7:30 am Newscast

The Supreme Court has struck down a ban on rapid-fire bump stocks, an attachment to a semi-automatic rifle that allows a rate of fire comparable to a machine gun. Mel Bridges has more.

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Congressman Garret Graves surprised a lot of people announcing on Friday he will not seek re-election. Political commentator Bernie Pinsonat says he was not surprised by the decision.

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Daniel Callihan the man accused of killing Callie Brunett of Loranger and her three-year-old daughter Erin admitted to reporters in Mississippi that he did it…adding that he was sober, but was had been on and off of Lexapro, a medication used to treat anxiety and depression.

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The FBI is has taken over the investigation into those murders now because Daniel Calihan took Erin and her sister Jalie across the state line to Mississippi when he fled. Tangipahoa Sheriff Daniel Edwards says they are working with the FBI and says since investigators have spoken with Callahan, he believes they have a much stronger case against him As far as his motive in the crime…

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