Search continues for 6 of 10 men who escaped from New Orleans jail

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three days after a 10 men escaped a New Orleans jail by slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, six of them remain on the run Monday. The FBI on Sunday increased the reward it is offering for information leading to the arrest of the escaped men, raising it from $5,000 to $10,000 per escapee. FBI Special Agent Jonathan Trapp said during a news conference that he believes members of the public may be helping them and, if that’s the case, would be arrested on charges of aiding or abetting them. In addition to the FBI reward, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was offering $5,000 and CrimeStoppers announced a $2,000 reward per escapee. The men range in age from 19 to 42 and face a variety of charges including aggravated assault, domestic abuse battery and murder.

Trump admin. agrees to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over Ashli Babbitt shooting in Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that Ashli Babbitt’s family filed over her shooting by an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot. That’s according to a person with knowledge of the settlement who insisted on anonymity to discuss terms of a deal that have not been made public. The settlement will resolve the $30 million federal lawsuit that Babbitt’s estate filed last year in Washington. On Jan. 6, 2021, a Capitol police officer shot Babbitt as she tried to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door.

Radio calls asked tugs for help 45 seconds before Mexican ship hit Brooklyn Bridge

(AP) — The Mexican navy tall ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge was underway for less than 5 minutes before its masts crashed into the historic span, and radio calls indicating it was in distress went out only 45 seconds before the deadly collision, according to a timeline laid out by U.S. investigators Monday. With the help of a tugboat, the Cuauhtemoc training vessel backed away from a Manhattan pier filled with cheering people at 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, officials said. Videos showed the ship moving slowly at first, its rigging filled with white lights and naval cadets balanced high on the ship’s yards — the spars that hold the sails. The tugboat nudged the ship along, keeping it from drifting upstream toward the bridge in the current as it backed up into the East River toward Brooklyn.

Nebraska to ban soda and energy drinks from SNAP under first USDA waiver

(AP) — Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins approved the first federal waiver on Monday. Nebraska’s ban on purchasing the drinks under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, starts Jan. 1. The move will affect about 152,000 low-income people in Nebraska. Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Iowa and West Virginia also have submitted requests for waivers banning certain foods and drinks or expanding access to hot foods.