Rising tensions in the Middle East are creating rising gas prices in the U.S. Sean Richardson has more.
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Online gambling in Louisiana for the most part is illegal in Louisiana, and the attorney general says it’s a growing problem. Colleen Crain reports.
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LSU is once again at the top of the college baseball world. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Gas prices, which were recently at a four-year low before Memorial Day, may soon surge due to escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. GasBuddy Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says for now gas prices are in a solid upward trend for the next few weeks..
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Diesel prices are going up more than gasoline prices. DeHaan says the reason for that is diesel inventory is nearly 20-percent below the 20-year average.
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DeHaan says gas prices are still cheaper than they were a year ago, but expect gas to continue to climb as we head into the summer
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State Attorney General Liz Murrill is putting out an urgent warning about the growing presence of online gambling websites and apps in Louisiana. Online casinos that offer gaming for real money, like slots and poker, are illegal in Louisiana. But Murrill says despite that, it is still very easy for someone to get their hands on a real-money gambling app.
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Murrill says in order to be licensed in Louisiana, there is a process that gaming operators have to go through.
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While casino gaming like slots and poker are illegal, other forms of gambling like sweepstakes, sports betting and daily fantasy sports are legal. Murrill says if someone places a wager on an unlicensed online casino app, that person has no recourse.
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The Louisiana Gaming Control Board issued more than 40 cease-and-desist letters to unlicensed operators doing business in the state.
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A three-judge panel at the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court’s ruling that Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom is unconstitutional. Loyola University New Orleans law professor Dane Ciolino says the ruling was not unexpected.
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Ciolino says while analysis of that 1980 ruling has evolved since then, the overall essence of the opinion has held steady, as evidenced by the panel’s ruling that stated that the law is, in its words, “plainly unconstitutional.”
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Attorney General Liz Murrill says she strongly disagrees with the panel’s ruling and will seek immediate relief from the full Fifth Circuit and, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court. Ciolino says there’s no guarantee that the Supreme Court will even take up the case.
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As LSU was winning its eighth national championship in Omaha, fans were gathered at sports bars throughout the Baton Rouge area some 900 miles away to watch the crowning moment. This fan says the Tigers made the plays they had to make, and that’s why they’re the champions.
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This fan says LSU’s two aces were the difference as they neutralized Coastal Carolina’s hitters.
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The LSU baseball team is national champions for an eighth time as the Tigers took down Coastal Carolina two games to none with a five to three win on Sunday afternoon in Omaha. Jay Johnson becomes the first college baseball coach to win two national championships in his first four seasons at a school.
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Johnson built a very a talented team after the Tigers were eliminated in the Chapel Hill Regional last June. He says once he put all of the pieces in place, the team came together quickly.
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This team featured veterans, impact freshmen and a dozen transfer players, many of them were major pieces to this national championship team. Centerfielder Chris Stanfield, a transfer form Auburn, says Johnson sold him on the vision.
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Stanfield’s two-run single in the fourth inning snapped a one-one tie.
Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall wanted most of this game from the locker room. He was ejected in the first inning for arguing balls and strikes. Schnall thought it was a quick hook after not hearing he was warned because it was so loud in the stadium.
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Anthony Eyanson was the winning pitcher. He earned his 12th win of the year by striking out nine over six and a third innings and allowing just three runs on a hot afternoon. Eyanson transferred in from UC Davis with the goal of winning a national championship.
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