An earthquake jolts Red River Parish early this morning. It was a magnitude 4.9 that struck near Coushatta at around 5:30. Rob Skoumal (SKO-mall) with the U.S. Geological Survey says while we may never know the cause of the earthquake, humans cannot be completely ruled out.
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A New Orleans representative takes another stab at cracking down on political messaging created with the use of artificial intelligence. Democrat Mandie Landry’s bill requires any image on political material created with A-I that could deceive the recipient be clearly disclosed as such. She says it’s important that governments get on top of A-I.
Governor Jeff Landry announces the state is very close to settling lawsuits against ConocoPhillips that allege the energy company is responsible for damaging the state’s coastal marshes, leading to land loss. There are 42 such lawsuits pending, and ConocoPhillips is named in 13 of them. Landry says coastal litigation has held up progress that the coast desperately needs.
It was a special night for Ragin’ Cajun baseball fans as U-L Lafayette beat second-ranked LSU, 7-2, in front of 57-hundred fans. LSU was held to seven hits and Cajuns freshman right-hander Sawyer Pruitt finished the game by throwing four scoreless innings. Cajuns coach Matt Deggs says he was not going to take Pruitt out of the game, because they wanted to win badly.