The Latest: Hotel collapse: Blasted cranes fell as expected

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on demolition of cranes in New Orleans (all times local):
4:50 p.m.
Authorities say the demolition of two cranes leaning precariously over a partially collapsed New Orleans hotel went exactly as expected and the “next objective” is to retrieve the bodies of two dead workers still in the ruined building.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell told a news conference after Sunday afternoon’s controlled explosions of the cranes that “we know that we are saf