5:30 LRN Newscast August 4

The NFL has suspended Saints running back Alvin Kamara for three games for his role in a fight outside a Las Vegas nightclub in February 2022. Last month, Kamara plead no contest to a misdemeanor charge. Before the suspension was handed down, Kamara said he made a very bad decision that day.

But in more positive news, One of the Saints best defensive players has signed a contract extension. Pierson Luscy has more…
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The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than normal, but it’s still nearly the size of Yellowstone National Park. So this year it covers more than three-thousand square thousand miles. LSU Professor Nancy Rabalais says the smaller hypoxia zone is attributed to low flow of the Mississippi River and the pollution that causes the dead zone has not been reduced…
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Saturday night is the Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says it’s an event that highlights the quality and variety domestic seafood…
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Representing Louisiana in the competition is Owen Hohl, who is the chef at Hot Tails in Ascension Parish.