Baton Rouge Police continue to investigate the murder of Alli Rice, the LSU student who was gunned down last Friday as she attempted to turn her vehicle around at a train crossing. BRPD spokesperson Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says they believe the shooting was a random act.

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Fox News reports New Orleans has assumed the top spot for the most homicides per capita of any city in America. Metropolitan Crime Commission president Rafael Goyeneche says they have been alerting Mayor LaToya Cantrell and other city leaders to the rapidly developing problem for well over two years…:

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Louisiana ranks fifth in the nation for the rate of women murdered by men. That’s according to the Violence Policy Center’s 2020 data. Whitney Thomas has more.

Cut 1 (31) “…I’m Whitney Thomas.”

A tropical wave heading towards the Caribbean continues to show signs of organization and it will likely become a tropical depression in the next couple of days. State Climatologist Barry Keim says this system is worth watching as long-range models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico…

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