Baton Rouge Judge Donald Johnson has ruled the state’s three licensed abortion clinics can continue to operate until a lawsuit challenging a law that bans nearly all abortions is resolved. Plaintiffs have argued that the trigger laws that make abortion a crime in Louisiana are so ambiguous it will make it difficult for doctors to do their job. State Attorney General Jeff Landry anticipates the case will ultimately end up before the state supreme court.

The man who murdered State Trooper Steven Vincent seven years ago in Calcasieu Parish gets the death penalty. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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The coroner in St. Tammany Parish warns of the dangers of taking illegal pills that could contain the drug fentanyl. Dr. Charles Preston says the recent death of healthy 22-year-old Cameron Landry was alarming because he apparently overdosed on a single pill. Dr. Preston says lab results are pending, but he’s fairly certain that pill contained fentanyl…:
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Preston says having an adult man weighing over 250 pounds O.D. on a single pill is unusual, but testament to how dangerous fentanyl can be.

Animal shelters across the state are overwhelmed with pets that have been surrendered. Director of the Humane Society of Louisiana Jeff Dorson says some pets are being left to fend for themselves in the woods and on the streets..:
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