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The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office has identified a woman who was shot and killed in a mass shooting in the French Quarter last week. According to the coroner, the woman killed was identified as Yasmeen Webb, 27. One person has been arrested, and two others are still being sought in connection with the deadly shooting. Police said Nicholas Miorana was arrested in connection to the shooting on Thursday.NOPD said Miorana was wearing an ankle monitor and was found in a car on I-10 West and Crowder Boulevard. The search continues for Daniel Miorana and Darrell Adams. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick held a news conference on Friday, where she provided an update on the victims as well as the search for the remaining suspects. Webb died, and three other victims were shot. The ages of the victims range from 24 to 40. According to Kirkpatrick, those injured are considered stable at this time. She would not release which victim was targeted in the shooting, but Kirkpatrick did confirm that the shooting was not random. Kirkpatrick also touted community partners with crime cameras as well as diligent police work for the quick apprehension of the first suspect, Nicholas Miorana. According to Kirkpatrick, crime cameras from Project NOLA and the Real Time Crime Center allowed NOPD to find the suspect’s car just 38 minutes after the crime happened. Within an hour of the shooting happening, Kirkpatrick said Nicholas Miorana was taken into custody. Kirkpatrick confirmed that Nicholas Miorana and Daniel Miorana are brothers. She said she believes they are close to finding both Daniel Miorana and Adams. Adams is also sought in connection with a shooting that happened on Sept. 25 in the 7700 block of Dorsett Street, according to Kirkpatrick. Crimestoppers is also offering a $5,000 reward leading to their arrests.Click here for reaction from District Attorney Jason Williams and ASAP Ankle Monitoring officials:According to Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams, his office prosecuted Nicholas Miorana for crimes committed in the past but was only able to secure probation.Williams said he was on an ankle monitor through ASAP monitoring and skipped court multiple times while on house arrest. According to Williams, his office asked the judge presiding over Nicholas Miorana’s case to revoke his probation but was not successful.”When that violation happens, we need the courts to respond quickly and hear us. This is a problem with the judicial response to the violation. When we ask for the probation to be revoked, they need to listen,” Williams said. Williams also warned that anyone caught helping those still sought faces prosecution themselves. He warns that technologies, such as those used by the Real-Time Crime Center and his office, have increased the chance of holding criminals accountable. Speaking directly to the friends and family of Daniel Miorana and Darrell Adams, Williams begged them not to help them escape. “Please do not ruin your life helping or assisting these individuals. They already ruined theirs. If you know their location, contact law enforcement immediately. Do not help them. Anyone aiding them or abetting them, giving them a ride, place to hide, or food to eat, you will be prosecuted for supporting them. We as a community have to realize this is us against them, New Orleans against them,” Williams said. Logan Harrington said she and her friends were heading to lunch when they heard the gunfire erupt.”It was probably 30 to 40 rounds within two or three minutes. I never thought it would be within five feet of me. I mean, I looked, and he was right there. I never thought it would’ve happened,” Harrington said. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell released a video statement at least five hours after the incident. The mayor says she issued “thoughts and prayers” to the shooting victims. The three suspects are wanted on the following charges relative to second-degree murder and three counts of attempted second-degree murder.Councilman Freddie King represents the area and believes this sort of crime is hard to prevent.”I don’t know if police presence would have prevented this shooting because these individuals wanted to do this,” King said. The shooting is the third in less than a week that injured multiple people. NOPD Kirkpatrick said she wants to put an end to violence now.”I’m going to do everything in my ability to bring peace to this city,” Kirkpatrick said.Kirkpatrick said Friday that she understands the community’s concerns but that crime overall is down year over year. “As of today, we have had 115 murders in the city. When you compare it to this time last year, we were at 181 murders. In the month of November 2023, we had 20 murders. Today, we have nine for the month,” Kirkpatrick said. Several law enforcement agencies worked with the NOPD on the case, including Louisiana State Police and FBI New Orleans.

Charlotte airport workers strike ahead of Thanksgiving [Video]
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Charlotte airport workers strike ahead of Thanksgiving [Video]

Workers who clean airplanes, remove trash and help with wheelchairs at Charlotte’s airport went on strike Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to demand higher wages.The Service Employees International Union announced the strike in a statement early Monday, saying the workers would demand an end to poverty wages and respect on the job during the holiday travel season. Union spokesperson Shwetha Ganesh said in a statement Friday that the strike would last 24 hours. Representatives didnt immediately answer questions Monday about whether the timeframe had changed.Employees of ABM and Prospect Airport Services cast ballots Friday to authorize the work stoppage at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the ninth busiest in the U.S. The two companies contract with American Airlines to provide services including cleaning airplane interiors, removing trash and escorting passengers in wheelchairs.Click the video player above to watch the latest headlines from WXII 12 News.Workers say they previously complained that they can’t afford basic necessities, including food, housing or car repairs. They described living paycheck to paycheck while performing jobs that keep planes running on schedule. Most of them earn between $12.50 and $19 an hour, union officials said.Were on strike today because this is our last resort. We cant keep living like this, ABM cabin cleaner Priscilla Hoyle said in a statement. Were taking action because our families cant survive.Several hundred workers were participating in the work stoppage.Charlotte Douglas International Airport officials have said this holiday travel season is expected to be the busiest on record, with an estimated 1.02 million passengers departing the airport between last Thursday and the Monday after Thanksgiving.Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.In addition to walking off the job, striking workers plan to hold a late-morning rally and a Strikesgiving lunch in place of the Thanksgiving meal that many of the workers wont be able to afford later this week, union officials said.Airport service workers make holiday travel possible by keeping airports safe, clean, and running, the union said.ABM said it would take steps to minimize disruptions from any demonstrations.At ABM, we appreciate the hard work our team members put in every day to support our clients and help keep spaces clean and people healthy, the company said in a statement last week.Prospect Airport Services said last week that the company recognizes the seriousness of the potential for a strike during the busy holiday travel season.

Charlotte airport workers strike during Thanksgiving travel week [Video]
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Charlotte airport workers strike during Thanksgiving travel week [Video]

Workers who clean airplanes, remove trash and help with wheelchairs at Charlotte’s airport, one of the nation’s busiest, went on strike Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to demand higher wages.The Service Employees International Union announced the strike in a statement early Monday, saying the workers would demand “an end to poverty wages and respect on the job during the holiday travel season.” The strike was expected to last 24 hours, said union spokesperson Sean Keady.Employees of ABM and Prospect Airport Services cast ballots Friday to authorize the work stoppage at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a hub for American Airlines. The two companies contract with American, one of the world’s biggest carriers, to provide services such as cleaning airplane interiors, removing trash and escorting passengers in wheelchairs.American doesn’t expect “any significant disruption” to its flights this week as a result of the strike, the company said in a statement. More than 30 American flights at the Charlotte airport about 4% of the airline’s flights were delayed at midafternoon Monday, according to FlightAware, which isn’t out of the ordinary.Workers say they previously complained that they can’t afford basic necessities, including food, housing or car repairs. They described living paycheck to paycheck while performing jobs that keep planes running on schedule. Most of them earn $12.50 to $19 an hour, union officials said.Those workers should make $22 to $25 an hour, said the Rev. Glencie Rhedrick, of Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice, at an SEIU Airport Workers United rally across from the airport. She was joined by striking employees and advocates, many raising signs that read, “Respect Black and Brown workers” and “Respect, Protect, Pay Us.””We cannot live on the wages that we are being paid,” ABM cabin cleaner Priscilla Hoyle said at the rally. “I can honestly say it’s hard every single day with my children, working a full-time job but having to look my kids in the eyes and sit there and say, ‘I don’t know if we’re going to have a home today.'”At some airports in the Northeast, workers make more because of local wage ordinances, said Chris Baumann, a regional director for the union. But that’s not the case in some Southern cities like Charlotte, he said, so workers are “asking the contractors to step up and do the right thing.”ABM said in a statement Monday that it would take steps to minimize the strike’s impact on travelers. There are avenues for employees to communicate issues, the company said, including a national hotline and a “general open door policy for managers at our worksite.””We keep employee safety and job satisfaction at the forefront of everything we do, and we are committed to addressing concerns swiftly,” ABM said.Prospect Airport Services said last week that the company recognized the seriousness of the potential for a strike during the busy holiday travel season. It did not respond to a request for comment Monday.About 800 workers were affected by the union’s push for higher wages, but an exact number who participated in the work stoppage was unclear, said union spokesperson Ana Tinsly.Timothy Lowe II, a Prospect wheelchair attendant, said at the rally that he has heard of co-workers having to sleep in their cars or in U-Hauls because they can’t afford rent. At the end of his shifts, Lowe said, he has to figure out where to spend the night because he doesn’t make enough for a deposit on a home.”We just want to be able to have everything that’s a necessity paid for by the job that hired us to do a great job so they can make billions,” he said.Charlotte airport officials have said this holiday travel season is expected to be the busiest on record, with an estimated 1.02 million passengers departing the airport between last Thursday and the Monday after Thanksgiving. Airport officials said in a statement Monday morning that they were “monitoring and actively engaged with all partners to ensure terminal operations are not impacted,” noting that the striking workers aren’t employed by the city’s aviation department.The union’s North Carolina director, Niecy Brown, said at the rally that many people will travel through the Charlotte airport for Thanksgiving to spend time with family, but that the striking workers won’t have that same holiday experience because of low wages. Instead, striking employees attended a “Strikesgiving” lunch Monday.”They don’t have a table to go to; they don’t have a home to go to,” Brown said.

Augusta City Council considering needle buyback program [Video]
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OR EMAILS. IN AUGUSTA I’M JACKIE MUNDRY FOR MAINES TOTAL COVERAGE AUGUSTA – IS THE LATEST CITY CONSIDERING A “NEEDLE BUYBACK” PROGRAM. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PILOT PROGRAM PORTLAND IS GETTING READY TO BEGIN – AND TODAY CATE MCCUSKER SAT DOWN WITH THE CITY COUNCILOR WHO HOPES TO BRING IT TO AUGUSTA. 00;02;45;07 – 00;03;10;26 “THESE THINGS ARE PILING UP OUT IN THE PUBLIC AREAS AND THEY’RE NOT GETTING PICKED UP. ” AFTER THE PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL PASSED A NEEDLE BUYBACK PROGRAM LAST MONTH – KEVIN JUDKINS SUGGESTED A SIMILAR EFFORT TO THE AUGUSTA CITY COUNCIL. 00;00;47;27 – 00;01;31;20 COUNCILOR KEVIN JUDKINS “IN ADDITION TO THEM EXCHANGING A NEEDLE WITH SOMEBODY, IF THEY COULD MAYBE THEN GIVE THEM LIKE A FIVE CENT DEPOSIT OR $0.05 ON THE NEEDLE THEY BROUGHT BACK.” HE SAYS THE CITY COULD PARTNER WITH EXISTING NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AND OFFER A MONETARY INCENTIVE USING OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO CLEAN UP THE NEEDLES OFF THE STREETS. 00;02;01;02 – 00;02;25;03 “AND HOPEFULLY IF IF PEOPLE CAN PUT A LITTLE DOLLARS IN THEIR POCKET TO BUY A LUNCH OR WHATEVER, THAT THEY MIGHT BE MORE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT PICKING UP THEIR NEEDLES” JUDKINS USED TO OWN A BOTTLE REDEMPTION CENTER – AND HE SAYS A SIMILAR PROGRAM WAS HELPFUL IN CLEANING UP THAT LITTER IN THE AREA. 00;04;26;10 – 00;04;55;00 “SO IT KIND OF STRUCK ME AS IS, YOU KNOW, IT WORKED. THE BOTTLE LAW HAS ACTUALLY WORKED. I REMEMBER AS A YOUNGER PERSON GROWING UP AND SEEING LOTS OF THOSE, THAT TYPE OF LITTER AROUND OUR STREETS, AND WE DON’T SEE IT ANYWHERE NEAR AS MUCH ANYMORE” MAINEGENERAL IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS CURRENTLY OFFERING A SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM IN THE CITY – AND THEY SAY IT WORKS TO MINIMIZE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SUBSTANCE USE. WHILE THEY HAVE NOT YET REVIEWED THE CITY COUNCIL’S PLAN – THEY SAY ACCORDING TO THE CDC – NEEDLE EXCHANGES HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD OF DISEASES AND DECREASE THE NUMBER OF SYRINGES IN PUBLIC SPACES. JUDKINS SAYS THE COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO DISCU