Colorado State University is calling for an extremely active 2024 hurricane season. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Starting August 1st, Louisiana casinos will no longer offer prop bets involving college athletes. Colleen Crain has the story…
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Colorado State University hurricane researchers are expecting an extremely active 2024 hurricane season. Their initial forecast calls for 23 named storms, eleven hurricanes and five major storms. Isaac Schluesche is the on the research team and he says they’ve never predicted 11 hurricanes before a season started
Schluesche says record warm sea surface temperatures and the return of La Nina is why they anticipate such a busy hurricane season.
Tropical Systems including hurricanes thrive in warm waters and Schulesche says Sea Surface temperatures are outside the realm of anything he’s seen.
Schulesche also says Tradewinds over the Atlantic that typically cause cooling of the water are predicted to be weak.
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An LSU student faces a manslaughter charge in the death of 26-year-old Devin Repath who died from a head injury following a fight outside of Fred’s Bar and Grill. Baton Rouge Police Corporal Saundra Watts says Matthew Marsiglia pushed Devin Repath to the ground….
An affidavit shows that Repath punched one of Marsiglia’s friends in the head which started the altercation. Repath, who is from the New Orleans area, was in town to celebrate an upcoming wedding. The incident happened on March 23rd. Watts says detectives have surveillance video of the incident…
A manslaughter charge carries up to a 40-year prison sentence in Louisiana.
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New Orleans Representative Aimee Freeman hopes the third time is the charm for her legislation to require public schools to provide menstrual products. Tess, a 9th grader at Willow School in New Orleans told House Education committee members, it’s not a matter of students forgetting to bring them to school.
Classmate, Sophia timidly told lawmakers that young girls like herself are often riddled with anxiety and unable to focus on class instruction over their periods.
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When the menstrual products are not easily accessible, 12-year-old Nadia, a student at Audubon Charter School in New Orleans, told committee members just how difficult it is for shy girls like herself to ask permission to go to the nurse’s office.
The bill passed on a 9 to 2 vote and heads to Appropriations.
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Starting August 1st, licensed Louisiana sports books will no longer offer prop bets involving a college athlete. A prop bet is when gamblers place a bet on how many touchdowns a quarterback will throw or how many points a basketball player will score. Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns…
Johns says prop bets on teams as a whole will still be legal. Johns says this new policy will protect the integrity of sports betting as well as the safety of college athletes…
Vermont, Ohio and Maryland have also banned college prop bets. Johns expects more states will do so….
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Sports betting became legal in Louisiana in 2020 and the first licensed sports books opened in 2021.