8:30 LRN newscast

2022 was a rough year for investments and retirement accounts. What may be ahead for 2023? Kevin Gallagher reports…:
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For motorists traveling on I-10 eastbound through Lafayette be aware that interstate 10 is closed at the Evangeline Thruway because an 18-wheeler struck the overpass. Two out of the three northbound lanes of Evangeline Thruway are also closed.

We are anxiously waiting for more updates on Bills Safety Damar Hamlin who remains in critical condition at a Cincinnati hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest after making a tackle on Monday. LSU Health New Orleans cardiac electrophysiologist Doctor Jameel Ahmed says there is hope because first responders at the game quickly performed C-P-R on Hamlin…
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A family member says Hamlin may have suffered lung damage, but his ventilator usage has been reduced from 100 percent to 50-percent.

The excitement level is at 110-percent on the Tulane campus following the Green Wave’s football team dramatic come from behind win over U-S-C in Monday’s Cotton Bowl. Tulane President Michael Fitts…
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Fitts says the school has already received over 40-thousand applications from prospect students, but that number is expected to grow.