| By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer |
Good morning! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. Here are some of today's top headlines. Small town, big spotlight: Mahmoud Khalil's detainment at an ICE detention center run by the GEO group in Jena is bringing renewed attention to conditions inside the facility, which critics say are inhumane. John Simerman has this look at the detention center and its impact on the small Louisiana town that houses it. Archaeology and technology: Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle. These days, the discoveries are coming from a computer lab on Tulane's campus, thanks to new technology that's changing archaeology. Jenna Ross has the story. Waste woes: Mayor LaToya Cantrell's plan to terminate IV Waste's trash hauling contract in the French Quarter could trigger a legal crisis. At issue, Ben Myers reports, is a $73 million contract with a different company. Thanks for reading. Check back throughout the day for more news, entertainment and sports from The Times-Picayune. | 