Saints quarterback Drew Brees has issued a lengthy apology on his Instagram page. Brees found himself on the receiving end of a ton of criticism yesterday after he said he couldn’t support players who took a knee during the national anthem. Brees says the Q-B says he stands with the black community in the fight against systemic racial injustice and police brutality.
New Orleans Police officers had to use tear gas on a large group of protesters near the Crescent City Connection bridge last night. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The state reported 429 new coronavirus cases today to bring Louisiana’s total to 41,562. The Bayou State has been reporting around 400 cases every day this month. Assistant health secretary Doctor Alex Billioux says we continue to see hundreds of new cases every day because of an increase in testing…
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On Thursday, Louisiana recorded nine-thousand new tests and nearly five percent came back positive.
The National Hurricane Center downgraded Cristobal to a Tropical Depression as it has weakened because the center of the storm has moved over land in Mexico. But State Climatalogist Barry Keim says the models still show a second landfall near Morgan City Sunday night, early Monday morning. He says southeast Louisiana is under a flash flood watch
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