| By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
EXIT PLAN: For at least 28 years, since their subdivision was placed on the Superfund list of the most contaminated sites in the United States, Gordon Plaza residents have been demanding that New Orleans buy them out and move them. The subdivision was developed in the 1970s on top of a toxic landfill, and marketed as inexpensive housing for Black residents, but it wasn’t until 1994 that the danger become widely known. On Thursday, the residents lauded a breakthrough, when the City Council approved a $35 million relocation plan. ON HOLD: The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue its ruling in the latest legal challenge to abortion rights, but already the window is closing for women seeking to terminate pregnancies in Louisiana health clinics. Here’s why. (Subscribe to our health and health care newsletter.) FALSE READING: Sure, it’s hot in south Louisiana, but is it really 110 degrees, like your car thermometer says? No, say meteorologists, who explain why you shouldn't trust that device (which isn’t really a thermometer anyway). Thanks for starting your Friday with us. Check the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 