7:30 LRN Newscasts

Organizers say they’ve garnered enough signatures to force a recall election to oust New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Teiko Foxx reports today is the deadline to turn over the signatures to the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters…
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LSU’s leading receiver last season Malik Nabers is facing gun charges. Records show he was booked into the Orleans Parish Jail on a charge of illegal carrying of a weapon. The LSU athletics department says they are aware of the arrest and working to gather more information. Last season, Nabers caught 72 passes for 1,017 yards and three touchdowns.

Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau is once again looking to pass legislation to prohibit auto insurance companies from using gender as a factor in setting rates. Luneau says over the years they’ve found some providers charge females more than they do male drivers.
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Luneau has a bill filed for the upcoming regular season. Last year it failed to get out of committee.

Hundreds of smart phones were stolen from revelers in New Orleans and many of them have been found at an apartment complex in the Tickfaw areas. Tangiaphoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jimmy Travis says the suspects are part of an organized crime group that came to Louisiana to take advantage of Carnival…
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The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office has on its Facebook page the phone numbers of the phones they’ve recovered.