3:30 LRN Newscast Mar 23

Louisiana’s abortion rate fell to a 12-year low last year based on preliminary data from the Louisiana Department of Health. Matt Doyle has the story.

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Houma Police is investigating the shooting death of an 8-year old girl. Houma Police Chief Dana Coleman says they received a call Monday night of a light-colored sedan following and firing shots at the vehicle in which 8-year old Treyce Bryant was a passenger. It happened in the 91000 block of Main Street.

A mass shooting in Colorado that killed ten people has sparked new calls from President Biden for Congress to pass a high-capacity magazine and assault rifle ban. Senator Bill Cassidy says we don’t know enough details about the shooting or shooter and the left has a habit of overreaching in these kinds of situations.

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The weapon used in the Boulder grocery store shooting has been described as an “AR-15 style pistol.”

It was a year ago today that the Stay-at-Home order went into effect. Several Phases later the restaurant industry is now operating at 75-percent capacity, but many did not survive. Louisiana Restaurant Association President Stan Harris says anywhere from 20 to 25-percent of restaurants and bars have closed in the last year.

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