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The Food and Drug Administration grants full approval for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination. Tulane Epidemiologist Doctor Susan Hassig says the full approval is for everyone 16 and up…

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Kids 12 to 15 can still get the shot under the emergency use authorization.

A 13-year New Orleans Police veteran was shot and killed Saturday in Houston during a stick-up at a restaurant. New Orleans Councilman Jay Banks knew Officer Everett Briscoe well…

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According to eye-witness reports, two people entered the restaurant just after 5 PM and began demanding people hand over their valuables. A witness says everyone in the restaurant complied and it is not confirmed why one of the assailants then opened fire, fatally striking Briscoe and wounding another person.

Scenes out of Afghanistan have been especially disturbing for U-S veterans who served in the Middle East. Brooke Thorington has more

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LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard says now that Pfizer has full FDA approval they will begin communicating the logistics of the campus’s vaccine mandate “soon”. He says they need to fully review the approval and the President plans on implementing the mandate with more details to come.