The Republican National Convention came to a close last night with Donald Trump speaking for an hour and a half after accepting the Republican nomination. Now a lot of attention will shift back to President Biden and whether he’ll continue with his campaign. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says pressure is building for Biden to step aside…
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Biden has said publicly he has no intention of dropping out of the race, but reports from Biden campaign staffers indicate he’s considering entertaining the idea.

There have been three accidental shootings this week that’s resulted in the deaths of three children. In two of the cases, it was young children who gained access to a gun in the home. Tangipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker says guns should be stored unloaded and the ammunition should be in a separate location….
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Jimmy Genovese is leaving as a Louisiana Supreme Court judge to serve as the President of Northwestern State. There’s been reports that Governor Jeff Landry helped orchestra the move, but Genovese denies those reports…
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Genovese says he accepted the job as president of Northwestern State to help out his alma mater that has had a 22-percent drop in enrollment over the past four years.

New hope for treating malignant cancers has been discovered by LSU Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Dr. Chen Chen. Chen says she’s found two proteins that can be used to kill a tumor…
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Chen has received a grant to further her research that’s focusing on lung cancer.