Federal authorities say the New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street could have claimed more lives if officers did not kill the suspect after he crashed into construction equipment. Joshua Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the A-T-F New Orleans field office, says Shamsud-Din Jabbar possessed a transmitter with radio receivers designed to ignite two bombs that he placed on Bourbon Street

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Jabbar died in a gun fight with New Orleans Police officers after his vehicle crashed.

Schools reopen after the winter break today and Attorney General Liz Murrill has issued guidance for public schools regarding compliance with Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law, despite the law facing a legal challenge. But Murrill says there are constitutionally sound ways to display the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom…

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A federal judge has ruled the law unconstitutional, but Murrill says that order only pertains to five public school districts, while they appeal the ruling. The ACLU disagrees and says every school system needs to follow the ruling.

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is criticizing New Orleans leadership following the deadly New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street, labeling the preventive measures as lacking. Colleen Crain has more…

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Cold weather has arrived in Louisiana and wind chills are below freezing for most of the state, north of I-10 and I-12. And we expect morning lows for most of this week will be below freezing for much of the state.

Another earthquake has been reported in Caddo Parish. The U-S Geological Survey says the 3.0 quake struck after 11 PM last night in Mooringsport. Last month, this area also felt similar quakes.