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Trump backs off Greenland threats
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Tariffs canceled after NATO agrees to future deal
BY JOSH BOAK, WILL WEISSERT and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump on Wednesday scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland, pulling a dramatic reversal shortly after insisting he wanted to get the island “including right, “We probably title and ownership.” In a post on his social mewon’t get dia site, Trump said he had anything unless agreed with the head of I decide to NATO on a “framework of use excessive a future deal” on Arctic sestrength and curity, potentially defusing tension that had far-reaching force, where geopolitical implications. we would He said “additional discusbe frankly sions” on Greenland were unstoppable. being held concerning the Golden Dome missile de- But I won’t do fense program, a multilaythat, OK?” ered, $175 billion system that PRESIDENT for the first time will put U.S. DONALD TRUMP weapons in space. Trump offered few details, saying they were still being worked out. But one idea NATO members have discussed as part of a compromise with Trump was that Denmark and the alliance would work with the U.S. to build more U.S. military bases on Greenland. That’s according to a European official familiar with the matter but not authorized to comment publicly. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was not immediately clear if that idea was included in the framework Trump
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Barcelo Gardens owner Ashley Webb stands in front of her booth of fresh vegetables during the Barcelo Gardens farmer’s market in Napoleonville on Jan. 9.
Napoleonville farmers market aims to restore community with fresh food BY CHRISTOPHER CARTWRIGHT Staff writer
In downtown Napoleonville, a decaying three-story building stands across Franklin Avenue from a former bank. Most windows are covered with plywood. Below the leaning awning, the sidewalk and stairs have cracks and chunks missing. But one New Orleans couple imagine it as the future home for a farmers market they have been running weekly for several years now in the town, which hugs Bayou Lafourche and is the seat of Assumption Parish government. Ashley Webb and her husband, Andres Barcelo, also own Barcelo Gardens, a farmers market in the Upper 9th Ward of New Orleans. They started the Napoleonville market in 2020 when they saw the property was for sale. “We decided to buy it. Our goal was to renovate it so we could use it, but it ended up being more expensive than we planned,” she said. “I still
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The old brick building recently purchased by Ashley Webb and her husband will undergo renovations to become a farmers market in Napoleonville.
AG probes firm linked to BR council member
Officer Pearlina Thomas and contractor Jarian “Jay” Colar on multiple counts of theft, conspiracy Staff writer and misuse of public funds. Prosecutors allege Thomas conThe company at the center of Louisiana Attorney General Liz spired with an unindicted co-conMurrill’s investigation into an spirator named in the indictment alleged scheme to steal public only as “C.D.” — identified by a money was originally founded and source with direct knowledge of owned by East Baton Rouge Parä See PROBES, page 7A ish Metro Council member Cleve
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President Donald Trump speaks during the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
More charges filed in CATS investigation
Jr., according to state reFormer CATS chief, Dunn cords. Last week, a special grand jury contractor implicated indicted former Capital Area Tranin theft sit System Chief Administrative
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wanted to do something there, so we with a few vendors. Webb typically just started to do an outside farmers sells tropical fruit and seasonal promarket in front of the building.” duce, such as salad greens, carrots, The small but steady market runs ä See BUDDING, page 8A from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Friday
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East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council member Cleve Dunn Jr.
A former Baton Rouge bus system administrator paid a husband and wife to illegally campaign for a tax renewal and concealed it with a fake contract, state prosecutors say. On Wednesday, Terral “TJ” Jackson and Erica Jackson were indicted by a special grand jury on a count each of theft over $25,000 and conspiracy to
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commit theft over $25,000. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office is prosecuting the case. They are the third and fourth people charged in the past week as part of an investigation into alleged corruption at Capital Area Transit System that has implicated an East Baton Rouge Metro Council member. On Jan. 14, former CATS Chief Administrative
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