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D.C. suspect’s background emerges
Man railed against Trump administration in writings BY ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner railed against Trump administration policies and referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” in writings sent to family members minutes before an attack that authorities increasingly believe was
politically motivated, according to a message reviewed by The Associated Press. The writings, sent shortly before shots were fired Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, made repeated references to President Donald Trump without naming him directly and alluded to grievances over a range of administration actions, including U.S. strikes on boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Investigators are treating the writ-
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FBI agents work Sunday at an address in Torrance, Calif., connected to Cole Tomas Allen, who was identified as the shooting suspect at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.
ä Accused gunman is tutor, computer engineer. PAGE 7A ä DOJ cites shooting to press group to drop ballroom suit. PAGE 7A ings, along with a trail of social media posts and interviews with family members, as some of the clearest evidence yet of the suspect’s mindset and possible motives.
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ONE LAST LOOK Festival International de Louisiane closes out its 40th year
For many, research facilities integral to choosing a university BY STEPHEN MARCANTEL Staff writer
University of Louisiana at Lafayette graduate student Maddy Moore was seated in a Breaux Bridge coffee shop in February when a headline on social media caught her by surprise. The university received approval from its board to sell its 49.5-acre Ecology Center near Carencro and the 600-acre Cade Experimental Farm in St. Martin Parish — research facilities outside the university’s main campus that house several active projects. In Moore’s case, the facilities played an important role in her decision to attend UL after switching majors following a year’s lull at Southeastern Louisiana University in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Moore’s story is similar to others who moved to the Acadiana area from other cities, states and sometimes other countries because of environmental research being done at UL.
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Steve Riley plays the accordion with the Mamou Playboys on the last day of the 40th Festival International de Louisiane on the Scene Wellcare Lafayette stage in Lafayette on Sunday. ä See more photos from the final day of the 40th Festival International de Louisiane. PAGE 1B
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U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy says he’s delivered for Louisiana Senator touts infrastructure projects, work and health care
BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer
Editor’s note: This story is the first in a series of profiles of major candidates in the U.S. Senate race, to be published over the coming days. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy stood before 75 people at St. Anthony’s Gardens, a retirement community for seniors in Covington earlier this month, and spoke earnestly for 10 minutes about why he deserves another six years in Washington. He then opened it up for questions that the residents had submitted.
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ally well” with President Donald Trump and that Trump has signed dozens of his measures into law. U.S. SENATE Cassidy highlighted several of them, including one that he said “gives states and localities exä COMING TUESDAY: JOHN FLEMING tra money to help those with addiction or serious mental health issues.” Cassidy described his decision-making process as a senator, saying it was similar to his method Cassidy peered at a note card and laughed. “Let’s start off with an easy one,” he said with a as a doctor. He collects as much information as tone that indicated it wasn’t actually an easy one. possible, then makes a decision, moves forward and doesn’t look back. “Do I regret my support for RFK Jr.?” “Most times it works,” Cassidy said. “OccasionCassidy laughed again, a little harder as he read a second question. “Do I regret my voting against ally it doesn’t.” President Trump on impeachment?” The two biggest questions confronting CasOver the next three minutes and 40 seconds, sidy as he seeks his third term are whether Cassidy didn’t directly answer either question. ä See CASSIDY, page 4A Instead, he told the crowd that he works “re-
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