3:30 LRN Newscast July 6

Authorities continue to track down leads in the July 4th block party mass shooting in Shreveport that killed four people and injured seven others.  Teiko Foxx has the story…:

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This is the 6th mass shooting in Shreveport so far this year.

LSU Tigers gymnast and social media darling Olivia Dunne has leveraged her online presence into a multimillion-dollar revenue stream, and now she’s using some of that money to set up a fund to help other female athletes set up their own Name Image & Likeness deals. Go Livvy!

 

A new independent poll on the 2023 governor’s race shows Attorney General Jeff Landry with a huge lead over his GOP opponents; most of whom are in single digits. The Kaplan Research poll of about 100 voters was done right before the holiday weekend. Here’s pollster Doug Kaplan…:

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Could the new social media app Thread take the place of Twitter? Facebook’s new Twitter-like platform just launched. Baton Rouge techie Haggai Davis, with General Informatics, says many are angry over Twitters limitation on reading tweets…:

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You have to have an Instagram account in order to use Thread.