The Times-Picayune 02-21-2026

SupremeCourt rejectsTrump tariffs

Ruling sparks fierce pushback,vow of newlevies

BY LINDSAYWHITEHURST Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court

struck down President Donald Trump’sfar-reaching global tariffs on Friday,handing him astinging loss that sparked afurious attack on the court he helped shape.

Trump said he was“absolutely ashamed”ofsome justices who ruled 6-3against him, calling them “disloyal to our Constitution” and “lapdogs.” At one point he even raised the specter of foreign influ-

ence withoutciting any evidence.

The decision could have ripple effects on economiesaround the globe after Trump’smoves to remake post-World WarIItrading alliances by wielding tariffs as a weapon.

But an unbowed Trumppledged to impose anew global 10% tariff under alaw that’srestricted to 150 days andhas neverbeenusedto apply tariffs before.

“Their decision is incorrect,” he said. “But it doesn’tmatterbecausewe have very powerful al-

ternatives.”

The court’s ruling found tariffs thatTrumpimposedunder an emergency powers law were unconstitutional, including the sweeping“reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country.

Trump appointedthreeofthe justices on the nation’shighest court during his first term, including Louisiana native AmyConey Barrett in 2020, andhas scoreda

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for the firstFish FryFriday of Lent.

The observation of Lent, aCatholic observance, is asolemn time, and Catholics are asked to abstain from eatingmeat on Fridays. But atasty side benefitofthe season is thereturn of Fish Fry Friday as fish is permittedbythe church. The Lenten dinners are usually found at Catholiccommunity centers, presided over by members servinguptakeoutboxes of golden fried catfish andsides. These fundraisers are timestoconnect withfriendsand supporta variety of causes.

James Kelly Jr.with the Knights of Peter Claverprepares catfish at the All Saints Catholic Church in Algiers on Friday.

La.agrees to $45M deal with CVS

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

Louisianahas settledthree lawsuits it filed against CVS for $45 million,AttorneyGeneral LizMurrill announced Friday

The settlement money will be used for legislation related to pharmacy benefitmanagersand Medicaid fraud initiatives, Murrill said in anewsrelease. Her office is working with the Louisiana Department of Health and the state Inspector General’sOffice.

“Rather than prolonging litigation,which couldhaveextended several years, we workedwith CVS to reach aresolutionthat servesthe best interests of Louisiana,” Murrill said in astatement. “The funds will be used to further ensure accountability in pharmaceutical pricing and PBM industry practices.”

When asked for details on how the money would be spent, a spokesperson for Murrill said more information wasnot immediately available.

The deal resolvesall threelawsuitswithout an admission of wrongdoing or liability by CVS, according to Murill’soffice.

“We’re pleased thatwe’ve reached asettlement agreement with the Louisiana AttorneyGeneral’sOffice,” CVS spokesperson AmyThibault said in astatement.“Thesettlement enables

Appealscourt allows La.’sTen Commandments lawtotakeeffect

BY PATRICK WALL Staff writer

Louisiana public schools got the go-ahead to post the TenCommandments in classrooms after afederal appeals court on Friday lifted an order that had stoppedthe state from enforcing alaw requiring the displays. The majority opinion by the 5th

U.S. Circuit CourtofAppealslifted apreliminary injunction issued by alower court that had blocked stateofficialsfrom enforcing the law, which was passed in 2024 by Louisiana’sRepublican-controlled Legislatureand championed by Gov.Jeff Landry.AU.S. District Court judge and athree-judge panel on the 5th Circuit both previouslysaidthe law,which requires all public K-12 schools and colleges in Louisiana to post the biblical text, is unconstitutional because it violates students’ right to religious freedom.

Friday’sruling by thefull 5th Circuit,which is considered the country’smost conservative federal court of appeals, did not weigh in on theconstitutionality of the law.Instead, the majority said it is

toosoon to block the law on constitutional groundsbecause there are many“unresolved” questions, such as what the TenCommandments posters will look like, how prominently they will be displayed andwhether teachers will incorporatethem into their lessons.

Attorney General Liz Murrill, whose office defendedthe lawin court, celebrated the ruling Friday and said it allows Louisiana public schoolstoimmediately start posting displays of the TenCommandments.

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The majority added that nothing in the ruling prevents future challenges to the law “once the statute is implementedand aconcretefactual record exists.”

Vehicle rams into power substation in Nevada

LAS VEGAS Las Vegas police say they’re investigating a car that rammed into a power substation as a “terrorism-related event.”

There’s no ongoing threat to the public, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said during a news conference Friday

The driver of the vehicle was 23-year-old Dawson Maloney from Albany, New York, who was reported missing and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, McMahill said.

The man had communicated with family before the crash, referencing self-harm, and said he was going to commit an act that would place him on the news. He referred to himself as a terrorist in a message sent to his mother, according to police. Authorities found explosive materials and multiple books “related to extremist ideologies” in Maloney’s hotel room, McMahill said. The books included ones about right- and left-wing extremism, environmental extremism, White supremacism and anti-government ideology, he said.

“These findings significantly elevate the seriousness of this incident,” McMahill said

Maloney is listed as a student at Albany Law School in the class of 2027. He was also an honors student for multiple semesters at Siena University, located in New York.

Two shotguns, an assault riflestyle pistol, and flame throwers were found in his rental car, McMahill said. Maloney was wearing what police described as “soft-body armor.”

The power substation that was rammed is owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said in a statement to The Associated Press that it is aware of the incident, and there were no impacts or disruptions to its operations. Va. judge temporarily blocks redistricting work

RICHMOND Va A Virginia court on Thursday temporarily blocked Democrats from preparing for an April voter referendum to redraw the state’s congressional maps, handing the party another setback in its efforts to pick up four more U.S. House seats in the national redistricting battle.

The Tazewell Circuit Court in Virginia granted a temporary restraining order requested by the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee over the ballot referendum’s timing and phrasing.

The motion, also signed by Republican U.S Reps. Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith, argued that Democrats were ramming redistricting-related bills through the legislature despite legal hurdles that prevent such a rushed process. It’s the second time Tazewell Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley Jr. has ruled against Democrats’ redistricting agenda. In January, Hurley ruled that a resolution for a constitutional amendment was illegally passed in a special legislative session and taken up too close to an intervening election.

That case has been appealed to the state Supreme Court, and justices had said they would allow the referendum to proceed while they review the appeal.

Nurses, N.Y. hospital reach tentative deal

NEW YORK New York-Presbyterian Hospital has reached a tentative deal with its nurses, ending a historic six-week strike, officials said Friday

Striking nurses could return to work as early as next week if members of the New York State Nurses Association ratify the new contract this weekend

The tentative agreement includes improved enforceable safe staffing standards, an increase in the number of nurses, protections against workplace violence and safeguards against artificial intelligence, union officials told NY1.

The deal also protects health benefits and increases salaries by more than 12% over the life of the three-year contract.

Trump considers limited strikes on Iran

Iranian diplomat says proposed deal is imminent

BY FARNOUSH AMIRI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned on Friday that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the United States

In response to a reporter’s question on whether the U.S. could take limited military action as the countries negotiate, Trump said, “I guess I can say I am considering that.” A few hours later, he told reporters that Iran “better negotiate a fair deal.”

Earlier Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a TV interview that his country was planning to finalize a draft deal in “the next two to three days” to send to Washington.

“I don’t think it takes long, perhaps, in a matter of a week or so, we can start real, serious negotiations on the text and come to a conclusion,” Araghchi said on MSNOW’s “Morning Joe” show

The tensions between the longtime adversaries have ramped up as the Trump administration pushes for concessions from Iran and has built up the largest U.S. military presence in the Middle East in decades, with more warships and aircraft on the way

On Friday, the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea after being sent by Trump from the Caribbean, according to images of the ship by maritime photographers posted to social media.

Both Iran and the U.S. have signaled that they are prepared for war if talks on Tehran’s nuclear program fizzle out. “We are prepared for diplomacy, and we are prepared for negotiation as much as we are prepared for war,” Araghchi said Friday

Ali Vaez, an Iran expert at the International Crisis Group, said Iran

“would treat any kinetic action as an existential threat.”

Vaez said he doesn’t think Iran’s leaders are bluffing when they say they would retaliate, while they likely believe they could maintain their hold on power despite any U.S. airstrikes.

Trump said a day earlier that he believes 10 to 15 days is “enough time” for Iran to reach a deal following recent rounds of indirect negotiations, including this week in Geneva, that made little visible progress.

But the talks have been deadlocked for years after Trump’s decision in 2018 to unilaterally withdraw the U.S. from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Since then, Iran has refused to discuss wider U.S. and Israeli demands that it scale back its missile program and sever ties to armed groups.

Araghchi also said Friday that his American counterparts have not asked for zero enrichment of uranium as part of the latest round of talks, which is not what U.S. officials have said publicly

“What we are now talking about

is how to make sure that Iran’s nuclear program, including enrichment, is peaceful and will remain peaceful forever,” he said. He added that in return, Iran will implement some confidencebuilding measures in exchange for relief on economic sanctions. In response to Araghchi’s claim, a White House official said Trump has been clear that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons or the capacity to build them and that it cannot enrich uranium. The official wasn’t authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity Tehran has long insisted that any negotiations should only focus on its nuclear program and that it hasn’t been enriching uranium since U.S. and Israeli strikes last June on Iranian nuclear sites. Trump said at the time that the strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear sites, but the exact damage is unknown as Tehran has barred international inspectors. Although Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful, the U.S and others suspect it is aimed at eventually developing weapons.

Police search former Prince Andrew’s home

BY PAN PYLAS Associated Press

LONDON Police searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor again on Friday, a day after he was arrested and held in custody for nearly 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in having shared confidential trade information with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In another blow for the former Prince Andrew, the British government is considering formally removing him from the line of succession to the crown. Despite losing his status as prince and facing a police investigation, Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne. That can only be changed with new legislation.

When the king stripped his brother of his titles in the fall, the government said passing a new law would not be a good use of Parliament’s time.

But that view has changed and the government is now considering legislation once the police investigation is finished.

James Murray, the govern-

‘Grey’s

BY MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press

lived for decades until his eviction earlier this month.

Mountbatten-Windsor, who was pictured slouched in the back of his chauffeurdriven car following his release Thursday evening from a police station near Sandringham, remains under investigation, which means he has neither been charged nor exonerated by Thames Valley Police. His arrest follows years of allegations over his links with Epstein, who died by suicide in New York in 2019.

the U.K. by Epstein to have a sexual encounter with Andrew Thursday’s arrest had nothing to do with that. Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing in his association with Epstein but has not commented on the most recent allegations. Experts said that misconduct in a public office is notoriously difficult to prove.

ment’s chief secretary to the treasury, said “the government is considering any further steps that might be required, and we’re not ruling anything out.”

The last time a royal was removed from the line of succession was after the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936, when the law was changed to strike him and any descendants from the list.

Removing Andrew would also require agreement from more than a dozen

other countries that have the British monarch as head of state.

The former prince was back Friday at his new residence on the Sandringham estate, King Charles III’s private retreat, around 115 miles northeast of London. Police have concluded their search there, but are still searching Royal Lodge, his 30-room former home in the parkland near Windsor Castle, just west of the capital, where the king’s younger brother had

Anatomy’ star Dane dies

Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday He was 53.

His representatives said Dane died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig’s disease, less than a year after he announced his diagnosis.

Dane developed a devoted fan base when his big break arrived in the mid-2000s: He was cast as Dr Mark Sloan, aka McSteamy, on the ABC medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” a role he would play from 2006 until 2012 and reprise in 2021.

Although his character was killed off on the show after a plane crash, Dane’s character left an indelible mark on the still-running show: Seattle Grace Hospital became Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

In 2019, he did a complete 180 from the charming McSteamy and became the troubled Cal Jacobs in HBO’s provocative drama “Euphoria,” a role he continued in up until his death.

In April 2025, Dane announced he had been diagnosed with ALS, a progressive disease that attacks nerve cells controlling muscles throughout the body ALS gradually destroys the nerve cells and connections needed to walk, talk, speak and breathe. Most patients die within three to five years of a diagnosis.

Dane became an advocate for ALS awareness, speaking a news conference in Washington on health insurance prior authorization “Some of you may know me from TV shows, such as ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ which I play a doctor But I am here today to speak briefly as a patient battling ALS,” he said in June 2025. In September of that year, the ALS Net-

work named Dane the recipient of their advocate of the year award.

Dane was born on Nov 9, 1972, and raised in Northern California. His father a Navy veteran and an architect, died of a gunshot wound when Dane was 7 After high school, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting, landing guest roles on shows like “Saved by the Bell,” “Married With Children,” “Charmed” and “X-Men: The Last Stand.”

A memoir by Dane is scheduled to be published in late 2026. According to the publisher, “Book of Days: A Memoir in Moments” covers key moments in his life, from his first day at work on “Grey’s Anatomy” to the births of his two daughters and learning that he had ALS.

“I want to capture the moments that shaped me — the beautiful days, the hard ones, the ones I never took for granted — so that if nothing else, people who read it will remember what it means to live with heart,” Dane said in a statement about the book. “If sharing this helps someone find meaning in their own days, then my story is worth telling.”

Dane is survived by his wife, actor Rebecca Gayheart, and their two teen daughters, Billie Beatrice and Georgia Geraldine. Gayheart and Dane wed in 2004 and separated in September 2017. Gayheart filed for divorce in 2018, but later filed to dismiss the petition In a December essay for New York magazine’s The Cut, Gayheart called their dynamic “a very complicated relationship, one that’s confusing for people.” She said they never got a divorce, but dated other people and lived separately “Our love may not be romantic, but it’s a familial love,” she said. “Eric knows that I am always going to want the best for him. That I’m going to do my best to do right by him. And I know he would do the same for me. So whatever I can do or however I can show up to make this journey better for him or easier for him, I want to do that.”

Theaccusationattheheart of his arrest is that Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential trade information with the disgraced financier when he was a trade envoy for the U.K. Emails released last month by the U.S. Department of Justice appeared to show MountbattenWindsor sharing reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore, and sending Epstein a confidential brief on investment opportunities in Afghanistan.

Thames Valley Police has previously said it was also reviewing allegations that a woman was trafficked to

“Firstly, it must be determined if Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was in a role within government that constitutes the title of public officer,” said Sean Caulfield, a criminal defense lawyer at Hodge Jones & Allen. “There is no standard definition to clearly draw on.” Arguably, only the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936, and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, have been as grave for the institution of the British monarchy in modern times. In a statement Thursday, the king said the “law must take its course,” but that as “this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter.”

EPAeases limits on coal plants foremittingmercury

BY MICHAEL PHILLIS and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky.— The Environmen-

tal ProtectionAgencyonFriday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coalfiredpower plants, the Trump administration’slatest effort to boost the fossil fuel industry by paring back clean air and water rules.

Toxic emissions from coal-and oil-fired plants can harm the brain development of young children and contribute to heart attacks and other problems in adults. The plants are also amajorsourceof greenhouse gasemissionsthat drive climate change. The EPA announced the repeal of the tight-

ened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule, or MATS, at amassive coal plantnexttothe Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky

“EPA’sactionstoday rightsthe wrongsofthe last administration’s rule andwill return the industry to the highly effectiveoriginal MATS standards thathelped pave theway for American energy dominance,” said EPADeputyAdministrator David Fotouhi. The agency said thechangeshouldsavehundreds of millionsofdollars.

The final rulereverts the industry to standards first establishedin 2012 bythe Obama administration that have reducedmercuryemissionsbynearly90%. TheBidenadministration had sought to tighten those standards even further after

the first Trump administration had moved to undermine them.

Operators of the Mill Creek Generating Station gave agency officials atour of the coal plant before hosting theannouncement inside. Coal-fired power plantsare the largest single human source of mercurypollutants.Power plants release the mercury into the atmosphere, which then falls in rain or simplybygravity,entering the food chain through fish and other items that people consume. Environmentalgroups said the tightened rules have saved lives andmadecommunities that live near coal-fired power plants healthier.But industry groups argued that the tougher standards, along with other rules that limited

emissions from coal plants,made operating them too expensive.

They accused the Biden administration of piling on so many requirements that it would drive a rush of plantretirements.

“For too long, the entire coal supply chain has been the target of bad and onerous environmental regulations,” said Michelle Bloodworth, CEO of America’sPower,a coal industry group.

“Repealing the 2024 MATS rule andtoday’sactions areanimportant step for maintaining areliable and affordable supply of electricityand ensuring that coal-based generation can continuesupporting the nation’seconomyand the electric grid.”

The coal industry’soutlook has

changed dramatically in the last year In March, the EPApromoted the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history,” announcing their intention to peel back dozens of environmental protections. The Biden administration’sfocus on climate change was over —EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the actions marked “the death of the ‘green new scam.’ Fossil fuel rules were big targets, including major efforts to reduce carbon emissionsfrom coal plants andmandategreenhousegas reporting. TheTrump administrationhas also extended deadlines fordozens of coal-fired power plants to comply with certain Clean Air Act rules.

Negligence to be considered in Calif. avalancheinvestigation

Close-knit groupof friendsamong victims

BY HAVEN DALEY, JULIE WATSON and JANIE HAR Associated Press

TRUCKEE, Calif.

Officialsworked

to lower the risks of more deadly slides Friday by setting off controlled explosions in the area where an avalanche struck in California’sSierra Nevada so crews couldsafelyrecover the bodies of the people killed.

Rescue crews loaded upasnow vehicle with skis and other supplies and headed toward the area near Castle Peak and outsideLakeTahoe whilehelicopters circled overhead.

Avalanche mitigation work is designed to intentionally release unstable snowpack to reducethe risk when rescue crews go in Brutal weather and the threat of more avalanches have kept crews from safely recovering thebodies of the eight people killedand another stillmissing from Tuesday’s avalanche, whichwas roughlythe size of afootballfield.

Authoritiesare investigating the avalanche, including whether criminal negligence played arole in thetragedy,asheriff’s office leading one of several investigations said Friday

Why the tour companythat organized the backcountry ski trip didn’tcancel in the face of apowerful storm andwhattheir guides

knewasthe weatherworsened are the questions being considered.

Both the Nevada County Sheriff’s office anda state agency that regulatesworkplacesafetyhave opened investigations. Ashley Quadros, aspokespersonwiththe sheriff’s office, declined on Friday to share more information, saying it is an open investigation

Six of the people who died were partofa close-knit group of friendswho were experienced backcountry skiers and knew how to navigate thealpine wilderness, their familiessaid. The threeothers who are dead or presumed dead wereguides.

“Weare devastated beyond words,” the families said in astatement releasedThursday through aspokesperson. The women were mothers, wives and friends who

“connected through the love of the outdoors,” they said, and were carrying avalanche safetyequipment and prepared for backcountry travel.

say hellotoinpassing was among thevictims.

“She was just agreat mom. I’d always see her with thekids, picking them up, just seemed like a great mom and a great family,” said Bramble, whose daughterbabysat for thefamily a few times.

Keatley andher husband owned a winebusiness and often shared their namesake wines at communityevents, LarkspurMayor Stephanie Andre said.

ship coaching website.

Sekar and Clabaugh were sisters, their brother,McAlister Clabaugh, told The New York Times. Sekar was amother of two who lived in San Francisco.

LizClabaugh wasanurse who oversaw anew graduate nursing residency program at St. Luke’s Health System in Boise,Idaho.She was also amom and ran aFacebook page featuring encouragement and advice fornew nurses. Photos showed thather family were frequent adventurers outdoors.

Clabaugh also had served as a health volunteer in Zambia with the Peace Corps, according to aFacebook page for Peace Corps alumni.

The names of the other victims have not been released.

The six were identifiedasCarrieAtkin, Liz Clabaugh, Danielle Keatley,K at e Morse, Caroline Sekarand Kate Vitt, and they lived in the San Francisco BayArea, in Idaho and in the LakeTahoearea. Thefamiliesasked for privacy while they grieve.

Just north of San Francisco, where Keatley lived with her family in the cityofLarkspur,resident RobBramble was shocked to learn that the friendly woman he would

“She waswarm, kind and exuded aspecial quality that drew people to her,” Andre said in astatement. Morse also lived with herhusband and threechildrennorth of SanFrancisco, and worked in the biotech industry,according to her LinkedIn profile. Vitt previously worked at SiriusXM and Pandora, according to her online profile, and lived north of the city withher two sons and husband. Atkinwas aformercorporateexecutive and atrack andfieldathlete in college who lived in Lake Tahoe with her husband andtwo children, according to herleader-

Trumpdirects government agencies to releasefiles on

BY MICHELLEL.PRICE

Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’sdirecting the Pentagon and other government agenciestoidentify and release files relatedto extraterrestrials and UFOs because of “tremendous interest.” Trump made the announcement in asocial media post hours after he accused former President Barack Obama of disclosing “classified information” when Obama recently suggested in apodcast interview that aliens were real.

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “I don’tknow if they’re real or not,” and said of Obama,“I may get him out of trouble by declassifying.” In apost on his social media platform Thursday night, Trump said he was directing government agencies to release filesrelated “to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connectedto these highly complex, but extremely interesting and

important,matters.

Obama, whomadehis commentsinapodcast appearance over theweekend, later clarified that he had notseen evidence that aliens “havemadecontact with us,” but said, “statistically, the universe is so vast that theodds are good there’slife out there.”

Trumptold reporters Thursdaythat when itcame to the prospect of extraterrestrial visitors:“Idon’t have an opinion onit. Inever talk aboutit. Alot of people do. Alot of people believe it.”

Trump’sdaughter-in-law Lara Trump suggested this week that he was readyto speak about it, however, when shesaid on apodcast that the president hada speech prepared todeliver on aliens that he would give at the“right time.” That was newstothe White House. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded with alaughwhen shewas asked aboutitWednesday and told reporters, “A speech on aliens would be news to me.”

Public interest in unidentified flying objects and the possibilityofthe government hiding secrets of extraterrestriallife remerged

in thepublic consciousness after agroup of former Pentagon and government officialsleaked Navyvideos of unknown objects to The New York Times and Politico in 2017.

The renewed scrutiny prompted Congress to hold thefirst hearings on UFOs in 50 yearsinMay 2022, though officials said that the objects, whichappeared to be green triangles floating aboveaNavyship, were likely drones.

Sincethenthe Pentagon haspromised more transparency on the topic. In July 2022 it created the AllDomainAnomalyResolution Office, or AARO, which was intended to be acentral place to collect reports of all militaryUFO encounters, takingover from adepartmenttask force.

In 2023,Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, the head of AARO at thetime, toldreporters he didn’thave any evidence “of any program having ever existed as to do with any sort of reverse engineering of any sort of extraterrestrial (unidentified aerial phenomena).”

The information that has been made public shows that thevastmajority of

UFO reports made by the militarygounsolved but the ones thatare identifiedare largely benign in nature.

The 15 skiers begantheir threeday trip Sunday,just as warnings about the storm were intensifying. By early Tuesday, officials cautionedthatavalancheswere expected.

Blackbird Mountain Guides, which was leading the expedition, said the guides who were on the trekweretrained or certified in backcountry skiing and were instructors with the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education. While in the field, guides “are in communicationwith senior guides at our base, to discuss conditions and routing based upon conditions,” founder Zeb Blais said in astatement.

“Wedon’thave all the answers yet, anditmay be sometime before we do,” the company said.

UFOs,more

“It is important to underscore that, to date, AARO has discovered no evidence of extraterrestrial beings,

activity,ortechnology,” stressed an 18-page unclassifiedreportsubmittedto Congress in June 2024.

series of short-term wins that have allowed him to move ahead with key policies.

Tariffs, though, were the first major piece of Trump’s broad agenda to come squarely before the Supreme Court for a final ruling, after lower courts had also sided against the president.

The majority found that it is unconstitutional for the president to unilaterally set and change tariffs because taxation power clearly belongs to Congress. “The Framers did not vest any part of the taxing power in the Executive Branch,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

Barrett — who grew up in Metairie and graduated from St. Mary’s Dominican High School in New Orleans joined Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, in ruling the tariffs unconstitutional. The court’s three justices appointed by Democrats, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Kentanji Brown Jackson, agreed. Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.

“The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy But as a matter of text, history and precedent, they are clearly lawful,” Kavanaugh wrote. Trump praised his 63-page dissent as “genius.”

The court majority did not address whether businesses could get refunded for the billions they have collectively paid in tariffs. Many companies, including the big-box warehouse chain Costco, have already lined up in lower courts to demand refunds Kavanaugh noted the process could be complicated.

“The Court says nothing today about whether and if so how, the Government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers. But that process is likely to be a ‘mess,’ as was acknowledged at oral argument,” he wrote.

The Treasury had collected more than $133 billion from the import taxes the president has imposed under the emergency powers law as of December, federal data shows. The impact over the next decade has been es-

By The Associated Press

Trump says he signed 10% global tariff

The president said on social media Friday night that he signed an executive order enabling him to bypass Congress and impose a 10% tax on imports from around the world.

“It is my Great Honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global 10% Tariff on all Countries, which will be effective almost immediately,” Trump said on Truth Social.

The catch is that those tariffs, under federal law known as Section 122, will be limited to just 150 days, unless they are extended legislatively

In a news conference earlier Friday, the president also said he is exploring other tariffs through other avenues such as Section 232, which would require an investigation through the Commerce Department Friday’s decision upends a core set of tariffs that Trump imposed using the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA Trump suggested the ruling may not “substantially constrain” tariffs going forward and mentioned using the Trade Expansion Act and other past laws, including the Tariff Act of 1930 going forward.

Johnson: Congress will find path forward

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, backed Trump’s use of tariffs in a

timated at some $3 trillion.

The tariffs decision doesn’t stop Trump from imposing duties under other laws. Those have more limitations on the speed and severity of Trump’s actions, but the president said they would still allow him to “charge much more” than he had before.

Vice President JD Vance called the high court decision “lawlessness” in a post on X. Still, the ruling is a “complete and total victory” for the challengers, said Neal Katyal, who argued the case on behalf of a group of small businesses.

“It’s a reaffirmation of our deepest constitutional values and the idea that Congress, not any one man, controls the power to tax the American people,” he said.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the decision restricting Trump’s power to unilaterally set and change tariffs might affect trade deals with other countries.

“We remain in close contact with the U.S. Administration as we seek clarity on the steps they intend to take in response to this ruling,” European Commission spokesman Olof Gill said, adding that the body would keep pushing for lower tariffs.

The Supreme Court ruling comes after victories on the court’s emergency docket have allowed Trump to push ahead with extraordinary flexes of executive power on issues ranging from immigration enforcement to major federal funding cuts

The Republican president had long been vocal about the tariffs case, calling it one of the most important in U.S history and saying a ruling against him would be an economic body blow to the country But legal opposition crossed the political spectrum, including libertarian and pro-business groups that are typically aligned with the GOP. Polling has found tariffs aren’t broadly popular with the public, amid wider voter concern about affordability

While the Constitution gives Congress the power to levy tariffs, the Trump administration argued that a 1977 law allowing the president to regulate importation during emergencies also allows him to set import duties. Other presidents have used the law dozens of times, often to impose sanctions, but Trump was the first president to invoke it for tariffs.

post on social media after the Supreme Court ruling, saying they had “brought in billions of dollars and created immense leverage for America’s trade strategy.”

In the Supreme Court ruling, the majority found that it’s unconstitutional for the president to unilaterally set and change tariffs because taxation power clearly belongs to Congress.

“Congress and the Administration will determine the best path forward in the coming weeks,” Johnson wrote on X.

But the president is scoffing at the need to get Congress involved in enacting tariff policy

“I don’t have to,” Trump said when asked why wouldn’t he just work with lawmakers on tariffs. “I have the right to do tariffs, and I’ve always had the right to do tariffs.”

The majority ruled that Congress has the power to write tax policy, which includes tariffs.

Thune wants to work with White House

“Tariffs can be an important and effective tool to address unfair trade practices and help level the playing field with foreign competitors,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., wrote on social media.

He added: “Senate Republicans will continue working with the administration and our colleagues in the House to advance our shared goal to strengthen rural America, including South Dakota’s farm and ranch communities, and the broader U.S.

“And the fact that no President has ever found such power in IEEPA is strong evidence that it does not exist,” Roberts wrote, using an acronym for the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Trump set what he called ”reciprocal” tariffs on most countries in April 2025 to address trade deficits that he declared a national emergency Those came after he imposed duties on Canada, China and Mexico, ostensibly to address a drug trafficking emergency

A series of lawsuits followed, including a case from a dozen largely Democraticleaning states and others from small businesses selling everything from plumbing supplies to women’s cycling apparel.

The challengers argued the emergency powers law doesn’t even mention tariffs and Trump’s use of it fails several legal tests, including one that doomed thenPresident Joe Biden’s $500 billion student loan forgiveness program.

The three conservative justices in the majority pointed to that principle, which is called the major questions doctrine. It holds that Congress must clearly authorize actions of major economic and political significance.

“There is no exception to the major questions doctrine for emergency statutes,” Roberts wrote. The three liberal justices formed the rest of the majority, but didn’t join that part of the opinion.

The Trump administration had argued that tariffs are different because they’re a major part of Trump’s approach to foreign affairs, an area where the courts should not be second-guessing the president.

But Roberts brushed that aside, writing that the implications for international relations don’t change the legal principle.

Small businesses celebrated the ruling, with the National Retail Federation saying it provides “much needed certainty.”

Illinois toy company Learning Resources was among the businesses challenging the tariffs in court.

CEO Rick Woldenberg said he expected Trump’s new tariffs but hoped there might be more constraint in the future, both legal and political. “Somebody’s got to pay this bill. Those people that pay the bill are voters,” he said.

economy.”

Trump brags about his reading prowess

“I read very well. Great comprehension,” Trump said in a news conference

Friday

The president said that, when it came to the tariffs case, “I read everything there is to read. And I said, ‘Can’t lose this case.’”

But the Supreme Court did in fact rule against Trump’s sweeping tariff policy an outcome Trump suggested was only possible because “judges want to be political, they want to be politically correct.”

Farmers beg Trump to try a different path

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall says farmers understand Trump’s efforts to use tariffs “to create a more level playing field for U.S. goods, U.S. workers and the U.S. economy” but urged the administration to seek another way

“Unfortunately, trade disruptions and declining prices for agricultural goods created additional hardships for farmers who came into 2025 already dealing with crippling inflation and declining farm prices,” Duvall said in a statement. He added, “With supply costs already at or near record highs, we strongly encourage the president to avoid using any other available authorities to impose tariffs on agricultural inputs

increase costs.”

Speaker denies request for Jackson to lie at Rotunda

Few private citizens allowed Capitol honor

BY MATT BROWN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press

WASHINGTON The late Rev Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda after a request for the commemoration was denied by the House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office due to past precedent

Johnson’s office said it received a request from the family to have Jackson’s remains lie in honor at the Capitol, but the request was denied, because of the precedent that the space is typically reserved for former presidents, the military and select officials.

The civil rights leader died this week at the age of 84. The family and some House Democrats had filed a request for Jackson to be honored at the U.S. Capitol.

Amid the country’s political divisions, there have been flareups over who is memorialized at the Capitol with a service to lie in state, or honor in the Rotunda.

During such events, the public is generally allowed to visit the Capitol and pay their respects.

Recent requests had similarly been made, and denied, to honor Charlie Kirk, the slain conservative activist, and former Vice President Dick Cheney

There is no specific rule about who qualifies for the honor a decision that is controlled by concurrence from both the House and Senate.

The Jackson family has announced scheduled dates for memorial services beginning next week that will honor the late reverend’s life in Chicago, Washington,

D.C. and South Carolina. In a statement, the Jackson family said it had heard from leaders in both South Carolina, Jackson’s native state, and Washington offering for Jackson to be celebrated in both locations.

Talks are ongoing with lawmakers about where those proceedings will take place His final memorial services will be held in Chicago on March 6 and 7.

Typically, the Capitol and its Rotunda have been reserved for the “most eminent citizens,” according to the Architect of the Capitol’s website. It said government and military officials lay in state, while private citizens in honor

In 2020, Rep. John Lewis, another veteran of the Civil Rights movement, was the first Black lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda after a ceremony honoring his legacy was held outside on the Capitol steps due to pandemic restrictions at the time. Later that year, thenHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowed services for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Capitol’s Statuary Hall after agreement could not be reached for services in

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the Capitol’s Rotunda. It is rare for private citizens to be honored at the Capitol, but there is precedent — most notably Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks, in 2005, and the Rev Billy Graham, in 2018.

A passionate civil rights leader and globally-minded humanitarian, Jackson’s fiery speeches and dual 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns transformed American politics for generations. Jackson’s organization, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, became a hub for progressive organizers across the country His unapologetic calls for a progressive economic agenda and more inclusive policies for all racial groups, religions, genders and orientations laid the groundwork for the progressive movement within the Democratic Party Jackson also garnered a global reputation as a champion for human rights. He conducted the release of American hostages on multiple continents and argued for greater connections between civil rights movements around the world, most notably as a fierce critic of the policies of apartheid South Africa.

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McGlinchey Stafford files for bankruptcy

Law firm had announced shutdown

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

Six weeks after announcing it was shutting down after more than 50 years in business, McGlinchey Stafford has filed for bankruptcy, hastening the demise of a firm that was once among the state’s most prominent and high profile.

The filing on Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana is a Chapter 7 filing, meaning the firm is liquidating its remaining assets to satisfy creditors, not a Chapter 11 filing, which allows a debtor to stay in business while coming up with a plan to pay off debt.

Court documents filed in the case, which has been assigned to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Grabill, do not yet paint a clear picture of the firm’s finances. A standard bankruptcy petition form says only that McGlinchey has between 200-999 creditors and that the firm’s assets and its liabilities range between $10 million and $50 million.

Experts say a more detailed financial statement will likely be filed in the coming days. The firm’s New Orleans office will shut down on March 31. Other offices closed at the end of January.

Several attorneys familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly on the case said the firm did not initially plan to file for bankruptcy when it announced it was closing As it began winding down operations, however it became evident that there wasn’t enough money to satisfy the firm’s more than 15 longterm lease obligations in office buildings around the country McGlinchey’s attorneys stopped practicing law at the end of January, the firm previously announced.

Dane Ciolino, a law professor at Loyola University in New Orleans, said initiating liquidation proceedings through a bankruptcy filing is not surprising, given that McGlinchey is no longer practicing law and has no longer has any income.

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“Don’t kill or steal shouldn’t be controversial,” she said in a statement, adding that her office has issued guidance for schools on how to comply with the law and provided sample posters.

“Louisiana public schools should follow the law.”

It won’t be hard for most public schools to comply if the state begins enforcing the law A conservative advocacy group has already shipped the posters designed by Murrill’s office to almost every school system in Louisiana, but most school districts have kept them boxed up while they awaited the court’s ruling. The lawsuit challenging the Ten Commandments law was brought by a multifaith group of families with children in Louisiana public schools. If the families choose to appeal the court’s ruling, their next and final stop is the U.S. Supreme Court.

On Friday the civil liberties groups representing the families in the case said they are “exploring all legal path-

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us to maintain our focus on lowering health care costs and providing community pharmacy access to Louisiana residents and is not an admission of liability or wrongdoing.”

Louisiana sued the health care company amid a highprofile political battle that pitted Murrill and Gov. Jeff Landry against CVS.

Late in last year’s legislative session, Landry urged lawmakers to support a bill that would have banned ownership of pharmacies by pharmacy benefit managers, a type of business that negotiates drug prices on behalf of health plans and

McGlinchey Stafford’s home office has been located in the Pan

Life building at 601 Poydras St. since 2008.

“Law firms generally don’t have a lot of assets they can sell off to satisfy debt,” Ciolino said. “They have office furniture, which isn’t worth much, and accounts receivable. So, if they have lease obligations, filing bankruptcy makes sense.”

William Steffes and Barbara Parsons, whose Baton Rouge bankruptcy firm is representing McGlinchey, declined to comment McGlinchey’s managing member, Michael Ferachi, also based in Baton Rouge, declined to comment.

ways forward to continue the fight against this unconstitutional law.”

“Today’s ruling is extremely disappointing and would unnecessarily force Louisiana’s public school families into a game of constitutional whack-a-mole in every school district,” the groups said in a statement.

“But this fight isn’t over We will continue fighting for the religious freedom of Louisiana’s families.”

The groups representing the families are the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is serving as pro bono counsel. In a dissenting opinion, Judge James Dennis, who was nominated to the court by former President Bill Clinton, wrote that the Ten Commandments law “elevates words meant for devotion into objects of reverence, exposing children to government-endorsed religion in a setting of compulsory attendance.” Four of the court’s 18 active judges signed on to his dissent.

large institutions that offer health insurance. He and his legislative allies argued this “vertical integration” in the prescription drug supply chain lets the benefit managers crank up drug costs and squeeze out smaller local pharmacies.

CVS, a giant health care corporation that owns both a pharmacy benefits manager and drug retailers, fought back ferociously It sent mass text messages to Louisiana customers urging them to contact their lawmakers to oppose the legislation, and it argued the policy would force the company to shut down over 100 of its pharmacies The bill ended up not passing. Shortly after, Murrill’s office filed three lawsuits against CVS. The first ac-

costs in far-flung offices, according to sources familiar with the situation and the firm’s own statement.

At the time, the firm had around 160 attorneys and hundreds of support staff in 18 offices around the country from Seattle to Boston, though its New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices were the largest by far

In a statement at the time, Ferachi a commercial litigation specialist who became the firm’s managing member in 2021, said that no single factor had led to the vote to dissolve. Rather, the troubles had been building.

“This is not because of any specific attorney’s departure, or any individual financial decision or leadership action that led us to this point,” he said “This is the result of a combination of market factors, such as lagging collections, compounded with various internal factors over several years.”

The statement also said the firm’s leaders made the decision after “assessing several strategic alternatives.” Bankruptcy court documents filed Thursday show that Teneo, a global consulting firm, has been advising McGlinchey on the wind down.

Teneo’s principal on the case, Gary Polkowitz, did not respond to a call seeking comment.

Where they landed

In the weeks since the announcement, individual lawyers and groups of attorneys within McGlinchey have left for other firms, according to recent announcements.

Trouble brewing

In early January, McGlinchey Stafford announced that its “equity members,” a group of senior attorneys who owned the firm, had voted to dissolve, sending shock waves across south Louisiana’s legal community and taking some of the firm’s attorneys by surprise. A variety of factors contributed to the decision, including the recent departure of several highprofile rainmakers with the firm, delinquent collections, internal disagreements and steep overhead

Dennis also pointed to a ruling in 1980 by the Supreme Court in the case Stone v. Graham, which struck down a Kentucky law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments. He called the 5th Circuit’s ruling, which said the legal challenge to Louisiana’s law was premature, “a calculated stratagem to evade these precedents.”

Judge James Ho, who was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump, concurred with the majority but wrote that he would have declared Louisiana’s law constitutional.

Ho argued that the Supreme Court has effectively overturned the Stone ruling, even if it hasn’t explicitly said so, because it scrapped the legal doctrine that underpinned that ruling. He went further, writing that law reflects the Founding Fathers’ “firm belief that the children of America should be educated about the religious foundations and traditions of our country.”

“In sum, the Louisiana Ten Commandments law is not just constitutional,” he wrote, “it affirms our Nation’s highest and most noble traditions.”

cused it of misusing patients’ data to send the text messages. A second accused the company of using its size and influence to push competition out of the market and drive up prices. And a third accused the company of hurting independent pharmacies by charging unfair fees and providing low reimbursements to pharmacists for the drugs they dispense. Landry backed Murrill’s legal action against the company

Murrill’s settlement with the company is another signal that tensions may be ebbing. Earlier this week, Gov. Jeff Landry voiced support for new, $5M scholarship program CVS is launching for students seeking pharmacy degrees at Louisiana universities.

A prominent group from the Baton Rouge office moved their corporate and real estate practice, including nine attorneys and four staffers, to Adams and Reese.

A 36-person team, including 19 attorneys from several of McGlinchey’s offices outside of Louisiana, announced they were joining Womble, Bond, Dickison, a transatlantic firm with 1,300 attorneys and home offices in London and Baltimore, according to an announcement from the firm.

AM Law an industry trade publication, reported Jan. 16 that talks between the group, headed by a partner in McGlinchey’s

Cleveland office, and Womble began on Dec. 8 and concluded Dec. 26, less than 10 days before the vote to dissolve.

Around the same time, McGlinchey lost four attorneys from its corporate litigation group in New Orleans to Jones Walker.

Another four attorneys from the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Florida offices that specialize in consumer financial services defense announced their departure for Chicago-based Hinshaw In early February, eight attorneys and five support staff from McGlinchey’s maritime practice including José Cot, the managing member of McGlinchey’s New Orleans office, joined Simon, Perragine, Smith and Redfearn. McGlinchey previously notified the Louisiana Workforce Commission that any remaining employees in its New Orleans office would be laid off as of March 15.

Trustee to take over

Now that McGlinchey has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy the job of liquidating the remaining assets and dealing with property owners and outstanding leases, as well as other vendors, will fall to a courtappointed trustee in the case Wilbur “Bill” Babin, a New Orleans attorney who has overseen dozens of bankruptcy proceedings.

Babin did not respond to a call seeking comment.

Among the property managers he’ll be negotiating with is Stirling, which manages the Pan American Life Center on Poydras Street in New Orleans, where McGlinchey’s New Orleans office has been located since 2008.

Babin also will have to negotiate with Wampold Companies, which owns the II Rivermark Centre building in Baton Rouge, where the firm completed more than $1 million of tenant improvements for 15,000 square feet in May 2025. The property owners did not respond to calls seeking comment.

Experts say it’s too soon to say how long the liquidation might take. Unlike Chapter 11 cases, like the recent Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy which lasted nearly six years, liquidation cases typically conclude in a matter of months, not years.

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Mardi Gras attracts bigger crowd

try that provides much-needed tax revenue and employs roughly 80,000 workers.

counts from the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Both figures provide a more definitive look at

BY RICH COLLINS Staff writer

New data shows tourists and locals were downtown in droves this Carnival season, although city leaders are still waiting on airport and hotel numbers that will show just how much of a success this year’s celebration was.

The DDD said the total represents a 10% year-over-year increase from 2025 and shows downtown’s continued allure

According to the Downtown Development District, which created a report using technology from a vendor that tracks the locations of smartphones, there were 2.2 million visits to New Orleans’ downtown neighborhoods during the 2026 Carnival season That’s the most during Carnival since 2020.

Airport begins paving terminal road

It will provide a quicker route for shuttles, officials say

BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

strip on airport property and connect Jerome S. Glaser Airport Access Road with the new terminal, allowing shuttle buses to bypass traffic on Veterans Memorial Boulevard and avoid Kenner’s bumpy side streets. It’s the first of two phases in an $84.5 million project that airport officials say will cut the shuttle’s travel time in half when completed in 2027. The second phase will extend the road parallel to Glaser to create a completely separate road to the old terminal.

The airport hopes eventually to connect the road to a future rail station on a proposed line from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, which is at least several years away from coming to fruition as federal, state and local agencies work through financing and designing the project.

Airport officials say around 9,000 people ride the shuttle daily to get between the new terminal at the north end of the campus and the passenger and employee parking garages and car rentals at the south end.

“It will make it much, much easier and quicker to get people back and forth,” said Chris Span, a program management consultant with Burns & McDonnell, on Thursday after a New Orleans Aviation Board meeting.

The airport hosted a groundbreaking for the project in August and submitted a permit to the city of Kenner in late October for the new road, two new surface parking lots that would add around 450 spaces and a 54,000-square-foot tarmac expansion.

The Kenner City Council signed off on the permit in a 6-1 vote in January The dissenting vote came from District 2 council member Ronnie Scharwath, who said he supported the new road but worried the other projects would worsen flooding. Kenner Planning Director Christopher Sliwinski told council members that his department reviewed the airport’s stormwater plan and determined

during Carnival, when dozens of parades start Uptown, downtown and in Mid-City before winding their way toward Canal Street and other Central Business District locations. Although not a complete snapshot of the season, the numbers from Placer.ai, an AI-powered location analytics platform, are a positive sign for a city that lives and dies by the hospitality indus-

“These visitation numbers show that downtown remains the economic engine of our city during Carnival,” said DDD President and CEO Seth Knudsen on Friday “The year-over-year increase reflects meaningful momentum for our restaurants, hotels, retailers and cultural attractions.”

The DDD announcement comes as city leaders await final hotel occupancy figures and passenger

New to the neighborhood

A formal ceremony was held Friday as the first official residents moved into homes in the Rising Oaks subdivision in Terrytown. The new development is Habitat for Humanity’s largest project and its first fully developed community The 44-acre parcel of land was once the site of Plantation Golf and Country Club. Upon the estimated completion in 2028-29, Rising Oaks will include parks, playgrounds, walking trails, a labyrinth, fitness areas and mixed-use retail, creating a walkable, complete, selfsustaining, eco-friendly neighborhood. Friday’s celebration was for the completion of phase one, with one- and two-bedroom homes geared toward seniors ages 55 and older

Sheriff: Teens fatally shoot each other

Duo were allegedly engaged in a drug deal

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

BY KIM CHATELAIN Contributing writer

with the resignation this month of Peter Lewis. The council appointed Callahan to the District A seat during a special meeting Wednesday Callahan served two terms in the same City Council seat before being term-limited in 2019. Lewis was elected to the District A seat in 2019 and was reelected without opposition

St.Martinprobe ledtoGuillory’sindictment

BYCLAIRE TAYLOR Staff writer

The indictmentand arrest of formerLafayette Mayor-President Josh GuilloryinSt. Martin Parish on Thursday beganwith an investigation ordered by the district attorney forSt. Martin Parish. Guillory was indicted Thursday by aSt. Martin Parish grand jury on four malfeasance charges related to the2022 removal of aspoil bank on the Vermilion River in St. MartinParish without permission from St. Martin Parish or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Michael Haik III, the district attorney for the 16th Judicial District that includes St. Martin, Iberia and St. Mary parishes, asked the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s

Office on Oct.14toinvestigate the spoil bank removal project, according to aThursday news release from the Sheriff’s Office. Haik’srequest occurred shortly after the release in August of 2025 of findingsbythe Louisiana Legislative Auditor’sOfficeofan investigationinto the Guillory administration’shandling of the spoil bank project.

The legislative auditor’sinvestigationconcluded thatLafayette officials likelyviolated state and federal laws and Lafayette’s home-rule charter

TheDistrict Attorney’sOffice for the 15th Judicial District, which includes Lafayette, announced on Feb. 9letter that it would not pursue criminal charges againstGuillory or anyone in his administration for the spoil bank project.

Frederick Welter, first assistant district attorney,saidinthe letter that the 15th Judicial District Attorney’sOffice under Don Landry

councilinJanuary.Healso noted that the new road will reduce congestion on Veterans.

it was adequate

The airport is owned by New Orleans and run by the New Orleans Aviation Board, agroup of nine city mayoral appointees, but is in Kenner. Twoofthe mayoral appointees come from lists selected by the Kenner and St. Charles Parish governments.

Kenner receives tax revenue from the parking spaces at the airport, so the new parking lots —slated for completionin2027— should benefit the city’s coffers, Krygowskitoldthe

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personal matters.”

Thenew road is funded by $65 millioningrants from the Federal Aviation Administration made available through the2021 Bipartisan InfrastructureLaw.Another $11 million came from the state, and the remaining costswill come from the airport’s capital budget

The newroad couldsomeday be used for an automated peoplemover or autonomous vehiclesinstead of shuttle buses, said Erin Burns, deputy director for communications at theairport NewOrleans andits air-

Councilmembers praised Callahan for his decision to once again serve the residents of District A, whichencompasses the north centralsection of Covington. The vote on the resolution to appoint him was unanimous.

“He has served in the past and he served exceptionallywell,” Council PresidentMark Verret said of Callahan.

City officials said Callahanwill represent District Auntil voters elect apermanent replacement during aspecial election in the fall. Callahan said he has no plans to seek election to theseatlater this year Verret said the city had20days to fill the empty council seat. He said Covington was fortunate to have an experiencedcouncil memberwillingtostepinand servethe community

There was no discussionamong council members during the meeting regarding Lewis’sdeparture.

“declines to pursueany criminal prosecution of any public officials or public employees of Lafayette Consolidated Government.”

Welter saidhereviewed the audit to determine whether it provided any basis for criminal prosecution, even though the District Attorney’sOffice has not received any complaint or investigation from law enforcement.

Statutes of limitation forsome of thealleged criminalviolations will expire in the next few weeks, he noted.

Welter concluded there is lack of sufficientevidenceinthe LLA report to prosecuteanyone in LCG for malfeasance in office for alleged violation of aSt. Martin Parish ordinance because St.Martin Parish is outside his jurisdiction and there is evidence calling into questionthe validity of the ordinance.

The DistrictAttorney’sOffice also refused to charge anyone at LCG with malfeasance in office,

portsecured afederal grant of about$1millionfromthe FAAin2025 to fund an automated people mover,according to Baton RougeRepublican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s office, though officials said in 2022 it would require at least five years and $500 million to build.

The airport is also anticipating the need for anew terminal by 2031 to keep up with demand, whichwould need to include 15 more gates, another parking garage, new ticket counters, security checkpoints and baggage claims areas

Email Blake Paterson at bpaterson@theadvocate. com.

he wrote, over allegations that removal of the spoil bank violated the federal Clean WaterAct,again for “lack of sufficient evidence.”

After reviewing the 2025 legislative auditor’sinvestigative report and conducting further investigation, St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux presented his findings to Haik in January, according to theThursday news release.

Haik conveneda grandjuryin

St. Martin Parish this week, which indicted Guillory on four felony counts of malfeasanceinoffice.

Guillory was booked Thursday intothe St. Martin Parish Correctional Center andreleasedona $30,000 bond.

He responded on social media and in anews releaseThursday evening, saying he survived the “jail experience” andasked for prayersfor his family

He praisedworkersatthe jail, callingthemkind andasked people to pray for his family

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Construction crews began paving the newroad at the Louis Armstrong NewOrleans International AirportinFebruary. It’sthe first of twophases of a nearly $84 millionproject to makeshuttle bus trips faster between the parking garages and carrental center at the south end of the Kenner campus and the newterminal at the north end.

In his resignation letter to Verret, Lewissaid he was leaving because of personal matters, adding, “It is with mixed emotions that Itender my resignation …” In 2022, Lewis was booked on one count of felony insurance fraud following an investigation by State Police. The caseispending in the 22nd Judicial District Court in St. Tammany Parish. Contacted after the council meeting, Lewissaidhe’sbeen caring forhis daughter,who is

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ill. Between family mattersand theongoing courtcase, he said he was not able to devote the time needed to adequately represent

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“This weekend is chockablock,” hotelier Chris Valentino said lastweek. “Wehave holes here and there, but no length-of-stay availability.”

The recordyear for total annual visitors to NewOrleans was2019, which saw nearly 20 million visitors spend more than $10 billion in the city.In2024, thenumber of visitors crossed 19 million for thefirst time since that year and visitor spending setarecord, slightly topping the 2019 amount.

Tracking visitors

The DDD is astate agency —funded by special in-district property taxes —that promotes economic development, safety, and infrastructure improvements in the downtown areas bordered by the Claiborne overpass, Iberville Street,the Mississippi Riverand the Pontchartrain Expressway

Theagencyhas used Placer ai as avendor since 2023 at an annual cost of about $28,000, according to aDDD spokesperson.

The subscription-basedplatform allowsuserstopullvisitation reportsonspecific “geofenced”pointsofinterest. The company’stech usescellphone locationdataand aproprietary AI algorithm to aggregate and extrapolate data into foot traffic analytics andconsumerbehavior,the spokesperson said. The company’scalculation of 2.2 millionvisits includes repeat visits fromdevices, so the number of unique visitors is lower.

The 2026 Carnivalreport calculatedvisitsbetween Friday Feb. 6through Fat Tuesday to theCentral Business District, Warehouse District andother downtown areas that are home to most of the city’shotels, someofits mostnotable finedining restaurants andattractions like The National WWII Museum. The DDD footprint also housesthe CaesarsSuperdome andthe Ernest N. Morial Convention Center,the sites of severalMardi Grasballs. Knudsen said the Placer ai data helpsthe agency see trends in real time, and one of thosetrends is an increasein visitors fromwithin a250-mile radius of the city.The data shows57% of the 2.2 million visitors this season came from that geographic area, which is a“keycomponent of success to the neighborhood,” according to Knudsen.

The DDD’sanalysis doesn’t look at the French Quarter, Marigny,Bywater or Uptown, where lots of Carnivalactivity takesplace.

The DDD was among the sponsorsofthe 40th annual LundiGrasFestivalatthe foot of Canal Street. The agency said the event attracted roughly 7,000 attendees.

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“Thephysical evidence shows close contactwounds to both the driver on the right side of his body and the passenger on hisleft side,” Tregre said.

Crashedcar

The Sheriff’s Officereceived a911 call about 2:31 p.m. Thursday reporting that acar had crashed into ahouse in the 1900 block of Yorktowne Drive in LaPlace’s Cambridge subdivision

“The carjumped the curb over there and hitmyneighbor’shouse. Then it hit my truck and crashed into my garage,” Cliff Perry,51, said Friday afternoon as he stoodin hisfront yard on Yorktowne Drive.

Perry’smother was home at the time and heard what sounded like anoisy vehicle passing by the house.

But she didn’trealize the car,agold Toyota Camry, had hit the front of thehouse until she walked out to head to thebank, according to Perry That’s when she andothers realized that two people were inside the car Trafficdeputies were sent to the scene, unaware of the type of injuries they would find, according to Tregre. But once on the scene, they determined that Robles, the driver, and Garrett,his passenger, had been shot multiple times. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Chaoticcase

The car was riddled with bullet holes, Tregre said. Investigators at first weren’t sure whether the teenshad been shot by someone else in apassing vehicle or another passenger who then fledbefore authorities arrived.

“Wedidn’tknow what had happened,” Tregre said It took detectives sometime to piece together the chaos with help from Louisiana State Police and the St. John Fire Department, according to Tregre.

“Investigators found evidence that showed andtold

thestory,”hesaid

Inside the car,detectives found two guns, spent shell casings, drugs andthe victims’ cellphones. They examined the devices and determined that Robles andGarrett were communicating before the shooting andhad intended to engage in adrug deal,said Tregre, who did not saywhat typeof narcotic wasfound. Through acombination of crime andhome surveillance, and doorbell cameras, investigators determined that Robles picked up Garrett about two blocks awayfromthe shooting scene, near astore in the 800 block of Newport Drive, accordingtoTregre.

“Within seconds, the video shows the car began driving very erratically,and it leads us to believe it was astruggle over thesteeringwheel of that vehicle,”Tregresaid.

The car turned onto Yorktown Driveand continued past the intersection of Fairway Drive before plowing througha frontyard,and clipping ahome andPerry’struck before finally coming to astop in Perry’sgarage, authorities said.

Profound loss

Neither Robles nor Garrett lived in the Cambridge neighborhood,Tregresaid.Garrett was astudent in the St. John school system, accordingto authorities.

On Friday,Superintendent Cleo Perry Jr.released astatement acknowledging the loss of astudent,though he didn’t identify Garrett by name.

“Our hearts areheavy as we grieve alongsidethe student’s family,friends,classmates and the educators who cared for and supportedthe student involved. The loss of ayoung life profoundlyaffectsour entire school community,” Perry Jr.wrote.

Thedistrict will make counseling andmental health supportavailable for students andstaff.

On Friday,Tregre still seemed shocked by the nature of homicide:two young men engaged in ashootoutinside a car in broad daylight.

“This is afirstfor me in my 38 years.I’ve never seen anything like it,”hesaid.

Bishop, Phillipina

Coleman, Eric

Moore,

Boyd Family

Coleman, Eric Charbonnet

Moore, Donna Parker,Carolyn

Gertrude Geddes

Bishop, Phillipina Martin,Judy Obituaries

Bishop,Phillipina Flowers'Kandi'

Phillipina “Kandi”Flow‐ers Bishop,age 72,passed awaypeacefullyonJanu‐ary 12, 2026,after acoura‐geous battlewithpancre‐aticcancer. Born on March 11, 1953 in Buffalo, New York, Phillipina latermade New Orleansher beloved home, whereshe livedfor morethan30years andbe‐camea cherished, unfor‐gettablepresenceinthe community shedeeply loved.A former studentof HowardUniversity, she studied Communications and Theater, aperfect re‐flection of herexpressive, artistic, andjoyousnature. Phillipinaloved to dance and sing, fillingevery space with music, move‐ment, andlaughter. Herra‐diant personalityand pas‐sionfor entertainment evenled to herbeing rec‐ognized as an honorary memberofParliamentwith George Clinton-a fitting

tributetoher vibrantand unforgettable spirit.Pro‐fessionally,Phillipinade‐voted over 50 yearstoher callingasa LegalAssis‐tant, servingwithdedica‐tion, grace, andremark‐ableexpertise.She wasa valuedand respected memberofThe King Firm, where herprofessionalism kindness, andunwavering commitmentleftanindeli‐ble mark on colleagues, clients,and thelegal com‐munity.She waspreceded indeath by herbeloved husband,Bob Bishop-her partner,bestfriend, and confidante. Phillipina and Bob shared adeepand ex‐traordinary bond,one built onlaughter, faith, andun‐waveringloyalty.When Bob passedaway, Phillip‐ina wasleftwithbeautiful memoriesoftheir life to‐gether, butalsoa hole in her heartthatnever fully healed. Shecarried hislove withher always finding strengthinthe legacy of devotiontheyshared. At the center of Phillipina’s lifewas herbeloved son, SeanSalley. She adored Seanwitha deep,uncondi‐tionallove. He washer pride andjoy-her greatest blessing-andthe bond they sharedwas oneofpro‐found closenessand devo‐tion. Phillipina celebrated her sonin everychapter of her life,guiding himwith wisdom, supporting him withtenderness, andlov‐ing himwithher whole heart.Her love extended proudly to herbonus chil‐dren, BobBishopJr.,An‐thony Bishop,Richelle Bishopand Robert Bishop (deceased); five grandchil‐dren, who broughther im‐mense joy, as well as to her honorary children JustinReese,Stephanie Bonilla,and ToshaMills, whomshe embraced with the same warmth,gen‐erosity,and motherly af‐fection that definedher life. Shealsoleavesto cherish ahostofgrand‐children, greatgrandchil‐dren, nieces,nephews,inlawsand friends. Phillipina loved theLorddeeply, and her faithcarried her through everyseason-es‐peciallyduringher illness. Her grace, courage, and steadfast belief were an in‐spiration to allwho knew her.Phillipinawillbere‐memberedfor herhumor compassion, creativity, and the joyshe shared so freely. Herlegacyshines oninthe musicshe loved, the people sheuplifted, the faith that sustainedher and thefamilyshe cher‐ished beyond measure. MemorialService:Rela‐tivesand friendsofthe

familyare invitedtoattend a Memorial Servicehonor‐ing thelifeofPhillipina Flowers Bishop on Friday February20, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.atGertrudeGeddes Willis FuneralHome, 2120 Jackson Ave.,New Orleans, LA70113. Youmay sign the guest book on www.ger trudegeddeswillis.com

Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home,Inc., in charge (504) 522-2525.

Kendrick Allen, officiating. Intermentwillfollowat ProvidenceCemetery. Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600. Linear BrooksBoydand Donavin D.BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

Donna Parker,Carolyn NewOrleans Martin,JudyMarie

Coleman, Eric Eugene

Eric Eugene Coleman, a nativeand lifelong resident ofNew Orleans, Louisiana, departedfromthislifeon January 23, 2026, at theage of60. He wasone of 6chil‐drenborntothe union of Rayfieldand Rubystine Coleman.Heaccepted Christatanearly ageand was baptizedatSecond NazarethBaptist Church Heloved God, hadstrong faith andhad aheart for service.Heattended Booker T. Washington High School in OrleansParish. Hewas lovedbymanyin his community,especially the elderly. He embodied a great senseofhumor and brought laughter to all spaces. He leaves to cher‐ish hismemory, sistersDieadrieColeman Williams (Demetirus),Renee Cole‐man Woods, Kimberly Robinson, Brothers-Ray Anthony ColemanSr, (Lashaun),RodneyCole‐man,DwayneColeman lovingAunt/SecondMom Melvina Robinson anda hostofnephews,nieces and dear friends. He was precededindeath by his parents RayfieldColeman and RubystineColeman.He willbemissedand fondly rememberedbyall those who knew andloved him. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend theFuneral Service on Saturday,Febru‐ary 21, 2026, for10:00 a.m. atThird Rose of Sharon Baptist Church,2132 3rd Street,New Orleans, LA 70113. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pastor

Judy MarieMartin, age 68, born on August 25, 1957 inNew Orleans, LA,de‐partedthisearthly home onFriday, February 13, 2026. Sheattended John McDonogh Senior High School.Judywas theloving motherofWanda Steele Payne (Richard), Wallace SteeleIII (Ahl-Trexie),Dar‐rionSteele, andDameka Steele. Devotedsisterof Cynthia Brown(Marcellus), Hayward Martin,Jr. (Kathy),DebbieMartinand Kevin Martin (Debra). Judy was also survived by 13 grandchildren,6 greatgrandchildren anda host ofnieces, nephews, cousins,relatives and friends.She waspreceded indeath by herformerhus‐bandWallace Steele, Jr.; her parentsHayward JosephMartin, Sr.and Mar‐ion Martin;and hersister GailWilliams(Robert). Rel‐ativesand friendsofthe family, also Pastor,officers and membersofGreater AsiaB.C.are invitedtoat‐tendthe CelebrationofLife Service on Saturday,Febru‐ary 21, 2026 at GreaterAsia Baptist Church,3708 St Bernard Avenue,New Or‐leans,LA70122 at 11:00 a.m.Visitationfrom10:00 a.m.until 11:00 a.m. Inter‐mentProvidenceMemorial Park& Mausoleum, 8200 Airline Drive, Metairie,LA 70003. Youmay sign the guest book on http://www gertrudegeddeswillis.com. Gertrude GeddesWillisFu‐

neralHome, Inc. in charge (504) 522-2525.

Moore, Donna Marie

Donna MarieMoorewas bornonApril 24, 1955 to RosemaryMcDonaldand the late Jerry McDonald Fromthe very beginning, she carriedwithinher a quiet strength andradiant spiritthatwould touch countless lives. Donna grewupalongside hersib‐lings,Jerry,Cheryland Michael McDonald,form‐ing bondsofloveand loy‐altythatwould remain throughouther life.For 46 devoted years, shewas the lovingand steadfastwife ofLouis Moore. Theirmar‐riage wasa testamentto commitment, partnership and enduring love.To‐gethertheybuilt afamily rootedinfaith,resilience and service. Donna was the proudand devoted motheroffourchildren and herlegacylives vi‐brantly within each of them. Sheisalsosurvived byfourgrandchildren,as wellasa host of nieces and nephews, allofwhich weredeartoher.Relatives and friends; Priest and ParishionersofBlessed Trinity Catholic Church; Employees of CharityHos‐pital andVAMedical Cen‐ter areinvited to attend the funeral. AMassof Christian burial honoring the life andlegacyofthe lateDonna MarieMoore willbeheldatBlessedTrin‐ity Catholic Church,4230 South BroadStreet,New Orleans,LA70125 on Mon‐day,February23, 2026 at 11 am. Intermentprivate.Visi‐tation10aminthe church A repast will follow in the church hall. Please sign on‐lineguestbook at www.cha rbonnetfuneralhome.com.

Parker,Carolyn Ann

CarolynAnn Parker,age 72, anativeNew Orleanian, peacefully enteredeternal rest on Saturday,January 31, 2026. Beloveddaughter of thelateEarland LeDora Parker.Devoted mother of Dwayne A. Robinson;proud grandmotherofDawnsha Frazier, DynastyRobinson, TeiraYoung andDemi Robinson;lovinggreatgrandmotherofCayden Hawkinsand Delani Carter; belovedsisterofDr. Debo‐rahP Cains, Pastor Donnie (Nona) Brown, Kenneth, Reginald,Kevin andEric Parker,Lisa(Ronald)Shep‐herd,aswellasa host of nieces,nephews,other rel‐atives andfriends.A grad‐uate of John McDonough Senior High School,Class of 1971, Carolynearneda Bachelor of Sciencein Business Administration anddedicated 26 yearsof servicetoHiberniaBank, followed by 12 yearswith theOrleansParishSchool Board. ACelebration ser‐vice honoring thelifeand legacy of thelateCarolyn AnnParkerwillbeheldat GreaterEbenezerBaptist Church,2100 SaintRoch Ave.,New Orleans, LA 70117 on Saturday,Febru‐ary21, 2026 at 10 am.Inter‐ment private. Visitation 9 am in thechurch.Please sign online guestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com.CharbonnetLabat Glapion, Directors(504)581 4411.

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Phosphorus, herbicide subject of Trump order

President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at protecting domestic supplies of elemental phosphorus used by the U.S. military and glyphosate-based herbicides common in U.S. agricultural production, according to a White House official.

The executive order, which Trump signed on Wednesday, invokes the Defense Production Act to protect domestic supply chains of both materials. Elemental phosphorus is processed into white phosphorus, which can be used in military munitions or altered further for agricultural uses.

The White House said there is only one domestic producer of both materials, and farmers have warned the administration that the president’s tariffs on imported herbicides and fertilizers are driving up the cost of crops.

Tampa-based Mosaic Co. is the U.S.’s top fertilizer producer and it makes nearly half of the phosphate-based crop nutrients used by U.S. farmers.

Germany-based Bayer AG acquired Roundup pesticide producer Monsanto in 2018, but many U.S. agricultural operations remain dependent on imported herbicides.

Glyphosate has long been a target of concerned scientists and consumers, who have flagged potential links to cancer and hormonal disruptions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still considers the crop input safe, and the Trump administration in its “Make America Healthy Again” report last year avoided scrutiny of the input, which farmers say there is no affordable substitute for Miss. hospital system gets ransomware attack

JACKSON, Miss. — A ransomware attack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close all of its roughly three dozen clinics around the state and cancel elective procedures for a second day on Friday, hobbling one of Mississippi’s largest health care providers.

University officials warned that the shutdown could continue for days as they try to evaluate the extent of the attack and restore network systems they took down as a precaution. Hospitals and emergency rooms remained open, and patients there were receiving proper care, Vice Chancellor LouAnn Woodward said at a news conference Thursday She said the attack affected “many systems,” including the electronic health record platform

“Some of us in the room have been here long enough that we remember taking care of patients with pen and paper,” she said

Largest supplier of wine in U.S. faces layoffs

California wine giant Gallo is laying off more than 90 employees and closing a major Napa Valley wine-making facility. The Modesto company said Thursday the cuts are necessary to adapt to market dynamics and changing customer demands. The “operational adjustments” will not “materially impact” the company’s tasting rooms in Napa, Sonoma and Paso Robles, a spokesperson for the company said in a statement. Many of Gallo’s wines fall into the sub-$12 category, which has performed poorly for the last decade, said Rob McMillan, Silicon Valley Bank’s executive vice president and wine expert. With younger generations drinking less, and the baby boomer generation the industry’s core base — aging out of the wine market, it’s been a challenging few years for the industry, which has also had to fend off competition from makers of premium beers and spirits, McMillan said. Wine shops and importers have also been caught in the crossfire of President Trump’s trade war

Markets muted after tariff ruling

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s changes

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEW YORK Wall Street kept calm

Friday after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which had triggered panic in financial markets when announced last year, and stocks ticked higher

The S&P 500 rose 0.7%. It had been flipping between small gains and losses before the court’s ruling, following discouraging reports showing slowing growth for the U.S. economy and faster inflation.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 230 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9%.

Many on Wall Street were likely

expecting such a ruling from the Supreme Court, according to Brian Jacobsen, chief economic strategist at Annex Wealth Management. That likely led to the relatively muted reactions across financial markets, and trading remained tentative as investors tried to suss out the long-term effects.

Tariffs also aren’t going away, even with the Supreme Court’s ruling. Trump in the afternoon said he would use other avenues to put taxes on imports from other countries after calling the court’s decision terrible. Treasury yields edged a bit higher in the bond market.

If investors thought the tariff ruling would improve inflation significantly, it could have sent yields lower On the other hand, if investors were worried about the U.S. government’s debt rising faster in the future because of the loss of revenue from tariffs, long-term yields could have jumped.

Heading into the day the main event for markets had seemed to be discouraging reports showing slowing U.S. economic growth and accelerating inflation. They found a relatively muted response from investors.

While the reports underscore the tricky situation the Federal Reserve faces as it sets interest rates, they did not change traders’ expectations much for what the Fed will ultimately do. Traders are still betting that the Fed will lower rates at least twice this year, according to data from CME Group.

Lower interest rates would give the economy and investment prices a boost, but they also risk worsening inflation. Fed officials said at their last meeting that they want to see inflation fall further before they would support cutting rates further

On Wall Street, Akamai Technologies dropped 14.1% for one of the

market’s sharpest losses. The cybersecurity and cloud computing company reported stronger results for the end of 2025 than analysts expected, but it gave a profit forecast for the upcoming year that fell short of estimates.

Akamai plans to spend a bigger percentage of its revenue this upcoming year on equipment and other investments. It’s the latest potential indicator of how shortages of computer memory created by the AI boom are affecting customers throughout the economy

On the winning side of the market was Comfort Systems, which rose 6.5% after the provider of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and electrical services reported a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

CEO Brian Lane said his company is seeing “unprecedented demand.”

U.S. economic growth weaker than thought in fourth quarter

Government shutdown, consumer spending pullback part of trend

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MATT OTT AP economics writers

WASHINGTON U.S. economic growth slowed in the final three months of last year, dragged down by the six-week shutdown of the federal government and a pullback in consumer spending

The nation’s gross domestic product the total output of goods and services — increased at a 1.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday, down from 4.4% in the JulySeptember quarter and 3.8% in the quarter before that.

The figures point to what could be a more modest pace of growth in the coming quarters, as consumers have taken on more debt and saved less to maintain their spending, a process that may be difficult to sustain. Business investment, other than data centers and equipment dedicated to artificial intelligence, grew at only a moderate pace.

Still, a measure of underlying growth that focuses on consumer and business spending was mostly healthy at 2.4%, economists said The sharp slowdown in government outlays because of the shutdown shaved a full percentage point from growth.

Consumers and companies spent at a “reasonably solid” pace, said Martha Gimbel, executive director of the Budget Lab at Yale and former economist in the Biden White House. “This is not a disastrous report.”

Consumer spending also rose 2.4% in the fourth quarter, a solid increase but notably below the third quarter’s healthy 3.5% gain. Federal government outlays plunged nearly 17% amid the shutdown. That decline should mostly reverse in the coming quarters, however The outsize growth last summer and fall — when the economy expanded at about a 4% annual pace partly reflected sharply lower imports. Companies ramped up im-

ports in the first quarter of last year to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. After boosting growth in the second and third quarters, trade had little impact at the end of last year

Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, said the report reflected a “one-legged” economy boosted mostly by artificial intelligence, which is fueling business spending and has also lifted wealth for those households that own stocks and have benefited from rising share prices.

Many households, however, have had to take on more debt to fuel their spending.

The saving rate dropped to just 3.6% in the fourth quarter, the second-lowest figure since August 2008, when the economy was mired in the Great Recession.

“The economy looks golden on paper, but beneath the surface is lead,” Swonk said.

Early Friday, before the figures were released, Trump attacked congressional Democrats for shutting down the government last fall. He also reiterated his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates more quickly

“The Democrat Shutdown cost the U.S.A. at least two points in GDP,” Trump posted on his social media site. “That’s why they are doing it, in mini form, again. No Shutdowns! Also, LOWER INTEREST RATES. ‘Two Late’ Powell is the WORST!!!”

A separate report Friday showed that inflation, according to the Fed’s preferred measure, accelerated in December, as the cost of goods such as furniture, clothes, and groceries picked up. That makes it less likely the Fed will reduce its key interest rate in the coming months.

Earlier this month, Trump predicted a blowout gain in GDP of more than 5% even if the government shutdown was factored into the figures.

The economy is unusual right now because growth is solid, inflation has slowed a bit, and unemployment is low but surveys show that Americans are generally gloomy about the economy In January, a measure of consumer confidence fell to its lowest level since 2014, yet consumers have kept spending, propelling growth.

Commercial drivers required to take license test in English

Trump administration campaigns to improve

safety

in the industry

BY JOSH FUNK AP transportation

All truckers and bus drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers meet the federal requirements to understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers.

Currently, many states allow drivers to take their license tests in other languages even though they are required to demonstrate English proficiency California offered tests in 20 other languages. And Duffy said that a number of states have hired other companies to administer commercial driver’s licenses tests and those companies aren’t enforcing the standards that drivers are supposed to meet to demonstrate their driving and English skills. States are expected to ensure drivers can speak English before giving them a commercial license, and then law enforcement is supposed to check driver’s language skills during any traffic stops or inspections. Drivers who can’t communicate effectively are supposed to be pulled off the road. A recent federal effort involving 8,215 in-

spections led to nearly 500 drivers being disqualified because of their English skills. Duffy said every American wants drivers who get behind the wheel of a big rig to be well-qualified to handle those vehicles. But he said that for too long the problems in the trucking industry were “allowed to rot and no one’s paying attention to it for decades.”

“Once you start to pay attention, you see that all these bad things have been happening. And the consequence of that is that Americans get hurt,” Duffy said. “When we get on the road we should expect that we should be safe And that those who drive those 80,000-pound big rigs, that they are well-trained, they’re well-qualified, and they’re going to be safe.” The campaign will also now ex-

pand to prevent fraudulent trucking companies from getting into the business while continuing to go after questionable schools and ensure states are complying with all the regulations for handing out commercial licenses.

A truck driver who Duffy says wasn’t authorized to be in the U.S made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida that killed three people. Other fatal crashes since then, including one in Indiana that killed four members of an Amish community earlier this month, have only heightened concerns. Duffy said that the registration system and requirements for trucking companies will be strengthened while Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration inspectors conduct more spot checks of trucks and commercial driver’s license schools.

OPINION

ANOTHERVIEW

Don’toverlook2026 governor elections

While the nation focuses on which party wins control of Congress this November,another high stakesbattleis unfolding mostly offstage:36races forgovernor. These contests will shape state governments and influencenational politics foryearstocome.

Governors steer state economies, budgets andsocial policies on critical issues. While states continue to be “laboratoriesofdemocracy,” where new ideasare tested, they’re also incubators for future national leaders. Throughout history, 17 presidents, 16 vice presidents and39 cabinet members had previous gubernatorial experience.

Ron Faucheux

Currently,26governors are Republicans and 24 are Democrats. This year’selectoral mapistightly contested, with each party holding 18 seats up forelection.

Democrats are defending five governorships in states won by Donald Trump in2024 (Arizona,Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin). Republicans are defending only twogovernorships in states wonbyKamala Harris (NewHampshire andVermont).

Several incumbent governors seekingreelection this Novemberhavenational ticket potential aspresidential or vice presidential nominees in 2028: Pennsylvania’s JoshShapiro, Maryland’sWes Moore,Arkansas’ SarahHuckabeeSanders andIllinois’ JB Pritzker.Their performance in this election will setthe stage fortheir future ambitions. Fivestatesare primetargets forpartisanturnovers and will likely have the hottest gubernatorialraces: n Michigan:Term-limited Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’sseat is up for grabs. DemocraticSecretaryof StateJocelyn Benson and RepublicanU.S.Rep.JohnJames leadtheir party primaries. Popular formerDetroitmayor Mike Duggan is awild card, running asanindependent Handicappers rate the general electiona toss-up.

n Georgia: Republican Gov.Brian Kempisalso termlimited. To replace him, Lt. Gov.Burt Jones, Secretaryof StateBradRaffensperger,AttorneyGeneral Chris Carr and businessman Rick Jacksonare vying forthe Republican nomination. Former Atlanta mayor KeishaLance Bottoms currently leads aDemocratic field that includesformerRepublican Lt.Gov.Geoff Duncan, aTrump criticwho changed parties. Analysts expect aclose raceinNovember, witha slight GOP edge.

n Wisconsin: Democratic Gov.Tony Eversisnot seeking athird term. Trump-endorsed U.S. Rep. TomTiffany leads the Republican primary.Democratshaveacrowdedfield: former lieutenant governor and Senate candidate Mandela Barnes;Lt. Gov.SaraRodriguez; MilwaukeeCountyExecutive David Crowley; former administrationsecretaryJoel Brennan; and Missy Hughes, former CEO ofWisconsin’s economic development corporation. Forecasters arereluctant to make early calls for the generalelection

n Nevada: RepublicanGov.Joe Lombardofaces atough reelection.His top challenger is Democratic AttorneyGeneral Aaron Ford. One poll shows the racetied, andhandicappers are giving even odds.

n Arizona: Democratic Gov.Katie Hobbshas herhands full winning asecond term.Her likely Republican opponent, ultra-right U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs ,has Trump’sendorsement. Forecasters putthisone in the toss-upcategory. Twoofthe nation’slargest states won’t have incumbents on theballot, and both are expected to elect governors from the same party now in power California’srace is wide open. Amultitude of Democrats are tryingtoreplace second-term DemocraticGov.Gavin Newsom.Theyinclude U.S.Rep. Eric Swalwell, former U.S. Rep. KatiePorter,businessman TomSteyer,formerHealth and Human Services secretary XavierBecerra, SanJose Mayor Matt Mahan and former Los Angelesmayor Antonio Villaraigosa.Sofar,none has broken awayfromthe pack Republican candidates Chad Bianco, theRiversideCounty sheriff, and political commentator SteveHilton areaiming for anupset.

In Florida, Republican Gov.Ron DeSantis is term-limited U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds —backed byTrumpand keyRepublican officials —isthe leading GOPcontender. Democratic candidatesinclude David Jolly,a formerRepublican member of the U.S. House, and Orange CountyMayor Jerry Demings, husband of former U.S. Rep.Val Demings. In addition,anopen governorship in Iowa nowheldbya Republican and another in Kansas nowheldbya Democrat couldslide into play Congressional races dominate the news, especially because their outcome will shape the remainderofTrump’s presidency. But governors have their ownsway. Theymake day-to-day decisionsthat affect the livesofmostAmericans. They set spending priorities; decide which bills aresigned or vetoed; cut or raise taxes; manage emergenciesand disasters;and in somestates,influencethe drawing of legislative district lines.

As Washington remains gridlocked by partisan warfare, somebody must run the store. That’swhy the36governorshipsonNovember’s ballot matter so much RonFaucheux is anonpartisanpoliticalanalyst,pollster andwriter based in Louisiana.

Menhaden buffer critical to protecting fragileecosystem

In thearticle from Nov.4,“A new showdown emerges over Louisiana’scontroversial pogy boats. Will restrictions be eased?” Louisiana fishing industry stakeholders sparked controversy over lessened menhaden fishing restrictions. Maintaining aminimum half-mile statewide menhaden buffer is integral to protecting the marine ecosystem and ultimately Louisiana’s position as aleader in the fishing industry Fishermen oppose an extended buffer because immediate profits could dwindle as access to legal zones of fish populations would require additional travel. However, stateofficials and conservation groups like theCoastal Conservation Association cite benefitsto keeping thebuffer in place. As CCA reports: Half-mile buffers worked. Fishkills dropped 74%. Industry revenues went up by $60 million. When thebuffers took effect, fishermen saw an increase in profits because the industry was protected Regardless of where in theworld, fishing inside protected marine areas arises not from an ignorance

of the laws, but economic necessity If fish equal income, those whofish will choose to fish and would rather just find another spot when that one is depleted.

The average consumer might not consider long-term coastal sustainability in their decision-making, which is why it is imperative that stateofficials enact legislation to maintain healthy fisheries foryears to come.

Conservation groups like CCA rebuke claimsoflost revenues, which fishermen argue to justify reducing abuffer, in fact arguing profitshave grown since mandating thebuffer

While maintaining abuffernow might eat at the fishermen’sbottom lines, as environmental reporter Mike Smithsuggests, the consequences of overfishing are too severe to reckon with, environmentally and economically The menhaden buffermust remain at thecurrent minimum for thepreservation of Louisiana’secosystem and potential foreconomic growth.

ALEXA KIERNAN NewOrleans

Iamabsolutely shocked and dismayed that the Republican leadership of thestate of Louisiana has had nothing to say in this publication about President Donald Trump postingthe disgusting video of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, depicted as apes Shame on U.S. Sens.Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy and U.S. Reps.

Cal Thomas’commentary on Feb. 2accuses the media of creating false narratives. He states that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement claims Adrian ConejoArias, an immigrant from Ecuador,isinthe U.S. illegally.Thomas then continues by applauding ICE for arresting people with criminal convictions or orders fordeportation. He omitsthe fact that Arias ar-

Julia Letlow and Mike Johnson, and Gov.Jeff Landry et al., for being so afraid of our so-called president.And shame on the leadership of this publicationfor not having thecourage to call out the administration on your own.

As an ex-Republican, Ithought we were at least betterthan that.

P.J. MEYER Baton Rouge

rived in theU.S. in December 2024 and has apending asylum claim that allows him to stay in the U.S. So, who is creating afalse narrative?

Thanks to alogical decision based on facts by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, Arias wasreleased from an ICE facility in Texas and has returned home to Minnesota. KAREN GRADY NewOrleans

Ienjoy traveling morebytrain than by plane if Iamnot on a strict schedule. Most of my train experience has been on the City of NewOrleans between New Orleans and Chicago.

This experience has been both enjoyable and disappointing at the sametime. It is enjoyable in the sense that whether you get a sleeper or ride coach, you spend alot of time in the club or observation car playing cards, having adrink and visiting with other travelers. The sleepers are not bad and include bathroomsand showers. This is much better than trying to get alittle sleep at the airport during along layover There is ahuge opportunity that is being missed by Amtrak, NewOrleans and Chicago. That would be promoting this as a unique trip.

The train departs from New Orleans around 2p.m. every day.Itarrives in Chicago around 9a.m. the next morning. Both cities are knownfor food, music and sightseeing. Both cities and Amtrak are always looking for ways to promote tourism and ridership.

Would not this be the ideal situation foralittle friendly competition between the two cities? It could be promoted as adate weekend. Have New Orleans-style food and entertainment on the way up, get somesleep and get off the train in downtowninChicago. At 9p.m., catch the train back to NewOrleans, so you can have all day in Chicago to sightsee.

The trip back would essentially be the same, except the food and entertainment would be Chicago-style and would be morein the form of abrunch. Youarrive back in New Orleans around 4p.m. and are ready to go back to work Monday morning. JEFF WILSON Mandeville

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HOTSTREAK

LSU infielder Zachyorkefollows through on ahomerun in the eighth inning against Indiana on

Jacksonville, Fla. LSU won14-7.

BY SCOTTRABALAIS

Staffwriter

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Zach Yorkecan honestly crush a baseball, but he is also honest,evenwhen it comes to his signature blow on Friday in the first game of the Live Like Lou Jax CollegeBaseball Classic

With LSUtrailingthe Hoosiers 5-4 at the topofthe eighth inning,Yorkeblasteda long ball offthe 22-foot high brick wall in right-center at VyStarBallpark, scoring Derek Curieland John Pearson. Or did he? Umpires had to go to video review,potentially limiting the bigfirst baseman LSUright fielder Jake Brown dubbed the“Creole Bambino”toa groundrule double, and potentially leaving the game still very much in doubt. Though the umpiring crew judged the ball to have hit

the yellow line at the topofthe wall, Yorke still wasn’t convinced.

“I thought it hit thebrick,”hesaid.

LSUcoach Jay Johnson was quick to offer his own explanation.

“Itwas hit so hard,” Johnsonsaidwith agrin, “thecamera couldn’tmove that fast.”

The home run stood, and LSU’sfuse was lit. After stranding 10 runners on baseinthe first seven innings, theTigersscored six more runs andsent14men to the plate in the eighth, allowing them to finally pull away from Indiana for a14-7 victory

“It was aspecial inning,”Johnson said. “One toput on videotape of how to do it.Wehave alot of mature hitters.”

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Fulwiley showed LSUher valueinwin over OleMiss

Tigers junior guardrecords career-high26points

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

OXFORD,Miss.– After she struggled through most of ahigh-profile clash with her former team, MiLaysia Fulwiley told herself that she had more basketball left to play

The junior couldn’tdwell on alossto South Carolina, frustrating as it wasfor the LSU women’sbasketball team.Fulwiley knew she’d soon have another chance to help the Tigers winanimportantgame, andwhen she did, she didn’twant to miss seven of her eight shots again —orturn the ball over threetimes

“I mean, it’s alearning lesson,” Fulwiley said. “I wanted to play well, of course,and thatdidn’thappen.”

But it did on Thursday,whenFulwiley co-authored LSU’scome-from-behind, bounce-back road win overNo. 17 Ole Miss The No. 7Tigers trailed by 10 points with 6:39 left to play,and then theyclosed the game on a19-1 run.

Fulwiley put her fingerprints all over thatscoringblitz. She notched 10 of her career-high 26 points in thelastseven minutesofThursday’smatchup, offering coach Kim Mulkey and her LSU team a reminder of whatcan happen when she’s playing to her potential.

“I thought we were getting alot of transition baskets,” Mulkey said. “It starts with MiLaysia. She’sjust so quick, and she makeseverybody else play quicker.”

Thereare things Fulwileycan improve on, though.She tends to turn theball over Sometimes, she takesill-advisedshots. She can also needlessly put herselfinfoultroubleorsuffer mental lapses on defense, which made coach Dawn Staley reluctant to put heronthe floor at theend of tight games SouthCarolina played during herfreshman and sophomore seasons.

Not muchhas changedsince then. Fulwileyisstill prone to mistakes. But when she’s

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Bucks topple Pelicans

BY LES EAST

Contributing writer

Former LSU star Cam Thomas was playing just his third gamewith anew team, but he seemed right at home. Thomas was signed by Milwaukee on Feb. 8after being released by theBrooklyn Nets, and he scored 27 points to lead the Bucks to a139-118 victory over the New OrleansPelicanson Friday night in the Smoothie King Center RyanRollins matched Thomas’ 27 points, Kevin Porter Jr.scored 25, Bobby Portis Jr.had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Kyle Kuzmascored 14 and Pete Nance and Ousmane Dieng had 10 each 10 forMilwaukee (24-30). Zion Williamson scored 32 points, Saddiq Bey had 22, Derik Queen 18 and Jeremiah Fears 16 to lead the Pelicans (15-42), who will face the Philadelphia 76ers at 6:05 p.m Saturday in the Smoothie King Center The Bucks made15-of-36 3-pointers and the Pelicans made 4-of-25, though New Orleans did have an 84-60 advantage in points in the paint.

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Venus Williams accepts Indian Wells wildcard

INDIAN WELLS, Calif Venus Williams is getting a wildcard into the singles and doubles draws for the BNP Paribas Open next month in the Southern California desert. The 45-year-old will be making her first appearance in the tournament since 2024, when she lost in the first round as a wild card She’s a three-time semifinalist, most recently in 2018. She boycotted the event between 2002 and 2016 after a controversial incident in 2001.

“It’s an honor to award the first wild card of this year’s event to Venus Williams,” tournament director Tommy Haas said Friday ”Venus is a legend of the game, and one of the most accomplished players our sport has ever seen.” It will be Williams’ 10th career appearance in the tournament, which runs March 4-15.

MLS opens the season with eyes on the World Cup

BY ANNE M. PETERSON AP soccer writer

Major League Soccer opens its 31st season this weekend, kicking off one of the most consequential two-year stretches in the league’s history

There’s the impact of the World Cup across the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer, then, in 2027, MLS will switch to a summer to spring schedule to align more closely with its international counterparts.

MLS will take a seven-week break for the World Cup from May 25 to July 16. Many of the league’s stars, including Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and LAFC’s Son Heung-min, are expected to play in the tournament.

MLS is hoping after that to see the so-called “World Cup Bump,” or a surge in interest that both men’s and women’s leagues often experience around soccer’s premier tournament.

“The World Cup will accelerate the growth of the sport across North America in ways we’ve never seen before. Major League Soccer is uniquely positioned at the center of that moment, with all 13 host cities in the U.S. and Canada home to MLS clubs,” Commissioner Don Garber said. “We expect to have a record number of players in the tournament, and our facilities and communities will play a role in delivering the tournament.”

The schedule shift next year aims to put MLS in a more competitive position in the transfer market, while also freeing up players for national team duty for major international tournaments during the summer Under the new calendar, league play will begin in mid- to late July 2027, with the final day of the regular season in April 2028. The playoffs and championship will take place in May

The league would go on an extended break during the winter, with just a few games played in early December and none in January before resuming in early to mid-February

“Our new format makes sense for our players, our fans, and our clubs, aligning us with the global transfer market, reducing national team conflicts, and strengthening the timing of our playoffs,” Garber said. “It reflects exactly where we see MLS going, not just

NASCAR owner risked entire team

Front Row leader

Bob Jenkins came out on top in antitrust lawsuit

BY JENNA FRYER AP auto racing writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bob Jenkins

risked his entire race team — a Daytona 500-winning team — when he refused to sign NASCAR’s revenue-sharing agreement and Front Row Motorsports joined 23XI in suing over antitrust violations.

Michael Jordan was the face of the suit settled in December, while Jenkins was the quiet team owner in the background presumed to be riding the global icon’s coattails.

“People thought Michael Jordan was bankrolling this — no, no, no. I had to pay my half,” Jenkins told The Associated Press.

budding star in Smith, who signed a contract extension last October when the fate of the team was uncertain amidst the lawsuit Smith won a stage in last week’s Daytona 500 and finished sixth, and heads into this Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway ranked fourth in the Cup standings.

Gilliland and Gragson are in contract years and Jenkins said he’s explicitly told both what he expects from them this season.

The two Front Row trucks are driven by Smith and Layne Riggs, who are both 23.

So the team has young drivers to develop, as well as an alliance with Team Penske. Jenkins said that partnership with Penske went soft during the lawsuit — Roger Penske signed the charter agreement presented to owners in 2024 that Front Row and 23XI refused to accept — but has amped up since the settlement.

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it was pouncing on opportunities that allowed LSU to get control.

“That’s our foundation we build off of, baserunning every day,” said Lassiter “It’s a small detail that we work on. It’s awesome to see that, stealing bases, paying attention to base running and trying to get every run we could

“We’re a very fast team and take advantage of everything we can. When our hitting isn’t all together, there are other ways we can get runs across.” Alix Franklin hit an RBI single

aligning with the best leagues in the world but competing with them.”

Garber has described this next phase as MLS 3.0. Other issues currently being considered by MLS are changes to the playoff format and conference alignment

The MLS season kicks off this weekend with a marquee match on Saturday night between Son’s LAFC and Messi’s Miami at the Los Angeles Coliseum before an anticipated crowd of some 70,000 fans.

Miami’s might

How did Inter Miami build on last year’s championship season in MLS? They got better, of course.

In addition to two-time league

MVP Messi and his 29 goals in conference play and fellow former Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez, Miami added Mexican international Germán Berterame and Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair

The Herons also made the transfer of Rodrigo De Paul from Atlético Madrid permanent.

Berterame, who was born in Argentina but is a naturalized Mexican and plays for Mexico’s national team, comes from Liga MX’s Monterrey where he has scored 68 goals in 153 appearances since 2022.

The additions should help make up for the departures of Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets, who retired after Miami defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in the MLS Cup title game last season.

in the first inning and the Tigers got another in the second inning on an infield hit by Daniel. Then they broke the game open, scoring six runs on two hits and a lot of help from the Spartans.

MSU starter Jacey Schuler walked Tori Edwards and Franklin to start the inning. Ally Hutchins hit into an apparent fielder’s choice out on a grounder to third, but MSU third baseman Natalia Kenyatta missed the tag on Edwards. Edwards initially held up on Char Lorenz’s shallow fly to center field but steamed home when the relay throw got away from catcher Kirsten Caravaca. After a walk to Kylee Edwards loaded the bases again, Maddox

Jenkins, the sole owner of Front Row, said he split the fees of the case equally with 23XI, which has three owners to divide the costs. Had NASCAR not settled the suit, both teams would have ceased operations.

“And I was OK with that,” Jenkins told The Associated Press. “It would have hurt, I risked losing three charters myself, but I would have been OK. I just felt that strongly that we had a winning case that I could risk it.”

The settlement that was reached on the ninth day of the trial made the charters the equivalent of a franchise in other sports — evergreen and that alone doubled their value overnight to nearly $100 million each.

Who is Front Row Motorsports?

For Jenkins, an entrepreneur from Tennessee who owns Long John Silver’s, 400 Taco Bell franchises and about 30 KFC franchises, the settlement meant a racing organization that had been bleeding money was now secure to be passed down to his four sons. He testified during the trial that Front Row had lost approximately $100 million since it launched in the early 2000s and didn’t turn a profit a single season — even in 2021 when Michael McDowell won the Daytona 500.

The settlement now allows Jenkins to look to the future with Front Row which has one of the youngest lineups in NASCAR and opened the 2026 season with a victory when Chandler Smith won the Truck Series race at Daytona.

The Ford team fields Cup Series cars for Noah Gragson — who at 27 is the oldest driver in the lineup Zane Smith (26) and Todd Gilliland (25). Jenkins believes he has a

McKee grounded into a force play at the plate, but LSU appealed the play and the call was overturned Lassiter hit a fly to deep right to score. The Tigers got more help when McKee stole second and when Caravaca’s throw was errant, Kylee Edwards scored from third. McKee caught the defense napping by stealing home at the end of the play LSU tacked on one more on a double by Daniel and a single by Maci Bergeron.

“It was a solid day we did a lot of things well,” LSU coach Beth Torina said. “Putting up nine runs against a team with good arms that has beaten ranked opponents. Jayden kept us in it and was followed by some solid defense be-

Front Row in the offseason hired engineer Grant Hutchens from Penske to crew chief Gragson, a move that allowed the team to move Drew Blickensderfer to competition director

“Drew wanted more of an organizational, leadership role, and we always had that in the back of our mind, so Grant gave us an opportunity to fast-track that,” explained Front Row general manager Jerry Freeze. “Bringing Grant in makes us a little more aligned with the Penske group and we hope that’s hopefully going to pay off in the long run.”

The settlement gave Front Row stability Freeze said “it seems like a light switch went on with our relationship with Penske” — and relief to team employees who had worried their jobs might cease to exist. It also allows the team to search for new headquarters as Front Row is currently bursting at the seams across two different leased race shops, one owned by the late Greg Biffle and the other owned by Brad Keselowski.

A sense of satisfaction

Jenkins and Front Row don’t get the same attention as mega teams Penske, Hendrick Motorsports or Joe Gibbs Racing. And he’s a busy team owner with commitments to his fast-food empire that he takes a very hands-on role with. It was Jenkins who made the call for Long John Silver’s to switch to waffle fries — a recipe he says the chain is still trying to perfect to prevent fries from getting soggy during third-party delivery and he’s often in the test kitchen sampling new recipes and vetoing a spicy shrimp idea because he didn’t like the way the fish looked in a red sauce.

hind her.”

LSU played errorless ball and got a big play from left fielder Lorenz, whose running catch in the gap saved a run. Heavener loaded the bases after that on back-toback walks but got out of the jam on a pop-up to third. She allowed only one runner past second base.

“It was good, not my best, but it worked enough to get us a win,” Heavener said. “I’m getting closer, but not exactly where I want to be or need to be. Everything was here or there, depending on the pitch or at bat.”

The Tigers play two games Saturday, a 4 p.m. contest against rival UL and a 6:30 meeting with Michigan State.

Thitikul moves into contention in Thailand

CHONBURI, Thailand World No. 1-ranked Jeeno Thitikul shot a 9-under 63 Friday that moved her into second place at her home LPGA Thailand tournament on the Siam Country Club Old Course near Bangkok.

Thitikul, who celebrated her 23rd birthday Friday, trails second-rounder leader Somi Lee by three strokes after Lee shot a 61, including an eagle 2 from the fairway on the 15th hole.

The South Korean player had a two-round total of 17-under 127.

“I had the best score of my life today, so I’m a little emotional,” Lee said. “But since the competition is not over and there are still two more days left, I just want to celebrate this a little bit.”

World Cup FanFest near Statue of Liberty canceled

The New York and New Jersey World Cup host committee has canceled its fan festival planned to be held at Liberty State Park in Jersey City The committee scrapped plans for the weeklong festival that would have been held about 15 miles from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, where the final will be played on July 19.

The FanFest was announced in February 2025 by Tammy Murphy, wife of then-New Jersey Gov Phil Murphy and chair of the New York/ New Jersey host committee’s directors, who said it would be open for all 104 matches of the tournament.

Rams promote assistant Scheelhaase to OC

The Los Angeles Rams are promoting assistant Nate Scheelhaase to offensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Rams haven’t made an announcement of coach Sean McVay’s new staff. Scheelhaase replaces Mike LaFleur, who became the Arizona Cardinals’ head coach this month.

Although McVay calls Los Angeles’ plays and leads the design of their offense, Scheelhaase will be the Rams’ fifth offensive coordinator during McVay’s 10 seasons in charge. All four assistants who previously held that title have gone on to become head coaches, as did Rams quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor

Leclerc fastest on last day of F1 testing in Bahrain

SAKHIR, Bahrain Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was the fastest on the final day of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain on Friday

McLaren’s Lando Norris was 0.879 seconds behind Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen trailed by 1.117 seconds. Mercedes’ George Russell was fourth and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly fifth.

Leclerc’s pace backed up the belief that Ferrari will be a leading contender this year when the season begins in Australia in two weeks.

Russell believes his team needs to improve reliability

“There definitely have been positives, but for every time there is an issue, it does definitely set you back quite a lot,” he said. “The car is feeling good, the new power units are feeling fast, and we’re making improvements every single day However we need to keep on improving reliability.”

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U.S. win sets up final vs. Canada

BY STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press

MILAN Zach Werenski and his

FERREIRA FINALLY WINS HIS OLYMPIC GOLD: The next time you see a senior citizen barreling down the mountain, maybe doing a double-cork while he’s at it, don’t think twice.That might just be your neighborhood’s friendly new Olympic champion.

Alex Ferreira, the freeskier known to don prosthetics to look 80 and turn into a character named “Hotdog Hans” when he’s not kicking butt in the halfpipe, added a gold medal Friday night to the silver and bronze he’d won at the last two games to “finish the rainbow,” as his mother said.

The 31-year-old, a longtime fixture on the slopes and in the schools and rec centers in Aspen, Colorado, also put America in the win column for the first time in two weeks of halfpipe, slopestyle and big air action at the Livigno Snow Park.

“I’m going to drink copious amounts of beer,” Ferreira said when asked how he would celebrate.

DUTCH DELIVER MORE SPEEDSKATING GOLD: Antoinette Rijpmade Jong of the Netherlands won her first Olympic gold, and sixth career medal overall, by finishing first in speedskating’s 1,500 meters. Rijpma-de Jong finished in 1 minute, 54.9 seconds, as thousands of Dutch fans roared in the stands. She was 0.06 faster than silver medalist Ragne Wiklund of Norway. Canada’s Valerie Maltais took bronze Earlier at these Games, Dutch women also took gold at other distances — Femke Kok in the 500 and Jutta Leerdam in the 1,000. Later the Netherlands added to its impressive short-track speedskating haul by winning its first men’s 5,000-meter relay at the Olympics. Jens van ’t Wout, who skated the anchor leg, earned his third gold and fourth medal overall in Milan, while his nation earned its fifth gold and seventh medal overall in the shorttrack speedskating program.

POLISH SPEEDSKATER TAKES

SKATE BLADE TO FACE: Short-track speedskater Kamila Sellier of Poland was immobilized on a stretcher and wheeled out of the Milano Ice Skating Arena after a competitor’s blade sliced her above her left eye during the women’s 1,500 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Sellier went down along with 15-time Olympic medalist Ariana Fontana of Italy and American skater Kristen Santos-Griswold, who was penalized for an illegal lane pass that contributed to the accident.That kept her from advancing through the quarterfinal round.

The race was paused while Sellier received attention, a large white sheet blocking her from the crowd that was packed into the arena to see the final night of short-track speedskating Polish officials said Sellier’s eye was OK. She received stitches at the arena before going to the hospital for more tests. — The Associated Press

U.S. teammates tried not to look ahead at a potential gold-medal game against Canada at the Olympics. After each went unbeaten in group play, there was no way the North American rivals could meet before the final but there was work left to do.

After routing Slovakia 6-2 in the semifinals on Friday night, the much-anticipated but never guaranteed U.S.-Canada showdown for gold is on.

“It’s the matchup everyone wanted,” Werenski said after his three-assist performance against Slovakia. “Now that it’s finally here, we can kind of shift our focus to Canada.”

The two top seeds in the tournament, who went in as the favorites, will meet Sunday It comes a year after the U.S. and Canada played two memorable games against each other at the 4 Nations Face-Off.

“It’s the final that we wanted and the team that we wanted to play,” winger Matt Boldy said. “It’s exciting for the fans and for hockey and everything like that.”

That NHL-run event ended a drought of nearly a decade without an international tournament featuring the best hockey players in the world. Three fights in the first nine seconds in the first meeting put the 4 Nations in the spotlight, and their epic final won by Canada in overtime only built the anticipation for the Olympics.

“Now that it’s all set in stone, everything happens for a reason,” said Brady Tkachuk, who along with brother Matthew and J.T Miller were involved in the 4 Nations fisticuffs. “We’ll be looking forward to this one. You guys have been talking about it for a while. Now you get to enjoy it.”

After Canada did its part by rallying to beat Finland earlier in the day, the U.S. had no trouble against the Slovaks, who made an improbable run and were simply overmatched. They’ll face the Finns for bronze on Saturday, looking for just the second hockey medal in the country’s history after getting the first with a third-

place finish in Beijing in 2022.

The U.S. is playing for gold after the semifinals were a much easier go than the quarterfinals against Sweden, when overtime was needed to survive a scare

Dylan Larkin, Tage Thompson, Jack Hughes and Jack Eichel scored the four goals on 23 shots that chased Samuel Hlavaj out of Slovakia’s net past the midway point of the second period.

Thompson exited later in the second after blocking a shot and did not return. Coach Mike Sullivan said Thompson “was held out for precautionary reasons more than anything.”

“We’ll see how he recovers, but I anticipate him being ready for game time,” Sullivan said.

Hughes got his second goal of the game just after a power play expired, and Brady Tkachuk scored on a breakaway with just over nine minutes left to provide some more breathing room.

“That was definitely one of our strongest games, for sure,” said Quinn Hughes, who along with brother Jack have been the best

U.S. players in Milan. “For the most part, we played really well.

A little bit looser there in the third, but it’s a 5-0 game and you want to get out safe and feel good for the next game.”

CANADA 3, FINLAND 2: Falling behind for a second consecutive game at the Olympics, after never trailing throughout group play, Canada dug itself an even deeper hole in the semifinals against Finland.

Down two goals against an opponent also full of NHL players, the tournament favorite did not look the slightest bit shaken.

“There wasn’t really any panic,” center Nick Suzuki said. “We were going to get our chances eventually.”

Then, the most talented roster in Milan buried those chances.

Sam Reinhart deflected Cale Makar’s shot in to start the comeback, Shea Theodore tied it on a blast through traffic and Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal with 35.2 seconds left to advance to the gold medal game against the U.S.

“You could definitely feel the sense of calm, having been through that before,” Connor McDavid said “We understood we were in a tough spot, and we had to find a way to get out of it. And we did.” Makar thought he and his teammates were more comfortable down 2-0 against Finland than when they fell behind against Czechia twice in the quarterfinals, including with seven minutes left.

It showed. After Erik Haula scored shorthanded to make it a two-goal deficit early in the second period, Canada outshot Finland 31-8 the rest of the way Juuse Saros was terrific in net for Finland, and Canada coach Jon Cooper was worried only about getting shut out by a hot goaltender Reinhart’s goal with 4:40 left in the second cut some of the tension, and it was clear the game was turning. Theodore’s goal came with 9:26 left in regulation after Brad Marchand was on top of Saros following a shove from Haula.

Canada ‘heartbroken’ after upset by Sweden in curling

BY ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO Italy The topranked Canadian women couldn’t overcome “straighter” ice and a sharp Sweden squad, and now the country’s controversial men’s team will have the curling power’s last chance at Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games.

With Canada already shut out of the mixed team event medals, Rachel Homan’s team was upset by Anna Hasselborg’s Sweden in the semifinals Friday

“They’re heartbroken right now,” Canada coach Heather Nedohin said Sweden, ranked No. 12, will face Switzerland for gold on Sunday Sweden, which has won the women’s competition three times since curling returned to the Olympic program in 1998, beat Canada 6-3. Homan had beaten Hasselborg in all three of their previous meetings this season.

“I woke up this morning and just told the girls, ‘I really believe we’re winning today,’ ”

Canada’s Rachel Homan looks down during a women’s curling semifinal match against Sweden on Friday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

Hasselborg said, with one of her children in her arms and another playing at her feet.

Silvana Tirinzoni’s Switzerland beat the United States 7-4 and will be aiming for their first women’s gold at the Olympics.

The Swiss took silver behind

Canada at the past two world championships after four straight golds in the biggest curling competition outside of the Olympics.

Canada will play the U.S. for bronze on Saturday

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Homan said. “We’re going to come out fighting tomorrow.” The Canadians said they struggled with “straighter” ice that “made some shots quite a bit tougher

“But Sweden played a great game, and kudos to them,” Homan said.

U.S. vice skip Cory Thiesse, who already won silver in the team event with Korey Dropkin, said she was a little surprised to be facing Canada for bronze.

“They’re the No. 1 ranked team in the world. But it’s the Olympics and that pressure is hard sometimes and you just never know,” Thiesse said. “Our motto this week has just been to keep games close and you never know what is going to happen out there.” In the men’s competition, Switzerland routed Norway 9-1 for the bronze medal. Canada faces Britain for gold on Saturday

The Canadian men were the subject of a controversy that got attention far beyond the ice when several players were accused of double-touching the rock, a rules violation.

‘Trust the work’

Mackinnon’s journey from Australia to LSU has Alabama ties

BY TOYLOY BROWN III

Staff writer

Max Mackinnon’s basketball talents might’ve stayed in Australia had it not been for ties to Alabama

The LSU guard is the son of pros — his father, Sam Mackinnon, a former National Basketball League MVP (2007), and his mother, Rebecca Mackinnon, a former WNBL player and college point guard.

“My mom played at Alabama for two years,” the senior said. “Honestly, I don’t talk to her too much about hoops, but she kind of just spoke about the school side, getting a degree.”

Rebecca Mackinnon, whose maiden name is Baragry, played 28 games during the 1996-97 season when Alabama reached the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals.

Max Mackinnon, 22, followed in her college footsteps and is set to face her alma mater for the first time when LSU (14-12, 2-11 SEC) plays No. 25 Alabama (229, 12-6) at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center

The 6-foot-6 product of Brisbane, Australia, is averaging a teamhigh 17.3 points and 2.8 assists and is shooting 43.4% from the field and 92.5% from the freethrow line in Southeastern Conference play

David Patrick, who is from Melbourne, Australia, grew up knowing Mackinnon’s parents The LSU associate head coach and former Sacramento State coach (2022-24) played with Mackinnon’s dad on multiple occasions He remembers meeting the 11-year-old Mackinnon in 2015 when a Ben Simmons-led LSU team toured Australia.

“Just remember, little Max, a little chubby kid that was an LSU fan,” Patrick said. “You fast-forward to my time at Sacramento State. Max was in the portal from Elon. We recruited him a little bit, and he ended up going to Portland.” After a strong season, Mackinnon transferred to LSU, joining other Australians to become Tigers: Simmons, Duop Reath, Ed Palubinskas and Ray Borner Katrina Hibbert and Maree Jackson, the mother of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Lauren Jackson, played on the women’s team.

Mackinnon knew he wasn’t viewed as LSU’s top addition — the No. 92 shooting guard on 247Sports’ transfer portal rankings.

“I think coming into LSU, I know a lot of people look at me like, ‘Nah, there’s no way he’s going to play,’” Mackinnon said. “I just keep proving people wrong, and I think that’s been my mantra since I’ve come to college.”

The 39.6% 3-point shooter played at the Centre of Excellence, an Australian basketball academy akin to elite athletic high schools like IMG Academy However, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns “ruined my college exposure,” he said. “I think it’s always in the back of your mind,” Mackinnon said of being overlooked. “I never made state teams and Australia teams. I

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The Bucks beat the Pelicans 141-137 in overtime on Feb. 4 in Milwaukee. Trey Murphy scored a career-high 44 points, making a franchise-record 12 3-pointers in 19 attempts, but he was unavailable in the rematch because of a shoulder injury suffered in the final game before the break In Murphy’s absence, Bryce McGowens made his 12th start of the season, just hours after New Orleans rewarded him by converting his two-way contract to a standard NBA contract and he scored 10 points. The Bucks increased their sixpoint halftime lead to nine points early in the fourth quarter before the Pelicans closed within 94-92 on a 3-pointer by Bey Milwaukee pushed the lead back to nine on two occasions before holding a 103-96 lead at the end of the period. Thomas scored the Bucks’ first five points of the fourth quarter, but New Orleans crept within six points. Milwaukee expanded the lead to 122-106 midway through

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always got cut from that, and I feel that’s always been my motivation.

I want to play for my country.”

Mackinnon was also compared to his dad. The below-the-rim finisher was the son of “Slamming”

Sam Mackinnon, an athletic marvel known for dunks and a successful Australian basketball career He competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and was a two-time NBL champion (1996 and 2007).

Patrick said Sam Mackinnon probably would’ve played in the NBA if the league were as open to international players as it is today He also could’ve played for schools like Arizona or Kentucky but chose to go pro at 17.

Max Mackinnon understood the comparisons to his dad back home, but is more focused on “running my race,” which includes doing what he can to lead the Tigers to wins after top player, Dedan Thomas, had season-ending foot

surgery

Ben Wilson is Max Mackinnon’s mentor and a former teammate in the NBL1, the NBL’s version of the G League for the NBA.

The former Idaho State guard sees the LSU guard as a little brother, and as any older brother would, he offered some advice.

One tip was to find the hardest workers at Elon and learn from them.

That strategy showed the teenager the work ethic necessary to compete with more athletic American players. His training improved him most as a shooter

“He always had an OK jumper, but his go-to is getting two feet in the paint, shooting that little leaner,” Wilson said. “He always had really good touch, but he never

shot the ball at a super high level.”

Those days of being a 28.4% 3-point shooter and 71.4% on free throws as a freshman are far behind him after years of honing his form He continues to grow as a player with help from graduate assistant and former sharpshooter Keith Hornsby, who shot 40.1% from deep in two seasons as an LSU player

Mackinnon’s first taste of adversity in a power conference arrived in LSU’s 24-point loss to Texas Tech. Mackinnon had two points, shot 0 of 9 and played 16 minutes Wilson took the opportunity to have a heart-to-heart conversation with him.

“I was like, ‘Man, what do you want to do here?’ ” Wilson said.

“This next week of practice is super important for you. You just need to go in there, and you need to prove that you are willing to do the work when (things) go bad.

“That Texas Tech game was a real turning point of like, ‘All right, are you going to run away with your tail between your legs or you stand up and go all right, we’re doing this.’”

Mackinnon stood tall, living out his favorite catchphrase, “trust the work.” He had 22 points in the following 12-point win over SMU and rattled off 14 consecutive double-figure performances.

Patrick knew Mackinnon’s skills would translate well to LSU, but he still pinches himself at times to see how far “little Max” has come.

“In SEC play, to see teams really just denying him catches everywhere, trying to take him out, that to me was just, ‘Wow,’ ” Patrick said. “At least for me, you don’t realize, he’s the other team’s star (on the scouting report) for us, which is still weird for me at times.”

Williams’ absence in second half vs. Ole Miss was ‘coach’s decision’

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

OXFORD, Miss Mikaylah Wil-

liams sat out the whole second half of the LSU women’s basketball team’s comeback win over Ole Miss on Thursday, and coach Kim Mulkey characterized her absence as a “coach’s decision.”

Williams, a star junior guard, was playing more than 30 minutes per game in SEC play before the No. 7 Tigers took on Ole Miss. She logged only 16 minutes against the No. 17 Rebels, though, watching from the bench as MiLaysia Fulwiley and Flau’jae Johnson authored a 13-point comeback victory

“Same reason Grace (Knox) didn’t get back in the game,” Mulkey said. “Just make decisions.” Knox, a freshman forward, was called for a technical foul halfway through the third quarter after she gave Ole Miss star Cotie McMahon a hard foul and offered her some choice words. Mulkey subbed her out after that play and left her on the bench for the rest of the game, opting instead to go with a larger lineup with forward Amiya Joyner and center Kate Koval. That group which also fea-

tured Fulwiley, Johnson and Jada Richard outscored the Rebels by 12 points in the six minutes it played. No other lineup was more productive for LSU.

“I think a decision we made as a staff to go big was very effective,” Mulkey said. “I just thought they were taking my young two freshmen off the drive, and that’s why I didn’t go big, thinking that they could move laterally a little bit better

“But what was killing us was second, third shots, and I just thought (Koval) and (Joyner) were just solid together.”

Fulwiley started the second half in place of Williams. She finished with a career-high 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting, to pair with seven rebounds and three steals. Ten of her points came in the fourth quarter, the quarter in which Ole Miss (21-7, 8-5 SEC) came up empty on all 17 field-goal attempts. Because the Tigers (23-4, 8-4) picked up the improbable win, they moved into sole possession of fourth place in the SEC. If they can hold on to that spot in the standings through the final three games of their regular season, then they’ll earn a double bye in the SEC Tournament for the fifth

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playing clean basketball, she can almost singlehandedly shift the flow of a game. Before the win over Ole Miss, Fulwiley hadn’t scored more than 20 points in a month. She also shot only 28% from the field across LSU’s three previous matchups. It was time for a breakthrough, and the conditions were ripe for one on Thursday

The Rebels came up empty on 25 of the last 27 shots they took, including all 17 field-goal attempts in the fourth. According to CBB Analytics, no Division I team has taken more shots without scoring in any fourth quarter played in the past five seasons.

Fulwiley thrives in those situations — the ones in which LSU can force a miss, grab a rebound and kickstart a fast break.

because when she takes off, you’d better put it in high gear

She’ll find you, and a lot of times, honestly, she looks to pass too much She needs to get to the rim and finish and draw fouls.”

The win was an important one for LSU. The Tigers now have sole possession of fourth place in the SEC, which means they’re now on track to earn a double bye in the conference tournament. With a deep run through that bracket, perhaps all the way to the title, LSU can show that it’s worthy of a higher seed in the NCAA Tournament bracket — the one that matters more

The victory can also give the Tigers confidence that they can compete in close games. LSU’s offense fell apart in the fourth quarters of its losses to Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Texas and South Carolina

“I wouldn’t want to be on that floor with her because when she takes off, you’d better put it in high gear.”

KIM MULKEy LSU coach, on MiLaysia Fulwiley

Ole Miss kept giving the Tigers chances to ignite their transition offense which now features three of the best transition players in the country Like stars Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams, Fulwiley is at her best when she’s flying up and down the court. Few players across the country can match her speed, and even fewer can emulate the crafty ways she can finish shots around the rim something she showed in the second half of the win over the Rebels. There was the play in which Fulwiley split two defenders, drove the lane and scooped in a right-handed layup as she sailed to her left. There was also the one in which she hesitated, faked to her left, swooped back over to her right and flipped a shot up off the glass and through the rim.

“God blessed this child with speed,” Mulkey said. “I wouldn’t want to be on that floor with her

But on Thursday the Tigers converted six of their last 10 shots — even though Williams was watching from the bench. Mulkey sat her out for the whole second half in what she called a “coach’s decision.”

LSU has now played five tight contests this season. Mulkey left Fulwiley on the floor for the final stretch of three of those games. She struggled in the first two the Jan. 4 loss to the No. 5 Commodores and the loss to the No. 3 Gamecocks on Saturday — but excelled in the third.

The Tigers will almost certainly need Fulwiley to deliver a similar performance in a future game of consequence. The dynamic transfer guard knows now that she can handle it her showing vs. South Carolina be damned.

“I just gotta keep going,” Fulwiley said, “keep staying ready for my team and just keep being able to give my team whatever they need from me.”

Email Reed Darcey at reed. darcey@theadvocate.com.

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CountryDay routsNewman

BY DARRELL WILLIAMS Contributing writer

Scrappy Newman, its four tallest players 6-foot-1, founditselftrailing by just six points at halftime of itsDistrict10-2A tournament championship game at defending Division III state champion Country Day on Friday

Then the third quarterstarted. Country Day,tall, athleticand experienced, outscored Newman 30-6 in the quarter on theway to a crushing 86-48victory

When the teams returned from halftime, Cajuns coachMikeMcGuire looked as though his team had just had agood chewing out.

“Wehadn’tdefended that whole first half,” McGuire said. “I told them ‘If you want (Newman) to stay in the game, just keep letting them shoot layups andwide-open 3s.

“Once we started defending and rebounding, then we’re going to getthe (fast-break) leak-outs, you’re gonna get the run-outs. And that’swhat happened. We started defending,wegot some steals— we got long rebounds because they were shooting alot of 3s, and with (KellenBrewer) and Curtis (McAllister) going downhill, they’re hard to stop.” Brewer,a 6-foot-6 junior, had a

game high-24 points, and McAllister,6-4,scored 21. ForwardRhys Dilley,a6-4 freshman, had 12. The win gave Country Day (23-9, 2-0) its secondconsecutive district title. Newman, under first-year coach Jason Templet, finished the regular season at 13-18 and 1-1. With thestate playoff brackets coming out Monday,the Cajuns are No. 3in thedivision’s power rankings. CountryDay led 43-37 at halftime, and Greenies guard CJ Enclardehad scored17points. The third quarter beganwithCajuns reserve guard Trey Knight guardingEnclard, who finished with20. Brewer quickly drove for two baskets, andDilleydrove fora basketand sank afree throw.Brewer then dunked on thebreak,followed by alayup then adunk on the break by McAllister.WhenBrewer made athree-pointplay at the4:36 mark, it pushed the lead to 59-39. When Newman’sJayce Irving scored near thebasket at the 3:01 mark, it was the Greenies’ first basketofthe third.Its firstfree throws of thequarter, also by Irving, came with 1:27 left.The quarter endedwiththe Cajuns having built a70-43 bulge.

“Wetold Trey to just stay in front of (Enclarde),” McGuire said. “(Enclarde) wasgetting in the

paint and helping them get open shots. Trey did agood job.”

Templetsaidhis Greenies, not as deep, big or talented as Country Day,ran outofgas in the second half.

“But nottotake anything from Country Day,” he said. “They areone of thebestteams in the state. We battled hard, but we just couldn’tkeep it up.

Brewer andMcAllistereach scored 15 pointstolead the Cajuns in the frenzied first half.

Country Day led 34-32 with3:03 left in the half when McAllister started arun thatenabled the Cajuns to distancethemselves. McAllister scored seven consecutive points– on alayup on adrive-anddish by center Hermon Dyson at the2:19 mark.Hethendroveand made alayup for athree-pointplay with 1:45 showing before dunking on the break for a41-32 lead with 1:31 left.

Thirty-seven secondslater,Dyson picked up his third foul. He had twointhe first quarter which seemed to stymiethe Cajuns, particularly defensively

Brewer’slayup on thebreak with 16.1 seconds left gave Country Day a43-34 lead. However,guard Pierce Cunninghamsanka 3-pointer at thebuzzertobring Newman to within six points of thelead.

AscensionEpiscopal gets past topseed Newman in extratime

Blue Gators’Trotter

scores golden goal in 2-1semifinalwin over Greenies

BY ANDREW VALENTI Contributing writer

Soccer,like many other sports, is agame of inches Isidore Newman goalkeeper Henry Houghtonlooked to have aplay on aballinthe penalty box, but Ascension Episcopal’s Hayes Trotter snuck it over the senior keeper’shead in the 107th minute of the second golden goal period of extratimetogivethe No.4 Blue Gatorsa 2-1win against the top-seeded andreigning Division IV state champion Greenies in a semifinal match at Michael Lupin FieldonFridaynight

“It wasawell-fought game and agreat feeling to beat the top seed at their place,”Ascension Episcopal coach Munir Poka said. “I was just hoping that it would go in.”

The Blue Gators (13-8-0) will playthe winnerofNo. 2 Northlake Christian and No.6 PopeJohn PaulIIinthe Division IV championship match Wednesdayat7:30 p.m. at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond. The Wolverines andJaguars play their semifinalmatch on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Ascension Episcopal will make itssecond straight state title match appearance after losing to Newman last year.The Blue Gators have been aprogram on therise, making at least thequarterfinals since 2021.

It wasa tough waytoend the season for Newman (13-4-4), as theGreenieshad given up just eight goals coming into Friday Newmanalso outshot Ascension Episcopal 14-9and controlled possession for muchofthe evening.

“Wealways build our program from the back,” Newman coach Tooraj Badie said. “Our defense is always solid. We’re notgoing to give up too manygoals throughout the season. To give up 10 goals this season and eight or nine last season is very impressive.I’m very proudofthem.”

Most of the action in regulation came in thefirst half.

Ascension Episcopal scored a first-halfgoalonits first shot of thematch offa throwinintothe penaltybox,where JP Rholdon flicked the ball in with aheader for the 1-0 lead in the 21st minute.

Newman outshot the Blue Gators 7-3inthe first half but could notconvert on itschances.Will Pinkerton drilled aball on a free kick in the 28th minute that sailedwide left The Greeniesbrokethrough in stoppage time for the 1-1equalizer after Jake Eisenberg perfectly placed acorner kick into thebox.Pinkerton finishedthe scoring opportunity this time witha shot past thekeeper Both teams had ashot on goal in thefirst 20 minutes of extra time.

“Nobody expected us to be where we were and had agood shot at making it to the state championship game.The future looks bright.”

TOORAJ BADIE, Newman coach

Newman graduated nine seniors from last year’s state title team and will bring back astrong core for next season after not having many upperclassmen in the starting 11.

“This is great for the program,” Poka said. “It givesthe players the belief that if we keep working hard, we can accomplish some good things.”

“Nobody expected us to be

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Jim Rohn, an entrepreneur and amotivational speakerwho diedin2009, said, “Ifyouarenotwillingtorisktheunusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

It is true that at thebridge table, producing an unusual bid might notbea good idea if it is going to flummoxpartnerintomaking an error. But if you have discussedthe situation before, you can safely produce the unusual Lookattoday’s North hand. You deal and open three hearts. With the opponentsretaining arespectful silence, your partner responds four diamonds. Assuming this is natural andforcing, what would you rebid?

Whatdoes four diamonds promise?

Many teachers usethe expression “six and 16” —atleastasix-cardsuit and 16 high-card points. Also,typically, responder is very short in opener’s suit especially when that is amajor Howshouldopenerreact?Withnosupportfor responder’s suit, he may rebid his ownsuitorthree no-trump (if legal, of course).

With moderate support, like alow doubleton (or perhaps honor-doubleton with an unappealing hand),heraises responder’s suit.But withgood support (any threecards, or honor-doubleton and an appealing hand), he shows aside-suit singleton (or void).

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This week’sthemeisgrowthand change. As homeand garden editor at The Times-Picayune on and off for two decades, I’ve witnessed alot of both.

Karen Taylor Gist

All-white kitchens becamederigueur in the2010s, but their hold is loosening in today’s onslaught of color Beigeoverload, millennial gray drabness and harsh primary colors all have had their day on our walls. Aslew of colors of the year have passed mostly ignored. Today, we’remuch freer of color constraints.

Formal dining rooms, shunned in the2000s, are returning to the design menuinparty-loving New Orleans. Antiques, relegated tothe attic about that same time, have been retrieved to warmupmodern interiors with wood and memories. Even shag carpet,that awkward-hippie cousinofthe traditional, higher-end flokati, madea recent comeback, although one writ small.

Butthese are all justdesign niceties.

The InsideOut homeand garden section is published every Saturday by The Times-Picayune. InsideOut questions shouldbedirected to the editor.

Iwas here, too, forthe trying days after Hurricane Katrina, when the content of the then-new InsideOut becameless pretty and morepractical, offering expert tips on restoring irreplaceable photos, working with contractors and mitigating mold.

My articles included specs fornew roofsand choosing duct-cleaning methods. Amid the rubble, there was positive news, too. Iwrote about the discovery of alate-19th-century mural uncovered during post-flood renovations on aBienville Street home. The image wasofVictorian cherubs. It felt like acosmic message.

Has all this looking back madeitobvious yet that I’mretiring?

It is the prelude to my own, very personal and quite bittersweet period of growth and change.

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718BarracksSt, #5 •Lower French Quarter$295,000

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1356 HomesteadAvenue•Metairie$1,400,000 Built in 2023,this4-bedroom home on alarge corner lotfeatures a first-floor primaryste,3full&2 half baths, whole-housegenerator,saltwtr pool &spa, plus oversizeddetachedgarage. Open-concept design inclds chef’s kitchen, soaring living room,office,loft, huge coveredoutdoor entertaining area,& luxury finishes throughout residence. Theperfect home…Don’t missout! Dawnne Keeney 504-650-3912 Crescent Sotheby’sInternational Realty 504-944-3605

The front living room is an elegant spot for conversation and entertaining, with pocket doors to the second section of the living room and to the hall.

Spacious Victorian home in the Quarter o

BY VICTOR ANDREWS Staff writer

On the edge of the French Quarter, the elegant architecture of a Victorian home stands out on the corner of Esplanade Avenue and Royal Street.

The 1900s-built home is also a bit unusual for the Vieux Carré in that it is still a singlefamily home in fine condition. With five bedrooms and three full baths, the home has more than 4,000 square feet of living space, neatly tucked behind a wrought-iron fence with mature landscaping. It also offers off-street parking that can double as covered outdoor entertaining space.

On the market for only a matter of days, the home is listed for $1.85 million.

The front porch of the sidehall home is a

spot for

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A central island creates additional workspace in this sleek yet hardworking room, complete with banquette seating for casual meals and conversation.

watching French Quarter comings and goings but also is a welcoming spot for guests. It quickly establishes the house as a well-maintained, decorative jewel.

Through the leaded glass door and into the foyer, the staircase rises majestically from the gold-toned wood floors in the hall

Under the stairs, an impressive wet bar is a natural fit, with lighted shelving, a dark counter and stainless wine cooler and ice maker A powder room lies just beyond.

Through a double opening with pocket doors, the first of two living room areas is a bright space with two floorlength windows on the front

and double windows on the side. Intricate decorative molding frames the ceiling, and the chandelier falls from an ornate medallion.

Double openings lead into the second area of the living room, which is a unique shape because of a windowed bay on the side of the home. Pocket doors also lead back to the hall

and on to the home’s elegant dining room.

A bright space that works well with a long dining table, the dining room is lighted by a pair of windows that are balanced by a large fireplace on the far wall. A doorway leads to the kitchen.

A sizable sleek space, the kitchen features a long central

island with the main sink and plenty of extra work space. Stainless appliances of professional grade fill the area. A corner banquette provides seating for casual dining or a space to visit with the chef. The second floor holds the primary bedroom at the front

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The family room is a private space on the third floor of the home.

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of the house. The spacious room is filled with built-in shelves and includes an interesting cove for the fireplace. A small covered balcony makes a great place for evening cocktails or morning coffee. A space beside the balcony makes for a perfect office or reading nook.

The next bedroom down the hall, which has an en suite, can serve as a sleeping chamber or home office, even a large closet. Two additional bedrooms and a bath are also located on the second floor.

A fifth bedroom and bath are on the top floor, along with a large family room with a dormered ceiling. Access to the attic is also on the third floor Outside, the home has a cozy patio with seating. And with the use of the car parking spaces, the backyard can be a large spot for entertaining, with a majority of the space covered.

The home is listed by Elizabeth Reiss, of Latter & Blum | Compass, (504) 813-1102.

Iris sale planned at lighthouse

Irises aren’tjust for Carnival parades.The Greater New Orleans Iris Society will hold apotted plant sale starting at 9a.m.Saturday at the New Canal Lighthouse, 8001 Lakeshore Drive

The annual event, whichruns until the pots sell out, will feature $10 containers, with some of them containing severalrhizomes of the bloomingplants. For information, visit louisianairisgnois.com.

Get alesson in historic guidelines

If you want to know more about how to navigate the Historic District Landmarks Commission, check out afree virtual session at noon Monday. The course will helpowners of historic properties understand the HDLC application process required for exterior repairs, renovations, additions and more, and HDLC Senior Architectural Historian Yvette Jett will answer questions. Advance registration is required at prc.org.

Knifesharpening class keeps blades in shape

Learn the art of whetstone sharpening in an introductory class at Coutelier New Orleans, 8600 Oak St.

Brandt Cox, one of thecoowners, will teach the classat 7p.m. Wednesday.

Bring undamaged knives and learn techniques to get them sharp using Coutelier’sstone Cost of the workshopis$150 To book, email info@couteliernola.com.

Renovation in progress at Beams &Brews

Acirca-1900 building that started as amaritime company office space is being converted into four luxury residential units, pairing new finisheswith original masonry walls and exposed timber framing.

To see the progress atthe his-

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toric three-bay masonry structure at 814Howard Ave. in person, checkout the Preservation Resource Center’sBeams &Brews event from 5:30 p.m. to 7p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25. You’ll geta look, hear from the project’smanagersfromthe design firm Goat and Feil, and have adrink. The event is freefor PRC members and $10 for nonmembers atprc.org.

Press Street Gardens to hostplant sale

Aplant sale will be from 10 a.m.to3 p.m. Feb. 28 at PressStreet Gardens, 800 Homer Plessy Way, in New Orleans

It will include baked goods, honeyproducts andmore. Among the vendors are Rot-

glow Farm, Delta FloraNative Plants, Bottomlands Nursery, Rainbow in theDark, Moon Baby Bakery and Honeywild.

Ikebana exhibit,class slated in Baton Rouge

An exhibition of workbyclub membersand ademonstration on the basics will be part of two days of Ikebana enthusiasm at the end of the month.

Ikebana is theJapaneseart of flower arranging thatfeatures distinctive styles and, often, unique containers for the displays.

Ikebana International Baton Rouge Chapter will markits 65thanniversary withanexhibit from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. Feb. 28 to March 1atBaton Rouge Garden Center,7950 Independence Blvd.

Amasterinthe Ichiyo School of Ikebana, Diane Saye,will thenconduct aclass at 1p.m. March 1onthe basics.

For information, visit the Facebook page Ikebana International Baton Rouge 42.

Volunteer projects abound at City Park

Avariety of cleanup days and initiatives are on tap at City Parktoimprove and maintain the extensive urban green space. Those coming up include:

n Litter Cleanup Krewe: 9a.m

Tuesday.VolunteerCenter, 1031 Harrison Ave.

n Big LakeNative Plant Trail Restora-

tionProject: 9a.m.Friday.Big Lake Native Trail near 7Friedrichs Ave.

n City Park Kayakcleanup: 8a.m. to 11 a.m.Feb. 28. Meet at the gravel launch at the intersection of Dueling Oaks Drive and Dreyfous Drive.Volunteers are sought to join City Park’skayak krewe that will work with staff to remove litter from waterways with the use of personal kayaks.

Register for the programs and find out more about what to bring at friendsofcitypark. volunteerhub.com.

Have ahome and garden event coming up? Send it to events@theadvocate.com.

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GARDEN TIPS

CALLAS: youmay find bloomingcalla lilies available in pots at nurseries in spring

The white-flowered Zantedeschia aethiopica is the most reliable, longlived perennial here, but youmay also want to try some of the more colorful types.

FEED FRUIT: Fertilize fruit trees such as citrus, apple, peach, pear and plum,fruit bushes such as blackberry,blueberry and grape vines this month

PRUNE NOW: Hardy fruit trees should be pruned now. For more information on pruning fruit trees and their general care, including variety recommendations for Louisiana, theLSU AgCenter has an excellent online publicationcalled “Louisiana Home Orchard.”

(Search the title and click the link.) Prune colddamaged citrus trees when they send out newgrowth and youcan clearly see what is alive(sprouting) and what is dead.

KEEP ON MULCHING: Keep beds mulched to a depth of 2to3inches to control cool-season weeds in beds. Use leaves, pine straworother available materials.

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Hot buttered biscuits and homemade fig preserves. Need Isay more? Figs are one of the most widely plantedhomefruit trees in Louisiana. Theythrive with little effort and produce crops of juicy,sweet figs every July

The fig, Ficus carica, is native to AsiaMinor and is thought to be one of the earliest fruit trees cultivated by humans. It belongs to agroup of plants that have milky sap, or latex, and includes the rubber tree (Ficuselastica) along with sev-

eral otherpopular houseplants. Do be awarethatcontact with fig treesap cancause dermatitis in some people,so be careful whenharvesting or pruning figs. Forsensitive people,wear long sleeves andgloves, avoidgetting sap on your skin andwash it off promptly if youdo.

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Waiting until March to plant tomatoes is a safer bet

BY DAN GILL

Contributing writer

I’m beginning to see tomato transplants at nurseries. Is this a good time to plant, or is it too early? — Jeromy It all depends on how much you are willing to gamble. When you are looking to have the earliest ripe tomatoes on your block, early planting is important. On the south shore, planting tomato transplants in late February is not unusual. But late freezes are definitely still a possibility. So, gardeners who plant tomato transplants in late February should be prepared to protect them from any late freezes. Sometimes the gamble does not pay off. Late freezes can kill or severely damage tomato transplants and gardeners might need to replant. If you garden outside of the south shore New Orleans area, planting this early is chancy In southeast Louisiana, experience shows that hard freezes after March 15 are rare, and this date is often considered the “frost free date.”

Cautious gardeners wait until then to plant tomato transplants. Planting in mid- to late-March makes sure they will escape frosts, but are still early enough to bloom and set a great crop of fruit before the weather gets too hot and insect and diseases become a problem

But don’t plant too late, either Tomato transplant should be planted by mid- to late-April for best production. My Xanadu philodendrons have suffered greatly this winter, and I have cut them back. Should I replace them, or will they come back? If they will take

to July or August to recover, I think I will replace them. They are in my front yard and very obvious. Many thanks for your help. — Joan I’d say your Xanadu philodendrons have likely sur-

vived, but February is too soon to evaluate them or consider planting new ones. So, for the time being, I’d re-

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Lots of varieties

Numerous varieties of figs are available at area nurseries, and even more online. I imagine all would do well here. One of the most popular and reliable is Celeste, which produces small- to mediumsize fruit that’s resistant to splitting and souring The fruit is violet to brown with a light strawberry-colored pulp and is excellent for making preserves.

LSU Purple and LSU Gold

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are two popular varieties released by the LSU AgCenter LSU Purple has medium-size dark purple fruit and good resistance to foliage diseases. Its tendency to produce two crops, a heavy main crop in July and a fall crop sometimes lasting into December, makes it popular

LSU Gold produces a flavorful yellow fig with light red to pink pulp. Other varieties released by the LSU AgCenter that are recommended for planting include Tiger, Champagne and O’Rourke.

Florentine, also known as Kadota and Lemon Fig, produces large, green-yellow fruit, and sometimes follows up with a moderate crop in the fall.

PROVIDED PHOTOS By HEATHER KIRK-BALLARD Fig cuttings are most often taken when trees are dormant after the last threat of a freeze, but they can also be taken in spring through fall. LSU Gold was released by the LSU AgCenter.

Planting fig trees

Now through early March is a great time to purchase fig trees from local nurseries and plant them in the landscape. Figs will grow about 15 feet tall and wide. Keep this in mind when selecting a location.

Plant them in a sunny, welldrained location away from large trees with overhanging branches. Figs will not produce well unless they receive at least six hours of direct sun daily, and more is better.

To plant a fig tree, dig the hole as deep and twice as wide as the root ball of the tree. Remove the tree from the con-

tainer and set it in the hole. Make sure the top of the root ball is level with or slightly above the surrounding soil.

Fill in around the root ball with same soil that was dug out to make the hole, and water thoroughly Fig trees ordinarily do not produce fruit reliably for the first three to five years after planting. Young trees may produce small, green figs but they tend to fall off without ripening.

You can train your fig into a large bushy shape with sever-

al trunks, or into a more typical tree shape with a single trunk.

Pruning

and propagating

Pruning established figs is best done by late February. Figs bear their main crop on new growth produced during the spring and early summer. Pruning helps to maintain vigor, create the desired shape of the tree and control its size. It is better to prune a fig a moderate amount every year or two than to let it get to the point where severe pruning is required.

Figs are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood cuttings taken this month. Cut 10- to 12-inch pieces from the ends of the branches. Plant several cuttings together with the lower half of the cuttings inserted into a container of potting soil. Water the cuttings whenever the soil begins to dry and do not expose them to freezing temperatures. When they begin to grow in spring, pot the cuttings up separately in gallon-size containers and put them in a sunny spot outside. Grow the young fig trees in containers until they are big enough to

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lax. Youmay give them as late as the end of April to make your final decision. If you do not see strong new growth by then, replace them.

Or,ifinlate March (when freezes are past), you decide you would rather have nice looking plants in that location sooner rather than later,replace them then.

Twostray cats use abed of shrubs in the front of the house as abathroom. They are constantly digging in the mulch, and it is everywhere. We put it back and they move it all around every day. Is there away to stop the cats from doing this?Iamalmost to the point of not mulching at all. Please help. —Rick

Unfortunately,outside cats do use beds as litter boxes. They may dig in freshly prepared beds of loose soil, with or without mulch. They also use established beds mulched

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plant in theyard, usually the next year

Troublespots

The fig’sonly common problems aretwo fungus diseases that attack thefoliage. Thread blight causes problems early in theseason, and fig rust causes leaf spotting and scorch in thelate summer and fall.

Fig trees tolerate these diseases and will recover without treatment. Rakeupfallen leaves and disposeofthem to help minimizeproblems.

Occasional problems with white, fuzzy mealybugs can be controlled with light horticultural oil. Oldtrees may develop rot in thetrunk and major branches.For this there is no treatment.

When thefigs begin to ripen in early July,another prob-

pine straw staysinplace better anditisharder for them to throw it around.

Youshould alsomake use of outdoor animal repellents to keep them away from an area. These need to be applied regularly as needed following label directions to theareas thecats are using.

Finally,thereare devices that have motion detectors and spray water when they detect amoving cat in the area. Do an internet search using “motion sensor water sprayer” or “motion activated sprinklers.” Some people have found these helpful to keep animals away from areas of thelandscape.

lem almostalways shows up. Birdslove figs and eat holes in alot of the fruit just as it ripens.

The bestdefense is to cover your tree with bird netting available local nurseries. If you would rather not use birdnetting (birds may get caught in it), place aluminum pie pans,plasticowls, rubber snakes and other scarecrow objects in the treeonce the fruit begins to ripen. Tryto move the objects around every few days so the birds do not become accustomed to them.

Although figs can produce well here without fertilizer,it may boostproduction and the

vigorofthe trees.Figs don’t need anything special. Apply ageneral-purpose fertilizer following label directions in February or early March.

Newly planted figs will need to be wateredtheir first summerastheybecomeestablished. During dry spells in summer, water young trees weekly by letting ahosetrickle wateratthe base of the trunk for 20 to 30 minutes.

Sincefigtrees have relatively shallowroot systems, a 4-inchlayer of mulch, such as leaves or pine straw,spread over the soil under the canopy of the trees is also highly recommendedtokeep the roots moist.

with pine bark, cypress mulch or other wood-based mulches. Tryswitching over to pine straw.Catsare less likely to use beds mulched with pine straw as alitterbox. Also,

Dan Gill is aretired consumer horticulture specialist with the LSU AgCenter.Hehosts the “Garden Show” on WWL-AM Saturdays at 9a.m.Email gardening questions to gnogardening@agcenter.lsu. edu.

AT HOME IN THE CITY

‘I WANTED A HOUSE WHERE I COULD … MAKE IT ALL ABOUT ME’

BY JYL BENSON Contributing writer

Scott Daly bought his 1924 two-bay, twostory raised Craftsman-style home on an oak-draped block of Napoleon Avenue sight unseen in October 2019.

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As an executive at the global advertising powerhouse Dentsu X, living in New York at the time, he dispatched his eldest son to close on the house.

Daly recalled the day: “My son called and asked, ‘Are you sure you want to do this? This place is a wreck.’”

The paint on the home’s brick exterior was peeling, giving it a mottled appearance, and there was an opossum living on the second floor

“But I was ready to move to New Orleans,” Daly said. “And I was ready for a house after living in apartments since 2001. I wanted a house where I could age in place and make it all about me.

“I wanted to paint the walls whatever color I wanted, furnish it however I wanted, and put out my grandmother’s old

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This sitting area at the rear of the

overlooks both an oak tree through the northern window and an expansive, verdant rear yard to the east. It is furnished with a combination of both rustic and whimsical fi

An executive at the global advertising powerhouse

has embraced his new life in New Orleans, going so far as to sip sweet tea on his front porch overlooking

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Scott Daly’s busy, demanding career leaves little time to shop for furnishings, so he buys many items online through 1st Dibs, the source of a collection of Belle Époque-era Parisian basket chandeliers.

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sewing machine and her collection of Hummel figurines.”

Following an extensive renovation that restored the home without changing its 5,200-square-foot footprint, he moved in 2020 with two of his sons: Jason, now 33, and Jackson, now 18.

He relocated his mother from his native Los Angeles to a first-floor apartment with its own private entrance.

“So, there are three generations living under one roof,” he said.

Determined to have “the greatest house on the block,” Daly began decorating for every holiday and “handing out full-sized candy bars for Halloween. I wanted to be a great neighbor and a real part of the community.”

When Mardi Gras was canceled in 2021, he quickly jumped on the house float trend. In 2023, Stronghold Studios designed his koi pond house with lily pads, nymphs, lotus blossoms and the likeness of colorful koi under

brought his grandmother’s sewing machine with him to New Orleans.

a banner that reads “Carpe Diem.”

That spirit of living for the moment resonates with Daly

On the inside

The floor of his deep, galleried front porch is tiled in terra cotta. Rocking chairs and cushioned furniture make it the perfect place to enjoy the sweet tea he has taken to drinking and the king cake he was recently having while overlooking the avenue.

The open kitchen overlooks a leafy, oak-shaded side yard. All the home’s original multipaned operable transoms and windows have been fully restored, their interior casings painted a brilliant white, as are the baseboards, moldings, and ceilings.

The walls in the home’s entry foyer are papered in a fanciful design by Graham & Brown featuring monkeys swinging on vines through palm trees. The walls of the living room are painted a vibrant shade of aubergine that contrasts assertively with the vivid teal velvet Mitchell Gold sofa with nail head trim.

All the home’s original multipaned operable transoms and windows have been fully restored, their interior casings painted a brilliant white, as are the baseboards, moldings and ceilings.

Daly had bronze tin panels and moldings installed in the dining room. They contrast with a grand gilded and carved Baroque overmantel mirror and an antique chandelier featuring multiple tiers of crystal prisms and decorative frostedglass shades.

The primary suite has four operable dormer windows that look down at the avenue from a nook outfitted with a daybed.

Finding his inspirations

On the other end of the spectrum, “We are a big ‘Star Wars’ family,” Daly said, so imagery and items associated with

the 1977 sci-fi movie are peppered throughout the home as well.

Daly is also enthusiastic about Napoleon Bonaparte, so the likeness of the pint-sized general, statesman and emperor is a recurring theme.

Daly’s demanding career leaves him little time to shop for furnishings, so many items are bought online through 1st Dibs, the source of the home’s impressive collection of Belle Époqueera Parisian basket chandeliers.

One local source of inspiration is Disco Warehouse on Tchoupitoulas Street, where he has picked up a few offbeat items and pieces of art

Daly has enthusiastically embraced the lifestyle in his adopted hometown

He loves music, Mardi Gras, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, cooking, entertaining and restaurants.

This is so much different from L.A. and New York,” he said “Everyone is united here. The food is fantastic.

“Where I grew up, everything was new. There were no old trees. I love living in an old house and thinking about the people who lived here before me.”

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‘PART OF THE FUN’

A pair of thrifters’ California rental is 99% filled with secondhand goods

BY LISA BOONE Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES — After moving to Los Angeles from Palo Alto in 2023 with only a standing desk and a bed frame, Tess van Hulsen and Andrew Chait learned quickly how to furnish an empty rental without buying anything new

Because they love thrifting, decorating together was actually fun for them.

Two years later, their love of thrifting, antiquing, bargaining and restoring has turned their Westwood rental into a showcase of “secondhand treasures,” said van Hulsen, 28, who works as a commercial contract specialist

“I have always liked things that have history and character and a story behind them,” she said. “Each piece represents a store we love, a lucky find or a successful haggle that ended with us carrying home something with history.”

Chait, meanwhile, enjoys the thrill of searching and bargaining. He likes making deals, and even if he walks away, he still feels like he’s won.

“I’m good at finding value, and Tess has the eye for style,” said Chait, 32, who works as a development director. “It’s something we really enjoy doing together.”

At a time when many millennials and Gen Z shoppers enjoy hunting for deals on secondhand items, van Hulsen and Chait also wanted to avoid “fast furniture, poorly built materials and disposable design,” according to van Hulsen. For them, gently used pieces make their rental feel special.

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Tess van Hulsen and Andrew Chait’s living room is filled with secondhand furniture, art and accessories. The sofa is from Home Consignment Center, and the chairs and coffee table are from Facebook Marketplace.

Andrew Chait and Tess van Hulsen relax on their condo rooftop, sitting on patio furniture they bought in Venice, Calif., through Facebook Marketplace.

tain and bring stuff out when guests come over It makes the table look nice, and the platters are great for bringing food upstairs when we entertain on our rooftop patio.”

Except for a few family heirlooms and some small dressers from IKEA and West Elm, nearly everything in their condo is thrifted.

In the living room, an elegant cream-colored linen sofa from the Home Consignment Center is the main piece. On either side are striped linen armchairs, and a wooden coffee table from Facebook Marketplace completes the look, giving the room a relaxed coastal feel.

An assortment of vintage items are displayed in a hutch purchased at the Santa Monica Flea Market.

The couple purchased the lithograph in Beverly Hills through Facebook Marketplace.

van Hulsen said as she point-

“People my age are taking an interest in having heirlooms and traditional items,”

ed to a silver-plated trinket tray that holds her jewelry “I think it’s really fun to enter-

Next to the 2-year-old sofa is an antique Tiger Oak hutch from the Santa Monica Antique and Vintage Market. It’s filled with their thrifted finds including silver champagne buckets, candlesticks, colorful Mexican ceramics and a tall rotating server from the Council Shop, a thrift store chain that supports low-

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In the bathroom, a mint julep cup that was given as a trophy at the 1964 Peacock Hill National Horse show holds toothpaste and toothbrushes.

income women and families in Los Angeles.

“It’s dangerous living so close to the Council Shop,” Chait said of the nonprofit, which is within walking distance of the couple’s rental. “We probably walk down there every two weeks or so.”

As the couple walks through their home, they reminisce about how each item has its own story

“I knew we wanted a neutral couch,” van Hulsen said of the sofa that was originally on hold when they first saw it. “Luckily, it is modular, so my mother-in-law and I took it home in pieces in two cars.”

The china cabinet was discounted to $60 at the Santa Monica Antique and Vintage Market because it was missing some glass pieces.

“We purchased it from a father and son who were so nice,” said Chait. “Tess and I couldn’t fit it in our car, so they delivered it to us for $40.”

Added van Hulsen: “It’s narrow and the perfect size.”

In the dining room corner next to a table and eight chairs from the UCLA Thrift Shop that they had to pick up in two trips sits a charming oak dresser with carved floral details. “I found it on the street during bulky item pickup day in Palo Alto and brought it down during a holiday car ride back,” van Hulsen said.

She also found a vintage

print of Windsor Castle, now hanging in the entryway, on the street in Palo Alto. “That was the farthest thing we have thrifted,” she said.

Many of the accessories in their penthouse such as a bright blue Kitchen Aid mixer (which can cost up to $699 new), coffee-table books and a decorative clam shell remind the couple of their favorite place: Palm Springs, California.

For them, sticking to a budget is a way to get creative. Whether it’s silver platters or things left out on the street during bulky item pickup day, the couple is always searching for stylish, affordable finds.

The result is a surprisingly cohesive look with jute rugs, light woods and striped linens creating a relaxed California coastal vibe with touches of Palm Springs and France.

“My mom has always been a thrifter,” said van Hulsen.

“When we lived in London for four years, we collected all sorts of bits and baubles.”

Van Hulsen and Chait have stuck with secondhand pieces except for their upholstered panel bed, which they purchased at Living Spaces.

“That is our only big furniture purchase,” Chait said. “Things are so expensive, and so many things fall apart. And besides, we like the stories. That’s what we get excited about: the story, talking to people, imagining the life it had before.”

ABOVE: Dutch ceramic figurines and Asian ginger jars were found at various estate sales and thrift stores.

RIGHT: Chait collects vintage mechanical banks.

They have a dresser from the Venice Canals that Tess squeezed into her Jeep Cherokee, etchings from an estate sale in Carmel, a lamp from the Guy on Motor at Venice in Palms and a vintage mirror from San Diego.

“We have thrifted all over California,” said van Hulsen.

Sometimes things don’t go as planned. For example, Chait recently bought a Frigidaire wine refrigerator for $100 on Facebook Marketplace, but when he got it home, he saw it was too big for their space. (They’re still trying to make it work.) van Hulsen adds: “I’ve gotten

some coffee tables that I ended up flipping because they didn’t work in our space.”

Making a cheap mistake isn’t a big deal when you can just resell the item online.

“We’re never really done,” van Hulsen said. “It’s exciting to find new things and imagine how they’ll fit in our home.”

REALESTATETRANSFERS

NEW ORLEANS

n TRANSFERS ISSUED FEB. 4-8

DISTRICT 1

BARONNE ST. 1237-39: $1,400,000, 1239 Baronne Street LLC to Baronne Holdings LLC.

COLISEUM ST. 1765: $370,000, Bylli Edmondson All, Kimberly Edmondson Deglandon and William P. Edmondson II to Neil J. Volkmar Living Trust and Robin G. Volkmar Living Trust

COMMON ST. 416: $907,500, Bruce A. Boulware and Lizabeth Anne Granik Boulware to Strategic Solutions Properties LLC.

JOHN CHURCHILL CHASE ST. 610: $685,000, Kevin J. Cassidy and Nicole Gina Cassidy to Andrew Christopher Jones.

NOTRE DAME ST. 425, UNIT 405:

$830,000, Crescent South Realty LLC to Sharon Wilson Barreca.

PALMYRA ST. 2715: $180,000, Randall Ray Clayborn Ty and Russell Ty to Holly Voinescu irrevocable trust.

PRYTANIA ST. 1727-29-31: $100 and other good and valuable consideration, Saint Charles Rentals LLC to 125 Lee Lane LLC.

ST. CHARLES AVE. 731: $645,000, Kurosh A. Safavi to Robert Henry Gabriel and Stacie King Gabriel.

S. LOPEZ 325: $330,000, Terry Scott Martin and Travis Leighton Martin to 1116 W. Chimes LLC.

S. PIERCE ST. 520-22: $230,000, Succession of Flora Tan Be and Harry Be to Lynda Xiangxi Lin Be and Raymond Be.

ULLOA ST. 4031-33: $370,000, Bret William Hubacek and Joshua Benjamin Capdeville to Fernando Javier Sanz Vidorreta.

DISTRICT 2

GEN. HAIG ST. 6880: $10 and other valuable consideration, Succession of Gregory Harrison Ramirez and Lucille Burns Adams Ramirez to Kyle Robert Keller.

GOV. NICHOLLS ST. 1201: $100, Elamm Equity Investments LLC to Natalie Christine Miller.

N. WHITE ST. 812-814: $278,000, Julia Denise Siren to No Coffee LLC.

ONYX ST. 7332: $576,000, Frank Stuart to Marcie Fox Goldberg and Myron S. Goldberg.

ROYAL ST. 910: $1,050,000, Princess of Monaco LLC to Royal Monaco I LLC.

DISTRICT 3

ALABAMA ST. 7727: $104,000, Destin Richard Gardner to Antoinette M. Davis.

BUCHANAN ST. 4217-19: $146,000, Eric Jon Tabary and Kenneth Jenkins Jr. to Yall Come Back Now LLC.

CAMPUS BLVD. 5757: $265,000, Cathy Gerzanne Honore and Michael Gerard Honore to Kimberly Cureaux.

CURRAN BLVD. 14101: $159,000, Tetiana Iorzh Brockhoeft to 14101 Curran Blvd LLC.

DAUPHINE ST. 6215: $215,000, Anthony D. Baab to Marnie E. Chiasson.

DODT AVE. 4659: $38,000, Wells Fargo Bank NA to Pervez Hai.

DORCHESTER ST. 7000: $108,332, City of New Orleans to Jannique Cabrini Peters.

DREUX AVE. 4647: $307,500, Annie McClure Ballen and Juan Francisco Ballen to Bikhari Migeul Reyes.

FELICIANA ST. 1329-31, 1333-35,

1336-38: donation, no value stated, Katherine B. Odrick to Karl M. Odrick Sr.

FRANKLIN AVE. 2818-2824: $40,000, Deborah Irene Moran to Michael Roni Rodriguez.

GEN. HAIG ST. 6839-6841: $600,000, Ellis Michael Weiss to Jodie Louise Drapal Kluver and Phillip C. Koretski.

JEANNE MARIE PLACE 4517: $180,000, Cloreece Davis Knight and Javone Davis Charles to Estefany Duenas Nunez.

LAFAYE ST. 6230-6232: $35,000, Timothy F. Crump to Jason Patrick Feder and Rachael Beth Kansas Feder.

LAMB ROAD 7945: $160,000, Bessie Crutchfield Minor and Harrison Minor Jr. to Frog Nola Property LLC.

LANCELOT DRIVE 4718: $167,000, Triple J. Real Estate LLC to Aleah Hamilton.

LAW ST. 1977: $10,000, NO2SAC Transportation LLC to TRK 2021

INV1 Trust.

LAW ST. 1983: $10,000, NO2SAC Transportation LLC to TRK 2021 INV1 Trust.

LINCOLN BEACH BLVD. 10686: $290,000, Bernard A. Glapion Sr. and Marleen Blazio Glapion to Ennis Weber.

LIZARDI ST. 2332: $14,500, Irma L. Williams Friday to Her Essence Beauty Bar LLC.

MARSEILLE ST. 4911: $140,000, Hien Luu Vu and Nguyen Dinh Vu to Hang Thuy Tran.

MIRABEAU AVE. 4600: $37,000, Karen Harris Santinac to Emperatriz Cuesta Aponza, Humberto Aponza and Pamela Aponza.

MITHRA ST. 1505: $490,000, Russell C. Hamerski to Erik Gavin and Monica Bergeron Gavin.

MUSIC ST. 1014: $269,000, Michael L. Straussberger and Pamela Dean Straussberger to Susan Wyllie Pouzar.

N. MIRO ST. 2520: $15,000, Succession of John Simmons and Katherine Simmons to Crypto LLC.

N. RAMPART ST. 5036: $225,000, Frank Spiegelhalter to Kelly Brandon Cline White and Reginald E. White.

N. RAMPART ST. 5341: $75,000, 3Boys Investments LLC to American Home Cash Buyers LLC.

N. RAMPART ST. 6038: $80,000, 3Boys Investments LLC to American Home Cash Buyers LLC.

N. RENDON ST. 800, UNIT 201: $315,000, Rendon Partners LLC to Renee Hickson.

N. TONTI ST. 3130: $235,000, Edson Barbosa to Tex Auto Garage LLC. POLAND AVE. 1233-1235: $600,000, Christopher Berends and Melinda Cohen Berends to Maria Laland Scott Osborne and Neil Osborne.

ROGER DRIVE 10921: $294,500, VBR Group LLC to Harrison Smothers Jr. and Renise Turner Smothers.

SAIL ST. 7830: $35,000, Dianne Williams Wescoe and Willie J. Wescoe to Adey LLC.

ST. ANTHONY ST. 2125-27: $244,700, Cornell Pendleton to Hassan Pate.

ST. CLAUDE AVE. 2017-2019:

$200,000, Succession of Wilfredo Enrique Rosales to Lidia Rosales.

SANDALWOOD ST. 4958: $285,000, Damian Roby to Latasha S. Harris.

SCHINDLER DRIVE 4611: $85,000, Gernard Eric McCormick to Hemwaite Ramsarup and Ramesh Ramsarup.

SCOTTWOOD DRIVE 7649: $60,000, Joseph L. Avery to Dixon Investments 1 LLC.

SPAIN ST. 923: $430,000, Gerald Ebert Jones and John Robert Jones to Joseph D. Reckley and Meghan E. Garhan.

ST. BERNARD AVE. 6411: donation, no value stated, Errol Bailey to Errolyn Lang Bailey Summers.

ST. CLAUDE AVE. 3322: $285,000, Touro Infirmary to 3322 Saint Claude Avenue LLC.

STEPHEN GIRARD AVE. 4601:

$106,000, Carol Joshua and Vivian Copelin Mitchell to Robria Smith.

TUPELO ST. 2500-02: $90,000, Lory Carter Joseph and Melody P. Peterson to Douglas W. Bonny.

VIRGINIA MARIE ST. 1520:

$160,000, Norman Sinegal Jr. to Druzeila M. Lewis.

WINTHROP PLACE 108: $200,000, Darlene Mary Fredericks to Roberto O. Astacio.

DISTRICT 4

CONSTANCE ST. 2340: donation, no value stated, Debra Ann Moran Reimonenq to James Holland Jr.

PRYTANIA ST. 2113: $799,000, Austin W. Miller and Katrina Dannheim Miller to Driskell Living Trust.

REV. JOHN RAPHAEL JR. WAY 2122-2124, 2126-2128: $399,900, St. Joseph Lane LLC to AB RE Holdings LLC.

ST. ANDREW ST. 1822-1824: $1,289,000, Bud’s Bloch LLC to Brandelyn Hill, Marc Hill and Zackary Gerald Mitchell.

SECOND ST. 623-25: $779,000, Christopher Speer and Olivia Grey Pritchard Speer to David Shulman and Robert Joseph Laviolette IV

SEVENTH ST. 803: $225,000, Laurie Maria Brocato and Lisa Vickers to Miles Meckstroth and Sarah Heath Sharp Meckstroth.

ST. THOMAS ST. 3201: $460,000, Peter Lindsay Gallagher to Sara Ruth Ashe Grimes.

REALESTATETRANSFERS

DISTRICT 5

BOYD ST. 2829: $40,000, 3Boys Investments LLC to American Home Cash Buyers LLC.

BOYD ST. 2829, N. RAMPART ST. 6038, 5341, 6038: $230,000, American Home Cash Buyers LLC to Gneden LLC

BRUNSWICK COURT 6326: $115,000, Donald E. Devore and Myrtle Devore Fountenberry to Turn Key Investments LLC.

COURET PLACE 12: $47,000, Succession of Corey Green and Rulonda Lisha Green to Kevin Phillips and Kimberly Anders Phillips.

DELARONDE ST. 213-15: $318,000, Michael David Millet to Luis Jose Marrero and Marcelyn Claudine Ruello.

EAGLE POINT LANE 5: $100, Michael G. Cadre and Treva Grandpre Cadre to 5 Eagle Point LLC.

ETON ST. 2513: $132,000, RCAF Acquisition Trust to E&T Morris Enterprises LLC.

GEN. COLLINS AVE. 1722: donation, no value stated, Elizabeth Ann Molaison Ortiz and Raymond Ernest Molaison Jr. to Ryan Carroll Molaison.

HUDSON PLACE 2542: $220,000, Rachel Yvette Welp to John Stephen Beierl and Kimberly Anne Beierl.

LAVERGNE ST. 131, 133: $225,000, Carol M. Mason, Pamela M. McElearney, Ronnie M. Sperier and William P. Gould to Cynthia Sperier and Ruth M Sperier.

PLYMOUTH PLACE 3101: $185,000, Stephen Craft to Alexander Amador Perera and Dinora Beatriz Pineada Enamorado Perera.

RUE NADINE 3730: $292,000, ZMMY LLC to Aiesha Monic

Pierre Brown and Jeremy Vincent Brown.

DISTRICT 6

ARABELLA ST. 1131: $1,300,000, Neil Scot Kleiman and Suri Lyn Duitch to Allison Paige Manzo and Joseph Richard MacFarland.

ARABELLA ST. 1322-24; ARABELLA ST. 1324: $100 and other good and valuable consideration, Arabella Rental Investments LLC to Menon Holdings LLC.

COLISEUM ST. 4518, JENA ST. 1120: donation, no value stated, Renee Landrieu to George David Johnson.

COLISEUM ST. 4518; JENA ST. 1120: donation, no value stated, George David Johnson to Renee Landrieu.

CONSTANCE ST. 5236: $783,550, Barbara Bennett Gilbert and Timothy P. Gilbert to Robert Taylor Lapeyre.

GEN. TAYLOR ST. 3233: $490,000, Anshul S. Acharya and Delphi Barua Acharya to Francesca Tabor Miolla, Jason R. Tabor and Wendy Leasure Blackburn.

LAUREL ST. 3312; TOLEDANO ST. 842: $590,000, William Harper Johnson to Michele Teachey Cassidy and Thomas Quinn Cassidy.

LOUISIANA AVE. PARKWAY 333335: $10,000, NO2SAC Transportation LLC to TRK 2021-INV2 Trust.

MAGAZINE ST. 5309: $550,000, Elaine S. Center to Valmont LLC.

NASHVILLE AVE. 1213: $1,525,000, Jeffery Lawrence Geary and Joan Schneidau Geary to Brooks Jardet Kiser and Mallory Geary Kiser.

OCTAVIA ST. 1133: $690,000, Fabre Remodel LLC to Joshua Michael Wainer and Marcelle G. Wainer.

ST. CHARLES AVE. 4007: $229,000, David Sampedro Trust to 4007U319StCharles LLC.

SONIAT ST. 1405: $1,150,000, Gary Gillis Baker to James Louis Bertuzzi and Jordan Lane Goldblum Bertuzzi.

S. MIRO ST. 4307: $560,000, Gulfcoast Allied LLC to Christopher L. Branch and Katie Debruhl Branch.

TCHOUPITOULAS ST. 4908-10: $260,000, Edward Joseph Ferrel and Michele Elizabeth Collins Ferrel to Jane Nguyen Chaisson and Nikolaos E. Pantazis.

WALNUT ST. 170: $765,000, John R. Pegues III and Maura Helen Sylvester Pegues to Jerry D. Jackson.

DISTRICT 7

28TH ST. 422: $750,000, 28th Street LLC to Maray Garban Azocar and

Ruben J. Azocar.

BREAKWATER DRIVE 7924: $419,350, Boathouse 47 LLC to John Curtis Creed and Karen McHale Creed.

BURDETTE ST. 933: $1,176,500, Sibei Xia Ji and Xiang Ji to Justin Nathaniel Baros Barr.

CAMBRONNE ST. 828: $110,000, Patterson LLC to Spes By D&B LLC.

LAKE MARINA DRIVE 500: $130,000, Anthony Henry Gettys, Jodi A. Gettys Epling and Joseph A. Gettys III to Gina Anzalone Stritzinger and John Louis Stritzinger IV

LESLIE LANE 430: $725,000, Cristian P. Silva and Michelle Shensky Silva to Kenneth Willis and Stephanie Willis.

PANOLA ST. 8226-8228: $490,000, Adam Ritter and Jennifer McCammon Ritter to Dina Ballo.

andUrsulineSchool. Long time owner. Thepropertyfeaturesa2nd floor, recently renovated3 bedroom /2bathowner’s residence over twogroundfloor 2bed /1bathapartmentsw/a rear 1bedroom garage studio.Units areunderrentedwithmth.tomth.terms and there arevalue addpossibilities.Off street parkingand asmall landscapedyardinthe rear forresidents’use.It isideal foranowner /residentwho cantakeadvantage of rental income to defray property expenses

REALESTATETRANSFERS

EAST JEFFERSON

n TRANSFERS FORFEB. 6-12

HARAHAN

DOESCHER DRIVE 73: AlejandraR. G. Gutierrez to Caroline Mowrey, $755,000.

ELAINE AVE. 148: Greenwich Supply Co.Inc. to William T. ClarkIII, $185,000.

JEFFERSON

DODGEAVE. 625: KaiT.Hemelt to WeiTong, $250,000.

SONIA PLACE4: Perk Properties LLCtoA.S.Genois, $309,000.

Megan Poole, $153,500.

WOODLAKE BLVD.53: Lorena R. Ford to TaylorS.Mangum, $539,000.

METAIRIE

ATOM AVE. 6201: Frank L. Temple Jr. to Ama Investment Group LLC, $152,500.

BELMONT PLACE2905: Russell W. Cranford to Ahmad Hamoudi, $220,000.

BROCKENBRAUGH COURT 249: D.W. Wood Jr. to Jam Properties Louisiana LLC, $1,133,000.

CLEARVIEW PARKWAY 3516: Kim N. Casey to Jane A. Ball, $225,000.

MISSISSIPPI AVE. 2525: Melissa S. PutfarktoDanna S. C. Alvarado, $225,000.

N. STARRETT ROAD 1617: Luisa G. Penton to CarmenMedine, $310,000.

N. WOODLAWN AVE. 705: Amber M.S.Kreko to Christopher V. Tran, $335,000.

N. UPLANDAVE.705: Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2006 M.1. to QuinlivanHomesLLC,$110,775.

OLD METAIRIE DRIVE 708: Seven HundredEight Old Metairie LLC to Sally B. Fox, $290,000.

REASER ST.4901: C. Pecquet to NelsyP.Pertuz, $455,000.

KENNER

DERBIGNY ST.3714: DanielJ. Chauvin to Edison Properties LLC, $145,000.

RIDGEWOOD DRIVE 225: Bradley GoodsontoPamela P. Webb, $1,285,000.

ANTIGUADRIVE 29: DavidL.Silverblatt to Adrian A.R. Maraver, $280,000.

DISNEY DRIVE 1400: Joseph D. Freyholtz to Kalin A. Pedalino, donation, no value stated.

RIVIERE AVE. 1821: Sarah S. Harltey to CassandraB.Boudreaux, $284,000.

ARKANSAS ST.3204: DanielS Mena to Ana G.O. Cournane, $155,000.

CHATEAUBLVD. 4129, UNIT C: MaryL.B.W. White to Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty Nine Chateau BlvdLLC,$112,000.

COMPROMISE ST.911-13: DavidA Green to ArmondBrown, donation, no value stated.

DIVISION ST.2717: Carlos &DupreRentalsLLC to Emilianos LLC, $165,000.

GRUNER ROAD 153: Jordan M.B. PaytontoChristian A. Peters, $400,000.

HESPER AVE. 1314: Larry H. Deblieux to Peyton G. Bulloch, $420,000.

S. MANLEYAVE.2706: Paula F. PetittoGreat Southern Real Estate Development LLC, $350,000. TAFT PARK 1205: Alma VBuergo to ClayBowers,$275,000.

TOBY LANE4721: Lisette J. Tejeda to SamanthaA.E.Fossier, $420,000.

CONNECTICUT AVE. 2016: Donald Antill Jr. to Robert M. Rome, $160,000.

HESPER AVE. 135: Ronald Powell Jr. to GSB Investments LLC, $530,000.

HIGHLAND ST.1612: LS Realty LLC to LindaI.Risso, $395,000.

TRUDEAUDRIVE 1304: ShirleyS. Hannagan to Quinlivan Homes LLC, $135,000.

VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD.6901 UNIT 47: SandraM.N.LitoJohn J. McAllister,$58,000.

DRIFTWOOD BLVD.62: Taylor Sylvester to Thi Ly,$365,000.

HANSON PLACE717-719: Ralph E. Sacks to NikiraLLC,$50,010.

LAKEAVE. 705-707: Charles M. Walker to Fortune 705 LLC, $310,000.

MINOR ST.720: Louie FoySr. to Edgardo A. P. Portillo,$70,000.

LORINO ST.4708: AvaM.Accaro to Marilyn J. Spanolia, $362,634.

WEST JEFFERSON

W. ESPLANADE AVE. 1500, UNIT 2, BUILDING 0: Verlee E. Thomas to

MICHIGAN AVE. 2320: NewOrleans Property Ventures Inc. to YaniraM.R. Yoc, $299,000.

n TRANSFERS FORFEB.6-12

AVONDALE

CORRETTADRIVE 153: CindyC. Feddeck to Melissa D. Coll, donation, no value stated.

RETREATDRIVE 3730: DSLD LLCto Ly N.L. Vu,$294,203.

TISH DRIVE 180: Clayton J. Stortz to Cayden J. Stortz,donation, no value stated.

BARATARIA

DEBORAH ANN DRIVE 4966: Loni C. Biondillo to SalvadorSanchez, $305,000.

JOAN MARIE DRIVE 4903: Lynn J. DelauneSr. to Lesley D. Pilcher, donation, no value stated.

GRANDISLE

RASPBERRYLANE 169: Heather J.M. Dupuis to Nena L. Allemand, $60,000.

GRETNA

ELI COURT1052: Marie J. Freemont to Sebastian A. Lainez, $122,000.

LAUREL AVE. 2049: Audra L. Long to Beth D. Gleason, $245,000.

N. MARLIN COURT551: PCH Properties LLCofNevadatoAna Andino, $180,000.

HARVEY

ALEX KORNMAN BLVD.2316: KJV Partners LLCtoWilliam F. Zurek Jr., $286,000.

CERRITAS VIA 2600: Barrios Investments LLCtoGleshia C. Joyner, $274,000.

DESTREHAN AVE. 3012: Eunice Creppel to Consuelo Vasquez, donation, no value stated

SAULET PLACE 2065: Nguyet T.T. Do to Thi N. Vo,$200,000.

SECOND AVE. 434: Rosie L. Foret to JMB Property Investments LLC, $135,000.

VULCANST. 2571: Seven Hundred Seven Grefer Street LLCtoRaylynn Hayes, $315,000.

LAFITTE

JEAN LAFITTE BLVD.4595: Lauren Perrin to Chase Cheramie, $340,000.

WILLIAM ADAMS ST.5117: M. Schlumbrecht to Sean Encalade, $85,000.

MARRERO

ACORN ST.2701: David B. Guthrie to L. Guthrie, donation,novalue stated.

DUELING OAKS AVE. 5165: Maxwell Chambers to Helen Nguyen, $200,000.

ELM LAWN DRIVE 2604: Dean StpierretoBrandan David, $294,000.

KRUPP DRIVE 1251: Luoc Vo to Dung T.T. Vo,donation, no value stated.

OAKBAYOU AVE. 5120: Joseph A. Guidry to LRamsak, $180,000.

SEA SHORE DRIVE 2605: Misty T. Sampey to Dayana VG.Chatelain, $270,000.

SECOND AVE. 6103: Morning Star

REALESTATETRANSFERS

Baptist Church of Ames Farm to Venus C. Trent, $2,000.

STARKVILLE DRIVE 5232: JBL Properties L.T.D. to Maven Homes&Development, $68,500.

TERRYTOWN

AMAPOLA CIRCLE 303: Paulino M. RiveratoMarcos D. Ramirez, $100,000.

CAROL SUE AVE. 1609: Caroline A.O. Standley to Alhende LLC, $275,000

HERITAGEAVE. 700: Samuel Ramon to Brandy Coulon, $247,500.

WAGGAMAN

JOSEPH ST.367: AmyJ.M. Migliacco to BernardMenge, donation, no valuestated.

WESTWEGO

10641/2 1066 AVE. C1064: Ralph E. Sacks to IrankLLC,$125,000.

AVE. B457: William Beardsley to Lisa M. Clement,donation, no value stated.

AVE. E543-545: Ralph E. Sacks to Brocato Enterprises LLC Nicholas, $90,010.

CENTRAL AVE. 705: Vivian T. PereztoWayne P. Montelius, $172,500.

GARDENIA LANE201: Bethany R. PereztoTalwanga W. McClendon,$205,000.

MALLARD DRIVE 140: MarkA. Giammaria to Donnetta M. N. Matthews, $66,000

WINNONA DRIVE 172: Scoggins Holdings Avondale LLCtoEmily V. Sonier, $245,000.

ST.TAMMANy

n TRANSFERS FORJAN. 26-30

ABITASPRINGS

CYPRESSST. 72059: Matthew J. Sunseri and Caitlin C. Angel Sunseri to PedroF.LugoOrtizand Fiona Mulligan, $330,000.

NINTH ST.22033: Aaron K. Yazbeck and Kate D. Yazbeck to Charles J. Strohmeyer, $143,000.

VINEYARDS SUBDIVISION, PHASE 3, LOT71: James E. Scott and Kelly D. Scott to FirminP.Brown III, $250,000.

COVINGTON

COVINGTONPOINT SUBDIVISION, LOT70: MichaelO’Dell Connick and Beatrice B. Connick to RichardN.O’Connell and Grace G. O’Connell, $285,000.

CYPRESSPOINT DRIVE 4217: DLK Homes LLCtoKobe D. Szuraand Hayley Szura, $712,500.

DAISY ST.72520: Veteran Property Holdings LLCtoRonnie L. Long Jr., $43,000.

E. 10TH AVE. 522: Alice M. SchlenkerMatrisciano to Ernest Cook, donation, no value stated.

E. U.S. 190 SERVICE ROAD 5001: Patronus Properties LLCtoLNJ Holdings LLC, $165,000.

EMERALD FOREST BLVD.350, UNIT 24105, PARKING SPACE101: DavidM.Burckel to Virginia Q. Burckel, $130,000.

EMERALD FOREST BLVD.350, UNIT 4202: Senator Properties LLCtoTravisMitchell and Taunya K. Mitchell, $87,000.

HEINTZ SHARP ROAD,POR-

TION OF GROUND: Succession of Felder Fitzmorris to Kevin M. Speakman and Jessica C. Williams, $35,000.

HUSEMAN LANE 637: Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Randolph Boudreaux IV,$238,000.

MARYGRACE DRIVE 1568: DSLD Homes LLCtoNicholas G. Nuccio and Emily J. Crocker Nuccio, $333,280.

MILITARYROAD74140: Ian J. Beer to Sally D. Smith, $365,000.

MILLION DOLLAR ROAD 16903: Joshua Castellanos and Amanda R. Castellanos to JohnnyA. Martens and Susan C. Martens, $215,000.

NATCHEZ LOOP 1534: S&C Realty LLCtoSuzanne Fisher, $400,000.

NEAR COVINGTON, PORTION OF GROUND: PamelaF.Mingo and succession of RobinR.Mingo to BlaiseA.Provitola and Julie D. Provitola, $755,000.

NEAR COVINGTON, PORTION OF GROUND: Victor L. PapaiJr. and Nancy B. Mock to Covington Dealership LLC, $700,000.

OAKLAWNDRIVE 5: Leanne Cvitanovich to Nicholas Selby and Julia W. Selby, $1,450,000.

PARMA CIRCLE 12545: Chad M. Majoueand Samantha K. Osburn to BryceBagley and Lillie Lore, $271,500.

ROBIN HOOD DRIVE 131: 131 Robin Hood LLCtoTerri LeeThurston, $230,000.

SAWGRASS LOOP 366: RonA. Zoller to John J. KramerIII and MarionJ.Kramer, $492,500.

SECOND ST.70428: Habitat for Humanity St.TammanyWest Inc. to Krystal L. Brown, $269,900.

SHADOWBEND DRIVE21265:

DSLD HomesLLC to Amanda B. Lloyd,$295,990.

S. FITZMORRIS ROAD 76212: Michael A. Swick to Marcel Estrade and AnthonyS.Accardo, $305,000.

S. NEW HAMPSHIRE STREET,LOT C, SQUARE 26: HampshireHouse LLCtoCary C. Newman and PennyR.Newman, $590,000.

S. ORCHARD LANE211: James D. Smith Jr. and Jane W. Smith to Donna P. Armond and Kenneth C. Armond Sr., $402,500.

SADDLEBROOK COURT 441: Thomas V. Eglerand Paulette G. EglertoWillliam H. MartinJr. and Sharon L. Martin, $279,900.

TCHEFUNCTE DRIVE 210: Brian R. Oatsvall and BrittanyG.Oatsvall to BlakeMatherne and Lacie Matherne,$857,000.

TERRA MARIAE SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1, LOT19: Patricia G. Ford to Albert B. Devillierand Judy T. Devillier, $300,350.

THIRD ST.70314: Kativa E. Lopinto Barras andBryan J. Barras Jr. to Taylor C. Alphonso, $150,000. THIRD ST.70415: Habitat For HumanitySt. TammanyWest Inc. to RavenS.Keyes, $224,900. FOLSOM

NEAR FOLSOM, PORTION OF GROUND: Alvin D. Smith II to Yar Construction Co. Inc., $84,053. NEAR FOLSOM, PORTION OF GROUND: David J. Mumfrey and Anna M. O’Malley Mumfrey to Kevin S. Drury Jr. and Kaitlyn Drury,$85,000.

ROSEWOOD DRIVE 13325: Victor L. Baham and ShirleyE.Baham

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to SACC Development LLC, $125,000.

LACOMBE

BRITTANY DRIVE 61609: Janice T. Hostetler to Connor R. Wood and Rachel F. Wood, $295,000.

DRESDEN DRIVE 60486: Connor R. Wood and Rachel F. Wood to Tyler J. Patrick and Gabrielle N. Kernan, $232,000.

FAIRFAX DRIVE 60843: DSLD Homes LLC to Caitlin B. Moore and Daniel A.Trawick, $274,124.

POWELL HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, LOT 10, SQUARE C: Mark L. Orris and Starr E. Orris to Shane P. Armand, $60,000.

MADISONVILLE

CYPRESS BEND LANE 2021: Marilyn Ann Rooney to Richard D. Kimbel III and Polyana Kimbel, $427,500.

LONGUE VUE PLACE 605: Wilda F Gerald Feddeck to Lana G. Smith, $457,500.

MOSS POINT LANE 3026: Joseph L. Piel to Brendan Dayries, $425,000.

SNOWY EGRET COURT 226: Stanislaw Popiolek and Robin R. Popiolek to John G. Courtney, $232,000.

SPIKE DRIVE 71708: DSLD Homes LLC to Dereck Isai Santamaria and Victoria S. Ramirez, $216,246. W. SEABISCUIT LOOP 509: Joel R. McClure and Mary O. McClure to Al Sarrat and Anita L. Sarrat, $349,900.

REALESTATETRANSFERS

MANDEVILLE

ANTIOCH DRIVE 67578: Michael G. May to Gryphon Holdings LLC, $585,000.

ATALIN ST. 350: Scott W. Raymond and Elaine Bergeron to Lawrence Miller and Patricia Miller Living Trust, $170,000.

BROOKWOOD DRIVE 7218: Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Lisa K Johnson, $364,000.

BROWN ST. 69393: Victoria A. Castro Key and Joseph D. Key to Kyle Scala, $175,000.

COLBERT ST. 655, UNIT 24: William J. Alfred IV to Mihail E. Karasoulis and Dana M. Reed Karasoulis, $220,000.

FALCONE DRIVE 5: Donald L. Hoffmann, Carol S. Hoffmann and Hoffmann Living Trust to Thomas Whelan and Reagan M. Dowdall, $100 and all other good and valuable consideration.

GAINESWAY DRIVE 447: Corlis B. Coyne to Dustin Cantrelle and Nicole Laviolette, $350,000.

JASMINE DRIVE 325: Aliaksandr A. Shostak to Drew T. Kedzie and Maureen I. Kedzie, $455,000.

LA. 59 4058, 4060: Grant W. Campbell and Cynthia A. Campbell to 5-S Properties LLC, $700,000.

LAFITTE ST. 635, UNIT 4: Teresa R. Bass to Alfortish Contractors LLC, $315,000.

LIVE OAK ST. 505: Steven Reisig Lifetime Trust to Blake Bird, $312,000.

LIVINGSTON ST. 1235: Nicholas Selby and Julia Selby to Keith Wootton and Jennifer A. Manuzak Wootton, $710,000.

LOGAN LANE 1751: Troy Albert, Michele Albert Espinosa and succession of Felix A. Albert to John M. Hamilton and Barbara B.

Hamilton, $475,000.

MAPLE ST. 637: Brenna B. Wood and John F. Wood to Rachel Baumy, $430,000.

MERGANSER DRIVE 100: Gregory R. Alberts to Robert Iles IV and Bryanna Iles, $400,000.

MORNINGSIDE DRIVE 127: Brian R. Sproles and Melissa T. Sproles to Joseph G. Zinsel and Christine R. Zinsel, $655,000.

QUAIL CREEK SUBDIVISION, PHASE 11, LOT 51: Succession of James E. Murphey and Joyce B. Murphey to Blake Scott and Caroline Scheuermann, $335,000.

S. COURT VILLA DRIVE 34: Grover R. Thornhill and Sandra C. Thornhill to Tommy J. Naquin, $275,000.

TOWN OF MANDEVILLE, PORTION OF GROUND: Barbara H. Carter to Erin E. Carter, donation, no value stated.

PEARL RIVER

CRAWFORD DRIVE, PORTION OF GROUND: Colby Crowe to Kaitlyn Ellington, Jamie K. Ellington and Nancy N. Ellington, $65,000.

EARL BENNETT ROAD 37078: Doris F. Hall to Patricia H. Peffer, $106,059.

OAKLAND DRIVE 1005: Mary J. Barkdull Herman to Brant Zeller and Brittney S. Zeller, $276,000.

RURAL LAND

PORTION OF GROUND, LOT 21, SQUARE 1: Dragonfly Enterprises Inc. to Victor M. Franco Garay, $8,000.

SLIDELL

BELFAST BEND COURT 5943: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Ronald L. Thompson and Kecia Thomp-

son, $379,900.

BELLINGRATH LANE 626: Mark P. Hintz to James White and Sheila Alphonse-White, $358,000.

BIRDIE DRIVE 35: Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Silverback Holdings LLC, $72,500.

BRYAN ROAD, PORTION OF GROUND: James Cloud III, Linda Cloud and Judy Cloud Calloway to Robert Charles and Eardel Crawford, $30,000.

CARA MAE ST. 40451: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Meaghan McCardle, $246,900.

CARA MAE ST. 40613: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Blake M. Wedig, $284,900.

CONSTITUTION DRIVE 811: George E. Holetz III and Christopher Holetz to George Dupuis and Ashley Holetz, $276,000.

COUNTRY CLUB BLVD. 435: William E. Rankin to Adolfo Girau and Nelly D. Girau, $233,000.

CYPRESS VINE COURT 6553: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Cheri D. Ford, $184,900.

DEBBIE DRIVE 224: Michael A. J. Adragna and Mary L. Adragna to Jeffrey R. Mock and Katherine H. Mock, $147,300.

EVELLA DRIVE 230: Cody W. Lowery and Alice C. Haynes Lowery to Joshua E. Sweet and Elizabeth L. Sweet, $249,900

FORNEA GLEN WAY 5468 F: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Andrew Brown, $243,900.

LAKESHORE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, LOT 52, SQUARE 2: Nathan Schroeder to Bradley Morgan, $170,000.

LAKEWOOD DRIVE 1423: Patrick Francis Foret and Sheri C. Foret Living Trust, Patrick F. Foret and Sheri C. Foret to Giesele M. Farve, $165,000.

MARLIN DRIVE 230: Autry J. Dufrene Sr. and Andrea M. Dufrene to Ricky J. DeMent and Rachelle M. DeMent, $700,000.

MORGAN BLUFF ROAD 908: John T. Sample and Nicole M. Sample to Travis B. Russell and Shaina Colley Russell, $453,750.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: Citizens Savings Bank to P21A LLC, $375,000.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: Garrett C. Goetz and Ellen W. Goetz to Antoneil St. Patrick Banton, $10,000.

OLD BAYOU LIBERTY ROAD 36445: GDW Trust to E&C Enterprises of LA LLC, $62,000.

ORIOLE ST. 2301: Robert J. Troyer and Amanda N. Troyer to Terry A. Alfonso and Tara B. Alfonso, $240,000.

PALMER COURT 326: Mark A. Winslow to Martin D. Anderson and Yan Wang Anderson, $340,000.

PIRATE’S HARBOR SUBDIVISION, LOT 203, SQUARE 7: Glynis M. Caruthers to Gentco LLC, $25,000. ROBIN LANE 308: JKM Diversified LLC to Kraig Cresson, $143,000.

SPILLWAY MANOR DRIVE 5112: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Tyrone Smith and Tasha M. Smith, $268,900.

ST. ANN PLACE 1505: PennyMac Loan Services LLC to Dickson Developments LLC, $87,800.

TERRACE DRIVE 3163: Slidell Bantam Baseball Association to City of Slidell, $310,000.

TIMBER RIDGE DRIVE 300: Helen Gail J. Jackson Greene to Jacques L. Jarvis, donation, no value stated.

WESTLAWN DRIVE 1363: Imaximus LLC to Jacob D. Howard and Hanna K. Howard, $195,000.

WHITEHALL DRIVE 127: Kerry B. Wichterich and Robbie W. Wichterich to Julie Nguyen and Rotha Ath, $145,000.

WHITTY DRIVE 3037: Hugo E. Mejia and Kerri S. Mejia to Peyton S. Harris and Jessica B. Harris, $299,500.

SUN/BUSH

NEAR BUSH, PORTION OF GROUND: Succession of Larry R. Miller and Carole L. Miller to Keyth Gonzales Jr. and Jenna Gonzales, $100,000.

By The Associated Press

Today is Saturday,Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2026. There are 313 days left in the year.

Todayinhistory:

On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York. Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder and imprisoned; all were eventually paroled. (The convictionsoftwo of the men were dismissed in November 2021, when prosecutors saidnew evidence had undermined the case against them.)

Also on this date:

In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto”in London.

In 1916, the Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of World WarI,began in northeastern France.

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began ahistoricvisit to China, where he met with Chineseleader Mao Zedong.

In 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell, former White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman and former White House Domestic Affairs Adviser John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 21/2 to 8years in prison for their rolesinthe Watergate cover-up. (Each ended upserving less than two years.)

In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi, of the United States, won the gold medal in women’sfigure skating at the Albertville Winter Olympics; Midori Ito, ofJapan, won the silver; and American Nancy Kerrigan the bronze. Today’sbirthdays: Film and music executiveDavid Geffen is 83. Actor Anthony Daniels is 80. Actor William Petersenis73. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 71. Country musician MaryChapin Carpenter is 68. Baseball Hall of Famer Alan Trammell is 68. Actor William Baldwinis63. Democratic Sen. MarkKelly,of Arizona, is 62. Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is 57. Musician Rhiannon Giddens is 49. Actor Tituss Burgess is 47. Actor Jennifer Love Hewitt is 47. Filmmaker-comedian JordanPeele is 47. Singer Charlotte Church is 40. Actor Joe Alwyn is 35.

Dire decision is theonlyoptionleft

DEAR ANNIE

DearAnnie: I’ve had adear friend for nearly adecade. He has been addicted to meth, heroin, alcohol —you name it. For years, Iwas the savior he ran to when everything fell apart. He’smarried and has two young children.

Before his youngest was born, he was afull-blown meth addict. Ibroke into hishouse multiple times after he overdosed while home alone with their first child, who was only 3. He cheated on hiswife, and his wife threatened to leave. By some stroke of “good luck,” they stayed together. The problem is, both of them are still awful parents. Hiswife is emotionally absent and refuses to engage with the children. Although my friend insists he no longeruses drugs,I can tell he’s still abusing something. I’ve encouraged him to get help many times, to no avail.

I’ve tried repeatedly to end the friendship, but he always manages to weasel hisway back into my life. Ishould’ve called Child ProtectiveServices long agobut couldn’tbring my-

self to. Iknow he loves his children and, surprisingly, is the only attentive parent. But he’s absolutely toxic to them. He refuses to change and repeats that this is “all he knows” and howhe’salways been. Ican’tcontinue offering guidance to someone who doesn’twant it.

On top of all this, he is obsessed with me. He admitsto stalking me and romanticizes arelationship Ihave made clear will neverhappen. My biggest concern comes from one night recently when he came over,Ibelieve, under the influence and threatened to rape me. He did thankfully leave. As asurvivor of sexual assault, Ifear this isn’tamatter of if, but when. I’ve since told him to leave me alone and stopped responding to his calls and texts. How do Imaintain distance and protect myself? We are neighbors, and Ican’tmove. Ifear he will continue trying to force his way back into my life or do something extreme to getmyattention (for example, he once falsely claimed that his mother was dying) IknowI cannot continue this relationship. I’m not responsible for him, his actions or his children, and Iwill neverbeable to change or influence someone who doesn’t want to do it for themselves.

Scared but Strong

Dear Scared but Strong: Youare

right to be done, and your first prioritynow must be protecting yourself. This man has threatened sexual violence, admitted to stalking you and continues to abuse substances. This is not asituation to manage privately,and your fear that it’samatter of when,not if,things escalate is justified.

Maintain strict no contact. Document every interaction and threat, and contact law enforcement immediately if he violates your boundaries. If possible, seek arestraining order and alert your landlord or building manager so they understand just how much of arisk he poses.

As for the children, loving them is notthe same as being

capable of caring for them, and what you’ve described certainly meets the threshold for acall to Child Protective Services. CPS exists to assess risk and protect children when parents cannot or will not do so. Making that call isn’tbetrayal; it’sensuring those children receive the care and protection they need and deserve.

You’re right: You’re not responsible for fixing him, saving his marriage or absorbing the consequences of his behavior.Protect yourself, make the report and step away.

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