| By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
SUBPOENAED: A nonprofit started by Mayor LaToya Cantrell has frozen its spending accounts after receiving a subpoena for financial records from the New Orleans inspector general’s office, leaving several city-sponsored social programs that depend on funding from the organization in limbo. ONE TO WATCH: With an extraordinary five tropical weather disturbances now brewing in the Atlantic Ocean, the one for southeast Louisianans to watch is the wave churning off the coast of Venezuela. Forecasters give it a 90% chance of strengthening, and predict it will move deeper into the Caribbean Sea. BREES ON ‘CHEAP SHOT’: Like most New Orleans Saints fans, Drew Brees questions why cornerback Marshon Lattimore was ejected from Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay. After all, the retired Saints signal caller told us in a video interview Wednesday, Lattimore was the one who got “cheap-shotted.” The NFL, meanwhile, upheld its one-game suspension of the player who delivered the shot: Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans. Thanks for starting your Thursday with Morning Headlines. Catch the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 