Ramon Antonio Vargas
Ramon Antonio Vargas
Weekend editor, The Guardian US. | ramon.vargas@guardian.co.uk. Previously: Times-Picayune (2008-13); New Orleans Advocate (2013-19); T-P | TNOA (2019-22).Source
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FBI says it foiled Islamic State sympathizer’s plot to kill George W Bush

FBI says it foiled Islamic State sympathizer’s plot to kill George W Bush

This article is more than 3 months oldThis article is more than 3 months oldBureau says in warrant that Ohio man Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab planned assassination out of revenge for Iraq warFirst published on Tue 24 May 2022 13.40 EDTThe claims an Islamic State sympathizer living in Ohio plotted to assassinate George W Bush, but confidential informants helped federal agents foil the plan, according to court records.Details of the alleged scheme to kill the former president are laid out in a warrant that the FBI obtained in March to search the accused operative’s cellphone records, a 43-page...

May 24, 2022
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After political spat, these New Orleans polling stations will get generators by Election Day | Hurricane Center | nola.com

After political spat, these New Orleans polling stations will get generators by Election Day | Hurricane Center | nola.com

Sunday began with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and City Councilmember Helena Moreno accusing the Louisiana official in charge of overseeing Tuesday’s presidential election of potentially failing to provide backup power to 11 of the city’s polling sites that were still without electricity because of Hurricane Zeta last week.It ended with Cantrell's administration issuing a follow-up statement saying officials would likely need backup power for only three polling sites on Election Day, and "plans to provide and operate the equipment" had been finalized.Cantrell started a political...

November 1, 2020
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New Orleans police ex-lieutenant charged with embezzling almost $330,000 from Catholic church

New Orleans police ex-lieutenant charged with embezzling almost $330,000 from Catholic church

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Federal prosecutors have charged a former New Orleans police lieutenant with bilking a Roman Catholic church where he worked of almost $330,000, nine years after a peripheral role in the Henry Glover civil rights case cost him his job on the force.Joseph Meisch, business manager of St. Patrick’s Church in the Central Business District, used credit cards belonging to the church to buy himself sporting goods and other personal items and transferred church money into his personal account for about three years beginning...

September 25, 2020
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