Officedid not respond to requests for additional information.

SNAP,which is paid mostly by thefederal governmentand administered by the state,provided food stamps for an estimated 792,769 Louisiana residents in October,according to Landry

Landry already hasissued an order preparing the state to coverthe costs for the first few days of November.And the state House voted to allow state money to be used —about $150million— while the federal government is shut down.

Landry alsoordered the Department of Administration to find away for the furloughed employees to keep their health care policies andtocompile alist of resources available tothe employees.

Half thenation’sstates and theDistrictofColumbiafiled alawsuit Tuesday seeking acourt order to requirethe U.S. Department of Agriculture, which funds SNAP, to tap acontingency

fund and allowthe temporary continuation of food stamps. Louisianawas not part of the lawsuit. Roughly 42 millionlowincome Americans will lose their food stamp benefits when regularappropriationsdry up on Saturday

Adopting the talking pointsofcongressional Republicans, Landry blamed SenateDemocrats for not going along witha Republican House-passed resolution that would continue government operations while finishing up appropriations for thefiscal year that beganOct. 1. Without Senate approval, whichrequires five Democrats to go along, the government has no authorization to spend money Johnson, whosentthe House home in September says no negotiations can happen until the Democrats agree to reopen government.

Democrats contend that Republicansrefuse to negotiateanextension of tax credits used by low-income workers andsmall businesses to helppay premiums for healthinsurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.

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Lacombecompany expanding

$2.4Mwater facility also to be builtin BatonRouge

BY BOBWARREN Staff writer

ALacombe-based company that works on commercial and industrial chilled water systems has announced an expansion that will create 38 jobs withanaverage salary of over $73,000,the St.Tammany Parish Economic Development Corporation said Tuesday ChillCo Inc.’s$4.4 millionexpansion of its St. Tammany Parish headquarters will add manufacturing andwarehouse space and is part of an $8 millionstatewide expansioneffort, officials said in anews release. The expansion will also help the company retain 68 existing positions. ChillCo’s headquartersis in ahighly visible location justoff Interstate 12 in Lacombe. The expansion there will provide more space for the company’s fleet of rental chillers, boilers and heating units. In Baton Rouge, the company is developing a $2.4 million facility that will allow it to expand its remanufacturingcapabilities,accordingtothe

St. Tammany Parish Economic Development Corporation.

ChillCo hasbeenaround for more than 20 years and has customers acrossthe Gulf South. “ChillCo, Inc. has been headquartered inStTammany Parishfor almost ourentire existence,” Chief Financial Officer John “Paul”Haley Jr saidina news release. “The foundationsand key members of our company have raised families here.”

ChillCo’sincentive package from thestate includes $250,000 from the Economic Development AwardProgram for

infrastructure improvements. Thecompany will also take part in the LED FastStart program and Louisiana’sQuality Jobs program, according to the news releasesaid.

“ChillCo’sexpansion is astrong example of how homegrownLouisiana companies are driving economic growth through reinvestment,”Louisiana Economic Development SecretarySusan B. Bourgeois said in a news release. “For nearly three decades, ChillCo has built on its expertise while keeping its headquarters and workforce rooted in St. Tammany Parish.”

Alexander, Violet

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Bagley,John EJ Fielding

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Violet George Alexander passedawayonOctober 23, 2025 at theage of 100 years old. It washer great desiretobea centenarian and shedid celebratewith great happiness. Shewas borninSmithville, Ten‐nesseetothe late Hugh and Nettie George.She moved to Kenner Louisiana after meeting and marrying herlatehus‐band, Richard(Dick) Alexander in Nashville while he wasstationed there in thenavy. Shelived 80wonderful yearsinKen‐ner.She is survived by her daughters Kathy(Jerry) Clark,DawnAlexander (MichaelLizarraga)and son KevinG.Alexander and daughter-in-law Pamela S. Alexander. Violet,Honey to

hergrandchildren,leaves behindher grandchildrenJ Bryant(Janine)Clark Jr., Alexandra (Derek John‐ston) Lizarraga, Timothy W.(Caroline)Alexander and EmilyAlexander as wellasher greatgrandchil‐drenParkerJohnston, Eliz‐abeth Alexander, andChar‐lotte Alexander. Shewillbe greatly missedbyher sis‐ter Lois SloanofNashville Tennesseeand her nephews.She waspre‐ceded in deathbyher lov‐ing husbandRichard J. (Dick)Alexander,sons Richard J. (Ricky) Alexan‐der,Jr. andTimothy G. Alexander,her brother HughGeorgeJr. andsister Myrna Miller both of Nashville,Tennessee. Vio‐let enjoyedworking at Ken‐ner Jr.HighSchool,East Jefferson High School and BonnabelHighSchool as secretary andsubstitute teacher.However,Family, Faith andfun were impor‐tanttoher.Familygather‐ingsand travelingwithher childrenbrought greatjoy Later,her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren filled herwithhappiness She wasverydevoted to Our Lady of PerpetualHelp Catholic Church where she volunteered with food pantryand prayed de‐voutly. LaterWALE filled her spiritualneeds. Fun was neverfar.She be‐longedtoKenner'schapter ofBetaSigma Phiand en‐joyed many funtimes.She traveledwithAARPacross the United States andfam‐ily near andfar.The Dis‐neyworldtrips with grand‐kidswereexciting. The familywould like to thank

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BarbaraW.for herwonder‐ful care,St. FrancisVilla and Passages Hospice. Rel‐ativesand friendsare in‐vited to attend theFuneral MassatSt. Matthews the Apostle Catholic Church 10021 JeffersonHwy,River Ridge,La. 70123 on Thurs‐day,October 30, 2025 at 2:00PM. Visitation will be atSt. Matthewthe Apostle Church beginningatNoon. In Lieu of flowers, please considerdonations to Our LadyofPerpetual Help Church

John Hammett Bagley passed away peacefullyat his home on Friday, October 24, 2025. He was born in New Orleans, LA on October 12, 1953. He leaves behind his wife of nearly 50 years, Mary Claire Bagley, daughter Jennifer Bagley Hart (Robby), son Brian Nicholas Bagley, and granddaughters Bradley Catherine Hart and Cecelia Claire Hart. He is also survived by his sister, Lisa Bagley McKenzie (John Mark). He was preceded in death by his parents Barbara Hammett Bagley and Edward Spaulding Bagley, Jr andbrothers Edward Spaulding Bagley III and Peter Mariott Bagley. John was born in New Orleans and moved to Covington as achild. He attended St Paul's High School where he developed many friendships that endure to this day. He graduated from USL where he earned adegree in BusinessManagement. Johns firstcareer was as aregionalmanager for Briggs-Weaver Equipment. Afteralmost 20 years there, he left to pursue his passion of commercial and residentialdevelopment. One of his proudest moments was when his son, Brian, chose to follow him into the business and the two spent anumber of years working side by side before John took astep back.

John enjoyed many outdoor activities, but nothing gave him as much pleasure as spending time in his boat cruising the Tchefuncte River.

John will be remembered for his quiet but steadfast character, his willingness to help a neighbor or friend at any time, andasaloving husband, father and grandfather. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mr. Bagley may be made to the Alzheimer's Association www.alz.org

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the memorial services at E. J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 W21st Avenue, Covington LA 70433 on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 11:00AMwith visitation on Monday beginning at 9:00 AM. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.

E.J. Fielding Funeral Home hasbeen entrusted with funeral arrangements. The Bagley family invites you to share

thoughts,fondestmemories,and condolences online at E. J. Fielding Funeral Home Guest Book at www.ejfieldingfh.com.

Merrill BonnettBentley passedawayonSaturday, October 25,2025 at theage of90. Shewas born in New Orleans,LAonMarch 1, 1935. Shehas been aresi‐dent of LaPlace, LA since October 1972. Merrill was the belovedwifeofthe late RobertFrancis Bentley. Daughterofthe late James Sidneyand Bernice FinneganBonnett. Sister of Carol Bonnett King (late Frederick King)and the lateJames Sidney Bonnett, Jr. Aunt of Fred King,Jr. (Kimberly)and Michelle McDonald(Sean). Great aunt of ChrisMcDonald (Fiancé Abbee),RobertMc‐Donald(Fiancé Chloe), Brandon McDonald,Ash‐lynnKing, Luke Ducote and Sarah McDonald.Relatives and friendsare invitedto attendthe FuneralService atSt. Joan of ArcCatholic Church,529 W. 5thSt., LaPlace,LAonTuesday November4,2025. Visita‐tionwillbeheldinchurch from10:00 a.m. to time of Massat11:00 a.m. Inter‐menttofollowinSt. Patrick Cemetery #2,New Orleans,LA. In lieu of flow‐ers,massesare preferred.

andthe caring staff at MetairieHealthCareCen‐ter.A gravesideservice willbeheldatGreenwood Cemetery, locatedat5190 Canal Blvd.New Orleans, La70124 on Thursday,Oc‐tober 30, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.

Burke, Sandra LynnTompkins

Sandra Lynn Tompkins

Burke, born September 17, 1949, in Port Sulphur, Louisiana to Linn &Lois (Freeman) Tompkins, passed on peacefully heavenward into glory with Christ on 10/24/2025 in Covington, La. Preceded by her loving and steadfast parents Linn &Lois Tompkins, and her brother Robert David Tompkins. She is survivedbyher loving &devoted husband of over 29 years, Dennis James Burke, daughter LaylaHakim Varvoutis (Andrew), grandchildren NikolaosVarvoutis and Sophia Varvoutis,her sisterCarolAnn Tompkins Rahe, as well as many nephews, nieces and cousins

Ellinghausen, John Watson

John Watson Ellinghausen passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family,on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. He was thebeloved husband of ShellyClaxton Ellinghausen, devoted father of VictoriaWells Ellinghausen of Mandeville, and proud stepfather of Robert Claxton (Hannah) and AndrewClaxton, both of Virginia. He is also survivedbyhis sisters,Maria America "Mary Ellinghausen Bienvenu (David)and Ann Morrow Ellinghausen Ecuyer (Michael), and his brother, Edwin A. Ellinghausen III (Margie),along with countless family members and friends who enriched his life and will cherish his memory always.

line guest book,please visit LakeLawnMetairie.com lowship, andservice.His faith wasthe cornerstone ofhis life,guidedbythe words of Ephesians2:8–10: Forbygrace youhave been savedthrough faith; and that notofyourselves, itisthe gift of God; notas a result of works, so that noone should boast. For weare Hisworkmanship created in Christ Jesusfor good works, which God preparedbeforehand, that weshouldwalkinthem.” Cobywas preceded in death by hislovingpar‐ents, Vernon Joseph Hood Sr. andHilda Olivia Court‐ney Hood, andhis broth‐ers,James C. Hood and Richard J. Hood.Heissur‐vived by hisbeloved chil‐dren, Vernon J. Hood III (Shauna), HildaO.Gremil‐lion(Brandon),AngelaC Hood, JimmyC.Hood, and Richard J. Hood;his cher‐ished grandchildren, AustinHood, Oliver Hood, AudreyHood, DylanHood, Lyanna Gremillion,and HannahEukel;and hissib‐lings,CourtneyA.“Cookie” Hood (Joe Estrade),Patri‐cia A. Hood (Michael R. Roberson),DonaldE.Hood, GeraldP.Hood(Sherry King),and Jacqueline A. H. Oser. Coby will be remem‐bered forhis warmth,gen‐erosity,quick wit, andun‐waveringlovefor hisfam‐ily andfriends.His laugh‐ter,kindness, andthe lessons he shared will live oninall who were blessed toknowand love him. The familyextends heartfelt thankstoOchsner’s trans‐plant team fortheir incred‐iblecare, compassion,and support.A Memorial Ser‐viceand CelebrationofLife willbeheldatCelebration Church,2001 AirlineDr., Metairie, Louisiana, on Sat‐urday,November1,2025, at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Family and friendsare warmly in‐vited to join in honoring his memory. We also invite you toshare your thoughts memories, andcondo‐lencesonlineatwww greenwoodfh.com Bentley,

Ronald Blaise Brouphy, age 93 died Sunday,Octo‐ber 26,2025, at 12:45 a.m. atMetairieHealthCare Center. He is preceded in death by hisparents,Ald‐win E. Brouphyand Amy RobinsonBrouphy,aswell ashis lifelong friend,Harry Frederick,Sr. He is sur‐vived by asister, Betty June BrouphyGreenfield, nephews Mark Greenfield and Morris Greenfieldand a niece, Lisa Greenfield, as wellasnumerousgreat niecesand nephews. Mr Brouphy,a lifelong bache‐lor,was anative andresi‐dentofNew Orleans. He was agraduateofSt. Aloy‐siusHighSchool,Class of ’52 anda member of its AlumniAssociation. Ronald graduated from Loyola Uni‐versity NewOrleans in 1957 witha B.A. in education. Mr. Brouphywas alieu‐tenantinthe United States Army, receivingthe Good Conduct Medal. He retired fromthe St.Bernard Parish School System having taughtsocialstudies at Vi‐oletElementarySchool thenChalmette High School.Inretirement, he was arangeratChalmette Battlefieldwhere he con‐tinuedtoeducate visitors about itshistory.The fam‐ily wishes to extend spe‐cialthankstoRonald’s dearfriendand neighbor of 15 years, RickValadie,

Sandy, as she was known,grewupin Plaquemines Parish Louisiana and graduated from Buras HighSchool in 1967. After working briefly forFreeport/Sulphur, her adventurous spirit ledher to Alaska, Connecticut and Bahrain in theearlydays of hercareer. She settled in Covingtonwhere she soldAvonfor over 40 years. She lovedmeeting new people and had the gift of hospitality that wouldwelcome anyone. Her cooking was like a warm hug, and she had a gumbothatwouldrival anyaward winners. In her lateryears youcould usuallyfind her dining out for lunch in downtown Covington. She hada generous heart and lots of belovedfriendshipsthat stoodthe test of time. Having grown up in the Baptist church as young girl, Sandymade her faith her own when she was baptizedatthe ageof30at Calvary Baptist Church in Kenner, La. Thismilestone marker carried her through theyears knowing her Hope was secure in the salvationand freedomofferedbyher Saviorand Lord Jesus Christ. She was amember forthe last 25 years at Northshore Bible Church in Covington, La.

Relatives and friends are invitedtoattend the visitationand funeral services on Friday, October 31, 2025, visitationfrom 11:00-1:00PMand service at 1:00PMatE.J.Fielding Funeral Home,2260 West 21st Avenue,Covington, Louisiana with agraveside servicetofollow at PinecrestMausoleum.

E.J.Fielding Funeral Home has been entrusted with funeral arrangements. The Burke familyinvitesyou to share thoughts, fondest memories,and condolences online at E. J. Fielding Funeral Home Guest Bookat www.ejfieldingfh.com.

Bornand raised in New Orleans, John attended ChristianBrothers School and De La Salle High School. He earnedhis Bachelor of Arts degree fromLouisiana State University in 1981, where he was aproud and loyal LSUTiger and amember of theSigma AlphaEpsilon fraternity. Afterearning his JurisDoctorate,Johnbuilt adistinguished legal career spanning more than four decades, specializing in insurance defense and corporatelaw. He served as apartner with Kinney & Ellinghausen before establishing The Law Office of John W. Ellinghausen in 2024, where he continued to servehis long-valued clients and organizations with dedication and integrity.

John will be remembered forhis sharp wit, generous spirit,and unwavering love forhis family. His warmthand humor brought joytoeveryone fortunate enough to know him. Alifelong LSUfan, he especially lovedtailgating with friendsand family before Tigergames—a tradition filled with laughter, good food,and camaraderie that perfectly reflected hiszest forlife

He shared with Shellya greatlovefor Mardi Gras and it was throughthat shared passion that they met.A founding member of Le Krewe d'État and longtime member of theKrewe of Proteus, John's contributions to carnival leavea legacy of leadershipand friendship that will notbe forgotten.

John was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin A. Ellinghausen Jr. and America Waguespack Ellinghausen, and by his first wife, LeslieMcKinney Ellinghausen, themother of his daughter, Victoria.

Relatives and friends are invitedtoattend the Memorial Mass at Our Ladyofthe Lake Catholic Church, 312 LafitteSt. in Mandeville, on Monday, November 3, 2025 at 12:00PM.A visitationwill be held at thechurch beginning at 10:00AM. Aprivate interment willbeheld in Metairie Cemetery.

John's larger-than-life personality, laughter, and kindness willbedeeply missed by allwho knew and lovedhim. To view and sign theon-

Vernon Joseph “Coby” Hood, Jr.passedaway peacefully on October18, 2025, after alongand courageousbattlewith lung diseaseand other complications that would havebrokenmostpeople. His strength,humor,and faith carriedhim through every challengeuntil his finalbreath. Born in New Orleans anda lifelong resi‐dentofMetairie, Coby built his life around hard work, faith,and family. He gradu‐atedfromJesuitHigh School in 1973 andearned his bachelor’s degree in political sciencefromthe UniversityofNew Orleans in1978. Hisprofessional journey beganatTACAAir‐lines in 1977, andhelater retired as aCustomerSer‐viceSupervisorfrom Southwest Airlines in 2016 Known forhis easy charm and gift of gab, Coby hada special talent forconnect‐ing with people—leaving lasting impressionsoncol‐leagues andpassengers alike.Cobyhad aheart as big as hiswriting style (IYKYK) anda laughthat could fill aroom. He could makeyou smile even on yourhardest dayand hada way of remindingeveryone around himwhattruly matters—faith,family, friendship, andshowing up for oneanother.A devoted memberofCelebration Church,Cobydeepened his relationshipwithGod throughBible study, fel‐

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ShawnAnthony Jones, bornonApril 14, 1971, peacefullypassedawayon October 22, 2025, sur‐rounded by love andfam‐ily.Shawn wasa devoted fathertohis belovedchil‐dren, Shawnand Deshawn Francois,anda proud grandfather to Heaven Batiste,Eli Samuels, and JahnazFrancois, who brought immeasurable joy and pridetohis life.He was preceded in death by his mother,Gertrude Jones,whomheloved dearlyand held closeinhis heart.Shawn is survived byhis siblings,Clarence Reynolds, DavidJones (Shalimar), WendellDen‐nis,Wayne Marcelin (Ange‐line),TheolaStevens (An‐thony), andYolanda Smith; his uncles,James Martin and HenryMartin; anda hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,and friendswho willforever cherishhis memory. Shawnhad a heart full of love anda pas‐sionfor bringing people to‐gether. He wasknown for his incredible cookingand the joyhefound in feeding others. He nevermisseda chancetocalland check onhis family, reminding everyonehow much he cared.His kindness, laugh‐ter,and caring spirit will berememberedbyall who knewand lovedhim Thoughhis time on earth has ended, hislovewilllive oninthe hearts of thosehe touched andthe memories heleavesbehind. Relatives and friendsare invitedto attend thefuneral service onThursday,October 30, 2025 at Littlejohn Funeral Home, 2163 AubryStreet, beginning 10 am.Parlor visitation9 am until time of service.Interment Holt Cemetery. Professional service entrustedtoLittle‐johnFuneralHome, CalK Johnson,Manager/Funeral Director, Info:(504) 9400045

McCall, Patricia GavinDuncan With sadnessweshare the passingofPatricia Gavin Duncan McCall,on October 16, 2025. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral. com to view serviceinfor‐mation, sign online guest‐book,send flowersand share condolences.

Naquin, Judith Dianne Donoughue

Judith Dianne Naquin, born 1December 1941, passed away on Thursday 9October 2025 at the age of 83. Judith (Judy) wasborn in Bronx, New York, and lived there for the early years of her childhood. Her mother, AngelaMoreno, and stepfather, Charles Mulvaney, moved to Texas for her school years and high school graduation. She met her husband, Charles Naquin(deceased 1992) while working as an operator for Southern Bell After getting married, she moved to Houston, Texas, whereshe had three children. With another work transfer for Charles, she then moved to Kenner, Louisiana, where they lived for over 50 years. During her life, she worked for Hostess Cakes as astore manager, and then as asecretary for the local corporateoffice. Judy then went into retail, working at DH Holmes, Dillard's, and Macy's. After working in retail, she semi-retired and worked for Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department as a school crossing guard several local schools, before finally retiring for good. She stayed active in the church and would bring her friends to and from their doctor's appointments. She is survived by her children, Christopher Naquin, Rebecca (Becky) Naquin, and David Naquin; her siblings,Nancy Nugent andCharles Mulvaney; her grandchildren, Danielle Naquin LeBlanc, Timothy Naquin,Ryan Naquin, Catheryn Naquin

Hernandez, Kevin Perniciaro, and Dylan Perniciaro; her great grandchildren, Vivian Ockman, AddisonNaquin, LandanLeblanc, Evan Leblanc, EvangelineColisNaquin, and Lynk Hernandez. Judy's memorialservice willbeatDevine Mercy CatholicChurch in Kenner, Louisiana,at4337Sal Lenteni Blvd. 3November 2025 from 12 noon until 2 pm.

Pausina, Patricia Fagan'Patsy'

Patricia "Patsy"Fagan Pausina,beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passedawaypeace‐fully at home on October2, 2025, after87years of life Upuntil the end, Patsy maintainedher kindness grace,compassion, appre‐ciation,and love forher friends andfamilyand ex‐pressedgratitude forher longlife, full of wonderful experiences.She is sur‐vived by herlovinghus‐bandof67years,Ralph Vincent Pausina, andher children, Ralph Fagan Pausina (Glenda),Rhonda Pausina Eckholdt (Gre‐gory),and RandallBaldo Pausina (Cherie).She is alsosurvivedbyher grand‐children, Micah, Dane, Brett Claire,Abigayle, Cameron,Connor, Chase, Conlan, andChristian and great-grandchildren,Pre‐ston, Grey,and Luna.She is predeceased in deathby her parentsAlexander JosephFagan,Jr.,and ClaireThompsonFagan Patsy's life canbede‐scribed by thefour"F"’s: Family, Friends, Food and Fun. In her87years,she experienced an abundance ofeach. Patsyspent her early days growingupin the mid-city area of New Orleans,attendingSt. JosephAcademy forele‐mentary andhighschool and then Loyola University where shemet Ralph. They weresoon marriedand started afamily, which re‐sultedinher three“R’s.” After spending some time inHuntsville,ALwhile Ralph served in theArmy, theymoved back to New Orleans.Patsy cherished her friendshipsand devel‐opedthemateachstage of her life,withmostlasting the remainderofher long life. At thetimeofher passing,she stillhad cher‐ished friendshipsfromher neighborhood growingup, elementaryschool,high school,and Loyola.Later, new friendshipscamefrom her children's friends, or‐ganizations,and hobbies she enjoyed. Shewas Ralph &Randy’s BoyScout Leaders,Rhonda’sGirl Scout Leader,Chair of the St. DominicSchool Fair, and Secretaryofthe St.Do‐minic Parents’ Club.Her fa‐voritelife-long hobbies werebridge, cards, casi‐nos,bowling andplaying dominoeswithher grand‐children. Patsyalsohad a deep passionfor food whether shewas cooking oreating, at adinnerparty withfriends,ata restau‐rant. Sheloved watching cookingshows andall thingsfood! Sheand Ralph enjoyed going out“on the town,”had regularspots, and rarely missedtheir weekly drinks anddinner withfriends.Patsy just loved to have fun! Shesaid her favorite holidaywas her birthday,and shecele‐brated it the whole month

of January. Shealsoloved playing bridge andcard games with herfriends and bowled everyweek in different leagues. Sheeven keptthe bowlingbooksfor one league forover50 years.Patsy wasa wonder‐ful,caringpersonand ap‐preciated allthatwas given to her. Shewillbere‐memberedfondlybyher familyand friends, with whomshe lovedtotalkto about everyone andevery‐thing.Visitationwilltake place at JacobSchoen& Son FuneralHomeat10am onNovember1st.A memo‐rialmasswillfollowat noon at thefuneral home Toviewand sign thevir‐tualregisterbook,please visit www.schoenfh.com.

Ray, JamesDunlap 'Jim'

James "Jim"Dunlap Ray, age69, peacefully passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2025, after abrief illness. Bornand raised in RiverRidge,Jim was a belovedson, husband, brother, and friend whose zest for life and devotion to his community touched all who knew him. Jim grew up in River Ridgeand attended St. Martin's Episcopal School where he formed lifelong friendshipsand developed hissignature charm. He beganhis college years at theUniversity of Mississippi,remaining a devoted OleMiss fan throughout his life,even after returning home to NewOrleans and graduating fromthe University of NewOrleans.

Jimdedicated over 40 years to asuccessful career in financial planning and counseling.Asa partner and original member of Retirement Plan Advisors, which he helpedfound in 2000, Jim was widely respected forhis expertise andintegrity.His leadershipextended beyond his professional life,earning recognition in numerous civic and social organizations committed to bettering thecommunity.

Apassionate and active member of his community, Jim served as President of theRotary Club of Metairie and remained acommitted member for23years. His leadership also extended to theNew Orleans Medical Mission Services, where he sat on theboard of directors and meticulously managed theorganization's finances. Jim traveled globally with the group, bringing hopeand support to underprivileged communities.

Jim's senseoffun and camaraderiewas legendary.Asa Lieutenant in theKrewe of Cork,heled, wrangled,and toasted hundredsofKrewe members, always inspiring joy and laughter. He was the driving force behind the formationofDebouche NOLA and served as an officer forthe NewOrleans Chaines desRotisseurs, capturing countless memorieswith his candid photographyand infectious spirit.

Jimwas known for his abilitytoliftspirits,make people laugh, and bring joy to every room he entered. As Debouche NOLA so apt-

ly stated, "If youhad the privilege of knowing Jim, youundoubtedly experienced hisinfectiouszest forlife—hewas always theone cutting up,sharing stories, and havingfun. Jim had agift forlifting spirits and making people laugh, no matterhow challenging their daymight havebeen."

Jim is survivedbyhis belovedwife of 33 years, Janice HumphreyRay; his mother, Jane Anderson Ray; his sister, LucyDubus; and his belovedfeline companion, Cleo.Heisalso survivedbynumerous nieces and nephews who willcherish his memory. Jim was preceded in death by hisfather, Dr. John E. Ray.

AcelebrationofJim's life will be held on Friday, October31, 2025, at Lake Lawn FuneralHome, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Visitation willtakeplace from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM,followedbyservices in theChapel at noon. Interment willoccur at 1:00 PM in theLakeLawn Mausoleum.

JimRay'slegacy of kindness, laughter, and service willcontinue to inspire all who were fortunate enough to knowhim. He willbedeeplymissedand foreverremembered.

Donations in his memory can be madetoRotary Club of Metairie Scholarship Fund,and New Orleans Medical Mission (Nomms.org)

ValerieGilyot Tiopassed awayonSunday, October 19, 2025. Belovedwifefor 50years of MarioG.Tio Devoted daughter of the lateMerlinJ.Sr. andJessie Price Gilyot.Daugher-inlaw of thelateHenry J. Tio, Jr. (Noyemon ShaikTio); Sister-in-law of thelate Tadeo H. Tioand late Maria MercedesTio.Sisterofthe lateGlenn DavidGilyot,Sr. (SharmanWilsonGilyot). Cherished by brother, Mer‐lin J. Gilyot,Jr. (Velda Ben‐jamin Gilyot), Godchild and niece, ArianGilyot;

nephew,Glenn D. Gilyot,Jr., MerlinTreyGilyot,III (Bre‐anne Kubacki) andniece, KeyanaMarie Manchester (Freddy Wallace),the late CoriRoussell; great nephews,R.J.Woolery and Marik Joseph Gilyot and great niece, ShakiraMan‐chester Wallace. Priceand Gilyot families;friends of Saint Joseph Academyand othersare welcometoat‐tendthe funeral. AMassof Christian burial honoring the life andlegacyofthe lateValerie Gilyot Tiowill beheldatCorpusChristiEpiphanyCatholicChurch, 2022 St.Bernard Avenue New Orleans, LA on Thurs‐day,October 30, 2025 at 10 am. Privateinterment St Roch#2Cemetery, 1725 Music Street.Visitation9 aminthe church.Please signonlineguestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com.CharbonnetLabat

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Young,Eugene With sadnessweshare the passingofEugene Young,onOctober 14, 2025 Pleasevisit www.rhodesf uneral.comtoviewservice information,signonline guestbook,send flowers and sharecondolences

OUR VIEWS

TheTimes-Picayune makesthese recommendations in N.O. runoffs

New Orleans voters will returntothe polls Nov. 15 for several runoff elections following theOct 11 primary.Early voting begins Saturday and runs through Nov.8.The Times-Picayune makes these recommendations in the remaining races ClerkofCriminalDistrict Court: Darren Lombard

The clerk maintains and processes records for the city’scriminal justicesystemand also oversees election operations. The person filling this role should have strong administrative experience and adeep understanding of theoffice’s diverse and important functions.

We believe that person is incumbent Darren Lombard.

In his first term, Lombard secured amajor grant to finally digitize court records that are handled manually and hasbeen building asystemthatisscheduled to debut soon, whichshould ease the burden on courts and other judicial offices and also make records more easilyavailable to the public —including,henoted,those who areincarcerated. The rollout will likely be complicated anddemand oversight fromsomeone who understands it completely

The clerk will also be in chargeofthe eventual introduction of new voting machines that the statewillpurchase, as wellastraining poll workers to conduct the party primaries that will debut next year Challenger Calvin Duncan is acompelling figure. Duncan served 28 years at Angola on aconviction that was eventually vacated; he was ajailhouse lawyer and after his release he obtaineda law degree. We hopehewill remain involved in efforts to make the system morefair.

We believe, though,thatthe clerk’s office should stay the course, and that voters should give Lombard the chance to see the initiatives he’sstarted to completion.

City Council District A: Holly FriedmanorAimee McCarron Both candidates to represent District Ahave strong trackrecords working in city government, including in the district they hope to represent.Wethink either Holly Friedman or Aimee McCarron would be ready to step in without onthe-jobtraining.

Friedman worked for Council member JoeGiarrusso as director of constituent services, which gave her aground-upview ofcitizens’ daily frustrations.She later joined thedistrictattorney’s office, where she ran adata-driveninitiative that identifiescrime hot spots.She proposesusing this same sort of approach to the city’smanyinfrastructure challenges.

McCarron has specialized in budgetmatters andiswell-versed in the city’smostserious challenge. Ifelected, she saidshe’d focus on making basic cityservices moreefficientand on saving money by bringingwork now done through expensive contractsinhouse.. She wouldalso advocate for workforce initiativesthrough partnerships with medical institutions and programs that remove barriers to training and holding a job. It’satestament to the officeGiarrussoran that it has produced two qualifiedcandidatestofill his shoes. We think either would do so ably. And we hopethatwhoever doesn’twin will be tapped to serve thecityaspartofthe administrationorin someother capacity.

City Council District E: Jason Hughes Thissprawling districtfaces uniquechallenges in controlling blight and attracting economic development. Rarely have weseen acandidateas well-positioned to tacklethem asJason Hughes Hughes has built asuccessful record over two terms in the state House,where he nowserves as vice-chair of the budget-writing Appropriations Committee. He’sworked in federal, state and citygovernment. He’s alsoserved onthe City Planning Commission, astrong background for someone who would overseeland use matters in the district.Ifelected,Hughessays he said he would focus on commercial blight, akey step,he believes, in spurring badly neededinvestment. As for the citywide budgetcrisis, Hughes notes that he is well-positioned to make New Orleans’ casefor helptolegislativecolleagues from both parties.

We believe Hughes would represent the district with the skill and expertise that’sneeded during this difficult juncture

OPINION

Clearly, Sen. Bill Cassidy is unable to face reality

Iwas saddened to seeSen. Bill Cassidy’sletter of desperation to the newspaper Obviously,hestill can’tface the realitythat his political career as asenator for Louisiana is over.He crossed President Donald Trumpby doing something that rarely occurs nowadays in thepolitical arena; He voted his conscience by supporting the impeachment of Trumpduring his first term. For that, he was censured by the LouisianaRepublican Party andimmediately put on Trump’soutcasts’ list In alast feeble attempt to mend fences with Donald Trump, Cassidy jeopardized the entire medical care of the U.S. by his approval of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., asnake oil salesman with no medical training, as secretary

of the Health and Human Services Department. It is also evident from this recent action that Cassidy obviously learned from his past mistake by not voting his conscience again. Cassidy did do alot forLouisiana, especially in comparison to our other Louisianacongressional members, but theonly issue that really matters is that he crossed Trump, and Trump never forgets. This is quite evident by thevigorous retribution campaign he is presently championing against his perceived adversaries of the past. AndCassidy is on that list. Hopefully, he will continue toserveLouisiana by reverting to his previouscareer as a gastroenterologist

JIM ANDERSON Ponchatoula

Hate thepolicy, notICE agents and Guardtroopsthatcarry them out

ICE agents and theNational Guard are thenew Vietnam veterans. The recent political landscape in theUnited States has becomeincreasingly polarized, with thedebatesurrounding immigration policy as an example.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and theNational Guard, under administrative direction, enforce immigration law and often face strong criticism from multiple groups. These groups view theimmigration debateasa symbol of oppression and moral decline, similar to how theVietnam war was viewed during the1970s. The current political hatred toward

ICE and theGuard is the samethat Vietnam veterans encountered upon returning homefromthe war. Vietnam veterans nor ICEagents northe Guard control the political landscape. Veterans and governmentagents are obligated to enforce the policies of our elected officials. Judgments of these groups are misplaced and should be redirected towhere it belongs: our elected officials. Write, call or vote out your politicians but do not blamethe men andwomen who must conduct their policies.

DANNY DICKSON Gretna

Misinformation helpsthose whoseekvaccines

Heading intofluseason, I’m up to dateonmyvaccinations.

While gettingthe shots, Irealized a side benefit from thesuperb leadership of Gov.Jeff Landry,Louisiana Surgeon General RalphAbraham and U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy: There is virtually no wait to get your vaccines. These gentlemen —alawyer,aveterinarian and aphysician —have successfully squelched demand for vaccinations in Louisiana. Back in theday,when flu, pneu-

monia, COVID, shingles, RSV and measles used to be problematic, there were wait lines. Now you can just score that miracle drug, ivermectin, without aprescription if you get any symptoms. If these politicos can reduce the lines at grocery stores and the airport, perhaps by spreading someadditional misinformation, they could achieve even more.

DAVE WHIDDON NewOrleans

Protests putlie to idea that Trump acts likea king

It amazes me when the leftopens its mouth to complain about President Donald Trumpbeing aking. Do they not know that if he werea king, they would not be to protest his being aking? They would all be rounded up, arrested, sent into exile or worse. But once again, the Democrats never let facts and truth stand in their way.

JAMES MUNN Zachary

Lawmakersshoulddo theright thing, with or withoutVotingRightsAct

I’mamother of eight children who cares deeply about the Louisiana they will inherit. Iwant them to grow up in astate where democracy works foreveryone, not just for those in power.That begins with fair representation.

Nearly 60 years ago, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed to protect the rights of Black Americans whohad long been excluded from shaping their own futures. From the days of poll taxes to the drawn-out fights forfair mapsthat still continue today,Louisiana’shistory is part of that story.Wehave seen how systemscan bend to protect political interests while ignoring the people those systemsare meant to serve.

Our legislators now have both a moral and constitutional duty to uphold fair representation. This special session must not be used to silence or sideline Black voters. Whether lawmakers act now or delay action forlater,they must ensure that any process moving forward centers the voices of the communities mostaffected.

If lawmakers no longer stand by Senate Bill 8orexpect the Supreme Court to overturn it, their responsibility remains the same: to pass mapsthat reflect the real diversity of this state and honor the equal citizenship of all its people. Fairness meanstransparency,inclusion and respect forcommunity voices. My children deserve to live in aLouisiana that keeps that promise.

CRYSTAL

ELLIS Baton Rouge

When ICEcamefor aU.S. citizenand Army veteran

George Will

One Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’sknee wasonhis neck, another’swas grinding his back. Drenched with tear gas andpepper spray,George Retes might have wished that his 137 pounds were back in Kirkuk, Iraq, one of his Army deployments. Herewith, aglimpse of your tax dollarsatwork Born 26 yearsago in Ventura,California, where his motherwas born,heenlisted after highschooland calls the Army “the best job ever,” adding,“I love the infantry.” He marrieda woman he deployed with, thereby acquiring a stepson, soon adaughter,and areason to leave the Army: to avoidlong absences from his children.

He loves Ventura (“The beach is my life”), where he landed ajob with asecurity firm protecting an agriculture plant, which he approached by car mid-afternoon on July 10. ICE agents wearing gas masks —indicators of their dispositions —were blocking entry,herecounts, saying the plant was not operating. This was not the last ICElie. The ICEmenwere presumably looking for undocumented immigrants. Retes’sdriver’slicense, which he says the ICEmennever asked to see, identifies himas“VeteranArmy.” His license plate includes “DV”: disabled veteran. While ICE’swarriors weretryingand ultimately succeeding in smashing his driver’s-side window (the better to pepper spray him), they apparently did not notice his rear window’s “Iraq Combat Veteran” sticker Amid atorrent of shoutedand contradictory ICEmen commands, and after he asked for an agent’sbadge number, he says, Retes was draggedfrom his car,his wrists were zip-tiedbehind his back, and he wasseated onthe roadside ground for four hours.

He was taken to aNavybase, where he was strip-searched,then ontoincarceration in Los Angeles, he says, handcuffs having replaced the zip ties. Nocharges had been made against him, but amouth swab collected his DNAwithout hisconsent. He says his requests foralawyer and for ashower to ease the discomforts of tear gas and pepper sprayresidues, were ignored. After three days, during which he missed his daughter’sthird birthday,anagent told him the charges against him had been dropped. What

FederalPatrol agents and Cook County Sheriff’sofficers stand outsideanU.S Immigration and CustomsEnforcement processing facility in the Chicagosuburb of Broadview, Ill., earlier this month.

charges?” he recalls asking. Silence When, twomonths later,Retes publishedanewspaper op-ed about his experience,ICE suddenly claimed Retes had beenresistingits agents.Video from a Los Angelestelevision station’shelicopter monitoring ICE’soperation seems to refute theagency’sfabrication.

An anonymous spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, dismissed Retes’s accountas “garbage.” Not much of an argument,but evidence of the milieu andmentality thatproduces ICEmen like those Retes met In today’shiring binge, ICE recruiting adsask:“Which way,American man?”

Testosterone is the not-very-sub subtext. Recruits will “defend thehomeland,” “recaptureour national identity,”stymie an “invasion,” halt “culturaldecline”and even save“civilization.”

Something uncivilized is indeed happening. Whatjobs,ifany,are recruits leaving for the glory of donning battle gearand masks (hiding what from whom?) and roaming U.S. communities, throwing theirweight around and throwing unarmed people to the ground?

Retes had neverbeen east of Texas before coming to Washington recently He and an Institute for Justice attorney (Anya Bidwell, born in Kyrgyzstan, reared in Ukraine, serious about liberty), visited congressional offices urging legislators tofacilitateholding federal

officials accountable. Reteswantstoadd the italicized five words to an existing statute: “Every person who, under color of any statute…ofthe United States or of any State…subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen …tothe deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured…” Trying to interest today’s legislators in legislating is, however,difficult.Furthermore, Republicans who control the supposed legislative branch are reluctant to risk seeming lessferocious than ICE’s make-believe warriors areregarding the supposedly uncivilizedinour midst. A1971 Supreme Court ruling opened the door for holding abusive federal agentsaccountable for constitutional violations. Subsequent cases, however, have almost closed thedoor.This might explain ICE agents’ auraofimpunity when abusing Retes for days. How many appalling incidentsare occurring during today’s tsunami of sometimes lawless“law enforcement?” ICE might not know and, if it does, might not speak truthfully Retes, who laughs easily and often, is ebullient,not angry. He is merely miffed about the difficulty of holding accountable those whosebehaviorsbesmirch the reputation of the nation he served. Email George Will at georgewill@washpost.com.

Toxicfemininityand theriseofcancelculture

Over the last decade, we’vetalked a lot about toxic masculinity. We’ve spent much less time discussing what toxic femininity looks like. Conservative writer Helen Andrews has stepped in to fill that gap. The social science literature on men and women suggeststhat, on average, we differ psychologically and physically.There are tall, disputatious women (I’m one of them) and short, empathic men, but on average, women are still shorter than men. We’realso more empathetic, more averse to risk and conflict, and more likely to prioritizefeelings and relationships over abstract rules

might even call it “toxic femininity.”

2seats left open in stateHouse, Senate

State Sen. Joe Bouie was in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2014 until 2020 when he was elected to represent State Senate District 3. He was widely considered to be apotential tough challenger to City Council District Dmember Eugene Green. The July qualifying period was July 9-11. Bouie didn’tmiss the deadline. Something else wasbrewing.

Afew days later,the Southern University System Board of Supervisors named him chancellor of Southern University New Orleans, the same institution where he had been chancellor until he was fired amid somepolitical controversy It wasahuge vote of confidence forBouie, aSUNO graduate whowent on to earn amaster’sdegree in social work from Tulane University and adoctorate in social work from Clark-Atlanta University That meanthewould leave the state Senate. The question was when. Bouie announced Friday that he has resigned from his senate seat. In aSept. 17 letter to Louisiana State Senate President Cameron Henry,hemade his resignation effective Oct. 15. That meanshis district doesn’thave asenator —for now With Bouie’sdecision and announcement, the scramble to succeed him is on. By law,there must be aspecial election if there are six months or moreinaterm. Bouie’sterm expires in 2028. That’sfar more than six months. Aspecial election must be called and scheduled by Henry.It’stoo late to tack that special election onto the Nov. 15 ballot. It could be scheduled forFebruary or thesame time as the April party primaries —unless the state Legislature moves them to May during the special session. It’ll definitely be scheduled after voters decide whether state Rep. Jason Hughes or former City Council District Emember Cyndi Nguyen followsCity Council member Oliver Thomas in that seat.

Meanwhile, state Rep. Matthew Willard won election to aCity Council at-large seat, so there is ascramble to fill that seat. State House Speaker Phillip DeVillier will determine when that special election will be held, likely in sync with Henry’sdecision.

Bouie’ssenate district includes Gentilly Terrace, Pontchartrain Park, the Lower 9th Ward and achunk of NewOrleans East. Since all of Willard’sdistrict is apart of Bouie’sdistrict except forLakeview,some people considering arun may be considering both seats before deciding which to pursue, or deciding not to be acandidate.

It would be surprising if that didn’t make for some fireworks as women flooded into male-dominated institutions. In her recent essayfor Compact magazine, Andrews argues thisculture clash is perhaps the conflict of our time, explaining the excesses of the “GreatAwokening” and the intensity of its cancel culture. “Cancel culture,” she writes, “is simply what womendo whenever there areenoughofthem ina given organization or field.” Andrews views all this rather apocalyptically,suggesting thefeminine style threatens civilization itself because female modes of interaction, however excellent in their own way,“are not well suited to accomplishingthe goals of many major institutions.” Shefears courts will abandon the rule of law in favor of nurturing everyone’sfeelings, that journalismand academia will strive to conceal unpleasant truths and that business will lose its“swashbuckling spirit.”

This has, predictably, triggered pushback. Cancel culture, for example, does feel like female-style aggression —one

(My phrase,not hers.)Since that phrase will probably raise some hackles, let me explain:anall-out reputational attack that seems to come from everywhere at once and nowhere in particular It’sadynamic that will be familiartoanyone who has attended an all-girls camp. The right has its cancellations, too, often led by men,as when Vice President JD Vance suggested his followerscall the employers of anyone who celebrated Charlie Kirk’sassassination.The conservative, male-led version isn’tanimprovement,but it is abit of achange —most strikingly,because it hasaleader.The classic “Great Awokening” cancellations involved mobilizinga group againstsome target while fadinginto the background, sheltering behind anonymouscomplaints (rememberthe list of bad media men that circulated during the #MeToo movement?) or mass petitions. Womenlean more left than men, which mightexplain why they have proliferated in progressive spaces. Other explanationsinclude the left’sgrowing insistence on the primacy of subjective feelingsand “lived experience,” and its elevation of microaggressions into major causes of action. Ithink civilization will survive all right, though Iconcede that the progressivecancellationswere in some waysmore damaging than their current conservative counterpart, not because they were progressive, but because they were leaderless. The ability to fade into the mob lowers thepersonal risk of launching an attack, which meansyou get more of them. Also, when no one is in charge, there are no rules for targetingand no waytohalt the attack. Unlike Vancegoing after his ideo-

logical opponents, progressives often launched friendly-fire assaults on leftleaning institutions, from the Poetry Foundation to The New York Times. No one was trying to bog left-wing advocacy organizations in an endless cycle of infighting, but unfortunately that also meantnoone had thepower to stop it. This was amanagement problem, not asocial crisis. Traditionally maledominated institutions had manyways to control male-type aggression and fewer mechanisms to curb female-style excesses. They were thus unprepared when social media opened up vast possibilities for anonymous, indirect, manyon-oneattacks.Eventually,theyadapted andstopped treatingevery social media storm as aDefcon 1emergency Things might be somewhat less muddledifweacknowledge the reality of male-female differences and remember that thosedifferences are manageable. Most traits aren’tgood or bad in themselves; they’re just more or less useful depending on the degree and thecontext. Extreme risk aversion is a splendid qualityinabank regulator,and acrippling handicap in an entrepreneur We don’tneed to protect institutional integrityfrom theinsufficiencies of women so much as craft institutions that maximize the complementary strengths of both men and women —while also minimizing our respective weaknesses. If you’re tempted to say that’s impossible, remember that men and women have been cooperating for avery long time. We managed to propagatethe species for hundreds of thousands of years, under very difficult conditions. I’m quiteconfident that if we put our heads together,wecan also build better institutionsfor the coming century MeganMcArdle in on X, @asymmetricinfo.

Well before Bouie’sannouncement and Willard’ssuccessful election, anumber of people have been discussing people who might be candidates, and someofthose people have been quietly reaching out to gauge interest. Don’t be surprised if the list includes Joseph Bouie III, Chancellor Bouie’sson. Eugene B. Green, council member Green’sson, lives in both districts. He could run forthe Senate seat or the House seat. I’mbetting on the house seat.

Edwin T. “Eddie” Murray,son of former state Sen. Ed Murray,doesn’tlive in Bouie’s senate district. He does live in Willard’s house district. Word is that he’slikely to makearun.

Former state Sen. Jon Johnson was running forthe City Council District Eseat —until he heard Bouie was leaving the Senate. He dropped out and said he would run forthat seat. Will he?

Longtime city pol Arthur Morrell, father of City Council At-Large Member JP Morrell, announced his retirement from politics after four decades. Then he ran forLouisiana secretary of state. Nowthere’sword he’sthinking about returning to the state Legislature. That would be something.

Whoever decides they want to succeed Bouie will deal with somePort of NewOrleans issues, including the controversial expansion of the port in St. Bernard Parish, an area in his district, the controversial grain terminal project in the Lower 9th and community concerns about the St. Claude Avenue bridge,operated by the port.

As we focus on three runoffs on Nov.15 with early voting startingNov.1,stay tuned. There are acouple moreraces in the works. Email Will Sutton at wsutton@theadvocate. com.

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Frank Wilson has been workingtoward thismoment for nearly threedecades.

First as agraduate assistant at Nicholls and now as the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at LSU, Wilson’scareer —spanning from the time he was aheadcoach at Texas-SanAntonio and McNeese State and to two stints coachingatLSU —prepared him for Sunday’s shocking news.

LSU coach Brian Kelly was fired, andWilsonwas tabbed to replace him as the interim coach

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“I’m apart of the fiber of thisstate .(Iam) extremely humbled, extremely honored to be given this opportunity,”Wilson saidTuesday during a news conference. “It’ssomething thatyou would dream of, something that you don’tknow if it would

Jon Sumrall is aformer linebacker,soitwas no surprise that he saw the blitz coming Tuesday

As reporters assembled forhis weekly news conference, the Tulane coach —the hottest young coaching prospect in college football —anticipated the questions about his candidacy forseveral vacant major college jobs and attacked them like he was rushing theAgap.

Asked about his candidacy for the vacant LSU job, Sumrall deftly audibled to talk about Texas-San Antonio, the Green Wave’s upcoming opponent Thursdaynight in a nationally televisedgame on ESPN.

“I know youall have got ajob to do to ask me that question, and I’vegot ajob to do,and it’stocoach the Tulane football team,” Sumrall said, avein pulsing in the side of his thick neck. “The coaching carousel is not even athought because we’re in the midseason phase.

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

Aquarterbackchange is coming for the Saints.

Rookie Tyler Shough will start Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams, according to aleaguesource. Shough will replace Spencer Rattler in the starting lineup. Saints coachKellen Moore declined to name astarter Monday after the Saints dropped to 1-7 with a23-3loss to Tampa Bay,saying the staff was going to decide after dissecting thegame film.

“Wejust got done closingthe book on this Tampa Bay game,” Moore said. “We’ll now begin really starting here soon our plan of action on L.A., andwe’ll make adecisionshortly and just go down that path to maximize as many reps and opportunities as we can moving forward.”

The move was expected after what transpired against TampaBay Shough saw his mostextensive playing time in place of an ineffective Rattler during thesecond half of the Tampa Bay loss.

Before Sunday’sgame, Shough had been on the field only oneoffensiveseries late in ablowout loss to Seattle. He threw two incompletions as theSaints went three and out.

But against the Buccaneers, Shough attempted 30 passesinthe final18minutes, leading four drives. Moore said after the game he turned to Shough in search of a spark, and it had less to do withRattler’s performancethanthatofthe offenseas awhole. Now theSaintshavedecided to see what their rookie can do in astarting role New Orleansselected Shough with the

No. 40 pickinthe second round of this year’sdraft. At the time, he joineda team thatincluded veteran Derek Carr as well as Rattler and 2023 draft pick Jake Haener Carr retired in theweeks following the draft,inpart because of ashoulder injury that did not become public until April and likely would have cost him most, if not all, of the2025 season.His retirement created avoid at the most important position on the roster Shough, Rattler and Haener entered training camp in acompetition for the starting job. NewOrleans whittled the competition down to Shough and Rattler, andRattler wonthe job with hissteady performance and command of the offense. Though the Saints were not winning

UTSA has100% of my focus right now. Sumrall’spassion is understandable. He’s been down this road before. Only ayear ago, he was one of the leading candidates forthe North Carolina job that eventually went to Bill Belichick. He’s been the apple of Kentucky fans’ eyes since he left the school four years ago as an assistant to take over the programatTroy.It’snosurprise

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BY LUKEJOHNSON Staff writer

It took nearly eight weeksto really seewhatTylerShough looked like on an NFLSunday, but it’sgoing to take more time to really see what he can offer The NewOrleansSaints rookie quarterback did some nice things after taking over for Spencer Rattler late in the third quarter of a23-3 loss, even if an unremarkable17-for-30passing, 128-yard statistical line doesn’t back that up. There were also miscues and head-scratching moments that madeShough look like arookie playing on a 1-7 team.

Butintotality, theperformance was not an embarrassment, and forateam that is in line to have the No. 1pick in next year’s draft,itisworth getting amore extended look at Shough in the second half of the season.

First, the good: Shough was decisive, with an average time to throw of 2.48 seconds, according to NextGen Stats, the thirdquickest among NFL quarterbacksinWeek8.That notonlyshoweduponshort throws, which madeupthe bulk of Shough’s30attempts, but also the deep shots. Twice, Shough quickly identifiedcoverageatthe snap and saw an opportunity to hunt fora big play downfield before pressure could gethome. Neither pass was complete, but both werethe right decision and gave only the receiver an opportunity to makeaplay Shough narrowlymissed a touchdown to Rashid Shaheed on asix-man pressure that he let fly when Shaheed was only 6yards into his route. Shough threw the pass withsafety Antoine Winfield barreling in on him and left it just beyond Shaheed’sreach. Earlier in the game, he gave Chris Olavea shot on apass40 yards downfield, throwing it with anticipation before Olave ran past his man He also showed improved pocket feel —something coach KellenMoore brought up Monday afternoon as an area where Shough hadimproved the most since he last played in the preseason —though there werestill some

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WORLD SERIES

Dodgers win 18-inning thriller

L.A. matched feat from 7 years earlier

BY RONALD BLUM Associated Press

LOS ANGELES The World Series Late Show was so good the Dodgers produced a sequel: The Late, Late Sho. Seven years and one day after outlasting the Boston Red Sox over 18 innings in Game 3, Los Angeles did it again, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Monday night on Freddie Freeman’s 18th-inning home run off Brendon Little to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup.

Dodgers rookie reliever Justin Wrobleski, having gotten five outs in the sixth and seventh innings, was astonished at what he saw

“I look up at the scoreboard, and the innings that I pitch are no longer on the scoreboard,” he said. “That’s probably the craziest thing.” Shohei Ohtani, used to a dual life as a batter and pitcher, had what amounted to a double game at the plate. He homered twice and doubled twice in the first four-extrabase-hit World Series game since Frank Isbell in 1906.

He then walked five times, four of them intentionally three times with no one on base. He tied the record of reaching base nine times. He even stayed in the game after being stricken by a leg cramp while he was caught stealing in the ninth inning.

“And he’s got to pitch in like, I don’t know, 12 hours, 13 hours,” Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw marveled.

A night to remember saw 609 pitches thrown over 6 hours, 39 minutes. Forty-four players appeared, including 19 pitchers. The Dodgers outhit the Blue Jays 1615 in a game that included a 10-inning double shutout — no runs were scored from innings eight through 17. Los Angeles went 2 for 14 with runners in scoring position and stranded 18 runners, and Toronto was 2 for 12 with RISP with 19 left on base.

“It takes everybody to win a World Series,” said the Dodgers’ Max Muncy, who hit the winning 18th-inning homer against Nathan Eovaldi in 2018 — the only LA win

ä Blue Jays at Dodgers, Game 5

in that series. In an array of defensive gems, right fielder Addison Barger cut down Freeman at the plate with a 98.5 mph missile, Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero threw out Teoscar Hernández at third with an 87.6 mph rocket, Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman gunned down Isiah Kiner-Falefa from short right field and Hernández relayed to Edman to throw out Davis Schneider at the plate.

“Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy game,” Toronto starter Max Scherzer said.

Kershaw helps bullpen

Sandy Koufax, a three-time World Series champion two months shy of his 90th birthday stayed until the end.

A three-time Cy Young Award winner who plans to retire after the World Series, Kershaw came out of the bullpen with the bases loaded in the 12th inning to Fun’s

“We Are Young,” in what the 37-year-old left-hander thought was his first extra-innings outing

at any level. Nathan Lukes fouled off Kershaw’s second full-count pitch, a 91.9 mph offering that was his fastest since July 31, 2024, then grounded to second.

“I throw gas now,” Kershaw said, laughing. Kershaw had “51” written on his cap like other Dodgers relievers in a tribute to Alex Vesia, who is missing the World Series because of what the team said was a “deeply personal family matter.”

“I was warming up for like four innings,” Kershaw said. “That’s bullpen life. I’m learning.”

Los Angeles set a World Series record by using 10 pitchers. Will Klein got the win with 72 pitches over four scoreless innings, both double his previous big league highs. He stranded runners at second and third in the top of the 18th by striking out Tyler Heineman.

“There were times when you’re starting to feel down and you feel your legs aren’t there or your arm’s not there, and you just got to be like, ‘well, who else is going to come save me?’” Klein said. “So I had to dig deep, do it myself.”

Game 1 starter Blake Snell was unavailable. Yoshinobu Yamamoto approached manager Dave

Roberts and pitching coach Mark

Prior volunteering to relieve, two days after throwing 105 pitches to win Game 2 in his second consecutive complete game. Yamamoto was warming up while Klein pitched the 18th.

“He was in the next inning,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He would have gone as long as we needed. He would have been the last guy.”

Rojas was ready to pitch

Second baseman Miguel Rojas, who made four mop-up pitching appearances during the season, entered the game as a pinch hitter in the 13th and realized a few innings later he might be called on to pitch on 115 days’ rest and become the first position player to take the mound in a World Series.

Rojas threw 120 big-league pitches over the past three seasons and mentally readied his arsenal, which ranged from 36.6 mph to 69.8 mph during this year’s outings.

“I was the only one who had done it before and feel like I had the best chance to kind of get outs if I needed to be out there for the boys,” he said.

Ohtani encourages kids to follow his two-way footsteps

BY RONALD BLUM Associated Press

LOS ANGELES Of the 20,000-plus players to appear in Major League Baseball, only one has been an AllStar as a pitcher and batter

Shohei Ohtani is unique, with a skillset and drive that haven’t been duplicated in 150 years.

“It’s aweing,” Dodgers teammate Freddie Freeman said “Sometimes you just like to make sure it’s not a machine under there.” Ohtani showcased his unique two-way talent when he starts World Series Game 4 on the mound for Los Angeles against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. The start came about 17 hours after he finished one of the greatest games in World Series history, tying an MLB record by reaching base nine times, including two homers and four extrabase hits, in an 18-inning classic that ended on Freddie Freeman’s homer Ohtani hopes he is setting an example of what is possible and doesn’t remain unique.

“I like to encourage kids who are trying the two-way to do it as long as possible, as long as they’re allowed to, as much as their talent level could take them,” he said through a translator Teammates with an up-close view of Ohtani aren’t sure anyone else could do what he does Los Angeles shortstop Mookie Betts, an eight-time All-Star who has excelled in the infield and outfield,

says desire isn’t enough to create a two-way player

“Man, we got to be careful because not everybody is Shohei Ohtani. Not everybody’s 6-4 (actually 6-3), however much he weighs, throws 100 (mph) and hits like that. There’s only one man that can do that,” Betts said. College baseball has an award for best two-play player, named after John Olerud, an All-American first baseman and pitcher at Washington State in the 1980s. He became an All-Star first baseman during a 17-season big league career but never pitched professionally Olerud Award winners include Brendan McKay Spencer Schwellenbach and Paul Skenes,

who hit 24 homers with 81 RBIs in 100 games at Air Force in 2021 and 2022. His two-way career ended when he transferred to LSU for 2023. “They stopped putting me in BP groups,” Skenes said. “I went to LSU and I stopped catching, but I was hitting still. And I wanted to keep hitting as long as I could, but the upside on the mound, I think, was a lot better than upside hitting. So kind of gave it up, and I wasn’t too broken up about it because we had the opportunity to win the national championship, and we ended up doing it So I think it was worth it.” Freeman was once a two-way player at El Modena High School. He doesn’t think about

Giants receiver Nabers has surgery on torn ACL

Former LSU receiver Malik Nabers had surgery Tuesday to repair a torn ACL in his right knee, the New York Giants said, adding that their top receiver will begin his rehabilitation process upon his discharge from the hospital Wednesday Nabers went under the knife roughly a month after getting injured while trying to make a catch during a home game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Beyond that, he’s out for the rest of the season and a timeline for when Nabers might resume football activities was not immediately clear

It’s the second surgery in three days for a key Giants player after rookie running back Cam Skattebo’s to repair a dislocated right ankle. Skattebo had the operation Sunday night.

Pacers sign slam dunk champ McClung to deal

The Indiana Pacers signed guard Mac McClung on Tuesday after a rash of early season injuries. Terms of the deal were not immediately available.

McClung won each of the past three NBA Slam Dunk contests. He’s spent most of his career in the G-League. The 6-foot-2, 26-year-old has averaged 5.5 points in six career NBA games with the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic. He played college basketball at Georgetown and Texas Tech. Indiana opened the season last week without two-time All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton, who is expected to miss the season following Achilles surgery in June. Backup point guard T.J. McConnell injured his hamstring and was ruled out of at least the first 10 games.

Norrie knocks Alcaraz out of Paris Masters

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz looked out of rhythm in his 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss to unseeded Cameron Norrie in the second round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday

The six-time Grand Slam winner even had an animated discussion with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after losing the second set.

“I’m really disappointed about my level,” Alcaraz said. “I didn’t feel well today A lot of mistakes.”

Norrie sealed the victory on his second match point with a strong first serve that Alcaraz returned long. It was Norrie’s first career win against a No. 1-ranked player Alcaraz made 54 unforced errors and won only 64% of his first-serve points as he slipped to a third loss in eight matches against Norrie. It was their first meeting indoors.

Trump granddaughter gets exemption for LPGA event

President Donald Trump’s granddaughter will be taking a detour on her way to playing college golf at the University of Miami as Kai Trump will make her LPGA Tour debut next month.

what could have been if he had remained on the mound.

“If I kept pitching, my arm would have blown out, I promise you,” he said. “My elbow was hurting in high school.”

Ohtani at age 31 has a .282 average with 280 homers and 669 RBIs in eight major league seasons — more career home runs than Hall of Famers Joe Morgan, Derek Jeter and Paul Molitor And Ohtani is 39-20 with a 3.00 ERA on the mound with 670 strikeouts in 528 2⁄3 innings, limited to 100 starts because he didn’t pitch in 2019 and 2024 following elbow operations. In Game 4 of the NL Championship Series against Milwaukee, he pitched six scoreless innings, striking out the side in the first, and hit three homers. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred called it “probably the greatest game of all time.”Don’t expect another super human soon. The forces of the 30 big league organizations discourage two-way players.

“We don’t even see too many switch-hitters,” said New York Yankees special assistant Omar Minaya, a former general manager of the New York Mets and Montreal Expos. “Relievers are one inning starters are starters, right-handed hitters are righthanded hitters, left-handed hitters are left-handed hitters. The game has evolved into a specialty sport, meaning that it discourages versatility in how you play the game.”

Kai Trump received a sponsor exemption Tuesday to play in The Annika at Pelican Golf Club on Nov 13-16, the penultimate event on the LPGA schedule that typically has one of the strongest fields of the year outside of the majors. Trump, the eldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr., is a senior at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach County who has committed to play for the Miami Hurricanes next year She competes in amateur events nationally with the American Junior Golf Association.

Michigan football, Moore drop appeals with NCAA

The University of Michigan and football coach Sherrone Moore have dropped their appeal against NCAA penalties stemming from a sign-stealing operation. Michigan was fined tens of millions of dollars, and Moore was suspended for a third game by the NCAA in August as punishment for a sprawling scandal that has loomed over the Wolverines for two years, including during their run to the national title in the 2023 season The 21st-ranked Wolverines (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) host Purdue (2-6, 0-5) on Saturday Moore withdrew his appeal on Sept. 29 after serving the school’s self-imposed, two-game suspension. He will also be suspended for the 2026 season-opening game. The school withdrew its appeal on Oct. 6.

Commandersseeingseasonslipaway

Washingtonloses thirdstraight game as injuries keep mounting

BY HOWARD FENDRICH AP national writer

WASHINGTON The losses and theinjuries keepmountingfor theWashingtonCommanders, who are on athreegame losing streak as their season appears to be slipping away They are just 3-5 at roughly thehalfway mark —already the same number of defeats they had while going 12-5 and making it all theway to the NFCchampionship game in January,carried there by the dynamic quarterback-wideout duoof AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels and 13-TD scorer Terry McLaurin. This time around, Washington is missing the magic that helped produce allof those last-minute wins, and it hasn’thelped that Daniels was sidelined for three games so far,including Monday night’s28-7 setback against the Kansas City Chiefs, and McLaurin has been forced to sit out four There also are all sorts of other absences on offense, defense and special teams.

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Shough was forced to navigate pressure in the backfield. None looked more erratic than his skipped throw to tight end Jack Stoll well short of thesticks on fourth and 11 after he spun out of asack.

Most of Shough’sthrows went outside the numbers

Some of that is because of thesituation, chasing multiple scores againstadefense that was trying to limit big plays. It will be interesting to see whether that trend continue after Shough is given aweektoprepare as the starter

At least four of Shough’s 13 incompletions, including the interception he threw on his fourth drop backofthe game, were catchable passes. Twoofthem likelywould have movedthe chains on third or fourth down. Two more would haveresulted in solid gains.

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games, Rattler performed admirably to start the season. He compiled a91.9 passer rating through the firstsix weeks while throwing six touchdowns against one interception.

New Orleans was 1-5, but with theexception of the Seattle loss, the Saints were competitive in everygame against some of the NFL’s better teams.

ButRattler’splay declined in recent weeks, as the second-year quarterback reverted to some of his worst tendencies from his rookie season. He turned theballover four times in aloss to the Bears, fumbling on the Saints’ second offensive play andthrowing three interceptions. Againstthe Buccaneers, he lost afumble on the opening drive and then threwa poor interceptionthat was returned foratouchdown. He also took seven sacks while just three of the 18 drives he led over the past two weeks resulted in points. NewOrleans inserted Shough into the lineup after aseries in which the Saints committed two holding penalties and adelay of game near their own goal line.

When theCommanders practice Wednesday,coach DanQuinn said, “Weplan on (Daniels) being apart of that.”

Washington simplyhas not played very well, with two victories coming against also-ran opponentsinthe New York Giants andLas Vegas Raiders. They’ve been something less than competitive for stretches, includingtheirpast twooutings,inwhich they were outscored by an average of 21.5 points.

Against AndyReid, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the rest of the Chiefs, theCommanders managed to hang in there for ahalf, reaching the break tied at 7-7.

Still, Quinnwas not pleased with missed chances by anoffense beingrun by Marcus Mariota in place of ahurt Daniels, who wasout with abad righthamstring. Everything fell apartin the second half.

“Man, did we leave alot of opportunities out there tonight,” Quinnsaid. “You cannot leave that manychances out there and expect towin.”

rupted some of the good from Shough’sperformance.

n On his second pass attempt, Shough drovethe ball on adeepcomeback to Shaheed, who could not maintain possessionof the ballthrough contactwith the ground. It would’ve been againofatleast9 yards on first and 10

n Twoplays later,Shough pinned athrowtoOlave’s chest on third and 3. Olave’s momentum was carrying him past the sticks, and New Orleans would’vehad a new set of downs in Tampa Bay territory.Thiswas the best opportunity to make a game of it. Instead, Winfield ripped the ball out of Olave’s hands for an interception.

n Afterhitting Shaheed for 6yardsonthird and8to set up amanageable fourth downnearmidfield, Shough gave tight end Juwan Johnson achance to make a contested catch to keep the drive alive.Johnsonran an angle route, runningtoward the middle of the fieldbefore snapping backtowardthe sideline.Shough’sthrowwas on the money,toward the sideline andawayfromthe

It might not get any easier over the next two weeks, when Washingtonwillface theSeattle Seahawks, then theDetroit Lions.

It seems as if arecord of 3-7 could be areal possibility by thetime Week 10 is done.

defender.Johnson couldn’t haul it in, and the Saints turned it over on downs.

nTrailing by 20 with 2:29 to go, Shough had Johnsonopen on acorner route downfieldfor whatwould have been at least a15-yard gain on the first play of a drive.

Of thesefour plays,this was the worst throw,with Shoughsailing it alittle high. Even takingthat into account, this was aplay a tight end making $10 million per year should make.

Overall, Shough played 39 offensive snaps, all of them in comeback mode. It’sobviously notenough to truly evaluate either his playor command of the offense.

Butthe Saintssaw enough to namehim the starter this Sunday againstthe LosAngelesRams. Now thereal evaluation can begin.

Lookingahead

The Saints get abit of atriple whammy this week:Not only do they have to face one of the NFC’sbetter teams in the5-2 Rams but they also have to travel acrossthe country to face ateam com-

Shough did not fare much better against the Buccaneers, completing17of 30 attempts for128 yards with a53.2rating. ButNew Orleans now will get an opportunity to seewhat he can do when givena fullweekto prepare as the starter Hisfirst start will come against achallenging opponent. The Rams are comingoff of an open date and have one of the most effective pass rushes in the NFL, ranking second in the league with 26 sacks. This is probablynot going to be aone-game experi-

ment. Moore said after the gamethat he did not want to put his players in aposition where they wereflip-flopping in thestartinglineup. “I love Spence. Ilove Tyler.Ilove these guys to death,” Moore said after the game. “These arenever easy things. “They arereally,really challenging, because Iknow what each of these guys puts into it every single day.But we’rejust trying to find a formula that works to our advantage.”

Staff writer MatthewParas contributed to this report.

“You’re kind of putting yourself in ahole,”linebacker Bobby Wagner said. “You don’twant to dig yourself in adeeper hole.”

McLaurin’sreturnMondaywas abig deal after he was unavailable for amonth

ing off of an open date.

At 37 years old, Rams quarterback Matthew Staffordisstill playing at an elitelevel. The LosAngeles passing gameranks No. 7in the NFL in Expected Points Added perdrop back (+.13), andStafford ranks fifth in theNFL in passingsuccess rate(52.6%).

Stafford and the Rams are one of the NFL’s better play-

because of aquadriceps injury.Hescoredhis first touchdown of the season with aterrifictoe-tapping grab. He made another “How didhedothat?” catch on a head-first dive.

action offenses this season. Los Angeles head coach and offensive play-caller Sean McVay is calling play-action passes on 31.6% of passing plays, the second-highest rate in the NFL, and Stafford has a133.8 rating on such plays. Eight of Stafford’s league-high 17 touchdowns have come on play-action passes.

“Itfelt good just to contribute,” McLaurin said. But as often

Defensively,the Rams lean heavily on their young, talented defensive line. Edge rushersByron Young (nine sacks) and Jared Verse (foursacks) have more sacks between them than six entire NFL teams. Even afterits bye,Los Angeles rankssecondinthe NFL with 26 team sacks. Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

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Sumrall keeping focus on tough test at UTSA

BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

Tulane football coach Jon Sum-

rall reiterated Tuesday what he said Monday when asked about being linked to the LSU job opening.

The clear message: His sole concern is the Green Wave’s game at Texas-San Antonio on Thursday (6:30 p.m., ESPN) and on getting his team to play four solid quarters for the first time this season.

“The coaching carousel to me is not even a thought because we’re in the midseason phase,” he said “So whatever another program wants to do or people want to speculate, they are free to do that UTSA has my 100 percent focus. Our team playing the best it can has my 100 percent focus. We haven’t played our best yet. I’m a little bit urgent and nauseous and fearing complacency because we haven’t played very good yet.”

Tulane (6-1, 3-0 American Conference) is trying to hand Texas-San Antonio (3-4, 1-2) its first home conference loss since 2020 and its first in coach Jeff Traylor’s five-year tenure. The Wave has not lost a regular-season league game on the road since its 2021 finale against Memphis, so something has to give.

“I personally love away games,” said rush end Jordan Norman, a South Alabama transfer who has registered a sack in the past two contests. “I’m up for that challenge, and I feel like we’ll have a good time.”

The first order of business is taking away the home-run threat that Robert Henry provides. Henry the second-leading rusher in the FBS (124.0 yards per game), scored from 75 yards out on the first play

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when his name pops up atop the list of leading candidates at places such as Florida, Penn State, UCLA and LSU.

“I’ve dealt with (coaching speculation) every year as a head coach,” he said. “I understand it comes with the territory I get those questions because we’re having success.”

“UTSA has my 100 percent focus. Our team playing the best it can has my 100 percent focus.”

JON SUMRALL,Tulane coach ä Tulane at UTSA.

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of the third quarter in the Roadrunners’ opener at Texas A&M.

He matched that distance on the second play of the third quarter a week later against Texas State.

He added a 74-yard touchdown against Incarnate Word and a 74yard scoring reception against Colorado State before the end of September He also raced 72 yards to the 3 on the first snap against North Texas on Oct. 18.

“The big plays stick out,” Sumrall said. “He’s had some really big ones, but then he also is a tough, physical, hard-nosed runner and gets dirty yards, too Sometimes you see guys that are home-run threats that don’t get the dirty yards. He’s kind of a guy that does both.”

Tulane has prevented breakaway plays all year, allowing no gain of more than 35 yards to any running back and limiting its three conference opponents to a long run of 17.

“You need 11 hats to the football,” Sumrall said. “You’re not going to fit everything perfectly, but you have to overlap on defense, leverage the ball properly and make sure tackles. When you watch great defenses, you watch their effort to the ball, and it’s nonnegotiable.”

Equally non-negotiable is Tulane needing to raise its level to reach

LSU. He owns a sterling .791 winning percentage in three-plus seasons as a head coach, and he won two Sun Belt championships in two years at Troy In his first season at Tulane, he made the American Conference title game. He has the Wave at 6-1 this season despite losing 17 starters from last year’s team, including quarterback Darian Mensah (Duke) and star running back Makhi Hughes (Oregon) to the transfer portal.

a fourth consecutive American Conference championship game. Although the Wave has put itself in a good position, it cannot afford the same sloppiness it has exhibited on both sides of the ball.

“We are close,” Tulane quarterback Jake Retzlaff said. “We’re knocking on the door It’s just about showing up and kicking that door down from the jump. We can make a statement this week. The feeling this week is let’s go have an offensive explosion and a defensive explosion and have a game where all three phases put it together for all four quarters. That’s a scary sight.”

Sumrall said he acted like such a maniac in Saturday’s practice that people probably believed he was on drugs as he concentrated on getting his guys to go from average to championship level. He added that he had learned a lesson from what happened at the end of 2024, when he did not address distractions with his players before Tulane got hammered by Army in the American championship game while rumors circulated about his interest in the vacant North Carolina job and quarterback Darian Mensah’s impending departure for Duke.

He wants to make sure the Wave is focused through December He is not worried about his own name in the swirl of other schools’ vacancies.

“I’m never distracted by any of it,” he said. “I’m so freaking microfocused on how we can get better every day I love what I do. I love who I do it with. I’m coaching this freaking team. That’s all I’m worried about. Our guys know that and they feel that.”

LSU would consider hiring Sumrall in the first place.

LSU has hired 27 coaches in the 121-year history of its football program. In that time, it has never hired one from Tulane, its onetime SEC rival located just 90 miles to the south.

If school officials are smart, they won’t worry about optics or historical precedents.

Wilson makes ‘promise’ LSU will run the ball

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

Frank Wilson chuckled as he answered the question. It was raised early in his first news conference as the LSU interim football coach, and he used the opportunity to share a glimpse into what may change about the struggling offense.

The Tigers, Wilson said, have used the open date to improve their rushing attack.

“I promise you,” Wilson said Tuesday, “we will run the ball.”

LSU fired coach Brian Kelly on Sunday then canned offensive coordinator Joe Sloan on Monday, ending his underwhelming two-year tenure as its offensive play-caller

Now Wilson, the running backs coach, and Alex Atkins the rungame coordinator, oversee the offense, which means that the unit could undergo a shift in style. No Southeastern Conference team has thrown more passes this season than LSU. Wilson indicated Tuesday that the Tigers should have run the ball more often than they did across the past two seasons.

“In the run game, we have the ability to do it,” Wilson said. “We need to be able to run the ball to have relief in the passing game. At times, we’ve done it. But we want to do it more consistently, and I think if we do that, it’ll allow our game, our team, our offense, to be that much more effective.”

In 2024, Garrett Nussmeier threw for more than 4,000 yards and the Tigers converted third downs at one of the 10 highest rates in the country, but they finished last among SEC teams in rushing offense and struggled to turn redzone trips into touchdowns.

Many of those same struggles carried over to 2025.

LSU is ranked 83rd nationally in scoring offense, 98th in total offense and 124th in rushing offense. The Tigers also have converted only 39 percent of their third-down attempts — the fifthlowest rate in the SEC and scoring touchdowns on just 59 percent of their trips to the red zone. Only two league teams had lower red-zone conversion rates.

LSU struggled to run the ball for most of the season, but its rushing efficiency quietly has improved in recent weeks.

The Tigers averaged at least 5 sack-adjusted yards per rushing attempt in their games against South Carolina and Vanderbilt Then in the first half of the loss to Texas A&M, they picked up an average of 4.9 yards per carry LSU shifted the bulk of its backfield touches toward freshman Harlem Berry for the first time this season, and he responded by injecting the offense with an infusion of speed.

But Berry touched the ball only once in the second half as the game got away from LSU. LSU could run the ball more

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Continued from page 1C ever come true.” Wilson insists that this moment isn’t about him. He walked up to the podium Tuesday discussing what had happened in practice. There was no mention of the opportunity bestowed upon him until reporters started firing questions.

And Sumrall knows the questions won’t go away anytime soon It’s the reality of the business when you’re as spectacularly successful as he’s been at a Group of Five program like Tulane Green Wave fans are not going to like it, but it’s only a matter of time until a school comes along with an offer he can’t refuse It’s not a matter of if he is hired away but when.

He’s already attracted the interest of Florida, Penn State and UCLA according to industry sources, and would be among the leading candidates, if not the favorite, for both the Auburn and Kentucky jobs if either open up.

Some Vegas oddsmakers have installed Sumrall as the favorite to land the coaching job at LSU, which opened Sunday when Brian Kelly was fired after three-plus seasons in Baton Rouge. ESPN listed him No. 2 on its list of top candidates for the Tigers’ gig behind Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin. Sumrall makes a lot sense for

In coaching circles, Sumrall is viewed as the complete package, a shrewd in-game tactician, a passionate recruiter with an expert eye for personnel, and a charismatic leader and culture-builder As former Troy head coach Neal Brown told The Athletic, “Whatever ‘it’ is, Jon Sumrall has it.”

The question is not whether Sumrall would be a good hire for LSU. Of course, he would. A former Kentucky linebacker and Huntsville, Alabama, native, he has followed, played and coached in the Southeastern Conference for most of his career

He is arguably more qualified than Ryan Day or Kirby Smart were when they were hired at Ohio State and Georgia, respectively Ditto the hottest young head coaches in the land, Marcus Freeman and Dan Lanning, both of whom had no head coaching experience before taking over at Notre Dame and Oregon, respectively

The better question is whether

Sumrall is the hottest coach in college football for a reason. He is young, innovative and energetic. He instills an undeniable toughness and swagger into the teams he coaches. He knows how to hire good coaches and manage a staff. His players love him and play their tails off for him.

In short, he is everything Kelly was not.

Sumrall would be a different kind of hire for LSU athletic director Scott Woodward, assuming he is actually allowed to make the decision. Woodward has a track record of hiring proven commodities rather than ascending types such as Sumrall.

“If I’m the executive producer of a film, and I can get Paul Newman and Robert Redford, hell, yeah, I’m going to do it,” he once said. Sumrall might not be a leading man yet, but rest assured, he is on the fast track to becoming one.

If LSU doesn’t hire Sumrall, the Tigers are going to be going against him very soon.

Email Jeff Duncan at jduncan @theadvocate.com.

often in hopes of fielding a more productive, efficient offense.

“I think it complements,” Wilson said, “and it allows us to be that more (much) effective in the pass game where we have tremendous weapons that we haven’t utilized to the full potential, for whatever reason.”

Effect on recruiting

The recent firings so far have not affected the program’s recruiting efforts.

As of Tuesday, no prospects had backed off their verbal commitments to the Tigers, and no players on the current roster have decided to forgo any of the four games left on the schedule.

“I think it’s a testament to the quality of young men that we have,” Wilson said, “that they signed up to come to school here. They came at the helm of coach Kelly as our head coach, and they were also committed to this university, and they were committed to one another.”

LSU actually added to its 2026 recruiting class since it fired Kelly and Sloan. Three-star wide receiver Kervin Johnson announced Monday that he had flipped his commitment from Louisiana Tech to the Tigers even as uncertainty swirled around the program.

Freshmen cornerback DJ Pickett and running back Harlem Berry were five-star recruits last year, and they’ve already stepped into leading roles eight games into their freshman seasons. Sophomore tight end Trey’Dez Green also has emerged as one of Nussmeier’s favorite targets, and he can’t declare for the NFL draft for another year LSU also has commitments from Lamar Brown — a U-High defensive lineman rated as one of the nation’s five best recruits as well as Trenton Henderson, a Florida edge rusher who’s one of the top-50 prospects in 247Sports’ composite rankings.

When Kelly was fired, LSU’s 2026 class was the 11th-best group in the country Only time will tell whether the Tigers can hang on to those commitments through a coaching change. Full-time job

Wilson was asked Tuesday whether he’s discussed the possibility of applying for LSU’s permanent head coaching job. Wilson declined to discuss his future beyond the rest of this season, saying instead that “we didn’t indulge too much into it.” “I cannot peer across the fence to look at something else and not be where my feet are,” Wilson said. “I have to be here. I have to be in the moment. We have to be in this moment. We have to live in this moment to allow us to take care of our business right now “And I think to do anything besides that is a mistake.”

as this, you batten down the hatches, you go shoulder to shoulder you go back to back, and you stand firm with one another,” Wilson said, “and to the commitment of what your intentions were from the beginning.”

Wilson’s first game as interim coach won’t be an easy one. LSU travels to Tuscaloosa to face No. 4 Alabama on Nov 8, and it will make the trip with not just a new coach but also a new offensive coordinator

“This opportunity is so much bigger than me,” Wilson said. “I just happen to be the caretaker at this moment for this wonderful institution that we so love. It’s our flagship state university We have tremendous pride in it.”

The circumstances under which Wilson is taking over are far from ideal. Kelly’s firing was the result of a disappointing 5-3 start to a season many expected would end in a CFP appearance. Three defeats in four games, however, sealed LSU’s playoff fate. The final loss came Saturday against Texas A&M, a 49-25 drubbing in Tiger Stadium that was the straw that broke the camel’s back on Kelly’s time in Baton Rouge.

With its playoff dreams dashed and its coach gone, LSU is still locked into finishing the season strong, Wilson said. “When in a time that’s perilous

LSU fired offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan on Monday, promoting tight ends coach and run game coordinator Alex Atkins to the position. But even with all of the changes, Wilson said his team is ready to answer the call, noting that no players have opted out of playing the rest of the year The difficulties of the last 72 hours, he said, have brought the team closer together

“We’ve taken up the slack for those who may not have been as strong as others to be supportive of one another during this time,” Wilson said.

“And so I think it’s a testament of our student-athletes and our coaching staff in this university, in this community. The biggest thing for us is to stay close, stay together and let’s finish what we’ve started.”

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LSU gym adds ninth pledge to Class of 2027

BY SCOTT RABALAIS Staff writer

LSU has added one more star commitment to its glittering 2027 recruiting class.

Tatum Drusch of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, announced her decision to pick LSU over the weekend, adding a ninth name to the Tigers’ list of pledges

According to CollegeGymNews.com, LSU now has three five-star prospects and six four stars, including Drusch. She is ranked in a tie for the 11th-best prospect nationally, according to that website.

“I’m so blessed and excited to announce I have verbally committed to Louisiana State University on a full athletic scholarship!”

Drusch posted on her Instagram account. “I’m so

honored to become a tiger and continue the legacy of @ lsugym.”

Drusch went on to thank LSU head coach Jay Clark, and assistants Garrett Griffeth, Haleigh Bryant and Courtney McCool Griffeth.

“You have created such an amazing culture at LSU that I can’t wait to call home!!”

Drusch wrote.

Drusch, who will turn 17 next month, competed in August in the U.S Gymnastics Championships at the Smoothie King Center Another future Tiger, 2024 U.S. Olympic team gold medalist Hezly Rivera, won the senior women’s all-around national title at the event.

Drusch also competed earlier this year in the Winter Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, tying for first on balance beam and finishing fourth in the all-around

Drusch picked LSU after official visits to three other gymnastics powerhouses: reigning NCAA champion Oklahoma, Florida and UCLA.

Drusch joins five-star prospects Josie Lynch, Reese Esponda and Jada Oliver in LSU’s Class of 2027, along with four stars Sage Bradford, Zoe Cadrin, Lia Redick, Myla Ruck and Kiari Sparks. None of the nine will be able to enroll at LSU until 2027 and would compete starting in January 2028. Some of the class is expected to defer the start of their collegiate careers until after the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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NBA players scoring at astounding rate

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP basketball writer

SALT LAKE CITY A week into the NBA season, the defenses are losing. By a lot.

If it seems like there’s never been this many highscoring performances in the first few days of a season, that’s because this is unprecedented Going into Tuesday, there have been 16 instances of a player scoring 40 or more points in a game already this season. Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers have already had 40-point games twice, and Philadelphia guard Tyrese Maxey has two himself. The others who have done this season: Denver’s Aaron Gordon, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Brooklyn’s Cam Thomas, Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, Denver’s Jamal Murray, Boston’s Jaylen Brown, Utah’s Lauri Markkanen, Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Golden State’s Stephen Curry and San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama — who did it in his first regular-season game in eight months after the deep vein thrombosis scare last season.

“I felt like I needed to make a statement to my teammates,” Wembanyama said. There seems to be a lot of that going around Players are making statements just about every night so far this season All these big-number games are being somewhat overshadowed by last week’s news that Portland coach Chauncey Billups and Miami guard Terry Rozier were among those arrested by federal

officials for their alleged roles in gambling-related schemes. There are two different cases: one claims defendants were involved in poker games that used technology to defraud players; the other case revolves largely around tipping bettors off with inside information that they could use to wager on NBA games

Both the House and Senate have asked the NBA for more information, and commissioner Adam Silver — in remarks last week on Amazon Prime Video’s first NBA regular-season broadcast — apologized to fans that the on-court play wasn’t the biggest story in the league right now

Ordinarily, that would most certainly be the case especially with the sorts of numbers that are coming every night so far

On average, there are 2.4 instances of the league seeing a player scoring 40 points in the first four games of a season. The previous record for such events was nine, which took place three seasons ago. This season’s number

is nearly double that, and there’s still a couple of days left for players to add to that total.

“It is only a week into it but the offensive explosion is nothing new in the league,” Phoenix coach Jordan Ott said. “I think it’s a little surprising here early in the season I’m not sure if that’s been the trend over the last couple years.” His instincts are correct It has not been the case over the last couple of years. Or, really, at any point in the 80 seasons of NBA basketball. Going into Tuesday, NBA games this season were seeing an average of 236.6 points per game. That’s a 7.6% increase over what scoring was through four games for each team last season. Teams are playing faster, and they’re also getting to the foul line. Teams are shooting more free throws per game than at any point over the past 30 seasons. That’s a fairly potent combination and the perfect recipe for a ton of points to be scored.

BY GUERRY SMITH

and was dominant the rest of the way, cruising to a 95-66 victory at home, but the ragged start was a cause for concern after a 19-point loss to McNeese in a closed scrimmage a week earlier The Wave clearly still is adjusting emotionally and physically to the drowning death of versatile starting center Gregg Glenn over the summer Hunter went with a small lineup that featured 6-foot-8 Tyler Ringgold in the post along with guards Rowan Brumbaugh, Asher Woods, Curtis Williams and Scotty Middleton. Williams, a Georgetown transfer, got a quick hook after taking an ill-advised, contested shot early in the shot clock at one end of the floor and committing a foul on a 3-point attempt seconds later Middleton, a Seton Hall

transfer, hit only one of five shots before the break Senior Percy Daniels started at center in the second half and gave the Wave the lead for good with a layup on the opening possession off a feed from Brumbaugh Senior guard Asher Woods paced Tulane with 19 points, five assists and eight rebounds. Brumbaugh, the preseason American Conference player

Pels reverted to last season’s form aheadof3-gametrip

If you’re afan of the New Orleans Pelicans, you probably said these three words at some point

Monday “Here we go again.”

Perhaps you said it around 2p.m. when the team announced that Zion Williamson was “questionable” for Monday night’sgame against the Boston Celtics with a bonecontusion on his left foot. Or maybe it was three hours later when Pelicans coach Willie Green downgraded Williamson from “questionable” to “out.” If not then,you most surely said it as the Pelicans laid another fourthquarter eggon their way to a12290 loss to the Boston Celtics.

“They just took the fight to us,”Pelicans coach Willie Green said. “They were atougher team, mentally tougher than we were. Physically tougher thanwewere. This is something that we have to get back to the drawingboard, and we have to come back and be atougher team.”

If all this sounds familiar,it’s because it is. The Pelicanslost 12 games by 25 points or more last season.

Three games into this season, they’ve already lost their first one by that many.Withathree-game road triptoface the Denver Nuggets, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Oklahoma CityThunder, things don’tget any easier Making this latest losseven more disturbing is it came against the Celtics, ateam that is not anywhere close to the team that won the NBA title two seasonsago.

The Celtics’ best player, Jayson Tatum, sat on the bench in street clothes just like the Pelicans’best player did. Williamson is listed as questionable for Wednesday night’sgame in the Mile High City

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Pelicans forwardHerb Jones, right, defends Celticsguard Payton Pritchard on Monday at the Smoothie King Center

“In theNBA, you’re going to have gameswherethe margin looks like that,” Williamson said after Tuesday’s practice. “But that was more self-inflicted on us.We cameintoday and got some good work in.We’vegot aplace we’re trying to go. So we can’thave selfinflicted wounds like that.”

The Pelicans were actually 3.5-pointfavorites against Boston until Williamson was ruled out. At that point, the Celtics became 4-pointfavorites. TheCeltics ended upwinning by 32.

“Disappointed,”Green said.

“Disappointed in how we approached thegame. Disappointed in just the lack of toughness on thefloor more than anything. It’s one thingtonot win agame. It’sa whole ’nother thing to kinda get punked onyour home floor.I’m a part ofthat.”

Just likethat, all that goodwill thePelicansbuilt up with their fanbase in close losses to Memphisand San Antonio to start the season was out thedoor.They

went from two moral victories

—ifyou want to call the first two games that —toone demoralizing defeat in amatter of five days. Anyoptimism all of asudden became areality check.

Justthree nightsearlier in an overtimelosstothe San Antonio Spurs, Pelicans forward Trey Murphy talked about how this year’s team feels different and has abit morefight thanteams of the past.

ButMonday night?

“Wedidn’tshow that at all,” Murphy said. “… They fought harder than we did. Simple as that.”

It’sonly three games in an 82gamemarathon, so it’sprobably too soon towrite the obituary on ateam with alot of new faces. Butall three games had stretches where thePelicansdisappeared and let the Grizzlies, Spurs and Celtics have their way

“It’s anew group,”Green said. “Weare learning each other,trying to figure it out together.And as much as we want it to happen quickly,sometimes it takes alittle time.”

The winning may taketime, but theeffort should already be there. That falls on Green holding theplayers accountable. If Green can’t, it’ll be up to Joe Dumars to find someone who can. Dumars vowed when he took over in April as the executive vice president of basketball operations that the Pelicans would be ateam the fan base could be proud of. Regardless of thewins and losses, theproduct on the floor would excitethe fans.

“Weare here to raise thebar,” Dumars said. “We’re not here to be happy withmediocrity.”

The season is still young, but Monday’sperformance was about as mediocreasitgets.

Pelicans 122-90.

Zion talksfootinjury, timeline forhis return

“Landedonsomeone’sfootand the side of my foot just banged theground,”Williamson said “The pain level didn’treally pick up until aday or two days later Ispoke with the team,made the best decision on it.Got it looked at.”

BY RODWALKER Staff writer

Zion Williamson sprinted up and down the court at the New Orleans Pelicans’ practice facility Tuesday morning. It was agood sign for Williamson, who missed Monday night’s losstothe BostonCeltics with a bone contusion on his leftfoot. Williamson was limited in Tuesday’spractice and is “questionable” for the Pelicans’ Wednesday night road gameagainstthe Denver Nuggets.

“Rightnow we’re in aday-today thing,” Williamson said. “But nothing major.Nothing that is goingtokeep me outfor alongtime Just day to day.” Williamson said he injured the foot in Friday’sgame against the San Antonio Spurs on aputback dunk.Hestepped on the foot of SpurscenterVictor Wembanyama when he landed.

SCOREBOARD

Croskey-Merritt 9-25,McNichols1-4,Rodriguez 1-2, Samuel 1-1.Kansas City,Pacheco 12-58, Hunt 9-40, Mahomes 4-30, Rice 2-12, B.Smith 3-8. PASSING—Washington, Mariota 21-30-2-213. Kansas City,Mahomes 25-34-2-299. RECEIVING—Washington, McNichols 5-64, Ertz 4-16, McLaurin 3-54, McCaffrey 3-24, Samuel 3-11, Bates 1-22, Sinnott 1-22,Lane 1-0. Kansas City, Rice 9-93,Kelce 6-99, Worthy 5-53, Smith-Schuster 2-29, Gray 2-23, Hunt 1-2. College

Brown24:19 5-94-6 0-74 515 Minott 28:04 6-92-2 2-91 315 Queta 22:10 3-80-0 7-11 03 6 Pritchard30:41 7-15 2-22-3 82 18 White 31:03 5-14 0-00-3 72 11 Simons 32:08 9-17 1-12-6 13 25

Hauser 26:00 3-10 0-00-3 21 9 Garza19:18 5-73-4 3-61 416

Scheierman 13:58 1-30-0 0-60 03 Tillman 6:30 2-20-0 0-01 04

Boucher 3:01 0-10-0 0-00 10

Harper Jr.1:24 0-00-0 0-00 00

Walsh1:24 0-00-0 0-00 00 Totals 240:0046-9512-1516-5425 24 122

Dropped out: South Dakota (21) Others receiving votes: South Dakota (5-4 3-2 MVFC),99; WesternCarolina (5-3,4-0 SoCon), 95;Alabama State (5-2,3-1 SWAC), 21; Dartmouth(5-1,3-1 Ivy),17;

(5-3, 3-0 Patriot), 15;Delaware State (5-3,1-0 MEAC),14; West Georgia (6-3,3-3 UAC),14; Gardner-Webb (5-3,3-1 OVC-Big

(6-2,4-1

2; Sacramento State (4-4,2-2 BigSky),2 Pro basketball

Percentages: FG .484, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 18-53, .340 (Simons 6-13, Garza3-4, Hauser3-10, Pritchard2-7,Brown 1-3, Minott 1-3, Scheierman 1-3, White1-9 Boucher 0-1). Team Rebounds:12. Team Turnovers: 1. BlockedShots:7(Queta4,Hauser, Minott, White).

Turnovers: 11 (Brown3,Simons 2, Boucher, Garza, Hauser, Pritchard, Queta, White). Steals: 5(Hauser, Minott, Pritchard, Scheierman, Simons). Technical Fouls: Brown, 1:34 second. FG FT Reb NOLA Min M-AM-A O-TAPFPTS

Jones 22:40 3-83-4 0-20 511

MurphyIII 33:37 3-11 1-20-5 52 7 Missi 19:26 3-45-5 3-73 211 Fears 26:31 1-11 0-01-2 22 2 Poole 34:20 5-14 9-91-2 43 22

Bey 24:15 4-90-0 0-20 011 Queen 21:41 3-76-6 1-30 412 Alvarado 21:40 2-60-0 1-32 05 Hawkins 15:05 0-50-0 1-21 00

Jordan 10:58 3-41-2 1-50 17 Matkovic 3:16 0-10-0 0-00 00 McGowens 3:16 0-20-0 0-0 00 0 Peavy3:16 1-20-0 2-20 02 Totals 240:00 28-84 25-28 11-35 17 19 90

Percentages: FG .333, FT .893. 3-Point Goals: 9-36, .250 (Bey3-7, Poole3-8, Jones 2-4, Alvarado 1-4, Matkovic 0-1, McGowens 0-1, Queen0-1,Hawkins0-2, Fears 0-4, Murphy III 0-4) Team Rebounds:11. Team Turnovers: 1. Turnovers: 13 (Fears 4, Bey3,Jones 2, Alvarado, Missi, Poole, Queen). Steals: 7(Alvarado 2, Bey2,Fears, Poole, Queen). Technical Fouls: Poole, 4:15 fourth. Boston 34 31 22 35 —122 New Orleans 26 28 24 12 —90 A—16,787 (16,867). T—2:14. Pro baseball MLBpostseason glance x-if necessary WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) LosAngeles 2, Toronto 1 Friday: Toronto 11, LosAngeles 4 Saturday: LosAngeles 5, Toronto 1 Monday:

Williamsonwas addedtothe Pelicans’ injury report on Monday,about five hours before the gameagainst the Celtics.

Williamson,who averaged 27 points, 9.5rebounds, 6assists and 4steals in the first two games of theseason, saiditwas tough havingtowatchMonday’sgame from the bench.

“I’ve been saying ‘it feels good to feel good,’ but it wastough,” Williamson said. “It’salongseason. Even thoughit’sday to day,it wasdefinitelystill frustrating to be on the sideline.”

ThePelicansbegina threegame road trip thisweek. After Wednesday’sgame against the DenverNuggets, the Pels (0-3) play the Los Angeles Clippers on Fridayand the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday Email RodWalkeratrwalker@ theadvocate.com.

Area restaurants in line for Michelin awards WRITTEN IN THE STARS

BY IAN McNULTY Staff writer

Will the real Michelin Man please step forward? Are you the global arbiter of culinary greatness we’ve heard about, assigning the pinnacle of fine dining with your Michelin Star awards, or are you here to highlight restaurants that speak to the soul of a region’s cooking? The answer may well be a combination of both. People who love the food and restaurants of New Orleans and Louisiana have long wondered just how local places would fare in the Michelin Guide ranking system We are about to find out. Next Monday (Nov 3), the vaunted French-based restaurant review brand will unveil its inaugural Michelin Guide American South covering a regional six-state swath that includes Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. That means for the first time, restaurants that locals know from home and down the road are eligible for Michelin Stars, and recognition at other levels within the Michelin guide.

The results will be revealed during an event in Greenville, South Carolina, home of the guide’s regional offices. Following the format of guides for other regions, it will be a galastyle awards presentation To say local chefs are on tenterhooks about how it could all shake out is an understatement the size of a baked Alaska. The stakes are high. Michelin is a byword for culinary excellence around the world. Attaining a Michelin honor is an ambition some chefs devote their careers to achieving, and some tailor restaurants to meet Yet divining what makes a restaurant Michelin-grade has grown more challenging, because the answers that Michelin itself provides with its own rankings today are so varied Based on the type of restaurants that Michelin has selected in other U.S. cities, the range of possible contenders spans from expensive tasting menu restaurants to anytime casual spots that have mastered local flavors.

That means, in the eyes of Michelin, Emeril’s Restaurant, where dinner for two can equal a mortgage payment, could be in a league with, say, Glenda’s Creole Kitchen, plate lunch paradise on the country highway outside Breaux Bridge.

Let’s cut into the process. What makes a star Michelin Stars are the highest and oldest of the brand’s distinctions and they have their own hierarchy, ascending from one star to three. Here’s how Michelin explains its star rating system:

LIVING

All in the family

Home-style Vietnamese restaurant opens a seat at the family table

FBY IAN McNULTY Staff writer

rom my earliest forays

learning about Vietnamese food in New Orleans, I’ve been craning my neck at restaurants for a glimpse of what people at the other tables are getting, especially when they’re speaking Vietnamese.

At Asian groceries, I’m always glancing into the full carts other shoppers push down the aisles, wondering about the home cooking it will supply What’s going down beyond the noodle shop standards of pho and spring rolls?

Visiting the new restaurant Moi in its opening days has felt like picking up an advanced course in this subject.

You’re getting pockets of tofu stuffed with pork meatballs and braised in tomato sauce (dau hu nhoi thit sot ca chua) and bun rieu, ostensibly a crab and tomato noodle soup but really a onebowl buffet of different flavors with each dunk of the spoon.

To really get into this food, you’re ripping pieces of ba-

Algiers neighborhood, not far from the ferry landing

guette to plow through sauces and using both hands on ham hocks the size of baseballs to really get after the meat. You’re getting a taste of homestyle cooking and a deeper cut into Vietnamese traditions.

“This is the food of our family, it’s traditional food with our mom’s style and personality,” said Susan Nguyen, who opened the restaurant with her sister Cindy and their mother Selena.

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They opened Moi in October at 2809 St. Claude Ave., the former home of the standout poke shop PokeChan (which closed earlier this year).

The one-time shotgun house now has pretty lotus leaf patterns on the walls and feels anytime-casual. There’s table service, and a counter to order takeout.

The best play is to get a table and order a smattering of dishes, many of which are available in small or full portions, helpful for broader sampling. After all, the name Moi comes from a Vietnamese term for welcome.

“It’s what we say before we eat before we invite you into our home,” said Cindy Nguyen. “That’s what we’re doing here, we’re welcoming you into our culture through food.”

A family story

At the heart of this restaurant is Selena, the mother In a departure from the typical family restaurant narrative, she did not learn to cook from her own mother, who worked in a factory during Selena’s youth in Ho Chi Minh City. She remembers simple daily meals prepared for her in advance. She learned to cook on her own through the years, deciphering recipes by taste. It was a self-tutelage that continued as she left Vietnam on a migrant’s journey through Cambodia and Thailand on her way to the U.S. She eventually made her home in New Orleans and opened a nail salon, cooking for her customers as well as her family Today she’s fiercely

curry to vegetarian egg rolls (cha gio chay) with an intense vegan “fish” sauce and a finale of che thai, a chilled coconut milk-based dessert somewhere between smoothie and sweet soup.

Goi muc, a calamari salad, starts with a base of chopped cabbage and adds the crisp sweetness of sliced green apple and a gush of wisps of fresh herbs around the cool, tender calamari strands, with a pop of fish sauce.

Thit kho trung, braised pork and eggs, shows the Vietnamese way with caramelizing, which is not candied-sweet but a cookeddown sweet-and-sour flavor that lands much more on the savory/sour

proud of her kitchen chops. “I don’t cook like anyone else,” she said “I don’t copy anybody. What I do is mine.”

Visiting the restaurant just prior to opening day, I happened to be on hand for staff “family meal” time and got to watch Selena finishing the bun rieu soup, one of the menu’s more involved dishes.

The clear broth is stacked with a quiche-like cake of minced crab and pork, roughly formed pork meatballs, fried tofu wedges, a chunk of ham hock and a slice of congealed pork blood cake, minerally but otherwise mild in flavor. Boiled tomatoes bob on top, cutting the richness; you add handfuls of herbs and cabbage and sprouts as you go.

On the Moi menu

Moi has opened with only part of the menu the family plans to serve, with many specials to join in rotation. But it’s still a broader list of 28 dishes. A sampling quickly filled a table with different tastes from a chicken

Get the fermented shrimp platter (bun dau mam tom) and you’re combining bits of roast pork with pig intestine, fried tofu and pieces of mashed shrimp torn from sugarcane skewers Now make little lettuce wraps with all of this, adding a strip of pressed rice noodle cake and a dose of the darkly pungent fermented shrimp sauce on the side. Even by the standards of this menu, you’ll be advised it’s a dish for a bold palate.

Hold my beer, I say, I’m ready for another taste. Or more likely, hold my wine.

The restaurant is BYOB and, handily, the bottle shop/ wine bar Faubourg Wines is next door Look in the chilled case for something in a tall, pointy bottle, maybe a Portuguese vinho verde to pair with the parade of flavors coming your way Moi is a delight, opening new doors for a cuisine that never ceases to show more depth of flavor

Email Ian McNulty at imcnulty@theadvocate. com.

By The Associated Press

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2025. There are 63 days left in the year

Today in history: On Oct. 29, 1929, ‘Black Tuesday’ descended on the New York Stock Exchange. Stock prices collapsed amid panicked selling, $14 billion in value was lost, and thousands of investors were wiped out, triggering America’s Great Depression.

Also on this date:

In 1922, Benito Mussolini, the founder of fascism, is appointed Italian prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III. (He was dismissed by Emmanuel in 1943 after the Allied invasion of Italy and was executed by partisans in 1945).

In 1956, the Suez Crisis began as Israel invaded Egypt to seize control of the vital waterway, backed

by France and Britain, after its nationalization by Egypt. (Their forces eventually withdrew after U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration refused to back the effort and threatened sanctions).

In 1998, Sen. John Glenn, at age 77, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, retracing the trail he had blazed as the first American to orbit the Earth in the Friendship 7 Mercury space capsule in 1962.

In 2012, Superstorm Sandy slammed ashore in New Jersey and slowly marched inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages; the storm and its aftermath were blamed for at least 182 deaths in the U.S.

In 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX operated by the Indonesian airline Lion Air crashed after takeoff from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board. (Five

months later, an Ethiopian Airlines Max crashed after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board; the 737 MAX was grounded worldwide, and a flight-control system was implicated in the crashes.)

In 2022, more than 150 people were killed and dozens more were injured in South Korea after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in Seoul. Today’s birthdays: Actor Richard Dreyfuss is

BURNISHING BASHES

Elizabeth and TimSoslow

Robertand Rayne

n BK House

Thepopular Soirée in theVieux Carré at the Historic BK House & Gardensrallied ahost forearly evening fun and fundraising. Rayneand Robert Bories and Elizabeth and TimSoslow teamed to chair the event that, in memoriam,paidtribute to BK’sdear friend and supporterCJ Blanda, “whose generosity and staunch commitment to community preservation continuetoinspire us.” Headliningthe event weregenerouspatrons AnnMasson and James Douglas Hislop, Sweet Olivecategory; CynthiaLeBreton, and HalWilliamson and Dr R. Dale LeBlanc, Oleander;and theBories Family, Fidelis Foundation, Mia and Minor Jahncke,and The Leake Family Foundation, Magnolia. In-kind sponsors,Messina’s Catering& Events, Larkin’sEvent Tents, and Caymus Vineyards, were recognized, as were,inthe printed program,the 54 namesofthe Soiree Committee. Allweredelighted with theproclamation from the City of New Orleans honoringthe venue’s100 years of house and gardenrestoration.

To further embellish the premises, co-chairsElizabeth and Rayne, along with Elizabeth’ssister, Simonne Brown Wortham, arranged roses, seasonal flowersand tropicalgreens from local gardens to adorn the tables and mantels in thehistoric house.A tent with twinkling lights was set up for shelter James Andrews and the Crescent City Allstars got the lot dancing in thecourtyard,while piano prodigy River Eckert renderedblues andfunk in theBKHouse WelcomeRoom. Described as asumptuous “Sunday Supper,” the Messina’s purveyance includedgumbo,salad, carved brisket,and asuite of sweets. Earlier,smallbites were passed.

Imbibingall of this history andhobnobbing were Bridget and BobbyBories, Millie and Elder Brown, Nancy and Dr StephenHales,and Kathyand Dan Housey,parents of the chair couples; andfromthe board, president SandraDartus (sheand husband Alan Horwitz were among theGardenia patrons), vice presidentHal Williamsonwith Dale LeBlanc, secretary Lydia Blackmore and husband Jackson Kimbrell, treasurer Minor Jahncke with Mia, and boardmembers Sweet Dupuy with Ben, Hank Bart with Wendy Lodrig Bart,Cynthia LeBreton, Randle Looney,ElizabethSoslow,Ann Masson, Permele Robinson with Garner,MichaelHarold, and JennyCole with James Still others were Molly Brown,spouses Teddy Graziano (Caymus Vineyards) and BethSacco,Carrie and Anton Knapp, Sonnyand LauraShields, and JenGick,who mingledand welcomed the crowd. She’sthe BK House’s newly appointed executive director

n Hispanic Apostolate

Billed as Fraternity Gala 2025, and under the auspices of theHispanic Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the sold-outevent honoredthe Rev Manuel Solorzano, O.P He was hailed for his leadership as the former director of theHispanic Apostolate and for raising money for the St.Thomas of Aquinas Educational Fund. Decorations in the partysite, Magnolia Weddings and Events, featured small flags from aroundthe world atop the tables. On thewalls were large flags from North,Central and South American countries. As for the prandial attractions, the Elmwood-located Magnolia provided an array of Latin hors d’oeuvres, including stuffed mushrooms, empanadas, tacos, and barbecue meatballs. Dinner was arranged buffet-style with more tasty dishes, while guests sipped

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n Ronald McDonald House

Forethe Families Rock ‘N’ Par-Tee enjoyed spirited socializing tobenefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of SouthLouisiana. The location, Rock ‘N’ Bowl, thrilled with its vibrant backdrop of live music (andabig dance floor) and bowling for theguests, when they weren’tglued to the luxury items in the silent auction chaired by Susan Coco and KerriBecker Within the140 enticements were an Avery Island Experience, a Taylor Swift-signed guitar,two signed Swift albums, adiamond necklace from Ramsey’sDiamond Jewelers, and afootball signed by Archie, Peyton, and Eli Manning, along with aSaints No. 8jersey signed by Archie. Bidding was fast and friendly-furious Rock ‘N’ Bowl catered with such treats as chicken Alfredo pasta, crawfish étouffée, specialty“trays,” pizza, dips, and veggie spring rolls. As the House hobnobbers sat to feast, they admired the centerpieces by Susan Zackin‘s Sparkle and Sway Noted were RMHCSLA CEO Grace McIntosh; board president Eric Hoffman;board members MathewTimmons, Hyder Brewster,RyanFurby,Dr. JaniferTropez, Duncan Brown, and Charles Stewart;and LCMC HealthCEO GregFeirn with Sarah.Also, and with titles, were Tony Schultz,Cliftonand Elizabeth LeBlanc,Aultand GinnyHootsell, Peter and ReneeLaborde, Davidand Ruth Thompson,and Lisa Hoefer.To mention afew,who were lured from the lanes by the show band BRW.

Hundreds made the “Fraternity” fest, whichwas chaired by CarlinaDoubleday,

and MarlaDonovan,and included Maria and Carlos Bonilla,Mariaand Ramon

The event was presented byJLV Construction andDePaul Community

the Rev Lennin Arroyo opened theformalities withaninvocation. Followingwere program principals

bishop Gregory Aymond,and Father Solorzano, akaFray Solorzano-Zerpa

he is afriar and apriest of theOrder of Preachers(Dominicans).Tocap

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Apleatodog owners

Dear Heloise: Here’sasuggestion to dog owners: Before leaving your yard, have your dog do their business in your ownyard. I’ve asked dog ownerswho have allowedtheir dogs to use the lawn in the front of my home to do their business, “Why don’t you use your own yard for the dog to defecate?” The usual response is “Hey,I’m picking up after my dog.”

after yourdog

To cat owners whohave potty pans to empty,please pour thesoiled litterina plastic bag, secure thetop of thebag,and toss it in thetrash. We all love our fur babies, so let’s dispose of their waste respectfully —Heloise

out after rinsing for therequired lengthoftime. You should also not eat or drink for at least 30 minutes to allow it time to work. None of this should be swallowed on purpose.

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Picking up after your dog is fine, but the scent remains and attracts other dogs to the same area. Then dog owners wonder why their dogs are given abad rap. Well, Isay pick up the dog’sdroppings from your own yard.

—A.M.S., in Connecticut

A.M.S., Istrongly agree with you. Yes, it’sgood that people pick up after their dogs, but acertain number of people don’t. It’snot fertilizer; it’s“doggy poo,” and it’sunsanitary

Owning apet has certain responsibilities. Let your dog use your yard as his place to potty, then pickup the remains. If you live in an apartment and have a dog (hopefully asmall one), Iunderstand the problem, but you still need to pick up

MICHELIN

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n One Star: High-quality cooking, worth astop.

n TwoStars: Excellent cooking, worth adetour

n Three Stars: Exceptional cuisine, worth aspecial journey These rankings are rare and exceedingly hard to nab.

At this writing, 264 restaurants in the U.S. have astar ratingatany level, with213 at one star,35attwo star, and just 16 at the highest three-star rank (Michelin’s Texas guide is set to be updated for the year this week, which could change those numbers abit).

So what goes into them?

Michelin explains that restaurants are assessed on five criteria: “quality products; the harmonyofflavors; the mastery of cooking techniques; the voice and personality of the chefas reflectedinthe cuisine; consistency between eachvisit and throughout the menu.

In other words, Michelin says its reviewers (dubbed inspectors) care only about the food —not the service, not the finery,not the setting or the feel.

Biband ‘selected’

Still, say “Michelin Star restaurant”and peopleare likely to thinkofaposh, expensive dining experience. After all, passing judgment on that very model of grand European restaurant is precisely what built the Michelin name and prowessin the culinary world through the 20th century

Butasthe Michelin brand

Cleaning theceiling

Dear Heloise: Ifounda greatnew job for my belovedmop! Iuse it in my kitchen to clean my walls andceiling (especially abovethe range). I’m not comfortable climbingupladders, so this really works out for me!

It’sabsolutely amazinghow much grease it cleansup!

Vicki G., in California

Vicki, Idothe same thing, anditisquick and easy because ofthe disposable cleaningsheets. Idon’t have to worry aboutfalling off aladder,and Iclean the ceilingmore Iused to Heloise

Ann’sthoughts

Dear Heloise: When brushing, you only need apeasized amount of toothpaste. Anymore is not effective andwasteful. Rinsingafter brushing is anonissue as you should beusinga mouthwash that protects your teeth and can be spit

has expanded in different parts of the world, its rankings have become more diverse and egalitarian It has added different levels of recognition. This includes Bib Gourmand restaurants (named for the brand’s“Michelin Man” mascot, whoseofficial name is Bibendum). These are typically more casual, less costly restaurants giving good quality andvalue.

The Michelin Guidealso nowincludes“selected restaurants,”meaning they have Michelin’sendorsement but not at astar level or necessarily of Bib Gourmand value. In guides for other markets, selected restaurants can range from high-dollar showplaces to anytime bakery cafes.

Michelin also has “special awards” in categories including itsYoung Chef, Chef Mentor, Exceptional Cocktail Award,Sommelier andService (which does suggest the inspectors are paying attention to theexperience beyond food quality at least for these awards). Next week, these will be doled out with one per category for the entire guide, meaning one award for the entire six-state region Caviar or burntends?

The exampleofother cities shows the restaurantsthat getstars tend to be expensive,luxurious restaurants, very often servingtasting menus, whether optional or the entireformat (atasting menu, after all, is meant to distill “the voice and personality” of thechef) In Atlanta, eight of thenine restaurants with Michelin Stars serve tastingmenus

On another note, telemarketers are thereason why there is a“Do Not Call List.”Ifyou areonthe list and theystill call you, they should be reported. So, if one calls,just tellthem that your number is on the list, and you will be reporting themiftheycall again. Then hang up. Manners are not important here. They are harassing you. —Ann, via email Stuffedpeppers

Dear Heloise: Ihad adifficult time keeping my stuffed peppers upright,so Iput them in one of those fluted cake pans to cook. It worked great. —Elaine, via email

Winter is coming

Dear Readers: For manyareas of the country,October is agreat timetoprotect your gardens withmulch. Anice, thick layer of mulch around your plants will protect them from most of winter’scold days and nights. —Heloise Send ahinttoheloise@ heloise.com.

withfour of these Japanese omakase restaurants.

But thenthere arewildcards.When Michelin debutedinTexas last year,reviewing several big cities, four of the 15 restaurants to getone-starratings were counter servicebarbecue restaurants —very fine in their own realm, but not fine dining (and Michelin really likes barbecue it turns out; 15 of its 44 BibGourmand picks in Texas were barbecue spots). There is famously astreet food vendor in Bangkok with aone-star Michelin ranking, anda taqueria in Mexico City with afour-item menu is aone-star as well.

including Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, said they wantto reform the city process that landed Plume Algiers here. Fornow,though, facing a $3,600 fine assessed by the New Orleans Alcoholic BeverageControl Board, the restaurant owners say they plan to closethe business.

“Whateverhappens today or tomorrow, this will be our last full year of operating in this city, andwejustask that we do not get robbed on our way out,” chef and co-owner Tyler Stuart told council members at their Oct. 23 meeting.

At issue is how the citynotifieslicense holders when they’re up for renewal and the fines thatcan accrue over monthsoryearsbefore the issue is addressed. Underlying it is afrustration that many other small-business owners haveexpressed over navigating city license and permit requirements.

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The chef’s wife and business partner,Merritt Coscia, hadearlier explained thatduring the annual renewaloftheir restaurant’s stateliquor license in May, she andStuart were shocked to discover the separate city permit was two years delinquent. She said the only notice they receivedfromthe city was via email, to an address they hadfiledwiththe city but no longer routinely use.

In July,the Plume Algiers owners joined adocket before the Alcoholic Beverage ControlBoardthat includedtwo dozenNew Orleans businesses facing similarfines over delinquent local liquor license renewals. The hearingofficer offered Plume Algiers a reduced consent judgment of $4,800 at thatmeeting. Therestaurant owners argued that would kill their business and appealed the decision to thefull board.

Whenthatboard met Oct. 22, members heard

testimony from Coscia and Stuart and reduced the fine further to $3,600. Therestaurant owners say they will fight it and are filing an appeal to the board.

At the July meeting, numerous people spoke in support of PlumeAlgiers, including several business ownerswho commiserated over the city’sopaque path to compliance. At the Octobermeeting,local attorney Justin Schmidt gave the board fiery feedback, saying he felt “extorted”overpast fines for alapsed license for aclub he represents.

Hearingofficer Mollie Ponds responded that the boardistaskedwithenforcing policies set by city leaders.

City Councilresponse

The dayafterthatboard meeting, Stuart andCoscia appeared before theCity Council.

“Small businesses need fairness andguidanceinstead of punishment,” Stuarttoldthe council. “For small businesses like ours and those that will come after us, pleaseconsider reforming how fines and fees are handled, eliminate unnecessary penalties or at least scale them to abusiness’ actual revenue.”

Moreno, whotakes office as the city’snext mayor in January,called the restaurant’sstory an exampleof businesses making small mistakes andgetting “a very punitive response” from the city instead of support to address them Shesaidinher administra-

tion, her commitment “is to change that dynamic.” Moreno said there are“badactorsskating through” without proper licenses. But “wesee very little happening with some of the bad actors, yet those who are really working hard to trytodothe right thing, andmaybe something slipped up, maybe they made alittlemistake, they are just getting hit so hard.

“And that is no wayto assist and help small businesses, and that is actually one of the reasons we keep losing small businesses to other parishes.”

Council member Freddie King III, whose district includes Algiers, also tied the issue to economic development.

“If we can’ttake care of our small, local businesses, then how can we attract and keep big businesses?” King said.

He saidhehoped the city’salcohol control board and safety and permits department would “take a deep look at what’sbeing done, not just to you two, but to small businesses around this city andreally, really reconsider what’s being done.” Plume Algiers remains open and is still licensed to sellalcohol;Cosciasaid while they haven’tset a date to closefor good,itwill be before next summer,the slow time for many local restaurants.

Email Ian McNultyat imcnulty@theadvocate. com.

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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

Bridge

By PHILLIP ALDER

Thomas Fuller,anEnglish curate, author and historian who died in 1661, said, “Ifthou arta master,besometimes blind; if aservant,sometimes deaf.” If thou art abridge player, be never deaf nor blind. Listen carefully to the auction and watchclosely everycard played.

In today’s deal,South did not draw the logical conclusion from the auction. Look at hishand. He dealt and opened onespade,Westovercalledoneno-trump (strong), and North responded three diamonds. After East passed, whatshould Southhave done? West’s choice of overcall would not have appealed to everyone. It described the hand strength, but hidher five-card major.

North’sthree-diamond response described her hand well —agood long suit and nothing else. (With astrong hand, shewould have doubled for penalty.)South had no extravalues and no good fit for diamonds, so he shouldhave passed, reaching acontract that could have been made.

Three no-trump, though, had no chance. West, thinking that herpartner had no points, led the heart two, which was theoretically fourth-highest. She purposely falsecarded.

South, thinking Westhad thespade ace and queen, won with his heart jack, played adiamond to dummy’sjack, and ledaclub to his queen. West wonand continued with the heartnine. South wonand played another diamond, but West took her ace and cashed her three heart tricks. East discouraged in spades, and South also pitched twospades.Then West accurately exited with aclub, leaving South stuck in his hand. Thecontract went downfour.

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wuzzles

Each Wuzzle is awordriddlewhich creates adisguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For example: nOOn gOOD =gOOD aFTErnOOn

Previous answers:

word game

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

ToDAy’s WoRD RETAIn: rih-TANE: To keep in possession or use.

Average mark 18 words

Timelimit 35 minutes

Can you find 29 or morewords in RETAIN?

yEsTERDAy’s WoRD —AnALyZED

adze analyze nyala

lean lend zany zeal elan eland dale daze deal dean delay deny

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.

Puzzle Answer ken ken

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

WiShinG Well

ChiefProcurement Officer AdvertisingDates: October22, 29 and November 5, 2025 NOCP 8712 163788-oct22-29-nov5-3t $116.40 p p tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐tion Formoreinformation aboutthissourcing event, go to www.nola. govand clickon“BRASS SupplierPortal” under “BIDS& CONTRACTS” Once on theSupplierPor‐tal, search “Open Events.” Thankyou foryourinter‐estindoing business with theCityofNew Or‐leans. JamesC.Simmons,Jr. ChiefProcurement Officer AdvertisingDates: October15, 22 and29, 2025 NOCP 8704 162675-oct15-22-29-3t

Formoreinformation aboutthissourcing event, go to www.nola. govand clickon“BRASS SupplierPortal” under “BIDS& CONTRACTS” Once on theSupplierPor‐tal, search “Open Events.” Thankyou foryourinter‐estindoing business with theCityofNew Or‐leans. JamesC.Simmons,Jr. ChiefProcurement Officer

AdvertisingDates: October15, 22 and29, 2025 NOCP 8706 162681-oct15-22-29-3t $123.45

SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Office of InspectorGeneral TITLE: SetAside LegalServices SOURCING EVENTNO.: 4584 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBEOPPORTUNITY: Yes RELEASED ON: October29, 2025 DEADLINETORESPOND: November 13, 2025 Datesare subjectto changesvia an adden‐dumpostedbythe Bu‐reau of Purchasing on theCity’ssupplierportal. If this solicitation is fed‐erally funded,prospec‐tive bidder/respondent must payparticularat‐tentiontoall applicable laws andregulations of

IMPROVEMENTS THEREONBEAR MUNICIPAL NO 4818 KEN COURT,NEW OR‐LEANS,LA 70131

WRIT AMOUNT:

$208,444.98

Seized in the above suit, TERMS -CASH. Thepurchaser atthe moment ofadjudication tomakea de‐posit of ten per‐t f th

g District Court for theParishof Orleans,inthe above entitled cause,I will pro‐ceed to sell by publicauction onthe ground floor of theCivil DistrictCourt Building, 421 LoyolaAvenue, inthe FirstDis‐trict of theCity onDecember4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ertytowit: ONECERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHERWITH ALL THEBUILD‐INGS AN IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THERIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐LEGES,SERVI‐TUDES ANDADVAN‐TAGES THERE‐UNTO, BELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISEAPPER‐TAINING SITUATED IN THE FIFTHDIS‐TRTICT, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISHOFOR‐LEANS STATEOF LOUISIANA,IN THATPART THEREOF KNOWNAS HUNTLEE VIL‐LAGE SUBDIVISION, SECTION“D” IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURVEY OFADLOE ORR, JR. & ASSOCIATES, C.E.,DATED MARCH 13,1963 ACCORDING TO SURVEYOFR.L SCHUMANN & ASSOCIATES LAND SURVEY‐ORS,DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1974, THELOT IS FURTHERDE‐SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT43, SQUARE 25 WHICH SAID , Q 25, WHICHSAID SQUAREIS BOUNDED BY KEN COURT, HUNTLEE DRIVE, ERKISON STREET (SIDE) BERKLEY DRIVE (SIDE), AND SOMERSET DRIVE (SIDE),AND THE SAIDLOT 43 COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 120.00 FEET FROMTHE CORNER OF HUNTLEE DRIVE AND KENCOURT AND MEASURES THENCEA FIRST FORNTAGE ON KEN COURTOF 32.67 FEET THENCEA SEC‐OND FRONTAGE ONKEN COURTOF27.39 FEET,A FIRST WIDTH ACROSS THE REAR OF 32.67 FEET, THENCEA SECOND WIDTH OF27.56 FEET BYA DEPTHOF 118.36 FEET ALONG THESIDE LINE NEARER TO HUNTLEE DRIVE, BYA DEPTHOF 118.36 FEET ALONG THESIDE LINE NEARER TO HUNTLEE DRIVE, BYA DEPTHOF 116.85 FEET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LINE

p p cent of thepur‐chase price, and the balance withinthirty daysthereafter. Note: Thepay‐mentmustbe Cash, Cashier's Check,Certified Check or Money Order.NoPer‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING.

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 1 HALLIDAY, WATKINS& MANNP.C.AT‐TORNEYS AT LAW

TheN.O.Advo‐cateDate (s): 10/29/2025 &

( ) 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025 oct29-dec3-2t $144 P

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FLOOD PROTECTION AUTHORITY–EAST BOARD MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY,OCTOBER 16,2025

The regular monthlyBoard Meeting of theSoutheast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (Authorityor FPA)was held on October 16, 2025, in theFranklin Avenue Administrative Complex, Meeting Room201,6920Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, afterdue legal notice of the meeting was senttoeach Board member andthe news media andposted.

Mr.Vicari called the meetingtoorderat10:10a.m. and led in the pledge of allegiance. Ms. Settoon called the roll and a quorum waspresent: PRESENT: PeterVicari, President Michael D. Schnell, Vice President K. Randall Noel, Treasurer Deborah M. Settoon Roy M. Carubba David Martin Kerwyn C. King

ABSENT: Gregory Marsiglia

INTRODUCTION AND OATH OF OFFICEOFNEW BOARD MEMBER ADOPTION OF AGENDA: Amotionwas offered by Mr Martin, secondedbyMr. Noel and unanimously adopted, to adopt the agenda.

RESOLUTION NO. 10-16-25-01- APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BOARDMEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 On the motion of Mr.Carubba, SecondedbyMr. Martin, the followingresolutionwas offered: BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED,that theSoutheast

By virtue of a Court Orderdi‐rectedtomeby the Honorable JudgesofCivil DistrictCourt for theParishof Orleans,inthe above entitled cause,I will pro‐ceed to sell by publicauction, onthe ground floor of theCivil DistrictCourt Building, 421 LoyolaAvenue, inthe FirstDis‐trict of theCity onDecember4 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon the following described prop‐ertytowit:

ACERTAIN LOT OFGROUND, to‐getherwithall ofthe buildings and improve‐ments thereon andall of the i h

and all of the rights., ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐i i i d

y pp taining, situated inthe FIFTHDIS‐TRICT of the CityofNew Orleans, in SquareNo. 210, bounded by Lamarque, B ll ill D A q , Belleville, DeAr‐mas andElmira Streets, andaccording toa sketch of surveymadeby Guy J. Seghers datedMay 16, bl PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE FORREMOVALAND DISPOSITION OF SUNKEN WATERCRAFT PURSUANTTO LA. R.S.34:843

AUTOMATIC

G-61563-24 SET OF APPLEAIRPODS IN BLACKCASE W/ KEYCHAIN CADILLACKEY FOB

H-60498-24 GALAXY TABA9+ IN ABLACK CASE

H-62345-24 PURPLE TREK MT220 BICYCLE

D-61015-25 LIGHT PINK BICYCLE, WHITEBASKET (OWNER: JACOBFOSTER)

D-61195-25 GENERICTWO WHEELED MOUNTAINBIKE (OWNER:NDIASSE SALLE)

J-60404-24 BLUE APPLEIPHONE15W/BLACK PHONECASE (OWNER:PAT GORDON)

H-60536-24 MOTOROLA CELL PHONEW/BLUECASE (OWNER:JALMIRA MITCHELL)

E-60255-25 GREEN BICYCLEW/BASKET (OWNER:MARLON CHARLES)

E-60805-25 BLACKSUITCASE CONTAINING VARIOUS CLOTHES(OWNER: MEKAEL ISON)BLUE SUITCASE CONTAINING VARIOUSCLOTHES & SHOES(OWNER: MEKAEL ISON)

F-61710-25 BLUE BMXMONGOOSEBIKE(OWNER: CARINA KEIFE)

B-60945-25 GREEN REID BIKE (OWNER:KERRY DIXON)

A-60712-25 REDAND BLACKKENTAMBUSHBIKE(OWNER: MARIOMORENO)

C-60473-25 PURPLE SCHWINNBICYCLE (OWNER:LARRY BRIGHT)

Publish: October22, 2025 October29, 2025 November 5, 2025

163216-570673-oct 22-29-nov 5-3t $301.47

operation and maintenance of the non-revenue producingassets not directly related to drainageor flood protection of the LakefrontManagement Authority; and BE IT RESOLVED,bythe BoardofCommissionersofthe Southeast Louisiana FloodProtection Authority-East,acting asthe governing authority of the Orleans Levee District of the ParishofOrleans, Louisiana, in apublicmeetingheld onOctober 16, 2025, which meeting was conducted in accordance with theOpenMeetings Law and the additional requirements of Article VII, Section 23(C) of theLouisiana Constitution and R.S. 47:1705(B), that thefollowing adjusted millage ratesbeand they are hereby levied uponthe dollar of the assessed valuation of all property subject to ad valorem taxation within said Parish for the year 2026, for the purpose ofraisingrevenue: General Tax–4.80 Mills Maintenance Tax-.66 Mills Special Levee Improvement Tax– 5.33 Mills with the proceeds of .49 Mills to be dedicated and used for the operation and maintenance of the non-revenue producing assets.

Section 1.Millage to be levied in 2026. The following millages are adoptedand levied forthe tax year 2026 on all property subject to taxation within theportion of Orleans Parish located on the East Bank of theMississippiRiver by the Orleans Levee District: General Tax–4.80 Mills Maintenance Tax-.66 Mills Special Levee Improvement Tax– 5.33 Mills with the proceeds of .49 Mills to be dedicated and used for the operation and maintenance of the non-revenue producing assets

SECTION 2.StatementofTotalMillage to be Levied. A total of10.79mills shallbelevied in 2026 for the General Tax, theMaintenance Taxand theSpecial Levee ImprovementTax.

SECTION 3.Certification of Levy.The Authority acting for theDistrict hereby certifies the annual levy of the General Tax, theMaintenance Taxand the SpecialLevee Improvement Tax tothe Council of theCityofNew Orleans forthe purpose ofcausingthe three taxes to be entered on the tax rolls of said Cityand collected by itsFinance Department in the manner and under theconditions and with interest and penaltiesprescribed by law forCitytaxes;and such monies theadvalorem taxes including interest and penalties connected therewith,thus collected shallbepaid to the District as provided by law for the tax year 2026.

SECTION 4.Further Actions.The President of the Authority or theInterim- Regional Director for the Authority are herebyauthorized and empowered to execute any and all documents necessary to accomplish the above purposes. Theforegoing resolutionwas read in full,the roll was called onthe adoption thereof,and the resolutionwas adoptedby the followingvotes:

YEAS:Mr. Vicari,Mr. Schnell, Mr.Noel, Ms.Settoon, Mr Carubba,Mr. Martin,Mr. King

NAYS: None

ABSTAINED: None ABSENT:Mr. Marsiglia

RESOLUTION NO.10-16-25-03 –ADOPTION OF ORLEANS

LEVEEDISTRICT MILLGERATES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 On themotion of Mr.Noel, Seconded by Mr.Carubba, the following resolutionwas offered: BE IT RESOLVED,bythe SoutheastLouisiana FloodProtection Authority –East on behalf of the Orleans Levee District in a public meeting held on October 16, 2025, which meeting was conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings

suchmonies, the ad valoremtaxes including interest and penaltiesconnected therewith, thus collected shallbepaid to the Districtas provided by law for the tax year 2026.

BE IT FURTHERRESOLVED,that the Presidentofthe Authority or the Interim Regional Director for the Authority are hereby authorized and empowered to execute anyand all documentsnecessary to accomplish the above purposes.

Theforegoingresolutionwas read in full,the roll wascalled on the adoption thereof,and the resolutionwas adopted by no lessthan two-thirds of the total membership of the taxing authorityvotinginfavor as required by Article VII,Section 23(C) of the Louisiana Constitutionand R.S.47:1705(B).

The votes wereasfollows:

YEAS: Mr.Vicari, Mr.Schnell, Mr.Noel, Mr.Carubba, Mr Martin, Mr.King NAYS: Ms. Settoon

ABSTAINED:None ABSENT:Mr. Marsiglia

RESOLUTION NO.10-16-25-04 –AUCTIONOFSURPLUS

ITEMS On themotion of Mr.Carubba, Seconded by Martin, thefollowing resolutionwas offered: WHEREAS,the SoutheastLouisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (FPA),East Jefferson Levee District(EJLD), Orleans Levee District (OLD),and Lake Borgne BasinLevee District (LBBLD)intendtosell certain items by auction that have been determined to be surplus; and WHEREAS,anotarized affidavitshall be executed by the Southeast LouisianaFlood Protection Authority-East (FPA) Interim Regional Director,orhis designee,onbehalf of the FPA, EJLD, OLD, and LBBLD listing the items to be sold by auction, an estimated value of each item andcertifyingthat theitems listed are surplus BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED,that theSoutheastLouisiana FloodProtectionAuthority-East authorizesthe sale of surplus

itemsbythe FPA, EJLD, OLD, and LBBLD by an auction and authorizes the FPAInterim Regional Director, or his designee to execute any and alldocumentsnecessary to accomplish the above.

The foregoing was submitted to avote; the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: Mr.Vicari, Mr.Schnell, Mr.Noel, Ms. Settoon, Mr Carubba, Mr.Martin Mr.King NAYS: None

ABSENT:Mr. Marsiglia

Discussionofrecommendations for banking services

ENGINEERING ANDOPERATIONS

RESOLUTION NO.10-16-25-05 –AWARD OF PROJECT

NO.E2780166: WEST RETURN FLOODWALLSPLASH& TURNAROUNDPADSREHAB. On the motion of Mr.Carubba, Seconded by Mr.Vicari, thefollowing resolution wasoffered: WHEREAS,the West ReturnFloodwallSplashand Turn Around Pads Rehab Project (OLD Project No. E2780166)was advertised and fifteensealed bids wereopened andreadat

dated May 16, 1938, ablue print whereof is an‐nexedtoanact passed before NirmaKeenan, Notary Public datedOctober 14 1938, said lot beingdesig‐natedasLot "C" commences at a distance of 88 feet from the corner of Elmira and Lamarque Streetsand measures 30 feet fronton Lamarque Street,by a depth between equal andparallel linesof64feet Sinchesand 2 lines, with a width in the rear of 30 feet

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear Municipal No. 826 28 Lamarque Street AppointedNo‐tary Public –Rachel Silvers

Seized in the above suit, TERMS-100% CASH AT THE MOMENT OF AD‐JUDICATION 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 BD 5 BREAZEALE, SACHSE &WIL‐SON, LLP 504 584 5471 WESLEYPLAI‐SANCE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025& 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $118

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 815 17 HOMERSTREET THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:APDI‐RECT LLCVER‐SUSFLOYD L. REEVES,ALMO‐NIACLARK AND REPUBLIC FINANCELLC

A of Square No

159 (Square No 150 by title) accord‐ingtoa survey by Gilbert, Kelly &Couturie, Sur‐veyors,dated October18, 1969. Square 159is bounded by Homer, Belleville, New‐tonand Elmira Streets, andLot 24 A commences at a distance of 110 feet from the corner of Homer andBelleville Streetsand measures thence 40 feet frontonHomer Street with a widthinthe rear of 30 feet by adepth on thesideline nearer Elmira Street of 128 feet,10inches and5 lines (128’10’’5’’’) with a first depthon the opposite side line of 96 feet,7 inches and4 lines(96’7"4'’’) title, 96 feet,7 inches and5 lines (96'7"5'") ac‐tual;thence10 feet parallel to HomerStreet runningtoward Elmira Street anda fur‐ther depth to therearlineof 32 feet,3 inches and0 lines (32'3"0’’’).Lot 24

Ais composed of all of original Lot 24 andthe rear 10 feet of origi‐nalLots1,2 and 3.

Improvements bear Municipal Nos. 81517 HomerStreet

AppointedNo‐tary KeithA Doley

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- 100% CASH AT THE MOMENT OF AD‐JUDICATION 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

BD 4 BREAZEALE, SACHSE &WIL‐SON, L.L.P. 504 6805244 WESLEY M. PLAISANCE

ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on December 4, 2025,at12:00 o'clock noon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: TWOCERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theTHIRD DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, Stateof Louisiana, in SQUARE NO.69, of EDGELAKE SUBDIVISION, bounded by CURRANBOULE‐VARD,MERCIER (lateMokoma), WALESand MARQUIS STREETSand which lots are designated as LOTNOS.7 & 8 on asurvey made by Gandolfo,Kuhn andWalker, Sur‐veyors,dated October15, 1964,and ac‐cording,thereto said lots measure each25feet (50 feet total) front on Mercier(late Mokoma) Street,the same width in therear, by a depth between equaland paral‐lellines of 120 feet.Lot No.7 lies closer to and commences at a distance of 119.11 feet from thecoiner of Mercier(late Mokoma)Street and Curran Boule‐vard.According to asurvey made by ErrolE Kelly,Surveyor, dated July 31, 1965,a copy of which is an‐nexedtoanact passed before Robert J. Oster, Notary Public on October8,1965, registered in COB673, folio3

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

BD 6 BREAZEALE, SACHSE &WIL‐SON, L.L.P. 504 680 5244 WESLEY M. PLAISSANCE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $160

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5315 LAFAYE STREET THIS CITY,IN THE MATTERENTI‐TLED:ADMINIS‐TRATOR,U.S SMALLBUSI‐NESS ADMINIS‐TRATION, AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOV‐ERNMENTVER‐SUSOSCAR AR‐MANDOREYES, A/K/AOSCAR A. REYESA/K/A OSCARREYES AND CHAUNCEY DESMOND PACKER A/K/A CHAUNCEY D. PACKER A/K/A CHAUNCEY PACKER

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-5050

STREET, THE SAME WIDTHIN THEREAR, BY A DEPTH BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES OF ONEHUN‐DRED TWENTY (120’)FEET.SAID LOTOFGROUND BEINGCOM‐POSEDOF WHOLEAND ORIGINAL LOT 8 ANDFIVE(5”0 FEET OF ORIGI‐NALLOT 9. WRIT AMOUNT: $135,004.60

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 TREVATHAN LAWFIRM, APLC 225 334 9222 ALLISON BEASLEY

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $132

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

AND TEMPERA TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 7 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐RIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2112 BENTON STREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:GITSIT SOLUTIONS,LLC, NOTINITS INDI‐VIDUAL CAPAC‐ITYBUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS SEPARATE TRUSTEEOFGIT‐SITMORTGAGE LOAN TRUSTBB‐PLC1 VERSUS A.C. FIELDS,SR. ANDORA LEE BROOKS FIELDS CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3561

trict of the City on December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2112 BENTON ST NEWORLEANS LA 70117 LOT: 23, SQUARE:1106 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1056725 WRIT AMOUNT: $408,881.36

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.NoPer‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 3 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $91

FARM ACCEP TANCEVEN‐TURES, L.L.C. VERSUS REGINA LEBLANCMOR‐GANWIFE OF/AND RYAN J. MORGAN,SR. CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-5888

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by the Honorable 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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 6710 DORIAN ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70126 LOT: 17, SQUARE:8 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1378518 WRIT AMOUNT: $9,466.17

GH 12 NEWMAN MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE 504837-9040 JOSHUA P. MATHEWS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025 oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 6571 LOUISXIV STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:U.S BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY, BUT SOLEYAS TRUSTEEOFTHE TRUMAN 2021 SC9TITLE TRUSTVERSUS GABRIELA CROWSONAND LILA ANN THOMAS CROW‐SON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-11303

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1829 HENDEE ST,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:U.S.BANK TRUSTNA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEEFOR TREATY OAK MORTGAGE TRUSTVERSUS ELGINMATHIS

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 D b 4

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 6710 DORIAN STREET, THIS CITY,IN THE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:STATEFARM ACCEP‐

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‐l

PUBLIC NOTICE JEFFERSON PARISHSHERIFF’SOFFICE

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-1484 By virtue of a CourtOrder di‐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 onDecember4 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, and alltherights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐untobelonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the ParishofOr‐leans, Stateof Louisiana, in the Fifth District of the City of NewOr‐leans, desig‐natedasLot 24 AofSquare No (

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025 oct29-dec3-2t $129

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 7718 MERCIERST, THIS CITY,IN THE MATTERENTI‐TLED:APDIRECT LLCVERSUS GREGORY LAWRENCE, HARVEY C. LAWRENCE,JR. JEFFREY B. LAWRENCE STATEOF LOUISIANA AND STATEOF LOUISIANA, DI‐VISION OF AD‐MINISTRATION, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-1573

Allinaccor‐dancewith a survey certified correctbyDad‐ing, Marques& Associates,Inc dated 22 91, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoanact passed before KatherineL Richardson,No‐tary Public,dated 24 91, filed2 13 91 in MIN123571; exceptthathe commencement distance should read 119 .11' (Title)and 119.11.0( Ac‐tual)fromthe corner of Mercier(late Mokoma) Street andCur‐ranBoulevard Allasmorefully shownona re‐certified copy of survey by Dad‐ing, Marques& Associates,Inc:, 12492

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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-10341

By virtue of a CourtOrder di‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by bli i

Thebuilding andimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 7718 MercierStreet New Orleans, Louisiana70128. (the "Property') free from allin‐terests, claims andencum‐branceswhich maybeas‐serted by DefendantHar‐veyC Lawrence,Jr., AppointedNo‐tary Public Keith Doley

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- 100% CASH AT THE MOMENT OF AD‐JUDICATION Note:The pay‐ment must be

ACERTAIN LOT OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES ANDADVAN‐TAGESTHERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THETHIRD DIS‐TRICTOFTHIS CITY,INSQUARE 4066, BOUNDEDBAC‐CICH (LATERAB‐BITS), MITHRA, FILMORE(LATE ST.JAMES), AND LAFAYE (LATE DEER) STREETS, ANDWHICH SAID LOTOF GROUND IN AC‐CORDANCE WITH APLANOF SURVEY MADE BY J.J. KREBS, C.E. &S DATED MARCH18, 1942, IS DISIGNATED AS LOT“M”,AND COMMENCING AT ADISTANCE OF ONEHUN‐DRED AND FIFTEENFEET TENINCHES, TWOLINES (115’10”2”’) FROM THECOR‐NEROFLAFAYE (LATEDEERS) STREET AND MITHRA STREET, MEASURES THENCE THIRTY (30”)FEET FRONTON LAFAYE (DEERS) STREET,THE SAME WIDTH IN

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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1829 HENDEE ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70114 LOT30- SQUARE 60-A FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQ MIN:1350782 TRUMANPARK NO.1 SUBDIVI‐SION WRIT AMOUNT: $77,913.00

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‐

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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing d ib d

Joseph P. Lopinto, III in hiscapacityasSheriffofJefferson Parish,hereby notifies hisintentto

donate, auction, retain or destroy unclaimed property in accordance withJPOrdinance 31-8 unlessotherwise claimed by theownerwithin 30 days of publication of this notice.

Property may be claimed by contactingthe JeffersonParish Sheriff’sOffice Property and Evidence Division, located at 1801 West Bank Expressway, Harvey, LA 700548,orbycalling 504376-2384. Allclaimantsmustprovide proof of ownershipbeforeany property may be released.

Item #DescriptionOwner

A-04975-22 Ozone blue/white Found Property

B-05119-22 Ozone 500blk SN: DJL…072 Found Property

B-13518-22 Roadmasterblk SN: R40…WMIBernard Flemins

C-14726-22 Redclaw bike SN: 856…OST Alana Frickey

C-14726-22 Genesisblk w/ basketand chainSterling Messenger

C-14726-22 Huffygreen SN: 567…37ColeMaradiaga

D-08903-22 Avigo blu/wht SN: unkFound Property

D-10020-22 Redrider redSN: unkCarey Arceneaux

D-14200-22 Ozone blu/white SN: 017…828 Found Property

E-10022-22Mongoose blk SN: FSD…7178 Found Property

E-11151-22Schwinn blk SN: SNF…533 Craig Taufant

E-16118-22Bianchi SN: LX…536 Andy Christoffer

E-16118-22UNK makSN: SE0…648 Andy Christoffer

F-02808-22 GT BlueSN: unkFound Property

F-20708-22 Blkbike SN: unkFound Property

G-04451-22 Roadmasterblk/gry SN: FSD…474Found Property

G-05475-22 HuffySN: 168…603 Abandon Property

G-08796-22 Ozone blu/yelSN: DJI…949 Found Property

G-09390-22 Unkmake blu/wht/chromSN: unkFound Property

G-13247-22 Mongoose whiteSN: unkAbandon Property

G-20467-22 Pacificsilver/blu SN: C28…383 Found Property

H-02624-22 Northern ridge wht/greenSN: unkAngel Garcia

H-02975-22 Mongoose blueSN: SNF…443 Darwin Duarte-Caballero

H-08128-22 Stratys purpleSN: SNF…864 RonellEarin

H-13158-22 Ozone rattle snake SN. UnkDarwinDuarte-Caballero

H-15973-22 Avicito bike SN: 018…012 Daniel Farciert

H-19898-22 Belmar blk SN: GS1…263 Abandon Property

I-00061-22 Schwinn SN: IBD…445 Steve Juneau

I-08740-22 EcoSmart ScooterSN: HTL…TMO JessieSmith

I-10350-22 Mongoose blk SN: FSD…441Terry Alexis

I-17559-22 Panama Jack SN: HEG…558 TylerDrake-Martinez

I-17559-22 Mongoose bmx SN: GNP…466Tyler Drake-Martinez

J-02881-22 Huffyblu SN: 56…579Found Property

J-12243-22 Gensis RCTSN: GS7…WMA Found Property

J-14732-22 Mountainbike SN unkClayton Desport

J-19986-22 Mpmgppse red/silverSN: C1H…437Keith Zigler

K-01322-22 Mongoose blk SN: FSD…5A6Found Property

K-02460-22 Chaos greenSN: HS1…377Alex Gutierrez

K-14841-22 Chrome bike SN: unkRose Miklos

K-17333-22 Hypermodel:HYP-T26-1300 Found Property

K-17333-22 Trex modelWTC001C7730 Found Property

K-19774-22 Razor blk/pinkpower scooter Abandon Property

L-00244-22 Roadmasterblack bike SN: unkRodneyRivers L-03179-22 Bayside broSN: unkTyler Winchester

L-04308-22 BlkSN: GS4…1MA Found Property

L-08792-22 Huffyblu/missing lf pedalSN: unkFound Property

the following describedprop‐erty to wit:

6571 LOUISXIV ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70124

LOTS:3 AND4

SQUARE:177 SECOND MUNIC‐IPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1124698 WRIT AMOUNT:

$425,591.10

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment ofadjudication 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.NoPer‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 15 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025& 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5467 SAINTCLAUDE AVENUE,THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED: B1 BANK VERSUS VITO THEGOD INVESTMENTS LLC

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-10270

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 onDecember4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 5467 ST CLAUDE AV NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70117 LOT: 2-A, SQUARE:428 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1404628 WRIT AMOUNT: $259,619.51

Seizedinthe 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

COLEMAN L TORRANS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025& 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLICNOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUNF BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3026 S. SARATOGA ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FED‐ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE AS‐SOCIATIONVER‐SUSTREVOR JAMESMORRIS A/K/ATREVORJ MORRISA/K/A TREVOR MORRIS ANDJENNIFER MARIEGROSSO A/K/A JENNIFERM GROSSO A/K/A JENNIFER GROSSO CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF O RL EA NS Case No: 2024-9671

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 publicauction on theground floorofthe Civil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 3026S SARATOGA ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70115 LOTA -SQUARE 281 FOURTH MUNIC‐IPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1380535 WRIT AMOUNT: $390,961.58

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 9 LAWOFFICESOF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225)756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025 oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5901 ALFRED STREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:LIBERTY BANK AND TRUSTCOM‐PANY VERSUS CBAHOME BUILDERS,INC A/K/ACBS HOME BUILDERS,INC ANDLIONELJ NELSON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7168

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 above entitled 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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 5901 ALFRED ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70122 LOT: 20, SQUARE:41 THIRD MUNICI‐PALDISTRICT WRIT AMOUNT:

$450,000.00

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 UPONENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 14 NEWMAN MATHIS BRADY &SPEDALE A PROFESSIONAL LAWCORPORA‐TION 504-8379040

WAYNEA.MAIO‐RANA,JR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4734 SAINTBERNARD AVENUE,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:NEWREZ LLCDBA SHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐INGVERSUSES‐TATE OF MILTON BURNSAND ES‐TATE OF MARY WILLIAMS BURNSA/K/A MARY W. BURNS CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-1617

THIRD MUNICI PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1299021 WRIT AMOUNT:

$292,022.56

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 17

JACKSON& MCPHERSON, L.L.C. CRIS R. JACK‐SON

TheN.O.Advo‐

cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5519 BACCICH ST CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WILM‐INGTON TRUST, NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEEFOR THEBENEFIT OF THEHOLDERS OF THE CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY FLAGSTAR MORTGAGE TRUST2021-8 VERSUS GRE‐GORY JPULVER ANDREHAB WITHUSLLC

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-662

Susan Hutson

Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 11 DEAN MORRIS

LLC318-3881440

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025

oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1326 SAINTMAURICE AVENUE,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS BRAN‐DONJAMAL DAVIS

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-7489

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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1326 ST MAU‐RICE AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOT: 19, SQUARE:558 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1400303 WRIT AMOUNT: $393,458.04

SUS NICOLE K MACK LASSAIR A/K/ANICOLEK MACK MARTIN LASSAIR

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-6469

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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2737 PARISAV NEWORLEANS LA 70119 LOT: A, SQUARE: 1576 ACQMIN: 760568 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT WRIT AMOUNT: $139,011.98

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 18 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 CANDACEA COURTEAU

WRIT AMOUNT: $82,367.32

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 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYG YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025 oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 7110 CAMBERLY DRIVE, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTITLED:FI‐DELITY BANK VERSUS ALISHA M. JONESWIFE OF/AND JAMES A. MILBURN CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-697

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1810 FRENCHMEN STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTITLED:FED‐ERAL HOME LOAN MORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS RANDELLSCOTT LONG

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3647

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 October30, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1810 FRENCH‐MENSTREET, NEWORLEANS LA 70116 LOT3,SQUARE 885, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQ MIN: 1340728 WRIT AMOUNT: $240,496.09

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

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 October30, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 3935-3937

BANKSSTREET NEWORLEANS, LA 70119 LOTA,SQUARE 753, FIRSTMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1388048 WRIT AMOUNT: $314,984.19

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 LawFirm: Dean Morris, LLC (318) 388-1440

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/24/2025 & 10/29/2025 sep24-oct29-2t $93

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

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025 oct29-dec3-2t $91

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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 5519 BACCICH ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70122 LOT3 -SQUARE 4267 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 693306 WRIT AMOUNT: $252,629.93

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 19 JACKSON& MCPHERSON, L.L.C. CRIS R. JACK‐SON

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2720-22 WISTERIA STREET,THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:MCLP ASSETCOM‐PANY,INC.VER‐SUSSELES FEL‐TON, JR. AND TREVAFELTON NUMA

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3886

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 October30, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 7110 CAMBERLY DRIVE, NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70128 LOT13, SQUARE B, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1196413 WRIT AMOUNT: $140,059.89

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 LawFirm: Dean Morris, LLC (318) 388-1440

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/24/2025 & 10/29/2025 sep24-oct29-2t $87

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1223 RIVIERAAV‐ENUE,THISCITY, IN

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/29/2025 & 12/3/2025 oct29-dec3-2t $91

PUBLIC NOTICE

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

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2737 PARISAVENUE, THIS CITY,IN THE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:CITIBANK, N.A.,NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐PACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR NEWRESIDEN‐TIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2024-RPL1 VER‐SUSNICOLEK

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

ENTITLED:U.S BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASO‐CIATION, NOTIN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FORRCAFAC‐QUISITION TRUSTVERSUS AARON MATTHEW SANDERSAND KIMBERLY AU‐GUSTAMILES A/K/AKIMBERLY AUGUSTAMILES SANDERS CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF O R PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-11296

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 December 4, 2025,at12:00 o'clock noon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4734 ST BERNARDAV NEWORLEANS, LA 70122 LOT: 110, SQUARE:D THIRDMUNICI‐

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 December 4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2720-22 WISTE‐RIASTNEW OR‐LEANS, LA 70122 LOTS:5 AND6 SQUARE:35 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 829352 WRIT AMOUNT:

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, ParishofOr‐leans

GH LawFirm: Gra‐ham, Arceneaux &Allen,LLC (504) 522-8256

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/24/2025 & 10/29/2025 sep24-oct29-2t $86

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 39353937 BANKS STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTITLED: WILMINGTON SAVINGSFUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOTINITS INDI‐VIDUAL CAPAC‐ITYBUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPOR‐TUNITIES TRUST II VERSUS QOPH CAPITAL, LLC, MICHAELBAKER A/KA MICHAEL L. BAKER ANDMYLES J. KEARNEY

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-3565

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil i i

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 October30, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1223 RIVIERA AVENUE,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 LOT13, SQUARE 30, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1184358 WRIT AMOUNT: $276,903.53

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment f dj di i