State Police is investigating two separate car crashes that killed five people Sunday on the Northshore of Lake Ponchartrain. LSP Sergeant Dustin Dwight says two died in a head-on crash in Lacombe on U.S. 190, when a woman attempted to pass traffic unsuccessfully…:

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In the other crash, three people perished when their vehicle failed to stop at an intersection near Franklinton and slammed into a tree. Dwight says speeding and alcohol were factors in both crashes.

We’re seeing gas prices come down. Today’s statewide average is $4.19-a-gallon; down 33-cents from a month ago. GasBuddy.com’s Patrick DeHaan says it’s because crude oil prices are retreating amid fears of a recession…:

CUT 14(11)      “…as well.”

To provide access to abortion services in the southeast a California physician proposes the idea of a floating clinic in the Gulf of Mexico to skirt state bans. Brooke Thorington has more…:

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New Orleans cops are investigating two deaths. A man was found shot multiple times in the French Quarter; on Iberville Street, just a block off busy Bourbon Street…and a man was found dead in the back seat of a car that was pulled out of a local canal, after it crashed Sunday.