LSU has reinstated basketball coach Will Wade. The university says during a meeting on Friday, Wade answered all questions and denied any wrongdoing about contents of an FBI wirtetap conversation in which Wade reportedly discussed a strong offer for a recruit with a convicted recruiting middleman. Wade was suspended for about five weeks.

The Bryde’s (BROO-dus) whale in the Gulf of Mexico is now listed as an endangered species. Connor Ferrill has more.
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Advocates who are attempting to end domestic violence are disappointed Louisiana’s House Republican delegation voted against the Violence Against Women Act, which seeks to limit gun rights for those convicted of misdemeanor crimes involving domestic abuse or stalking. Sexual Trauma Awareness Response President Racheal Hebert says…
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Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says he voted against the bill because it included protections for transgender individuals.

Today, begins week two of the legislative session and soon lawmakers will begin debating whether the state should repeal the death penalty. Shareef Cousin of New Orleans will be there to support a repeal. He spent three years on death row in the 1990s for a murder he did not commit and he says there maybe other innocent people on death row…
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