The man who has filed a lawsuit against State Police alleging a Trooper beat him with a Flashlight spoke publicly for the first time yesterday about the incident that occurred outside of his Monroe home in May of 2019. Aaron Bowman says he feared for his life…
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Trooper Jacob Brown was arrested last week, but Bowman’s attorneys are asking for the body cam video to be released.

Senator Bill Cassidy says a group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have reached an agreement on COVID relief legislation. One of the bills would boost federal unemployment benefits and Cassidy says there’s also a 160-billion dollar bill that would provide state and local governments with financial aid…
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It remains to be seen if there’s enough support to pass both bills.

Imagine being able to perform a COVID self-test at home and finding out the results within minutes. Researchers at Tulane University have created just that, a test that uses your own smartphone to give you results. Dr. Tony Hu, Chair of Biotechnology Innovation at Tulane says the saliva-based test has a 97-percent accuracy rate.
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The test must receive FDA approval first.

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is hoping to begin recruitment in February or March for a groundbreaking study into why some people benefit from exercise more than others. Director of Biomedical Imaging Dr. Owen Carmichael says many who exercise do not see results. The study hopes to figure out the genetics behind that.
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The study is a national effort that will take place at five sites across the country, Baton Rouge being one of them.