| By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer |
Good morning and thanks for starting your week with us. Here are some of today's top headlines. ISIS playbook: Shamsud-Din Jabbar's attack on Bourbon Street closely followed instructions that the terrorist group ISIS promotes online and in magazines, experts say. Sam Karlin has this look at the kinds of attacks ISIS and its affiliates encourage. Gulf of America? President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," a comment that has since attracted attention worldwide. Mark Ballard has the story. Limited diversity: While 60% of public school students in Louisiana are non-White, only a quarter of teachers are people of color. Wilfred Wright, a teacher at Samuel J. Green Charter School, hopes to change that. Elyse Carmosino sat down with Wright to talk about his path to teaching and diversity in the classroom. Thanks for reading. Check back throughout the day for more news, entertainment and sports from The Times-Picayune. Kasey |