Here’s some good news: for the first time in over 2 months, state health officials report fewer than a thousand COVID patients in hospitals statewide. Don Molino reports…:
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President Biden has approved additional federal funding measures requested by Gov. John Bel Edwards to assist Louisianans with recovery from hurricanes Laura last year and Ida last month. The Governor’s office says Biden approved an increase in the overall federal cost share to 90 percent for FEMA Public Assistance funding.
The Shreveport woman accused of throwing two of her three kids off the Cross Lake Bridge Friday – killing one of them – has been extradited back from Texas, where she was arrested. Shreveport Police Corporal Chris Bordelon says 38-year-old Ureka Black faces charges of 2nd-degree murder and attempted murder. She was arrested Friday in Waskom, Texas and is now in jail in Shreveport…:
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The New Orleans Saints are back at home in Metairie, after nearly a month away due to Hurricane Ida. Coming off weeks practicing in Texas, then a road win over New England Sunday, they next face New York at home in the Dome. Linebacker Demario Davis says it wasn’t easy to be away from home for so long…:
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The Giants are winless going into the weekend; the Saints are 2 and 1.