The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, which marks a historic end to the pandemic. But LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Disease specialist, Dr. Fred Lopez says this doesn’t mean the virus has been extinguished.
Cut 3 (11) “….years ago.”

A mass shooting in Bastrop Thursday night left two juveniles dead and two others injured. Morehouse Parish Sheriff Mike Tubbs says one of the injured victims showed up at a local hospital and told authorities what happened…:

CUT 12(10) “…also died.”
Tubbs says a big argument led to the gunplay. 20-year-old Willie Williams is the accused gunman and he’s in custody

We’re over five months away from the governor’s election in October and two candidates have been running TV ads, Jeff Landry and John Schroder. A PAC supporting Stephen Waguespack is set to begin TV ads next week and la-politics-dot-com publisher, Jeremy Alford, says Hunter Lundy will soon release his first TV ads. Alford says Lunday has support from two groups you normally don’t see paired together….
cut 15 (10) “….pulling it off”

New Orleans resident Dennis “Maliq” Barnes, who set a record of receiving ten-million dollars in scholarship money, says he will attend Cornell University this fall….
CUT 10(12) “…to Cornell.”
The 16-year-old scholar will graduate high school in three weeks, with a 4.98 GPA.