7:30 LRN Newscast

Now that he has Senator Bill Cassidy’s support, Robert F Kennedy Junior is on his way to being confirmed as the next U-S Health Secretary. Cassidy went into the confirmation process with deep concerns about Kennedy’s vaccine stance, which resulted in multiple conversations over the last few days with Kennedy…

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According to ABC News, Kennedy has promised Cassidy he’ll give advanced notice to Congress if he imposes any changes to vaccine safety monitoring and he’ll meet with Cassidy regularly to build a working relationship.

Louisiana State Police are deploying more than 200 troopers to New Orleans for the Super Bowl. Sergeant Kate Stegall says they will fan out throughout areas where crowds will be at.

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If you’re curious about how much it costs to attend Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, according to Bookies-dot-com’s Adam Thompson it isn’t cheap,

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Thompson says that’s a little cheaper than the last two Super Bowls which were held in Los Angles and Las Vegas.

Iberia Parish authorities have arrested five people for stealing bronze plaques from the headstones at multiple cemeteries in New Iberia and Iberia Parish…

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That’s Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Katherine Breaux, who says they are still looking for one more suspect, Richard Paul Brower. Breaux says unfortunately the bronze plaques were grinded down so they can’t be returned and also because they are bronze and no copper, they are not worth much money to the thieves.