2:30 LRN Newscast

The House has voted nearly unanimously to require the attorney general to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins was the lone person in the U-S House to vote against the release of the Epstein Files. Higgins says this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files will result in innocent people being hurt. Higgins says if the Senate amends the legislation so that the names of victims and other Americans, who are named but not criminally implicated remain private, then he will vote for the legislation.

 

The Caddo Parish community of Vivian continues to mourn the line-of-duty killing of police officer Marc Brock. He was shot to death Friday evening as he was investigating a cyberstalking complaint against 58-year-old Nicolas Alexander. Mayor Ronnie Festavan says it underscores the dangers that police officers face every day.

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Louisiana sports fans are checking for updates regarding Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin as speculation is growing he might leave Oxford for the LSU Tigers or possibly Florida. Wilson Alexander of the Advocate says if Kiffin is going to Ole Miss for LSU, he wants assurances that there will be enough NIL dollars to build a championship roster…

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