| By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
THE RECALL’S PROSPECTS: Thousands of frustrated New Orleans voters are venting their dissatisfaction with Mayor LaToya Cantrell by rushing to sign a recall petition less than a year after she won a second term with a resounding 64% of the vote. The recall’s organizers appear to be community activists and residents who connected recently on social media and lack any clear ties to business leaders or elected officials who have clashed with Cantrell. But the odds of just collecting a sufficient number of signatures, much less winning a recall referendum, are extraordinarily long. DISAGREEING ON DEATH: Darrin Smith, 33, told investigators he was defending himself and his wife when he shot and killed a man outside a Kenner nightclub on March 27. Last week, a grand jury saw it differently. RELIGION RIFF: Just as same-sex marriage and gay clergy have riven the Episcopal, Lutheran and Presbyterian denominations in the United States, they are dividing the United Methodist Church. Now one of the largest United Methodist congregations in Louisiana is poised to leave the national church. Thanks for starting your Sunday with Morning Headlines. D.B. | 