Republican Vice President nominee J-D Vance from Ohio introduced himself to the voters last night at the Republican National Convention. The R-N-C ends tonight with former President Donald Trump speaking in Milwaukee. His first public speech since his life nearly ended on Saturday in an assassination attempt. U-S House Speaker Mike Johnson says unity has been the theme of the convention…
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Baton Rouge Republican Congressman Graves says if Saturday’s assassination attempt did not happen, you would see Trump going after President Joe Biden during his keynote speech tonight, but now the former president will deliver a different message…
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A 15-year-old accidentally shot at a home in St. Tammany Parish has died. St. Tammany Parish sheriff’s Office Lt Suzanne Carboni says the teenager was sitting in the living room of the home in the Goodbee area…
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Carboni says the bullet travelled through a wall and struck the girl. She was airlifted to a local hospital and died last night.

The Louisiana Department of Health has launched the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), which surveyed six thousand Louisianans to determine four priority areas for improving health. Robert Hines with LDH says SHIP is a roadmap that will lead to action
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Hines says they want to reduce deaths from drug misuse, improve maternal health, increase access to care and reduce cancer rates and improve screenings.