Most of Louisiana is under a tornado watch until early tonight as a result of a strong cold front that is moving through the state. There’s a line of storms moving through Ruston and Winnfield at this hour and radar shows a cluster of storms in southwest Louisiana.

Metairie-based MedPharmics is conducting clinical trials for the Moderna vaccine on children. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A Gulf of Mexico oil lease sale scheduled for today was canceled weeks ago when President Biden issued a 60-day executive order that banned all new oil and gas leases on public waters. Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Mike Moncla says long term these restrictive policies will kill oil and gas jobs, but in the short term, it has surprisingly resulted in more industry jobs, not fewer…
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The moratorium did not ban drilling on already existing leases.

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office has charged 30-year-old Nicholas Ducote with negligent homicide after his nine-month-old son died in the bathtub. Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodaux says Ducote walked out of the bathroom and left his ninth month and two-year-old child in the tub…
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The two year old child was not injured.