Sunset Police officer Henry Nelson was shot and killed in the line of duty yesterday while responding to a domestic disturbance. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says Officer Nelson was fatally shot in the front yard of a home where three stabbings occurred…

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40-year-old Shameka Johnson was also killed in the incident. Guidroz says the suspect, Harrison Lee Wiley Junior of Arnaudville, is in police custody.

President Barack Obama visits New Orleans today in commemoration of the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. U-N-O Political Science professor Ed Chervanek says President Obama did the best he could to aid in the rebuilding of the Crescent City…

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Chervaneck says Obama wants to make New Orleans a showcase to separate his administration from Bush’s.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission has approved the merger of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana. Entergy Louisiana President Phillip May says they anticipate this will mean up to $140 million in savings to customers…:

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The single utility company will be called Entergy Louisiana and the consolidation will take effect in October.

The University of Louisiana Lafayette New Iberia Research Center is testing an Ebola vaccine for wild apes. Division Head of Research Resources Jane Fontenot says there have been other wild ape vaccination programs in the past, but were difficult to complete because they required several different shots. She says now they are testing an oral vaccine in a controlled environment…

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She says this testing could benefit future vaccinations in humans and other wildlife.